Chapter 88 - Explode

Riku decided to leave in the Assima forest, in order to he could buy some time for Emma to escape. In exchange, he must fight the aggressive centaur in front of him.

Tsk!

He clicked his tongue as he noticed the monster mocking him. Moreover, he did the same thing to lose the extreme pressure he was feeling right now, at the same time, to destroy the monster's focus.

"Do you think you can catch me with your current speed?" He confidently said, then pointed in the opposite direction. As soon as he spits these words, he immediately used his legs.

Swoosh!

The monster was gritting its dark green teeth as it seemed the Centaur felt insulted and understood the human's word. Without making any second thought, the monster rubbed its horse legs to the surface, eventually chased Riku inside the forest.

Alas, Riku's plan was working out as he could hear the flashy solid sound of the monster's feet. Nevertheless, he already knew what he was going to do in this type of situation. To be exact, he was running in a different direction, by quickly switching his position the monster was surely having a hard time predicting his movements.

Tall trees, bushes, and solid rock could see in front of him. Technically thinking, those things could really slow down his movements, however, he had an idea how it will become useful for him. He climbed to the rock and jumped over, knowing this type of monster couldn't do that thing because of his outward appearance.

Thud!

He rolled inside plenties bushes under him. By doing this, he could conceal his presence to confuse the monster to locate his specific position. He covered his mouth to lessen the sound he could make, yet, he was aware that hiding inside the bush wasn't enough to survive.

Creek! Creek! Creek!

The ground was crumbling as the monster was forcing Riku to come out of the bush by stopping on the surface. His body was shaking while the bushes around him started to fall.

"I can use my wings here." He muttered.

Inside his mind, using his [Manifest] into this monster would give him a big benefit. Yet, he hadn't had the ability to kill this monster, he can't do anything about that.

[Fly]

A sharp sound transpired inside the bushes, eventually revealing the man who had dark wings at his back. At this rate, he can safely escape in this location since the location of the monster within him was around twenty-one meters. That's distance was enough to jump to the air and spread wings.

Swoosh!

Without making any second thought, Riku moved his wings as the fastest way he could just to make sure that the monster couldn't reach him even it increased its speed.

"Goodbye, for now, Centaur. With my current ability, I admitted that I had no chance to win against you. So prepared yourself while I'm cultivating because once I see you here once again I'll make sure that I'm going to kill you, at the same time, copies your destructive power." He freely said as was already in the mid-air and there was no way for the monster to catch him.

His shimmering feathers were falling to the place where was the monster standing right now. It appeared the Centaur was eager to kill him and eat his flesh, but this monster was unlucky because it face an adventurer who had a great skill to escape.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Continuous explosion happening above, covered by the thick golden brown smoke. To put it simply, the Centaur was throwing trees and rocks at him just to stop, but Riku knew that wasn't enough to reach him.

Hais!

He sighed with relief as he managed somehow to survive from this monster. At this juncture, he really appreciated the purpose of wings as it was always useful every time he was doing something.

"Jeez! Without this skill, I'm sure that monster is already eating my body." He paused for a second, looking under him as he was trying to find Emma from above. "First thing first, I should find and I apologize for all the harsh words I have said to her." He felt guilty every time he remembered Emma's expression after hearing these words.

He followed the path where was Emma running earlier. But the trees were blocking his eyes, so it means it was hard for him to find Emma.

"I have to go down." Riku said in a deep tone, knowing Emma was hiding somewhere and could be the main reason why he can find her after searching from above.

Bam!

His feet touched on the dried surface, looking left and right just to make sure that there was no other monster roaming in his area. First, he was observing the area, finding a small clue that would help him to easily find Emma inside this Vast Green Forest.

He was rubbing his chin as he didn't anticipate finding Emma would give him some trouble. "As expected to this woman, she never leaves any trace to her."

A cold breeze touched on his skin along with a conformable chirping of the bird. Moreover, sunlight couldn't reach him, thanks to the cover given by the trees. He started to walk, looking at the possible spot where was Emma hide.

In his opinion, Emma was a skilled adventurer so he didn't bother if she was still alive or not. But the problem here was, being an adventurer taught him to become always careful and aware in any type of situation.

He couldn't shout right now, knowing that he can lure some of the monsters inhabited in this forest and worst-case scenario that centaur locates his area.

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After a few were moments, Riku already passed numerous tress, find a lake where he drank some water, and entered in itchy bushes just to find him. Sometimes he thought Emma already left this forest and get back to their kingdom after she received these kind words from him.

"Emma, where are you right now?" He asked himself in a serious tone since a couple of minutes had already passed, still, he had no clue where was the exact location of Emma.

He sat under the tall trees, regaining some of the strength lost to him, at the same time, analyzing what was the best thing to do in this type of situation.

Well, it was really to find someone in this huge vast green forest unless he used his [Target] skill. But he doesn't think by using that skill will be profitable for him. Why? He already used the [Fly] skill two times and one time the [Fire claw], so it means there was no mana left for him to keep using all the skills that were appropriate to use in a specific circumstance.

He leaned his back against the wall, then took a deep breath to release all the things that were bothering his mind right now. After that, he let it out of the air softly while looking at the blue sky.

His eyes filled by the clouds and the birds were passive over him. Those were the birds were just ordinary birds as they didn't have the ability to protect themselves. This means those birds were at the bottom of the food chain since they were the primary food of the monster inhabited here.

When the moment he was going to fall asleep, he heard someone was stretching a string, eventually followed up with a sharp sound that rapidly headed to his location.

Swoosh!

Without hesitation, Riku immediately switched his position. He then looked at the place where he was sitting earlier, seeing the arrows land on the exact place where his head was located.

"Another monster? How is it possible they are still active in the daylight?" He gritted his teeth but didn't mind the monster attacked as he quickly left the place hadn't had the chance to see the outward appearance of this monster.

Swoosh!

While running, he was swiping all the the obstacles were blocking his way just like the tall bushes. Moreover, he was aware that the unknown monster was still chasing him because of the sounds he was hearing right now.

This kind of situation continued, until his eyes were widended after seeing a someone was figthing two giant monster alone. Yes, it was Emma that cornered by the monster after she tried to save her life from the Centaur.

Knowing there was blood dripping on Emma's stomach, for some reason, he felt trememendous feeling inside his chest. He ran towards the monsters, didn't mind what were the things it could do even to find out its classification.

[Fire claw!]

As soon as he jumped to the mid-air, Emma noticed him. "I'm here to help you, Emma! " He yelled, after that, swung his claw downwards to deal some damage to those monsters.

Green blood was splashing on his face and body, still, the angry expreesion of him was there. "Who are you to hurt her, huh?!"

Boom!