"That's enough! Pearl Magmal and Mei Magmal, I order you two to stop at once." Marc got in the middle where Mia and Pearl are exchanging death stares and giving out murderous vibes.
Rina tries to pull Mei to a side and calm her down, so Rioul did the same with Pearl, telling him they'll get around this.
...
After a brief minute of silence, Marc gives out a sigh, gathers everyone and gives a speech.
"Okay, I suggest this, Rioul, you bring that powerful item and bury it somewhere outside, don't bury it deep, bury it somewhere we could find if we manage to get out. While that you're still bringing our luggages with you."
"The four of us will go deeper, after you finish burying the thing, try and catch up, and if you see us dead. Run, just run as fast as possible, there's a piece of paper that shows how to contact our relatives in the food compartment."
"If we manage to succeed getting more loot in this dungeon, we at least can make some money, we don't have to sell it and we can think of a way to use it later."
Marc then looks over to everyone else.
"Anyone have any suggestions?"
Meanwhile…
"And that's the story of how the old man became the mayor, ah such delightful memories…"
"Hiek!" Which translates to 'I love your stories grandma!"
The door opens and there, an old man in his 70s with a humpback walks in — took out his coat, hung it and put a bag of cookies on the table.
"Do you happen to know anyone by the name Esmeralda?" He asked.
Miss Chup opened the bag, then gave Esmeralda a bite of cookie.
"No?" She said, a bit confused.
Marc introduced Esmeralda as Veldrielynth, so these two only knew her as Veldrielynth. They have no clue about who Esmeralda is.
'Damn mom, at least tell them my real name too.' She thought, quietly munching on the cookie.
Back to the team again…
"Why is there a demon on the second floor of a castle!" Pearl exclaimed.
As soon as they almost reach the end of the second floor. A winged demon holding an old book was waiting for them.
Demons are like other creatures — they have feelings and thoughts, but as time flies and stigma flew, demons are known for being the ugly of the non-human society. They were born in hatred and being hunted day and night. This demon is a mindless one, living in this dungeon waiting for potential victims, knowing only blood and agony.. Or it's a plot convenience.
"Elemental Spell: High Voltage Electricity!" Mei said, as she swung her staff across and aimed at the demon who was sitting still and staring at them. Her hair stood up and her clothes were getting covered in a purplish light.
"Magic Spell: Beam of Agony." Pearl frowned a bit to try and concentrate, then from the tip of his staff he shot out a white beam that is as big as the demon's head.
"Elves Vision: Heaven Piercing Arrow." Rina's eyes lit up, her hair rapidly swirled as air flew through, the arrow she got charged up is covered with a white/greenish feel. It's impossible to describe. The moment she let go of the arrow, it pierced deep into the demon's skin before a sound could be heard.
"Longsword Move: Void Cut!" Marc pierced the sword towards the demon as it got covered in a dark mist, not like his Divine Slash move, this slice requires less strength and a bit weaker, but it's still a fairly dangerous cut.
All that combined. Did nothing to the demon.
"Wha-" Mei shook her head to fix the stood up hair, then wide opened her eyes in shock.
"Viec...pala...u mak...ka."
The demon opened its book and chanted something almost audible.
"Urg…"
"Ah…"
The four of them all held their head — as they felt as if their mind is burning in pain, their soul is being torture deep inside. The team kneel down, trying to hold in as best as they could.
"We have to go, now or never…" Pearl said as he saw some blood spilled out from his sister's nose. "Look upwards, Mei, don't let it flow out."
"Tch"
In his surprises though, Marc took out a potion from his hip bag, it's a crimson red mixed with some purple colored thin potion.
"Is that… Marc, are you out of your mind!" Rina said, trying to grab the thing from him.
"Rina Wenswood, you remembered "The oath of The Freedom Group" right?"
"Yes, but you're not going to force me to listen to a dumb order!"
Marc stayed silent for a moment, looked at her normally bright eyes which are now turning red from pain.
He then threw his longsword to the ceiling of the dungeon floor and drank the potion.
Consumer: Marc Omal
Potion: Explosive
Effect: Grants the consumer the ability to create explosions from their body or weapon.
Time left: 3 minutes
Marc then pushed Rina away towards Mei and Pearl behind him. Before she could understand what he's doing…
boom
The tip of the sword which was on the ceiling exploded, the part that was in range of the explosion collapsed down and split the team in two. On one side there is Marc and the bored demon, on one side there is the rest of his team, now uneffected by the spell of the demon.
"Marc, you're insane, we're getting out of here! Quick, help me dig this." Mei said, frantically trying to move the rocks in the way, piece by piece. Rina then puts her hand on Mei's shoulder, stopping her.
"The oath of The Freedom Group." She said.
"Our dumb leader… he probably created that just for this situation…"
Meanwhile at Marc's…
Boom
Boom
"Ah...that hurts"
Marc charged at the thing, using both of his hands to create explosions to try and hurt the thing which to no avail. The demon shook its head in disappointment as burnt marks are left on Marc's hand, he can't even pick his sword up.
With little respect left for the brave man, the demon pulled out a big scythe from the book and swung it at Marc.
"I'm sorry Vel, can't buy you the chicken skewer I promised."
Thud
Blood spilled, head fell down to the ground.
"Huh?" Marc looked up to see thr demon head got cut clean in half and fell to the ground. A man is standing next to it.
"Oh, hey Rioul, forgot about you." Marc laughed. "How is outside?"
"See it for yourself." Rioul said, as Marc began to heal up.
Meanwhile outside…
"Come on Pearl, you're the man here, and we're out of tissue." Rina said, wiping some tears off of Pearl's eyes which he tried his best to hold in.
She then looked over at Mei, who was sitting on grass facing the other way, hiccuping.
… Their loss is immeasurable.
"You look like you've seen a ghost." A voice coming from the step of the dungeon, carrying 2 backpacks and a water blob on hand. It's Marc.
"M...Marc?" Rina said, shocked and unable to react.
"You fool! Don't ever do that again." Without a question, Mei immediately wiped her eyes and jumped in to give Marc a hug.
Rina quietly stood by then gave Marc a punch on his shoulder.
"Ouch, what was that for?"
"Pushing me, that isn't something to do towards a woman ya know?"
"Ar...are you a ghost?" Pearl asked, it took him a while to hide his tears from Marc.
"A ghost can't walk, talk and be touched right?" Marc answered while giggling like a girl.
…
One hour later, they arrived back home with a bag full of skewers on hand, not mentioning the backpacks Pearl and Mei are carrying.
"Home sweet home~" Marc happily walks towards the town mayor's house with a chicken skewer on hand, preparing to give it to Esmeralda.
"Miss Chup are you there?" He knocked on the door.
"Oh my heavens… Marc… She's gone, they took her." Miss Chup opened the door, frantically sweating and shaking.
"What are you talking about? Where's Veldrielynth?" Marc said, not dare to think at the worst possible case.
"A group of four… They slammed in and took her! They went to the city."
Marc's eyes wide opened and turned soulless. He dropped his skewer on hand.
"Did they tell you who they are?" Rina who is behind Marc asked. In which she shook her head.
"Miss Chup, take care of our luggages. We're going for Veldrielynth."
"Can we at least call her Esmeralda? I can't pronounce that other word." Rina scratched her head.