Chapter 108 - Begin The Training Again! - 1

– Historia - PoV – 

Aaris! Wake up! If only I was cautious enough! 

Thank God I opened the Law of Trench, they must be thinking we blasted off or either torn into pieces in the trench traction.

Tch! My eyes! They are hurting like hell! I covered my eyes with my hand and laid on the land, 

Thanks to my eyes we were saved, though I should avoid using them again in this mission I guess it would be impossible. I want to rest but I can't relax at the moment. I sent Zia and Steam to Copperlin back, but one thing I didn't understand.

Why did the Copperlin duke come here? Guess as had the luck on our side, but fuck this all, that bitch did a number one me, every inch of my body is hurting like hell!

I have several major burns and broken bones, but looking at Aaris, he is in an even more dreadful state than I am, I am surprised that he is still breathing, his bones are crushed and I can't even sense his mana of whatever he had, but I guess what hurts him more was seeing Melvi like this….

I rolled over to look at him, he looked like a corpse after a great war, damn!

I tried to stand up with the help of my arms but they were shaking and hurting when I tried to pick myself up, but fell down as soon as I tried to stand up.

'Fuck this all!' I exhausted my remaining mana and focused it on all healing spells on both of us.

[ DRUID SONG ]

Slowly my strength and complete vision were getting back, I closed my eyes and dozed off to sleep.

After a long nap I woke up, I slowly opened my eyes and saw the barren land of the dimension we were wrapped in was a dead land, with nothing but blazing sun, dried land, and dry skin scraping winds.

I tried to pick myself and this time I was on my feet, 

'Finally!!' I took a good stretch and pulled out my status orb, pretty much like a watch but it tells so much more.

I glanced at it and it told me everything,

We are at a place called Hejai, the time is 14:68 hours, the day is…

The fuck! Damn it! 

We have only one day remaining before the banquet! We have to get out of here, 

'Aaris!' I turned back where I got up from and saw nobody there…

I started to get anxious, 

'Aaris where are you! Aaris! Get out! Aaris!

Aaris!' I started yelling and running around, but no matter how far I ran and looked, there was no one but me there.

It was almost as if I walked into a scene after millennia of an apocalypse…

'Aaris! Aaris! Aaris' shouting my lungs out and desperately running around, was tiring me now and now that old wounds started to come alive again, 

The pain surged through my body and I fell on my knee, and tears came out of my eye and wetted the land below me,

'Aaris, where are you? Don't leave me! Don't leave me alone! Don't leave me as she did!' I whispered and cried.

"Who are you talking about?" A footstep came at a halt before me, I slowly raised my gaze and saw Aaris, 

"What? Captain, are you crying?! Man, I didn't see you crying like that since the grand selection! " he crouched down and smiled.

'Aaris…you…you…fucking idiot!' I swung my fist and thrashed him with a nice punch, I need to overwrite this scene! 

Maybe a few knuckles on the head will do the work!

"Wait! Captain! I am sorry! Captain!" He crossed his arms and crept away from him, 

'Do you think I'll spare you if you cry and beg!' I closed my fist and pulled my punch back.

"Captain! You will hurt yourself! You already were injured enough and you finally woke up, please don't tire your body now!" He shouted everything in a single breath, with his eyes closed and guard up.

'Ho! I see!' And again I shot my arm against him but this time I laid my hand on his head patting him.

So you are still concerned about me?

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– Aaris - PoV –

What? Is she patting me? But why? Damn this is creeping me out! But for some reason it felt good, then I realized it shouldn't be! 

I jerked my head and ran backward!

'What happened? Are you still angry at me or is this some kind of sweet talk before torture?' I need to sleep with my one eye open if this woman is around!

"What?" Suddenly her smiling face got crammed with popping veins, 

"So, you think, that the only thing I know is how to give pain to you huh?" She took her next step toward me with her rage fuming around her!!

I need to do something!

Ah! Yes! 

'Captain! What about Zia and Styrmir? And who is this Steam?' I sold out loud and her footstep and staggered, I ran to her and grabbed her before she could fall.

'Captain!' I grabbed and gave her support to stand with her arm on my shoulder, I noticed her body felt weak and her mana presence was almost close to none, it wasn't a concealing spell but her mana got weaker considerably.

'Captain! Are you okay?' Damn, I can't control my heartbeat, this restless feeling, I can't bear to look at her like this, frail and weak.

"I am fine, just going through mana deficiency, and since this place is not like our earth, the mana recovering is quite tough here, don't worry I'll recover in no time when we get out of here." She smiled at me.

"By the way, where were you all this time?" She pulled my cheeks like she'll rip them off me, 

'I woke up a day ago, in the night, surprisingly this place only has a night for 3 hours while day for 15 hours, well when I woke up, I realized my wounds were healed, I was bit confused and scared a bit at first for waking up in such j known and shady place but then I looked around and saw you.

Your burns and wounds were healing and I felt the same mana aura that was around me from you, then after waiting for a few hours for you to wake up, I got bored and hungry to find some food!' I explained everything and she looked at me and sighed.

"You idiot! You should've realized that you won't get food here." She chuckled a little, "so now, we need to get as fast as possible, we need to meet up with Steam, I mean Styrmir."

'I see, let's just wait then!' I took a breath of relief and she thrashed my head again, 

"What? We don't have that much time?!" Captain tried to stand up back again and but staggered, 

'Please rest, for now, don't push yourself!' I caught her again and helped her to sit again.

"Damn it! We don't know what's going on there, I heard Dwarf Chief is there on the borders of Diesswrin, but what is he doing there? We can't get out of here until I recover my mana, what should I do until then-" Captain massaged her head, squinting to the ground.

Suddenly she looked at me and grinned, fuck I am scared!

'Cap….captain….captain! What are you thinking?' I was dripping in sweat, 

"Aaris, tell me one thing, how much of your mana can you feel back again?" Captain stood up and walked to me,

'Um- a hundred percent I guess?' I took a step back with my stuttering words.

"Well let's forget about that! Looks like I won't get my mana anytime soon, but I thought of a better plan! She grabbed my collar and pushed me back, 'until we got out of here, I'll train you! 

We need to defeat Diesswrin after all!" She started giggling with an evil look on her face, 

'What me? That guy is fucking strong! How can I defeat him!' I shouted and tried to free myself from her but she grabbed my neck and this time completely pinned me.

"Aaris, tell me one thing when you were trapped in the Diesswrin crystals, how did you feel? As in we're you able to use your mana?" Her tone got serious and her strength probably came back to her, she was freaking strong!

'How did I feel? I didn't feel any of my mana, to be honest, it was like it faded as soon as I tried to surge it!' I remember it clearly, it was like my blood was being drained out of my body!

"That's Diesswrin lineage magia, not even our Tridents or anyone except Diesswrin lineage could use it. The Hollow Crystals Magia!"