Chapter 67: Victory against nature (1/2)
Alex listened with astonishment.
”If we did cause this, then, shouldn't we intervene?” Alex inquired
When he said this, the wind got stronger and the tent was flapping in all directions.
Children's cries filled the tent while their parents all closely cuddled so the tornado would blow no one off.
As he looked at this scene, Alex decided to go by himself to stop the tornado and defeat this 'Jinni'.
He took out Athena's spear and the system compiled its information.
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(Spear of Victory)
Quality: Divine
State: Great
Additional Information: The goddess Athena was born with this deadly spear in her hand.
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Alex clenched his fists around the spear and Hermes asked him, ”Do you need any help?”
”I-I'll...manage...” Alex was unsure if he would be able to defeat nature, even with his new prowess.
Athena defeated even the fiercest of waves using only this spear and her shield, so he should be able to calm the raging tornado.
Alex left the tent and swiftly stitched the entrance to avoid the sand entering into the tent.
A few kilometers away, Alex could distinguish a beige maelstrom of sharp wind approaching in their direction.
The waters of the oasis were turbulent from the wind and the large fire kept on flickering intensely.
Alex wielded his Faith Energy and diverted it into augmenting his speed. As usual, the world around him slowed down and he became much faster as well.
He bolted in the direction of the tornado and the rotating sand became denser and denser and started obstructing his view.
At the extreme wind speeds of the tornado, the fine grains of sand turned into mini-bullets and wounded Alex's body.
It was painful but his accelerated healing made up for it.
He resumed his run through in the direction of the tornado and because of the ample amounts of sand that were rotating, movement became hard but Alex pushed his way through.
Here, the wind was so strong that if he didn't actively push his body weight onto the ground, it would propel him into the air.
In slow steps, he advanced with the spear tightly in his hand.
Soon enough, Alex couldn't keep his footing and was thrown into the air.
'This is disorienting!' He could feel his body rotating around the eye of the tornado. There was no way he could control himself with only his body weight.
He couldn't see the ground, but Alex assumed he was probably dozens of meters in the air.
Like a funnel, he felt his body approaching the center of the tornado.
'There should be the Jinni in the center...!' Alex had to think fast.
'Bingo!' He came up with a way to find the Daimon. He would use Link to see if there were any nearby targets he could form a connection with, and if so, that would pinpoint the location of the Jinn.
Normally, Link should work on any conscious being.
Alex closed his eyes and tested out his hypothesis while balancing his body in the air.
”You fell into the trap!” Alex said out loud.
*Cough* *Cough*
'I forgot there was sand everywhere.....' Alex coughed out sand.
Earlier, he felt the Link connection retreating in a manner that indicated the receptor refused to connect.
Alex was lucky, if the Jinni just ignored his technique, he wouldn't have known where the latter was or if it even existed, but now, he discerned the exact location of the Jinni.