"Okay, I think I know the strategy to get out of this predicant,"
And that was to continuously use [Apocolyptic Weapon Swing] and [Forbidden Magic: Hers] over and over again.
…
"HUFF HUFF HUFF… These things won't let up," I mutter to myself before checking my status once again.
[HP: 691/700 MP: 71/500 SP: 42/500]
Judging from how long I've run, I'm almost back to the room, but the space between us is getting tighter even with this new strategy… seriously, phasing through walls… that's so bullshit…
My new strategy worked for a while until I looked back after a few minutes and saw that the wave of gargoyles was basically right in my face once again.
I continued to do the sa strategy repeatedly, and then when I looked back, they were even closer than before, shocking and slightly inducing panic.
Anna kept begging for to let her go, so I didn't have any dead weight, but in reality, Anna was so light that I forgot she was there most of the ti.
After a few more minutes of confusion, I finally found out how they were closing the gap quickly. And they might've even been doing it since the beginning… they were swimming through the walls.
,m Using my senses, I noticed that so gargoyles near the bottom of the horde were diving into the patterned stone walls. And then they would be out of my sensing range, which caused a lot of confusion to set in.
But as soon as they ca out of the wall right next to and so even partially swimming in the stone, my confusion was lifted.
"What a cheat," I mutter.
Suddenly, I felt Annas grip on my shoulders loosen, making jolt my head back.
What I saw made seethe in anger but also start to cause imnse worry to sink in… Anna had fallen from my back, but it was a conscious decision as she warmly smiled before getting knocked unconscious due to hitting the hard stone floor.
I was currently flying in the air pretty high, so the drop looked life-threatening.
tsk
This ti I made no conscious decision as my body reacted on its own.
Stopping in my tracks while still in the air, I imdiately use [Forbidden Magic: Hers], which put an even greater strain on my muscles.
I could almost feel my body creaking like a machine that hadn't been oiled in centuries. I didn't feel any pain, but I could definitely feel an overwhelming tension that started to develop in my muscles, making it hard to move and even breathe.
As soon as the slowed ti disappeared, I reappeared next to Anna's unconscious body.
The gargoyles instantly reacted to my panic and smiled widely before lunging at Annas body, knowing she was my weakness as of now.
I gritted my teeth to try and suppress the tension that jolted through my muscles before picking up Anna and running in the opposite direction.
I tried to use Hers again, but just like a machine with no oil, my body locked up, causing to fall to the ground.
My only body parts slightly responding were my arms and hands, who still tightly gripped onto my weapons, so I swung my weapons towards the savagely running gargoyles.
Kekekekeke
Their laugh made a vein bulge on the side of my head, causing my swings to beco even more powerful, wiping out a massive wave of winged stone goblins.
SHING SHING SHING
As I held Anna closely towards my body, I swung wildly at the gargoyles who surrounded from all sides.
[Apocolyptic Weapon Swing]
I used one more skill-enhanced weapon swing to conserve so stamina so I could actually move a bit more, but in the end, the weapon swing only gave a split-second breather that didn't help in the slightest.
After only 30 seconds of struggling for my life, I lost all feeling in my arms, so with the last of my mana, I activated [Divinity Domain (.05/100)] and [Forbidden Magic: dusa].
I tried to stop myself from doing this multiple tis before just so Anna wouldn't die from the after-effects of my uncontrollable skill, but it seems I have no choice… It sounds cringy as fuck like I'm about to enter my final form…
As I slightly cringed from my words despite my desperate situation, a gray mist exploded from my body, causing all the gargoyles around to petrify into one massive do-like shield.
But the shield didn't last for long as it slowly started to crumble into tiny pieces of rock.
My black hair turned gray, my nails turned gray, and my eyes turned gray. I felt like the embodint of petrification once again.
My massive dragon wings, which I was using to shield myself from so attacks, had been shredded to pieces, but the remaining parts still turned gray.
And finally, parts of my skin were petrified and seed like they could cave in at any mont in ti.
Kekekekeke
Even though one-eighth of the entire group of gargoyles was wiped out, they still laughed their ass off at my pitiful state.
And even though the domain was protecting for now, eventually, an inevitable doom would co as I couldn't move my body anymore.
[HP: 529/700 MP: 0/500 SP: 12/500]
My mana had been exhausted, causing my domain to stop and my forbidden magic to reel back into my body.
"Shit," I mutter.
But as soon as a gargoyle latched its jaws onto my arm, a massive blast of wind shattered it into pieces.
"Mistress, please stand back," I hear a familiar voice say.
I looked up and saw Anna slowly standing up while gritting her teeth.
It seems all the ruckus and intense bloodlust that the gargoyles emitted forced her to wake up, which might've been an effect of my high luck.
A light of hope had appeared, but it quickly disappeared as soon as it ca out.
Anna was struck in the back by a gargoyles' punch and another one bit down into her arm, imdiately ripping it off.
It was a nice try…
SHING
Suddenly, sothing had cut the gargoyles around us in half. And then more swings of a blade ripped through the air, creating just a slight bit of room to breathe.
"Finally, we found you. Mistress, please don't worry, as we can take it from here," I hear another familiar voice say before I was swept up from the ground.
Looking up once again, I saw Alia and Bella with their swords in hand, sweeping us up from the floor.
I only smiled slightly before feeling my head go limp.
[Day 74]
"Mistress… Mistress…"
A faint voice woke up, and as soon as I opened my eyes, I was greeted by 2 massive red wings and a pair of wolf ears.
"Uhhh… I can't move my body," I groan after failing miserably at trying to sit up.
"Mistress, please try to stay still; otherwise, your wounds will open up again," I hear a familiar voice say, and when I turn my head, I see Bella.
Turning my head in the opposite direction, I see Alia sitting next to and Anna lying on the ground not far from where I currently was, covered in tightly wrapped vines and leaves.
"Food," I mutter.
"O-oh, yes, we have prepared so food, and though it isn't the best it should fill your belly," Alia says, sitting up in her lap and bringing a wooden spoon to my mouth.
"I-I can eat it by myself! Don't try and feed !" I shout, blushing in embarrassnt.
I'm not a kid! What are these girls thinking!
I try to reach for the wooden spoon but fail as I could barely even twitch my arms or hands, making my maids slightly giggle before bringing the spoon even closer to my mouth.
"Please, Mistress. Just bear with it for now before you die of starvation," Alia says as I weakly open my mouth.
How shaful…
[Gained the following skills]
[Weak Celestial Bone Dive]
[Weak Celestial Bone Creation]
…
[Gained the following title]
[One with the Earth]
…
Those are so interesting skills…
As the spoon enters my mouth, liquid with weird soft chunks flowed in. It was entirely bland and even left a gritty feeling in my mouth as I opened my mouth for another spoon full.
"This is a soup made entirely from a gargoyle. The at-like chunks are from their brain, which is still made of stone, but it's actually a softer part of the body so that you can eat it. While the liquid is made from their blood," Alia explains.
Gargoyles have brains and blood? I didn't know that... I always thought they were entirely stone and ran off a core or sothing.
"*munch* *munch* *munch* Where did you learn all of this?" I ask Alia while chewing on the gargoyle soup.
"A lot of stuff has happened ever since we split apart, but I'll tell you later as I don't want Mistress stressing while she should be recovering," Alia says.
I look around and saw that we were back in the sa do-like room before leaving to get food.
[HP: 581/700 MP: 359/500 SP: 284/500]
"*munch* *munch* *munch* Huh? *munch* *munch* *munch* I didn't get mana sickness?" I mutter to myself.
"When you drop to 0 for your mana, you aren't guaranteed to get mana sickness. Even though it is common, it's not a 100 percent chance… I'd say it's about 60 percent," Alia explains.
"I see… well, at least I'm alive,"
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