Free Web NovelChapter 28: Chapter 28: Purification
Riven held onto the devil slayer’s back as it prepared to run but before it could run, the black roots engulfed in black aura wrapped tightly around one of its feet and pulled the devil slayer back.
With a roar so loud that it was enough to make an ordinary human go deaf, the devil slayer lunged forward with all its might and the black root snapped in half.
The ground in front of them also cracked making the devil slayer halt its steps. Dozens of roots emerged from the holes and shot towards them.
Not towards the devil slayer’s legs, not at its face but instead at its back where they were sitting. The roots might also wrap around them if they got close.
So left with no choice, Riven manifested a long sword with the mana that he had left. The moment he did, his eyelids grew heavy probably due to his low mana level.
But he forcefully kept swinging his sword, cutting down any black roots that got too close to them.
Devil Slayer also didn’t sit still, he moved left or right, evading the incoming attack. This wasn’t all, he swung his paw with explosive speed, the extended claws slicing through the roots and snapping them in two.
As the devil slayer kept and he kept destroying one root after another, a powerful aura exploded from behind them and an ominous presence spread around the entire area.
Cold sweat dripped out from his forehead as fear settled in his heart. Riven turned around and saw massive black roots engulfed in a black aura, glowing brightly with a dark hue.
Ayala’s face went pale as she shouted, her voice carrying a sense of urgency.
"The horror of the desert is getting near us, minister! We need to escape!"
Riven glanced at her and said.
"How did you know?
Ayala pointed towards the massive roots and said in a trembling voice.
"The greater the intensity of the glow... the nearer the horror of the underground is!"
Riven didn’t say a word instead he just nodded his head slightly as he thought about what to do. Ayala’s voice resounded through his ears once again.
"Mister! We need to get far away right now! Otherwise we will meet a fate worse than death!"
Riven snapped.
"I know damn it! You don’t have to remind me!"
He knew that very well but the terrifying black roots constantly trying to wrap around the devil slayer’s body made it almost impossible for them to run.
Worse, the massive roots behind them lunged towards them. Riven shouted, commanding his subject.
"Dodge! There is danger behind you!"
The moment those words left his lips, Devil Slayer twisted his body around and leapt to his right, dodging the massive roots by a hair’s length.
The roots didn’t slam into the ground, instead, they took a sharp turn and the roots wrapped tightly around Devil Slayer’s entire body before anyone could react. Then the roots pulled the wolf towards the massive cracks behind them.
Devil Slayer tried to fight the pull but he failed miserably. His entire body was being dragged towards the massive hole behind them.
A quiet curse escaped his mouth.
"Shit."
They needed to jump off the wolf’s back and run if they wanted to survive. He grabbed Ayala by the arm but before he could jump off... smaller and thinner roots emerged from the surface of the massive roots and they shot out towards them.
The smaller roots wrapped around their bodies tightly faster than he could blink. This wasn’t all, the roots yanked the mana sword out of his hand causing it to fall to the ground.
The moment it touched the ground, it disappeared into countless glowing blue fragments of light since he struggled to maintain the mental image of the sword under the pain.
Left with no choice, Riven tried to break free using all his strength but he couldn’t succeed no matter how much he tried.
His gaze lingered on the Ayalas whose condition was no better than his. She was also struggling to break free.
A quiet curse escaped his mouth.
"Fuck!"
This was bad... very bad. They were being pulled towards the hole with no way to escape.
He didn’t know what kind of horrors waited for them inside. But he was certain of one thing. If they went inside then they would never see the light of day.
They had to escape if they wanted to live but the way things were right now... there was no way to escape. His, Ayala’s, and the wolf’s entire bodies were completely immobilized.
But he couldn’t die... his sister was waiting for him to bring the cure. His mind raced as he thought of a way to survive.
The only way to survive was to cut the roots wrapped around their bodies... he imagined a small dagger to cut the root around his body.
But then the moment he tried, the system whispered into his ears...
(You don’t have enough mana to manifest the weapon you have imagined.)
Riven gritted his teeth. The only way out of this situation... wasn’t available to him due to the lack of mana.
Riven turned his head around and saw they were just a few meters away from the hole...
"Damn it."
Just before they were about to be pulled into the hole, the devil slayer’s entire body began to glow brightly with a blue hue.
(Your subject Devil Slayer Wolf has awakened its dormant powers!)
(Your subject Devil Slayer Wolf has used purification.)
In an instant, the blue aura surrounding Devil Slayer’s body began to expand, stretching as fast as his eyes could see and when it touched the roots, the roots dissipated into countless black particles.
In an instant, all of the roots turned into black particles which were carried away by the strong gust of the desert wind.
Seizing this opportunity, the devil slayer jumped out of the hole and lunged forward with everything that it had.
Before he could react, exhaustion due to the low mana level finally took hold and his vision darkened.
