"Cough, cough!"
Heimina crawled onto the riverbank, drenched from head to toe. She moved far more swiftly in the sea than on land.
But this was not the sea. It was the Leit River, a freshwater river...
Heimina hated this freshwater untouched by magic. It would only worsen the weakness in her body.
She reached the shore and used the cover of night to make out the merchant ship sailing along the Leit River.
The merchant ship had already been surrounded by raging flames. Even from the riverbank, she could smell something burning.
"I have to find a way to save him..."
Heimina lay on the shore, staring blankly at the merchant ship gradually being devoured by flames in the distance. Until the very last moment, she had never expected Short Touch Wand to leave the means of escape to her.
The river water had drained away the last trace of Heimina's magic power. She no longer even had the strength to crawl ashore with her hands.
Forget going back to rescue Short Touch Wand from those assassins. Right now, even a fisherman with a knife could kill her.
The riverbank was surrounded by uninhabited forest. There was not even a man-made road in sight, much less anyone she could call for help.
Despair quietly spread through Heimina's heart. Then, at that moment, a notification from the Magic Net sounded beside her ear.
The Magic Net?!
Heimina remembered the "magic" Short Touch Wand had given her a week ago, a window that allowed her to communicate with people all over the world.
She immediately opened her Magic Net interface. Heimina had been studying how to use it lately, but all she had learned so far was how to play World Rift.
The notification that had sounded just now came from