Chapter 245 Road

Chapter 245 Road

Leo looked at the peaceful sleeping face of Mira from the top of the tree. After staring for a few minutes, he snapped back to reality. He couldn't afford to lose track of time given his current situation. As he gazed at her, he heard a faint breaking noise.

Below him, the branch he was standing on was starting to give away. A few cracks were starting to form where the thin branch met its parent's trunk. He sighed and jumped, completely breaking the branch with his force. The sound of the branch breaking was enough for Mira to wake up.

She opened her eyes instantly and shot up, alert and looking for any threats around her. As her fearful eyes scanned the environment around her, Leo landed on the ground with a small thud. The thud scared her even more. The entire forest was shrouded in darkness owing to the sun setting a few hours ago.

Everywhere she looked, she could only make out vague shapes from the sparse moonlight rays peeking out from the clouds. She faced the source of the thud while instinctively taking a step back. In front of her, a silhouette was slowly creeping toward her, making her take a couple more steps back.

Unlike her, Leo had a perfect view of what was going on. He saw the fear in her eyes and immediately called out to her.

"Don't worry. It's me, Leo," he said. n.-OVelb1n

The moment she heard him speak, she recognized who it was. Her entire demeanor relaxed as Leo came closer. His features became recognizable and his appearance seemed to take away the fear in her eyes, letting her calm down. Her quickened breathing calmed down as Leo walked toward her.

"Did you get enough rest?" He asked her. His question only elicited a small nod, but it was enough for him.

The road was two kilometers away, so the two reached it within five minutes. They launched themselves out of the trees and landed on the paved road that ran through the forest. Leo quickly scanned the area for any threats and signs that would give him information.

He quickly found what he needed - a signboard almost a kilometer away from him. Once he perceived the vague shape of a signboard in the distance, he started concentrating and tried to read what was on it.

As he put in magic, the shape became clearer to him, but the words were still blurry and illegible. He frowned and increased the magic he was using, pushing his brain to its limits. His neck had a visible vein throbbing as blood rushed to his head. His neck started turning a pale red, indicating the large amount of blood rushing into it.

When he tried to make out the characters on the signboard again, he saw that they weren't as blurry as before, but still illegible. He sighed and released his perception, allowing all the blood in his head to flow back to the rest of his body.

The only way he knew what was going to be on the board would be if he read it in person. Before he started going toward it, he looked down at the girl in his arms to make sure she was okay. Mira had noticed that they weren't moving anymore and was looking around. Her wandering eyes met Leo's gaze averting it.

"I will be looking for any directions on this road to help us find our way to the capital," he said. His words were met with silence, a norm that he had become accustomed to. After she had rested, she became completely anti-social with him. They still haven't had a proper conversation since they exchanged names.

Leo shot a tendril toward the tree right beside the road and swung toward the sign board. While there was a road for him to walk on, using his tendrils was a lot faster for him. It increased his speed dramatically and gave him practice in controlling his blood tendrils.

In a couple of minutes, he reached the signboard that he had seen. Once it was in sight, he landed back on the road from the trees. As soon as they were on the ground, he withdrew the blood tendril hugging Mira. She almost fell to the ground because of the force of landing on the ground, but his hand that was still on her waist kept her in place.

Once she gained stability, he let go of her and walked to the signboard. He read out what it said so that Mira would know as well.

"Capital City Road. The capital is 650 kilometers from here."