Chapter 1384

Some time had passed before I started to wake up again. I could feel Terra carrying me, and we were moving somewhere quickly. I reached out and grabbed Terra’s arm.

“Stop...”

“Master... we need to keep going...”

“No, stop!”

Terra complied, finally kneeling and lowering me to my feet. My head was throbbing and my body still felt as weak as a kitten, but I quickly cast a few refreshes and heal spells and forced myself to my feet.

“We can rest for a moment, but that thing might still be after us.”

I shook my head. “No, she’s not following us.”

She bit her lip and lowered her head. “I understand. In truth, many of us had been captured early on. We saw him as a traitor.”

I shook my head. “He gave up everything to protect the surface and the fleeing deep dwarves. In the end, he gave it all to save his daughter.”

“Yes... S-sapphire was just filling me in on what she knew. I understand.” She nodded. “Then the next question I want to ask... what is your plan?”

“He’s given us enough time to escape, but if we just flee, then it’ll all be for nothing. Twilight will come to the surface, and the people on the surface will barely have any time to prepare.” I explained. “That’s why... I plan to finish what he started. I need to build a dungeon that can give us more time. I need to rebuild the shield that he created.”

“Then, it’s time to get started.”

“Hmm?” I looked up at Lapis, her face filled with determination.

“Did you think we’d do nothing? The last time we encountered the darkness, our people fled and died. This time, we’re going to fight back. Do you want to build something on a time crunch? Just give the deep dwarves the go-ahead; we’ll show you building!”