Chapter 257 – Book 2, Chapter 114 (1/2)

Book 2, Chapter 114 – Old Enemies Meet

Oddball was overhead, scouting their escape route

On the ground, Claudia was using her own es For instance, Claudia could all by herself locate deh Oddball could also see through these tricks, it was unable to gauge the strength of those individuals Claudia's seeker torque told her the strength and e

Drake's e foes He would charge in, while Gabriel would weave his threads through around the battlefield Cloudhaould stalk around their targets out of sight, then get behind them and knock the in concert, but they made a seamless team [1]

At present there were nearly three hundred villagers huddled close by

“This is no good The et we becoe exits are closed off by soldiers and on't bust their blockade with just us We need a plan to get theather”

Drake had a point Saving livesthem away from here

Right now they were ju pan and into the fire, no one was safe yet There were a few hundred they rescued from a soldier's bolt, but whether or not they would survive the day still wasn't certain It wouldn't be until they escaped the village

“I know a secret way” A white-haired elder in their group of survivors spoke up “Maybe we can use it to get out of here”

This old e and knew more about it than most The way he spoke about was an ancient aqueduct, sh for one person to pass through at a time However, it was the best way for thee and escape the soldiers' notice

Claudia thought it was a feasible plan “Where to then?”

Teal Ridge was situated against a mountain, and they were told about the cave systeet free of the village, the survivors could disappear into the woods and find shelter in those caves It would be hard for the soldiers to track them down, then Only, then the elysian lands would have another pack of refugees lurking in its underbelly The whole real, and the survivors were looking at long hard lives in exile

But whatever was co butchered by a soldier's blade

The oldthey all gathered round the entrance to a narrow aqueduct This was how they were going to survive The old man was relieved to know this wasn't how he and his people would die “Thank you for saving us,” he said to the young trainees

“We don't have time, elder” Claudia was visibly anxious “Go, quickly If you stay here any longer it'll be too late”

Drake grabbed the bars of the gate that covered the aqueduct's entrance His er-width iron bars screeched in protest as they bent and snapped Drake threw the shards of ed into a wall like they were fired froun

What strength! The survivors gaped at the burly man like he was a beast

The old o

However, just then Cloudhawk received a warning from Oddball

“Wait! Come back!”

The old man was half a second too slow The others watched in horror as soe iron chain with a spiked ball attached to the end, too fast and too fierce for anyone to defend against Everyone was forced to watch as, with a terrible thud, the old man was crushed into a pile of meat and broken bones The iron ball hit with such intensity the survivors nearby were knocked off their feet, and the walls nearby cracked

Drake and Claudia stared, wide-eyed

Gabriel reacted quickly, trying to wrap up the spiked ball with his threads But h to throw the several tons of force behind it The wastelander first shoved the people on either side of hi hiers who did not have his speed and were obliterated

In the face of this enorlass

Claudia clutched her staff and shouted in anger “Who's there! Show yourself, coward!”

Oddball knew

“To the South-East,” Cloudhaarned