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Chapter 88: Crossing the World Bridge thud

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Slow and methodical, the troop of feround at a constant pace Dorian was perfectly coic that covered his bodyjourney quite coh to be able to turn his focus to his surroundings He noticed, as he scanned the fighters, that the boots of each woht They appeared to erase any traces the wo their trail

His eyes constantly scanned the area as theytension

This group was being hunted just like hi it back to heal an iure

There wasn’t a doubt in his mind that they would be attacked on the way back

The women seemed to be aware of that as well The warriors of the troop were constantlya forh alert The Wizards seeical alert Spell that scanned the environirl that had rescued him about twentyAround 17 or 18 years old, with short blonde hair and a face covered in freckles, alongside a pair of deep blue eyes The air around her carried a strong, earthy Aura She appeared to practice soic, Dorian assu, but not inexperienced It held a co for about thirty-five e, precariously perched stone bridge, when Dorian heard a loud noise

A rue chunk of ice collapsed Dorian spotted movement out of the corner of his eye, in-between bits of rock and frozen water being thrown into the air

‘Here we go!’ His eyes flashed as his heart starting to pound, readying himself to activate his Emerald Flames

"Look ready!&8221;

"To the left!&8221;

The shouts of the female warriors cut quietly into the air as they all turned, preparing for an attack

A warroup in a protective sheen, while a huge spike of rock floated into existence above the young Wizard leader of the group

"…&8221;

"False alar, ladies&8221;

The group returned to walking nonchalantly, ignoring the collapsed ice and stone

Dorian’s mouth fell open in shock He quickly closed it as the warrior carrying hi to have his jaw smash down

He wanted to sputter as his heart cal annoyed It had just been a false alarm Perhaps he was too tense The real attack would undoubtedly co down a long, winding cave passage, lit by di echo had pushed down upon the wide as his heart pounded once erous, powerful Banshee, as if soical Spell or Ability had been activated

‘This is it! Hyperion Beairls!&8221; The warriors fanned out, several of thee The Wizards stepped backwards towards the rear of the group, alongside the girl leader as they prepared theust of wind&8221;

"Back to walking, ladies&8221;

Two hours later, a boulder collapsed and fell froirls near Dorian

"Eneru&8221;

A short tih the air, piercing the ground just a fewscout

"An attack?!&8221;

"Look to the front!&8221;

"Or the back!&8221;

"…&8221;

"Nope, just so&8221;

Just a little bit later, a huge boulder inexplicably crossed their path, rolling down froe they were about to cross all the way into another

"Watch out!&8221;

"Is it a diversion?!&8221;

"…&8221;

"Nope, just so boulders&8221;

"I hear those are common in the lands of the Graal Alliance&8221;

By the tiround Western Cave Systeht bit as the wo path upward

‘DON’T YOU FREAKIN’ MOVE A CENTIMETER!’ He glared pure fury and death at the s its ancestors to die as shards of crunched up sand under a toddler’s foot

‘Twenty-three times! Twenty-three FREAKING ti hie He wanted to walk up to the side of the cave and just punch it in the cave-jugular

There were a total of twenty-three ti with the female troop, some odd, unexplained occurrence took place Stalactites dropped, bridges collapsed, boulders soared through the air

A number of them clear non-natural occurrences

Any nued enele one of the wo a ME! Just FREAKING attack oh osh!’ Dorian mentally railed at the injustice of this all

‘Please Just attack us’

He sent up a roup of ene them to just come out in the open and try to er I can bear this…’ He closed his eyes in ony

"…&8221;