I stopped my steps when I heard the sound of sobbing. I sharpened my hearing to find the source of the sound. Slowly, my feet moved in the direction the sound was coming from.I pushed through the weeds, which were almost as high as me, and as I entered, the sound of sobbing became more pronounced."Who are you?" A girl screamed, looking shocked and frightened, when she saw me. She was dragging her behind with a pale face and a terrified expression.I took a long breath. I was sure the little girl had just experienced something traumatic that make her so scared. I could even see her body and lips trembling."I'm not a bad person." I approached her slowly to ease her fear, trying to give her a gentle look to calm her down.But it seemed the little girl couldn't quite trust me yet. She even seemed to reflexively shy away when I tried to approach her. I looked down at her arm. There was a scratch there. If it was a zombie scratch, it would be extremely dangerous for the little girl."Her
I stood up and held Medeline in my arms. The girl was still crying; her face was hidden in my chest. She hadn't noticed that we were surrounded by a bunch of zombies, maybe even her mother.I stepped back as they all approached us at once. Only then did Medeline raise her tear-stained face.She looked up at me, then turned her head to the side. As soon as she saw what was around us, she tightened her arms around me."I'm scared, Uncle," she whispered in a trembling voice. Her former stern demeanour was gone. Perhaps because she felt I was the only one who could protect her now. She hid her face in my chest again, because the zombies' faces were very frightening.I just kept quiet because I couldn't say anything to calm her down. Her eyes moved from left to right, watching them one by one. One of my arms was supporting the little girl's body, and one of my hands was now holding the wand.I gripped the wand tightly and poured all my energy into it. Moments later, a line of light appeare
I looked up at the sky, it was getting dark, and the area was very quiet. Even though it was on the side of the road, not a single vehicle passed by. I'm sure the people in this area don't have the courage to go out anymore.I was exhausted from spending so much energy using magic. I looked down at the girl in my arms. She was fast asleep, with her head on my shoulder."It looks like I should go home and rest."I turned and walked towards the border. In the distance, there was a group of policemen pointing long guns at us. They were all wearing hats and bullet-proof vests. In front of them were bullet-proof glass shields. It seemed that the security was tighter this time than when I had entered this afternoon.I let out a long sigh, relieved that I could finally get Medeline out. If it hadn't been for that boy, I'd probably have stayed inside and found out what was going on during the hunt.All the police were ready; their long guns pointed at us. Even their index fingers were ready t
I was put in a special room reserved for the owner of the hospital. I was completely incapacitated for several hours, and they had to put an IV into my wrist.[Name: Leon Durand][Sex: Male][Age: 28 years old][Intelligence: 817/1000][Skills: Observation Level 4; Healing Level 1][HP: 11300/11300][MP: 100/100][XP: 10923/11300]After resting for a while, my XP and MP had fully recovered. My energy had also returned. I removed the IV from my hand and got off the stretcher. I looked down at my body, which had changed into hospital clothes. I don't know who had changed it for me, because I had fainted as soon as I got to the ward.I opened the drawer of my bedside table and found my wallet and mobile phone. I picked up my phone and opened it. There were several calls and messages from Olivia. Just as I was about to open the message, a call came in. It was from the same person who had sent me the message."What's up, Oliv?" I asked in my usual cold tone."Sir! Vasco said you wanted to
"Sir, I have brought what you asked for. But what is all this money for?" Olivia walked in with a black case in her hand. She placed the case on my desk and opened it. The smell of money wafted out as she opened the case.After 24 hours in the hospital, I was allowed to go home, but Medeline was still there because she needed serious treatment for her trauma. She only trusted me and rejected everyone, including the doctors. I couldn't be with her for 24 hours, I had so many things to do.Although the balance in my account is growing, this is the first time I've seen so much money. Usually, it's Newt who takes care of everything, but this time I have to give it to a girl to keep my promise.I grabbed the receiver in front of me and dialled Roby. "Escort this woman to my room."I waited a while for Roby to arrive with Michele. The girl looked uncomfortable as she looked left and right."Sir! I have permission to return to work."I nodded at Roby's words. Then he left, leaving only thre
Although there had been a small argument between me and Olivia, she still did what I asked. She was travelling with Michele to help the girl pay off her parents' debts.Michele can't possibly travel alone with that much money, it's very dangerous. In addition to Olivia, I hired two security guards to watch over her. Olivia was as professional as ever, but why was I disappointed?After they left, I went into the backyard. I took the wand from my inventory to enter Smoky Hollow. I chose to train in Smoky Hollow because it was time-wise similar to this world. I could train for hours in Smoky Hollow, and it was only a few minutes in this world.I cast a spell, and soon the atmosphere around me changed. If I had been in the garden before, I was now at the edge of the waterfall. This was the waterfall where I got my wand.I had deliberately chosen this place because there was a lot of natural energy to be harnessed. One of the basics of witchcraft is to control the energy around you. Water,
A huge explosion occurred in the river as I aimed the wind ball at the centre of the river. I gaped in amazement as the explosion was bigger than before. This was probably the result of my successfully drawing energy from nature. The effect was many times greater."This is really cool, Newt."[Natural energy is the greatest energy. If you can use natural energy well, the power generated will be extraordinary. At your current level, you can only absorb a fraction of a percent of natural energy. When you reach the perfect level, you can absorb 100% of the natural energy]I gaped at Newt's explanation. A fraction of a per cent is really powerful, what if it's 100 per cent? There could be an apocalypse.Overexcited, I went back to training. This time I didn't target the river, but the cliffs on either side of the waterfall. An explosion went off, scattering small rocks everywhere."I did it, Newt." I pumped my fist in the air, jumping for joy like a child who had just won a game with his
I don't understand why I finally accepted Eren's invitation to join him. On the one hand, I didn't want to know about other hunters' successes, but on the other hand, I had the same goal as them, which was to restore the balance between this world and Smoky Hollow.Eren and I parted ways when I refused his offer, but he gave me his business card anyway. And after thinking about it for a while, I finally contacted him and agreed to his offer."I just found five people, so with you we will be seven," Eren said as we walked through a deserted alley in the neighbourhood where we met.The neighbourhood was deserted, as most of the residents had fled the isolated area for safety. All the doors of the houses were closed as we walked."Are they all from Midtown?" I really wonder how many hunters there are in this town.Eren shook his head. "Only the two of us are from Wouland. The others are from different countries."I nodded. "Then, how did you find it?""The first day the Smoky Hollow Gate