Chapter 100: Strangers (2)
Adrian hurried towards the bustling crowd near the settlement’s entrance. The crowd provided him with the perfect cover to slip away unnoticed. However, his heart flipped as he approached the gate.
’So, it was them after all,’ Adrian thought when his eyes fell on Vincent and the rest of his former teammates.
They had their backs turned towards him, but Adrian knew it was them. He could have mistaken the rest, but there was no mistaking the sword Vincent used, as it was the only moon-blade that existed in the entirety of Nexaria.
"Just keep walking," Adrian murmured, his gaze fixed on the ground. "They won’t recognise you, not with this face. Besides, you’re dead to them. They can’t be here for you..."
Repeating those words of confidence in his head, Adrian quickly walked past his team while they chatted with one of the tribals.
However, as he approached them, Adrian noticed someone new. It was a red-haired woman he hadn’t seen before with his team.
’They didn’t waste any time replacing me, huh?’ Adrian shook his head and kept moving forward, but as he brushed past the woman, a sharp jolt of pain shot through his skull, causing him to stutter for a moment.
He had felt the subtle pain ever since absorbing the minotaur’s heart, but this time, it surged on a whole new level like never before. It felt like something inside his head was pounding on his skull to break out of confinement.
At the same time, Sophia felt something strangely familiar. Strangely enough, she felt like Adrian was somewhere around her, even though she knew he couldn’t be there.