Chapter 679 - 623: Unconscious (1/2)
”Out of the question.”
Arthur replied coldly to Alda, who slowly approached him after talking with the female clerk for a couple of minutes. He was able to clearly hear their conversation and easily guessed the woman's motive.
”Senior…”
Words got stuck in her woman as she saw Arthur and Lucy get up and walk toward the bespectacled clerk who just came back with a storage ring containing the live Retour Poisson they just bought.
The parasite received the ring and put the fish in his before leaving the underground room along with his wife. Alda and the short Overgod followed them while keeping their distance but just the second the couple left the building, they literally vanished, rendering the other group unable to trace them.
”Alda, what do we do?”
A young girl with short red hair nudged the distressed woman and asked with a low voice.
”We need to dive a deep so an average fish won't do the job. Although it's dangerous, we must try to join with those seniors, no matter the cost.”
She cast a glare at the Overgod, who shrunk his neck and lowered his head.
”Which means that you must forget your status and act accordingly, understood?”
Alda was much weaker than the short man but he accepted her words and didn't object at all, not after meeting Arthur head-on and experiencing his magic, which still lurks inside his body to this very moment. Unless the parasite personally and willingly removed the Dark Magic, it'll remain inside his body forever, eating his energy and affecting his moral.
”B-but… they could kill us!”
Another youngling, a boy who looked no older than 15, also joined the conversation, appearing as afraid as the rest.
”We'll be killed either way, at least dying while trying is better!”
Alda clenched her fists and continued walking and looking around, trying to locate Arthur and Lucy, who were already on the coast and ready to depart.
…
”Arthur! What's wrong?”
Lucy supported Arthur, who was about to fall while holding his chest. His face was as pale as a sheet of paper and strangely convulsing. It happened so abruptly which startled her.
”It's Makaze!”
He spat some blood and was gently laid on the ground by Lucy. She slowly poured a High-grade healing potion in his mouth, her expression very different from the usual cold and emotionless one.
”What happened to Makaze?”
”I can feel it…”
Black flames were covering his body then disappearing in a systematic matter.
”Someone is trying to take it… they're trying to break into the cave!”
”Who are they?”
”I don't know but they're strong!”
Arthur coughed one final mouthful of blood before falling unconscious, black flames totally enveloped him, causing even Lucy to back away. They re-did the Soul Bind, however, those black flames originate from Evil Wind and it seemed to be both enraged and desperate as it repeatedly called to its partner.