Chapter 127 - Down The Dungeon

Roschart with the crystal spear was staring at the Aaris who has his head and walked lurching,

Styrmir, Zia, and Historia were watching that while clenching their fist with racing heartbeats, but they couldn't move an inch but just stare with their wincing eye.

Melvi was crying, she was crying and screaming, 

"I…I want to walk beside you! I want to… I want to be with you, with Zia, with Styrmir, with Captain! I want to" Melvi held her hands close to her chest, and struggled with her breaths, 

"Bugs don't dream of the sky, bitch!" 

[ PARASYTE CRYSTALIS ]

Selvis reached out his hand for neck, his chin was up high, Clove watched everything with a faded smile and excitement that was running through her bones, but his main focus was on Roschart, 

"Die you pest!" Roschart was smiling, he was happy he could kill him now, he pushed his foot on the ground to stab Aaris, the spear was a few inches away,

"RISE!" Melvi cried with closed eyes, 

"I heard you!" A menacing smile was enough to send a shiver to Roschart, 

"How is this possible?" Selvis's eyes stretched open, his jaw gaped and his chin was trembling, not just chin whole body was shaking in cower,

Roschart was grimacing, but at the same time he was not able to blink, his mouth went dry, and he moved his gaze with shaking to his father, 

"What the! Where did he go?!" Clove scowled, her brows raised watching at the empty crater, she sprinted to Jeremy and Bria who stood emotionless throughout that split moment.

"Where did he-" she looked at Selvis, and her jaw dropped,

"Captain!" Aaris screamed, 

Zia, Styrmir, and Historia, and a broadening smile started appearing on their face

This isn't just a normal mission, but now it's a rescue quest! You said it right! You won't forgive  those who tried to hurt your children, well then I'm free to kill him right?" 

Aaris was clenching Selvis's wrist with a wide grin filling him with fright, he was standing behind Melvi oozing out violet - ink smoke out of his scarlet eyes, 

"When did he get up there?" Roschart dropped his spear in disbelief, Clove was taking her steps back and Historia tapped on her shoulder.

"My! That boy is looking very angry now! Guess we have to clean this shit as soon as possible!" Zia placed her sword on Bria's neck, Styrmir stood tall in front of 9 feet tall Jeremy with a wide grin.

"You pests! You think you can-" Roschart was gritting his teeth and his neck was beaming in red and his veins were popping out, he picked his spear stepped out of the hole, 

"Roscherrrrrrrrrrr-" His father flew with grazing winds from his left, the ground was in shreds, and he couldn't even blink. 

He turned back and saw his father with gaping eyes in shock, 

"Roschart… what happened?" Selvis flinched with a shaking mouth, while holed up in the ground, 

"I… didn't see-" 

"Then you should better keep your eyes open my friend!" Aaris sighed resting his arm on Roschart's shoulder, 

He lowered his gaze on him, and Aaris grabbed his face and threw him on the Selvis, both of their backs drilled the land while coughing out blood.

"I am not done!" Aaris raised his feet as they vanished flying above their grinding torsos, Selvis pushed Roschart and placed his afloat feet on the ground.

"Boy! Take care of their captain! I'll put this brat in his position!" 

Roschart created a spear and leaped at Historia, Historia twirled Clove with her hair and threw her on Roschart.

He extracted his spear and caught Clove, 

"Clove whatever happens! I want Melvi alive! Your first priority is to keep her alive! Even if the duke is killed, you have to keep Melvi alive!" 

Rocshart frowned squinting at her, leaving Clove in fear,

"How is this possible a brat could beat our lord!" 

Clove freed her mana and raised her arm, 

[ SILENT CREEK ]

Clove chanted and the land split in two, and everybody fell down in the dungeon, 

They all fell on a separate level, Melvi, and Clove on the first, 

Roschart, Historia, and Zia on the fourth, 

Bria on the fifth, 

Jeremy and Styrmir on seventh, and Aaris thrashed Selvis to the bottom of the dungeon, most of the nobles fell into the same cavity sinking Selvis made.

– Aaris - PoV –

Too much strain to keep this form, I could feel my eyes burning, my heart is getting squelched in mana, even though it's like lava is flowing in my veins, I should return to normal for now!

I suppressed my mana, and the pain riddled my body!

Ack! 

I fell on my knees the moment I shut it down, all the damage I took while calling out for Melvi is kicking in!

Captain already told me, 

"The mages you don't use their chants and spells much have relatively more healing ability than the mages with the same amount of mana but use them as a spell! This is the reason healers are better at healing themselves naturally, compared to mages much stronger than them." 

We were still in dimensional shift and she was explaining the plan to me,

'So, it means the more mana I use, the more prone I will get to long-term damages?'

"Kinda! that ridiculous healing ability of yours will slowly become less efficient with time and it will stop at least efficiency to your mana, and if forcefully exhausts mana, it will decrease more than that! So be careful while using it, otherwise, you will not be able to recover from some great injuries as you did on Zeroth day!" 

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Fuck this shit! It's too tiring! All these wounds would be got cured in less than a minute if they were old days, I have using it for a while now but what she said really true, 

My healing abilities are decreasing much faster than normal! 

I looked at my scraped arm, my blood was gleaming like ink and that strange smoke was coming out of it. 

It will heal sooner if I focus my mana on it, but then I won't be able to use it for attacks!

The cons outweigh the pros, but I don't have much choice, I am still weak! Though I guess I could deal with some more of it in this fight! 

Let's train some more after I finish with this!

I jumped down in the cavity and the deeper I fell the darker it got. After falling for a while I landed on my feet, enveloped by total darkness.

'Now, where are you, shiny old man?' I shouted and started walking in darkness until a strange aura irked me, 

I turned around but it was useless, at this level I am no better than a blind.

I whistled, 

'Old man?!'

And whistled again, 

'Old man!' 

"You fucking brat! Do you even know who you are talking to?" His grumpy voice echoed in that space, it was really spooky if you ask me, 

I should probably tease him more before I heal myself and then hunt that geezer, 

'Yup! An old guy who likes making m dolls to fight in battle, I mean are you serious about them, are you really that pathetic, that you need them?' 

Silence stretched in that cave and shortly I heard footsteps approaching me, 

"You are right! I don't need them! But I need to save them up for later!" His tone changes his voice was sly with giggle following them, 

'Save them up? What do you mean?' A little more! The moment I fix myself up, 

"Utter fool, you didn't even figure out what I am doing and charged into my territory? How could you be at ease even after knowing…" 

He's close! He sneaked behind me and swung a sword aiming for my back, I dashed to my right barely getting grazed by it, 

"I still have the pendant of Loki!" The full moon slowly eased up above the creek, with its light falling down on at the duke, 

He was grinning while swinging the pendant clasping in his hand.

I guess this is nice, 

"Hmmm, I really forgot about that, tell me, old man, why are you so fixed upon that locket? And why did you kept the slaves for all these years, I guess it is related to your plan, close to you know creating chimeras?'

When Selvis heard this his grin disappeared, he squinted at me biting his lips, but in an instant, his smile came back on his sly face.

He is definitely crazy!

"Well, I guess you are not as stupid as you look…" 

'Mother-'

"Tell me, boy! Do you want to join me?" He reached out his hand to me, 

"Wealth! Fame! Power! Everything! Literally, everything in this world will be yours if you serve me! Do you think I worked all these years just to conquer a single piece of land?

Nah! The power this pendant holds could smear the oceans and land! So I want you to-"

'Fuck you!'