Chapter 237: The Bitch Is Back(1/2)

Chapter 237: The Bitch Is Back(1/2)

At least were still in Eira, Edmund said.

Sylver, Edmund, and the unconscious bandits found themselves standing in a giant cylindrical tunnel. The only source of light was the small glowing sphere floating above Sylvers and Edmunds heads. The floor, walls, and ceiling were all made from the same slippery dark gray material.

[Xanders Waystone - Greater Quality]

[For every 2 creatures teleported inside Xanders Hole, 1 may teleport out]Geett the latest novels at novelhall.comount teleported in: 25]

[Amount that can be teleported out: 12]

The waystone seems to think it worked without any problems, Sylver said, as he slowly turned in a circle, and observed what little there was to observe of his surroundings.

The tunnel doesnt look like it was dug, and I dont-

Edmund was interrupted by the sounds of wild hissing, followed by a wet squelching noise.

I think I know where we are, Sylver said, as he called his shades back, and snuffed out the ball of light floating above his head.

Youre probably right, Edmund said, as he snuffed out his light too.

The Arch-Necromancer, and Arch-Pyromancer, turned toward the source of the hissing noise and waited.

Its glowing, Edmund said after a bit of hesitation.

Sure enough, he was right.

The [Mage Cap] on Sylvers head was glowing a dull red, too weak to notice in most cases, but in total darkness, it stood out like a droplet of blood on perfectly clean white snow.

Having a glowing target on my head is a small price to pay for the magical boost, Sylver said, as Edmund shrugged his shoulders in acceptance.

The wet squelching and slapping noise gradually became louder, and after a few more seconds, Sylver could vaguely make out pale hairless human-shaped figures running towards him. They had the signature long limbs, and squashed torso that most goblins had, but there was something off about their heads, they didnt look right.

There were 4 of them, each armed with short white spears, that looked like they were made from a sharpened bone.

[Goblin/??? Greater Dark-Scout 99]

[Corpse Inferior]

[Soul Inferior]

Hmm Sylver said to himself, as he tried to use [Arcane Insight] on the other 3, but got the same information each time.

He waited for the goblins to get closer.

Sylver raised his open palm towards them and produced a painfully loud pop sound. The goblins barely got a chance to recoil at the sudden onslaught to their senses, before a group of shades appeared directly behind them, and shoved a blade into the back of their skull.

[Undead Mastery (VI) Proficiency increased to 94%!]

[Mirage (IV) Proficiency increased to 90%!]

[Arcane Insight (IV) Proficiency increased to 48%!]

The corpses were thrown at Sylver, and all 4 landed at his feet in a neat pile.

Sylver turned them over using [Dead Dominion], and sent a pulse of mana through one of the corpses.

What? Edmund asked in response to the expression on Sylvers face.

Sylver took his hand off the goblin and stood up straight.

I would have been dead without you, Sylver said, as he lifted himself and Edmund upwards, and aimed at the ceiling with his finger.

You would have figured something out, Edmund said, as Sylver pushed his glowing finger up to the slimy rock, and tried to make a hole in it.

He could feel the abyss magic working, it was most definitely doing something, but it wasnt cutting through the rock.

Sylver lifted his free hand up to the rock and realized what was happening.

Its healing? Sylver said, mostly to himself.

Once he understood that, making an incision was as easy as cutting a piece of wet tissue paper with a razor blade.

The second Sylver made a hole, half as thick as his finger, a giant tear appeared, and both Sylver and Edmund were pushed out of the tunnel they had been inside.

Sylver watched as the flaps flapped around as the tunnel deflated for a moment, and in the time it took Sylver to blink, the giant tear was gone. The slightly deflated tube became inflated again.

Due to his weight, Sylver didnt fly all that high, but he got a good look at his surroundings.

Hed seen this before.

Not exactly this, but hed been inside giant creatures enough times to know what he was looking at. Thick pulsating tunnels were sprawled out to the very edges of the cave, weaving in and out of the oddly gray ground, which just like the tunnels, was moving.

Giant towers of meat connected the ground to the ceiling, and while it was too slow for Sylver to see it, he could tell the meat towers were growing with every passing second.

You said she was hollowed out? Edmund asked, even as he knew that Sylvers answer was going to be she was.

She was 5 years ago Sylver answered, as he reached the apex of his flight, and began to fall down towards the ground.

Sylver used [Fog Form] to break his fall, while Edmund landed on his two feet and simply absorbed the kinetic energy. They both spent a while crouched and touched the oddly hard red rock, and both reached the same conclusion that it was indeed demi-god turtle meat. They were pretty sure, but it never hurt to double-check.

Its been 5 years since you made the waystone, so the fact that shes healed so much, means the framework is inaccurate, Edmund theorized, or in this case, said word for word what Sylver had been thinking.

There was a forest and everything here back then. And a river over there. And a mountain over there, I used it as a landmark, Sylver said and pointed towards the locations he listed.

Edmund was staring directly upwards and squinting.

You said her shell was so deep underwater that you could barely make out her head, Edmund half said, half asked.

The sea was calm that day, and I had my shades help me with mapping out the sigils, Sylver said, as Edmund squinted his eyes even more.

The top part is above water, Edmund said, while pointing towards the very top of the cave, they were standing inside of.

Sylver tried his best to see whatever Edmund was pointing at, but he couldnt see it. The entirety of the ceiling looked the same to Sylver's eyes.

The Sinis sea doesnt have tides low enough for the top of her shell to point out, so that means shes either floating-

Or she got bigger. Did her shell look deflated to you back then? Edmund asked.

A little, but she would have to be inflated like a balloon for the top to stick out of the sea Sylver said.

Edmund had stopped staring at the ceiling and was now looking at where Tulis neck would/should be. The various towers of meat made it impossible to see very far.

Can you feel that? Edmund asked as Sylver focused his mana sense in the direction Edmund pointed.

Not really, Sylver said.

He could feel something, but it could just as easily be his imagination. If Edmund hadnt said anything, Sylver would have ignored it.

Edmunds mana had a significantly higher concentration of positive mana than Sylvers, which in turn meant he could sense certain frequencies that Sylver couldnt. It was yet another reason he and Sylver worked well as a team, collectively they could sense just shy of 96% of all mana frequencies.

Sylver used [Fog Form] to quickly move across the waving hills of muscle, while Edmund silently floated after him.