Kennedy didn't waste any time and activated his magic once more. "[Dark Magic: Darkness of the Night!]" The light in the area dimmed again as the darkness devoured the light. Everyone except for Kennedy lose their sense of vision

"Kill him!" James roared in anger, he became helpless due to the darkness. Without seeing his target how can he attack

"[Dark Magic: Shadow Servants!]" Some of the darkness around formed into four humanoid figures made from shadows and attacked the soldiers

This was only enough to buy some time as any of the Mystics can easily kill those Dark Servants. After activating his spells Kennedy run in the same direction that King went. "I only have little energy left, do you have any plans?"

He might have only activated a few magic spells but the Darkness of the Night has high energy requirements and he already used it twice. After all he needs to cover the whole area with darkness and he was just in the Knight Rank.

King nodded and hold his backpack in front of him to take some blue fruits while running. The energy from the fruits might made Kennedy's own energy impure but they didn't have any choice. Kennedy's magic was the best thing to use if they want to escape from those people

"Catch!" King threw one fruit at Kennedy who hastily caught it on his hands. "Eat that, it will replenish your energy. I need your skill to get away from them"

Kennedy didn't hesitate and ate the fruit immediately, the two of them was in a dangerous situation he didn't believe that King will harm him

"Destroy these things!" James shouted in anger, his Runes were only powerful against living creatures. He was helpless against these Dark Servants

This was also one of the reason why he greatly feared if Kennedy reached the same Rank as he has. This skill of his perfectly countered his Runes

The grimoire of the Mage hovered in front of him and glowed with an icy blue light, it turned into a certain page and the Mage activated her magic spell "[Ice Magic: Ice Needles!]"

Ten needles made from ice appeared around him and it flew towards the shadow servants but it only passed through it. It was as if it just pierced a shadow

This was not because the Shadow Servants are omnipotent but it was because of their nature and the thing they were made of

Seeing the mage's attack infective the Bloodline Holder thought that it was his time to shine

"[Innate Skill: Fire Claws!]" The Mystic's energy gathered around his hand and turned into a flaming tiger's claw. This Bloodline Holder has the Bloodline of Blazing Tiger and can control fire skills

The Mystic rammed his claws around the shadows' heads and they were instantly destroyed. At the same time the fire from his hand made the dissipation of darkness to accelerate and they can see vaguely see things around them. The Bloodline Holder continued and destroyed the remaining two Shadow Servants and at the same time the darkness complety dissipated

The soldiers immediately run towards King and Kennedy's position

The Cultivator pumped energy on his legs to boost his running speed. He sprinted in a speed impossible for normal humans to have and immediately catched up to the two

"Not good!" King's face become filled with worry, if they become entangled with this cultivator the others would surely catch up to them

"Activate your spell again!" King shouted at Kennedy before activating his own skill

"[Innate Skill: Leaf Barrage!]" Hundreds of leaves appeared out of thin air and it all clustered around the cultivator, particularly to his eyes

Without a choice Kennedy was forced to use his magic spell again. "[Dark Magic: Darkness of the Night!]"

The darkness devoured all the light in the surrounding and the cultivator lost his vision again. The cultivator poured energy on the tattoo on his hands and black lines spread around it. This filled his arm with more strength and he swung the heavy hammer he was holding on the leaves around him. This instantly destroyed those leaves

Kennedy hold King's wrist and run together, as his magic didn't discriminate against allies and enemies even King can't see anything in the darkness

King was still holding his bag with his other hand and took two more blue fruits. "Eat this!" As Kennedy already knew the effect of the fruits he immediately consumed it to replenish his energy

"We are going this way, use your magic in the opposite direction. This time dont hold back and make it to last longer!" King said in a low voice and pointed in a certain direction. Kennedy nodded even though the former cannot see him

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After regaining his energy there was still a few seconds left they have for the darkness to protect them

Kennedy's grimoire glowed with intense black light and he poured almost all of his energy on it. He only left some energy for himself so that he won't have a severe headache

"[Dark Magic: Darkness of the Night!]" This time the area that the darkness occupied was doubled than before and even the dark energy particles on it was higher than the previous time. This will make the darkness to last longer

After casting a powered up spell, Kennedy's face paled and felt a sense exhaustion due to using almost all of his energy. Nonetheless the two of them didn't stop running for their lives

This little trick of them fooled James and the other soldiers. They didn't even had the chance to demonstrate their strenght before losing their target

James' face was filled with anger "how can he use his magic non-stop?!" He was aware of Kennedy's strength. With his own power he can't possibly pulled this trick because he didn't have enough energy for that. This only leaves the possibility that this was because of the Bloodline Holder with him

"That damn Mystic!" James didn't like what happened, this was like letting a dog escape just to come back and bite them

"All of you find him and kill him now!" The soldiers saluted and scattered in different directions

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After successfully escaping, the two rested on the roof top of a tall building. This will made their location harder to find than when they are on the ground

The two sat on the ground and rested their back on the wall while breathing heavily and catching their breath. What they experienced might have happened in a short time but the danger was high. One mistake and they can lose their small lives

"T-thank you" Kennedy muttered under his breath. If the other didn't help him he was sure that he would die even if he struggled bitterly until the end

"It's nothing, we both save each other" even King might not be able to escape if not for Kennedy. It's just too bad that he need to left the chocolates and candies to escape, this made him sad

Kennedy shook his head "No, in the first place you wouldn't be in danger if not for me" King chuckled bitterly, it looks like this Kennedy was really kind hearted. No wonder they can bully him like that

"By the way I'm King!" King hold out his hand and introduced himself. Kennedy it took and shake their hands "Kennedy"

The two felt like they were long lost brothers, after all they both experienced life and death situation. A friendship made from a battle was not something unusual

"So what's your plan?" King asked and Kennedy and sighed. After the apocalypse happened he devote himself to protect the citizens and fight with his brothers in the army. However, they betrayed him and he didn't have a plans for now

"I don't know" Kennedy answered sadly and honestly. "Then do you want to help me for now?" Kennedy looked at King and thought that since he didn't have a plan for now might as well help his 'comrade'

"Sure, what help do you need?"

"I'm finding the closest Angel's Shop here for me and my family" King answered

"I know one but it was too close in the military camp" the fact that King wanted to find an Angel's Shop wasn't too much as a surprise to him. The Shop appeared everywhere, at the start no one dared to get close to it because those are the place that the pillars of light came from. Even their camp only knew what the place is after a month and this was by sending the elderly people.

If they died then the place would be considered a dangerous place but if they returned alive then the military will continue to investigate. It might sound harsh and cruel but the camp was experiencing a severe food shortage at that time and the elders volunteered for it. If they don't go then the food shortage will continue until the time when their family won't have anything to eat at all

Fortunately or not they returned alive as the shop owner didn't harm anyon but it didn't change the food shortage situation

"Is there another one that's close here but far from the military camp?" It was dangerous for them to go to that specific Angel's Shop. Who knows if the army will make someone draw him and tell everyone to kill him on the spot. He was not afraid but he don't want to further increase their enemies

Kennedy shook his head "The military camp is far from here and I don't know much about this area. The only reason why I was dispatched here was because they planned to kill me" Kennedy chuckled bitterly at that

He thought it was just to find more supplies as they already scavenged the surrounding areas. However the reality was too far from what he thought

"Then let's go find one? You can vent your anger on the fallens in the way" King suggested and joked. If it was before just who would vent by killing something?

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Kence was currently sitting on one of the branches on his tree body while his eyes were closed. His Tree Body and Sprit Clone was in sync as they were both pulling the surrounding nature type energy particles in the surrounding to strengthen themselves

Since he gained his Spirit Clone, Kence slowly forgot his Tree Body but now he sense a deep sense of connection to it. The both of them might have different body but they are the same entity

In the sky the rays of the sun vanished as black rain clouds were formed and blocking it. Soon, the rain fell from the sky and landed on the ground. Even though it was raining and his clothes were soaked, Kence still didn't stop his cultivation but instead he become even more engross on it

The water droplets that came from the rain seeped and was absorb by Kence's two bodies. The rain landed on the ground and washed away the bloods from the battle royale that happened here. The water seeped on the ground while the roots on Kence's tree body absorbed the water

Kence's Spirit Clone on the other hand directly absorbed the water from his skin. A sense comfort overcome him and he was really like a tree that taste the rain for the first time. This was after all the first rain that happened since the start of the apocalypse

The tree gained more vitality and new leaves started growing from it. Even the carnivorous flowers around happily accepted the rain. As of now there are only eleven flowers excluding Flora. It seems like Flora can't just make new ones as long as it has energy and it needed a certain amount of rest before being able to make more

However due to the rain another stem grew from Flora's body and it absorbed her energy until it grew into another carnivorous flower. The flower crawled down and ate a whole body before putting its roots underground and absorbing the nutrients that came from the soil and rain water