Chapter 114: Chapter 114- Burning

Far into the distance, she could see glimpses of a flickering blue light. The light was very weak at first but rapidly grew as she looked at it. At first, she didn't understand what was happening since the light was rather odd.

But, as it slowly crawled toward her, she realized what it was.

'Fire...? Blue fire?' She frowned hard as she tried to understand what was happening. At the far distance, a very bright blue fire was slowly eating away at the grass and logs while moving toward her.

No matter how she looked at it, the fire looked extremely different from normal flames that she knew of.

A few seconds passed before she finally made the connection and looked back, only to realize the huge blunder she made.

While she was completely occupied by the flames, Talon had dashed toward her and jumped in the air, aiming his spear at her. At the same time, the Aetheris Blades flew from both sides, closing the last two escape routes she could've had in her hands.

It was a huge blunder and she was about to pay for it...

'Fuck!' Cursing, the woman moved.

Quickly, she aimed her sniper rifle as she pulled the trigger three times successively.

*CLING* *CLING*

The two Aetheris Blades made a loud noise as they were deflected by the bullets. As for the third bullet, it was aiming for Talon.

'Here it comes!' Talon clenched his teeth as he swung his spear down as fast as he could. He knew that there was no way for him to dodge this bullet and so he readied himself for the impact.

*BANG*

Blood exploded from his stomach as the bullet tore through his skin ruthlessly. His eyes widened to the extreme as he felt breath being knocked out of his lungs.

'Fu.. ck!!' Cursing under his breath, Talon's eyes turned even colder.

"AAAAAGHH!!" He yelled at the top of his lungs and clenched the spear even tighter.

Looking at him, the woman realized that the bullet didn't knock him back and her face paled immediately.

'Oh no.'

Quickly, she tried to jump back, only to find the spear already a few inches away from her face.

In a split second, the blade of the spear cut through her forehead, going down to her left eye and then through her nose.

*BOOOOM*

The hit blasted her away a few meters as she rolled on the ground. At the same time, Talon fell to the ground powerlessly. Blood was seeping out of all of his injuries like a dam.

"Talon!" Acrypha flew toward him as fast as she could. Her expression was as dark as it could ever be. When she reached him and took a look at his condition, her face paled.

Her offer was ridiculous and she knew it. But, she was testing how much Talon was ready to go for that girl.

However, Talon ignored her words completely as he channeled his Aetheris.

"Leave her out of it and fight me if you really think this world isn't good enough to put an end to your life." He said.

His words carried an aura of superiority that the woman couldn't ignore. It was a clear disrespect that hurt her ego. But, more than her ego, she had things she cared about more.

"... Keep your morals to yourself. This world was never fair." She replied as she fully aimed her rifle and pulled the trigger at Hyun-Jae.

Immediately, Talon flashed from his position appearing right in front of Hyun-Jae.

*BANG*

The bullet hit his left arm.

"Agh!" Groaning slightly, he made one step back. But, he didn't fall to the ground.

The masked woman was taken aback for a second. 'He still can move that fast...' She thought to herself as she shook her head and aimed the rifle again.

"Die."

*BANG*

***

Meanwhile, inside the research center.

*CLICK*

The sound of a door clicking as it opened echoed in the corridors.

"Shit... Was that too loud?" One of the scientists whispered.

"I don't know, just take a look outside and move." The woman replied.

"... Ok... *Gulp*"

Peeking outside, the corridor was completely empty and dark which gave them a very dark feeling. But, still, there was no trace of the woman.

"No one is outside... Let's move quickly before she comes back."

With that, the three of them crawled out of the room and started moving through the building carefully, trying to navigate their way to the exit.

(A//N: Thanks to everyone who supports the book with power stones and golden tickets, you guys are the best:) )