Chapter 703: Encounter In The Dark (1)
Liam and Smoke quietly moved through the shadows within the forest as they searched for whatever they had sensed.
Walking through the forest, there was almost no sound of any demon or wildlife nearby, though faint traces of living creatures could still be sensed from far away within the deeper parts of the woods. The only thing that disrupted the oppressive silence was the occasional chirping of crickets hidden somewhere beneath the undergrowth.
And of course the lingering scent they were searching for.
Moving through the shadows and going deeper into the forest, Liam was beginning to pick up the scent with his own nose without needing to link his senses with Smoke anymore.
As he did, the myst signature he was sensing became increasingly familiar. However, there was something mixed into it, something strange and difficult to identify, which made it nearly impossible for him to understand why the scent felt so recognizable to him.
Still, they continued moving through the shadows until Liam suddenly felt an annoyingly strange sensation. One he had already experienced once before during the academy evaluation before the academic year began.
’We’re being hunted,’ he thought immediately and ordered Smoke to stop without even speaking.
Liam’s eyes instantly darted around their surroundings as he tried to pinpoint exactly where whatever was hunting them was coming from.
However, he couldn’t pick up anything except for the scent from earlier, which was most definitely the thing stalking them.
And that made Liam understand one very important thing. Whatever this was, it was just as stealthy within darkness as he was. And the possibility of it also being capable of seeing perfectly in the dark was extremely high as well, making whatever he was about to deal with a genuine pain to fight against.
’Should’ve just stayed back at the outcrop,’ Liam thought with mild irritation as he let out a quiet sigh.
Then he stood up on Smoke’s back.