CHAPTER 414: ARACHNE CAVERN (1/2)

Bah, now’s not the time to mind the small details. Even if the Devil King Idol’s not with me, I should just pack my things and run. As long as I can make it back to Purgatory, I can always come retrieve later when I’m stronger.

‘If we get into danger, you’d better open up that teleportation gate, got it?’

“Yeah, yeah. Just leave it to your big sis.”

Ferti’nier figuratively slapped her chest to show her confidence. Seeing her so serious for once, I calmed down significantly. After all, this was a matter of life and death; even she wouldn’t fool around with her own life.

Well, that’s the benefits of having two souls…

Having gone through that one-way teleportation, we found ourselves in front of a giant cavern. We were still in an underground environment, but there was at least a good one hundred meters between us and the cavern’s pitch black ceiling. Even so, I couldn’t help but feel a little claustrophobic.

The cavern’s entrance wasn’t particularly packed with people: only those twelve Dark Elves who took part in the ritual before and some warrior-looking guards. However, we were welcomed by an unexpected pair. It was Reyage, Jezsere’s sister, still accompanied by one of the guards who escorted him out previously. From the looks of things, they had been waiting for our arrival.

What is he doing here? I thought he got escorted away by those three Dark Elves. So how did he end up reaching here before me? Is this area somehow connected to another one-way teleportation array? Before I could clarify these burning questions however, our two parties met eyes and I knew that I would never get the chance to have them answered.

“Esteemed mother.” Realising that Paliseth was here with me, Reyage promptly paid his respects to her.

“You’re here too I see.” Even though the pair looked more like a pair of brother and sister based on Paliseth’s youthful appearance, they were most definitely mother and son. Having found a new toy to entertain her, she lowered me down on the floor and sauntered to Reyage, long, slender fingers caressing his face even before she stopped. “Such a cute child you are, you grow more and more like your father each day.”

“Esteemed mother, are you really planning to sacrifice Sir Mo Ke to the goddess?” He continued, not at all affected by her actions. Clearly, this was a common occurrence and he was already a hardened veteran on this front.

Paliseth continued caressing her son’s face. Yet even if she might have seemed playful, her words were anything but. “That’s right. It’s a shame but this decision is final.”

“I understand.” Reyage sighed softly before steeling his resolve. “I’m sorry for my impudence then, esteemed mother.”

“Oh? You…”

I’m sorry, mother.” Reyage slowly lowered his mother to the floor then immediately walked up to me. “Sir Mo Ke, we need to leave this place now.”

“What about Jezsere?”

I still had a lot of questions on mind, like what was he even doing here? And how did he just paralyze all of them? In fact, why was he even going against his own mother to help me? Where was Jezsere? There were just too many questions right and I wasn’t sure which I should ask first. However, it was undeniable that the safety of my little white bunny was one of the top priorities right now.

“She’s safe. We need to get out of here now… Oh right, how is your body feeling?”

“I’m fine.”

Whatever he had used on Paliseth had clearly not worked on me. Perhaps it was because my bloodline was too noble and could even resist such adverse effects.

“As long as you’re fine… let me help you with those bindings.” A flick of his hand later, a dagger appeared in his palms and he began walking briskly towards me. “Don’t worry, I got this all planned out.”

As long as he managed to undo my bindings, escaping was basically guaranteed. Yet just when success was within our grasp, Paliseth suddenly got up from the ground. Because of how sudden all this was, I only managed to squeeze out a quick warning.

“Behind you!”

Unfortunately, it was too late. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that her speed was too quick. The moment the first word had left my mouth, Paliseth was already behind Reyage, and with a quick flip over her shoulders, had him flung away like a ragdoll.