17 Through Tooth and Nail (2/2)

”From enlightenment?”

”Mhmm,” Riza nodded.

Sonalius wore a strange look before staring at Riza in awe. ”Amazing! Fantastic! You already reached the point of comprehending the law by comprehension! Quick, we can talk later, let's leave before there's more trouble.” He said with haste and vigilance

Sonalius clicked his tongue three times and motioned for Riza to climb onto the more than 6-meter long creature. With caution, Riza slowly got onto the creature and straddled it. Without a second to waste, the creature's scales rotated, tunneling through the water at breakneck speed. The creature stayed above the surface as Sonalius communicated with it. The river spanned for 3 kilometers in width. Once the three of them reached the half-way point, they heard a loud bang towards the coast of the Vibrant Forest.

Riza instinctively turned around and saw two silhouettes near the rest of the dead lychni. The first appeared to be a tall man with gray hair, and the second was a short man with blue skin surrounded by light. The tall man vanished into thin air as the blue-skinned man ran towards her. Riza's gaze grew cold as dense killing intent formed around her.

”He's here.” Riza felt it was impossible to hold back her emotions as she wanted to kill the man right then and there. However, she didn't act because she knew the aura he was giving off was far more powerful than her own by far. Despite her seething hatred for the man, she tried to stay calm. Just king Sig'car's aura felt suffocating to Riza. Trying to go up against someone of his level was suicidal.

The sea creature, noticing something was wrong, pushed itself to the limit. It went another half time faster than before.

King Sig'car, who was on the opposite side of the Degasi river near the Vibrant forest, was also filled with sickening anger. He grabbed a handful of blue sand from a pouch on his hip and threw it into the river. Ice crystals formed on the surface of the water. After a few moments, over 50 meters of water turned into ice. King Sig'car slammed his foot into the ice and launched himself deeper into the river. Throwing the blue sand continuously, he was closing the distance between him and the creature.

”Try to slow him down!” Sonalius shouted as he bit his hand and sunk it into the dark water. Riza unclicked her pouch as she grabbed a few shurikens and threw them towards king Sig'car. However, because Riza and Sonalius were still so far away from king Sig'car, her shurikens plummeted into the depths of the river.

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”Damn it! This cannot be happening!” Shock and terror flushed through Riza's brain as she failed to come to a reasonable solution. With her one strongest ability, Riza cast Light Absorption on king Sig'car who was still freezing the water.

”What a disgustingly simple trick!” He bellowed, his voice creating ripples on the water. King Sig'car's entire self glowed with great brilliance, blinding both of them. Riza threw up blood as her complexion paled. The light released from Sig'car gave Riza burns, but in doing so, Sig'car accidentally melted some of the ice he had just formed.

”Riza!” Sonalius retracted his hand from the water and checked her pulse. ”Overexhaustion from energy... this girl is too damn reckless.” With a heavy sigh, he looked at Sig'car with deep hatred. ”Go!!!” He swung his arm forward, splashing blood into the river. Five small creatures came bursting up out of the water and rushed to Sig'car. Within a few seconds the creatures, with sharp teeth and claws, dived into Sig'car.

”Give. Me. Answers!” King Sig'car's fists shone with a purplish light. With every punch, a creature would be severely injured. After two punches each, the creatures looked at Sonalius with regret and hatred. Sonalius, Riza, and the creature they were already only 200 meters away to Mist Valley. Still, king Sig'car was catching up. Just as Sonalius was ready to

”It's been too long, Riza, I need answers! NOW! What happened that day? Who killed my daughter? You? Rey? Someone else? Either way, your fate is sealed! If you come to me, I won't kill anyone else. But for every day you prolong, one person from Lorea will die because of you. Their blood will be on your hands. It's your choice, Riza.” King Sig'car spat out in fury. As if fearing getting to close to Mist Valley, he took off running after that.

”That lychni is too strong for his state... what was he so scared of?” Sonalius saw the blue man sprint off and looked at the upcoming shore. Orange sand reflected the sun's light as the sea creature Sonalius and Riza rode upon reached Mist Valley. With a loud howl, the snake-like creature threw the of them off its back. Sonalius quickly maneuvered in mid-air and caught Riza, who was nearly passed out. After softly setting Riza down on the sand, Sonalius turned around and saw that the creature was waiting there with its teeth showing and killing intent starting to form.

”Right, I almost forgot!” Sonalius tried to laugh it off and change the mood. ”This might hurt a bit.” With one hand, Sonalius peeled back the scale and touched the exposed skin. With beads of sweat forming on Sonalius' face, the creature began to feel happy as its eyelids slid back. After a few more minutes, Sonalius stopped and bent the scale back into place. With a happy yet creepy smile, the creature took off and left the two alone.

”You awake Riza?” Sonalius half-asked as he walked over to Riza. Collapsed onto the ground, Riza laid with her chest heaving up in down. With a pale face, blue veins fully exposed, covered in sweat and blood, and riddled with small cuts, Riza passed out with a pitiful appearance.

”Hmm, overexertion again. You really pushed yourself to the max and beyond... good job Riza. Only by walking the line between life and death can you push your body and potential to the limit and grow. It would seem that the Lychnus ambush and Sig'car was a gift in disguise after all.” Sonalius spoke freely as he hoisted her up. Noticing that he was also extremely tired and exhausted, Sonalius carried them further into the valley and found a small cave. After forcefully evicting its furry occupants, Sonalius collapsed to the ground with Riza, plunging into a deep sleep.