Chapter 547 - Battle Invitation at the Cliff (1/2)

Chapter 547: Battle Invitation at the Cliff

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Basement

There was a basin-sized hole in the Ethereal prince’s chest. His body was almost split into two. With this kind of injury, he still wasn’t dead and was even still conscious.

This was because the body didn’t belong to him. He was just possessing it. As long as the head wasn’t damaged, he could still escape.

Different from regular Ethereals, Prince Harmod’s soul was abnormally strong. Seeing that he was in a hopeless state, his eyes shone with silver light, and he roared. “Ah!”

Ping! With a crisp sound, his bracelet shattered into a burst of light. The white light flowed into Haromed’s head. After that, the air around him blurred. A beam buried into it and his eyes dimmed. His body collapsed onto the ground with a thud, losing all presence of strength.

This time, Haromed had risked everything to escape. The entire process happened in the blink of the eye. The four couldn’t even process it.

Link could have stopped Haromed, but he’d just retreated from the state of extreme spellcasting. His mind hadn’t recovered fully and was still delayed. By the time he recovered, Haromed had already disappeared.

Link shook his still-hurting pain and jumped into the magic seal. He cast a spatial detection spell.

White light appeared and spun around in the air. After around three seconds, fine ripples emerged in the light. They formed a tunnel the size of an arm and forcefully broke through Evelina’s spatial imprisonment, extending outward.

No, Haromed shouldn’t be able to break free. However, the World Impaler had put an opening to the spatial imprisonment. Haromed used it to flee.

Other than the spatial tunnel, Link also clearly smelled a faint aura in the air. It was like incense from earth. It was very faint, but after smelling it, he felt a bit dizzy. His emotions became affected too.

Link was very familiar with this smell. It appeared when a soul shattered. In other words, this was a soul’s “blood.”

“Haromed broke free from the restraints, but he’s hurt,” Link said immediately. “He can’t be far. Let’s go.”

Using the traces shown by the spatial detection, Link rushed out of the yard. The other three ran out of their hiding places, following Link closely.

Link raised a hand while on the road. The light of a detection spell wrapped around his finger. He tested for abnormal waves on the path and pursued Haromed.

Soon, the four left Glen Heights and entered the dense jungle to the west.

Many of the trees here towered in the air. Their rich treetops practically blocked all source of light. Even though it was daytime, the jungle was dark. Plants that liked the shade, such as bushes and vines, took up almost all the space under the trees.

After entering here, they slowed down drastically, especially Link. His body had mostly recovered, thanks to the Dragon Power, but he was still very careful.

“Stay close and don’t get separated,” he murmured. “I can feel that Ariel hasn’t left. She’s still looking for a chance.”

He still felt uneasy, like someone had their eyes on him. Not many in Firuman could give Link such pressure. At the moment, Ariel was the only one.

Just like them, Ariel hadn’t given up yet. She was still trying.

This High Elf genius was truly hard to get rid of.

Evelina was a bit nervous. “Link, you have to be careful,” she warned quietly. “She has never failed in her entire life, and she even brought a World Impaler this time. She’s too scary.”

Celine wasn’t happy at this. Eyeing Evelina, she said, “I think you’re just scared. She fought with Link and got hurt.”

Eveline shook her head. “That was a tie, at most. Link isn’t well off now either.”

She had seen more clearly than Celine and wasn’t that familiar with Link. She didn’t have the absolute trust that Celine had.

Eliard was worried too. He turned to Link and arched an eyebrow while gesturing with his hands. How confident are you?

Link replied, gesturing, At most, we fail at catching Haromed.

This comforted Eliard. Chuckling, he asked, “What is there to be scared of? If that Ariel really is so powerful, why doesn’t she just come out and fight? I think she’s scared of us, heh.”

Link thought a bit and said, “Let’s go. In a battle, the end is decided in an instant. Stop thinking nonsense.”

So the group stopped talking and continued following Link into the forest. They walked like this for more than one hour. They traveled around five miles and reached deep into the forest.