Chapter LVIII – Day 825 – Battle Of Wits And Traps

Chapter LVIII – Day 825 – Battle Of Wits And Traps

I frowned as I chased after Champion Michael. He was running into a level 4 zone. If he thought monsters would kill me before they killed him, he was mistaken. Right into the darklands at night. His Body stat was high, but I was constantly gaining on him, and he could not escape by Sense stat.

I would not allow him to escape, no matter what. He clearly valued his life and I was going to torture him for what he had done and to get answers about where my son was. He could try and run, but there was no escape.The initial posting of this chapter occurred via Ñøv€l-B!n.

He was probably hoping the greater amount of energy and the darkness would make me lose him. That was foolish. I had honed my ability to sense energy and with the gift of the Heavens, it was easy enough to sense where he was moving.

The monster here was weak. Blades flying through the air with eyes. The few that got in my way I easily smacked aside without slowing down. The chase to wear down Champion Michael was half the battle. To put pressure on him and force him to use his energy before I crippled him.

He had tricked me once with that surprise annihilation attack, but he would not get me again with it. Running like he was, was a fool’s errand. But like all dogs, he needed to be taught first. A tower came into view. A tower in a level 4 zone? Was he really going to go into it?

If he did, I would have no way to catch him. I rushed behind him. Blasts of powerful energy came at me from the pyramidal golems above, but I easily blocked the attacks. I was pinned as they cycled their attacks and he retreated into the air, heading back South.

The bladed monsters poured out of the darkness behind me, attempting to pincer me as he soared away. I kicked off the ground into the air and then off a barrier to move to the side to get a clear shot. I rapidly through ten needles into the golems. The needles sank in slightly and then I detonated them.

I blanked out for a split second and slammed into a building. I quickly got to my feet and moved, another annihilation attack, that I was grazed by as the white light of the energy quickly dispersed.

“I can do this all day.” I turned around and went back to the plaza. I could feel the issues in my energy circulation. I needed to fix my body immediately.

I should have used my barriers to move, not block. I had become too used to blocking everything that was lesser. Michael was not a lesser being. I would not be hit again. I had been too focused on attacking him. I had become weak in my mind, distracted, unfocused.

Taking a deep breath, I settled myself and focused on the task ahead. I would catch up with him and kill him. While he had gained some ground on me, he would not escape. I was sensing the currents he left behind in the air, his trail of energy.

While it only lasted a short time, it was easy enough to follow even at a distance while he was moving and expelling energy. One of the many pieces of knowledge that the Heaven’s had granted me. Tracking, a beast was a noble skill. It was a hunt after all. I had finally found my prey, and I would not be letting him escape.

Unless he had a clone skill like that cursed Astrologer, there was no way he would be able to lose me. He could run, but he couldn’t hide. I got another restoration and quickly set off again. My body was off and there were issues, but the damage could be dealt with in time and a lot of focus.

I would need to correct and align my energy once the chase was over, but that was no matter. Once he had crushed feet and crushed hands, it would not be so easy for him to escape anymore. I would then take my time and make sure he lived, while extracting everything from him and paying him back for all that he had done.