Chapter 155: Not A Coward (2/2)
Boom!
The pressure created a crater beneath the figure, which Lucas has realized to be his new friend. However, the spear did not reach the palm as if frozen in space. Instead, veins bulged on the spirit's face as it coughed blood.
A black flash of light appeared in the sky before disappearing. An object fell from the sky a moment afterward, and it was none other than a decapitated head.
As the body fell to its knees and on the ground, the dark figure began to change a human. The mana Lucas was gathering was never used, and it had no outlet other than to return to his body.
”Lyle? You killed it...” Lucas muttered as he looked at the mysterious retainer. His heart was beating fast to realize that his friend was wielding absolute power.
”Are you an idiot?” turned Nikolai toward the gaping Lucas. ”It is far from being dead. It only needs a few minutes to come back to life, and we have no chance of killing it again.”
”You did it once, and you can do it again...”
”You are so dumb,” sighed Nikolai. ”I sacrificed most of my power just to block that attack. You can tell that it was no ordinary attack, as the simple rebound damaged its owner. However, you idiot wanted to take it head-on just to satisfy some unresolved complex.”
”You are the one who attacked because the spirit called him a coward,” Lucas scratched his head. ”We are not that different when it comes to unresolved complexes.”
Nikolai had to admit that he made a good point, but it wasn't because he lost control of himself. On the contrary, running away was the right decision in this situation, no matter what the enemy said to provoke him.
'However, I can't let this idiot die here,' Nikolai grumbled as he turned away to walk into the house. 'I may be a cynical, broken bastard, but I am not a coward who lets his friends die.'
His thoughts took him by surprise, and Nikolai froze in place. He turned to look at the unaware Lucas with a complex gaze. It did not occur to him until he thought earlier, but Nikolai considered Lucas a friend.
'It is happening all over again,' Nikolai began spiraling into a dark place. 'This is the same with Sergio.'
”I still refuse to run away,” Lucas said as he sat on the chair, waiting for the spirit to recover. ”I will fight this monster, and I will win.”
”You will die, and Maria will die because of you,” his words made Lucas flinch, but Nikolai did not care. ”You are an idiot if you think that you can survive every battle you come across. You have been lucky so far, and you won't be lucky forever.”
”Do you think that luck is the reason I survived so far?” Lucas turned toward him with unusual rage. ”I did everything to get stronger and never skipped a day of training. This power is one that I worked for all of my life.”
”And you are going to waste everything for some shitty pride,” Nikolai opened the door to the mansion. ”I saved your life once, and I will not stay to sacrifice mine. That spirit will only grow stronger the more energy it gathers.”
After that, Nikolai walked into the mansion and went directly toward the room of the archeologist. As he walked in, he found that they had been fooled.
”Are you the one who hinders my plans?” asked the woman standing in front of the sleeping archeologist. Nikolai frowned as he saw the wings on her back and sensed her crushing aura. ”A frog who has no idea that he is fighting a snake.”
”A pleasure to meet you, Fairy Queen,” Nikolai did not lose his composure and walked in casually. But unfortunately, the room seems to have been isolated from the world, which is why they failed to notice the queen.
”You are calm,” she said as Nikolai walked toward the archeologist and checked her pulse.
Taly was alive, and she was still grabbing into the tablet. It seems Nikolai was not too late, but his survival odds were still slim. As he turned to look at the queen, he cursed his luck.
A domain was more than a place. It was a part of the queen herself. This means that her chances to ascend would be almost zero if another demigod attacked her domain while she was away.