"We have to run back to the entrance! Stat!"
Victor yelled at the ones who were currently alive. Noah and Adrian quickly started to run back through the path backwards toward the place they went in. Victor followed behind them checking if something was following them. The sound of footsteps had stopped when Hazel died so they had to be careful of the flowers on the side of the path.
While their main group leader had died Victor was now in charge of everyone, quickly on the uptake he formed a plan for their escape.
"Our healer died so be careful of your surroundings, and Adrian you had learned a spell on surveillance a while back, so you are now in charge of checking the area as we run. I will block any attacks if something were to happen and Noah if you see the Skinwalker use the spell immediately. On the topic Noah, what other spells do you know?"
"What spells do you need?"
"Any support spells?"
[Only got buff for speed that you are able to use.]
"Only speed enhancement for a few minutes."
Victor nodded and looked at Adrian.
"Prepare your weapon Adrian."
The three of them were more in sync as though they had been working together for some time.
Running deeper inside the forest the trees grew in numbers which signaled they are going the right way.
"We should reach the entrance soon, the Skinwalker was not further down this path so there is a high chance it is by the entrance waiting for us. Do not let the Skinwalker absorb the White ash bullet or there will be a bigger issue within our hands."
Quickly reaching the entrance the three of them checked their surroundings and nothing. They sound absolutely nothing and have no presence whatsoever.
"Keep checking, we only have a few hours before the White ash will start to be absorbed."
Victor held his claymore tightly waiting for any incoming attacks, but nothing had come as if the Skinwalker was waiting for the time was right.
The more the time passed they noticed in the distance the sky began to darken. The flowers from the side of the road had begun to move onto the dirt path as the time continued to pass.
Where is the Skinwalker we have to leave quickly
Victor thought to himself stressed from the situation in hand.
"To the left!"
Adrian yelled when he turned his head toward Victor. He grabbed his sword as he ran forward ready to attack.
"Victor to the left, block the attack of the Skinwalker and I'll damage it a bit. After Noah uses the spell on the right leg."
Adrian yelled once more and Victor followed the plan and sprinted forward toward the black figure coming from the side of the forest without any flowers.
Noah had also run as he was instructed and stayed behind the two hunters.
Slash
Adrian used his long sword and broke off the leg away from the bullet and it tried to attack Him. Victor, noticing the incoming attack, quickly lifted his shield to block the attack and parry the attack.
The Skinwalker had a brief moment where it paused, this was the moment Noah saw and cast his spell on its leg.
The moment the spell was cast a black and red glowing flame appeared and it started to engulf the Skinwalker. It stumbled around trying to get rid of the flame but made no progress. It started to roll on the ground and the rest of them watched, still on guard.
The creature then made a loud screeching sound, deafening to the ears so the three had covered their ears to stop their ear drums from breaking.
Slowly the Skinwalker started to disintegrate into black ashes that disappeared as it touched the ground but a rather high-pitched sound was heard while it happened like a kettle with boiling hot water ready for tea.
What laid there was the white bullet made from white ash and silver and gold metal.
Adrian, who was the closest to the bullet, had gone to fetch it. The flowers were close behind the Skinwalker so Noah casted a spell of speed so they could leave as fast as possible.
"Quickly grab it!"
Noah said as he cast the spell with slight heavy breathing. The moment Adrian grabbed the bullet the flowers started to move quicker, and the three of them ran toward the exit.
As they got close to the exit Noah noticed the flowers had almost caught up, trying to think of something to help he remembered he can still cast the speed spell Satan told him about. He prepared to cast the spell but the moment he casted it on Victor and again on Adrian a flower was beneath him.
Right at the exit Victor stopped and looked back waiting for everyone to catch up and saw Noah was on a flower in the distance.
Fuck. Amelia will kill us if he dies!
Adrian didn't notice Noah and quickly ran out the portal. Now Victor and Noah were the only ones there. Victor quickly started sprinting toward Noah.
When he was about to reach Noah a sudden change of the air pushed him backwards. Confused, Victor tried to move forward but to no avail.
Noah by the flowers was standing there, the flowers beneath him. What was odd was how the flowers felt warm, rather than attacking him it was as if it was welcoming him home.
Why is it not attacking me?
He crouched down to the flowers and touched it, it had a smooth surface and the mana from the flower reminded him of his homeland. The flow was reversed but to him it was the perfect flow of mana, this led to him absorbing the mana from the flowers around him.
Such a nice warm feeling, it has the same feeling as the Neville estate. These flowers, are they from our garden? How did they end up here?
"Sorry I can't stay, but I think I will be back."
Noah said as he was petting the flower's petals, it moved a bit and patted the fingers of Noah and made a path for him to leave.
At the same time Victor could barely keep his eyes up away from the ground, but in the blurry view he saw Noah just walking away from the flowers toward him.
The pressure from the distance started to dwindle down and Victor just looked at Noah blankly.
"Don't tell anyone."
Noah said with a cynical tone and looked down at Victor who nodded quickly and stood upright and the two of them went to the entrance.
Outside the portal Adrian noticed the change on Victor's face that showed absolute terror.
"Jeez what happened inside?"
"Nothing."
Victor answered quickly and stumbled a bit and walked over to the car on the road that had Anxin looking over at them.
"Odd." Adrian said while still suspicious of what happened.
He shrugged and walked after Victor leaving Noah at the entrance.
[I think there is a misunderstanding, I think you should have said 'Please don't tell anyone.' The way you said it made it seem like you'd kill him if he told anyone.]
You sure? I thought I said it just fine. Got my point across, so it's fine.