Chapter 102: Stalking Adhara

Adhara left the room without even knowing Rex notice she went out.

Rex is very curious about what he saw on Adhara's arm, 'Is that a scar? I never notice she has that so that must be new', he thought.

He didn't sure what it was but now he realized that it is a scar.

Adhara didn't want Rex to see it based on how she covered it up, this makes Rex confused.

'I hope Edward found something', He thought before he went back to sleep, he got a rough day so he wanted to sleep some more.

Meanwhile, Adhara walks on the corridor alone.

She's heading towards the entrance of the university, she looks impatient for some reason.

The university is already empty with only a few people around, It is currently in the middle of the night so it is natural to be empty.

Adhara looks left and right as she headed outside, the attack she got before makes her alert.

Unknown to her, the figure that attacked her before is still following her.

He keeps a good distance with Adhara to not get caught, 'Rex said that she has quite sharp senses, this distance will do', he thought.

Adhara went out of the university and called a taxi.

Seeing this, Edward frowns, 'Where is she going in the middle of the night? All of the stores are closed', he thought.

He then takes out a gun and fired it at the taxi, it didn't make any loud sound.

Tap!

A black bullet hit the car before it flickers with red light, Adhara heard the light tap sound but she didn't think much of it.

After successfully pinning the taxi, Edward went to his car and follow it.

The black bullet turns out to be a tracker bullet, it is a convenient bullet that he bought for times like this.

He opened the map on his phone and saw the red flickering light is moving, it is the taxi that Adhara rode.

In the car, Edward was confused about where Adhara is going.

'She seems to head to the edge of Sector 2E, is she going out of the sector?', he thought.

But not long after, the flickering red light on his phone stopped.

It stopped at the area near the border of sector 2E, there's not much there except for a couple of borders guards.

Sector 2E is a special place, so not everyone can just get in and out of the sector.

Edward arrives at the scene, he looks around and saw Adhara paying the taxi.

He looks to the place behind Adhara and becomes even more confused, 'Yichi Grove? What is she doing here?'

Adhara stopped at the Yichi Grove named after the strongest mutated beast in it, the Venomous Snake Yichi. Although it is called Grove it is not a small jungle, it is quite a vast place that is filled with mutated beasts.

Yichi Grove is the same as Emham forest, it is also used by Awakened in Sector 2E to train.

These kinds of places are not uncommon throughout Ratmawati City, in fact, each sector has its own training place for the Awakened living there.

Adhara went inside the Grove after verifying the guards that she is indeed an Awakened.

The Yichi Grove is a public area and can only be entered by any Awakened, normal people are not allowed because it is dangerous for them.

Seeing Adhara went in, Edward follows her from the back.

Inside Yichi Grove is filled with huge trees with the width of houses, it is abnormally big that makes humans look tiny.

Rows of trees stand neatly as far as the eyes can see, it can be hard to decipher where you're going because of how identical each tree looks.

Upon entering Yichi Grove, Edward can instantly sense many beasts eyeing him from the shadow.

These mutated beasts didn't scare him because they're still in the outer area, if he went deeper and enter the mid area then he will have to be alert.

Early rank four mutated beasts and above is not something he can fight, especially the Venomous Snake Yichi. It is a peak rank five mutated beasts, if he encounters it then he will surely die.

Edward looks around and saw Adhara disappeared on the corner, he immediately follows her fearing that he will lose her from his sight.

He's stalking Adhara from the back.

Adhara swatted low-rank mutated beasts with her dagger easily, she seems to be going deeper.

She finally stopped until she met a waterfall on the edge of the outer area, it is the place where rank three to rank four mutated beasts lurk around.

'Did she came here to train? Why did she have to hide it from the others?', Edward thought.

The loud crashing sound from the waterfall filled the place with the creaking of insects matching the waterfall's melody, it creates an enjoyable sound that makes one relax.

Adhara is looking left and right trying to find something, if she comes here to train then she definitely searching for mutated beasts.

Not long after, Adhara encounters a Hard Skin Rhino.

Hard Skin Rhino is a peak rank three mutated beasts, it has rock-solid skin that is hard to penetrate using normal weapons. Its downside lies in its movement, it is very slow so evading it will be easy especially for Adhara.

She studied the mutated beasts for a moment, she takes out a pair of daggers from her side.

Without waiting for the Hard Skin Rhino, she instantly leaped and started a fight with it.

The dagger dances around the night adding a deep red flash here and there, her fire magic imbued the dagger as she dodges and strikes the Hard Skin Rhino.

Edward is watching from the side, he's mesmerized by the scene.

'Adhara seems to come here to train, she seems to be learning to use a dagger', Edward thought.

As a dagger user himself, he can see the flaw in Adhara's movement.

His expertise in using daggers came from the military, he honed his dagger skills for years until he becomes confident enough to call himself a dagger expert.

Edward watches as Adhara slowly wears out the rhino, her fast movement overwhelmed the rhino.

While watching this, he frowns, 'But still, she could've just done this during the day. Why would she keep it a secret from Rex?'

After fighting the rhino for twenty minutes, 

The rhino finally exhausted itself, it can't keep up with Adhara's movement before she rain stabs all over its body.

The daggers imbued with fire mana finally manage to pierce the rhino's hard skin, it stumbles a few times before it died because of blood loss.

Adhara looks exhausted, her heavy breaths are the sign for it.

She fell to the ground weakly, the fight is won but she felt exhausted because of all the dodging and striking using mana.

Looking at this, Edward wanted to leave but suddenly.

On the corner of his eyes, Edward saw Adhara approach the rhino's carcass.

She sliced a huge chunk of the rhino's meat before she leaped to a tree beside her, this weird behavior makes Edward stops in his track.

He then leaped to another tree silently to get a look at her.

Edward is a master of sneaking so his movement is silent, he will be very surprised if Adhara manages to notice him.

On his line of sight, Adhara is holding the meat while glancing left and right.

After checking if there's anyone around her, she brought the meat close to her before she started eating the raw meat.

Bite!

Edward stumbles on the tree trunk, even in his wildest guess he didn't expect Adhara to eat it.

Looking at Adhara eating the raw meat makes him remember the first time he ate raw meat during his last mission with Rex, even thinking about it makes him sick.

Adhara kept eating the meat without any hesitation, in a moment the meat on her hands is already gone.

Looking at this, Edward backs up slowly but then his foot got tripped as he fell to the ground, "Shit!"

Adhara heard the rustling sound, she is alerted as she glances in the sound direction but she didn't find anyone there.

She saw a silhouette fell to the ground for a minute before it disappeared.

"Weird, I thought I heard someone's voice, or is it just a mutated beast?", she said before she resumes her eating.

~

The next day,

Rex is the first one to get up, he didn't get much sleep last night because of his curiosity.

He looks to the side and saw Adhara sleeping on the other bed with Hera wearing long sleeves, she looks peaceful in her sleep.

The sun is barely out, it is still less than 5 o'clock.

Rex approach Adhara slowly, he then silently looks at her arms and saw a scar there that just got healed.

'This is a scratch scar and it is definitely new, where was she yesterday?', Rex thought.

Adhara is a half-Werewolf, 

Although she barely has a Werewolf bloodline, she also has a regenerative ability that can perfectly heal any scars in a matter of days.

So by having a scar means that the scar is relatively new.

Rex glance at Adhara and thought, 'You said no more secrets but you still have one, silly girl', he caresses Adhara's hair gently.

After looking at Adhara, Rex wanted to wash up.

But before he washes up, he always looks at his phone to open the news lest there is something important.

Right after he clicks on his phone, he saw many messages from Edward.

22:17

"Yo Rex, I prank Adhara earlier"

"I tested her out of fun and you won't believe what I saw, her arms are filled with scars!"

"She must've been training like crazy!"

"I know you ask me to follow her but she seriously needs to up her hand-to-hand combat skills, I mean she's in your team right?"

03:21

"Rex! That girl is crazy!"

"I follow her to Yichi Grove, and I was confused"

"Like, why would she hide her training from you but then something unexpected happened"

"I stalk her from behind and saw her training her dagger skill, she fought against a Hard Skin Rhino but then something unbelievable happened"

"I can't say it here, I'll tell you when we meet"

Reading this, Rex becomes annoyed, 'Seriously? You need to make me even more curious this early?', he thought.

Just as he wanted to wash up, a notification from the system appeared.

<faraday university="" tournament=""></faraday>

The Faraday University Tournament will start, Win the Faraday University Tournament during the user's weakened period.

Quest Reward: 8,000 Gold, 500,000 Exp, Black Devil Gloves

Seeing this, Rex nodded his head.

He remembers that the gloves Adhara gave shatters during his fight against Ronald, the Black Devil Gloves piqued his interest.

'I don't have any weapons, fighting a Manticore using battle gloves is rather stupid. Let's just use sword later', Rex thought.

Rex went to the bathroom to wash up first, a big day has arrived.

This day will be the day where Rosie's future depends, he becomes rather nervous due to the 30% weakening from using Invincible.

30% is not a small number he can just brush off.

He washes his face before he looks at the mirror, 'After this day, my debt to Rosie is basically done. I will focus on strengthening myself and my pack', he thought.

There are many threats that appeared day after day around him, there's no time to play around.

After finishing Kevin, Rex swears to himself to focus on becoming more powerful.

The conflict he had with the Platchi Family is still unfinished, the Supernatural that attacked him yesterday, and also the decrease in sanity stat each day.

These are all needed to be handled, it will be bad if he didn't end it as soon as possible.

Even Adhara is training crazily leaving those scars, 'I turn Adhara into a Werewolf so I have to be responsible for it, she got dragged into this mess so at least I will have to be a pillar for my own pack members'

<-5% sanity="" stat,="" please="" check="" the="" user's="" stats="" tab="" for="" more="" information=""></-5%>

The system notice appeared again, it decreased Rex's sanity stat again.

Looking at this, Rex becomes even more determined, 'So it will decrease each day, this will be troublesome'