64 The Pain of Death (1/2)

”I know that I was the first in showing killing intent towards them, but you were too rash charging forward without previously checking if there were any traps.”

Yale said it with cold voice seated beside a pile of rocks, Hyrk's impulsiveness had almost killed them all.

Yale had difficulties to calculate the area of Absolute Protection to save all his teammates without affecting the trap.

The pile of rocks had covered the passage between Heruk's area and the area which led to the island.

Thus, no one of Heruk's group had seen how all the members of Yale's group reappeared without a scratch after the trap effects ended nor Yale's group had heard the other group's words after the trap crushed them.

Both ways were completely separated after the trap activated, it should be more correct saying that is was impossible from the start to go from one part to the other.

Heruk and the others didn't reach the cave from a passage in the water zone, they found it in the Forest Zone.

The passage in Yale's area was a dead end; there was no way to reach anywhere, the whole passage could be considered a trap. However, with the group's usual checks, they would just turn back after detecting it.

Heruk's group's methods were vicious; they knew that there was a trap between both groups and they wanted to use it to end all of Yale's group without needing to battle.

Even if all of them were uninjured in the end, that showed the other party wicked personalities.

Excluding Yale, all the others had pale faces.

They never felt the shadow of death that near of themselves. They had struggled with other nobles of their generation and even killed some people who offended their clans, but they had never been in such deathly situation.

Even if the clans tried to reinforce their mentalities by making them execute the offenders or by the strict competition within the noble clans, they didn't put them in real mortal danger.

When they battled the eagle or when Yale discovered the illusion trap, they were also in mortal danger, but they didn't feel the pain of death, so the situation was different.

When the trap activated, they had died once, but Yale's skill had changed that fact, so they were still alive like if that trap never caught them, but they were able to recall the situation perfectly.

The pain of having died crushed by the ceiling's fall was an immense trauma to them, but if that didn't break their minds, their resolution would grow stronger in the future.

As Yale was already used to that kind of pain and he had Pain Tolerance, he was alright. However, the Pain Tolerance Passive Skill leveled up due to Yale being crushed by the rocks.

Yale waited some hours until the others recovered the color of their faces.

”I am sorry, that was all my fault.”

Hyrk kneeled before his teammates; he felt shame about his previous rash act that killed once all of them.

”That isn't all your fault, I spoke more than I should and worsened the situation...”

Serka was crying feeling guilty about her acts, she had told Yale not to reveal his identity, but in the end, she explained it to the worst possible person in the whole special realm.

After a while Kermu spoke, his mental resolution was the strongest.

”Stop being depressed; we can do nothing to change the past, it was enough that Yale had managed to avoid our deaths.”

Kermu didn't want to let the depression destroy the team, that would be the worst outcome.

Hyrk and Serka had acted wrong, but the best thing they could do is learn from it for not making the same mistake in the future.

After that scene, Yale had decided to speak again.

”Nurvey, thank you for defending me before. Furthermore, my grudge against Heruk also complicated the situation.”

Their companions angered Yale with their acts, but Nurvey had stepped to defend him before, if he could be angry with the others, he should also be thankful to her who spoke in his behalf even with her difficulties to express herself.

Moreover, Yale's grudge against Heruk was the start of the whole problem even if he didn't speak in the conflict.

”If you die... Wyba dies... You must be alive.”

Nurvey didn't speak clearly as she had difficulty to express herself, but Yale understood it quickly.

If Yale died, Wyba would also die due to their contract, and that was something Nurvey didn't want to happen because she liked Wyba a lot.

Of course, Nurvey also felt thankful to Yale and wanted him alive, but with her personality, that thing was difficult to admit.