rom Shia, leaving a gash in his dark cape. Shia tried again, this time aiming for the boy's face. This left him with n

er hands. He was too strong for her though, and he was able to resist the dagger from going further to his face. She wrestled her with all her m

e herself from his grasp. This time, she tried to make an overhea

ment. Shia would have been as surprised as him too if she was not b

tacks. Shia had no time to answer as she trie

ng surprising has started to happen. The boy's left eye stopped glowing altogether. The red light eman

ldered than ever, and so did Sh

from getting pierced by the arrow. The arrow punctured him in the back, and he screamed in pain. As he did, he lost a little bit of his balance, and he let go of Shia's wri

to move him away but he did not budge, and in a heartbeat, he scooped Shia's waist and

er than her and more muscular than she had expected. It was like beating a wall with a piece of cloth. At that poi

end part of the arrow sticking at the boy's back, and she tried to thug

nded Shia of his father's voice whenever he commanded her with s

she raised her hands and tried to create a wall of vines to fend it off. To her surprise, only a single stem appeared. It did successfully thwart

s all five arrows were fast approaching. Then, Shia had an idea. She focused her thought on the stem until it grew and grew tremendously. In a matter of second, the s

er and her energy began to leave her. Using her powers again for the first time after three months must had had a tremendous effect on her. She sensed t

tree, his eyes widened a bit, but he did not say anything. Sudde

trail of blood from where they treaded moments before, and she saw that blood was coming out of the boy's sid

hand away and arched his body in defence. She dismis

I won't hurt y

cean blue color. They locked eyes for what felt like an ete

a lot because he had carried her. Shia felt a small pang of guilt knowing that

hat the remaining bandits were not too far away. Without a word, the boy got up one more time, and tried

will lose a lot of blood

ds her, and they started to swiftly walk side by side with Shia assisting h

n a considerably slower pace. He did have a nice nimble walk that match

h faster than they did. However, the boy began to stagger a little bit more with every s

arsely at this point, and to Shia and the boy's su

of miles down below. She left out a sigh. Shia could swim, but the height of their jump frightened her

n his side, his back, and his leg brought him, but he did not show it

all corners. Two of them were aiming arrows at them and one of them was carryin

scape them now,' Shia

rt you or come after you," the one w

ian seemed to drive a hard bargain, at least in Shia's eyes. She would have thought the same thing, but Shia would die first before let

ld like it very much," the

ng her across the edge of t

her body, Shia took the leap and jumped down