Chapter 118: Chapter 118- Heart

[Dash (Level 1): Using this ability, your agility increases by 10%. Requires Aetheris to activate.]

Reading the notification, Talon's face beamed. This was the perfect skill he was looking for.

'Thank you! At least my luck isn't completely shit!' Cursing loudly, he immediately channeled the energy in his body and activated the skill.

Immediately, he felt his body grow lighter and his feet less sluggish. A blue aura flashed around his body before it vanished as his steps increased rapidly. Using this newfound speed, Talon navigated his way through the destroyed forest that was increasingly turning into a broken mess.

He didn't know if the world was even going to last with all these earthquakes that hit it. He lost count of how many had happened in the past minute or so. It was simply hell on earth.

"Where do I go, Acrypha?!" Talon asked.

"Follow me." She replied.

Without asking any further questions, he moved after Acrypha as fast as he could. Crossing a large distance in a fairly small amount of time.

His eyes were completely focused on Hyun-Jae who was still on the ground, being pushed left and right. Her body was being rolled around, getting awfully close to the cracks around her.

'Oh no!' Talon's eyes widened as he saw how she was barely a few inches away from the edge of one of the craters.

'Faster! Faster! Faster!' Talon murmured as he barely dodged a huge crater that formed in his way.

Meanwhile, Hyun-Jae slowly continued rolling toward the hole, unable to stop herself. Eventually, her body slumped into it as she slowly slid down before completely falling.

But, at the last second, Talon dived down as he grabbed her arm.

"AGH!!"

Because the arm he used to grab her was the injured one, the pain he felt at that moment was like hell. He could barely move a few fingers on that arm so holding on to Hyun-Jae was brutal.

"Come... On..."

Meanwhile, Hyun-Jae, who was dangling into the hole slowly opened her dazed eyes as she looked around her. She had been unconscious for a few minutes now so she was unaware of what happened.

The feeling of her arm being pulled woke her up and made her look up. Through her vague vision, she could see a very familiar silhouette.

'... Talon...' She didn't know why they were in such a situation, but she felt her instincts telling her that she was in an extremely bad situation.

"Grab... Into... My arm... Hyun-Jae!" Talon clenched his teeth as he felt blood seep out of his injury with each moment he tried to exert any kind of force. Instead, he put his spear down and extended his second hand for her.

She didn't know why but at that moment, she was feeling intense emotions she never experienced before. Emotions that took her mind away from the world around her and made her focus simply on him... His touch, his face, his presence.

He had completely captured her entire being at that moment.

***

"What is happening?!"

"Holy shit! It's the end of the world!!"

"Help me!!"

Right outside the forest, the group of students was thrown into chaos. The sudden earthquakes caught them by surprise. They had known that the expansion was going to happen but its brusk nature wasn't expected.

What made it even worse was the fact that Talon and Hyun-Jae were nowhere to be seen. They didn't leave the forest along with the rest of the students.

"Calm down, everyone! Running around frantically won't save you!"

In that crucial time, Chin-Hwa stood in the middle and yelled loudly. "Don't forget what the president said! Stay in your positions and move together!"

His words caught everyone's attention and made them halt. Chin-Hwa had always been someone with great authority and respect amongst the students so his words were very valuable.

'Where are you, president?' Meanwhile, the cold prince himself was having the dilemma of a lifetime.

It had been a few minutes since he left the forest and Hyun-Jae behind. After that, he could hear explosions and gunshots in the distance. He didn't know what was happening and his worry was eating away at his consciousness.

"S-Sir!"

"What?" Chin-Hwa turned around.

"I-I can see two silhouettes approaching us! I can't identify if they're monsters or humans!" The scout replied as he pointed into the distance.

"Where?"

Hearing that, Chin-Hwa immediately rushed to the forest as he took a look. There, a little far away, there were indeed two silhouettes heading toward them through the crumbling forest.

It took a second for Chin-Hwa to identify them since they were completely covered in blood and dirt. They appeared like wretched monsters in the distance. But, he would never mistake her for that kind of monster.

"P-President?!"

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