41 Entering Bryarmont Town 2 (2/2)

That was when she walked over to the duo, wondering how she was supposed to wake them up, as both of them had their eyes closed.

However, the moment she got within 5 steps of them, both of their eyes sprang open and eyed her warily, making her stop in her tracks.

The Tera's eyes were still normal. It was a known fact that combat oriented Teras had enhanced senses to help them live in the dangerous jungles on Earth.

However…how was it possible for this guy to also possess such sharp senses?

She was pretty amazed, but that was before she noticed the feral look in his eyes.

And from that, she understood right away who he was.

”You grew up in the jungle, didn't you?”

Aaron had been relishing in the aftertaste, and the memory of just how terrific gobbling up all those amazing things had been.

Yet, hearing this, he stood up, as he had never told this woman about his origins.

Woof remained on the floor, but it wasn't as relaxed as before.

Seeing him furrow his eyebrows, Anissa raised her hands and said, ”Relax. One of my lessons was to identify those like you. In this age, it is actually more common than you might think. Many die, though, but those who do walk out of forests alive always go on to achieve great things. My mentor told me that even the strongest Ascenders take special note of such people. Also, you were lucky to have had to survive in the low-level forests around here. In other continents, there are higher leveled ones where almost no one is capable of continuing to live unless they are lucky enough to bond with a strong Tera. Now, come on. Do you want to see your friend, or not?”

Anissa decided to give a long explanation, as she could tell that anyone like this would definitely be wary.

However…she also found it odd as they typically did not trust anyone, yet this guy was in the company of that other one.

Of course, he had said that he was only an acquaintance, but it was still strange.

The more time she spent with this guy, the more he intrigued her.

Only…this feeling disappeared when she saw someone approaching from the street in front of them.

With no intention to be caught here and then teased by her friends, Anissa turned around and motioned at him quickly before walking away.

Aaron was a bit surprised on hearing this, but it did explain things as he had been puzzled before, a bit, when the Chief had been able to identify him so easily.

Seeing her walk away, he followed, and Woof also got up with eagerness as it could smell so many more incredible scents from further inside.

They walked on the central road, and Aaron was actually busy taking in all the peculiar sights.

Comfortably full and very satisfied, he studied them all while keeping an eye on Anissa, who was a few steps ahead.

Teras and humans could be seen in all directions, living and even working together naturally, which made for a very intriguing sight.

On the left, in the balcony of an apartment, a Blue-Tailed Macaque was shooting jets of water at garments that were being held up by a man in front of it in order to wash them thoroughly.

On the right, a man and a Spike-Hooved Horse beside him were carrying heavy loads somewhere.

In front of him, there was a gym with a muscular Four-Armed Gorilla in front of it that was gesturing at passerbys to walk in.

Aaron was so interested that he wished he could see more, but soon, they approached the massive mansion at the end of the Town.

Right before entering it, though, they cut to the right to a building named 'Town Medical Bay'.

Aaron and Woof followed Anissa inside and were soon in a closed room where there were two beds: one had Edmond on it, who was unconscious, while the other was occupied by a man whose face was completely bruised.

Still, Aaron could see a few similarities, so he could tell that this was probably his father.

Holograms like the ones he had seen in the World Government Hub were floating above their bodies, and the one on the latter was of a darker shade than that on his son.

Even though these were fascinating to see, his attention was diverted to a particular corner of the room where there seemed to be nothing except a shadow.

Only, a second later, a thin man materialized in that shadow, as if from nowhere, and walked forward with a smile before saying:

”Ooh, this a sharp one. Take note, Anissa. He was able to see through my Shadow Leopards skill in a heartbeat. You, on the other hand, were too occupied by the trivial things in the room. If I wished harm on you, you would have been dead by now.”