'Damn it! I failed.'
'How did he get here so fast?'
Terrence cursed furiously in his mind.
Seeing as Arran had appeared out of nowhere and saved Brianna from his attacks, Terrence knew that he was done for this time. He wondered how it was that Arran had been able to make it in time to save Brianna.
Last he knew, Arran and Renee were still a distance away from where they were to they should not have made it in time.
Terrence turned to look at where Renee was and he could see that she was still far away. She should be reaching their side in three seconds at the speed she was running.
This told Terrence that there had been nothing with his prior judgment. This meant that the problem lay with Arran. He must have used some hidden method that he had left behind just for situations like this.
'So that's how it is eh? Sly bastard, he really had me there!'
'Since things have already gotten to this point, I have no way to turn back now.
Daphne was definitely out of the option.If Terrence dared to try to break through the encirclement through Daphne's side, then Renee would be the first to stop him and she would definitely cut him down without any mercy at all. Besides, it was a bad idea to turn your back on the enemy. Everybody knew that.that left only Arran's side for Terrence to consider.To be honest, Terrence felt that the most troublesome person to deal with here was not Renee but instead it was Arran. This was because Arran was a complete mystery to Terrence.He did not know what kind of abilities or trump cards Arran had in his arsenal besides the ones he had already shown.Not only was Arran also good at turning a desperate situation on its head but he was also sly and cunning. Unlike the straightforward Renee that would cut you down at the slightest Disagreement with you, Arran held his thoughts to himself and he was the type to scheme against you.You never know
In response to Renee's questioning, Terrence nonchalantly replied, "What is there to explain? You can just interpret my actions as they are or as you see fit."Renee was not surprised at all that Terrence was being so nonchalant about things. It was as if he did not care at all that he had been caught trying to betray them."I have to say that I am not surprised at all to hear you say that. It is just like you to be so nonchalant about things. knowing that you've been caught and are most likely not going to be let off at all, you're too prideful to beg for mercy so you pridefully refuse to admit your fault.""Yep, that's just like you..."Squinting his eyes tightly, Terrence said, "Since you know me so well then can you hurry up and get it over with? It's too bothersome standing here with you so if you're going to make your move against me you'd better do it now. I do not have a lot of time to spare in entertaining anymore of your nonsense."
After listening to Terrence's words of advice, Arran finally spoke."You know what, you're right..."Hearing Arran say that... everybody was surprised.They thought that Arran agreed with Terrence.The girls were a bit disappointed for some reason. As for Terrence, he was happy thinking that he had found a sympathizer. It made him feel like he had a chance to turn his current dismal situation around.Unfortunately for him, Arran was not done speaking.Just as Terrence was about to hit the hammer on the nail, Arran continued speaking."You're correct when you said that I am very young. To be exact, I am currently nineteen years old."As soon as the girls heard what Arran said, they were immediately relieved.'So that's what you meant,' they thought.'You should finish your sentence in one go and not give us a heart attack.'As the girls were feeling relieved, suddenly, they realized what exactly it was Arran
Terrence had launched a desperate attack on Arran in the midst of everybody. Arran who had been on guard had attempted to dodge but he had made a grave mistake in the process. Due to the fact that Arran was currently in a weakened state from fighting the undead knight coupled with the fact that he had not fully recovered before he had rushed over to protect Brianna from Terrence, as soon as Arran attempted to dodge Terrence's surprise attack, his hidden injuries acted up at that moment causing Arran to lose his footing and preventing him from dodging in time. Arran was caught in a desperate situation. If nothing happened, Arran would definitely be hit by Terrence's attack. At best he would be severely injured and would need to take a long time to recover while at worst, Arran would be disqualified immediately. All Arran could do now was try his best to use his wings to cover his body while trying to stabilize his footing. He was going to try to forcef
Arran, Renee, and Daphne continued their journey in this foggy land of death.It had been a few minutes since Terrence had left and Arran had used the time to recover his strength. Although it was still wounded in some places, Arran had recovered enough to walk and not be a hindrance to anybody.His combat ability was still intact especially his energy levels.In this land plagued by death energy, with Arran's Clandestine Ethereal Physique automatically absorbing death energy on its own, Arran's energy levels had already reached the peak of what they were before.With Arran leading the way forward, Renee and Daphne followed behind him. They were the ones responsible for attacking and clearing the undead creatures that they come across while all Arran had to do was make sure that they did not wander into any dangerous areas by mistake. He was also still carrying Brianna in his arms.The progress of the group was steady.Although they had lost
As Arran marveled at how powerful Renee's ability "Inch Traversal" was, he suddenly thought about something and frowned.Thinking about the countless times when Renee had been late to arrive when somebody was in danger, Arran felt that something was wrong.Not knowing what it was exactly, Arran immediately asked Renee what was bothering him."Hey Renee, if you have such a powerful ability, how come there are times when you are not able to arrive on time to save somebody? Like at the time with Daphne when the undead knight had launched a surprise attack on her, you were obviously so close and with this ability, you should have been able to get there in time to save her but you didn't.""There is also now as we were making our way back. When Terrence was attacking Brianna you should have been able to get to him before I did with this ability not to mention that with such a powerful ability destroying the undead knight should have been a piece of cake for yo
"You're kidding me right?" Was Arran's dumbfounded response."Oh, no, no, no... I kid you not!" Renee disagreed."Just think about it, this is a powerful skill of my family and it is not meant to be shared with outsiders you know. I'm already taking a big risk by being willing to let you learn it the least you could do is to accept such a small loss if you can even call it that. After all, only core family members are allowed to learn this skill so if you marry me and Daphne you would be a member of my family and a core member at that. Naturally, there would be no problem with you learning any of our secret skills. This includes inch traversal as well as other core secret skills of my family.""Think about it, you're the one getting all the benefits here so what's there to complain about?"Arran finished listening to what Renee had to say before falling into deep thought.As he considered what Renee said, Arran found out that she was indeed right.<
The third elimination round was still in progress.About three hours had already passed since it had begun and most of the participants were still tuck in the first region where they had to deal with the endless assault of undead creatures.Facing such an undead horde, it was very hard to make any progress alone and most participants had to join forces together to be able to just barely hold on and not be eliminated already.There were still more than thirty hours left before the day ends and most were still stuck in the first obstacle. From this, it could be seen just how difficult this elimination round was compared to the other two.There were only a handful of participants that had made it through the undead region and into the second region.Like Arran and his team, these people had had to go through a lot of trouble to get to this point especially when they had gotten to the midway point where they had to face an opponent similar to the undea