Chapter 246: The Invisible Battle (2/2)

It would be worth it. At least with that, there would be at least a marginal amount of meaning to his pointless existence. There would a single victory against the tide of darkness, the demons that ruined not just his life, but his entire tribe as well.

With such determination in mind, he did not hesitate as he felt his pool of mana dry out during this continuous struggle. He was ready to start channeling his very soul, his life force to keep pushing against the warding and get the chance to destroy it when he suddenly felt a new, previously unfamiliar warmth enter his body from his back.

Not even a moment later he felt the comfortable warmth rapidly spread inside his body, refilling his empty reserves, and refreshing his body and soul, removing the tiredness entirely.

Although he couldn't turn back and look at the source, he was almost certain this was the doing of his young master. He was sure that his young master couldn't watch any longer, and just as he promised he decided to help out.

His previously frowning, grotesque expression suddenly returned to a much calmer, focused state. With his master behind him, his devotion and confidence in himself and in his master reached newfound heights. With a smirk curving the edges of his lips, he suddenly increased the intensity of his channeled energy. The thin, dark coating of energy surrounding his hands turned much denser. He could feel as he slowly, but surely overcame the previously invincible tide of darkness and began to push it back inch by inch.

Without any feedback, Aiden wasn't sure if what he was doing was helpful or not, but he decided not to pull back, and continue for as long as he could. He wasn't using the same type of energy this 'mana' that Roas called upon when casting his spells, and he wasn't certain if there were any type of conversion available.

Still, at the very least, he could see as his tensed muscles suddenly calmed down and saw as his expression returned to a much healthier almost smiling state. This was enough for him that if nothing else, helped to remove some of the physical tension Roas was experiencing.

Although his Soul Power was slowly depleting, he still had almost 70% of his reserves remaining at his disposal, and if the situation allowed it, he could just take a short rest to restore some of it. While the girls would be probably worried if he wouldn't get back by dawn, they knew that the mission would probably take some time to complete.

A change returned his senses to reality. Abruptly, he could feel a change, a source of energy fading coming from the direction of the door. With a wide grin on his face, Aiden shifted his attention and focused on the humongous dark door ahead. Focusing his [Dark Sense] he felt that the previously strong magic was now much weaker, almost at the cusp of vanishing from existence.

This removed all the worry he previously had and focused his all on keeping up the transfer and making sure that his devoted servant, Roas had all the power at his disposal he needed to overcome this hurdle.

Roas could also feel that victory was now at his grasp. Just a bit more, and he would finally push through! He would not fail in his task and cause great shame to his young master.

Feeling as his reserves were continuously restored by the unfamiliar warmth coming from his back, he increased the intensity of his channel once more.

Both Roas and Aiden was watching as the previously invincible warding began to slowly show signs of cracking. Not letting any chance for it to rest and regain even a single strand of his power, Roas kept up his magic.

They both watched as the cracks continued to spread on the demonic rune that due to its constant activation turned into a visible state. As the spiderweb cracks soon covered the entirety of the eerie floating rune, both master and servant watched as it finally gave in against the constant pressure and exploded, vanishing into nothingness, removing its restrictive powers from the surface of the ebony door, no longer blocking entry.

With his task completed, Roas could finally rest. Canceling his spell, he plopped down to the ground, with an audible thud, letting out a large sigh of relief.

”[Orc] Young Master… *huff* I… comple-”

However, before he could even finish his sentence, suddenly they both felt a crunching, churning noise coming from above them...