Rivers of the Night

Chapter 172: How

Chapter 172: How

Theron exhaled a heaving breath.

He had known from the start that he would be under a great disadvantage. When the battle started, he had two main goals. First, he definitely had to deal a severe injury to Ironvale from the very start. Second, he had to take the sword no matter what.

Others might not have noticed, but Theron most definitely had. He knew that Ironvale was a Soul Mancer from the beginning—what wasn't obvious was what his path was.

That was… until Theron saw him throw a sword in the air and ride it across over a kilometer of air. By then, the answer was obvious. Ironvale was a Soul Mancer that followed the bound treasure path. And the sword was anything but common.

If Theron was correct, it had been handed to him by the Patriarch almost certainly.

Theron knew that if he couldn't accomplish these two things, he would lose. Eruption Bloomstone wouldn't work well for him because it was far more suited to Flux Mancers. He had to rely on Resonate Bloomstone, but before he killed Dorian, he only had his hands on one.

The good news was that he had more now. The bad news was that he still didn't dare to carelessly take more than one if he didn't have to either.

His Meridians had grown enough that they could withstand a Resonate Bloomstone with surprising ease. He hardly felt much pressure at all. But if he took another, he would likely start suffering some damage to his foundation, and that was unacceptable to him for now.