Chapter 308 Into The Battlefield (1/2)
”How did you do it?” Negin asked, her eyes narrowed as she glanced at Arran
”Do what?” Arran replied absently
They were on the very edge of the battlefield, where the barren ground already showed the occasional signs of a cataclys wounds in the earth, hundreds of paces long and deep enough to fully hide even a tall , Arran's attention was fully focused on his Sense
This close to the battlefield, the roar of unbound Essence was strong enough that it was beginning to interfere with his Sense More andto crowd out his ability to detect anything else, overwhelht overwhel
His sword, however, fared uish between all the different sources of Essence it detected, and it welcoiddy
”You defeated a Ranger,” Negin said ”How is that possible?”
In the aftermath of the battle, she had been too excited to ask any questions, instead vacillating between joy at defeating her opponent and shock at having killed the young man But now that she had finally calnored earlier
”I ith to defeat Rangers,” Arran replied with a shrug ”It shouldn't surprise you that some outsiders can do so, as well”
”But you don't have any of the Iin insisted, clearly unsatisfied with the answer ”And you aren't a ?”
”You'll find that the world holdspeople,” Arran said ”Coht as well be a coth, you should see what a dragon can do”
”You've in looked at Arran ide-eyed astonishment ”A real one?”
”More than one,” Arran replied ”And one of theh to crush entire h For a few bottles of brandy, he'd help you with just about anything you needed He even let in scowled at Arran in annoyance ”You'refun of me”
”Maybe,” Arran said ”But th You'd do well to rehtful look appeared in her eyes Even if she didn't believe Arran's stories about Crassus, it seeiven her cause to reconsider her view of the world
They continued onward for several hours, with the landscape around the more scars of battle And as they traveled, the pressure of Essence grew stronger, too — strong enough that Arran knew Neginit
Indeed, barely an hour after he had the thought, she caling with the pressure weighing down on her
Arran h, in reality, the effect was still far fro any discernible iin said ”It won't be long now before the htfully ”What about our belongings?” he said Although he already knew the answer, he was curious to find out how she planned to handle the matter
She looked at him uncomfortably ”We'll have to leave thes and our clothes…”
Seeing her pained expression, it was all Arran could do not to burst into laughter Yet he suppressed his as with the pills, too?”
Negin shook her head ”They're made out of leather that co as we don't go too far inside the battlefield, they'll withstand it”
Arran nodded ”What about our weapons?”
She didn't have an immediate answer to the question, and a frown crossed her face ”They're h her voice sounded doubtful ”I think they should be fine?”
”All right,” Arran replied In truth, he knew the girl's weapon would be anything but fine if they went far inside the battlefield — even in Uvar, the Essence had been violent enough to dae norer
Yet his oeapon would only benefit fro it behind But as he considered how best to keep its power hidden, Negin's voice interrupted his thoughts
”Turn around” She looked at Arran with an uneasy expression, and her face was slightly red