Chapter 157 Power leveling 1 (1/2)
Mars' eyes slowly opened his body was being wrecked by the torment curse Yimir had cast on him, if not for the fact that he was a half-dragon the torment curse would properly kill him for real over time as it slowly tore his body apart from the inside, lucky his self regeneration was high enough to keep it at bay. Laying face down Mars slowly turned himself over and looked up into the sky, it was clear without any sings of clouds
”well... I got wrecked”
Mars lifted his aching body up and looked around
”....”
the area around him was clear, well it was clear as far as his eyes could see
”some kind of tundra?”
the frozen ground and the boundless sky was the only thing in view, Mars almost had the idea to sit and admire the scenery but then his got wrecked by the torment cures once again, clenching his teeth in pain Mars got on his feet and once again looked around before he gave a sigh and opened a portal to Green river and walked though...
at the gates of Green river a portal opened before Mars walked out of it as he walked towards the gate he transformed, growing out his horns he felt the hostility from the guarding elvers diminish as he walked through the gates he was hit by another pulse of the torment curse and gritted his teeth as he walked towards the temple but suddenly ran into someone he knew and greeted her
”hi Isabel”
Isabel was one of the members of the original members of the scouting party that had discovered Mars when he was in the Mother forests, upon hearing his voice she turned around with a surprised expression on her face
”Mars...! wait Mars what happened to you, you look awful!?”
Mars paused and looked down at his own body, he was indeed a mess, his armor was half broken from the makeshift grande and the clothes under it was holed and stained with blood, all in all he looked petty ghastly Mars gave a smile to try and reassure Isabel
”err... well I'm fine, so don't worry about it”
”if you say so Mars.... where are you headed?”
Mars gave a smile
”to the temple”
Isabel returned his smile
”oh what a coincidence so I'm I”
Mars' smile widened slightly before he extended his arm
”in that case allow me to escort you there”
”oh my”
Isabel took his arm and both of them walked towards the temple, Mars did his best to hide his pain from the torment curse but Isabel eventually found out and asked him with a concerned expression on her face
”are you alright Mars?”
”well.... I would say that I'm fine but... I'm kind of... cursed”
”cursed!?”
Isabel stopped walking and looked at Mars with shock on her face before she asked
”how in the world did you manage to get cursed?”
”well it's a rather embarrassing story...”
”is that so..?”
”yeah so I would appreciate it if you didn't ask, besides I'm going to get cured soon”
”huh... well in that case I won't ask”
”thanks”
soon they arrived at the temple, after Mars said goodbye to Isabel he flashed his 13 pointed silver star to one of the priests and was quickly taken to the highest level prayer room where he put his hand on the crystal ball
[SUBJECT NUMBER #5 DETECTED, REQUEST DECENED Y/N?]
”yes”
[SENDING REQUEST... REQUEST APPROVED, POWERING UP ISOLATION BARRIER...]
while Mars waited he was once again wrecked by the torment curse and gritted his teeth in pain
[ISOLATION BARRIER ONLINE, STARTING DESCEND...]
a formless pressure descended into the avatar that lay lifelessly on the altar but soon it twitched and sat up before it opened its cyan glowing eyes and looked at Mars with a warmness that one wouldn't expect from a lifeless avatar. After having looked at Mars for a little more than a few seconds the avatar suddenly frowned and spoke
”hold still Mars”
Mars didn't have a change to answer as formless pressure enveloped him holding him still keeping him from breathing much less moving as the avatar floated off the altar and stopped in front of him before it put its hand on his chest and made a pulling motion, pulling a lump of darkness directly out of his chest before it squashed it with its bare hands turning it into dark partials that floated about the room for a few seconds before they disappeared completely, then the avatar gave a sigh and the formless pressure that enveloped Mars disappeared before it spoke
”I take it you have meet Yimir?”
”yeah... he's a real asshole, well I did kind of try to kill him first”
Info gave a grin and waved her hand making a table and two chairs appear out of thin air
”I see... well tell me about it”
Mars sat down and gave a sigh before he spoke
”you know the curse you lifted a few weeks ago? turns out it was cast by Yimir”
”I see... and then you found out about it and tried to kill him?”