100 Chapter 100: Breakthrough! (1/2)
Everywhere was filled with darkness and not even a ray of light could penetrate through it. His body trembled greatly and his eyes were tired, Derik looked exhausted and be could slightly feel his soul fading away. At this point, he realized the consequences of using two techniques his realm was not something he could take likely. He had the same filling as he did when he was killed by the Salvors, empty!.
At this point he began to wonder if he had died again, he remembered Demo's words and shrouded involuntarily in fear! If Demos couldn't return him back to life then he will most definitely fade away. Thoughts of the promises he made to Gerald flashed through his mind and he felt bitter. Not being able to repay Gerald's kindness hurt him more than the fact that he was dead. He slowly drowned in Despair, slowly falling dropped into the darkness in silence until he saw something.
A reddened two pairs of eyes glowing within the darkness, he quickly returned to his senses and prepared himself mentally to do battle until the very end but he felt a familiar aura bursting out of the body of the beast. Its figure slowly appeared and Derik could not help but scream in joy!
”Shadow lurker... What are you doing here?” Derik asked
”After the slave-master pact has been formed, a piece of my consciousness now resides in you, that's how I can sense your thoughts and you can sense mine... My consciousness is linked with yours... Its only natural for us to meet here” The shadow lurker said indifferently...
Derik nodded and quickly stared at another pair of bloodshot eyes which were fixated on him, but unlike the shadow lurker, it looked lifeless, more like a puppet! He moved closer to the being and almost screamed in shock due to what he saw!
This is the Minotaur which he fought not too long ago, his eyes turned gloomy and he slightly felt guilty for robbing this poor beast of its soul, not giving it a chance to find peace even in the afterlife. Suddenly all the hair in his body stood up and he quickly turned around and struck forward with his clenched fist.
Bam! His clenched fist shivered under the powerful grip of the angel of Death. A charming smile lingered on Demo's face as he stared at Derik for a while before speaking
”I see you love toying with your life... You're lucky those people found you... If not you definitely would have died!” Demos said
”Died?... I have the supernatural abilities of a werewolf... My healing capabilities are not low... I never expected combining the power of two silver realm techniques will harm me this much... Even then... It was necessary... I wouldn't have made it through the first level of the dungeon if I didn't use the technique” Derik explained.
His face was ugly, never in his wildest dreams did he think that combining the powers of two silver realm abilities will harm him this much, he thought he would just leave him in a weakened state.
”It is one thing to perform combat techniques higher by a realm, that will simply drain you and harm you and possibly cause internal damages which you can ignore due to your werewolf regenerative abilities... It is also different when you perform multiple combat techniques above your realm simultaneously... Opening the gates of the underworld, taking off your limiters and utilizing the powers of your avatar... That seriously drained you... You were like a husk and even with your wolf side, it will most likely take months for you to return to peak condition... And this time you decided to combine two silver realm combat techniques... If I didn't know better, I would have thought you're trying to get yourself killed! You're courting death and I must say... I'm tempted!” Demos said with a serious face.
Derik may not be aware of the level of damage he has done to his soul, but Demos was aware of this! Pushing one's self to his or her limit and beyond are the only words that can be used to describe what Derik did.
The limiter path simply brings forth all the power in the user, which in turn greatly weakens the user after use but it doesn't push the body beyond its limit which can lead to death. In this case, Derik used all the power in his body and since it was insufficient he unconsciously drew more power from his life force.
Apparently, combining two techniques to create a more powerful variant isn't something anyone can just do. Demos had no idea Derik was capable of this if not he would have warned Derik of this outcome! This kid is more capable than he expected, at this point, he decided not to hold back necessary information's from this kid anymore.
With hints of admiration in his eyes, Demos waved his hand in the darkness and Derik's feeble body was shown suspended in mid-air, inside a human-size water glob.
”You're lucky the elves of Alda were the first to make it through the first level of the dungeon... If it were any other team of the expedition troops... You probably wouldn't be able to survive this time” Demos chuckled.
”Elves? Ain't they worshippers of nature? I'm practically destroyed the moonlight forest when I opened the gateway to the underworld... Shouldn't they have a grudge against me?” Derik scratched his head while he talked.
He failed to understand why the elven race, protectors of the environment and servants of nature would try to save the life of a person he brings forth only chaos and destruction.
”Well they did intend to kill you at first before they realized you have the werewolf ability, unlike humans, Elves don't discriminate against supernatural beings since they are part of nature... I can't say much about it but it seems quite interesting... The bottom line is... You won't at their hands but there is a possibility that they will try to break your link to the death element... That is what you should be worried about” Demos laughed.
He knew if Derik by chance didn't possess the supernatural abilities of a werewolf, these people would have killed him a long time ago. Even though they will try to shatter Derik's link to the death element, Demos wasn't planning to let them succeed so easily. ”