Chapter 233 - 232 After The Battle

Taking full control over Jarek's body, Marcus also received all of the pain he was experiencing, and it certainly was one of the worst he had ever felt.

It was so intense and horrible that Marcus wondered how Jarek was still alive.

The searing pain of feeling burning rock in your lungs was intense and the melted mithril from Jarek's armor had fused with his skin and muscles.

However, Marcus took the pain allowing his high-speed regeneration along with the extra power his soul brought to the table to heal Jarek.

It was a grueling process and Marcus had to actual at one point use his fire magic and forge skill to bring the mithril back up to its melting point so he could remove it from Jarek's body causing another wave of intense pain.

But after forty minutes which seemed like an eternity, Marcus had fixed Jarek up to the point that he would be able to function normally, though some small pieces of rock and metal had melded into his flesh and bones.

Popping out of Jarek's body, Marcus resolidified and collapsed onto the ground, the strain of what he had just accomplished being intense.

'I need to get stronger healing magic so that I do not have to do that anymore.'

Lamenting the immeasurable pain he had to experience to keep Jarek alive, Marcus vowed to never do something like that again unless it was someone he really cared about.

After giving himself a few minutes to recover, Marcus got back up and looked at Jarek who was still unconscious. 

There was no telling when he would wake up since his body had just undergone a tumultuous situation, but at least he was still alive.

"Treasa you can come back over now."

Hearing Marcus' confirmation Treasa who had been obediently waiting in a corner facing away from Marcus and Jarek, turned around and rushed over to her downed friend.

Seeing him still laying on the ground and unmoving, Treasa thought that the worst had happened and having heard the numerous pained screams coming from him over the last forty minutes had caused her to worry.

Luckily when she got closer, she could see the shallow breaths he was taking and relief washed over her.

"I do not know how you did it, and since you do not want me to know, I will not ask, but thank you for saving him." Treasa said with gratitude in her eyes.

Nodding his head Marcus said, "It was pretty rough there for a bit and I almost gave up, but he is strong and made it through."

The two of them exhausted from the battle and its aftermath, quickly set up their tents and gave Jarek a more comfortable place to rest before going to sleep themselves, even ignoring the large treasure chest that had appeared in the middle of the room.

Sleeping for twelve hours, far longer than he normally would, Marcus felt the strain of the mental, physical, spiritual abuse he had endured the day before disappear and was now back into tip top form.

'Ah I needed that, sometimes even the dead need to sleep.'

Once he had finished internally laughing at his little joke, Marcus exited his tent and went to check on Jarek.

Unfortunately, he was still in a coma like state his body and mind still needing more time to recover.

"When do you think he will wake up." Treasa asked as she opened up the tent door and came in to also check on Jarek.

However, all Marcus could do was shake his head and say, "He took a lot yesterday. We should give him at least another two days to recover before we think about just taking the loot and heading out of here."

With that Marcus and Treasa decided to make something to eat, and the two of them just sat around and passed the time however they could, until after another fifteen hours Jarek finally showed signs of stirring.

"Ughhhh, what happened." Jarek asked as he groggily came back to consciousness.

Seeing him get up Treasa who had been in the tent with him looked over and with a relived expression on her face said, "We won and it is good to see that you managed to survive."

Jarek then remembered how he had taken the magma spears for Marcus and reached down towards his right lung that had been punctured.

However, instead of the horrible burning hole he was expecting to find, Jarek noticed that his skin had completely healed over, and the only thing to show that the horrible wound had ever existed was that the skin was slightly discolored by the few specks of rock and mithril Marcus was unable to remove.

"How?" Was the only thing Jarek could ask with a bewildered expression. 

There was no doubt that the wound to his lung should have been lethal even for someone of his level.

Yet here he was, still alive and in near perfect health.

For him to survive was nothing short of a miracle, and seemed too out there to be a possibility.

"To answer your question, I have no idea. After the minor elixir I gave you did not work well enough, Irene did something she did not want me to see, but afterwards you were alive and well."

Jarek then began to look around for Marcus who had saved his life but he was not currently in the tent.

But he only had to wait a moment before Marcus arrived planning to check up on Jarek and make sure he was not going to have any problems especially after everything he had gone through to save him.

"How are you doing. Is there any area that you are feeling some discomfort in."? Marcus said, going into full medical mode.

Shacking is head Jarek responded with tears coming out of his eyes and said, "No, nothing that I can not handle. You already did so much for me by saving my life and I have no idea how I can thank you. But there is just one thing I have to know. Was it just a hallucination that you said I was going to be a father or was that real?"

Hearing this Marcus felt a bit awkward since he knew that Dahlia wanted to tell Jarek when he returned from the dungeon, but he had said it in a flurry of emotions to bolster Jarek's will to live.

Nevertheless, under the pleading eyes of Jarek, Marcus did not have the heart to lie to him, and figured that his wife would be happier that her husband had survived rather than that he had kept this secret.

"Yes, Dahlia is pregnant. I just happened to figure it out when she told me to keep you alive at any cost. When you get back you really should thank your wife for letting you do what you want and looking out for you."

After listening to Marcus, Jarek's already teary eye began to flow like faucets as he let out tears of joy hearing that he was going to be father.

"Okay enough of the water works. We have been waiting long enough. Get yourself together Jarek and grab a quick bit to eat, it is time to open up the chest and see what is inside." Treasa said with anticipation.

Both her and Marcus had been waiting for quite some time to open up the treasure chest, but they had still patiently waited out of respect for Jarek and how hard he had fought during the boss fight.

However, now that he was awake their patience was wearing thin and they wanted Jarek to get back up on his feet as soon as possible.

Luckily as Jarek remembered about the treasure chest that they had won, he found his second wind and got up quickly, scarfing down a soup that Marcus had made earlier before the three of them approached the treasure chest.

As they approached it, they found that it was actually a pretty small chest compared to the normal ones that would appear, but this often meant that the rarity of the items inside were higher.

"Okay I suppose that it is time that we pick the lots and see who go first." Jarek said as he dug around for the three different wooden dowls he had made just for this.

Once he pulled them out along with a box that had holes in it that would cover the names on the bottom of each one, Jarek placed each dowl in a different hole out of sight of the others and then held the box forward allowing Marcus to pick one at random.

'Okay here goes nothing.'

Reaching out Marcus pulled out one of the three dowls and looked at the name written on the bottom.

"Irene."

Seeing that the name he was going by, was what he had picked, Marcus actually jumped up in joy since he would get to go first.

Both Treasa and Jarek let out a low groan seeing this, but ultimately, they had all played their parts during the battle, and everyone carried their weight so no one could be too dissatisfied.

Next Marcus pulled out Jarek's name, followed by Treasa's, finishing up the order they would be picking items in.

"Okay Irene I guess take out the boss' core and put it next to the chest since it will also be one of the items we can choose." Treasa said, looking a bit down since she was getting to pick last.

Nodding his head Marcus took the immaculate and extremely high-quality core out of his item box and placed it next to the chest before walking up and grabbing the chest's lid.

"Now let us see what sort of treasures our hard work has brought us."