133 Chapter 131 Time Skip (2/2)
One was just finis.h.i.+ng casting WATER. A three-foot icicle flew at Joseph, rebounded, and traveled straight through the guys heart. He died with a look of surprise on his face. The last guy stood and ran. A quickly thrown dagger caught him in the back.
”I learned LEND VITALITY and MINOR HEALING while I was grounded, but I sure am glad I didn't need to use them. I guess they know we are coming.”
”Yes, they do Joseph.” She gave him the most blood-thirsty smile, he had ever seen on her face. ”Now the real hunting begins.”
True to her words they picked up the pace. Only three days, and roughly 100 wors.h.i.+pers later, they arrived at the mountain.
(OOH I BET THERE IS GONNA BE A BOSS FIGHT.)
(EXTRA POINTS IF IT LOOKS COOL.)
'System?'
(JUST A LITTLE MOOD MAKING.)
The mountain was surrounded by a permanent fog of corruption. Joseph could feel it oozing on his skin and Stella kept patting herself as if to confirm something wasn't actually touching her.
They managed to avoid the alarms and sentries. Both of them knew it was going too well. The demon wors.h.i.+pers had existed for a thousand years and weren't this stupid. When they finally got to oversee the cavern at the heart of the mountain, they saw a dragon.
Only its head still had beautiful red scales. The rest of its body was full of oozing sores, underneath the scales that had turned black. A grotesque shadowy figure was trying to overlay the dragon, and had reached up to its head. The dragon could only flinch in its sleep.
They were trying to possess a dragon!
The chanting of the group beneath the dragon stopped as one. Hundreds of clothed figures fell to the floor, dissolving into puddles. The head of the wors.h.i.+pers turned his face around, without turning his body, and stared at them. Before either of them could react, they were trapped in a dome.
Only the creepy glow of the head priest was there, for them to see by. He started screaming in a terrible, screechy voice.
”YOU WERE CAUGHT IN OUR TRAP. HERE, WHERE ALL OF THE MAGIC HAS THE FEEL OF THE BLESSED LANDS, DID YOU THINK WE COULDN'T FEEL YOUR DISGUSTING MAGIC? YOU MAY HAVE HIDDEN FROM OUR SENTRIES ONCE, OR TWICE, BUT WE KNEW YOU WOULD COME FOR THE DRAGON, AND WE WAITED FOR YOU. OUR G.o.d GRANTED US THIS POWER FOR THE SACRIFICE OF A THOUSAND SOULS. THE POWER OF TIME. YOU ARE TRAPPED HERE, AWAY FROM YOUR MANA FOREVER. ETERNITY WILL Pa.s.s. NEVER WILL YOU BE FREED. WE HAVE W…”
He stopped abruptly, as Stella's daggers appeared in his forehead and chest.
”Joseph. What do we do? Even if my battery is full I don't…”
”Shh.”
Joseph walked over to her, and gave her a hug. She looked really scared.
”Stella. I make magic. Even if we are outside time, it hasn't changed, it just isn't as much as normal. Trust me.”
After the barest of moments, she nodded solemnly.
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