78 Ruby Enchantress (2/2)

Suddenly, everything around Alexander seemed to pause in time, though that was just at initial glance, if Alexander concentrated hard enough for a long while in this state, he would notice that everything wasn't actually still as if frozen in time, but actually everything was just moving hundreds of times slower than their natural state.

Like when a Magician of the Spirit Rank and above used the ability of the Conscious Eye, Alexander could see the aura of everything around him, that of every person and Magical Item in sight. This also included every single Rising Earth Thistle flower that made up this Thistle Forest.

Without the use of the 'Ruby Enchantress', Alexander's vision would not be nearly as advanced as it was in this moment, as not only did the item help to increase his range of sight, but also advanced the precision of his sight. Where the Rising Earth Thistle's would have blurred in his sight previously as he gazed off into the distance, were now as clear as if they were right in front of him.

With this sight, it wasn't long before he noticed an anomaly a few miles from the encampment.

'A barrier?' Alexander's eyes narrowed and he increased his concentration into peering deeper through the barrier, which thought with tooth and nails to keep him from seeing past it. 'This barrier is extremely well made. Almost at the level of a Sky Magician... But it still falls short to my 'Ruby Enchantress'!'

In conjunction with those thoughts, his sight broke through the restraints of the barrier and he peered intently inside, only to have his eyes bulge in horror at the sight before him. His sight didn't stay on the area long as his eyes closed in pain. Tears threatened, but he held them back. He had no time to let his emotions get the better of him.

At this time, several Wilderwolf Soldier's had begun to gather behind him. All of their eyes held a dark gleam as they waited at the ready, bulky fingers grasping their weapons with intensity. They would do anything to save their precious Young Miss!

”What are your orders, Lord Wilderwolf!” The Head of the Wilderwolf Soldier's returned to his side, his face looked stoic and his hand rested on his sheathed blade, but one could from his intense, narrowed eyes that his anger didn't fail to match the rest of them.

Alexander had just closed his eyes seconds before this inquiry, and seemed to not hear his words until his eyes short open and with one, bellowing step, he was flashing off into the distance, his form quickly shrouded in the darkness of the forest.

”Follow!!!” Alexander's growling voice echoed back to them with a fiery intensity, passing his simple but apt orders.

They noticed in the wake of their Lord's path, a line of ice forming a long path into the horizon and they knew immediately to follow this path to follow their Lord on their mission.

”Follow the Lord!!”

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Elsewhere in the Thistle Forest, neither in the Wilderwolf encampment or inthe Beast-Eyed Killer's hideout, but instead about a mile off from their, atop the leaf of a Rising Earth Thistle was the familiar form of a tall, lanky man. The same man who had erected the barrier around the Beast-Eyed Killer's hideout and lent them the Ghost Walker Medallion. Beside him was his usual companion, the man who had initially met up with the Beast-Eyed Killer back in Skyview City.

The lanky man's attention which had been solely watching the Beast-Eyed Killer and his men as they roughed up their target, suddenly darted in another direction as he felt a great surge of aura flashing through the forest.

”How did he see past my barrier?” The lanky man's eyes opened in surprise before returning to normalcy, seemingly not to effected by this fact beyond his initial surprise.

”It would seem the plan has been compromised...” The other man by his side muttered.

The lanky man didn't bother to respond as he watched intently as the blurred form of Alexander arrived at his barrier and broke through it with an intensity that didn't hold back in his anger and watched with no emotion as his finger's grabbed their employee with an iron grip, quickly sucking him of his life.

”It seems we have really riled 'em up this time, hehehe...” the lanky man's eerie laugh was shiver inducing as he watched on with strange interest.