Chapter 346: Hot Pursuit
After the encounter with the builder drones, things went much smoother.
Ferro still had to restrain Star at times, but by not attacking they managed to duck out of sight and wait out the machines.
That was one problem solved, but another problem made itself apparent as the hours stretched by.
Brrbbrgll...
Ferro’s stomach groaned. As light as Lawre was, carrying him for so long was draining, and Ferro hadn’t exactly thought to bring food when he was grabbing his things to escape.
"Ugh, quiet that thing," Star said, peering around a bend at a group of drones that were passing through a wall of light.
"Have you ever been hungry in your life?" Ferro was sitting with Lawre collapsed next to him.
"Of course I have. But I only need to eat if I don’t get enough mana, or to maintain my cover, and you graciously fed me right before we came inside."
"More like before you came inside." Ferro muttered. That crazy, unplanned session had left him somewhat drained, instead of energized like when Star put mana into him. He cleared his throat before speaking up. "I don’t think I’ll be able to make it to the end carrying Lawre... Not with as long as we’re taking." He looked up, trying to gauge if the Djet looked any closer than it had.
"Well I’m not going anywhere without that key. As you’ve no doubt guessed, it needs contact to work, and I can’t exactly make contact with it."
"Why tell me this now?" Ferro asked.