( Perseus's POV )
Making his way through the third floor prison aisle, while avoiding being wrapped up in any unnecessary fights, Perseus eventually made his way to Riva's cell.
"Rocky Yadav, finally you cannot escape me no more–" Perseus said, as he peeked into Riva's cell, however, to his absolute shock there was no-one inside!
"What the hell? Where the hell is Rocky Yadav?" Perseus questioned, as he scanned every square inch of the prison block, but was still unable to find Rocky or his crew.
Peeking back outside in the prison aisle, Perseus looked for them once more, before finally moving towards the spiral staircase that connected the third level of the underground prison, directly to a secret entrance to his Lord's Castle, however, regardless of where he looked, he could not find Rocky and his friends anywhere.
"No.... This is impossible–, this has to be a mistake. Teleportation magic is disabled within the underground prison system and if they ran away from any other direction then I would have noticed it–" Perseus mumbled to himself, as he just could not figure out as to where Rocky and his friends had disappeared to?
Unbeknownst to him, it was Erin teaming up with Mama Chun, who had successfully fooled his senses.
Firstly, Mama Chun created an ice barrier on the entrance to Riva's prison door, to create a clear glass like mirror and then enchanted it with illusion magic which made it seem like the prison was empty from the outside.
Then, Erin added his own touch to this illusion by casting noise cancellation magic within the cell block, which made it seem eerily quiet to any onlooker, completely fooling their senses by appearing empty.
However, while the group had managed to fool Perseus for a few seconds, they knew that it was not a permanent solution, as sooner or later Perseus was going to try and enter Riva's cell and when he did so, the presence of the ice barrier would prevent his entry, revealing the illusion.
Hence, after Perseus passed them after peeking once, Erin pressured Rocky to escape, as they had absolutely no chance of beating Perseus if they were forced to fight him out of this narrow cell.
"Sir Rocky, we have confused Perseus for the moment.
I understand your pain, however, we have to move.... Our best chance of survival is to bust out of this cell and run towards the opposite end, climbing towards the second floor, making our way to the first floor and probably running out of the tunnel that we came from" Erin proposed, as he tried to highlight the urgency of the situation to Rocky.
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"Sister, can you walk?" Rocky asked Riva who simply replied with, "No, don't leave me" as she dug her nails deeper into Rocky's shoulders.
Riva's response, although not being what Rocky was looking for, still told him all that he needed to know, as he turned and placed Riva over her back in a piggy back and prepared to run.
"Alright, Mama Chun and Buhara, you are our Vanguards, push anyone who tries to stop us aside, but keep running.
Ensure that our speed doesn't dip, no matter what.
Erin, you and I shall run behind them. You will take my sister and continue running if the situation calls for it, while I will be our rearguard who stays back if everything turns to hell" Rocky instructed in a broken voice, that seemed nothing like his usual tone.
"On three... bust open the ice barrier illusion and start running..." Rocky said, as he started the count.
"One...."
"Two..."
"Three!!!!"
*Shinnngggg*
Neatwit's black sword started to sizzle and burn from trying to hold back Perseus's attack, however, in the end it did manage to successfully block it, much to the joy of Rocky behind him.
"Perfect timing Vice Guildmaster.... Thank-you" Rocky said, as he continued on his journey to get Riva to safety, leaving Neatwit to deal with Perseus.
"Oye... carry me too! Don't leave me behind here to be chopped up again from a stray blast–" said Kronos, as it seemed like the poor guy had his regenerating upper torso once again slashed in half by Perseus's previous move, causing his regeneration process to take a massive hit.
"Erin... take him–" said Rocky, as Erin lifted the tiny Kronos in his arms as if carrying a baby and continued running with the rest of the group, as they made their way out of prison level three and onto the second floor.
"Interrupted again! And again! And again! And again!
Just when I feel like I'll finally be alone with that kid, I'm interrupted yet again.
It's like fate itself is against me" Perseus muttered, as it was at that moment that his pupils dilated and the reality of this situation hit him.
"STOP TOYING WITH ME SHAKUNI.... FUCK YOU AND FUCK YOUR SEVEN GENERATIONS—" Perseus said, cursing towards the heavens as he understood that this had to be one of the schemes of that scammer fate god, who was manipulating the destiny of his followers to tilt the odds in their favor.
"Awwww.... Little prince got his feelings hurt?
What now? Will the little prince start crying?
Daddy, daddy, I'm sorry, I lost the control of floor21 palace.
Daddy, daddy, I'm sorry, I lost my prisoners.
Pathetic!
You nepotism born kids rarely have any substance.
Cut out the family name and you're all nothing" Neatwit teased, as enraged by his bait, Perseus lunged towards him without thinking twice.
"Ha—, easy to manipulate too! [ Black Death ]" Neatwit said, unleashing a powerful black sword slash that took the form of a black panther after being unleashed.
*RAWWRRRR*
The black panther growled, as it enveloped Perseus as a whole causing a hundred cuts on his body and smashing him back against the nearby wall.
*Smash*
"What happened eh? Tough guy? Are you only good for bullying kids and chasing opponents weaker than you?
What happens when you are forced to fight an actual man?
Forgot how to swing a sword?" Neatwit taunted, as Perseus staggered back to his feet, spitting a mouthful of blood.