Chapter 61: Questions
The creature's pained wails mixed with the roaring flas. I heard a distant shout. As the creature's body also burst into flas, I removed the stuck scythe from its head. Barely keeping my balance on the lting scales, I stretched my wings and leapt into the air.
As I arrived on the shore, the creature's charred body fell into the water and disappeared beneath the jade waters.
A few seconds later, a jade-blue soul surfaced from beneath the waves. I let it approach and shivered as it dissolved into my chest.
"Kai?" Erik's shocked voice sounded, but before I could even look at him, sothing with blonde hair ramd . Alina sniffed as she hugged and with a shaky voice whispered. "I thought you died when it pulled you under the waves..."
"Alina?" I exclaid as I tried to step back, but she held on tight.
"You need to stop scaring us like that." Rina said as the rest of the group approached. Alex nodded. Only when I saw her face did I notice how much this battle had pushed them to their limit. All over them I could see scratches and bruises. Their clothes were tattered and wet. They were panting.
"Sorry," I mumbled to Alina, then gently pushed her away. It felt... awkward. "I'm glad you all made it out of this alive." I glanced at Erik. "You scared , I thought you were dead for sure when you took the full force of that hit."
He grinned. "Thanks to Rina and Alex, we levelled up enough, so I was able to get the key skill of paladins." His smile shattered as he glanced behind . "I do believe you've got so explaining to do. What's the with the flas and the wings?"
I flinched. So much for keeping my wings a secret, I suppose.
"Can we do that after we get a bit away from here?" I asked, glancing at the lake. "I'm sure plenty of scavengers will co soon."
They nodded, but Vincent shook his head. "Wait," He glanced around. "Where's Josh?"
"What?" Samantha asked after a mont's hesitation. "Wasn't he flanking the dragon?"
I forced myself to rember, when was the last ti I saw the young man? "He was going through the woods, I assud he was trying to circle around to the back of the creature but... that was quite a while ago."
"Let's search for him." Alex said after a short mont of silence.
I sighed and nodded. "I'll look through the-"
"I'm fine!" Joshua's voice interrupted . "I'm back, sorry." He stumbled out of the woods. His arms were covered in blood and cuts.
"What happened to you?" Samantha cried out in shock. He really seed badly wounded.
"I was circling around the late when I bumped into so creatures. I fought them off eventually, but I didn't exactly co out unscathed."
"That's an understatent." I mumbled as Alina approached him. A soft light shone from her hands as she carefully healed his wounds. "Thanks, Alina." He said with a smile. She nodded, stepped back, and approached . "Are you ok, Kai?" She looked all over . "Your clothes are ruined!"
"I'm fine, really. My clothes will nd themselves once I have the mana to spare. Don't worry about ." I glanced at Joshua. After Alina's healing spell, he seed to be fine. He didn't look as tired as the rest of us, though I guess that was to be expected, since he didn't fight the giant sea serpent.
"Can we go sowhere else now?" Alina asked, glancing at all of us. I nodded, and so did everyone else. Erik placed his weapon back into his inventory and pointed in the direction I ca from. "That way are the ruins you wanted to explore, Rina. How about we camp not too far from them?"
"There's a river close to it." I added.
Soon, we were off to the shallow river. We were all exhausted, save for Joshua, so our short journey passed in silence. Only once we arrived and set up camp, did I hear so low conversations between so of them.
I gathered so firewood and lit a nice, warm campfire. Soon, we all sat around it. The sun was still high, so it was a little early to be even eating, but we were too exhausted to even think about the ti.
"So, Kai." Erik finally asked. "Are you going to explain the deal with those wings?"
I flinched. "Well, apparently, when I kill really powerful, legendary creatures, I can gain so of their abilities." I shrugged. I didn't want to tell them about Vixia and Delthur.
"I see," Erik mumbled. "That is really powerful. Is that how you killed the beast?"
I nodded. "It was thanks to having killed the phoenix that I was able to do it." I smiled. "I guess it was good for at least sothing." I continued with a chuckle, then suddenly realised sothing. "What happened to Astrid?"
"Oh, we let her go after she told us everything." Erik said with a dismissive tone. "She probably went back to report to her employer."
"Did you tell her anything?" I asked, slightly worried. How much did she know about ?
"No." Rina said with a cold voice. "I didn't want her to know too much about anyone here, so I didn't let them tell her anything."
Relieved, I smiled. I was worried about the employer Asher had talked about. He did say they were just curious, but I wasn't going to blindly believe his words.
"We should rest." I finally said with a sigh.
"I'll make sure nothing can get close." Rina chid in as she cast a spell. Runes appeared around the campsite. Once she was done, she glanced at the girls and, with a playful voice, spoke. "Co, girls, lets get cleaned up."
Alina jumped to her feet and dragged Samantha with her as they headed towards the shallow river.
"Oh?" Joshua's ears perked up.
"Don't even think about it." Alex's harsh voice sounded as she smacked his back with her tail. "Keep an eye on him Vincent." With that, she also left for the shallow river.
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