"Holy mother of gods!" Agnes swore as she stared at the wreckage he had created.
His attack had ravaged the tall structures of the wall, breaking into the pathways all around. Most of the blocks of stone hadn't even fallen on them, from the look of it.
"Does the suppression affect you at all?" she asked again.
"It does," he shrugged, "but I can suppress the suppression for a certain amount of ti."
On top of everything, he hadn't even used his full strength. Not to ntion, he couldn't even imagine what the result would have been if he had used void light instead.
It would definitely be far out of his control. Still, the reach wouldn't have been so outrageous, considering his void essence output was limited to 25%, and concentrating void essence was several tis more difficult than radiance essence, which practically worked like breathing after the heart transplant.
"At least it drove away the corrupt spirits," he said.
They moved deeper into the labyrinth. The coldness and foulness in the ambient essence rose astronomically with each passing step.
"You still haven't said anything about the experience," Agnes said as they crept soundlessly. After a mont of silence, she added, "If it is sothing sensitive, you do not have to…"
"No," he waved his hand. "I have been thinking about where to start since the ti you asked… Honestly, it's just too much to offload. Not to ntion, I still fail to comprehend it all… the things I experienced… the things she showed at the end were just too much at this mont."
"Well, looking at how strong you have grown, I think it's more than worth it."
"Yes," he said. "It's just that…" He let out a deep breath. "I t a person from my past there, and I don't know if I'll ever et her again. If she is even alive…"
"Who is this she?" Agnes asked after a mont of silence.
"That's the tricky part," he mumbled, "but it wouldn't be wrong to call her my Master."
"Was she beautiful?"
"Like an angel."
"Hmm," her hum tinged with disbelief. Experience more tales on m v|l e'-
"I ain't kidding," he argued. "She really was an angel."
"Was she more beautiful than your elf girlfriend?"
The warden froze on the spot, then gritted his teeth as though he couldn't admit the truth.
"You look like you're constipated," Agnes said with a light smile on her lips.
He sighed. "I have to admit, she was otherworldly beautiful compared to June," he admitted, feeling the weight lift off his chest. As though rembering sothing, he added, "Don't tell June I said that when you et her finally."
"Got it," Agnes said, smiling brightly. "I won't tell your girlfriend you have the hots for a woman who's your teacher. Your secret is safe with ."
He glared at her. "That is not it, and you know it."
But she wasn't stopping. "You ntioned your June works as a teacher in the third academy. And now this teacher lady…" She turned to shoot him a curious gaze. "Warden, you haven't told that you have a kink for teachers."
She burst into laughter after saying that, while he rubbed his forehead, feeling a headache coming on just imagining his reputation tarnishing like that. Finally, he shook it off.
"That face, hahaha," Agnes laughed more freely than ever. "I just got you."
He snorted. "Well, if that makes you happy, you'll be glad to know I have the hots for my superior officer as well."
Agnes' laughter froze instantly as she realized who the superior officer he was talking about was. But then she realized he was joking.
She glared at him, snorting audibly.
"You reap what you sow, Captain," he said as they rounded another pathway.
She snorted again.
Another group of ghosts ca to haunt them once more, but before they could get anywhere near, his blade burned with celestial glory, scaring away most of them.
"Don't destroy the structure any more than you need to this ti," Agnes reminded him.
"Have you ever seen make the sa mistake twice?" he snorted, cutting through a couple of ghosts while the rest fled in dread.
Half a day passed like that, moving slowly on foot, making sure they weren't circling the sa spot. Corrupt spirits attacked multiple tis, without gaining any ground against them.
"The concentration of dark essence is rising, which ans we are on the right track," Agnes said.
"Do you need any more purification before we go deeper?"
"I have barely fought; the corruption hasn't had any opportunity to accumulate yet."
"Are you sure? It feels like the foulness is biting into my spirit," he said. Thankfully, the radiant heart was purifying all the foulness before it could even infest him.
"I'm fine," she said firmly. "I may not have a glowing heart like yours, but I am far from being fragile enough to fall to a little foulness."
"Gotcha," he mumbled. "How long do you believe it will take us to reach the final place?"
"Definitely within today," she replied. "I'm not sure how far we have to go for it. It can't be just ghosts here."
"I hope we find the essence vein... I have been delaying a vital advancent for a while."
"Essence vein?" Agnes raised an eyebrow. "We have already found that... Well, only a part of it."
"Where?"
"It's in the second layer, but don't worry, it's likely sourced from the core area. So you can go through your advancent after we finish—"
A blood-chilling cry reverberated throughout the pathways as they ca to a stop before a towering structure with a closed entrance. More screams followed right after. The dark essence churned and twisted along with the cries, creating a psychological effect on them.
It didn't affect him. Agnes broke out of it a mont later.
"—cleaning up the stuff here."
"Looks like we have finally reached it," he said, scanning his surroundings.
"Only have to deal with a few guardians," Agnes said, taking a fighting stance.
"Yeah, only a dozen or so Moonspawns."
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