Chapter 157: Training Program-4 [Antidote]

A large space enough to hold 10,000 people was empty....inside the dungeon.

Even Eli finds it ridiculous, he thought it was either something big hiding here or the room itself made for something else.

And these questions were answered as soon he entered, his hard-earned danger sense was screaming to run away.

Eli then turned his guard up and scanned around everywhere however he couldn't see or sense anything.

Seeing this, made him even more alert....his heart was practically beating like crazy.

It wasn't he scared or anything, he was only feeling a certain sense of death as if he was already in the predator's hand.

Whatever it was, Eli clearly knew the moment he showed any sudden reaction, he might kiss goodbye to his life.

That's why to calm down and let their 'predator' know he wasn't aware of anything, he teased Luna as he slowly moved her to the centre to get the full view.

However, his teasing reached its limit which led to a sound slap echoing in the large room.

'shuussyy'

Eli looked above and saw a Giant scorpion....no, it was 10 times bigger than a giant scorpion....Eli had no idea how it appeared because he hadn't seen it before on the wall.

"..."

"..."

They had their mouth wide open.

Without wasting time, Eli took something from his storage crystal and threw it at the scorpion's head before picking up someone whose entire body froze and like a sack of potatoes he put her on his shoulders,

Mana Breathing

'Deep inhale'

"Plasma Arts: 1st Form"

'spark, spark'

A small sparking appeared around his legs and then,

'sssshhhzzzz'

Leaving a trail of sparks Eli ran towards another exit? well, he didn't know whether it was an exit or not. However, it was surely the exit from this monster so he decided to go there.

'Flash, Flash, Flash'

What he threw was nothing but dozens of flashlights which momentarily caused the Scorpion wriggle, who was eager to come down.

With his almight Eli ran and was about to exit when a stinger which was practically bigger than Eli shot towards him.

Just about hit his back, the person who was frozen up until now, suddenly woke up and hurriedly cast,

/Holy Barrier/

A translucent barrier appeared around them however,

'ttrrrrr' it broke off as soon as it made contact with the barrier.

Eli was running in the line of exit, and due to a sudden high impact, he stumbled and was about to fall down, he pulled her into his embrace and then curled his body like a ball to roll down.

With that, they narrowly escaped through the door.

'tttuucckkk'

And the stinger slammed on the small hole which was not enough to penetrate.

'ha...ha...'

'ha....ha...'

Eli breathed heavily as it was the first time, he was using Plasma Arts which requires more mana than any other Arts and also it also causes rupture to the lungs and legs.

/Heal/

Luna who was separated from his embrace tried to heal him.

She looked at him weirdly before focusing on healing him....she started to feel some dizziness.

....

....

After healing him, they decided to move away from it. They walked though it was not dark so Eli and Luna walked separately...along the way, no one spoke anything.

Due to their luck or maybe because of 'that big thing' no monsters roaming around that area.

"...Stairs?" Luna muttered when she saw stairs going upwards.

Eli glanced around he could see this might be a resting place or something because of a small pond of water and some plants had grown around it.

"....w--we should go now?" Luna's mind clouded but she shook it off and said.

However,

"...." Eli gazed at her before saying,

"Take rest first" as he walked towards the pond and plants to check whether they were edible or not.

"Let me explain before you slap me again" Eli said as he rubbed his left cheek and continued,

"This drug can also drin-"

As soon as those words came out, Luna snatched the bottle and was about to drink when,

"But made up of Scorpion's intestine, bat's wings, dog's kidney, slime, chameleon's urin-"

with each word, Luna turned pale as she slowly lowered the bottle and interrupted him,

"P-Please stop"

"Yes?" Eli tried to hide his trembling lips that might leak out a laugh.

"I-I don't need this" Luna flatly refused, she was the princess of a kingdom and Eli wanted to drink something's urine.

'Hell no, hard pass, I rather have this ugly face than drink that' She clearly showed a disgusting face.

"Okay" Eli simply shrugged it off and put it in his storage.

"W-Wait"

"What?"

".....S-shouldn't you at least persuade me more?" She didn't why but she thought if she lost this movement she would never get something she truly wished, 'Why am I feeling this? I already had a boyfriend'.

"....." Eli blankly stared at her, 'What the fuck am I supposed to do?' he thought and said,

"Well, Why would I persuade someone who didn't accept my kindness?" he questioned her back.

"....."

"No answer, right?"

"W-Wait, Is that really drinkable?"

"Yes, however, applying on the skin is the best option" Eli answered honestly.

Luna was in a predicament, she didn't want to drink those things but applying them to her body surely needed his help.

For that, she had to show her body to him...'ggrrr, Why is god giving me so many hurdles? I don't want him to see me...yet?' She gritted her teeth in anger, 'Wait, 'yet', no, no, no, no that's not what I mean' she tried to deny something that already sprouted the moment he didn't abandon her in that dire situation.

If Eli wanted he could leave her without care as he might easily escape from it, however, he took a risk even though their professor would help them....still that image etched on her heart when he pulled her to his embrace and curled his body to protect her.

Seeing her tensed face, Eli inhaled deeply to sense any disturbance in mana and told her, "Don't worry it seems there wasn't any surveillance here to begin with".

Actually, that wasn't far from the truth, but there was indeed a camera there. He just learned to cut the connection due to someone's constant 'stalking'.

"Jerk" She muttered under her breath and shook off her necessary thoughts.

Thinking she accepted his proposal, Eli was about to say something, However to his dismay,

"I will drink it" Luna said firmly after hearing those words, 'There is no way I am letting a commoner see my body'.

"Here then" Eli threw the bottle.

'Deep breath'

Taking a deep breath she opened the bottle and as soon as she opened a disgusting pungent smell hit her nose.

"auuuuurrrrhhhhh"

She vomited. Blood dried from her face.

"..." Eli silently watched her courageous looks starting to turn ugly.

"urhh...s-smells nasty" She commented as she wiped her mouth.

"It is" Eli nodded with an amusing smile.

Her lips twitched in anger and finally, she snapped,

"Turn around"

Eli simply turned around. He could hear unzipping sounds and other sounds.

A grin appeared on his face.

"O-O-Okay now look"

Hearing that, Eli turned around to see,

A petite body slender hips thin muscles and pure white skin, with a trembling body....she only had her white underwear.

'She is pure' Eli thought as glanced at the cute rabbit panty.

'Though, she might have brought the wrong size bra', Eli could see she was trying her hard to boost something that was never to be boosted....she might not know it, however, for her figure her boobs were a perfect match.

'One day you will know your worth' Eli nodded inwardly.

"Y-Y-You thought something r-rude, aren't you?" as her hands suddenly tried to cover some places.

"Not at all, I am justice's friend....Shall we start?"

"..."

She cursed her shitty luck...but her body started to get hot.