Old Friends

"Huff! Huff! Huff!" Varian panted as he winced at the pain gnawing at his back. The auras merely grazed at him at the last moment but he couldn't feel anything on his back. The injury wasn't high but the enemy aura got in and was wrecking havoc in his body.

"I-I'll need a few seconds to pull myself together," He distanced himself from Maria and started using the slivers to expel the foreign aura.

"We can do anything, but we must not attract the attention of the elves again. They're on look out for us, okay?" Maria looked into his eyes and asked in an almost pleading tone.

"O-Okay!"

"Alright, as long as we don't do anything stup—"

The mountain they were hiding in exploded and two rank 6 silhouttes attacked Maria in an instant.

Maria crashed through dozens of mountains before getting back onto her feet. She clutched her abdomen and spat out some blood before looking up at the two figures walking towards with her cold fury.