Not A Regressor

Chapter 220: Interlude - Reunion (2)

“What the heck was your child doing to end up in the Demonic District, huh? You said it was a stable rift, right? One you guaranteed was safe?” Deneb chattered nonstop beside Vega.He snickered and hovered around her.o squeal and make a fuss just from seeing Allen’s face?”

“X-Xiao Lan!” Xiao Lin’s face turned red.

“Quiet.” At Allen’s demand, the two girls flinched and quickly fell silent. “We’ll advance slowly.”

“Didn’t you say earlier that speed was important?” Song Ha-Eun asked.

“We'll get as close to the rift as possible without getting detected, and then sprint from there.”

They left the frozen demonic beasts behind and continued toward the first rift. Ten kilometers still remained until they reached the rift. Even Awakeners with superhuman physiques couldn’t cover such a distance in one leap.

They continued advancing and quietly took down the demonic beasts.

Allen, who rarely changed his expression, furrowed his brow and glanced around. “What is going on?”

Isabella, following behind, also frowned slightly as if sensing something unusual. “This is...”

Song Ha-Eun looked around. “What is it? What’s wrong?”

“The demonic beasts are behaving strangely.” Allen looked back at the beasts he had frozen earlier.

He had swiftly dealt with them before they could even make a sound.

“The demonic beasts are starting to gather around us,” he said.

“What? Why all of a sudden?” Song Ha-Eun asked.

“I’m not sure.”

Allen felt the presence of demonic beasts approaching from all directions and tightly gripped his sword. He couldn’t figure out how they had been discovered or why so many beasts now stampeded toward them.

“In any case, we’ll break through head-on!”

They had no other choice after being exposed.

“Hup!”

Thump!

With a rough stomp, Allen launched forward.

An icy energy, far colder than even the North Pole winds, cleaved through the incoming demonic beasts.

“Krrrrk!”

“Kruk? Kurururuk?!”

The demonic beasts swarming them shrieked in terror at Allen’s sudden appearance. Confusion and horror filled their frantic eyes.

Wait, they hadn’t spotted us?

Allen frowned in confusion. If the beasts hadn’t detected them, why did so many suddenly start gathering?

Something else is going on.

Come to think of it, he vaguely recalled something Megrez mentioned during his previous trip to the Demonic District. The demonic beasts roaming near the Demonic District were exiles that couldn’t become a part of the king’s forces. The Serpent had taken control of most of these demonic beasts and ruled as their queen.

Allen’s face stiffened. “No way.”

Beyond the snowy plains, demonic beasts gathered like clouds.

Even if intruders appeared, the demonic beasts guarding the area spanning fifty kilometers had never all converged in one spot like this. Except for when their master, the Serpent, personally set foot on Earth.

“The Serpent... is crossing over right now?”

Allen stared across the vast icy expanse with trembling eyes as countless demonic beasts flooded the area.