Chapter 212: The Elven Girls Prank (part Two) (2/2)

“You’re being too whimsical…” Marni muttered, rubbing his temples in pain. “I knew I should have waited for Jamie.”

Selene stared impassively at Marni for the moment. Then, just as he was about to ask something, she turned around again reluctantly. “Well, we’ll go then, but I have to warn you first—don’t get your pants wet!”

“Is that arcanum that dangerous?”

Instead of being scared, Marni was actually rife with anticipation.

Still, Selene didn’t answer, keeping a stony face instead as she led the way.

Soon, they arrived in front of an abnormal cavern.

The mouth of the cavern was grown full of lush vegetation. Marni would have walked past it without noticing if Selene didn’t bring him here.

“This is it. I’m warning you now: if you’re going to continue ahead, the cave would make horrible noises and the airwaves could knock you off your feet.” The elven girl said, trying to warn off Marni who was walking forward to take a look. “An elven ancient who had survived the end of War of Gods and Humans sealed a devil that invaded Trinia here, and you’re going to end up as its food even if you make it past the airwaves.”

“Well, it’s meaningless if we can’t get in…” Marni scratched his head, wondering if he should call up other Players to fight the Boss.

No… for long term profit, wouldn’t it be better to put a stall outside and charge Players per entry?

He then came to a realization. “Why did you bring me here then?”

“I wanted to scare you with the devil…” The girl walked up to the cave entrance before turning to glare at Marni. “Because you humans keep strutting around in front of me! So disgusting!”

“Are you going to be fine, standing right there? You did say devil…”

“It’s fine. The cave is sealed, so the devil won’t even put a toe out. It could only roar a bit when it senses someone coming near.” Selene said, spreading her hands. “I’m just trying to scare you, not kill you.”

“I se—”

Marni’s face dropped before he could finish, and he bounded toward the elven girl with a burst of strength beneath his heel.

Selene did a double take. She discreetly charged her mana, believing that Marni the human was about to let his beastly instincts loose—only to be pushed by him away from the hole.

In the next split second, a large, powerful hand that filled the entire hole had shot out, catching hold of Marni on the spot.

That same spot where Selene herself was just an instant ago!

“T-That…” The elven girl was beside herself in shock.

“Stop blanking out… Run!” Marni murmured vaguely, already vomiting blood under the crushing force of the grip. “And get help…”

“But you saved me…” The elven girl looked like she was about to cry.

“I’ll be fine… go! This thing… is coming out!”

Marni smiled at Selene albeit miserably. “As long as… you’re alright.”

And in the next second, he was crushed by that enormous palm into chunks of meat and splatters of blood right before Selene’s eyes.