Chapter 52: When Lightning Strikes

At one second, Dennis’ mana shines brightly, and he disappears. Instantly after, he reappears in the identical spot. His garments at the moment are coated in blood, and he’s breathless.

“Please hurry,” he says weakly, “Dennis and the others will not be capable of maintain on for too lengthy.” He leans in opposition to a tree, nearly falling down.

Dennis? Is that this his twin Aaron? Did they swap locations?

That might clarify the injuries.

“The place are Lily, Kevin, and Kim?” I ask shortly.

“There is no time. You must…”

He pauses once I step in entrance of him.

“This manner…” he factors his hand someplace.

The skinny string that connects the twins is main proper the place he’s pointing.

“If they don’t seem to be there, I’ll harm your brother.”

His mouth opens and closes. His eyes flip to Tess, asking for assist.

Is he messing with me?

I punch the wound on his chest, and he screams.

He tries to say one thing, however I punch his wound once more, and he lets out an excellent louder scream.

“The place?”

My voice sounds too calm, even to myself.

Lastly, some worry seems in his sky-blue eyes.

His hand strikes, shaking, and he factors someplace.

“Tess?”

“I can not see by way of the raindrops.”

I give a final look to the boy and sprint in the direction of the place he was pointing.

Tess leaves one in every of her spears with him and follows me with none additional hesitation.

My [Mana Perception] continues to fireside up into the environment, however an excessive amount of data comes again at me. Each single raindrop holds some mana as they fall, glowing barely, illuminating our environment someway.

However I proceed.

I ship mana additional and additional.

I unleash the whole thing of my mana and filter out the ineffective data.

It hurts me, however I push by way of.

[Focus] makes the boring colours round me even much less vibrant, however the mana within the drops shines even brighter.

“I am sorry, I can not see a factor…” Tess apologizes, however I nearly do not hear her.

The rain continues to hit us more durable and more durable, and I can really feel the unnatural velocity and weight of the raindrops on my pores and skin.

Earlier than it will get out of my attain, I soak up some vitality and assault the wolf, leaving three deep slashes on its chest and neck earlier than the mana round my hand disappears.

The monster thrashes round and falls down after a second.

[You have defeated the Two-Headed Wolf – lvl 13]

Amidst the pouring rain, one other monster seems.

[Stormbear – lvl 14]

Electrical energy crackles and dances round its darkish, shaggy fur, casting an eerie glow within the gloomy environment. The bottom trembles beneath its large paws because it expenses in the direction of me with intimidating velocity, revealing a gaping maw crammed with razor-sharp tooth, every bigger than my hand.

I soak up some vitality from the rain, and the raindrops in an unlimited space decelerate to a crawl.

A little bit of that vitality pushes Kevin in the direction of Kim and Lily, and I take a step in the direction of the charging bear.

Increasingly more vitality enters my physique, and the Stormbear slows down as whether it is working by way of water.

With every pounding beat of my coronary heart, I can really feel the adrenaline coursing by way of my veins.

I take one other step.

As I collect extra vitality, my mana surges inside me, threatening to spiral uncontrolled like a wild, untamed storm.

Regardless of the chaotic forces churning inside, I focus my thoughts and management the facility that dwells inside me, able to be unleashed when the second is correct.

The bear stands earlier than me as I unleash all that vitality in a slender cone. The drive of the blast obliterates one of many monster’s entrance legs, decreasing it to a mist of flesh, bones, and blood. Unable to take care of its steadiness, the bear staggers and collapses onto the bottom in entrance of me.

The electrical energy across the monster dissipates, and an oscillating mana seems on my hand as soon as extra as I bury my hand deep contained in the monster’s head.

For a second, electrical energy touches my hand, however it’s torn aside by my [Oscillation].

[You have defeated the Stormbear – lvl 14]

I really feel one other presence, and two extra bears seem.

[Stormbear – lvl 12]

[Stormbear – lvl 15]

Even by way of the rain, I really feel Tess’s mana and a horrible howling noise fills the environment.

Two large chunks of iron, tempered with Tess’s mana, come flying in the direction of the larger bear.

In contrast to earlier than, the mana across the ores feels totally different.

Extra harmful, vicious.

The projectiles soar by way of the air with a fearsome sound, accompanied by a path of crimson and white lightning that sparkles and dances of their wake.

The ores hit the bear, and instantly, lightning comes down from the sky.

Purple lightning with traces of white.

It hits the ore that is buried contained in the bear, and an explosion ensues, burning the monster’s physique and sending a shockwave to the opposite bear.

Proper after, I really feel the mana gathering in Tess’s chest, a sign for me, and I sprint ahead. My mana vibrates and cuts by way of the surprised stage 12 bear, after which I end the terribly wounded larger bear.

[You have defeated the Stormbear – lvl 12]

[You have defeated the Stormbear – lvl 15]