Ryan and Midnight made there way in the direction of the clearing that was around 30 minutes away. Ryan started to see the clearing from the distance through the dense trees.
It couldn't make out what it exactly was but it could see something. As he steadily approach he became more focused on what's there with every step he took. After a few minutes when he just needed to walk a few more feet to get a better look at what's there, he remember Midnight.
Midnight wasn't next to him and he turned around frantically scanning his surroundings for him. Even though he do occasionally wonders off, it been happening less often as time gone pass traveling with him.
Ryan sees Midnight a distance back looking at the direction of the forest clearing. Finding it weird that he is doing that, Ryan walked back to him. As he got closer he can see fear in his eyes. The calm and compose Midnight he always saw even when a rank 3 beast showed up was gone.
He see a beast that is frozen in terror, to afraid to go closer or backwards. Recognizing that what ever in that clearing can't be good Ryan pick up Midnight and ran in opposite direction of the clearing.
ROOOOAAARRRR!!!!
a deep loud roar, that was powerful enough to shake the surrounding was heard coming from the direction of the forest.
Ryan was not sure what that roar meant but it didn't sound happy, he just continued to run. Few seconds after the roar ended, he heard many different other roars in the surrounding as if they where responding back.
Ryan even heard a roar that was very close, so close as if it was next to his ears. And it was Midnight responding back with a roar causeing Ryan to turn his head to look at him.
All Ryan see was an open mouth with a bunch of long sharp teeth coming at his face. Ryan reflexively through Midnight from his arms but Midnight was still able graze his face with the bite leaving a gashe right under his eye on his cheek.
Ryan was incredibly shocked as he look at Midnight, that was bearing his teeth at him. Midnight circled him looking for a right time to attack.
Ryan on the other hand was still finding it hard to believe that Midnight had turned on him. He's not stupid, he is pretty confident that the loud roar had something to do with this but it still hurt him to see Midnight trying to take his life.
Ryan knows that Midnight must see him in a friendly way, from how it's always been following him, been giving him food every morning, letting him pet it, and even helps fighting beasts if its not to strong. Ryan simply finds it hard to accept it turning out like this.
Ryan hears beast coming in his direction from the distance, and knows he can't afford to waste time. With a couple tears going down his face he pulled out the bag of dust and swung it at Midnight and ran as fast as he could in the south direction.
Ryan knows it won't really slow down Midnight but he can't bring himself to physically hurt him. As Ryan ran he had to pull out his sword. For some reason that loud first roar, must of told these beast to attack him. There was more beast that he could count coming at Ryan.
Ryan skillfully dodge beasts using his floating steps and catching beasts by surprise by suddenly making them heavier.
He didn't waste time trying to kill them there was simply to many beasts. He was focused on leaving this area, he want to get as far as he can from that clearing. It's pretty obvious there a high level beast there.
Ryan continued to run, a rank 2 beast came jumping out of a bush ambushing him. He was to slow to react properly there was so many things to focus on. Ryan got hit in his chest that knocked him backwards, causing him to get the wind knocked out of him.
A couple of beasts was already preparing to take advantage of Ryan by jumping towards him. Ryan fought through the pain and pulled out Daymon sword too. Even though he not no master duel sword user but by making them 6 times lighter he was able to control them good enough to cause damage.
Ryan physical body strength can't be under estimated, he been doing strength training hard for months. He been constantly having his body weigh 6 times more whenever he can, even while hunting. In an area like the forest where there a high concentration of mana, his body improved alot over time.
As the beasts approach Ryan, Ryan spun his body, cutting the face of one and cutting the throat of the other. One sword for each beast.
Then he applied aura into his legs and made himself 15 times lighter. He jumped straight up towards a flying beast that was flying in the air.
The flying beast was caught off guard and try to claw Ryan but Ryan blocked it with one sword and swung the other at the beast neck beheading it.
Ryan had to get rid of these flying beast, they could sneak attack him to easily while he is running.
As he falling down Ryan put away one sword and pulled out a dust bag. Wrap his aura around it and threw it as fast as he can. He repeated that 2 more times leaving only 2 bags left in his ring.
There was a big cloud dust on the ground but Ryan had no plan in landing in it.
Ryan was falling with the corpse of the flying beast. He put away all his swords, grabbed the flying beast corpse and brought it under his feet. He used a lot of mana for 1 second to make himself 20 times lighter and jumped off the back of the beast towards a tree top. Then he continued to run again.
(How am I going to get out of this, if I can't find out how they're tracking me.)