When Gloria reached Marcus, the shadow he was fag was just bsted to the bottom of a tree by a full force palm strike to the chest. The detective endured some injuries on his arms, shoulders and chest, but none look too serious.

  “NOOOO!” The shadow chasing Gloria screeched as he shot one more round of throwing bdes at Gloria and Marcus from behind.

  Gloria leapt to the side while kig Marcus’s shoulder from the side, pushing both of them out of the way of the bdes. Two bdes grazed through her leg, leaving two sshing wounds on them.

  “Fuck you!” Gloria turned in midair, unleashing a handful of three of her own throwing bdes at the shadow behind them. This time, the shadow was still in midair and had to hand to take the bdes with his arms and chest. “Go!” After standing back up, Glrabbed Marcus by the arm, and started rushing towards the dire from whehey came here inally - if they made it to a more poputed area, they would be safe.

  But it was not very long before they saw people ing their way, groups of individuals carrying ons with their faces covered, led by another shadow in bck cloak ing right their way from the angle. Apparently, whoever set up this trap had sidered the possibility of them attempting to escape.

  “No - we ’t get through that.” Marcus’ breathing was getting hoarse, and his skin began burning, as if he was having a fever: “Not while I’m fighting this poison - ”

  “Alright.” Gloria took a deep breath, different options fshed through her miually she said to Marcus: “We’ll o go into the Old Ruins. It’s our only ce.”

  “... alright, fuck it.”

  Two of them ged course. Gloria started leading the way while helping Marcus catch up with her as they dived through the thicker and thicker forest and circled around the abandoned unity from decades before.

  ”I’ll kill you! I’ll tear you limb from limb, and cut out your heart!” The shadow who fought using throwing bdes let out a throaty and desperate scream: “You’ll pay for this! You’ll pay in blood!”

  her Gloria nor Marcus had any time for this loud vow of revehey just pushed their Qi to speed up and run in this unfamiliar terrain, keeping each other on their side and making sure they don’t fall behind.

  Bdes shot from afar, brutal, uncalcuted and full e. The shadow shot more bdes at them, but as his rage burnt higher his aim got more scattered and unfocused. His footsteps were right behind Gloria and Marcus’. He was burning his Qi trying to catch them, and he was getting closer by the seds.

  A piece of rock shot at Gloria and Marcus from behind on their left. Gloria pushed Marcus and rolled to the side. The poison ced on the bdes had seeped ints. And with all that running, her leg muscles became numb and somewhat unrespohe push and dodge roll exhausted all the strength she could muster.

  “Yoing to pay!” The shadow ripped off his mask and looked down at Gloria with a twisted grin, revealing his bed teeth and fully tattooed face. In his right hand, he held a long crooked bde, the edge of which was glimmering in a dark red glow. He took a look at Gloria, then pulled out another crooked bde: “You could have just died a peaceful, painless death. But you just had to - had to do all of that - ”

  Marcus burst up from the ground and tried to tackle the shadow from the side, but it appeared that the run here and his wounds were taking over him as well. The man whipped his leg from the side and delivered a powerful kiarcus’ left waist, sending him rolling into the dirt.

  Gloria threw two of her own throwing bdes at the shadow, but they were instantly caught by his bare fingers.

  “Pathetic.” The shadow swung his hands and shot the bdes back at Gloria.

  Gloria tried to dodge while proteg herself with her arms and got hit on her shoulder and her left forearm. She let out a scream from the cold, sharp pain as she fell onto the ground.

  The shadow turned around and started walking towards Marcus. But just when he was only halfway, leaves and tiny twigs and branches blew at him. Winds howled, carrying droppings from trees, dirt and tiny rocks with each stream and gust.

  Fog poured from the depths of the forest. Before any of the three could do anything, they were swallowed by a sea of white.

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