Chapter 61 - 61: The Hunt (1/2)

Chapter 61 - 61: The Hunt

Van stepped out of the bathroo Beatrice to tend to Andrea He slowly looked around the house, his breaths turning heavier with every second

He didn't notice it earlier since he was panicking and trying to find Andrea, but their house really was a wreck It looked like it was ransacked by thieves and bandits, except they didn't take anything and just destroyed their things

The table that he and his friends eat at, the sofa they lazed around when there really wasn't anything to do but relax Even the walls were covered in letters written in red paint Words like 'beggar' and 'stay aritten all over the place

Their ere smashed and the black fumes that they sahen they rushed to the house were actually their clothes burning, all of it Van's jaw started to shi+ver as he iined what they did to the house, how they tied up Andrea, who had no way to fight back

The sound of his teeth chattering filled the e room as he saw the stain of blood on the kitchen Van could not help but fall to his knees, picking up the pan and cleaning out the litter of wasted food on the ground He then grabbed the small knife that was also on the floor

It was a bit sticky, probably fro with Van's eyebrows started to tre this knife helplessly to the trespassers

Why? He thought Why would they even do this?

They were living peacefully

And they just had to ruin that

He then stood up as he retrieved his pouch full of crystals fro Yellow crystals that he received during his first day in the Acade into superspeed so as to not explode fro so

[Gained 1500 EXP!]

[Base Lv Up!] x1

[System Lv Up!] x1

Only one? Van furrowed his eyebrows

He was deliberating on whether or not to use the other one that's left but now decided not to It would probably best to save it as there ht come a time when he needed to use it to recover his HP and SP He didn't even bother checking his Status Window as he allocated all his points to INT

He has been neglecting INT a lot, and hat he experienced in the Portal, he no that battles could go on for a long ti that time would be… disastrous

The four one far, he thought as he walked out of the house while still holding the small knife in his hand He quickly hid it, however, as soon as he was out of the gate

It would seearnered the attention of the neighbors

"Van!", Harvey waved his hand when he saw Van stepping out of the house, "The city guards are co, and a healer is also on her way", he said as he walked towards him

"Thanks, Harvey", Van said in a low voice as he looked in the direction where the 4 o into superspeed, but before he could do so, Harvey spoke

"Van…", Harvey whispered, "If this was my brother, then--"

"It doesn'tHarvey finish his words Harvey couldn't help but gulp as he saw Van's eyes, but still, he did not break eye contact

Harvey wanted to help, but again, before he could even say anything, Van disappeared, only leaving a trail of golden blur as he ran to the nearest intersection

Where… could they have gone? Van let out a stuttered deep breath, his nose twitching fro in his chest

One of the four had a distinct red-hair that was similar to that of Geain let out a breath as he rotated his ankles and stretched his arms

His eyes contained a certain calmness to them, a calmness that would drown you if you look too deep into it He then looked around hio But in the end… It didn't really htly shook his head

He could choose any path he wanted, and the result would be the sa it would take, he would hunt thele one of them down

"Fck, man! You think the woman is dead!?"

"Why did you even hit her head!? We were only supposed to wreck the house, you moron!"

"What did you want me to do, just let her call for help!?"

"Fck, whose house was that anyway, Lucas?"

"damned if I know", the red-haired ue as he heard his subordinates' unending arguet even louder!?"

Even if they were in the part of the city where no one usually walks to, it would still be bad if so like this