Chapter 35: Chapter 32: Forgive Me…

After a spectacular display of power, Sarie walked over to the rest of the group with little sign of injury. 

Although…. She did seem a little tired. 

“If this chamber follows some of the other patterns, and this is the boss room, we should be able to finally get out of here,” Lyn said while looking at the crater created by Sarie. 

Dalen sighed. 

“Well… let’s just hope she didn’t destroy any mechanisms that allow us to leave....” 

“What she did to the floor was very impressive, I must say,” commented Ethym. 

Alum wasn't sure what he was talking about and sent him a questioning glance. 

“What do you mean… Father,” Alum asked. 

He was a little shy about it, but Emerine insisted he called them Father and Mother. 

A somewhat proud smile crept up his face; it’s nice to finally have a son. He thought. 

Ahem

“You may not have noticed, but did any of your spells deal any significant damage to the surroundings?” 

“.....” 

Now that he thought about it, that surely was the case, wasn’t it? 

“Some ruins are like this, and that’s what makes them worth entering and exploring,” said Emerine. 

“Though, there are some dungeons that operate similarly to ruins.” 

“Right… those get mixed up pretty often, don’t they?”  

Looking at Ethym and Emerine talk to each other in a relaxing manner made Alum feel happy, he wasn't sure why exactly, but it was probably because his parents never spoke. 

(….. The atmosphere is relaxing around these two.) 

He then worried a little. 

(It’s still our honeymoon phase… and I’m not sure we will end up like these two… still, if Ame stops loving me, and we go our ways…. No, I think we will have a healthy relationship that lasts for years to come.) 

“What are you thinking about?” Jan asked. 

“Huh? Oh… about the future?” 

Jan smiled and lightly tapped Alum’s shoulder with his fist. 

“That’s a good mentality.” 

Alum nodded and glanced at Sarie. 

“Exhausted?” Alum asked. 

She let out a small breath and relaxed. 

“A bit.” 

“Hopefully, you didn’t destroy any mechanism that allows us to leave….” Rika said. 

Sarie didn’t say anything… since she did damage the chamber pretty badly despite its astronomically high durability. 

“.... It’s probably fine,” Sarie said while looking away from Rika’s glare. 

“.... Saire, you don’t have much mana left, do you?” Nela asked. 

Sarie shook her head and sighed. 

“... Not a lot, but enough.” 

“..... Okay then. How about you?” 

Rika glanced at Alum. 

“Well… can’t say I used all that much in this fight,” he replied. 

“Oh? Great, we still have absurd firepower.” 

“Huh?” 

Alum was a little confused. 

He was sure that he didn’t use any spectacular spells that made her think he was capable of such destruction. 

“Good eye,” Jua said. 

“Well… I assumed, but now that his own party member says it, it's great news.” Rika sighed with relief. 

“..... You don’t have to worry about injuring anyone, okay?” Nuli reassured him. 

And then continued. 

“After all, we managed to block Sarie’s Spirit Bomb.” 

“Okay….” 

— :::: — 

After the fight, they looked around the champer more freely and collected some of the treasure that hadn’t been incinerated by Sarie. 

After all, the things that hadn’t been destroyed were magic items. And those were the items the researchers were looking for. 

They hoped to discover new tools and ways to use or recreate them. 

“Hmm, this is….” 

As Emerine was pondering her husband, Ethym looked closely at it as well. 

“An artifact….” 

“A big find?” Turen asked the couple. 

“Yes… very much so… but it’s ominous.” Emerine said in a low voice. 

“Hey! Over here!” Someone yelled.

Everyone turned their attention to the voice and walked over. 

It was a keyhole in the shape of a sword. 

“.....” 

“The artifact….” Ethym muttered. 

“Right….” Turen said and looked at the sword in his hand. 

Everyone gathered around and discussed for a while. 

“What do we do?” Jan asked. 

“I’d say it’s the only way out….” Dalen commented. 

“Right…” Keelen said. 

“I… I think we should rest…. Or not….” 

As Lyn said that, the chamber was starting to crumble, and the space around them got strange. 

They all looked at each other and sighed heavily. 

“Right….” came out of Sarah’s mouth. 

“Well, wouldn’t want to get lost in chaotic space now, do we?” Ethym commented. 

Although it was a little strange for them to speak directly to the adventurers, Ethym and Emerine have been doing a lot ever since they announced Alum, their son-in-law…. 

They inserted the sword, and the space around them changed in an instant. 

This was even more bizarre since where they were right now… was a field of flowers and a bright sunny sky. 

And in the middle of this field, they could see a black object in the distance. 

Shivers were sent down their spines as they couldn’t classify the monster's rank. 

From the look of it, it was a ghost armor that emitted so much mana the researchers had difficulty standing. 

“..... So this is the real deal,” Sarah complained. 

And although she complained, she had a grin on her face. 

“Your bad habit is showing….” Keelen said. 

“Oh, shut it!” 

And before anyone noticed, a blade landed in front of them, and the armor was also right in front of them and swung its longsword. 

Sarie and Sarah managed to block the sudden attack, which left anyone unprepared to get blasted away since the shockwave was so strong. 

And despite both Sarah and Sarie parrying the attack, the armor wasn’t knocked back, and its longsword instead went through theirs. 

Shocked by this, they dodge backward only to get lightly cut. 

“..... Shit.” 

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And rightfully so. This thing wasn’t staggering despite the two of them working together. 

Alum and everybody else had regained their footing and activated barriers. 

Keelen and Turen rushed to Sarah’s and Sarie’s side to act as shields, and Nuli and Rika buffed them. 

Lyn activated a barrier around the researchers, that fell unconscious, and Enio stood guard. 

Nela was pretty badly injured, and Jua’s arrows didn’t reach since they would fly their way after she fired them. 

“.... This one is going to be a hassle,” she commented. 

“Seems like projectiles don't work….” Nuli said. 

Alum was healing the more injured people and Emerine and Ethym, luckily, weren’t one of them. 

“Are you two alright?” he politely asked them. 

“... Yeah, Ethym caught me….” Emerine said with a slight blush. 

She felt a little ashamed since this wasn’t the right time to feel embarrassed, but she couldn’t help it. 

“Yeah… I’m fine, although…..” 

He looked over at Sarie and Sarah, who struggled to fend off the armor's attacks. 

Even durable and strong frontliners like Keelen and Turen struggled to defend against it. And the shockwaves could be felt even from this distance. 

“.....” 

Alum pulled out Depth Cutter and drained mana from it. 

His eyes were now shining, and he had a calm look. Emerine and Ethym noticed the change.

““Be safe,”” they said. 

Which snapped Alum out of it, and he turned his head. 

“Thanks,” he said with a soft smile. 

Enhancing his physical capabilities, he dashed toward the armor. 

Although he wasn’t as good with the blade as Sarie or Sarah, he still knew how to fight melee. At least it was better than firing a strong spell only for it to come flying back toward them…. 

Closing in on the armor, Sarie and Sarah looked a little shocked to find Alum going melee. Sarah shortly infused her attacks with strong wind magic and managed to stagger the armor. Sarie followed with a swift blow knocking the armor back.

This created an opening for Alum as he stabbed the armor and blasted it backward, leaving a static electricity trail. 

It sent flower petals everywhere, and through the smoke came a flying projectile. 

Keelen attempted to block the longsword that flew their way and was knocked to the side. And turen, who was right behind him, was pushed back a few meters and stopped the blade. 

He sighed a bit of relief, only to feel shivers down his spine. The armor was right in front of him, and in a swift motion, it blasted Turen up in the air. 

Later raising its blade, immense mana gathered, and dark energy rose, hitting the chamber's ceiling. 

And it slashed in a downward motion.  

“Shit! He will die at this rate!” screamed Sarah. 

She dashed toward the armor as fast as she could, but Sarie blinked beside it and struck its blade, which caused the attack to miss Turen by a small margin. 

Sarah noticed something was wrong with the attack itself and dashed toward Turen, grabbed him, and launched them far away from where the attack was. 

And luckily for them, her hunch was correct. 

The attack had caused a ripple of space which slowly closed, and once the space ripple closed, nothing was left. 

Turen was injured from being blasted into the air and gasped heavily. 

“Thanks….” 

“Hmpf, getting old?” Sarah jokingly asked.

“Oh, shut it, we're the same age!” 

“Well, now you seem lively.” 

Sarie, on the other hand, wasn’t so lucky. After changing the trajectory of the strike, her blade got grabbed, she released her grip and tried to back away, but it was too late. She was kicked in the abdomen and was sent flying.

Her armor broke, and her mana was almost depleted. Luckily, she wasn’t severely injured. Before the attack landed, she poured a considerable amount of mana she had left into the mana armor covering her. 

But her muscles were sore, making it difficult for her to move. 

She looked at the simulated sky and let out a short breath. 

(It seems like big sister will—) 

And before she finished her train of thought, Alum caught her in his arms. 

In her eyes, he looked so reliable, and this was the first time she’d been saved like this. Her consciousness was fading. 

“Thanks…” Sarie said softly. 

“You… should rest.” 

“I can’t but… I can barely move….” 

Alum sighed as he rushed toward the barrier and the others while Keelen and Sarah were distracting the armor. 

“Is she alright?!” Rika cried as Alum got closer. 

“She’s fine, but she’s too exhausted.” 

“I-I see.” 

She was relieved, and so was everyone, but now that their strongest fighter was down, they could only hope that a miracle had happened. 

And as Alum laid her down, Dalen came out of the shadows with an injured Turen. Dalen himself had just regained consciousness and went to Turen and Sarah as fast as he could. 

“..... I’m sorry to say, but….” 

Before he could finish his words, a huge explosive sound could be heard, and Keelen flew toward them. He was still standing but had been roughed up very badly and severely bleeding. 

Sarah, on the other hand, was fighting it with the help of Lyn and Nuli as Rika was healing both Turen and Keelen. 

Jan and Jua now came back and had grim looks on their face. 

While they were fighting the armor, Jua and Jan went off to see if there was a possible exit. But they couldn’t find one. 

Everyone was quiet and judging by how things were. They all knew they were going to die. 

Alum took a deep breath and killed his emotions. 

Emerine grabbed his sleeve and had a sad expression on her face. 

“Don’t…. Don’t go!” she cried. 

It took them all to realize this since they were overly reliant on Sarie and Sarah, but… now that one of them was down and the other fighting for her life, Emerine couldn’t help but feel lost. 

Alum didn’t even look at her, and he closed the distance between him and the armor in an instant. 

Sarah noticed that Alum was approaching and used all the mana she had left to create an opening. 

The instant their blade clashed, a powerful gust of wind lifted the armor and sent it away, and manipulating that wind, she created a powerful vacuum chamber, trapping it and shredding it little by little. 

She fell down on her knees and watched Alum as he passed her. 

(Good luck.) she thought before passing out. 

Around the vacuum chamber, Alum created mirrors and shot a plasma ray at them, letting them bounce and shred the living armor. Even though the plasma rays were powerful, they didn’t do as much damage as he had hoped. 

Realizing his attempt was futile, he created a large [Abyssal Depth] and trapped them in it.

Later Alum emitted so much mana that it filled the whole chamber. 

Suddenly the armor took him more seriously and broke out of Sarah’s vacuum chamber and threw its sword at Alum. 

It pierced through his chest, but he didn’t care as he continued to release an immense amount of mana. 

The armor teleported to its blade and pulled it out of Alum’s body. Still emitting a lot of mana, the armor raised its blade, and before it could strike. 

Alum had a smile on his face. His eyes weren’t glowing anymore. 

Instead… they lost their light. 

The armor realized that it was surrounded by Alum’s [Droplet bombs]. 

It tried throwing its sword away to teleport out of there, but it hit a highly condensed droplet and stopped in the middle of the air. 

“Figured… you can’t use a barrier…. Can you…?” Alum spoke softly. 

It glared at Alum.

“Ame…thely….. For…give, me.” 

Alum lost consciousness, and so did the will that pressured the condensed droplets. 

And as soon as the droplets went off, his barrier instantly blew up due to the explosion's pressure. Now filling the chamber with water of a 5-meters depth and blasting the armor to pieces. 

It still persisted, and the bits and pieces of the armor slowly pieced themselves together as it marched toward the survivors. 

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