With that roar, Felix finally understood that the monster's target was Nala. He knew he could survive if he abandoned her right now, but how could he do that when she only came to Astoria because of him?

As the distance between them and the creature grew shorter, Nala shouted desperately, "Let me go, or we'll both die!"

Being only at Pulse Realm, she would have been caught immediately if she ran alone. It was also why Felix had been carrying her all this time.

"Shut up!" Felix shouted, his heart racing as he realized they had less than five seconds before the creature would catch up to them.

In a split-second decision, Felix roughly pushed Nala forward and turned to face the charging monster. He commanded, "Run!"

Nala fled with tears streaming down her face, not daring to look back. She knew Felix was buying her time with his life.

The ground shook violently as the surrounding rocks crumbled to dust and trees were ripped from their roots. At that moment, Felix unleashed several p