"Ouch!" Bell received a hard blow to the wrist from him. "That hurts Aiz-san."
"..." The blonde's response was to kick her chest.
"It hurts! I'm sorry, I won't make fun of you again!"
Bell could only watch in disbelief as she crossed her arms and puffed out her cheeks. "A-Are you pouting?"
"Hmmp!"
"That's cute..." Bell said quietly but Aiz could hear it, the blonde's ears turning red. "W-well you give me lap pillows... so I thought I could do the same. Sorry, I won't do it again." Bell lowered his head with a small bow.
Aiz puffed out her cheeks before sighing. "...I actually liked it...but it's embarrassing." She lowered her head with red cheeks.
Bell smiled awkwardly, "I-I know the feeling."
Aiz nodded. "You said you learned magic, right? Show me."
Bell nodded. "My brother Timer said it would be difficult for me to control her."
"...When? Didn't you wake her up last night? Did he also escape to the dungeon to use magic?..."
"Tim wouldn't do something so stupid... well... he said it today."
"I see... show me then."
"Ancient spheres, intertwine your power."
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In Ryuu's life, although short for an elf, he had lived long enough to meet many types of people. Right now, in front of her was one of the types of people she used to detest in her youth. But at the same time...
Ryuu was learning what envy was.
In her life she had experienced many negative emotions, one of them was self-hatred for not being powerful enough to save her family years ago.
That time she was useless and her family died, despite putting in so much effort in training, sweat, tears and a lot of blood to gain strength. That was what people like her did, people who were not part of that select and exclusive group called Talented. Some called them geniuses, others classified them as prodigies, people with potential who were not the same as normal people.
She belonged to the normal people, those who really had to put in the effort, she remembered that time when her magic showed up, she needed days and days of training to be able to use it fully in a battle.
And of course, in front of her was a Prodigy, a genius, a talented man, a boy with ridiculous potential. But, while this boy was talented, he did not fall into one of the biggest flaws that geniuses presented, he was not arrogant, nor did he mock his abilities.
Timer was a strange boy, in his first training she hit him hard to test if he would withstand the training, the blow connected and almost knocked him unconscious, but he got up and when she tried to do it again, well, that blow didn't work again. .
A few hours later, she noticed that he was copying her movements, which must be impossible due to the difference in level. For the first time in her life she understood what Alise meant when she said that her movements are: Like those of a fairy.
He understood when he saw Timer moving around imitating his movements.
It was on that same day that I went from barely resisting his attacks to memorizing and countering them, I went from being an ordinary Lv1 adventurer to climbing the highest and Ryuu couldn't be more impressed.
This boy in front of her was one of those who were born with talent, but more than that, he was a genius among geniuses. Ryuu hadn't seen the brother fight, but he doubted that Bell Cranel would be able to do the same. And if somehow these brothers were both geniuses, she would be very afraid to know who these two are descendants of.
With that in mind she observed her student, so far he had heard every one of her fleeting corrections, every word she told him about the Dungeon even though he wasn't enthusiastic about it, he heard every word.
Ryuu remembered that once she asked him the reason for coming to Orario, he, to her surprise, told her how being an adventurer didn't matter to him, to which Ryuu asked what motivated him and his answer was one that she had already heard: It was for my brother.
The love that Timer professed for Bell was returned, that anyone could see, from the few times he had seen the interactions between the twins showed that Timer was the responsible brother, always looking out for Bell, who was much more reckless.
Taking care of his family was the reason Ryuu agreed to train him, and so far that reason seemed to be enough to motivate him.
What had been afflicting Ryuu for quite some time was not just his talent, what didn't let her relax with him, it was the enormous and inhuman amount of talent. What he had was not normal, she had only ever seen it in a person.
Ryuu wanted to slap himself for a thought that came to his mind, but it was undeniable that they were similar, their hair, their look, their talent, everything about him reminded him of that woman... of Silent, that woman that normal people as she called, the embodiment of talent.
It was almost two hours ago when this boy had a hard time moving the spheres but now...
"Geniuses will always be geniuses. Truly... what a tricky existence." It was what she thought.
Ryuu dodged in the air a sphere that threatened to hit her, she quickly pushed off the wall as quickly as possible, her cape was caught by the attraction caused by the sphere. His senses told him that he should go down and so he did, just where he moved a slash from a knife appeared threatening to cut her.
"Fire-!"
From above a hand wanted to set her on fire. She kicked Timer's arm from midair so that the direction of the fire beam failed, only for a repulsion wave to send her flying into a wall.
"Did he just feint me?"Ryuu spun in the air and landed on his feet on the wall. It was only a second that the elf needed to scan the terrain. During that second Timer was already on her and came with a black sphere in front of him, the sphere was launched like a projectile.
Ryuu cocked his head to the side, the sphere passed through the wall, and as quickly as it came the sphere came out of the hole and began another attack.
The force of attraction tried to take her away once more but this time Ryuu narrowed her eyes in frustration. 'He's only a Lv 1... but he doesn't fight like a Lv1!
"Geniuses should not be arrogant." Ryuu sentenced
And with those words Timer knew he lost.
Contrary to expectations, Ryuu jumped in the direction of the sphere and with the sharp side of the sword she split it in two.
"W-what!- Argh." Timer groaned as the blunt edge hit him like a sledgehammer in the chest.
"And to finish". As Timer lay dying Ryuu moved to the colorless spheres and broke them with ease.
"T-Trap *Cough*, you used *Cough* the sharp side"
"I never said I wouldn't do it."
"How did you break them so easily?" Timer asked from the ground.
"You must have already noticed their change in color, that is due to their condition, when they are black their resistance increases and you can use them, but after use they become colorless and fragile, it is in this recharge phase when it is easier to break them "Normally only a Lv 2 could cut it like what I did and when they are recharging I would say they are as hard as glass. But in idle period I would say only a Lv 3 could cut them."
"... I see".
"Be proud, your magic is strong. Remember that I am a Lv4, take heart. Progress is not achieved so quickly, and you, Cranel-san, are frustratingly talented."
"I keep losing."
"Like I said before, I'm a Lv 4 and you're only Lv1. Which I'm starting to doubt you are because of how you move."
Timer let out a sigh and stood up, "Let's go again."
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Two pairs of ruby eyes met and smiled painedly.
"You look horrible" Bell said with a smile, he tilted his head when he noticed that Timer was wearing different clothes, he could have downplayed it but the lack of armor stood out. "Why aren't you wearing armor, wait! I forgot to take you where Eina-san told me! If we tell Lili she will probably accompany us- Ouch"
"Don't be scandalous, look." Timer quickly pulled out his knife and cut his forearm.
"What are you doing!" Bell shouted in concern when he noticed that he was not cut, he grabbed his brother's arm and looked at the cloth.
"I've told you many times that I don't like feeling heavy, and Ryuu-san suggested this to me. Although I have to admit that it suits me." Timer said, flexing his arm, his forearms were protected by gray protectors, his gray vest was also comfortable and the black shirt he was wearing was sleeveless but with a turtle neck. Timer snorted. "What if I look horrible?" You do it too, We're twins, silly." That twin let out a groan as he sat up.
Bell, for his part, laughed lightly as he sat down next to her. "Then I should say it suits us, but I prefer this type of armor to those clothes, I don't think I would feel safe in that." He grimaced and rubbed his abdomen. "My stomach hurt too much today, Tim. Ryuu had no mercy, right?"
Timer rolled his eyes. "You have no right to complain, are we going to talk about how my mind suddenly went blank? Did they hit your head too much, should you tell him that if he hits you there too much he will burn one of your two neurons?"
Bell punched Timer's arm. "That was offensive, according to our deal I can hit you for that." Bell puffed out his cheeks. "Today has been a beautiful morning, I trained with Aiz Wallenstein and she gave me a-" Bell put his hands to his mouth, he cursed himself for being so talkative, he looked out of the corner of his eye at his brother who I was already smiling."
"He gave you what?"
"It's no big deal!"
Timer rolled his eyes. "Oh, come on. Did she kiss you or something?"
Bell blushed like a tomato. "Of course not! It was just a lap pillow! It's still too early for that..."
Timer looked him in the eyes, blinked slowly, and said, "Was that just it? How boring."
"Why are you like that... she did it when she fell unconscious and... I was very embarrassed" Bell's head seemed to be emitting smoke, he covered his face with his hands as he remembered, a smile crept onto his face.
"Shame? But you've already kissed someone."
Bell's eyes widened in shock, his mouth hanging open in disbelief. "But that was your fault! I-I wasn't ready and that girl from the village-!..."
"What are you talking about, Timer-sama, Bell-sama?"
Timer moved his eyes to see Liliruca standing in front of them. Bell was startled at the sight and her mind collapsed.
"Ahhhhh!"
"Do not scream". Timer punched Bell on the shoulder.
"Huh? You both look tired." Lili said as she looked at the bruises on her arms, she extended her small hand to touch Bell. The response was a moan of pain. "What are you guys up to?!
Timer stood up and started walking, Bell and Lili followed him "Bell is a masochist who likes to get hit, and his girlfriend knocks him out to put his head between her thighs, and that's not all the-." Timer said it with such a serious face that both Bell and Lili blushed.
Bell, with his head about to explode, screamed and pushed Bell. "TIMER"
"Hey!"
"Wh-wh-that B-Bell-sama that's true!?"
"NOOO"
Timer laughed to himself as he watched his brother make excuses.
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12TH FLOOR
Lili watched as Bell stabbed the last remaining Orcs. For a few minutes they had been fighting a herd of these monsters. The surprising thing was that one after another they began to be eliminated by the twins as if they were goblins.
'And to think they've only been there for about 2 weeks. Bell-sama and Timer-sama are amazing.' Her eyes returned to the knives, so powerful that they cut through the monsters like butter.
She remembered how just a couple of days ago she planned to rob them, her memories wandered to what happened in the alley, how Bell held her hand, how Timer went to confront her torturing family and finally how they took her into their home.
The Hestia family was not a millionaire, they barely had a home in ruins. But they opened the doors of that home to her.
He would never think about betraying these twins again.
"Hey, Liliruca. You will join our families, Hestia-sama approved." Timer said abruptly.
Lili froze on her feet. 'What had he said'.
Bell looked at him reproachfully, "Why are you like that brother, it sounds like it's an order, have a little tact." The kinder twin shook his head and looked towards Lili. "This... Timer and I talked about it with the goddess and, mmm well... if you like you can join our family."
"W-what"
"Maybe the dialect we use isn't working..." Timer said absently.
"TIMER! Why are you being so annoying today?"
"Nothing specific... Well, what do you say, Liliruca."
Lili looked uncertainly, her hands trembled, her eyes flashed with excitement. "Why?"
"What a stupid question-." Timer's eyes met Bell's who was giving him a judging look. "You know more about the dungeon than we do, although Bell and I could go down alone, thanks to you we can go in peace."
"You have helped us a lot Lili, a few days ago we didn't even know about the poison that some monsters caused but you told us, when waves arrive you are the one who organizes us." Bell said recapping her help in the dungeon.
To Lili's ears those were superficial reasons, any other support could fulfill those functions.
This time Timer was the one who spoke. "But all that doesn't matter to us, the main reason we want you to come is because you are suffering, you are unhappy, your family takes advantage of you. And if you don't come with us all that will continue to happen, what will happen when your family thinks That bothering you is no longer fun for them, what's next?
Lili understood it, she really did, she wasn't stupid but she knew that nothing was simple.
"The captain of my family will not let me go..."
"Then let me help you with that but you have to ask me, tell me you want to move on, tell me you want to leave this life of a thief behind. Join our family, overcome this dark stage of your life. The decision is up to you."
Bell, for his part, remained silent this time.
Lili clenched her fists, maybe everything was so easy.
Before he continued, Timer looked around, "Bell, how many minutes has it been since a monster appeared?"
Bell's eyes widened, the kindest white haired man in the family looked at his brother, Bell understood one thing, Timer might not know the exact reason, it could be that someone further down was simply destroying the monsters but Timer would have ruled it out thanks to your good ear. No, this meant danger, Timer's intuition was never wrong, he had never failed, at least not in his 14 years of life.
Bell quickly took Lili's hand and ran towards the center of this 10th floor room, Timer quickly followed, the twins standing back to back covering Lili.
Each one prepares, Bell carefully watched the 3 entrances to this section of the 11th floor while Timer watched the entrance to the 12th floor, if something happened, it was better not to go down any further.
"Bell, I hear footsteps, they are around the 9th floor, they are coming here, there are many of them, rule that out, they are already on the 10th, it is probably a herd and they are coming through the 3 paths... they are coming in, they are small."
Lili listened to the description, her head thought over and over again "The only monsters that group together like this are... killer ants! Mr. Timer, when a killer ant is injured it sends a signal for help that attracts more, Their signal is like screeching! There must be some ant on this floor that is attracting them!"
As Lili said that, dozens of spiders began to enter.
Timer's senses scanned every point in the room. His eyes narrowed, 20 meters away from the wall he heard faint sounds. "He ran towards it immediately. There was nothing there, but he heard her there, following his instincts he took his knife and stabbed it into the ground, an instant later he He heard the crack of a magic stone. "They buried a killer spider here, I hear more... this is a damn trap-."
Timer turned his head towards the entrance to the 12th floor, something big was entering... "Bell something-"
BOMB
Timer was thrown against the wall, his eyes were bewildered at the time he was thrown. "Huh? In bewilderment his body collided resoundingly."Arhg!"
Timer raised his head in confusion, how did he not see the attack coming? The Orcs were not that fast, his red eyes looked confused at the monster responsible, a damn pink dragon.
A Wyvern.
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"Bell-sama, Orcs are being born, there are many of them, be careful." Lili ran without knowing where, what she had to do was not get in the way, she positioned herself right in the center of this room. "If I go with Bell-sama the spiders can attack me and he will have to protect me, I must go with Timer-sama-"
Before Lili's eyes, Timer's body crashed against the wall, Lili looked at the cause with trembling eyes. "Ww-wyverns, but h-how did they get here." Unfortunately, that dragon monster was not the only one that managed to reach this floor.
"If these came... the ones from the 13-15th floor could also get here." Lili knew from experience that when monsters came up, only the strongest ones did so.
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"Timer!" Bell had been keeping the spider monsters on the sidelines when he noticed what happened to his brother, immediately his blood ran cold, he watched as from the entrance of the 13th floor several monsters were entering. "M-monsters of the middle floors..." Eina briefly talked about them but now there were many who entered this section.
They were surrounded, spider monsters and even Orcs were no problem for the twins when compared to the 2 Wyverns, 3 Hellhounds, 2 Silverbacks and 1 Lygerfangs that arrived. This seemed like a bad joke, what were these monsters doing here!
"Careful! Bell-Sama!"
Bell realized his mistake when a War Shadow who shouldn't be here tried to cut him down.
"Firebolt"A beam of fire hit the shadow and destroyed it, Bell looked at his brother who had gotten up and... was angry. "Bell, he finishes off those spiders, don't be late! And take care of Liliruca!."
"Timer." Bell nodded, between the lines his brother said this: I need your help, come as quickly as you can. This albino wouldn't have time to play.
There were so many spiders that I couldn't count them, not to mention at least 20 Orcs. His palm extended in front of the hundreds of killer ants, and this time it was his turn to shout: "FIREBOLT!"
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Timer blocked the attack of the Lygerfang with his knife, this was a monster similar to a lion, and although Timer had never seen a lion in his life, he could only compare it to a very large cat with a mane. The thing is that this was a particular cat, it was one that was born from the 15th floor onwards, a very strong damn monster.
Timer tried to resist against the claws but realized that he surpassed him in strength. The monster was dragging him with its force.
He was surprised when an attack tried to hit him from above, he quickly jumped back, the lion was hit by the force of the blow but the Lyngerfang was still unharmed. Timer almost laughed when he noticed that a Silverback was here.
This time Timer jumped up to his height and slashed.
There was a difference from the last time, that time he did not try to attack because he did not have a weapon to do so, this time he had his knife, the gift of his goddess. And, as if the weapon confirmed it, he lunged and ended up cutting off the Silverback's arm.
The Wyvern that hit him at the beginning tried to catch him in the air. Lv1 adventurers would have been devoured, but not Timer Cranel. With this small window of time, Timer raised his free arm and chanted, "Firebolt."
The shot did not go towards the monster, instead, the recoil moved Timer's body downwards, a distance at which the Wyvern's teeth barely grazed his chest, and, still in the air, Timer used the reduced distance between him and the monster. Wyvern to cut his throat.
Timer watched in the air as the Wyvern crashed into the silverback, both growling at each other. Timer was grateful for that, the fact that they didn't know how to work together was what kept him alive.
"ROAAAAAA!"
Timer landed, and from there he knew that this fight would not be easy, the cut was not deep enough to kill him, and worse still, the Lyngerfang was already behind him.
Timer took a deep breath, and waited for the onslaught. The Lygerfang on her side extended her paw ready to split in two. Using the moment where the Lygerfang left the ground, Timer slid across the ground, with one hand he slashed the belly and with the other he shot: "Firebolt."
Not content with that, Timer got up and at the moment where he roared in pain, he jumped on his head and stuck the knife in one of his eyes while with his other hand he shot again. "Firebolt! Firebolt!" Two point-blank attacks resulted in temporary blindness.
Timer smiled, if he kept this up he could hold out long enough for Bell to finish off the Orcs.
His smile didn't last long when he heard a strange noise. Like the sound of a fishing rod picking up line.
"Timer-Sama, to your right! Dogs can breathe fire!"
Thanks to Lili he was able to see them before they fired, he was about to jump to the side when:
"OOOOoooooooooooo"
His body trembled in bewilderment, his sense of balance was totally lost, and when he noticed it, the ground was getting closer to his face. "Huh?"
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"T-Timer-sama!" Lili's eyes widened in understanding when she noticed the bat monster flying overhead. "A bad bat... its sound waves in addition to the damage cause loss of concentration, but Timer-sama's hearing is so good that... it was a fatal attack."
Lili watched helplessly as the Hellhounds fired. She closed her eyes not wanting to see the end but.
"FIREBOLT, FIREBOLT, FIREBOLT, FIREBOLT"
Bell fired consecutively, the first two stopped the attack, the next two hit the dogs, their attack did not destroy the Hellhounds, but it gained time, in that period Timer had already moved.
Lili let out a sigh of relief, which was overshadowed by the attacks of two Orcs against Bell. She avoided the first, but not the second, the Orc's weapon grazed her arm, but not enough to be fatal.
This battle was not going well, this was the way of the dungeon, no matter how strong the monsters are, she was sure that individually both Timer and Bell could finish the fight 1v1, but not when faced with incessant attacks.
She needed to do something, help, if she had to help, Time had looked for the cause of the ants and found it. But that didn't explain the number of Orcs.
They must have been objects that attracted monsters, "I have to find them."
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Timer felt horrible.
It was thanks to that little second that Bell bought him that he wasn't incinerated by the Hellhound's flamethrower.
His senses are atrophied, his hearing was ringing in his head, his balance was non-existent, the only thing that worked was his vision. Only thanks to that was he able to dodge an assault from the Wyvern, or so he believed, his fangs were avoided, but not his tail.
The dragon's limb hit him like a cannonball, sending him rolling on the ground, completely exposed to the attacks of the other monsters.
With his blurred vision he noticed how more Bat bad were about to scream.
"LEAVE IT ALONE!"
The wave of Bad bats was reduced to ashes when an explosion was created in the air, this time it was not his brother but Lili who saved him.
Lili of all people used a magic item to save him...
But what took all his attention was how the Lyngerfang along with one of the Wyverns were heading towards Bell. "This is bad-". The Wyvern he hit was not happy and went for him again. "I do not have time for this". He shook his head to reorient himself.
He blocked the fangs with the knife, and with his left hand he shot a fireball straight towards his mouth.
Whether it was effective or not, Timer ran towards Lili, picked her up and ran in the direction of Bell. He threw Lili to the side but far enough away that it would take a while for the monsters to arrive.
-Bell, together- From his mental link he transmitted those words, which were answered by a feeling of acceptance.
Bell ran at the Lyngerfang, his knife ready to attack, but he stepped aside and ran in the direction of the Wyvern, the feint was effective dodging the lion, Bell came face to face with the Wyvern, before impact the monster's arm was cut by Timer.
With their right flank now exposed, both brothers said at the same time: Firebolt!
The impact brought out the core. It was there when the lion decided to attack, the Lyngerfang's claw impacted the Wyvern, destroying its core and turning it into ashes.
Timer looked pleased at her victory after having guided the Dragon in the direction of the lion attack, one less, the other Wyvern remained but there was no time to rest, the Lyrgerfang was behind Timer once again. Timer looked with his red eyes at the orcs, big and strong, but not enough to hold out against him and Bell. If he cleaned up the spiders and all the clutter, the fight against the strong monsters would be easier.
-Tim, we have to retreat, the monsters on the upper floors are too strong!-
-I already thought about it, Bell. But the problem does not come with the monsters, if we both fight against the Orcs and spiders we will go out to the 11th floor, Lili already destroyed the artifacts that attract monsters, but the problem comes when we find the cause of the traps-
-Tell me your plan, Tim-
-...You must buy me a minute, defend me and Liliruca while I use Inanis Esphaera, I tested its power with Ryuu-san, it is more than enough to kill everyone except the Lyngerfang-
-I understand-
-It's dangerous, Bell. I myself lasted a short time against all of them-
-I would never expect to be as good as you, Tim. But if it's just a minute... then let me take care of you, then you will save us. I trust you brother-
They both looked at each other, like every time Timer looked into those bright red eyes identical to his own but yet so different, he found the fire of determination making them shine like never before. With a smile, which Bell quickly returned, they both agreed.
With that the brothers ran towards Lili, Timer grabbed her and said: "Listen, stay behind me, if you can support Bell with your crossbow then do it. Don't let any monster catch you. Now, Bell. Here.
Timer threw his knife at him, perhaps with both in his hands he could resist longer, he needed a minute, just a minute to finish the song.
Before Lili knew how to respond, the singing began.
Ancestral spheres, intertwine your being.
Timer chanted as fast as he could, he was focused, any mistake in the chant would cause a will-o'-the-wisp, and in such a long spell... the explosion would doom them all.
Bell, for his part, gulped when he looked at his enemies, the Lyngerfang, despite the blindness, was still just as dangerous, his eyes were on the monsters that his brother wounded, a Silverback was missing one of its arms, and the Wyvern was bleeding. of the neck, even the Lyngerfang only depended on its other senses for now.
'I can handle this'
Concentrated forces, power give birth,Fragmented void,
The monsters offered no more time. The two Silverbacks were the first to arrive. The Silverback ran with his paws, jumping, raised his arm and slammed him to the ground.
Bell narrowly avoided the blow, "Firebolt! Firebolt!" Two bolts of fire hit the white gorilla's head, doing little to stop him.
Spirit guides them, my soul shapes them. His will at my disposal.
"Careful, Bell-sama!"
"whaaaa!" Bell turned his head, only to find the Wyvern in front of him, he tried to cover himself with the knives, but, helplessly, the Wyvern dug its claws into him.
The white armor cracked like glass and broke into pieces. Blood began to flow from his chest, there were light lines on his chest. Bell knelt down in pain. The white-haired man gritted his teeth tightly and stood up.
A flurry of arrows bounced uselessly off the Wyvern's scales.
Bell tightened his grip and slashed at the Wyvern, which parried the attack with its claws.
Through the echo of this song, the nine fragments of a whole, the very essence of that whole in each fragment
"B-bell-sama, a monster is coming"
Bell stopped applying force and ran to where the silverback was, with all his strength he stabbed his knives into the back of its neck, and before he knew it, the one-armed silverback's head fell to the ground.
He couldn't let out his breath when he noticed how one of the Hellhounds was aiming its fire at Timer, taking it to fatal levels. His body moved to where the wolf was, he plunged the knife under the jaw, as he closed the firing point, an explosion occurred. explosion, the Hellhound exploded but at the same time Bell was hit.
Solid as steel, born to bring triumph.
"*COUGH* *COUGH." Bel coughed, touched her side, her shirt turned to pieces and dust from the explosion, she took large gulps of smoke, catching her breath.
'I can not anymore...'
His chest was beating like a drum.
'Come on, get up!'
From the corner of his eye he met the Lyngerfang's attentive gaze, its eyes focused on him, he had already regained his sight!
The shape changes as chaos conjures,A gale of annihilation, around whirling,
As if it were a bull, that Lyngerfang launched into a charge.
Unable to get out of the direction of the attack in time, Bell was tackled.
"GUHHH!"
Bell felt his ribs give way under the attack.
"UFFF, HAaaa- Arghh." Bell tried to force air into his lungs only to end up dying.
The Inanis Esphaera, the power of the gods released.
Bell's legs didn't respond, nor did his body. He watched the Lyngerfang's attack again with determination, "It's not time yet!"
But in the end, nothing changes reality, and when the Lyngerfang was a meter in front of him with its paw extended...
"NOOOO"
Lili, once again saving them, pushed him out of the attack.
Everything, to take the worst part, Lili's body fell collapsed on the ground, her backpack and all her objects were scattered, leaving a mess.
Bell watched this helplessly. "L-lili, LILI!"
Concentration and intonation come together in my voice.Ancestral spheres, fragments, their power unfolds, The end of all form, the echo of this song contains.
'I'm useless! I only had a job to do!'
Ignoring all the pain, Bell ran with all his strength against the Lyngerfang, the monster received him with a slap that he barely avoided. With all the strength he had at this moment Bell stabbed his knives into the monster's side, and with that he said: FIREBOLT, FIREBOLT, FIREBOLT, FIREBOLT." The knives cut into the flesh, and upon coming into contact with the magic, they became Red Hot.
Thus, the song comes to an end, the magic dissipates, and as at the beginning, Fragments form the whole,
Being so close, the Lyngerfang took the opportunity to sink its teeth into Bell's shoulder. "RAHHHH!", "You won't touch her!" Pain flooded him but that didn't stop the white-haired man, 'My right arm feels weak.'
Bringing the knives up he stabbed them into the monster's neck. His courts no longer had as much power, but his desperation revitalized him. "FIREBOLT!"
'My eyes see blurry...'
Bell's arms were dangling. Her red eyes turned to the dying lion. "Firebolt, firebolt, firebolt, firebolt... FIREBOLT!, Fire-"
"BELL-SAMA, he's already dead, stop"
Bell's vision focused for a moment, the lion burning with fire. It was his victory.
The legend is recordedin the genkai, in time that advances she will be remembered. The magical power is eternal, it is demonstrated in each verse.
Bell's eyes went to the ground, his eyelids felt heavy... 'The orcs are approaching, one of the Hellhounds remains, the Silverback, the other Wyvern is still there. The dungeon tries to kill us at all costs!'
The monsters gradually approached the badly injured Bell.
They didn't come sooner, they waited patiently for him to wear out before coming.
This song ended
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Bell had reached his limit, and Timer saw that. He needed to move, he needed to sing faster.
This song ended
Before his eyes, the Wyvern took advantage of the situation to attack him, this time, Bell fell to his knees waiting for the imminent attack. 'NO!'
I wouldn't finish the song on time.
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"Is there a way to avoid will-o'-the-wisps? Riveria-Sama."
"Beginner magicians must be defended by their party, if the magician does not move and perform the chant correctly, everything should work out. But good magicians are capable of concurrent chanting, which is being able to perform chants while you move , those who master it do not need to be taken care of. The drawback is that its difficulty is similar to carrying a grenade in your hands and you must time the exact moment when to release the songs, if you lose concentration everything is over."
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'if it's just the last verse!'
Deciding to try, Timer ran.
"Present"
He was totally unarmed but I wouldn't let him die. He wouldn't let his brother die.
Putting aside any kind of logic, tactics or strategy, Timer simply slammed his body into the monster using his shoulder.
"Because for a moment"
The Wyvern's target shifted towards Timer.
The white-haired man dodged the first blow.
"This everything"
The Wyvern spun around planning to hit him with its tail, Timer raised both arms and covered himself. His arms hurt, but his chest would be fine.
Timer had already experienced that movement. With a big smile, Timer held the tail.
"It will be made up of fragments... INANIS ESPHAERA!"
A great light emerged, which was followed by a great darkness, 4 spheres appeared on his back, no words were needed when one of them changed shape into a triangle, the next thing that happened was that triangle went through his head and He came out from under the Wyvern, in a short distance the magic stone was destroyed.
The Wyvern turned into ashes.
The triangle became a circle again and became colorless.
Timer looked at all the monsters around him, raised his right hand, another of the black spheres rested there, his eyes narrowed: "It's time to put an end to this."
The sphere detached itself from his hand and traveled through the air.
The first victim was that Silverback, and before he knew it his feet left the ground, the monster was dragged into the attraction range, the next was the Hellhound.
The monsters increased until they reached critical mass.
Timer saw that, his response was to further increase the mana supplied, the result: One after another began to turn into dust when his magic stone could not withstand the pressure.
One after another, be it spiders taking refuge, the cowardly demons that refused to come out, or the Bat bads that were flying overhead, all were captured and suffocated until they burst.
It happened again and again until the entire room was cleaned.
Timer fell to his knees, 'I underestimated my own magic, comparing it against Ryuu was not the right choice... If only I didn't have such an exaggerated drain, my mind feels clouded, and I've only used two of them.'
"But, everything will be fine now."
"I wouldn't count on it, would I? It burns."
"..."
It was at this point in his life that Timer discovered that the creatures of the Dungeon were not the only monsters, for in fact, humans might be the real monsters. "W-what." Timer stuttered in disbelief.
Little by little more men entered the room.
"You didn't think you'd get away with it, did you? Attacking our people has consequences!"
Timer didn't bother to look at his face, but his stunned eyes were on the stand, his fists clenched.
"This is what will happen to you! It will happen to your brother and it will happen to your goddess!"
That man raised a sword, a sword stained with blood. Blood of the support called: Liliruca Arde.
That girl they had met recently but he and his brother decided to make her part of their family.
The girl's eyes showed no signs of life, because this man had pierced her with that sword.
The men were laughing, everyone was laughing.
And for Timer, only one thing mattered: Liliruca Arde had died.
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I wasn't going to update this story further, but suddenly inspiration came to me, the next chapter will be in: The love of a father.