Chapter 38 - Quick End of the One-Eyed Guardians (1/2)
Let's return back to the present from the time of Prologue's event. The location: the fiftieth floor of true Great Orcus Labyrinth, where Rio and Liselotte were currently on.
”Rio! Are you okay? What happened?”
Liselotte threw away her swords and went to Rio, who got pushed back from the doors in a hurry. Her heart had skipped a beat before she got fl.u.s.tered when she saw the crackling electricity zapped Rio. She was afraid something bad happened to him.
”No need to worry. I'm not harmed, you see.” Rio shook his head, offered his unblemished hand to Liselotte, and explained to her. He wanted to calm her worry because it's needless.
Rio hadn't told Liselotte of his biggest secret, namely his true stats and real skills. So far, Liselotte only knew about his stats and skills from the false status displayed on his modified status plate. Additionally, he added Spatial Magic in his status plate.
It wasn't like he wanted to keep it as a secret forever, but he hadn't met the proper time to explain his unique circ.u.mstance to Liselotte, who only knew him as someone from another world and one of the heroes summoned to Tortus by Ehit.
”Please be more careful next time. Even if you have become stronger than the strongest human in this world, you're not immortal, Rio!” Liselotte castigated him as she stood close before him and rested the back of her hands on her slim, huggable waist. She was still holding her twin rapiers, which had been recovered a short while ago.
”Sorry. Still, don't worry, okay. Something like that isn't enough to even leave a scar on me.” Rio gave Liselotte a small smile to placate her, but Liselotte thought that Rio was taking everything without being serious at all. She couldn't help but feel vexed at him.
”Humph!” Liselotte threw her face away and pouted deeply, trying to show her dissatisfaction to Rio. However, their shenanigans were cut short when the two statues of Cyclops at each side of the door trembled.
Liselotte was caught off guard for a moment before she recovered soon after and readied herself. Her red eyes narrowed as she stared at the statues which were cracking and displaying that they weren't what she believed to be.
Meanwhile, Rio eyed the Cyclopes with interest. He knew that they were actually alive despite being petrified.
Their petrified skin rapidly regained its color, going from gray to dark green.
The cyclopes fit the fantasy description for them to a T. They each wielded swords nearly four meters long that they had pulled from god knows where. Currently, they were struggling to free their still–entombed lower halves, determined to eliminate the unwelcome intruder.
”They seem strong,” Liselotte mumbled under her breath as she readied herself for another fight against powerful monsters of the Depth. Her twin rapiers crackled with purplish lightning as she used her Electrokinesis.
”Well, let us finish them off before they can get out, shall we?” Rio commented easily and waved his hand towards one of the cyclopes. Simultaneously, he used Spatial Magic.
A thin white line suddenly appeared around the Cyclops at the left of the door. And the next moment, its massive head was lopped off of its shoulders before a shower of blood sprouted from its neck. It happened in split second. And just like that, one of the cyclopes died without knowing what happened. Its rotating head that floated on the air showed a dumbfounded expression.
”Although I have seen it countless times already, it keeps reminding me that you're truly an outrageous existence, Rio,” Liselotte mumbled in amazement. But, she soon recovered from her amazement and followed Rio's example. She pointed one of her lightning clad rapiers towards the second cyclops, which had frozen in shock due to its comrade's instant death.
That cyclops finally sensed danger from Liselotte and was about to roar to intimidate the blue-haired maid. However, before it could even create a sound, a bolt of purple-colored lightning punched through its only eye and fried its brain, killing it.