Chapter 128: Chapter 128 Going back
The two girls continued to walk through the desert . There were no signs of footmarks in the sand as the wind would quickly blow it away, so the only thing they could count on for where they were . Was the map and the trail of black smoke in front of them .
"Wait up! Erin slow down, It's really hot out here . " Layla complained .
While Layla was struggling with the heat and wanted to walk at a standard pace, it seemed like Erin was power walking through the desert . It was to the point that if she was walking any faster, she would actually be jogging .
"I can't let them take our crystal, if they hand them in and we lose our points then that means we could lose our place at number one . "
"So what? It's not worth risking our lives over, even without those we should still get a pretty good position . Why do you need to be number one so much?"
For the first time, Erin had paused and stood still in the sand . Her fist was clenched and just as she was about to say something, she bit her lip to stop herself .
"Come on, we're not too far off . "
By now the black smoke had covered most of the view in front of them . It was hard to make out where it was coming from . But what they did know, was that there was far too much smoke for it to be someone else's ability and they were in the desert .
'There wasn't a lot of things that could be caught on fire, so just what on earth was making that much smoke?!' Layla thought .
Then as they were walking Layla suddenly sped up as she spotted what looked like a small black spot in the sky, as it got closer she noticed it looked ball-shaped and saw that something was dripping from the bottom of it .
"Hey what is that!" Layla asked .
"I don't know, it might be someone's ability or something," Erin replied . "Maybe you can catch it . "
Layla planned to do just that . Before the object could hit the ground or come towards them she would try to stop it in the air . Although Erin was also prepared in case the object was too heavy for Layla to control .
Finally, when it was a few meters in the air, Layla managed to stop it and slowly brought it over to their location . But a few seconds later, she forgot about everything and immediately dropped the object onto the floor .
A thump sound was heard and it rolled onto the sand towards them, with it a trail of red was sinking into the sand .
"That was definitely a head . " Layla said with her voice all shaky . "I'm not seeing things, right? It was a head?"
"Was it a beast, or maybe something else even, it could even have something to do with the black smoke," Erin said calmly .
"How are you not affected by this . Come on we need to get out of here . Our lives are worth more than some stupid crystals!" Shouted Layla . "Let's get back to the well and tell the others . "
But Erin stood there deep in thought .
'If its an intermediate beast and I use my full strength I should still be able to take it out?' She thought .
"Now is not the time to be playing games, look Erin, I like you and usually I would just leave someone as crazy as you here but I'm telling you we have to go . " Layla continued, despite the silence .
But then, in the distance, a tall figure could be seen coming towards them . Its tail slowly moving to the left and right .
"What is that?" Layla asked . For the first time, Erin didn't seem like her confident self . In fact, Layla had never seen her back down from a challenge . Even when Vorden was facing off against one of the big four . Although she said she was weaker, she had never displayed a hint of fear .
However, right now she was different . She had crossed her arms over her body, hugging herself and shivering in the desert heat .
"Mommy please save me . " She said ever so quietly, that the only words Layla could here was mommy .
Now that the creature was even closer Layla could finally see what Erin could see . It had appeared many times in many textbooks as they grew up . Constant videos had been shown to them of their appearance all throughout their school life, it was a Dalki .
But it wasn't alone . As it walked it seemed to be dragging something along with it .
"Oh? is that another two I see . " The Dalki said .
He then looked at Ben's body which he had been dragging with him, it now had no head but the rest of its limbs were still intact . He placed his foot on the body and pulled on the arm ripping it from its socket .
"It's a bit closer than last time, but it's not as easy to throw . " The Dalki aimed at the two in front of it, leaned back and speared the arm through the air .
It left at an amazing speed and power that it seemed like the wind around it was having no effect .
Seeing the arm coming towards them Layla knew this one was too fast for her to slow down with her ability . They barely managed to dodge it, with Layla pulling Erin away from the area .
"Erin, we're getting out of here . " Drawing her hand back she slapped Erin across the face leaving a red mark, as she spoke .
But it seemed to have worked . Erin was no longer shaking and she knew the danger the two of them were in .
"Ice path!" She created an ice path in front of her and then formed blades below her feet .
"Do you know how to ice-skate?" Erin asked .
"No . "
"Then hold on . " Lifting Layla onto her back Erin started to skate down the ice path at amazing speed . Every time they would reach near the end of the path, she would extend the ice in front of her . It was several times faster than the two of them running and they were able to create distance between the two .
"The best thing to do would be to head to the shelter and get another ship . " The Dalki thought . "Those two girls were probably heading for the shelter . If so, it would be bad news if they warned everyone before I got there . I guess I better stop them . "
Unluckily for the two girls, if the Dalki knew they were not heading for the shelter, he perhaps would have left them on their own . Their destination was actually for the Well, hoping to warn Vorden and the others .
Not only that but the Dalki was actually blocking the path back to the shelter .
They could go around but it would take too long and Erin was afraid the Dalki had already set its eyes on them . So, the only option she felt like she had, was to rely on Vorden .
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