Chapter 49 Wounds of Battle (1/2)

Arran stood a in exhaustion All told, the battle had taken less than two y in his body

Now that the fight was over he beca his body he was startled to find that there were more than a dozen injuries all over his body — burns, cuts, and bruises, none of which he reh Arran was hurt, his arlance he could see that it was ruined beyond repair Still, better the coat than hiht

It took hi heartbeat As the excitement of battle wore off, a deep sense of weariness set in, but he did not allow it to take hold of hiht, there had been no time to be scared, but now, he understood just how close he had coh he wanted to believe that he had survived through his own skill, he knew that he owed much to luck

Once er Even if he had been lucky this time, there were limits to luck, and he'd be a fool if he believed his luck would last forever

He shook his head, diss to take care of, and after that, he would need rest

After a short search, he found his sword, which had been torn from his hands when he used it to block a fireball He was relieved to find it unharh it was covered in the blood of those he had slain He carefully wiped it clean before sheathing it

Next, he searched through the belongings of his enes of those who had thes' contents as he took the that there would be ti the valuables off the Redstone e was left He approached the man's corpse with so that his defeated eneain

Yet when he looked at the e's body, he understood that the man ell and truly defeated Where his head had been there was now only a bloody pulp of blood and bone and brains, and Arran was shocked at the dae he had done in his desperate assault on the ht By all rights, the e should have defeated him, and easily at that

Yet in that crucial htest hesitation, the e had wavered, and it had cost him his life

There was a valuable lesson there, Arran knew In battle, even the briefest ainst a decisive opponent

Resisting the urge to gag at the sight and s a slender sword and a void bag He took both, then stood up

Just as he got to his feet, a voice sounded behind hiht?”

Arran spun around, sword drawn in an instant He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was Captain Yang

”You're injured,” the man said, worry clear on his face As he approached, his eyes ith shock ”Your face!”

With a frown, Arran touched his hand to his face Instantly, he winced in pain as he felt that the left half of his face was badly burned He could not recall being injured like that during the fight, but then, all his attention had been focused on defeating his ene said With a look at the bodies strewn across the charred battleground, he added, ”I'll have my men bury the bodies”

Arran was about to say he didn't need a healer when he suddenly felt his legs go weak beneath his body He only barely , but it seemed his injuries were far more severe than he had realized

”Co said, ”I'll help you”

They slowlyArran as they walked

”That was horrible,” Captain Yang said after a tilike it”

Instantly, Arran all but forgot about the pain ”You were a member of the Shadowflame Society?”

”No,” the man replied ”I never made it past the selection”

Just then, a call sounded ”Captain!”

As they approached the town, the guards Arran had seen earlier ca toward the, and only when they saw that he was unharet hio fetch the healer”