As Adam's answer lingered in the dim passage, Octavia's eyes sparkled with glee, and her lips curled up into a broad smile, revealing her pearly white and even teeth.
"Let's go, the outside world is calling for us!" she exclaimed, trembling with excitement as she dashed forward in a mad frenzy, unaware she still held his hand.
"HAAAAA!"
His scared scream resonated as she dragged him, her speed faster than a bullet train. The air pressure crushed his face, forcing him to shut his eyes and conjure mana to create a wall before him.
Once protected behind his construct, he yelled, "OCTAVIA! STOP."
However, in his panic, he didn't realise his mistake.
Upon hearing his screech, she remembered he wasn't as fast as her and planted her feet on the ground, stopping in a second.
As she halted, her feet leaving deep cracks in the rocky ground, the inertia jerked him forward with incredible strength.
