Chapter 26: Threat To Peace (2/2)

Yuro explained on behalf of Erik, ”What else can it be other than those loathful Dreadlings? We were living in peace for a while, but it seems as if they have once again begun to bare their dirty claws at us near our ward.”

Arion wrinkled his brows, ”So, they haven't attacked here yet, right?”

”Not yet. The people in our neighboring ward, the Ascot Ward, are facing a surprise attack from the Dreadlings. Apparently, they have requested help from us. If they attacked our neighboring wards, then there is a high chance the Dreadlings might make their way here. That's why we should also try our best to help them and contain the threat.”

”Arion, remember, we are telling you all this as a warning that you should stay inside your home, okay?” Yuro said in a serious tone and continued, ”Don't wander off like before. We are going to split forces to deal with those threats while the kids here will scout around our ward for any developments.”

Arion looked at the group of youngsters who waved a 'hi' to him. He now understood that they were to stay put since they were too inexperienced to fight Dreadlings.

There were three boys and three girls, and Arian knew all of them as he could say that they were kind of acquaintances to him since he had interacted with them since his childhood.

They were nice to him, and that's why he had a good impression of all of them.

Arion nodded at Yuro before she turned towards Erik again and continued to discuss something.

The youngsters scuttled towards Arion after the adults finished giving instructions to them.

The three boys were named Alv, Bari, Cayden, while the three girls were named Silvi, Nena, Ina.

The oldest among them was Cayden, who was seventeen years old and was the strongest one among them, while Nena was the youngest, aging around fifteen years.

Cayden was at the tenth and final cycle of the Prana Binding Stage and thus was only a half step away from the Prana Releasing Stage.

There were a total of ten cycles in the Prana Binding Stage, where each cycle was said to be completed when the body is strengthened once as a whole. Only after strengthening it ten times would one be able to cross the Prana Binding Stage successfully.

But the difficulty of passing from one cycle to the next would only get harder as they complete more cycles since a higher amount of prana would be required to strengthen their body again.

Surely, some can do it casually and finish these cycles faster. But their bodies won't get much stronger compared to the ones who did those cycles diligently.

However, all of them had nervous expressions since this was the first time they were going to set out on a mission. So, they also couldn't help but feel excited as well.

”Hi Arion, we heard about what happened, man. Don't worry about it. We can give you some helpful tips if you want. Maybe they might help you form a connection with Prana again.” Cayden said with a smile while others nodded in support.

Arion looked at this tall youngster and said with a smile, 'Thanks, guys. But I wanted to ask you guys something.”