In the original story, Myu Ellinas only began to act after Reed had been officially branded as an enemy of the world, so I’d thought there was no need to worry about her just yet.
It looks like I’ll have to rethink that.
I let out a breath that was somewhere between a sigh and a deep inhale.
Watching my white breath dissipate into the air, I quietly murmured:
“From here on out, it’s going to get pretty turbulent.”
I started moving again.
Only one checkpoint remained. I told myself I could handle five more days of the same grueling pace, and then I’d finally be done.
But then—
“…What on earth is that?”
The final course was a set of stairs.
“Haah…”
What had been flat ground now rose into a rather steep, rocky mountain. As much as I wanted to deny it, there was no question that the summit of that rocky peak was my destination. I couldn’t even see the top because…