500 Reunion* (2/2)

Zeres was obediently following her, but he was obviously holding himself back. Impatience painted his angel face, and his grips had turned into tight balls.

As they were getting closer and closer, the atmosphere became grave again. The next second, Alicia's palm landed on Zeres' chest, and she pushed him back. Her sword swung in the air like lightning, creating silver glows as she cut through the air before her. Sharp and thin ice crystals fell on the ground as Alicia continued swinging her sword with ease and power.

Zeres, who was stunned by the sudden attack, was now awed as he stood there, watching Alicia and her silver hair that was dancing fiercely behind her. He looked amazed at this witch queen's skill.

The deadly sharp ice crystals didn't stop coming. Alicia didn't mind dealing with this. In fact, she wanted Abi to keep attacking because she wanted to check how strong she had become in just a couple of days. But Alicia was worried about Zeres. She didn't want to give Zeres a reason to ignite a fire within him and fight alongside her, especially now that his eyes were already blazing like a sun.

Thus, Alicia called for her. ”Abigail, it's me,” she said softly, knowing that Abi could hear her from this distance.

The ice crystals abruptly disappeared and turned to mists.

As the mists gathered on the ground, Alicia lifted her gaze, and Abi was right there, standing in the middle of a thick mist. She opened her eyes and when she saw Alicia, a smile broke on her face. ”Alicia!” she called out.

”So, your name is Alicia. It's a beautiful name.” Zeres smiled at Alicia before lifting his gaze and looked ahead while someone suddenly blocked Abigail, who was about to run towards Alicia.

Alexander had landed right in front of Abigail like a phantom that appeared out of nowhere.

The world seemed to turn to a halt. Alicia felt Zeres' body became immobile as he looked at Alexander with utter shock.

Alicia dragged her gaze from Zeres to Alexander, and she couldn't help but hold her breath with what she saw. Just like Zeres, Alexander's eyes were blazing like a golden furnace as he stared back at Zeres.

The atmosphere became tensed and heavy. The mists dissipated, and the quiet surrounding became almost deafening. It was so quiet and still that a single sound and movement might spark something dangerous.

At that moment, Abigail's head craned from Alexander's side, and when she lifted her face and looked ahead, her eyes widened.

”Ze-zeres?”

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