Chapter 521: The Heart of the Forest
When Valen ran through the forest toward the path leading to the shed, he suddenly felt a mass of energy that incurred goosebumps all over his skin. One word appeared in his mind; disgust.
A few seconds later, the mass of energy was released, shot toward somewhere, and Valen froze in his tracks.
A scream rang in his head and deep in his soul. The scream and cry of a child; scared and alone.
It was then did he realized the mass of energy was hurled toward the shed.
"No!" Valen clutched his chest and ran faster. His feet were scraped and bleeding from the broken branches and pebbles, but he couldn’t care less right now.
Once again, he felt the mass of energy gathering somewhere in front of him, and he felt like his heart stopped beating. No matter how strong the shed was, it wasn’t indestructible.
"Jade!"
The elemental bird, who was now in its true form, flapped its wings. A surge of mana embedded in Valen’s feet with a gust of the wind, and Valen increased the speed of his running. At the same time, he spread his mana to his entire body, filling his circuit to the brim and circling them so fast that the air around him started to turn static.
And then he saw it; the massive mass of energy cut from the same power that veiled the forest.
Ready to be flung toward his child.
"Ignis!"