"Evelyn…"
I checked the time to be still 3:50 AM and then my eyes concentrated on the door as I took a deep breath before…
[One Way Out!]
[Frenzy!]
Opening the door, I ran down the ground before getting out of the guild. My eyes looked around for a brief moment and then I started running again, this time towards Evelyn's house.
-KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
I knocked hard enough to wake even the neighbors up. I could see the light being turned on from the nearby houses, including, of course, Evelyn's house. This was bound to create a commotion, but my priority was Evelyn right now.
-CLICK!
"WHO THE FUCK ARE YOU KNOCKING AT THE DOOR THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING?!!!!" A boy, about 14 years old, opened the door with an irritated face. His eyes glared daggers at me, as I observed him for a few moments before asking,
"Where is Evelyn?"
"Huh?" He grew even more irritated as he observed my face. He was just about to shout again, but I added," Her life is in danger."
Hearing my words, his actions halted. He looked at me with a slightly confused expression, his anger slowly washing away. Perhaps he saw the seriousness in my eyes, he calmed down a little as he asked, still in a bit loud voice,
"What do you mean by that?"
"Somebody is out there to kill her… I can't explain in detail but… he is after her eyes," I told the most plausible lie I could make at that time. And looking at his expression, he seemed to be buying it too.
"I… don't know where she is… she told me that she will be back by morning as she had to visit somewhere important," he explained as he looked at me, with tears slowly appearing in his eyes. Perhaps he finally understood the situation a little that he now realized the gravity of the situation.
"You really have no idea?" I looked at him with the same seriousness and he nodded heavily before asking," is she really in danger?"
I sighed as I took a few steps back. I looked around the area as people were collecting around me, but my eyes were focused on the best route to find Evelyn in this massive city. Honestly, it was a pain to do it, but anyways…
"Excuse me, mister… are you okay?" that kid looked at me with worry, while I concentrated on the cooldown of [One Way Out!]. There were still 20 seconds left.
"What is your name kid?" I asked as I looked at him from the side eye, before I concentrated on the sky. My eyes were trying to find the perfect coordinate…
"Huh?" A bit confused, he looked at me with the still worried expression. Though after a few seconds he answered," It's Irak Willberg."
I kept my silence as I waited for the cooldown to reach in the final seconds.
"Can you please move a bit far away… I will be trying something," I spoke, turning around as he took a step back while questioning," what are you-
[One Way Out!]
[Strength Boosted!]
Positioning myself properly, I got in a jumping position as I took a deep breath..
"HUP!!!" I jumped
-BOOOM!!!!!
Creating a large crater on the ground, injuring most of the people around who had finally reached closer to me because of the commotion.. I apologize, but it's not like you guys are going to remember anything.
Within a few seconds, I reached quite high, enough to see most of the city from above.
'I am pretty sure I will die as soon as I touch the ground, so I better finish this quickly.'
[Mana Sense!]
Using this ability allowed me to see the mana present in the entire city at once. It was too much at once, so my head felt like it would explode any moment. But still, I concentrated at one point at a time
Looking through the streets, I was trying to find any odd mana signatures within the city. Surely there has to be something that catches attention. Though other than a few extra shiny mana, which belonged to a bunch of strong adventurers, there was nothing that I found.
And once the fall started becoming more and more faster.
[Loading Save Point!]
[Loading Complete!]
I woke up again, but this time, instead of using my strength to jump and check out the entire area at once, I targeted those high mana adventurers. Leaving no stone unturned would be the best way to solve this problem.
Tedious but sure working.
[One Way Out!]
[Dexterity Boosted!]
And thus I ran to the first place, found that it was a normal adventurer sleeping, before I moved to another one, and then another one… I was able to finish all the adventurers at once, but even after that, I still couldn't find Evelyn.
'Since this didn't work, let's try something else before restarting.' I moved back to the guild building and found Layla working there.
"Hey Adam. Up so early?" Layla asked as she continued working while she waved at me. I smiled at her before casually asking," hey Layla. Do you know where Evelyn is? I went to her home, but she wasn't there."
She gave me a slight look of jealousy before she explained with a sigh," I wish I could have a guy looking for me everywhere."
She then turned silent for a few seconds before she spoke," ah! Now I remember, she went with Sir Oriel."
I looked at her with a blank expression. Before she chuckled and explained," It's not what you think. Sir Oriel already has a wife. I think it was related to that bandit quest you did. Sir Oriel wanted help from Evelyn, her eyes… I think they will return by morning."
For a few seconds, I was really confused. Was Oriel a friend or a foe? Either it was him lying about what happened or perhaps he too forgot about it just like everyone else… though at least I have a lead now…
"Thank you, Layla, I will make sure to repay you for this information," I smiled brightly as I then opened my System once again and
[Loading Save Point!]
[Loading Complete!]