40 Entering Bryarmont Town 1 (1/2)

As Anissa heard Aaron's statement, she first stared at his face for a few moments, wondering whether he was jesting.

She had had a lot of experiences where boys and men tended to show off their aims in front of her, hoping to somehow impress her.

Yet, she had always been able to see through them all, as it was quite apparent that they were only saying stuff without being really serious, at all.

After all, reaching the top of the Path to the Stars and going to the Sacred Headquarters of the World Government, which was the place where all of Earth's mightiest defenders lived, was the dream of almost each and every Ascender who had newly set foot on the Path.

Yet, a single Tera battle was usually enough to let them know just how hard that was, and just how absurd it would be if they kept saying that without having the ability to back it up.

Hell, even seasoned and talented Ascenders would often only focus on the next Hamlet, Town or City, instead of aiming for the top, which always seemed so far away.

With Aaron…it was clearly different. He wasn't naive, neither was he overconfident. He had stated it as if it was something so set in stone that one would be foolish to even question it.

She had to admit that at this moment…she was definitely just a little bit more interested in this guy, who looked like he had been through a lot, judging from his perfect reactions before, when they had arrived.

Knowing that it was imperative for them to leave here first, she decided to find out more later and just smiled before nodding and saying, ”Good to meet you, Aaron. We can talk later. For now, follow me. Let's see if you can keep up.”

Anissa had always been a playful child. So, she had decided to use this as another test.

He must only have brute strength, right? Surely, he can't compare with me in speed? After all, I trained specially to run fast as a Tera Master is often in danger of being targeted by enemies when the Tera is too strong!

With these thoughts, she set off at a dash, easily reaching her top speed of 35 km/hr, which she could maintain for a prolonged time.

The Town's gate was over a kilometer away from where they were, and she expected to beat him there by at least a few seconds, so that she could victoriously put both of her hands on her waist and get revenge for the loss before.

Her father had always said that her fierce competitive spirit, which made her treat almost everything like a competition that had to be won, would cause her problems, but as nothing like that had happened yet, she had seen no reason to change. After all, this had enabled her to beat almost all those at her age and become the strongest Ascender in her peer group.

Dreaming of the scene that she would relish soon, Anissa just focused on the path in front of her, as that was what she had been taught by her instructor. Apparently, the human mind could be trained to achieve incredible things, and one form of that was to just focus on something singularly while wanting to cross it as quickly as possible, which would enable one to go forward at their fastest speed without getting tired.

It was basically a kind of self-hypnosis, and it had always helped her to be calm in all situations.

A few seconds later, they exited the forest and reached the large open area in front of the Town, which let Anissa accelerate even further.

In front of her, just a few hundred meters away, she could see the finish line. As the area was open, she could see that that guy was nowhere near.

Yes! I'm going to win.

Just as a triumphant smile appeared on her face, she heard a voice enter her ear from a spot right beside her, which even made her wonder whether it was the AA, and not someone near her talking.

Yet, when she understood its contents, she almost skidded to a halt.

”Er…that's where we're going, right? I'll go ahead then, Woof says it smells something from inside.”

Whoosh!

The next second, a human and a Tera zoomed past her, running at at least a speed of 50 km/hr. More than that, the thing to be marveled at was that no energy was wasted, at all. Each and every step was elegant, with no wasted movements, and this was something that Anissa hadn't seen even in her trainer, who held the record for the fastest sprinter in all Elite level Body Practitioners.