During the road to the east, a few unforeseen events occurred, such as the encounter of different aberrations, however, nothing serious happened, fortunately there were quite a few people in the area who were able to take care of it without much delay.
Along the way, many people joined the group, from ordinary people to people from other associations, whether they are magicians, warriors, or taming beasts, which increased the safety of the group.
Ana and Nepheli remained silent during the trip without saying a word, a strange sight for two eloquent women who were happy all the time, but the current situation was uncomfortable, Ana was worried about her family and Nepheli did not know if her father was aware of the situation, she was worried that in his madness he would try to come running just to try to save her.
- Be careful, an aberration! – Someone shouted.
The people turned in a particular direction where several men surrounded an emaciated and charred body, although the creature was not fast in the eyes of experienced warriors, in fact, it was particularly slow for them, the different attacks that the warriors gave it did not cause any effect on it, as it only took a few seconds to regenerate from the wounds and barely moved, as if it were glued to the ground.
And from one moment to the next, a faint red light began to surround the aberration, transforming it into a humanoid being, robust and with sharp bones coming out of its elbows, before it could finish transforming, a man dressed in a robe and white garments stood in front of the creature and with impressive mastery managed to pierce the leg of the aberration, right where its core was, destroying it in an instant.
People were amazed, such skill, although many had the question in their heads, why not destroy it from the beginning?
The truth was that the man didn't have much of having advanced to the third rank, so wasting his mana and energy was not an option and unfortunately he was the strongest of all in the group, in fact, the man was grateful that an aberration had not been found above the second grade.
- Let's move on, at this time the safest place is the one we are heading to, we will soon meet a warrior of the fourth grade who will escort us to the meeting point! –
When they heard that, people were quite happy, unfortunately the joy did not last long when the cry of a creature echoed in the place.
OOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHH
The place had been silent, for a moment everyone present felt their bodies paralyzed by fear, some could not even stay calm and began to vomit, others began to bleed from different parts of the body for no apparent reason, even the man in white clothes had a hard time recovering.
Luckily, those who were unconscious from the beginning seemed to be the ones who were better off.
- An aberration in its second form! – shouted one of the magicians, being one of the first to get out of the trance.
Looking at where the magician was aiming, the man in white robes moved in an instant towards the aberration and with great dexterity destroyed his head and chest, causing enough damage to kill him in an instant.
The man felt that his body was heavy, coming out of the trance caused him not only a lot of stress, even the mana in his body had become unstable, but without time to take a breather, people began to panic and several pointed towards different places, the man's eyes actually showed some fear and screaming.
- Those who can't fight, get away as quickly as possible and head east, we will take care of covering your back, do as I tell you, quickly! –
A third-degree and three-degree aberration, all in their second form, were thrown at the people, but it was those who practiced mana who were able to repel them quickly.
The white-robed man, on the other hand, was afraid, not because of the third-degree aberration but because of the scream of a few moments ago, if his conjectures were true, it meant a danger of at least the fourth degree, such a being, could destroy the entire city center single-handedly in just a few minutes, The question was; Why hadn't he acted yet?
Whatever the reason, the man needed to end the fight quickly and help his comrades who would have it as difficult or more difficult than him.
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- Mrs. Anne, hold on to me! –
Ana shook her head, indicating that she was fine, but Nepheli who was already someone in the first grade, a soul learner, could feel the fluctuations of Ana who was struggling to keep running.
With no other option, Nepheli took her by one of her arms and carried her as if she were carrying a child, Ana did not say anything because she knew well that her condition was not the best.
While the people ran without stopping, Nepheli did her best not to lose sight of the cart where Franz lay, fortunately he was fine and the beast that was pulling the cart was stable as well.
Thanks to the healers and doctors, along with some beast tamers who supported the people with the help of their beasts, even though people were panicking, they were able to maintain order by preventing accidents from happening along the way.
- Don't stop, don't stop, we'll get there soon, there's just a little more to go! – A man shouted on the back of a wolf who was at the head of the group.
"Shit, why hasn't help arrived?" – Even for the man, if it weren't for the fact that he was escorting people, he could have reached his destination in a short time with the help of his wolf, much less someone in the fourth degree who is said to be able to master the winds to be able to fly at high speed.
Just as he was getting lost in thought, they came across another aberration, this time it was a bear whose flesh seemed to be rotten and whose face resembled that of a human and because of its fluctuations its strength must be at least in the third degree just like the previous aberration, the problem was that the only third degree person had been left behind.
There were many people in the second grade still, but even if they all drew their trump cards at the same time, the most they could do would be to buy a little time, time that wouldn't be enough for people.
Not knowing what to do, the man could only step forward to try to distract the aberration while the others escaped,
But before he could even give any instructions, something fell from the sky and created a cloud of dust that temporarily blinded everyone.
The man could barely discern anything from the cloud of dust, however, he was not on the side of the humans, he could tell as all the beasts became alert and some beasts like his wolf even bristled and put themselves in an attack position.
The cloud of dust disappeared and when the man saw what was in front of them, he could only get off the wolf and think to himself: "We have no salvation anymore"
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- And then you were the one who destroyed all those aberrations? – Ron asked, who, due to his curiosity, found it a little difficult to reserve the questions he had.
- Yes – Hans replied without any intention of having a conversation.
Ron was about to ask more, but Alek, his friend, gave him a small tap on the man, signaling for him to stop bothering his benefactor.
William on the other hand felt that the atmosphere was a bit funny, with the boy asking questions all the time, in fact, if it weren't for him, the atmosphere would still be heavy.
William had a hard time seeing the scene of massacre that was in each street, aberrations, mana practitioners and ordinary people, corpses of all kinds could be seen along the way, making William's stomach turn.
The truth is, it was true that the aberrations were slow, but that was only for mana practitioners of the same level, and even they had a lot of trouble dealing with the aberrations, even more so when they entered their second phase, which is why William could currently see such a terrifying scene.
Either way, William was impressed by Hans' ability after talking to the group for a bit.
After traveling here and there in search of survivors, Hans and Williams encountered the group in trouble, it was Hans who instantly put an end to all the aberrations that were in the area, saving the group from being massacred on the spot.
William was impressed by Hans' ability, as although he didn't understand much about mana practitioners, he could tell that he was not only strong, he must also be someone important after the group paid their respects and introduced themselves to him.
Suddenly, while Williams was rambling to distract himself a little, it was Hans who interrupted him and said, "William, turn right, there's a group fighting a few meters from here."
William nodded and they quickly arrived in front of a place where they witnessed a confrontation between several people and aberrations.
Hans without any delay moved to the center of the place and with a wave of his hand, all the aberrations were destroyed without leaving even a trace of blood.
Hans cast a detection spell on the area and noticing any more people, he asked the man in white robes who was approaching him.
- Have the people from the pier already arrived at the hotels in the east? –
The man in white clothes stopped and shook his head – No, we were with them, but we had to separate to stop the aberrations, we have at least 4 or 7 minutes since we separated, so they haven't gone very far yet –
Hans nodded and said, "Well, lead the way, I'll follow you closely, William, you stay with them in the meantime, I'll make sure to bring your family back safely."
William nodded, somewhat reluctantly, but he had no choice but to stay as Hans told him.
Soon both the man in white robes and Hans disappeared from the sight of William and the group.