Chapter 396: One Shot
Cak! Swoosh!
When Aldrian released the bowstring, the seemingly ordinary movement created a powerful wind that swept through his surroundings. The arrow shot forward, breaking the sound barrier multiple times as it went supersonic toward the incredibly small black dot in the distance. Aldrian watched calmly, waiting for his arrow to hit the target.
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"Fuck, fuck, fuck!" Duke Alikin cursed repeatedly in his mind as he fled. Right now, he couldn’t think straight—fear consumed him, and all he wanted was to escape as far as possible.
"That was the mysterious swordsman?! How is that possible? From what I saw, he was just a young man!"
When the envoy from the second prince returned from Caritas, he reported that the bastard who acted presumptuously was a young man with tremendous power. Upon hearing that he had wiped out most of the forces in the city and unleashed flames that obliterated everything, Duke Alikin thought he had a rough idea of the young man’s limits.
However, reality was cruel to him, as if fate itself were playing a joke on him. How could the legendary figure who had become the talk of the continent in recent years actually that bastard and the one opposing the second prince? Did that mean the mysterious swordsman was someone from the church?!
Impossible!
He didn’t want to think anymore—his mind was consumed by the will to survive. He flew at his utmost speed without looking back, so fast that he could no longer see his surroundings. He could travel two kilometers per second, and even faster if he pushed himself beyond his limits, though it would harm his body.
But then, a sudden chill ran down his spine as his instincts kicked in. He glanced back slightly but saw nothing at first. The city was already far beyond his sight, and all he could see was a vast forest.