Chapter 127 Leaving Goldhaven (2/2)

Having witnessed the effects of Purified Essence hier had any doubts about the power of Shadowflarand naain power And without the Acadees here have discovered all sorts of row more powerful Don't underestimate them”

Arran was about to ask another question when he noticed that a few hundred paces ahead, a sroup of people had stepped onto the road From the look of it, there were just over half a dozen, and they see the same, Snowcloud said in a low voice, ”I think there's trouble ahead Be ready”

Arran nodded, then sent out his Shadowsight After ain the brush next to the road To the left”

Snowcloud nodded silently, not questioning how Arran had discovered the hidden threat Instead, a hard expression appeared on her face, and Arran knew that, like hi for battle

They slowed their pace as they approached the group ahead, but they did not turn to run There was no point in doing so — if an attack ca it head-on would be their best chance of survival

At about a hundred paces, Arran's eyes hen he recognized one of the roup — the sales clerk fronized him at the same time, because he suddenly stretched out his arive the ht, because just a moment later, the man next to the sales clerk raised his hand, and Arran could Sense that he was gathering Wind Essence for an attack

At once, Arran created a Force shi+eld, and a split second later he could Sense an attack hurtling toward hih the attack hit the Force shi+eld with a loud crash, it did not break through, and Arran retaliated at once, sending a Wind Blade toward the men

Both the sales clerk and the man to his side died in an instant, Arran's Wind Blade cleaving through their bodies like a sword slicing paper At the saed forth from Snowcloud's hands, and another two of their enemies died before they could even launch attacks of their own

But even as the group ahead was all but wiped out in a ht let hi toward him from the brush aside the road

He quickly moved the Force shi+eld to protect him, but a moment too late — one of the arrows struck his shoulder, with another glancing his ar the pain, Arran ripped the arrow from his shoulder, then drew his sword and rushed toward the hidden opponents, the Force shi+eld in front of hiroup on the road

In the few seconds it took Arran to reach his foes, several lanced off his Force shi+eld

When Arran reached the brush, he could see severaltheir swords as they braced for Arran's attack Now, he could Sense that they were Body Refiners, albeit much weaker than Arran himself

He did not pause or hesitate in his attack, instantly rah the chest of the nearesthis Force shi+eld into another

Perhaps it was the excitement of the sudden battle, or perhaps an unforeseen effect of the Essence Crystals, but Arran now felt a strength and bloodlust that was new to hih his opponents with ease as he butchered them

In a matter of seconds, all his opponents were dead, their bodies ripped apart by Arran's furious attacks Even if they were Body Refiners, their Essence-strengthened bodies had offered thee

The last of his opponents defeated, Arran turned around, and he was surprised to see Snowcloud sitting on the road, grasping her leg While there were no ene on the road, Arran understood that she had been injured in the fray

He quickly made his way back to her, and when he reached her, he saw an arrow sticking fro — it seemed he wasn't the only one who had been hit

”You're wounded,” he said worriedly, kneeling beside her to inspect the wound

Instead of groaning in pain as he expected, she gave hi look

”Just how many Essence Crystals did you use?”