"Glimmerfire"

Habakkuk began running for his life again! But unlike before, this time—he was alone!

As he sprinted with all his strength, the black youth heard nothing but the howl of wind beside his ears!

Faster! Even faster!

Sparks of electricity rose from his feet and gradually climbed up his legs! As if he could not feel exhaustion at all, his legs moved so fast they almost left afterimages! Far faster than those black figures he remembered watching race across the crude dirt basketball courts by the roadside when he was young!

Especially in this relatively flat terrain between plains and hills, where there were only some shrubs and tangled weeds, it was actually a great environment for a runner!

—If he had not been running for his life right now, he honestly might have enjoyed this uninhibited sprint!

Objectively speaking, people had always had a fondness for high-speed movement under the direct pressure of the wind. That was one reason why some people were obsessed with street racing and heavy motorcycles!

At his ever-increasing speed, the roar of displaced air was nearly as loud as a high-speed train. Every step left a deep imprint in the ground!

Moving at such speed, he had probably covered several kilometers in just a few dozen seconds!

As he ran, a faint mist had somehow begun to rise around him, making even his figure seem hazy and indistinct—

What this young man, barely of American high-school age, had clearly failed to notice was that the brighter the lightning around his legs flashed, the more shadows the light cast around him!

A military knife flew out of the darkness from the side, but the force of the wind alone nearly blew it aside in the turbulent air currents, preventing it from getting close!

Meanwhile, Habakkuk