But while Alex had succeeded at his goal of surviving the fall, that was only the first step in his plan to get off the floating island.
Now, he had to find some way to traverse the thousands of kilometres height between the surface and the other floating island he was trying to get to...
He had managed to come up with an idea of how to get down from then by sheer dumb luck and relying on incredibly dangerous tactics, but he had absolutely zero idea whatsoever on how he was planning on getting back up...
That was the next problem he had to figure out.
But he pushed that to the back of his mind for the time being, as he had to focus on simply making it there first.
There were still tens of thousands of kilometres between him and the next floating island he was trying to get to, so he started moving immediately.
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Piercing attack!
Mira was shocked by the strength of her own attacks as she thrashed and slashed at the beast in front of her.
Her blade drew a brilliant arc, piercing towards the wolf beast that was opposing her.
Slash!
She was using the techniques that had been taught to her in university, the attack, defend and evade stances all coming into good use.
The next moment, she used her waist to exert even more power, using the power of her whole body rather than just the strength of her arms.
The blade in her hands whistled as it pierced through the air towards the wolf.
Slash!
Mira felt the blade pierce through its flesh, and it seemed as if the blade in her hands was firmly stuck in the wolf.
But that was only an illusion from when she was weaker.
Mira sat down on a nearby rock as she caught her breath, speaking casually to Nicholas as she redirected her gaze to the wolfpack over a kilometre ahead of them.
Other than the Variant class beast Mira had just felled, there was still a pack of D tier Mutant class wolves that needed to be taken care of.
Mira had just slain their Alpha, so they were already in an incredibly wary state, looking as if they would try and escape any moment.
The fighting between man and wolf continued for another half an hour as Nicholas took down the rest of the wolves while Mira rested and watched from behind.
The sun slowly set, and darkness descended on the floating island as night took over.
"That's the first time I've come across so many beasts at once since I was forced into this place."
Nicholas commented, trying to make small talk with Mira.
It was clear that he was trying to become closer with her, whether to be friends or something more, was yet to be determined...
"Those are the first beasts I've seen in days — I've only encountered one other before this, and it was a strong one that nearly killed me. This place must be cursed or something. There are hardly any beasts whatsoever, and for some reason some of my powers don't work properly here..."
After taking down that pack of wolves, Mira felt her depression surrounding this scenario lighten up a little, as it wasn't so hopeless after all.
But that didn't change the fact that she had spent over a week in this place now, yet she had only killed two variant class beasts, and both of those she found by sheer luck.
Things might look good in the short term, but in the long term things still looked bleak.
'What luck I have to be stranded with Mira! I don't know who did this to us, but they unexpectedly gave me a blessing in disguise!'
Meanwhile, Nicholas was feeling jubilant after coming across Mira.
The two of them had only been accompanying each other for a day now, and at first he was apprehensive. Continue reading stories on m|v-l'-novelhall.net
But when he realised Mira didn't seem to recognise him, an opportunity like no other sprung to his mind.
"Aowuuuuuu!"
However, a sudden howl from afar stunned the duo out of their silence.