Chapter 307 (2/2)

Sure? Price…

The concern it displayed only made Randidly more sure. There was a mental barrier that he had erected, probably unconsciously, between them. With a straining effort, Randidly took that down. The next part was harder. His Soul was self-destructing, his physical body was failing, and Randidly needed to get both of those things to accept the strange being. At the present, he was cut off from all of his skills, so he couldn’t even rely on his broken Inspiration skill to get him out of here. The being would have to accomplish the rest itself

Randidly just smiled wryly. “I’m… pretty helpless here. Can you…?”

Pain… The other promised, worry for him clear in its tone. Laughing, Randidly just shrugged. Pain was passing; death was not.

Sure?

One last time, the being hesitated, but Randidly sensed something different here. Now it did not worry about hurting him, but rather… as far as it could remember, there was just the darkness, and then there was Randidly’s heart. It was… nervous to leave?

Randidly smiled, but it was starting to get strained. He could feel darkness at the edges of his vision even here, in his soul. His life force, so much as it existed…

“Yes, I’m sure.”

Thankfully, the being acted immediately. But Randidly was already fading somewhat. Once more, the darkness claimed him.

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Thea tapped her hammer against her palm, her hands covered in sweat. It was hard to just sit here. According to the Wild Hunter, they would have to act quickly to save David’s life, but immediately after, they had told Thea to wait.

So she had. Almost 10 minutes of waiting, and-

David swayed, and then fell. The aura of pain that filled the air left. Instantly, the Wild Rider leapt up from their sitting position and dashed towards David. Meanwhile, Thea had another quarry.

Chrysanthemum roared, some of Thea’s frustrations bleeding over into the bear, and she raced forward, bounding towards the barely moving monsters. Thea’s eyes burned a hole in the gold skinned one, her hammer gripped tightly. This, apparently, was the Raid Boss. David had held it still and hurt it, stunned it even, but he hurt himself in equal measure. She would need to act before it could recover, or the sacrifice would be for nothing.

It only took about 8 seconds to cover the distance, but it felt like an eternity. Activating Righteous Hammer, Thea leapt off Chrysanthemum’s back, arriving over the golden figure, preparing to strike. But then Thea blinked, then swore.

She had overshot the Raid Boss and arrived at the bronze one. Thea spun around and prepared to strike. Then she froze.

The bronze creature was behind her…. That meant-

She spun around again, and found that the golden Raid Boss was gone, and in its place was a strange mercury bubble, stretching and twisting into long and powerful looking tentacles. The blood drained from Thea’s face. Did she really just mess this up…?

But then an arrow formed, pointing downwards towards the ground. At the same place that Thea had seen the golden Raid Boss had been laying from afar. Thea’s eyes flashed.

Illusion? Ha.

Thea used Quick Strike to move before the opponent could react, bringing it down at the location pointed to by the arrow. There was a strange shudder, and then the monster reappeared, its skin split, strange black blood flowing outward.

Again, Thea used Righteous Hammer, striking the monster again and again, until its head was just a mass of gore. Only then did Thea stop, her chest heaving. Chrysanthemum was behind her, calmly eating the other monsters, swallowing her distaste along with their bodies. Better safe than sorry.

It seemed that the Wild Rider had reached David in time, feeding him a strange potion, so Thea just sat quietly, wrapping her arms around her knees. Although she was used to it, and it got easier, the sight of death…. It still affected her. She was glad, in a way, but it was also hard.

So for now, Thea just sat, letting the rest of them clean everything up.