Once Hans disappeared from their sight, the group approached William and exclaimed.
- Wow, your friend is quite impressive sir -
Without looking at the group, William replied – Yes, it's quite strong –
Ron, on the other hand, began to talk about what Hans did along the way, impressing the entire group.
William didn't pay much attention to the boy and began to pray for Hans' fortune inside, because that's the only thing he could do for now, wait with the group, he couldn't continue using the car either, strangely the car only worked thanks to Hans' help.
. . . .
Following the man in white robes, Hans could discern a figure standing in the distance.
The dust did not let him see clearly, he had to wait until the dust disappeared, only then could Hans discern the hidden figure making his eyes dilate.
- "He must be in the same range as me, his aura is as strong as mine" - Hans thought.
A humanoid body, a hunched figure with a head that resembled that of a demon, in one hand held a leaf, had impaled the head of a person and an aberration, the creature as if it were a simple snack, made both heads to its mouth, showing a row of sharp teeth.
. . . . . .
The man standing next to his beast watched as the creature in front of him devoured the head of the third-degree aberration and the head of the one who was supposed to have arrived long ago to help them.
Time stopped for him and although for an instant the thought of escaping came to his head, as fast as he came, he left, it was foolish, if the beast wanted to, a blow with all its strength could create a wave capable of killing them all in this part of the city.
Perhaps the only reason the aberration hadn't killed them all was because he preferred to savor the fear of his prey, that's how terrifying the aberrations could be.
And as if life were sending him a message to assure him that he would not live today, large groups of aberrations began to group together, all in their second form.
Silence flooded the area, not even the sound of the wind hitting them in the face could be heard.
However, something surprising happened, the aberrations that until a moment ago had been silent began to move, but not towards people, but towards the aberration that looked like the devil incarnate.
However, man's hope did not grow, without any effort, the aberration began to tear them all apart, as if he were just playing.
Suddenly, the man who was absorbed in the aberration felt a hand resting on his shoulder, when he turned to see who it was, the man was surprised to see the man in white clothes.
- We have to go, help me with the people –
-But...-
The man in white clothes pointed at Hans and said, "He'll take care of the aberration, let's take care of the people."
The man said nothing and together with his wolf did his best to take people to a safe place without drawing attention to the aberrations.
. . . . .
The situation was not favorable for Hans right now, he needed to wait, he needed time for people to get far enough away to start fighting the aberration or else he might involve them in the fight.
With his current strength, a blow from him could cause great damage to his surroundings and Hans did not want that, not to mention that the aberration would have no reason to hold back unlike Hans.
If their calculations were correct, people would need 7 to 16 minutes to get far enough.
Hans needed that time not only to create distance between people and the aberration, he also needed time to be able to create a barrier spell that could encompass a large area and was strong enough to withstand the power of someone in the fifth grade.
Time moved forward as dozens of aberrations were torn apart and devoured, but just as Hans' estimated time was coming to an end and his preparations were almost ready, the aberration that until a few seconds ago was fighting against his kind, stopped in its tracks and turned in one direction, specifically turning in the direction where people had fled.
The smile that the sadistic creature had maintained faded and Hans may have even sworn that he saw a strangely human expression and eyes, the creature hunched over and flew off towards the direction where they had all escaped, causing Hans to barely have time to react.
- Where are you going, bastard!? – Hans shouted.
Positioning himself to the side of the creature, Hans landed a blow on the creature that sent it several tens of meters away from him, destroying several buildings and structures along the way.
Hans quickly positioned himself close to the creature and began to hit at different points and openings in the hope of quickly finishing off the creature, however, that was just a wish that would not be fulfilled, the creature managed to get up and return a strong blow to Hans that he could only withstand thanks to a barrier spell that he cast on his body, however, the blow was still strong enough to keep him away from the aberration.
The creature did not continue to attack, instead it ran again in the direction of the people, Hans teleported to its side and again hit the creature moving it even further away from the people, however, Hans was worried, his blow only served to push the creature away but failed to do any kind of damage to it, there was also the question of the barrier, His estimates were wrong because he did not manage to finish the spell in time.
Creating several seals on his hand, Hans slammed his hand against his chest, several spells that enhanced his abilities and strengths entered his body, increasing his strength by at least 30%.
This time, angry and filled with anger at being bothered twice, the creature decided to fight back and launched a barrage of blows at Hans who barely managed to dodge most of his attacks.
Hans' arm turned into stone and he hit the beast on the head leaving him slightly stunned, without waiting for it to have time to react, Hans hit the beast with all his strength in the chest.
But before the blow came, the creature stopped Hans' blow in its tracks and muttered.
-My.... Lord...-
Hans for a moment was stunned, an aberration capable of speaking, trying to break free from the creature's clutches. Hans used his other hand to counterattack, but the beast reacted earlier and hit Hans with a blow to the side that not only sent him flying very far, everything in an area of almost a kilometer was destroyed just by that simple blow, Structures, cars, even the aberrations that were in the area disappeared as if they had never been there in the first place.
The creature didn't give Hans a second look and ran back to where the people were.
. . . . . . .
The fever and pain along with the voices of before had disappeared, Franz no longer felt any discomfort.
The sound of people running and the sound of the cart being pulled stopped, Franz got up from the float, it had no roof or anything to cover it so whoever was pulling the float and those around noticed his presence very quickly.
- You woke up, are you okay? –
Franz turned to the voice, it was one of the healers in charge of helping people, when he asked what was happening, the healer explained a little about the situation.
Franz was left thinking, wondering if the voice he heard earlier had anything to do with the current situation.
Interrupting his thoughts, the healer told Franz about two women who had brought him here, one was about his height, black hair and tanned skin, the other was light-skinned and brown-haired, only slightly taller than him.
From the healer's description, Franz knew that it was Nepheli and her mother, when he asked about the two, the healer indicated where they were and said goodbye to him, explaining that he still had work to do, Franz thanked him and quickly went to where his mother and Nepheli were.
- What a relief, I thought something had happened to you, honey me.... –
"Okay, okay, we're all okay now."
Franz who saw the emotional scene of his parents, did not understand well what was happening, it was reasonable considering that he was unconscious until now.
-Franz! Nepheli shouted, calling the attention of everyone in the place.
His parents also saw him and ran to hug him, he also reciprocated the hug, he did not fully understand what was happening, but without a doubt his parents must have been very worried when he fainted.
Touching Franz's forehead, his mother Anna asked very distressed, "Franz, are you feeling better yet?" Is something bothering you? –
Franz replied by saying that everything was fine, he no longer felt bad, both the fever and the pain had disappeared, although strangely, Franz felt a certain itch in his eyes, but it was tolerable to a certain extent.
Talking a little more and asking a few things, Franz felt his heart jumping, his parents really went through a lot, from his mom and Nepheli having to run from one place to another, to his father who was about to die at the hands of those things, it was only thanks to the help of a person who managed to survive, if Franz had the opportunity to thank that person in the future he would certainly do so.
- Very well, listen, we need to keep moving forward and retreat to the other end of the city, don't worry this time more people will be supporting us! – Said the man in white clothes who actually turned out to be called Harold, referring of course to Ron and Robin's group.