Chapter 209 - Following The Trail
'Hehe, that should teach him a lesson.' Grey snickered inside but acted like he knew nothing about what just happened.
'Void, why are you screaming?' He asked with concern.
'That bastard whipped my butt! Let's...let's kill it!' Void said in pain.
He hadn't even been able to free himself yet he was attacked again. Now he regretted stealing the crystal all the more. If he could go back in time, he would not have taken it.
Without any further delay, he quickly thawed the ice that was restraining his limbs, before Aetonth would whip his b.u.t.t again. As soon as he freed himself, he stood on his two hind legs and rubbed his b.u.t.t with his forelimbs like a human would do if they were whipped in the b.u.t.t.
'We should escape first, after that, we'll think of what to do next. Which I presume is running, again.' Grey didn't even have the thought of killing Aetonth.
When he was previously using the Fusion State, he couldn't defeat it, much less now that he couldn't use it anymore. Besides, why would he want to kill Aetonth for something he did?The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bin.
'It's because you weren't the one lashed, that's why you're saying this.' Void's voice was in between crying and speaking normally.
Grey felt Void was just a question away from actually crying, and he opted not to ask it, for now. Once they've escaped, then he'll get on Void's nerves.
'Stop acting like a scaredy cat and fight back, don't you want to get your revenge?' He urged him to attack.
'Ah!' Void yelled in anger before attacking with the darkness element. He made a cloud of darkness and sent it Aetonth's way.
He was incensed! How dare Aetonth whip his butt? It was unforgivable!
Boom! Bang!
'No, no, I'll get revenge later. Let's find a way to escape first.' After getting hit, Void quickly discarded the thought of revenge.
After hearing the roar, Void quickly withdrew his head from the edge of the building before saying, 'Quickly let's go, before it recovers.'
Without being told, Void knew Aetonth's hatred for him just increased to a new height. It's just that, he wouldn't be at rest if he didn't get revenge. Now that the opportunity presented itself, of course, he was going to use it.
Grey looked at him in pity, 'Pray it doesn't catch up before we get to the array.'
Even Grey wasn't optimistic about their chances of not encountering Aetonth again, after all, there was still around one hour thirty minutes before they got there. Given how things had been going all this while, it might catch up to them at least once, before they got to the array.
The duo quickly ran out of the compound, disappearing into the forest on the right.
Fifteen minutes after Grey and Void left.
A group of four walked into the compound, heading to the side of the building where Aetonth crashed. The group compromised of the twelfth prince, Neil, and the two other youths.
They had been tracking Grey and Aetonth after they got out of the water, yet even when Grey and Aetonth spent so much time fighting here, they still weren't able to catch up.
"They're gone." The twelfth prince narrowed his eyes as he examined the compound.
The building was originally damaged, but he quickly noticed the new parts of it that were broken.
"What if the boy is hiding in the building?" One of the two youths said.
"They shouldn't be far, they definitely fought here not too long ago." The twelfth prince said and looked at the pit Aetonth made when it crashed.
'Is he that strong to cause this? I'll have to see for myself.' He thought before following the trail once again.
The group headed to the forest on the left.
Grey headed to the right, but since Aetonth usually gives him some time to rest, it went to the left to also rest a little.
The twelfth prince nor anyone in their group knew of this, hence they followed Aetonth thinking it was still pursuing after Grey.