Chapter 314: Bad Wolf (1/2)

The octopus grew relentless in its attacks, striking the two time and time again. They dodged when they could and blocked when they had to.

”The world shall freeze,”

Dia spread her arms as the mountain appeared again, but this time it looked more like a giant spear. It descended on the monster, aiming to crush it.

Whipping with its tentacles, the octopus broke the ice mountain apart until it exploded into countless shards. The unceasing attacks made the ground shake.

As the mountain disappeared, a net of intertwined fire ropes appeared behind it, descending on the octopus and cutting away its escape routes.

The giant fire net enclosed the octopus, and the scent of burned flesh filled the well. The monster gave a loud shriek and tried to break free from the fire using its tar-like secretions.

”Futile.” Arthur followed after his net as a golden dagger appeared in his hand. He threw the dagger and controlled it using his ethereal arm, infusing it with an enormous amount of spiritual power.

The dagger's surface exploded with light as it descended. Suddenly, the blade disappeared and reappeared on top of the octopus. It tried to protect itself using the black matter, but the dagger slashed apart everything in its path.

Even though it tried, the octopus couldn't block the dagger, and it tore through its flesh and straight to his heart. The spiritual power exploded to destroy the other two hearts, and the octopus fell to the ground, dead.

”How did you...” Dia looked at him with a shocked expression. ”This monster ate away mana. Why couldn't it eat yours?” She asked Arthur, who descended and walked to retrieve his dagger.

”My mana tastes bad, I guess.” Arthur used his spiritual arm, and the dagger appeared, covered in blood and the black-tar substance. Using his mana, Arthur cleaned it and returned the weapon to his subspace. He then took out the core of the monster and placed it in his subspace.

”That weapon is powerful,” Dia said with a hint of envy. ”Do you even need it? You have so many powers.”

”Says The Daughter of Ice and Fire.” Arthur smiled as he walked back. ”You can carry me up now since you wanted to do so earlier.”

”You don't need me,”

Dia smirked and flew away. Arthur shook his head as he looked at her childish behavior. He teleported and appeared at the top of the well, where he welcomed Dia back.

”Welcome!” Arthur grinned as he looked down. ”You're a little late!”

”Dammit!” Dia bit her lower lip in frustration.

”You seem to be having fun.” Gala squinted her eyes at them. ”Is it over?”

”Yes, the well has nothing but a corpse now.” Arthur nodded. ”Are you satisfied, Mother Rega?”

”Thank you, ancient one.” The voice appeared again as the root that connected to the next island began growing. ”You can advance now. There are more monsters for you to defeat.”

”More?” Gala frowned. ”It's using us, Seika.” She warned Arthur.

”I know, but this works better for us.” Arthur nodded. ”Instead of interrogating everyone in the duke's house, offending the duke, we can just set up a trap for them.”

”A trap?” Roya asked while hugging Gala.

”Uh, to catch the big bad wolf!” Arthur said, making Roya close her eyes with fear. ”Bad Wolf won't sit around as we save the tree, so he's bound to make an appearance.”

”His name is Bad Wolf now?” Gala laughed. ”That's offensive to some people.”

”Not if he was truly a wolf.” Arthur smiled as he looked up the tree. ”We'll find out eventually who wanted to harm this city just to make people hate me.” A dangerous light flashed in Arthur's eyes.

The next island had a mountain, and Mother Rega told them that they needed to save the mountain's core because it was infected. As Arthur and Gala entered the caves and looked around, they met with several Ender creatures ordered to attack them. Working together, the two exterminated them quickly. They found the core that a giant black crack into it.

”How are we to fix this?”

”Mm, I think I have an idea.” Arthur walked over and touched the giant ore in the middle of the cave. His mana cleansed the ore as it defeated the Ender's powers.

The mountain shook in joy after Arthur restored its core. When Arthur turned around, Gala looked at him with a frown.

”It's the first time I've seen someone cleanses corruption without destroying the infected parts.” Gala squinted her eyes at him. ”They call you Lorius or Seika, but I don't think you're any of those two.”