Chapter 157: Emham Forest Pursuit (1/2)

Edward pulls Ms. Greene and Robert forcefully followed by Adhara and her father, they're dashing into Emham Forest without even looking back.

They're running right after Edward saw a suspicious guy looking at them.

Adhara is also confused by Edward's sudden burst but she quickly senses that there are people following them, and by their aura, she can tell that they're an Awakened.

”Edward! Why are we running?”, Mrs. Greene said with a panicked look.

She's wearing high heels, she can't keep up with Edward and the other's pace.

Without even answering, Edward approaches Mrs. Greene and carries her in his arms, ”I'm sorry Mrs. Greene, but there is no time for explanation”

After that, both of them resume their running.

With three normal people amongst them, the chaser soon catches up to them easily.

Adhara looks to her back and saw three people following them, she then steps the ground roughly as her body burns with purple fire.

The step she did creates a circle of purple fire,

One of the chasers doesn't pay attention to their surrounding before he steps on the circle of fire, ”Hmm?”, the chaser stopped as he looks at the ground below him.

The circle of purple fire started to glow before suddenly,

BOOM!!

The ground beneath the chaser exploded creating a purple fiery explosion that charred the surrounding, the explosion is so strong that it makes the ground trembles.

”Argghh!!”, Mrs. Greene shouted as she heard the loud explosion.

Robert also covers his ears as he approaches Edward for shelter, the explosion sent a slight shockwave and debris in their direction.

Edward looks to his back and saw Adhara burning with purple fire.

He nodded his head slightly before he resumes their running,

Adhara's father saw what Adhara did and he can't help but become surprised, he looks at Adhara with a disbelieving look and said, ”You, you've become so strong”

Hearing this, Adhara didn't answer as she just pull his father.

One of the three chasers got stopped by Adhara with her spell, it hurt the chaser quite a bit judging from his expression and his charred legs.

The other two resumes their chasing.

'Where are they from? It can't be the Atkins or Reed', Edward thought.

The chaser is not that strong compared to them, they have at least a rank of four or five power which makes it possible to escape from them.

If it were the Atkins or Reed Family, then they can't even run past 100 meters.

”Quick!! It'll be too late if they manage to arrive there”, one of the chasers shouted to the other, they seem to know Edward is running to the Cluster Domain.

The other chaser nodded his head and pick up their pace.

In just a short time, the chaser manages to reach the others.

The chasers are just right behind their backs, the chasers stretch their hands trying to catch at least one of them to make them stop.

Edward saw this, he then immediately hand over Mrs. Greene to Robert.

He then gives Adhara a meaningful look before he said, ”Leave them to Adhara and me, you guys go on ahead!”

After hearing that, Robert went away without hesitation with his wife.

Adhara's father, however, stopped and look at Adhara in worry as his body got rooted on the spot.

Edward and Adhara already engage in a fight with the chasers, they each fight one of the chasers as their body glows with a red and purple hue.

Adhara already takes out her dagger and fight the chaser, she's surprised that the chaser is no joke.

She tries to use the dagger-wielding skill she learn from Edward and find that her opponent can read it, the chaser dodge left and right without difficulty.

All of them are Fire Elementalist, their clash against each other burns the trees surrounding them.

”Fire Spell, Fireball!”

SWOOSH!

The chaser sent a fireball towards Adhara, its body is round and it emits an intense heat that even Adhara's father felt her skin crawl.

The temperature is simply astonishing.

He looks at Adhara with worry but soon got shocked when Adhara activates her element.

Adhara's body burns with purple flame as her hands spat purple fire, the purple fire suppressed the chaser's element because of its higher ranking.

The fireball trembles upon feeling the purple fire, it got weakened substantially.

She then grips the fireball with her hand that is covered with purple fire, she twists her hand before making the fireball exploded.

BOOM!

Adhara's father got pushed to the ground after the explosion.

He widened his eyes in surprise when he saw that his little girl became a fierce fighter, Adhara's expression is calm as if it's a regular thing.

Edward on the other hand, he's getting pushed back by his opponent.

The chaser in front of him got the power of a rank five, he can't close the elemental advantage the chaser had with only pure skill.

His power is way above Edward's league.

But that being said, Edward still manages to make the chaser occupied by dodging to the left and right unwanting to fight the chaser head-on.

”Colossal Punch!”

BAM!

Edward jumped to the right before he sent his punch to a fireball that is just beside him, his reflex is quick and he manages to disperse the fireball before it hits him.

But when he landed on the ground, the chaser arrive in front of him.

Seeing a fist right in front of his eyes, Edward can only brace himself because he can't dodge it at this distance.

BAM!

His face got punched as he got blown away with blood leaking from his mouth.

The chaser's strength is not to be underestimated, 'I can't take more than three punches from that guy', Edward thought.

He then uses this chance to slip away after seeing Adhara manage to get the upper hand.

Adhara also dashes away and took her father with her, she's angry with her father because he didn't run all this while and just watch from the side.

Not long after, Adhara and Edward saw Robert and Mrs. Greene in front.

They're cornered by a group of mutated boars, it makes their hands tremble to look at the devious boar that have black skin that is blacker than night.

Without batting an eye, Edward slashes all the boars with his dagger.

The boar didn't get any chance to retaliate before they got sliced by Edward's dagger, the dagger cut off their head cleanly.