Chapter 129: Underground Mine Part 4 (2/2)

For a monster to make it that close to them without being noticed, was something they hadn't even fathom. What's worse, they had not even been able to react in time and would have lost their lives if the mysterious Lix had not been here.

Larut on the other hand felt his mind went numb. The preconceived notion he had of Lix not being able to wield a sword had not only been shattered but in a way that felt like it was mocking him. That simple-looking casual swing had split an intermediate class monster in half without it even knowing how it died much less put up any resistance.

That was an intermediate class monster they were talking about. A monster that even Kylyra and the quiet Lilith were having trouble killing, had been so easily sliced in half. This was not like the case of the frost salamanders where the monsters had such an absurd weakness and could easily be killed by any Tier 2 fire-based attacks.

These were vicious creatures that were even a notch above the frost salamanders and he had just killed one like it was nothing.

Although other factors went into that as the monster had been stealth-based and hadn't realized that its stealth had already been seen through.

However, the fact that he had been able to see through the stealth at all was an incredible feat on its own as even Larut who was an experienced ranger— had not been able to react in time.

”You okay?”

Tyler asked the dumbfounded Larut as he took a step closer to Dohel and stretched the tip of his sword to the tight threads that bound him. Sliding the blade in between the threads, he had only applied a bit of pressure when all the threads instantly snapped like they were nothing but ordinary threads.

”That's incredible...”

Unaware of the person that said that Tyler was a little impressed as well. He really hadn't used any strength in that but the blade he held had still overwhelmed the threads and even when he cut that monster earlier, he had barely felt any sort of resistance.

Perhaps the magic crystal he had used in the forging of his weapon had given it more than the Rapid Burst skill. He could also sense the dense Mana within the weapon which seems to be a good thing.

'I guess using that magic crystal in forging this weapon was worth it after all.'

Tyler thought with a gentle smile on his face As he saw the surprised and amazed faces of the group, including the newly freed Dohel.

”I feel like I'm always thanking you for something. Well whatever, Thanks for freeing me, I think I was on the brink of passing out there.”

”Don't mind it, I should have been more aware myself, the fault lies with me.”

Dohel paused for a second before he spoke again with a smile. ”You really are an amazing man Mr. Lix.”

Tyler tilted his head slightly in confusion at that statement that seemed to have come out of nowhere. ”I am?”

”He's right, you sure are Mr. Lix.”

”I agree, that was amazing.”

Hearing the twins wholeheartedly compliment him made Tyler feel a little light-headed. Perhaps he was now getting a big head because these five were always getting into trouble. He was very confident he could handle anything that came at them in this place not because he was that arrogant, but because he had sent Zelda here ahead of time to investigate and knew the only monster that would be a problem would be the so-called King of the Pass.

Perhaps the confidence that information had brought him, made the twins think he was more amazing than he was.

”For someone to be as strong as you not only in magic but with the sword as well, and is still so humble and kind. There is nothing to describe such a person other than the word amazing.”

”I see... Well, thank you. However, we are still in a monster's nest so do be on your guard.”

”Of course.”

As the words left Dohel's mouth, he saw Lix swing his blade again, this time at the air above him, and the head of another Blood spider fell to the ground while its body was still attached to the ceiling by its web. That confident and casual tone of it as he killed another intermediate class monster made the vast strength of the man known as Lix truly sink into all their hearts.

”Mr. Larut, would you mind retrieving the cores of these creatures for me. We should follow the vein deeper into the tunnel so I'll take the lead from here and would not be able to do it myself.”

”Huh... Yeah, of course, leave it to me.” Being spoken to so abruptly, Larut felt startled for a moment before he managed to stumble through his words.

”What about Kylyra, shouldn't we wait for them.”

Tyler turned his head to face Aine and answered with a calming smile. ”There's no need, Lilith is with her so they'll be fine even if they get surrounded. They should also be able to easily locate us once they're done.”

”Oh... okay.”