180 Bob the Archmage (2/2)
Hearing the particularly horrible and acute voice, the Hero immediately activated the button right next to him. Feeling relieved to shut down that sound, he did not care about the green lizard that was still singing at full power. If at first, the cute and small lizard was minding his own business, the moment he spotted the human, it began to insult him. Fortunately, the glass imprisoning it was no longer letting sounds pass.
bonk bonk
The very quiet bonk was barely audible, as the lizard was forcefully banging its head against the glass. Barely glancing at it, the Archmage searched a drawer, before grabbing a few crystals. Anyone could see that they were monster cores, but the very intense light inside them proved that they were not common at all. Filling his pocket completely, he put one right next to the cage of the lizard. The damages caused on the glass by the head butt of the small monster were instantly repaired, leaving the latter even more angered.
However, it couldn't do anything at all, since he was silenced by a spell. Knowing well that it was useless, it could only stare intensely at the human, as he was walking toward numerous locations in the room, replenishing all the spells and enchants with monster cores. Looking at the two last crystals in his hand, the Archmage opened a very heavy door in the middle of the wall.
Even if it was heavy, the door was relatively small. Barely a meter in height, but with dozens of locks and chains made of sheer mana. Just a glance at it proved that something extremely dangerous or important was behind it. Seeing the opening of the door, the lizard began to sing one more, even more loudly this time. It also seemed to be happy to see this happening, as weirdly as it seemed when someone was talking about a lizard.
Releasing the last lock, the door opened on a very tight vault, with another protection. Like a tiny prison, cell bars prevented the human to see fully the shell of a corpse that was behind it. Merely a skull and a ribcage, both gravely destroyed. However, inside the ribcage, there was a red crystal that was creating a very dim light. Using all his power to prevent himself from coughing, the Archmage began to put one monster core near the cell. As for the other, he accurately threw it next to the corpse.
”Thgin eht fo dne eht lit' oreH a rof tuo gnidloh m'I, oreH a deen I.” Soon, a very faint voice resonated in the small vault, as something seemed to have been awakened. Besides the red crystal shining more brightly, there was not a single other change.
”What is the weakness of Leilade?”
”Oh my, my. She is here after all. No, even better, she is inside your body. My, my. Hahaha.” Hearing the soul on the brink of being destroyed laughing like that, the Archmage took back the monster core, forcing the other party to weaken. But that didn't stop the spirit inside the red crystal to laugh, in fact, it only made him do it even more loudly. Turning around, he saw the maw of the lizard opening in such a strange manner that it also seemed it was laughing as well.
”That little girl. I guess she beat me. You met her, used that spell, forced her to become a soul. And now, you are the reason her subordinates are safe since they are also trapped. Meaning she can find out if that thing is truly asleep. And maybe also find my other hints. You have done well, Bob. Good job.”
Hearing his own name being pronounced as casually as this, the human could no longer hold out and began to violently cough. Because he had repressed it before, it was even stronger, as he had a hard time even staying on his own two legs. Gripping tightly the table near him, he could hear the mocking tone of the soul.
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”Hahaha. Do you know that only Abaddon saved me because otherwise she wouldn't have let go of the control of my body? But I guess it will be hard for you to ask him to do something for you. Well, you remember what I said before when we first met?”
Clenching his teeth in pain, the Archmage remembered the first thing Candaith told him, soon after he was captured. ”That I would be killed by my own disciple. But you were wrong. The day One betrayed me, because of you, I was on my guard. And he failed. For that, I have to thank you and there will never be another One again. And I guess you won't help me anymore. Farewell Candaith, I will let you slowly die.”
”Zärtar Kûrlam ô Jyzref.” Hearing this strange sentence, the Archmage only dismissed it as the last thing of a desperate beast. But he didn't notice the small lizard behind him repeating those words as well. Closing the vault once more, he coughed many times more before finally leaving this room. To his surprise, Four was awaiting him with a potion filled with a red liquid.
”Master! The Organization has found a cure, I have already provided it to the other disciples, and they are fine now. All the darkness in their body was purged, and it formed a sort of monster that immediately tried to leave. But we capture them.”
Noticing the unknown liquid in the hand of Four, the first reflex of the Archmage was to drink it. However, with the reminder of Candaith, he hesitated, fearing that it was a trap. Shaking his head, he realized that it may be a ploy by that Dark God, making him even fear the only thing capable of curing him. ”Take me to the others.”
”Of course, master.”
Supported by the old man by his side, the Hero arrived in the room where he could see the previously pale and sickened faces of his disciples gaining more colors. Even Two was happily chatting and beginning to drink, something even he could not prevent her to do. But by looking at the already two empty bottles by her side, it seemed she was quite lively. Realizing that his worries were unfounded, he picked up the liquid in front of all his students, before gulping it in one go.
COUGH COUGH
Coughing more and more, they didn't seem particularly worried, as they quickly put him on one of the last clean bed. There, they saw him fall unconscious before a dark liquid was leaking from the pores of his skin. But before they could sigh in relief, they noticed that the darkness was not falling to the ground like before, but was beginning to cover his entire body. Caught in panic, they immediately tried to use magic to levitate the monster away from their master.
But they soon realized that by doing so, the skin that was glued to it was also taken away. Starring at the muscles visible on the face of the Archmage, they realized he began to bleed abundantly. The moment they dropped the monster on him, it began to infiltrate once more, blocking his mouth and nose. The only thing that was good was the fact that because he was not conscious, the Hero was not in pain.
Realizing that if they didn't do anything in that minute because the man could no longer breath, they tried everything they had. In the last try, they managed to completely pull the darkness away from him. But to their horror, they noticed that stuck on the dark liquid, there was too much of his body. Quickly falling right next to his neck, Two tried to search for his pulse. But to her horror, she realized that by the time they did that, he had stopped breathing.
”We … we killed the Archmage.”