TRAILING SHADOWS

"Do have a nice journey." He muttered.

It was at this point, Tobias decided to take another timely gaze. He looked about, his eyes taking in all the details while his mind went on an overdrive, pulling on strings of Fate. He immediately stopped short when he saw Ibiyemi trying to go back.

"Ibiyemi, we are moving in here." He called, softly but enough for Ibiyemi to hear. The others heard, and stopped short, turning their masked faces down.

She turned, hastening her steps to join the others, with a distraught look on her face. She heaved, shaking her head slightly.

"Did you guys see who spoke for me? He had a shoulder sling white gown with a waist pouch? I know.."

"Young lady, will you keep your distraction in check?" The feminine masked mercenary spoke, her alluring voice rippling through the air. It was Elisa.

"If you cannot continue, the way home is over there." Elias spoke, running his palm across the mask.

"Oh, come on, I"ll like to see you to your transport since you have been well spoken."The headmaster jostled through, grinning as he led the way. "This way to Agbara Ino Transport Scheme an…"

"No, sir, we would prefer a more subtle means of transport. Agbara Igi."Tobias cut in, completely irritatd by the headmaster.

But Headmaster didn"t seem to get. He scowled briefly, before smiling as if nothing ever happened. He waved his hand as they walked out of the entrance point.

Before them was a beehive of activities. The afternoon air blistered by various Agbara Motion techniques that were being triggered. Various Irunmole Experts could be seen, dressed quite similar as the Headmaster except for the cowrie necklace. They seemed to be some kind of traffic warden, directing storms and light to aid large vehicular disks that wheezed and rolled into the sky.

"Don"t get carried away by the Flying objects. Opposite the garage are the port gates." Headmaster waved in the air.

Just as he had said, there were Experts standing at large circular steel rings that grew from the ground. Each steel ring had series of light that glowed when an Expert infused Agbara into them. Also, the sole users of this were Irunmoles who looked quite wealthy or those ready to pay a fortune to get to their destination in such a hurry."Surely, You mercenaries must be in a hurry." Headmaster clapped his hands, excitement washing over him.

"No, Sir. We must use the Flying Saucers." Ibiyemi grimaced, fisting her hands.

Seeing that, Headmaster just shrugged his shoulders. "Well, I must pray you Journey mercies, Enjoy." He said, his body shivering slightly as it blended with the air, vanishing from sight.

"Wow!" That was all Ibiyemi could mutter before she was jolted to reality by Elisa"s hand on her shoulders.

"We must leave, miss." Elisa whispered into her ear. Somehow, the whispering sent cold chill down her spine. She spun around, going on guard almost immediately.

"Relax." Elisa muttered. Ibiyemi couldn"t see her face but she could swear that Elisa had been smiling at her reaction. She watched as Elisa swayed her shapely waist to the front of the crew. She was just about to ask Elisa about what had happened when she noticed a weight resting in her hands. Opening her fist that she had clenched earlier, she saw a palm size coin resting on her hand. She was never holding it. Just how had it gotten there?

"Headmaster has given these ones free pa.s.s. Allow them in." A new voice interrupted her thoughts. She looked up now and saw that they were at gatepost where people had queued to enter a flying saucer. The person who just spoke was some sort of traffic conductor with blue overall accented by a white beads decorating his chest. "You must be very familiar with the headmaster." He smiled but frowned almost immediately, noting the confusion on Ibiyemi face.

Smiling, Ibiyemi nodded. She immediately caught up with the crew who were already walking up the stairs into the Flying Saucer. She sucked in her breath at the entrance of the saucer, looking about for one last time.

Then, she stepped in, following the lead of the mercenaries. The interior was like something olukoni Mayowa had told her that humans had. Was it a plane? Yes, that had to be.

Also, Olukoni Mayowa had told her that Flying Saucers that happened to be sighted by humans down in earth had often been dubbed as Unidentified Flying Objects. UFOs. She got to her seat, observing the interior carefully.

It was her first time on a UFO.

"Everybody, seat in. We are about to unleash Agbara Igi now." At the sound of the gingerly voice, the whole saucer went quiet as people took their seats and gripped the armrests tight. Light gleamed from the purple aisle that separated rows of chairs. At that moment, Ibiyemi noted that she and the mercenaries sat in front, separated from the others by blinds that slowly closed in themselves.. There was also a small table that had a little basket of fruits; an open pouch which she knew was definitely a spatial pouch containing some things to probably munch on.

In the corner was a little alcove covered from view by a half open curtain. The alcove contained a mat in the center and some incense lanterns. Ibiyemi gasped, immediately recognizing it. It was a meditation room for anyone who wanted to take advantage of the flight to advance their Aspectual Laws. Although, it was small, but still, how many transport schemes provided this type of treatment to their commuters?

Orun Transport Corporation was the best! Or, Ibiyemi reasoned, logic coming to her, this could just be a treatment for only the Very Important Persons. She mused over that for awhile before Tobias words brought her to reality.

"I should be meditating now. There appears to a block that my present cla.s.s can"t overcome. But with more energy, it should be easy." Tobias mentioned, moving to the alcove. Aside from gaining more in-depth understanding of laws, mediation allowed the soul of an irunmole to contain Agbara from the atmosphere, thus slowly increasing the energy point wall. The Energy Point Wall happened to the limit of energy any Irunmole could possess in concordance with Cla.s.s RANKING.

Tobias entered the alcove, taking a mediation pose. He crossed both legs and clasped his hands in front of him. Just then, Ibiyemi noticed the incense lanterns had begun to flare already which meant, this mission had to be something really, really serious.

She c.o.c.ked her head, looking smugly at her father"s aides who had taken off their masks already. "I"ll be back." Elisa frowned slightly but Ibiyemi spoke quickly. "Look, it"s only been 10 days since I graduated from Ijinle Orun. All my life since then been packed with activities. It"s a bit too much to take. I need air not you too watching me like a stray creature." She blurted.

Elisa sighed softly. "I understand, child. But you must know the responsibility that lies on you. Even before you asked, your father had drafted you in for the hunt already. Which Is the more reason you must not be distracted."

"Elisa, let her take some air." Elias spoke now, biting on a peach. There was a hint of warning in his voice that said he wouldn"t take anything but what he said. And Elisa respected it. His face was grim, without any emotions but that didn"t matter. Ibiyemi was grateful to him. He had just shut Elsa up and she, she was on her way out already.

"Agbara Ogun; Splintering Shards." Tayo"s body trembled slightly as he struck his fist through a tree. The tree caved in, immediately, shattering into chipped shards that spread outwardly. The shards tore through the air, moving like a wave about as he controlled it.

It wasn"t that he could use Agbara Oko, the technique the Orisha of farming and agriculture used but Agbara Ogun Principles, especially the Principle of Cutting, allowed him to manipulate some elements around him in combat.

Although techniques like splintering shards cost more energy to pull off, he didn"t mind. The enemy was a very evasive one. His attacks had been hitting point blanks as the masked attackers wove through reality, blending with the atmosphere to unleash sneak attacks.

That was cowardice and he hated that.

He hadn"t been taught to battle such way. Ogun based Irunmoles went for outright face to face combat where the winner would be decided by the best skilled. But right now, all of his skills, were…

Useless!

And he was lucky the attackers weren"t after him. He only happened to be in the way. But that didn"t mean he liked to be ignored still. He was an Omni Cla.s.s Expert, after all.

The shards cut through the air before burning up at the intense air resistance they encountered. Tayo frowned as turbulence rippled across and two masked Irunmoles dropped down, their body gouged with wooden shards.

"Nice one, Tayo." Niniola called.

She stooped behind the two trees with energy churning out of her hands. That way, any possible attack would be coming from her left or right and from her churning hands, she was expecting that. Any other attack that could affect her would have been an attack on the trees but that would give the enemy position and it seemed she"d guessed that already. Like himself too, she was faced with the same issue.

Evasive Opponents!

"We have to go now. " Niniola muttered as she sprinted, her legs gliding across the ground seamlessly.

"No." He was not one to run from a fight. "They attacked us with no reason. I deserve to finish up the war…" Tayo tensed as a big bolt of lightning struck fizzled towards hm.
Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

Just then, Niniola dived into his side, throwing him off his feet. In that brief moment, he had seen lightning blight her back as she saved him.

"You, you talk too much, kid." The attacker removed his mask, revealing somewhat spiky hair. The same person that had attacked them, at the restaurant.

Tayo gritted his teeth, fisted his hands. His aura fired out once more but was blocked by the combined auras of the two attackers in the distance.

"You, child! You do not know when to stand down, do you?" The red belted one spoke, symbol flashing on his hands.

Just then, a neigh rent the air and he recognized it. Looking to the side, he saw Niniola riding a fiery hoofed horse, channeling all of her mood into the beast. She led the horse, quickly, trampling the attackers to the ground before bolting for him.

He bit his lips as Niniola"s hand grabbed him off the ground, hurling him like a prized trophy, over to her back. They were retreating, and he hated that. Swearing he screamed as the horse took off.