Chapter 166 A Pleasant Surprise

Chapter 166 A Pleasant Surprise

(A couple of minutes ago)

Northern and Ellis kept searching. The moment Hao left them to attend to the person at the door, Ellis began to freak out.

Whatever was happening in the city due to the appearance of a monster, he was sure it was the event of Dark Terror.

And most likely they'd be looking for him too. After all, he was the only person from the party that was missing.

If they were looking for him, that means undoubtedly that man too was out searching for him.

This was his perfect excuse to get to Ellis.

To have Ellis completely and destroy his life for daring to disobey him.

Ellis, in that moment, felt like everything he had tried to do in the while all of a sudden became useless.

He felt weak in the legs; the thought of being captured and tortured plagued him with so much cold fear.

"Please Sir Northern, you promised to help me remember?" His voice shook.

Northern looked at the boy and felt so sad for him; his face was so disheveled, broken apart by intense fear.

Northern stared at Ellis for a while, his eyes picturing the fear on his face. It was somewhat beautiful.

Northern thought, 'How powerful is the person to make him cower so much...' and again he thought, '...man, I'd sure like to recreate this kind of fear on the face of that person.'

A smile slowly curled up his face while his eyes still stayed glued to Ellis's.

He touched the boy's shoulder and said to him:

"Ellis, I have decided not to run away." 'I must recreate this!'

Ellis's countenance shattered even further; his brows drifted up, and his lips trembled as he spoke.

"Wh–what do—do you mean? You promised!!"

"Exactly, Ellis, and I am about to fulfill my promise to you. I will beat that guy to a pulp for your sake." A villainous grin slowly crept on Northern's lips.

His shoulders shuddered as a silent laughter escaped his lips.

He tapped Ellis's shoulder again: twice in a row.

Then he turned around and demanded of him.

"Follow me."

Ellis first stood in a few seconds of silence. He felt his throat grow dry; he tried to muster some spit and swallowed it, then hurried after Northern, who was already reaching the entrance.

He was just that intelligent and talented.

Unfearful and brave in every possible way. He recognized people's strength but was never intimidated by them.

However, for the first time in his entire life, he stood before someone he thought so little of... and a terrifying notion crossed his mind.

'He's strong! Shit! He's strong!!'

Braham felt absolutely powerless as Northern's grip tightened around his neck.

The hollow sea of horror that reflected on his face sent so much cold fear into Braham's system.

It made him tremble involuntarily.

He had never cowered like this before.

He had never in his entire life been so scared.

An ear-to-ear grin adorned Northern's face as he saw the guy's face crumble with intense fear. He slowly tried to open his trembling lips and after a few trials managed to murmur:

"P–p–please... sp—are m–m–me."

Northern turned his ear to the guy's mouth, "Huh? I don't think I heard what you said."

Braham pressed his lips together, hesitating before he tried to open them again.

However, he suddenly stopped and weakly looked back. Then a small smile slowly graced his lips.

At that point, Northern felt very disturbed.

'This bastard...'

His eyes suddenly widened, 'Crap! How did I miss it!!'

He immediately released his grip on Braham and delivered a powerful slap to his chest, causing him to fly away and crash into a nearby tree. Then he swiftly turned, beholding the person standing behind him, with a couple of others...

A forced grin graced a corner of his lips.

"Uh... we finally meet again. I didn't know we'd be meeting so soon."

He, in fact, thought they'd be meeting sooner.

Because she had said she would get back to him.

However, this meeting of theirs didn't look like it was going to be a friendly one.

She was, after all, standing with her sword unsheathed.

"So, to what do I owe this pleasant surprise?"