Chapter 145 Successful Escape, Bottleneck

"AHHHHHH!"

After getting out of the room, Nathan did not stop running for even a second, he continued rushing towards the stairs that lead to the exit of the ruins without looking back.

Less than a minute later, Nathan finally got out of the ruins and felt the evening breeze hitting his face.

Feeling that, he stopped running and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Phew~ finally got out of that hell hole." He said, wiping the sweat that was dripping down his forehead.

At this time, Irish voice suddenly sounded close to his ears.

"Uhm… how about letting us down now?"

Only then did Nathan remember that he was still holding unto the whole group.

He hurriedly let them down one by one before stretching out his muscles.

Runa sat down on the ground, holding onto her knees with a traumatized look on her face.

"Huhuhu, I thought I was gonna die there." She muttered, as tears slowly fell down her eyes.

It was inevitably heard by the others as well but they did not say anything.

Because, they actually thought the same thing as Runa just said.

At that moment, they were not even able to think clearly. All that they could think of was to run but their feet wouldn't even move no matter how much they tried.

Remembering that moment, their face became downcast as silence covered the whole area.

Only the sound of the waves and the crickets could be heard on this island.

After a long time, Irish suddenly stepped forward and moved in front of everyone.

"Everyone, tonight, I brought you in terrible danger. And because of that, we even almost lost our lives. That's why, first of all, I want to apologize to you all."

She bowed her head deeply and sincerely said, "I'm sorry, everyone."

Everyone looked at her without saying anything.

After a long silence, James let out a sigh, "Hais, get up. Let's just go home for now. I think everyone needs to take a rest first. After that, let's gather again and talk about this."

Everyone agreed with what he said and finally decided to go home.

They rode the boat that they used to get here before to get back to the Baretto Beach.

Along the way, no one spoke and there was a sullen atmosphere around everyone.

Once back at the beach, before they separate and go back to their own homes, each one of them went to Nathan to express their gratitude for saving their lives.

After that, they got inside their own vehicles and drove away from the beach.

Now, there's only Nathan, Natalie, Irish, and Runa left here.

Irish's face is still covered with guilt.

She felt that, because she invited everyone to the ruins, it almost caused the death of her close friends.

Thinking of that, her heart can't help but ache.

She turned to look at Nathan, and with a tearful face, she said, "Nathan, sob… thank you sob… If you were not there, sob… For sure we would all be gone now. Huhuhuhu."

In the end, she was still not able to hold it back in and burst into tears.

Nathan sighed.

He thought for a second, then he spread his arms and embraced her.

To be honest, Nathan also felt guilty.

Because, it was him who first agreed to Irish's plan to go to that ruins because of his curiosity earlier.

That is why, he knows what Irish is feeling as of the moment.

Seeing this, Natalie and Runa decided to leave the two alone and walked towards the wet sand near the water.

Nathan caressed Irish's back for a while until she calmed down.

"Sniff, sorry, Nathan. Sniff, thank you."

"Don't think about it for now." Nathan said, "I think we should go now as well and take our rest."

Irish nodded.

They stayed in each other's embrace for a while before finally letting go.

Irish cheeks were a little red while Nathan also blushed a little.

After talking for a bit more, they called Runa and Natalie.

Saying goodbye to each other, they stepped inside their own cars and drove home.

Inside the car, Natalie seems to have recovered from the experience earlier and looked at Nathan with light in her eyes.

"Brother, you were so cool earlier!" She said while looking at him with an admiring gaze.

Nathan shook his head, "What cool, we almost died there remember?"

"But you were able to save us!" Saying that, the admiration of Natalie towards Nathan soared to another level.

"I never knew that you were actually that powerful, brother!"

Hearing that, Nathan paused and sighed, "Powerful, huh… If I am really powerful, there would be no reason to escape from the tree monster earlier."

Natalie noticed that his mood didn't seem to be good and decided to shut her mouth right away.

15 minutes later, they arrived at the villa.

By now, it is already 10 PM and most people are already sleeping.

Entering the house, Natalie immediately went to her room while Nathan headed towards the two kid's room.

"Hmm, it seems like they are sound asleep already."

He saw the siblings sleeping with a peaceful look on their faces and can't help but smile a little.

Closing the door, he headed to his own room and took a shower.

Standing under the shower, his mind started wandering.

It has been a long day, a lot of things happened and Nathan felt honestly tired at the moment.

Since the time that he got his soul talent, multiplying his strength and the likes. This was the second time that Nathan truly felt tired.

'... This is already the second time that I realized just how powerless I am…' he thought.

The first one was when he was inside Natalie's book, fighting against that level 11 Golem.

And now, when he was escaping from death in the hands of those treants.

Clenching his fist, Nathan was determined to become stronger again.

Using Appraisal, he looked at his own character panel and frowned.

"Why is it like this?"