Chapter 126 - Fog and Trees (2) (1/2)

At some point in time, the place had been surrounded by trees.

Aleen could not understand how he failed to notice that they were surrounded. It was as though the trees appeared suddenly around them.

Besides one remaining path that was in front of them, everything else was filled with trees.

Suddenly, an eerie chilly gust of wind touched his neck.

Aleen felt all the hairs in his body standing up.

Immediately, one of the trees moved a branch.

"Careful!" Aya shouted.

The branch extended creepily and pierced towards Aleen.

Aleen quickly jumped aside and evaded the branch, but more branches attacked from the other trees, sealing all his paths of escape.

"Damn it!" Aleen cursed angrily and send his mind into the storage ring. He then held Claire with one hand and used the other to brandish his sword.

With a quick spin, he cut some of the branches attacking him and created a gap between the attacks. He then used the gap to avoid the remaining branches.

Fortunately, the branches were pretty fragile. Aleen noticed that they weren't tougher than a normal branch.

But their numbers were frightening. Aleen was sure that even with his level-two body's toughness and defenses, the trees could make use of the overwhelming number of attacks to finally kill him.

Aya and Lily were also being attacked by the trees, but they were faring much better than Aleen. After all, Aleen was carrying Claire, so he could not attack with all his strength.

"We must leave this place immediately!" Aleen shouted at Aya while cutting another branch. "… Any idea?" He asked.

Aya shook his head with a frown.

Aleen bit his lips and looked around frantically. He knew they were unable to endure long under so many attacks.

But he quickly realized that, besides the path in front of them, there was not another exit.

Gritting his teeth, he made up his mind.

"Let's go there!" He pointed towards the only remaining path. He knew that the reason because this path remained behind was probably something bad, but they did not have more options now.

Aya nodded.

The pair, together with Lily, joined strengths to break through the attacks of the trees and charge towards the exit.

Aleen circulated his mana at the limit and filled his muscles with lightning. With a cry of rage, he cut through the branches and reached the exit after brandishing his sword repeatedly.

Without hesitation, Aleen and Aya used the opportunity to escape from the trees. In an instant, they left the trees behind.

But when Aleen turned around to observe the situation, he realized that the trees were not chasing after them.

They were quiet, as though they had completed their mission.

Aleen put on an expression of surprise, but before he could understand what was happening, a strong sense of danger filled him.

He jumped aside without hesitation. An instant later, he felt something cutting the place where he was just a moment ago.

When he moved his gaze to see what was happening, he saw a man standing there.