Chapter 63. Inevitable Fate - 1

Chapter 63. Inevitable Fate - 1

The flaming shuriken didn't immediately move towards the vines but revolved around the boat to gain some momentum.

Orion wanted one decisive strike to sever the thick vines in two; otherwise, he thought they might not get another chance.

So after letting the shuriken revolve around to get enough momentum, its speed increased so fast that Orion and the others could barely see a red light passing through their vision around the boat.

'Its time.'

Orion thought as he controlled the flaming shuriken towards the two thick vines holding the boat down.

The shuriken bathed in flames passed right through the first one, completely severing the vines from the boat into two as smoke began to release from either end of the two pieces of the vines where the cut appeared.

After that, it didn't stop and passed through the second one as well, causing it to have the same result as the last one, completely cutting the vine attached to the boat in two.

As soon as the boat got free from the vines, it soared to the sky and disappeared from this cursed place.

'It's finally over.'

Orion sighed as he called back his flaming shuriken. He put away the flames and returned the swords to their original form before he stored them in his dimensional space.

"Orion, look at them."

At that moment, he heard a shout from behind.

Turning around, he saw that Famir's group of three were sleeping on the boat.

Orion frowned at seeing them sleeping.

"So, whatever you did back then was over," he asked, turning to Miira.

Orion nodded. Although it was his first time hearing about mana crystals, he could understand what their uses were based on what Jarth said.

"No," she replied. "I only wake them up. It's their body that causes this problem. The tree absorbed all the mana from their bodies, and if you were late, then even their blood and their whole body would have been absorbed by the tree."

Orion understood that much, looking at their bodies, which seemed to have become thinner compared to what he had previously seen.

"Will they be back to normal after a rest day or two?" He asked, looking concerned.

"They will be," Jarth replied this time. "But they will probably need lots of mana crystals to recover their mana."

Orion nodded. Although it was his first time hearing about mana crystals, he could understand what their uses were based on what Jarth said.

'They are probably used to restore mana in our bodies.'

He saw that the person in question was the heavy-built, huge guy who carried the weapons of Runo's team around his back.

'What's going on with this guy?'

Orion wondered as he saw the fat guy's body start to glow in bright green light before suddenly turning thin, as if he hadn't eaten anything for days. Then, it returned to its normal fat self, only to once again turn thin and then back to fat. His body repeated these steps a few more times before the glowing stopped and everything returned to normal.

Seeing that strange transformation, Orion arrived in front of him.

"Hey," he said, addressing the fat guy. "What happened just now?"

The fat guy laughed embarrassingly as he saw who called out to him.

"Hehe, my curse suddenly got activated," he said. "But it's fine now. Don't worry."

However, he didn't voice his thoughts or question him, and he only nodded at him before leaving him and arriving in the middle of the boat.

Looking at all the people who looked excited for the boss battle, Orion addressed them.

Orion narrowed his eyes at him. He felt suspicious about what the fat guy said because curses would only be activated if one were to use their talents all the time. But as far as he remembered, this fat guy didn't do anything and just stood there in the temple, looking around. He didn't even go to practice the Three Divine Ways with them.

However, he didn't voice his thoughts or question him, and he only nodded at him before leaving him and arriving in the middle of the boat.

Looking at all the people who looked excited for the boss battle, Orion addressed them.

"Before we go to battle, I want someone to stay here," he said, looking at all the individuals present before he turned his attention to Jarth. "Jarth, since you can't fight, your task is to look over Famir and the other two until we are back."

Jarth nodded at him.

"Alright," Orion then said to everyone. "Let's go and kill the boss and leave this damn place."

Everyone nodded and looked extra cheerful. They had been trapped here for days, and now that they could leave, they felt happy about it.

Soon, everyone departed the boat, only leaving Jarth behind to look out for Famir and the other two.

A moment later, they arrived near the boss monster.

Orion finally got to see what the boss monster looked like.

He saw that the monster appeared to be a human-like creature. It had deep blue skin and two horns on its forehead. Aside from that, it looked exactly like a human. It wore a white suit too.

The monster sat on the skull throne, looking at them with an amused smile on his face.

"Let's start."

Orion caught a snippet of the boss's words, but in the next instant, his vision began to spin, and before he knew it, he was staring at a familiar yet eerily headless figure before darkness enveloped him completely.