Chapter 65: Castle of Brimstone - Exploring (1/2)
”Arsene, are you ready,” asked Yura, her seductive body wrapped in a skin-tight black suit. A look of excitement gleaming from her as she gave a dazzling smile.
”...Why are you so happy?” I asked, trying to hide away the growing dragon between my legs. ”We are trapped in a castle with heavenly ranked beings.”
Covering her mouth, she beamed, her amethyst eyes glimmering with radiance. ”I always wanted to behave like a thief. I have read many stories about mysterious masters breaking into a majestic castle to steal the most price possessions.” She stated, trembling with glee.
This girl is going to the death of me, but it's better to have a monster like her...” Fine, but please don't do anything stupid. Is the other's coming?” I asked, removing my shirt.
With a curious gleam, she eyed me up and down before lowering her gaze after a second. She shook her head, ”No, Zef and Nora souls are still in a state of confusion. It will take a few more days to recover. The same with Winfor.”
Nodding, I donned the Nexus armor from Yura and Zed before looking out at the massive door before us. ”Shall we?” I asked as darkness coiled around our bodies like small serpents.
Slowly peeking through the door, I rushed out, closing the door tightly. Yura nodded before pointing towards the bottom of the castle, ”We need to head to the bottom; the Flame should be there,” she lightly whispered,
”Or At the top in the hands of a God-ranked beast,” I countered with a cynical smile staring up coldly. ”But maybe you are correct; let's head deeper down.”
With a bewitching smile, I could see Yura shiver as she shot forward. Hiding behind various decrepit vases or walls trying to hide from...Well, nothing as no one was around...It made zero sense. Realizing she was a bit of a weirdo, I sighed, following behind.
Yet things only got weirder as she began crawling on the floor when there was no reason to. No one was around; we were not being sneaky in the slightest but rather making more nose even with my darkness.
”Damnit, Yura!!! Keep it down, ” I yelled in a hushed tone.
Puffing her cheeks, she snorted as if insulted at my comment. With another sigh, I finally realized what was wrong...She had fucking 8th-grade syndrome, the gotdamn chūnibyō blessing. A curse most Otaku's suffer from, shit even now, I sometimes behave like that.
Getting amused, I eyed her magnificent body, dressed in her skin-tight outfit. She gave off a biker type of feel as she crawled on the floor, on all fours looking left and right in a...straight hallway. Ignoring that fact, she slowly got to a corner before rising seductively behind a wall. Her ample buns pressed against the wall as she stared around the hallway.
Was I this retarded when I went through that phase...God, I hope not.'
Following behind, enjoying the view, Yura and I slowly made our way through what we believe to be the castle's eastern segment. A few guards quickly fell to Dragonsbane as they were not at the level of that Blood knight nor the beast we fought in the forest. Yet, everything changed as we arrived at a black door.
There was a scent I had not smelt in a while, the scent of human flesh...and it was fresh. Looking at Yura, she drew her blade before we slowly opened the door without making a sound.
”AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH” Wails of anguish suddenly filled our ears as we gazed at the bloody sight before us. Our feet were soaked in blood and gore as we took a step in while hundreds, if not thousands of body parts from man and beast littering the floor in an area that looked like a dungeon.
The scent of rotting flesh and sulfur filled my nostrils as I frowned in disgust. Yura quickly covered her mouth and nose as she quivered.