“Seriously?” Tina asked.
Elizabeth tilted her head, slightly unsure, why Tina reacted like this.
“Do you not want to do it?” She asked.
“No… I'm just surprised you said we'd be doing the bulk of the work.” She said, slightly blushing.
“Huh? What's so strange about it? Other than Furor and me, you're the most adept person in this room. It'd be a waste to have you waiting on the outskirts of battle waiting on a clear opportunity, like the others here.”
Tina had turned around and did her best to hide her face. “Hehe-” she cleared her throat “I see. Well, it's only natural after all.”
(“Really?”) Lily thought to herself, with a sour expression.
(“Does she think that's hiding anything? I can hear the glee in her voice.”) Nora before shaking her head.
(“Why's she reacting like that?”) Elizabeth thought while looking on.
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As the woman walked up the stairs, he continued running where his eyes showed him.
(“Don't think, just move.”)
He soon ran to the stairway and with his legs as unsteady as they were, he grazed her shoulder. Initially, he didn't think much of it, but his eyes showed him it was a mistake.
She gained a red aura and swiped at him, only catching his shirt. Now that he got a better look at her...
(“What the hell is she!?”)
She had black horns, pale bluish skin and a single black wing. And her face was filled with disgust. She bared her fangs and started her attack.
(“Oh screw off!!”)
He was in no condition to fight and the stairs seemed like a bad idea considering what happened to him when he fought an opponent he had no chance of defeating last time. But this time he wouldn't have to do a suicidal jump down the stairs to escape danger.
He tripped her legs and began running away from the stairs.
It didn't take a moment more for her to throw herself up and towards him. He ducked without looking behind and did not attempt to attack. Based on his eyes, it seems that'd only make the situation worse.
(“Oh, whatever God is listening to me right now, please don't make this a long run!”)
He jumped over her and continued running with her hot on his heels.
He threw the torch at her and she batted it away without much of a whimper. His eyes guided him in the darkness of the dungeon, so it was of minimal loss.
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She once again reached him and he backed into her at the last moment pushing her back unexpectedly. She still managed to catch his shoulders and gave them eight new flesh wounds in total.
(“She's going to cut me down bit by bit at this point.”)
The thought of slowly being clawed until nothing but raw flesh was left, had him fighting to not give in to the temptation of defeat. He imagined a quick death if he stopped and that seemed tempting given what he had been through.
He gained some distance and turned a corner. He ducked into a room and threw himself into the corner. She ran past him and he could rest easy. Until he noticed his eyes hadn’t shown the danger was over.
Several metres away, the woman smelled the air. She gritted her teeth and began walking backwards. When the boy burst out of a room running, she continued the chase in earnest.
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“Hey, so how do you feel if me and you ditch these two and go on our own private adventure, eh?” The bearded man whispered while raising his eyebrow.
This floor had been a breeze. It seemed Elizabeth had been working hard when she ran through here before them. And whoever else had reached this floor. They noticed the handiwork of Elizabeth and a few others down here as well.
Walking together as a group of four were Ruby, Nigel, and two other adventurers who had come along.
Ruby and Nigel were a few metres ahead of the others, and he was using this as an opportunity to win back his sweetheart.
“Nigel, I said I was going to tolerate you because you're a pal of mine and we're currently in enemy territory.”
“Babe, listen-”
She did her best to ignore him. (“Even if he is annoying, it'd do us no good to give him a wallop, as much as I'd like to.”)
She carried with her a hammer, over her shoulders, covered in bits of brain and a few skull fragments.
(“Still, I was expecting more out of this nationwide threat. Based on what happened to Elizabeth and Tina they seemed like a threat but is this it? I guess this place is another dud and this bullshit is gonna have to go on for a few more weeks at least.”)
As they walked around the floor, they noticed a large amount of bodies concentrated in a hallway. This place was dense with bodies, and based on the bodies’ positioning and expressions they were running away from something. The damage obviously wasn't Elizabeth or Furor.
(“These guys really are worthless.”)
She stepped over their corpses, with Nigel still droning and came across a curious room. Just ahead of it was the stairway to the next floor but this room was far more interesting.
“Is that?”
“So like I say, Babe, even our astrology signs are compatible with- Oi are you even listening? Don't shrug off my concerns ba-”
She walked inside the room and two of the present inside stood up with their weapons drawn before taking a seat. Behind them on a table was Furor, who was lying down, soundly unconscious.
“Boys, why is Furor on that table having a rest?”
“This bastard was loud when it came to disrespecting my guild members and what the fuck does he do when we're here!? Take a fucking nap! That's it.”
He stormed over and pushed the two men, trying to plead with him, aside. He lifted him up and motioned to slam him into the table before he felt something cold against his back.
“Jackass.” Ruby coldly stated. “There's obviously something wrong with him.”
“Wha- this is ridiculous, he's obviously fine look at him.” He brought him around and presented him to her like a hunted game.
His shirt had been cut in two parts but the skin only showed redness, no wounds.
She pressed harder with her hammer against his back. “I'm tired of your dumb shit Nigel, let him go.”
He shrugged before placing him back on the table. “You sure love treating him like he's still a kid.”
She didn't respond and walked over to the two men he pushed over.
“What happened?”