Limits Chapter 442

Ti slowly passed, as my search area extended. I found nothing for a long ti, until I arrived at the border between the wilderness and the Land of Sands. With my experience spotting those patterns, I finally noticed sothing. There was a slight deviation of Elental Orbs. Not as strong as before, but sothing must've been in the area. 'They have a way to monitor their Formations. If I start digging again, I will attract their attention, and they can easily immobilize again. I need to be a bit more tricky' I thought.

I wasn't sure whether this was indeed the location, but I found nothing else so far. I also preferred to be safe than sorry. Unfortunately, there was nowhere I could hide. I could use my Art of Stealth, but I wasn't sure how well would that work. It was worth a try either way. I released my Auras, and probed the ground. This ti, the Formation wasn't buried as deeply as it was for that thing. My Auras reached it, and bounced back strongly upon contact.

I quickly retrieved my Auras, and hid myself. I wanted to know whether this was their hideout, and more importantly how to enter it. I waited for a long ti, but no one ca out of so secret entrance, nor ca running to check what happened. Pretty much nothing happened. I didn't reveal myself, instead used my Domineering Aura to probe the Formation again. This ti, I made sure to strike it harder. A faint "Pak" sound travelled through the ground, as my Aura bounced away from the Formation.

I waited again, but saw no movent or anything. 'Maybe this is just so kind of leftover Formation, that is no longer used for anything. This might not be the place of their hideout, but I will try this a few more tis and we will see' I thought. I hoped they would either get annoyed and co out, or that soone would arrive here.

I tried a few more tis, even increased my strength every ti. Although the sound of my Aura smashing into the Formation got louder, nothing else happened. 'Yea, it's probably nothing. Maybe it's still further up the north of the wilderness, or perhaps in the Land of Sands… I'm not sure anymore' I thought. I covered quite a large area already, and a lot of ti has passed. I had no clue what was going on with the war, nor if I could find those damned Grey Lizards at all.

I was contemplating where should I go next, when I noticed sothing. Sothing moved in my peripheral view. I turned my head around, and saw sothing moving. I couldn't see what it was, but I knew it walking towards the Formation. 'It's either a stealth skill, or a Formation which hides the owner. There is no doubt in my mind who that is' I thought. I waited patiently, as the Grey Lizard didn't seem to notice . I couldn't see the real shape and all, but I could see what that hazy figure was doing.

The Lizard checked the Formation, did so stuff to it and then stared at the ground for a while. I stood still, and observed. The Lizard just stood there looking at the Formation, but that was it. I felt like he was waiting for sothing, as if waiting for to make my move. Ti slowly passed. The Lizard finally stopped staring at the ground, and looked around. He didn't seem to find anyone, and slowly made his way back.

I stayed still just in case, but I followed all the movents he made. He walked south for a while, stopping once in a while and staring at the ground. 'Is that guy testing or sothing?' I asked myself. The Lizard was really cautious. He would walk around places, stare at the ground for no apparent reason, then look around for anyone. This went on for a while, until he stopped in what seed like a random place.

The place though, wasn't random. He crouched down, and seed to have activated the Formation hidden there. After a while, the figure simply disappeared. I couldn't feel any presence at all, nothing was in the surroundings that felt alive. I still didn't move. 'The Grey Lizards are not stupid. If I follow him there right now, this will never work. I need to return to this place later, after they drop their guard' I thought.

I burned the image of that area into my mind, otherwise it would be hard to find the exact spot where the Grey Lizard disappeared. I then slowly left, making sure my movents didn't disturb anything. Just to make sure, I spent so ti searching for other places, trying to find any other hidden Formations. I was unsuccessful though. 'I think enough ti has passed for to try and get inside' I thought, and headed back to the location of that Formation.

It was as peaceful and quiet as usual, but I stayed hidden just to make it more safe. When I approached the spot where the Grey Lizard disappeared, I tried activating the Formation but nothing happened. 'Hmm, I'm sure this is the place' I thought, and tried all around the spot. Nothing worked, I couldn't seem to activate the Formation there. 'Does that an, I need so sort of special item to activate it?' I asked myself.

I was entirely possible, but I didn't see anything that the Lizard held. Perhaps I needed sothing else. 'What if those steps he took, were not so random steps?' I thought. I didn't really pay much attention to other spots, as I thought he was testing the waters. I had to recall those spots, and try the sa path that Grey Lizard used. I tried for a long ti, until I finally found sothing. It wasn't that obvious, but sothing activated below . That though, was just one spot, and there were at least six of such spots. Whether so of them were real or not, I had no way of knowing.

These Formations were not activated by an outside source, therefore my Auras were useless here. I searched for a bit longer, and found another Formation. 'Alright, that makes two. Worst case, there are four more left' I thought, and was about to search again, when sothing buzzed and my instincts scread at . I jumped backwards as hard as I could, while so sort of earth spikes grew from the ground.

If I stayed there any longer, I would be impaled. This wasn't the end, I could feel my movents slowing down. I tried using my Auras to envelop myself, and even moved further back. The force pressing down on lessened, while a voice travelled from all around. "We gave you the warning, yet you still wish to die. Let's have it your way Human".

I quickly replied, "Just give back my stuff". It was quiet for a while, then the voice replied. "We have nothing that belongs to you". I got pissed, and said "Stop spouting bullshit. Alicia took my sword, she is one of you. If she isn't here, where is she?". The voice asked, "What do you an Human?". I replied, "Exactly what I said. Don't act stupid, tell where Alicia is". After a while of silence, the voice replied "We don't know Human".

This was just priceless. I asked half laughingly, "So you're telling , Alicia didn't return here. She didn't return to Olrad or Obsidian Mountains at all, and disappeared... Just like that? You want to tell , Eterians or soone else found her? With my Sword?". The voice replied, "We would know, if she was in danger. That doesn't change anything Human. You were warned". Suddenly, the whole area lit up and sealed my movents.

"Damned bastard. I'm telling you, let go of !". There was no response this ti. Instead, the pressure on my body increased, while earth spikes pierced through my legs, arms and body. "Argh!" I scread in pain. "You should've heed to our warnings Human. Bla yourself for your actions". More spikes pierced through my body, and I was losing consciousness.

'Release ', a sudden voice sounded in my head. I closed my eyes, and saw the figure, or rather "" standing in front of . The "" that stood in front, had red eyes. Not like those of a Shade, but completely red. "My" skin was also reddened, with purple veins visible all over. A smirk was on "my" face, as if "I" knew this would happen. 'Release . You know that's the only way, right?'. I asked confused, 'How can you?… You were supposed to be sealed'. The "" laughed, 'Sealed? Can you really seal your hate? Your rage and your vengeance? Release , that is why you are here after all'.