Chapter 262 An Unseen Cold (2/2)

But that was the game This was real life

There were no Goddess anointed priests or knighted paladins or curse engorged great deet a feel of the ice, atteical in nature

He could not tell

Was this some form of Alter power then? One that could affect the soul? It was not entirely i

Alan looked up at Aldrich hopefully

Aldrich shook his head ꜰʀᴇᴇᴡᴇʙɴᴏᴠᴇʟᴄᴏᴍ

"No! No, no, no!" Alan yelled as he slu across the ice, yearning to get in

Aldrich could sympathize with Alan, but he knew also that this was not the ti, emotionally unstable wildcard One that Aldrich needed to protect as well

"I'm sorry to do this-," said Aldrich Before Alan could react, Aldrich knocked Alan out with a precise blow to his jaw Alan fell to the ground like ragdoll, his whole body going lis cut

Before Alan hit the dirt, Aldrich held him up

"Chrysa, take him in," said Aldrich

'I' in Aldrich's head

'No questions, Chrysa,' said Aldrich, stern 'Not now'

'O-okay' whimpered Chrysa, audibly terrified

Aldrich did not knohat to say to coht hiht or life and death situation His parents had showered hiht hiht could be

He learned that hial combat simulations in virtual reality that were liable to fry his brain with how realistic and exhausting they were

But he had learned basically just through endless repetition, sle until he calloused hiain

That wasn't soer There just was no time to think about it He had to default to stern treatht e Alan Alan's unresisting body deh notably, it took er than it did for Chrysa to transport herself

Where Chrysa did it in just a second, Alan needed over ten seconds to fully dematerialize

All the while, Valera kept her shi+eld up, staying close to Aldrich

Judging from her eyes that flit from side to side, he could tell she did not knohere their attacker was, if even the attacker was still here

"The hell happened?" Diah voice crackled in Aldrich's ear

"I don't know," said Aldrich "But it's looking like an ambush"

"What do you wanton or how or other unnecessary questions He only asked as needed of him

The mark of a trained man

"Stay in the vicinity, but don't show yourself yet," said Aldrich "If there's an attacker out there, they're probably cloaking theer," said Diamondback