Chapter 247 A Dangerous Flower Boy

Chapter 247 A Dangerous Flower Boy

Step. Step.

Slowly their legs slowed down as they approached the center of the woods.

They'd been especially skeptical about entering due to its history of abducting humans.

Their leader, however, a gaunt man with dark brown dreadlocked tresses, had acted as the morale booster of the group and led them into the heart of this disaster.

He, after all, was one of the distinguished men of Afkon,

And was strong enough to have earned himself such a position.

He stood in front of everyone and was the first one to stop in his tracks as he laid eyes on the numerous craters that bit into the ground,

And the one at the center that served as a great mother to the ones surrounding it.

Bodies of people lay sprawled around the area.

And at the center of the cataclysmic destruction was a withered body, one as large as a house.

The man, Shade, stared at this war-torn environment with a pained frown on his face.

His voice shook as words managed to escape his mouth.

"How? Who? Who could have done something of this magnitude? Helena?"

He paused for a moment and shook his head.

"No, Helena is strong, but she can't defeat the Kirithon; she has tried too many times, and it has all been futile."

He turned his small eyes to look at the lifeless bodies lying around. His eyes widened as a light of recognition ignited in their black depths.

His legs hurried forward, and he fell beside the first fallen.

His hands paused and trembled as he attempted to touch the fallen lady.

Brows furrowed tightly, his face contorting with sorrow.

The eyes of the feminine body were open and glassy, black veins visible beneath her pale skin.

Every part of her insinuated that she had undergone a drastic change before being cut down.

But this man didn't look like he was willing to accept the fact,

Because this woman was someone they had fought side by side with, someone who was their comrade, his comrade.

No one, especially not Helena, should have cut her down under any circumstance.

She could have been captured and brought back to the main city,

Or better still, knocked out.

Different thoughts ran helter-skelter through Shade's mind.

"How does he even do that?"

Silence ensued for the next few minutes, then he turned around to look at the monster's corpse.

"What are you wusses doing?! Get moving already; we are moving the monster's corpse! This is a huge pile of meat, remember!!"

The faces of other Drifters became pale with terror.

"Damn, how are we supposed to move something so enormous?"

They murmured amongst themselves.

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"Whew, I think we are far enough..." Helena commented as she glanced back.

Northern, narrowing his eyes, asked,

"What exactly were we running from?"

While they were on their way out of the stronghold, heading towards the dark tunnel, Helena suddenly froze; the next moment, she urged them to hastily move and get as far away as they could.

This caused them to begin running, even Terence the tender oracle had to run her ass off.

Eventually, after getting close to the cave tunnel, they stopped. With Helena panting heavily.

Northern was sure running a couple of meters couldn't have possibly worn her out like that.

He was still steadily breathing, and she was a Sage.

More was expected from her,

Which meant that there was probably something she was seriously trying to get away from.

Helena looked at him and managed to steady her breath.

"Ah, there's another flower boy, one that is a serious pain in the ass. I felt his presence... I'm not sure if he felt ours; even if he did, he won't be willing to come this far since he has to be closer to Afkon than he is farther from him."

Raven frowned.

"Zephyr?"

Helena turned her eyes to Raven.

"Yes. Now, let's keep going." She paused and turned to Northern and extended her hand. "Before that, hand me the map... there's no way."

"Sure," Northern put his hands into his armor to retrieve the map.

But suddenly, his eyes widened; all his body trembled with cold fear.

His face became pale, and his voice stuttered as words came out, shakily.

"It's... gone."

Lo and behold, Northern had lost the map.