Commander Headbreak was right. The flas of the Wrym of Souls were a unique kind.
It did not just consu the individual but also the soul.
It was a weapon of the Before truth, carving slowly into the being of the unfortunate individual, until they were totally consud.
Lenny had tried to hide the pain from the beginning, However, after a few minutes, he could already feel the burn from deep within his being.
These cave passages, because of their nature, were cool to the feel. But Lenny was sweating like a traveler under the desert sun.
Walking was really becoming a problem for him. On the other hand, Mupstick and Venir moved in front.
They were very aware that their small village was no more.
The world was a harsh place, and planes ruled by demons were even more scary.
After a while, Mupstick suggested a long rest. After all, they did not exactly have a particular destination in mind.
Also, it had been up to half a day. Surely, they were not still being pursued. Even if they were, these caves did a good job at hiding them.
Lenny rested against the wall. The wounds on his back from defending against the last attack should have long healed, however, it was beginning to get worse.
It already had a stench and pus oozed out from ti to ti.
Even Lenny was at a loss for what to do. The Satan System was unavailable, his skills and abilities could not help him, and because he had not recovered most of his mories, he did not even know how to operate in the Before truth to help his situation.
All he could do was continually burn his magic to prevent the poison of the purple flas from consuming him.
If he had not been a rank 5 great Demon, things would have been over for him.
As Lenny rested against the wall, he could see at a corner that Venir looked at him strangely.
It was not exactly out if fear, but her gaze was not friendly either.
Lenny did not bla her for this. After all, he had divided the village head into two before the little girl’s eyes.
Such a thing could leave a scar in the mind of the little one.
Lenny had too much on his hands and choose to look away from her piercing gaze.
Closing his eyes, he choose to sleep. However, Venir walked up to him deep within the night.
She placed a hand on his body and then she whispered gently.
Lenny opened his eyes to peep a little. She was saying a prayer.
As she did, the earth under him glowed a bit, and he felt so of his pain elevated.
The feeling was so good that he fell into slumber imdiately.
However, the next ti he opened his eyes, he saw Mupstick trying to wake him up.
"What happened?" Lenny asked in confusion through his pain.
"Its Venir! I dont know what to do... she is running a bad fever." Mupstick spoke up.
Groaning through his pain, Lenny stood to his feet to check up on the little girl.
Venir was passed out at a corner. Her breathing was heavy and the feel of her skin gave one the impression that even frying egg on her forehead was possible.
"We need to cool her down!" Lenny thought out loud.
At this point of ergency, Lenny waved his fingers, drawing runes in the air that glowed on a blue light.
Mupstick watched this and was speechless.
"You can draw runes?"
It was only now Lenny realized what he was doing. However, drawing runes ca natural to him.
He waved the water and it enveloped her body.
To their surprise, a good potion of the water evaporated, and Lenny had to weave more runes, ensuring to make the water colder.
After a while, her body temperature beca more stable.
Lenny sat opposite mupstick. His eyes were still on the girl.
Suddenly, mupstick spoke up.
"You know, even though I call Venir my niece, we are not related by blood. I found her a long ti ago, on the night of the Morningstar’s fall.
Back then, the criteria for joining the army was not strength. Most of us were used as cannon folder against the devils.
The Demon royal families had turned their back on their master, and they wanted to eradicate the devils, mbers of the Lucifer royal family as fast as possible.
If you’d ask , I’ll say that they saw the issue with the dungeons coming.
After all, it is popular knowledge that chaos magic is poison to Dark magic.
For this reason, it was easy to put us, Earthen Elves in front while they attacked from behind.
We... lost many... I lost many!" Mupstick sighed as tears threatened to pour from his eyes.
"Those days, for , were the worst. Elves naturally have long lives. Sotis, it is more of a curse. I rembered I wanted to end that curse. The loss and pain were too just too much.
And that was it. That was when I found her. In the midst of the chaos and the blood, she was like a beautiful flower, blooming in the mud.
Crystal fruits circled her presence. And when she opened her eyes to look at , sothing deep within my subconcious was touched. From that mont on, all I wanted to do was protect her.
It has been two hundred years since that ti."
Lenny’s eyes widened a bit. Those words did not make sense.
Of course he knew that Elves had long lives, but two hundred years was a very long ti. This subplane moved 4 tis the speed of the eighth earth’s ti. Not withstanding, Venir should no longer be a little girl.
Mupstick saw that Lenny understood what he was trying to say.
"Because of this, we have moved from one place to another. Never settling at one point for too long.
All our destinations predicted ahead of ti by her.
Even our trip to the Pig market was the sa. And these caves, she led to them.
The village that was destroyed was no exception. If people knew that Venir was not normal, they would most likely sell her out to the demons for so kind of profit."
Lenny suddenly frowned, "And why are you telling all this?"
"
"Even though you have a weak soul, you are obviously very strong, and you obviouslydo not like the demons. Besides, our eting the other day in the silent valley was not a coincidence.
We knew they was battle there, and in most cases, we would run the other way, but Venir, she was restless.
She wanted to see you no matter what. I don’t know what it was about, I have been with her for a very long ti, and that was the most restless she had ever been."
Mupstick said this with a smile on his face. However, Lenny suddenly noticed he was sweating badly.
Lenny had been too preoccupied with his own pain to notice, but now he did.
He rushed to Mupstick and checked his side.
The elven man was bleeding. It was a burnt wound, but sohow, it continually released pus.
"The fla of the Wrym of Souls. He got you!"
Mupstick nodded through his pain.
Lenny frowned as he waved his hand. White flas appeared.
They may be flas, but It was still holy power. Lenny’s soul was not very strong, but he believed that he could still alleviate so of the pain.
However, Mupstick shook his head. "There is no need for that. My soul is only at the first yellow level, and my cultivation power is at the lesser demon realm. The only reason I have lasted this long is probably because of her." He pointed at Venir.
The crystal fruits she gets from the earth are very rich and have made my soul quite resilient. However, I am of low talent. Compared the consuming flas of a second generation Jin, I am nothing.
I am already grateful to have lived so long."
Mupstick grabbed Lenny’s hands. "I know, this is a selfish request from an old foolish man. But please... please take care of her for ..." Those words barely finished leaving his mouth before his body slowly combusted into purple flas, consuming him to ashes."
Lenny watched with a frown on his face. Just like that responsibility that was not his had been dumped on his lap.
He sighed as he turned about.
There, Venir stared at him and the man that had beco one with the dust.
It seed like she had been awake for a while now.
Lenny sighed as he stood to his feet.
"Co!" He invited with a hand. Venir nodded and stood yo her feet.
Without complaint, she followed after him.
anwhile, in the outside world, Commander Breakhead suddenly turned in a particular direction.
"Hmmm! It would seem like my pets flas just too a life." He turned to the demons and Elves under him, and gave the order...
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