Chapter 79 - 79 : Arthurs resolve (1/2)

It has been 3 days since Anastassia passed out, Arthur and Lucy took her to a small house which was not devastated by what happened at waited for her to wake up.

Lucy became more and more anxious as after searching the whole clan's territory, she found no trace of Saly, even Astrith was missing.

Apparently, a lot of people died, it's like a clan extermination as the Elders and the section chiefs all died, Arthur didn't know what happened exactly, but one thing is certain, it's that the opponent is very strong.

Anastassia spoke of a woman, so his first guess was the woman who attacked him that time, but if so, then why would she attack the clan instead of him?

That was a bit confusing, nonetheless, he couldn't guess the whole truth so he patiently waited for the unconscious Anastassia to wake up.

..

”Hey Arthur, d-do you think she's okay?”

Lucy was leaning on Arthur as she asked him with an anxious and sad tone, after searching many times, she couldn't find Saly.

She deeply loved the little girl and considered her part of her family, if something happened to her then how could Lucy forgive herself?

Arthur was also restless and worried, but in situations like this, one cannot act recklessly, although he was very fast in terms of traveling and such, he can't search the four continents for Saly, it would take a lot of time, especially if he were to search every corner.

Anastassia was present and she most likely knew what happened here and to Lucy, so it's better to wait for her to wake up.

...

At the 6th day, Anastassia finally woke up, the serious injuries were healing slowly which was a good thing but she still couldn't move properly.

It took her a lot of effort to lift her head and sit on the bed instead of laying on it.

Arthur and Lucy were near the bed, sitting on wooden chairs and staring at Anastassia, who had a sad look on her eyes.

”Are your injuries okay?”

Arthur didn't bombard her with questions right away, no matter how worried he was for Saly, he couldn't ignore Anastassia and just expect some answers from her while disregarding her current state.

”Not fully healed but it's possible to move”

Before Arthur could open his mouth to talk again, Lucy interrupted him as she spoke to Anastassia.

”Where is Saly?”

Anastassia wasn't particularly surprised by this question, after all, she knew how much they deeply cared for Saly and for Lucy to ask her that was expected, but anyone could see sad and regret were shown in Anastassia's eyes as if it was her own fault.

”She was taken by that woman..... I'm sorry”

It was too late to apologize but she nevertheless did it, it was the only thing she could do right now, with her body in this state, unable to even walk, how could she help them?

”Taken? Where was she taken? And who is that woman?”

Lucy never ceased asking questions and she wanted to immediately rush to the place where Saly was taken to save her.

”She didn't say the exact place... that woman only said 'Underworld' ”

”Underworld?”

Lucy was confused, she stared at Arthur but he too was as confused as her, it's the first time he heard of this place.

Usually, when thinking of the Underworld, it's like the hell, or the opposite of heaven, or in some cases a place where the dead resides.

After staying silent for a while, Arthur spoke again.

”What about Astrith? I'm sure he is not dead because if he was, then I could summon him again..”

”I don't know either, the last time I saw him was when he followed that woman in some kind of a portal.”

Lucy was gripping Arthur's hand as thinking of Saly being alone in an unknown place made her even more worried.

That kid just got out of hell when they took her with them, but it's not been that long yet she was taken again, and this time it's by an even more powerful person.

...

Arthur knew that he won't find Saly easily, If he were to begin searching through the books and asking people, it would take some time, but the woman said she'll be waiting, but for how much time? 1 day? 10 days? A month?

He wanted fast answers and the only one he could think of was...

As Lucy was thinking about Saly and Anastassia was resting on the bed while gritting her teeth, a skeleton appeared out of nowhere.