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Several months later, the borders of the city of Malba. Fiore.

- Hold it! - I heard a furious roar throughout the snowy forest. At the same moment, there was a crash and a whistle. Finally, a silhouette escaped from the dense thicket, he jumped over the cliff and continued to break the distance with a dozen pursuers.

The speed of one of the runners was impressive and the man running away from a dozen people, the man in the raincoat could no longer maintain the same speed, all that was left for him was to fight.

A huge block of snow shot towards the silhouette, at the same moment he finally stopped and in a jump easily avoided the attack of his pursuers. Instantly, his dark cloak flew off his body, and the guy landed on the cold snow.

The half-naked silhouette rose and the snowflakes circling everywhere finally dispersed. At that very moment, the pursuers finally caught up with him.

As soon as the snow scattered to the sides, a short, thin boy appeared. Several snowflakes touched his back and instantly turned into water droplets, rolling down the red guild mark.

Aidan changed noticeably, his height, weight, he no longer looked as weak and thin as before. The relief muscles began to appear on the lean body, he gradually became a man. The training paid off.His crimson eyes gleamed with an unkind light. He was not at all pleased with these impudent pursuers. He had been running for almost two hours, and these bastards still did not want to lag behind. It was a chance for them, but they decided to give it up!

He was finally able to achieve one of his goals and was able to get the necessary lacrima, as this pack of bastards decided to stop him! He was really angry, and he was pretty tired of this running around.

Several abrasions on the arms and cuts on the chest spoke volumes. If everything were different, he could have got rid of these annoying people long ago. Except, they were wizards, and that made things difficult.

- Finally, the sucker stopped skipping! A thin old man in a white fur cloak swore viciously. Its gray head was decorated with a bear skull with an open mouth.

As soon as Aidan's gaze touched this clown in a fur coat, the guy immediately snorted derisively. This old man thought a lot about himself ... But, we must admit, he was still strong. All his henchmen weren't even close, their pathetic magic of ice and snow is just nonsense against the Slayer of Gods. But, this old man is a different story, a different level of strength! It is not surprising, because he is a rather experienced wizard of one small dark guild - Bear Claw. The name says a lot - the bear is their symbol, and this old magician knew how to perfectly transform into a real bear. It was he who left a rather unpleasant scar on Aidan's chest.

But, running no longer made sense. The guy was finally able to reach the area near the snowy mountains of Fiora. It will obviously be easier to fight here!

Aidan let out a long breath, flexed his shoulders and grinned predatory.

- Attack the old man, here I will bury you!- Ha! I ran for so long and shook like a rabbit, and now you dare to open your mouth ?! - the were-bear laughed disgustingly. His laugh was immediately picked up by a gang of hyenas of henchmen. Their disgusting laughter shook the surrounding trees from which all the surrounding animals fled in panic.

Ten people, just a mixed mass of magicians, mostly dressed in fur clothes, of different colors. It was their unique style, they are all just mediocrity, but we have to admit that they were worth something. At least all ten were the backbone of the Bear Claw Guild. Fighting them is like fighting an entire guild. This is partly why Aidan chose the right lands. He had already defeated nearly twenty of these bastards in skins, but their leader could calmly resist the ice magic. Of course, even so, the reason for arriving in these cold wastelands is completely different ... He did not heal, but simply waited, still a little hoping that they would just leave behind. Unfortunately, they decided to examine him to the end. If so, there is no more reason to hold back!

Aidan ignored this pack of jackals, he continued to stretch his fingers and tremble with impatience. He wanted to take these wretched people away and try his special magic on them.

The Bear Claw Master suddenly stopped laughing and had a bad feeling about it. Having met the bloody eyes of a small boy, even in such cold weather the old man instantly sweated. There was something eerie and supernatural in those eyes ... He wanted to understand what was the matter, when suddenly one of his subordinates suddenly could not resist and with a furious arrogant laugh rushed towards the young wizard. The old man did not stop him, he still had a bad feeling, the instinct of the beast told him about something dangerous! All this way, he felt that something was wrong ...

No sooner had the enemy reached the goal, as if time had stopped. A wave of darkness, like in slow motion, burst out of Aidan's body and crashed into the first enemy! He did not utter a sound as his body instantly withered and fell to the ground, and then an eerie laughter swept through the area. All the power of death hit one person and instantly from a young man he turned into a decrepit useless old man.

As soon as the dark currents dissipated, time returned to normal, the body of the reckless wizard trembled weakly, and eerie wheezing escaped from his throat. The whole company of Bear Claw shuddered in horror, although their comrade did not die, his fate is even worse than death! He's definitely not long left.

But, most of all, they were frightened by the malicious laughter of the boy in front. The guild master took a step back and narrowed his eyes, the enemy completely changed. From a simple pale youth, he turned into some kind of demon. The skin became painfully white, almost the color of the snow, moreover, this skin was covered with nightmarish black streaks that completely filled his entire small body. His red eyes took on a dark silvery sheen, and his devilish grin and hundreds of throbbing veins on his face looked incredibly disgusting and terrifying at the same time.

Aidan finally stopped laughing and went cold again, his gaze dropped to the people in front, after which his dark, icy lips parted.

- What a living ... - a hoarse tone was heard, completely different from the previous voice of the guy:

- I can hear your hearts beating ... Good sound ...

Unhurriedly, Aidan started walking towards the Bear Claw company.

A calm measured step, no one would have thought that deep within this body is hidden a terrifying intent. Desire to shed rivers of blood! This time he didn't want to just kill, he suddenly wanted to look at the blood-drenched snow. The desire to see such a beautiful picture inspired him, he seemed to be anticipating this masterpiece ...