Chapter 102 - Escaped At Lian Plains

Shin snapped, he snapped right after discovering Aella's leg.

Oh well, he was angry yet again because of this. He continued and used the same skills again and again only to cause Balton pain.

Now the mystery awaited him, he had heard Elvion say that he had seen humans carrying a wolf. So it only confused him more because Balton said that he never once killed a wolf.

The leg piece gave a different impression, however. In any, Shin knew one thing at the moment – Aella wasn't dead.

He wanted to meet her as soon as possible but had no idea where she went. On top of that, he was continuously worrying and thinking about her safety because she was handicapped at the moment.

'Ding'

[ You have used the skill Burn ] x 3

While he continued to use the same skill on Balton, he thought calmly about the situation.

What about Balton? Well, he was almost dead!

The upper layer of skin had already vanished from his hands and legs. While it was still intact on his face, some patches had been formed making him look quite ugly.

Blisters? There were tons of them.

It was a hard sight to see. Needless to say, Shin would have continued to use the same skill until Balton died.

But for now, it seemed as if he was lucky. The mages arrived before Balton was completely dead.

The same was with the knights and other top-tier soldiers.

Well, the town in which Shin was at present was called Reonoa, it was the outermost city in the Kingdom of Levonia.

That place definitely had these things called barracks where many top-tier soldiers used to train. Since it was a place near the edge of the Kingdom and closest to the forest, many more soldiers present there. This included mages too.

That was why they arrived so early.

'Water Arrows!', all of a sudden this shout was heard.

Shin turned back only to find many mages standing and aiming at him. A blue-colored magic circle was formed and many arrows made up of water were fired towards him.

*swift*

Shin dodged the attacks swiftly. The attacks were perfectly aimed at him so Balton didn't get hit with them.

Of course, a bit of water wouldn't affect his scorching red hot body. But the number of arrows that flew towards him was easily over twenty or thirty.

Also, he had no idea about the type of attack that was fired towards him. 

'Ding'

[ Fear: 91/100 ]

[ Respect: 08/100 ]

These were some additional stats Shin had gained earlier. However, he hadn't used them even once.

These were some additional stats Shin had gained earlier. However, he hadn't used them even once.

Of course, with the help of these, he could tell how one felt.

[ Fear -> The host can see the target's fear count ( How much the target fears the host or how much others fear the target ) ]

[ Respect -> The host can see the target's respect count ( How much the target respect's the host or how much others respect the target ) ]

Just when he dodged the attack, he took a look at Balton's fear stats.

'He is telling the truth…', Shin concluded finally after seeing the stats.

'So that means, she might be waiting for me somewhere in that forest…', was what he said to himself.

However, he had to be confirmed. Since they were the ones who picked her up, they should know the place from where she ran away.

"So…"

"Where exactly did she run away from?", he asked while landing right behind Balton.

The firewall was still active and Shin basically landed on it however it had no effect on him other than boosting his attack stats and defense stats.

[ Atk: 280+20 || Max. Atk: ??? ]

[ Def: 250+50 || Max. Def: ??? ]

Both attacks and defense seemed to have reached 300, but that didn't matter to him.

"Li-"

"Lian Plains!"

"When we were crossing that area we noticed that she was no longer in the bag!"

"She ran away!", was what he said.

"…" 

Shin was not satisfied by that even by a bit.

'So…'

'You didn't find her and that was how you concluded that she ran away?', the most pathetic reasoning that Shin had ever heard in his entire lifetime.

Shin's anger only increased, but for now, he thought about escaping.

'Ding'

[ You have used the skill Transformation ] 

[ -> Revert ]

He clicked the revert option right after which he transformed back into his original form.

[ You have returned to your true self ]

The moment he transformed back to his white wolf form, all the mages were shocked.

They were refraining from attacking because their primary goal was to save Balton.

While some were shouting to kill Shin along with Balton due to fear, the mages thought it over calmly, at least until they saw him transform into something different.

'Ding'

'Ding'

[ You have been affected by the fire ]

[ You have been affected by the fire ]

[ You have been affected by the fire ] x 3

'Ding'

[ You have been burnt ]

[ Your HP will continuously drop ]

[ HP: 710/800 || Max. HP: ??? ]

[ MP: 480/500 || Max. MP: ??? ]

Who the heck gets their HP dropped by getting damaged by their own attacks? How much a fool should the person be?

In any case, he couldn't afford to lose all the HP and die here.

The moment he transformed, the effect of the skill Burn ended. Of course, since the surrounding had been caught in fire, the firewall was a genuine thing created by the effect of the skill.

Whatever it may be, Shin just jumped onto the top of the building again. Yes, his legs were powerful enough to let him jump that high, not that he didn't use some walls as stepping stones to reach the final place ultimately.

"…"

To be continued…