Chapter 388 Half Immortal Puppe (2/2)

Two throwing knives whistled past the two sides of thefor the shoulders of the puppet, but thethite ae of the spear brush over soh

While this last attack was as ineffective as the previous ones, thanks to it, the group had been able to realize that, when fighting against a stronger enemy whose defenses they couldn't breach, they could still use the enemy's anatomy to hinder theirthe back of her knees Meek, try to aim at her eyes, while Filly and I will hinder thetowards the puppet which was about to slash down on Dehlila, and used his sword to pierce her elbowfor the motion of the attack to be disturbed, and for the attack to become harmless

All of this happened in hest amount of concentration from the five of them

When it seemed that the puppet would be bullied by the five of the style, and made use of the movements she was forced to follow to perfor minutes, the five of the their bodies, and both Dehlila and Non had at least alile scratch on its body, and was standing casually in the in with

As soon as the three minutes passed, she quietly walked back to her position, and waited for her next opponent

Lorwin and the others reht that were slowly trying to reform their lost limbs, or close their injuries In their minds, they knew that their collective poas barely able to fulfill the requirements of the test, and that, had any other of the participants took part in the test in their stead, they would likely all be dead now

After about thirty ed to fully heal They then stood back up, and approached the puppet with a hint of excitement

Once within arht hand, and revealed five ss contained exactly two thousand essence gems each

”AHAH! It orth it!!” Exclaimed Non with joy His and Meek's families were much less affluent than Dehlila and Filly's, or Lorwin's,these resources much more valuable for them than for the others Even on Meek's usually stern expression, the semblance of a smile appeared

However, while the others were happy about their results, Lorwin and Dehlila were looking at the puppet with curiosity ”Does that h the test and survives, they receive ten thousand gems?” Asked Dehlila

”Maybe I doubt ill ever know” Responded Lorwin before turning to look back at the gate, where the rest of the participants aiting for theo” he then added

When the five of theate, what they failed to notice, was that Cynna had remained behind with the puppet

On the other side of the gate, was a path identical to the one that connected the previous crossroad to the square from which they had arrived A path which they were able to thread without roup of participants were able to see another crossroad, which instead of splitting, ed three different paths Their stone path, one that lead on a mountain path, and the one that led into the cave underneath the rocky wall

When the group arrived at the crossroad, the first thing they noticed was the presence of six individuals It did not take long for the participants to recognize the

Four of thehtly ruined clothes The clothes on Nilo and Zack were covered in shtly burnt off Ivan and Sigg, on the other hand, were standing quietly by the side, still shocked by what they had seen just a couple hours before

”You are already here?” Asked Lorith confusion

”We just got here” Responded Nilo while putting on a clean grey shi+rt ”Where is Cynna?” he then asked

Cynna had spent the hours they hada walked between the first crossroad and the square in silence, so her absence had not been noticed by the rest of the participants It was only after Nilo asked about her directly, that the group re themselves unable to respond

”Wasn't she with us?” asked one of the participants in confusion

Nilo knew that these people would not have the power to subdue, or even kill Cynna, so the an to worry However, before he could even consider to go back and look for her, Cynna appeared in sight a few hundred meters deeper into the stone path

Her ared, and the width of the cuts on it showed that the blade which had h her body as well but she had no injuries Instead, she walked as if nothing had happened, and joined the rest of the group

As Cynna walked past theroup, iers, was not one ring anymore, but two One of the tas simple, and he had seen her wear it before but the other one was just as familiar It's pattern was si what the reward for winning a duel against the puppet would be

”Is that The puppet's ring?” he h for the rest to hear