Chapter 190 The Road to Uvar (1/2)

They moved toward Uvar at a speed that Snowcloud and Zehava could only barelyback as he ran His physical strength now far exceeded that of the novices, and he suspected he would have little difficulty outrunning Rockblaze if needed

That left hihts soon wandered to the battle against the adepts

While the fight had lasted only s that bolstered his confidence for the journey ahead

The first of these was the fae of power he felt when the novices and recruits died

He'd thought he lost the Blood ic's ability to consuon's Ruin, but instead, it seeon's Ruin had somehow seized the ability for itself

While Arran didn't understand how this had happened, he was happy that it had It was an ability that roups of weaker eneins, he was happy to retain this part of it

The second, meanwhile, had come when he faced the Iron Mountain adept

He had long wondered how strong Shadowflareatly since he crossed the border, he hadn't been confident in his ability to defeat theth and his resistance to Essence, he should be e adept

The only thing that gave him some pause was the attack Rockblaze had used Instead of attacking with Essence directly, Rockblaze had used it to launch a giant boulder, striking their foes with devastating effect

Arran's resistance to ainst such an attack, and he understood that in the future, he would have to be on guard against sier, adepts were still a serious threat to hi threat at the ainst an enemy like that, Arran had no chance of victory — not in a fair fight

And to ht unfair, they needed to reach Uvar as quickly as possible

On the first day, they continued well into the night, only stopping to rest when the two novices could go no more

The second day passedas fast as the novices could go Neither Snowcloud nor Zehava complained, but it was obvious that the pace was one they could h,” Arran said late in the afternoon, as they were stopped for a short rest ”At this rate, we'll probably get caught before we reach Uvar”

Even if he had no idea how far behind their pursuer was, a Master would not be slow in traveling And from what Zehava and Rockblaze had said, their lead should be a day or two atwe can do about that” Rockblaze cast an annoyed glance at Arran ”We can't go any faster than this — not without leaving Lady Snowcloud and Zehava behind All we can do is hope that it's enough”

Arran frowned ”I think there ain some minutes later, Zehava was draped over Rockblaze's shoulder, while Arran was carrying Snowcloud Both novices had balked at the suggestion, but only briefly — as much as they disliked the idea, it was still much better than the alternative

After that, their pace increased greatly Even while carrying the novices, Arran and Rockblaze were able to ht, Rockblaze now struggled to keep up with him, and the effort left the adept visibly exhausted