Chapter 84 - #83 Winning is everything (1/2)

We kept on advancing with Poney and she was slowly recovering from her wounds, it would only take some additional rest and most of her strength would return.

”Akashi, your healing technique is really miraculous-” Poney praised my ability and she thanked me already more than 3 times since I healed her.

”Ssh!” I suddenly stopped and gestured to her to be quiet.

After a while of listening, I narrowed my eyes because I could hear Kurome's voice behind the wall right next to us.

”What is it?” She asked me in a low voice.

”It looks like we found Kurome. I can hear her voice behind this wall.” I replied while touching the wall.

”?! Really? But we must have missed the entrance somewhere.” Poney muttered while putting her ear on the wall, trying to hear Kurome's voice.

”We have no time to look for the entrance, stand back.” I said with decisive tone while pouring all of my senses to the wall I was touching with both hands.

...There shouldn't be anyone right on the other side but I can feel someone a few meters to the left so just to be sure, we should move a bit to the right.

I moved a few steps to the right and then took some distance away from the wall, Poney followed right after me, curiously observing my actions.

I condensed the flames in my hand into the spear and changed its attribute from sharp to an explosive one.

”Let's hope no one will get hurt except for enemy...” I muttered and threw the spear into the wall.

*Bang!* The curtain of dust raised and debris flew everywhere around us but the wall itself was still standing although, with a large hole inside it but still standing.

”That's a new” Poney muttered while blocking her ears from the explosion so closeby.

”Another one or two are needed to make decent entrance.” I muttered with a thoughtful expression.

”You can make even more of them?!” Poney exclaimed and immediately blocked her ears.

---On the other of the wall---

Kurome was already on her knees covered in cuts caused by herself that she inflicted upon Weneg.

”?” Weneg turned his head towards the wall where the explosions were coming from with narrowed eyes.

”What is going on?!” The silver-haired girl exclaimed when she felt the wall behind her shake with each explosion.

”...Someone is coming.” The blond-haired guy answered with furrowed brows, not being sure if it's another enemy or an ally.

*BANG!* Finally, the last explosion resounded through the entire room, making a big hole inside the wall a few meters away from the shackled prisoners, sending a few debris flying inside the room but no one was hit by them.

Most of the people looked at the newly created hole covered in curtain of dust with a confused and nervous expression.

”Ah, finally, I was starting to rethink if we shouldn't really find normal entrance”

”My eardrums are probably damaged...”

”Stop complaining, I was the one who had to spend energy to crack it open”

A male and female voice resounded through the hole inside the wall and when the dust in the air dispersed, 2 figures were revealed, one was a short bȧrėfoot woman who was holding her ears and another was a taller man with red hair and red eyes together with slit pupils wearing a black military uniform.

'...That boy is strong. I need to be careful.' Weneg thought with narrowed eyes when he saw the man looking down at him, observing him with his cold eyes.

----Akashi's POV----

I looked under us just to see that floor was around a meter below the hole and then I also noticed the people who were shackled to the wall.

One blond-haired boy and one silver-haired girl that had her shirt completely tore open, revealing her peaks to everyone in the room.

”Akashi Nii-sama!”

”Poney, Akashi!” Both Tsukushi and Kurome called out to us with a surprised yet delighted expression.

I immediately turned to Kurome just to see her covered in wounds with tattered clothes and when she saw my face she has fallen on the ground from her knees with the closed eyes and peaceful smile on her face. After seeing her lose consciousness, I narrowed my eyes while turning my sharp gaze at the man with 2 horns and long black hair and cane in his hand.

”Kurome! Tsukushi! We are here to save you!” Poney immediately exclaimed with a relieved expression and jumped down from the hole to the room. She wanted immediately run to the prisoners but she was stopped by the Gravekeeper who was most likely the boss due to his stronger aura and weird transformation since most of the Gravekeepers usually transformed into some animal while his transformed parts looked more like Danger Beast.

”Stop where you are. You two got pretty deep inside our Tombs, you must be really strong but I don't think that you are stronger than my bride.” He said with a disappointed expression while looking at Poney.

”Poney, be careful, he is extremely strong!” Tsukushi warned Poney so she stopped advancing any further after hearing her warning.

'I haven't recovered yet so I definitely can't fight someone like that..no...Even in my recovered state, it would have been just a futile struggle.' Poney thought while gritting her teeth.

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Meanwhile, I jumped near the place where Kurome was lying and checked on her condition. After finding out that she was just unconscious and had no broken bones or damaged organs, I sighed in relief before narrowing my eyes while glaring at the man who was most likely the reason for Kurome's condition.

”You must be by bride's brother! Nice to meet you brother-in-law, haha” He said while meeting my sharp glare without any problem.

”Bride? You are not worthy of her.” I replied with a cold tone and dark expression.

”Oh? It looks like brother-in-law has high expectations but I don't mind showing off a bit of my strength!” He sarcastically said and the moment I blinked her was already near me, ready to punch me in the abdomen.

Although his speed slightly surprised me, I didn't bother to dodge or block it and simply just strengthened my muscles to receive it head-on.

*Bang* I was immediately blown to the wall, creating a small hole in it with my body.

”Akashi?!” Poney immediately widened her eyes when she saw me receiving punch head-on.

”...I probably had too high hopes” He said after punching while turning his attention back to Poney while slowly approaching her.