ALL NOVEL Chapter 153 “The beginning of chaos” Part 2
Chapter 153
“The beginning of chaos” Part 2
Warning: the last paragraphs of this chapter contain strong scenes that may hurt the susceptibility of some readers.
“Don’t worry about us, we can escape on our own!” The blonde assured her.
Yeah, right! ....That’s why I had to come to your rescue... Kalysto thought with some irony as she nodded her head, preferring to keep her thoughts to herself.
She pursed her lips, and after leaving the set of keys with Rita, Kalysto ran to the end of the corridor where a small window let in sunlight from the top of the wide stone wall separating the last two cells. And she laid both hands on it.
“Earth manipulation!” -She whispered and the wall in front of her turned to dust, drawing an arc as high as she was. Some of the dirt that surrounded that part of the outer walls of the palace slid into the corridor, soiling her clothes and covering her legs with dirt, as she struggled to widen the arch that was barely wider than a doorway and about two meters high. A gap wide enough for them to find a way to climb over the high grassy earthen wall that had not slipped inside. “You guys will have to climb to escape!” She shouted as she watched the light coming through the half meter of space between the arch she had created in the wall and the earthen wall that did not collapse. A gust of wind blew through that space and brushed her face, carrying away the smell of damp, dirt and stale urine for a few seconds.
“Are we supposed to climb that on our own?” Edward grumbled, stepping closer to her and poking his head through the new gap in the wall, looking at the six-foot-high, half-damp earthen wall that hadn’t slid in. Is it safe?
“You’ll have to find out for yourself," Kalysto replied, turning away, tired of playing at babysitting him without pay.
“Aren’t you going to help me? I mean, help us?” questioned the young man, between surprised and annoyed at how uncooperative she had become with him in the last month.
Why does he always have to be so dependent?
“I have more important things to do," she replied, turning her back on him.
And you have a much better chance of surviving on your own than Katia! she thought as she headed towards the end of the corridor and turned left. As Koden and Rita finished freeing the rest of the heroes and then headed towards the exit Kalysto had created. “Stealth!” She whispered, and her body became completely invisible.
As she advanced cautiously, Kalysto enlarged the map, observing the corridors free of red dots, and chose a route that seemed the safest to rescue her.
The problem was that when she got there, what awaited her was a huge wall with no door.
And she wasn’t the only one who seemed to want to get inside.
Potions master Erlhas Rakcys was also there.
Wrapped in an old robe, the seventy-year-old was grunting and ranting against the wall at the end of the lonely corridor that led to another hallway, turning to the right.
Inspection! She thought.
[Name: Erlhas Rakcys
Race: Human
Class: wizard
Level: ??
HP: 97,000/97,000
PM: ????/?????]
Kalysto frowned at the lack of information that the system was giving her and as a precaution, she decided to move back a couple of meters and hide behind a column.
“I know there’s something there!... No one would waste time setting up a magical barrier if there was nothing to hide or protect!” Erlhas growled at the cold stone wall barely illuminated by a pair of torches while the blaring of horns echoed throughout the place, announcing the entrance of the enemies inside the castle. And announcing the entrance of the enemies into the castle. I don’t have time for this! -With his hands clenched into fists and his brow furrowed, the old man turned around and then stopped suddenly.
His head turned in the direction in which Kalysto was hiding, with a frown on his face.
The wizard took a couple of steps toward her, causing the saintess’s heart to trot wildly against her chest and she pressed her body against the wall, fearing to be discovered.
But the horns sounded again, leaving little space between one sound and another, announcing something in a code that Kalysto did not know how to interpret but that made the old man’s face lose the little color it already had and began to run towards the corridor on the right as if his life depended on it.
Forgetting about her completely.
With her eyes fixed on her map, Kalysto waited until the red dot that symbolized him was far enough away for it to be safe for her to venture out of her hiding place.
And when she was sure it was, she exhaled, letting out all the air she had been holding for fear of being discovered, and approached the great stone wall that seemed to be the only obstacle between her and the young Katia.
Sense of mana! She thought, extending it a couple of meters further and noticing the large protective barrier the old potionist had been talking about. Along with something her map hadn’t told her.
Katia was not alone.
A shiver ran down her spine and the feeling that something was not right seized her.
Her heart raced, and her palms began to itch.
She immediately switched to the inventory tab and pulled out a mana crystal. And a violet window appeared before her.
[Does the user wish to absorb this mana crystal?]
[YES/NO]
Yes! she thought, wishing she could speed up the process and get rid of the pressing sense of doom that was growing stronger and stronger in her chest and running through her guts.
[Congratulations! The user has acquired 5500 MP!]
“Dispel Ezhil! Dispel Ezhil! Dispel Ezhil!” she whispered as she concentrated on projecting her mana as far as she could, despite being less than five centimeters away from the barrier that began to crack. “Dispel Ezhil! Dispel Ezhil! Dispel Ezhil!” She conjured again, needing to hurry and get Katia out of whatever danger she was in.
Slowly the silhouette of a door began to be drawn where before there was only a simple stone wall and without any ceremony, Kalysto again pulled the Minotaur’s mace from her inventory and kicked the door hard, peeling it off the frame and throwing it a couple of meters further.
What she found inside, however, turned her insides inside out.
Causing her to drop the mace from her hand as she watched with absolute terror the disgusting scene unfolding inside the opulent room finely decorated with chandeliers and various objects of pure gold.
An elegant double bed was the only thing that seemed to be spotless while on the cold marble floor, dozens of bodies of naked women and elves lay on the blood-stained floor.
Each of the bodies had had its heart removed.
And in the back of the next chamber, which was surrounded by another barrier, on what appeared to be a ceremonial marble altar surrounded by candles, the body of the young archer was lying on the altar, her wrists tightly bound and her naked body covered with bruises. While King Medhas, half covered with an elegant robe embroidered with gold threads, held her tightly by the thighs.
With his hips almost as bare as Katia’s.
And Kalysto’s mind snapped at that moment.
[The skill ‘Mental Defense’ has been deactivated.]