Chapter 21 - Diamond Mages (1/2)
'So this is a dungeon...'
Walking into a giant stone ruin followed by Luck, Asta and Noelle. Grim took in a deep breath as he felt the mana flowing through the stone constructs.
”This place is huge...”
Seeing the look on his face, Luck walked up next to him. ”It's held up together by magic.”
Nodding his head, Grim activated Breath of the Beast and used his enhanced senssory abilities to feel a large gathering of mana running through everything.
”This place is amazing!” Asta exclaimed while looking around.
”So much mana...” Noelle muttered.
Running around the area like a headless chicken, Asta checked over everything while taking in the sights.
Still using Breath of the Beast, Grim's danger senses suddenly went off as his attention was drawn to the area Asta was heading in.
”ASTA STO-
*BANG!!*
”Eh?!”
Seeing the glowing light appear beneath his feet, Asta's eyes went wide as iron spikes shot out of the ground and struck towards him.
*SWOOSH!!*
Pulling his sword out at the last minute, he bȧrėly managed to cut down the spikes before they could impale him. Jumping back, a small bead of sweat rolled down the side of his face as he realized just how close to dying he was.
”What the hell was that?!” He asked with a hurried breath.
”A magic trap.” Luck walked over to him with a smile on his face before pushing him forward and causing him to step on another trap.
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”WHAT WAS THAT FOR!!”
”It was fun.” Luck smiled before turning to look at Grim. ”You sensed it didn't you?”
”Yeah.” Grim grinned and nodded.
”Erm... What are you two talking about?” Noelle asked.
After using his Breath of the Beast's senssory abilities, he had long since sensed multiple different mana signatures coming from the upper levels. It was a shame that he was too far away to guess how strong they were or if they posed any threat to him. Thinking that he had discovered them before the others, he had planned to slip away from his group while they were treasure hunting in order to confront the unknown group. Unfortunately, it seemed like Luck's senssory abilities were nothing to laugh at as he had also discovered them.
”Race you.”
[Lightning Creation Magic: Thunder God's Boots]
Clading his feet in lightning magic, he grinned at Grim before running into the distance.
Not wanting Luck to get ahead of him, Grim focused power into his feet as he used the physical enhancements he recieved from Breath of the Beast to chase after him.
Watching the two of them run off to an unknown location, Asta and Noelle stood stunned not knowing what to do.
”...I guess we should look around...”