Chapter 179: Breach Pt.2

Chapter 179: Breach Pt.2

Lake did his best to pry his eyes away from the mass in the center of the room and after identifying which of the six Demon Worshipers looked the most important ran towards them. Lake was trying to keep his speed around what one would expect from someone who had maxed out their Agility so he wasn't able to make it all the way to them before a few of the Demon Worshipers fired spells at him.

Most of them were the same old spell the ones outside had used on him so he had no trouble blocking them but there were a few mixed in that were clearly a level higher than the others. They were all mixed in and coming from different directions so Lake just tried to block them the same way as he was the smaller ones and after the first one he could tell he couldn't keep doing it that way. The source of this content is N0veII_bIn

His shields had held up just fine but the force behind the spells he was blocking had almost knocked the shields out of his range of control. He had survived the barrage though and was already to the main Demon Worshiper, who oddly hadn't tried to attack yet. Lake was happy he noticed this in advance because he was sure the trick he would have stumbled into if he had tried to attack right away would be life threatening.

Pulling away instead of finishing the attack run he had planned, Lake saw the others were already in the room and running towards the other Demon Worshipers in a group which left him the boss to fight without having to worry about the others casting spells towards him. He still would probably think about it though because he was really hoping to get through this without any of the others dying.

He was hoping if they all came back alive they would tell masters about how strong he was and masters would give him a solo mission of great value so as he was fighting he needed to keep an eye on the others. With his plan to just rush kill the boss now too risky, Lake just decided he would cast a few spells first to see why they hadn't moved this whole time.

It was odd behavior for someone who was in a fight and Lake wanted to make them move around so he knew they weren't up to something that involved whatever was in the middle of the room. Shooting a few stones, Lake was surprised to find that the Demon Worshiper still didn't move until the spells actually hit what seemed to be a barrier in front of them.

Finding that they had something protecting them from outside attacks, Lake took a second to look back at the rest of his team. He was happy to find that they had already taken down two of the Demon Worshipers and were making good progress towards the third so he didn't think he needed to worry about them after all and he could just focus on getting through the barrier.

Seeing the others take him seriously and retreat, Lake gave them as much time to get as far from the underground as he could and used Wave. The shockwave that spread out from his hand cracked everything in the room it passed but he didn't feel like it was enough to collapse this room so he did it again.

Seeing rubble start to fall, Lake noticed whatever he had done had affected the barrier around the Demon Worshiper and it made sense since he had been aiming in that direction that it would be the first to fail. He was actually hoping what he was doing wouldn't undo the one around the flesh because it was moving and as far as he knew it might just attack him if it got out.

He was pretty sure it had something to do with the undead even if it had a different form so if he looked at the undeads behavior he had seen so far he felt like that was a rational thing to expect from it. Looking at the roof's condition Lake decided one more Wave would do it and hopefully crush the Demon Worshiper in the process since they had lost their protection.

As soon as he unleashed the attack he saw the stones that had made up the ceiling start to cascade down as it collapsed outwards and he turned to run. He was hoping with his speed he would be able to still make it out of the basement before he had to turn and punch his way out like he had had to do last time he had caused a collapse.

Making it to the entrance he had had Grendia make, Lake started to pass through when the noise he was using to gauge how close he was to being crushed stopped all of a sudden. Turning his head while continuing to run, Lake saw something he didn't understand. The room was back to how it had been before he had tried to make it collapse.

Stopping and turning Lake saw the Demon Worshiper was looking at him with a hateful glare and Lake knew why. Even if they had been able to keep themselves from being crushed the ritual or whatever they had been trying to do using the flesh had been interrupted and they would have to start over and based on how long he had had to try and break into the barrier Lake was sure the process was extremely long.

"Why are you looking at me like that? You're the one doing what they shouldn't be." Lake could tell his words had no effect on the Demon Worshiper so instead of trying to harass them into making the first move he decided he might as well go ahead and start the fight. The others were no longer around so Lake went ahead and used the fastest speed he could while still being able to control himself and rushed the Demon Worshiper.

Lake felt his foot hit nothing when he should have made contact with the stone and looked down to see he had somehow walked into a giant pitfall. He had felt a similar feeling to this back in his old life when he had missed the bottom stair of his home's staircase. As he was falling he started to gather wind mana but found it was taking a while longer than it should have.

Before he was able to gather enough mana to cast Fly, Lake felt himself collide with the bottom of the pit, Lake was about to jump out when he felt something that at first felt like water slam into his sides. His mouth had been partially open so once a bit of whatever it was hit his tongue and he tasted it he realized it wasn't water but dirt and that he was now buried under 20 or so feet of dirt that the Demon Worshiper was controlling.