Chapter 573 - A Single Person (2/2)

The war for Earth completely flipped on its head. It was the kind of sudden change one read about in fairy tales. But, unlike such tales, the deaths were very much real.

Some died without graves, their families having long since left them and their names forgotten to history.

Some died valiant deaths, protecting what they cherished to their backs and leaving the earth with heads held high.

Many of these were people even Leonel had come to know. As astounding as his victory was, the deaths of those like Roaring Black Lion and Flowing Wind couldn't be reversed. They would rest for all of eternity.

...

A certain figure rushed over the ocean waters, his breathing coming out in huffs and puffs. Every heave he took seemed to come with another drizzle of blood pouring out from yet another hole in his body.

Fear colored the face of this figure, whatever arrogance he had once had vanishing with the wind. All he could think of was running for his life.

Despite the fact that there was nothing over his shoulder, he kept looking, panic evident in his eyes. Whatever had caused him to feel such fear had clearly left a shadow over his heart that wouldn't be disappearing anytime soon.

If Leonel or Aina had been there at this very moment, they would have easily recognized this young man as Raynred, the Young Heir to one of Terrain's Powers. As for why and how he had ended up in such a state, maybe only those on the ocean battlefield could have given the answer to that.

”Land!”

Raynred's eyes lit up.

All this time running across the ocean's surface, he had felt as though he was rushing across pins and needles instead.

The ocean was so wide and expansive, but there wasn't a single place to hide. At least on real ground, there would be forests and caves to make use of. All he knew was that he had to get away from that monster.

Raynred had no idea the situation on the battlefield had changed. The truth was that he had run away long before Leonel forced the Puppet Master out of its hiding spot.

'... I'm not running... right, I'm just allocating my services to another battlefield... That's right...'

Raynred shuddered when he thought of the deaths of Jilniya and Wilson who had come to help him.

And then there was that damned old man. He was on his last legs but he actually managed to stop his father from splitting away to help him.

Raynred grit his teeth.

They were just delaying the inevitable in his eyes. A single person couldn't possibly change the tide of this war. Earth was finished!

Finally stepping on land, Raynred's sharp senses grasped onto the sounds of battle from tens of kilometers away.

Checking his surroundings, Raynred quickly climbed up the side of a dilapidated building to lay eyes on a massive domed fortress in the distance.

A sinister glow lit his eye.

That was right.... wasn't this that Royal Blue Fort that Pisces whore spoke of?