Chapter 136: 136
Chapter 136: Together (4)
Tap . Tap . Tap .
The sound of their feet rushing down the staircase filled the area . However, the swordmaster Hannah’s scream that appeared every so often drowned it all out .
“Bin, didn’t you say that she was still in the beginning stages?”
Bin urgently responded to Cale’s question .
“Yes sir . She was in the beginning stages when we received the message last night . ”
Cale, as well as Litana, had left plenty of highest-grade potions for Hannah to remain at the beginning stages for as long as possible .
Cale could hear Tasha starting to speak from behind him .
“She is reaching the intermediate stages, but she is not there yet . However, it is still dangerous . ”
There was a sense of urgency in Tasha’s voice .
Cale recalled his conversation with Mary as he continued to run down the stairs . This was a conversation they had while traveling on the ship .
‘You said that there is a way to help her?’
‘Yes . It is possible if she is a swordmaster . ’
‘…Mary, I don’t want her to just be alive . ’
‘I know, Cale-nim . I will help her recover back to normal . ’
Mary had sounded confident .
Although Mary might seem like a bit of an airhead, Cale knew that she meant the things she said .
Tap . Tap .
They could see a door at the bottom of the staircase . The door was open .
There was a reason the screams made it out of the room .
The servant was standing there, uncertain as to whether he should close the door or keep it open .
“What is going on?”
“Ah, Bin-nim!”
The servant’s face brightened up after seeing Bin . Cale and Bin immediately headed for the door . They could see a hallway and a room through the open gap .
“Aaaaaaah!”
The scream was coming from that room .
The servant quickly reported to Bin .
“The guest started to seize starting about two hours ago . The guard is currently in the room waiting for any potential emergency situations while I couldn’t decide who to report to . ”
The guest that the servant referred to was the swordmaster, Hannah . Cale could hear Tasha’s shocked mumbling .
“ . . She’s held on for two hours . Her endurance is amazing . ”
Cale tried to turn to look at Tasha but ended up making eye contact with the black robe .
“She’s barely holding on . We need to hurry in . ”
Cale did not respond and instead turned his gaze toward the door . Bin and the servant were chatting by the door .
“The seizures are so serious that we cannot calm- . ”
“Move . ”
“…Excuse me?”
Someone walked between Bin and the servant .
The servant took a step back in surprise . A man who had an oppressive aura about him had walked in front of him .
That man was Cale .
“Young master-nim . ”
Bin called out to Cale and tried to walk in front of Cale . However, his body froze for a moment after making eye contact with Cale .
At that moment, Cale pushed the large door with both hands .
Screeeech- Bang!
The door opened with a loud noise and Cale walked inside . Mary, Tasha, the two Dragons, and Ron naturally followed behind him .
Bin observed this for a moment before giving the servant an order .
“Inform her majesty that an important guest has arrived . ”
“Ah, yes, yes sir!”
Bin verified that the servant left before urgently rushing behind Cale . Cale had already arrived at the open door inside the hallway .
Cale stood on the luxurious carpet as he stood in front of the door .
The door was wide open .
The room was well-lit, making it easy to see . Ron, who was right behind Cale, saw into the room and started to frown .
‘…How terrible . ’
It was a terrible sight, even for Ron .
“Ugh, aaaahhh!”
They could see Hannah on a bed twisting in pain .
Honestly speaking, it was difficult to even tell that it was her .
“Ahhhhhhh!”
Black veins throughout her body looked ready to burst . Her nose, eyes, ears, and every other orifice on Hannah’s face was currently bleeding .
There was also a black smoke rising out of her body .
“Ah . Ah- . ”
She was screaming with a hoarse voice . She seemed to have held back from screaming for a while as her lips were bleeding from where she had bitten down, and her eyes were red .
“Hannah, Hannah! Please, oh, lord!”
The Saint was at the edge of Hannah’s bed, crying and unable to even say a prayer . He could not pray as he was worried that praying to the Sun God would harm Hannah, who was infected by the dead mana .
“Please . Hannah, just a little more strength! Please!”
The Saint pleaded while looking at Hannah . They would have a way to save her if she persevered a bit longer . Tens of empty highest-grade potion bottles were rolling around on the floor .
Hannah suddenly started seizing about two hours ago . The highest-grade potions did not help .
“Sniff, sniff . ”
The Saint cried while looking at the red eyes that were looking at him . His eyes were red as well . He felt like he was about to go crazy .
‘I want to purify her . ’
Seeing his younger sister continuing to generate black smoke made his thoughts as her brother and his thoughts as a Saint clash against each other . As a Saint, he wanted to purify his sister with his healing powers in order to get rid of the dead mana and the affected girl from this world .
However, doing so would kill his sister as well .
That was why he clenched his hands together and desperately pleaded while looking into his sister’s eyes .
“Hannah, hold on a little bit longer! If you do!”
“Then she’ll get better . ”
Tap .
A hand was placed on the Saint’s shoulder . The Saint realized something once he felt the hand on his shoulder .
He thought that his sister was looking at him, however, she was looking past his shoulder . The Saint slowly turned his head after hearing the familiar voice .
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It was Cale Henituse .
Cale was looking at Hannah as he continued to speak .
“Good job holding on until now . Hold on just a bit longer . ”
The Saint could let out a sigh of relief . However, he felt a pressure that clenched his heart at that moment .
The Saint’s gaze headed toward the door .
There was someone wearing a black robe as well as another woman .
His hands started to shake as soon as he saw those two people .
His instincts, his powers given by the Sun God, were telling him about them .
‘…A human who uses dead mana and a Dark Elf . ’
For someone who grew up in the church as a Saint of the Sun God, these people were his enemies . Although he was a Saint who only had healing powers, his mind was still overcome by his natural instincts .
‘…Must get rid of them . Must purify them . ’
His divine powers given by the Sun God started to surround his body . The Saint’s eyes turned red for a different reason .
It was at that moment .
Squeeeeze .
The hand on his shoulder clamped down . The Saint turned his head toward the person who was squeezing his shoulder with so much strength that he was about to groan . [1]
He made eye contact with Cale .
Cale started to speak .
“They have come to save your sister while knowing that it may be dangerous . ”
The Saint could hear Cale’s serious tone .
“Don’t you want to save Miss Hannah, no, don’t you want to save your sister?”
The Saint clenched his fists and bit down on his lips before slowly standing up . He then moved to the back . His body was shaking as he moved away while not looking at Mary and Tasha .
He then answered Cale’s question .
“I can handle it . ”
He could force himself to not act on his instincts .
The Saint could see Cale start to smile for the first time today .
“Resist . ”
Cale gave that short response before immediately giving Tasha and Mary the order .
“Start . ”
“Yes sir . ”
“Got it . ”
The two of them immediately headed toward Hannah . Cale also headed toward the bed and lowered his body toward Hannah, who was still looking at him . He then got close to her ear so that she could hear him better before he started to speak .
“Hannah . ”
Mary had said that it was possible because she was a swordmaster .
‘It is impossible to get rid of it completely, but her aura should be able to fuse with the dead mana . However, she will have the darkness attribute once the two fuse together and will also need to constantly maintain the balance between the two . There may also be some side effects . ’
‘But she will be able to live . ’
‘And I will be the one to fuse the two together . ’
Cale continued to speak to Hannah .
“Raise your aura to the highest level . There will be a power helping you fuse the dead mana with your aura . Follow the path created by that power . ”
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“Ugh, ugh . ”
Hannah opened her mouth to say something, however, only blood and black smoke came out of her mouth . Cale looked at her before saying one more thing .
“Make sure that you survive . ”
At that moment, Hannah closed her eyes and a golden aura started to come out of her body .
Mary pulled up her sleeves to reveal her hands that were covered in what seemed to be black spiderwebs . A black aura started to rise from her hand .
Tasha sat Hannah up while Mary placed both of her hands on Hannah’s back . Mary then started to speak .
“Please direct your aura following my guidance . ”
Tasha created a black fog that surrounded Hannah and Mary at the same time .
Cale stepped back .
There was nothing left for him to do . Ron and Bin had already stepped out of the room with the highest-grade warrior as soon as Mary pulled up her sleeves .
Cale turned his head to one corner of the room .
The Saint was shaking while looking toward them . Eruhaben was standing next to the Saint with his arms crossed .
Human, the Golden Dragon and I will watch the Saint .
Eruhaben and Raon did not have anything to do right now as they did not have the darkness attribute .
Since Cale was the same way, he just walked over and stood next to the Saint . Cale and Eruhaben were standing on either side of the Saint .
Cale could hear Eruhaben starting to speak .
“I haven’t seen a proper necromancer in a long time . ”
The room was slowly filling up with a dark aura . Cale did not care about it that much as it was not poisonous like the dead mana, however, this was not true for one person in the room .
“Huff, huff . ”
The Saint was breathing roughly . This would be difficult for the Saint of the Sun God . Cale looked at the Saint for a bit before looking toward Eruhaben and starting to speak .
“She is the first necromancer since the death of the final necromancer . ”
“I see . Anyway, she is amazing . It should be painful for her to guide the dead mana in someone else’s body . ”
Cale could see the Saint flinch after hearing Eruhaben’s words .
Tasha had stealthily approached him during their ride over to the Jungle .
‘Mary will be in the most pain during the fusing process . It will be even worse on her than on the Holy Maiden . However, she is adamant about helping the Holy Maiden out . ’
‘I’m sure that you know about her good nature, young master Cale . ’
Cale started to speak .
“That necromancer, Mary, was crossing through the, ‘Desert of Death,’ with her poor parents when she was poisoned by dead mana . The rest of her family died and she was the only survivor . ” [2]
The Saint slowly turned his head toward Cale .
“However, because of the poison, the only way for her to live was to absorb the darkness attribute . That was how she ended up as a necromancer . She came here to save Miss Hannah . ”
Cale’s words sounded like thunder to the Saint . At the same time, he could hear the black-robed woman start to shout .
“You need to persevere! Push all of the dead mana toward me . ”
The black-robed woman’s scarred hands were shaking seriously as she said that . Tasha was next to her providing black smoke for her .
The Saint could not take his eyes away from them .
Cale then started to speak to the Saint again .
“Saint-nim, Miss Hannah will also have the darkness attribute if she survives . ”
Cale closed his mouth without saying anything else .
The room was filled with Hannah’s screams, Mary’s shouts, and Tasha’s desperate voice . However, a quiet voice managed to reach Cale’s ear through all of that .
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“…Young master Cale . ”
It was the Saint .
“Thank you very much . ”
Cale looked toward the Saint who was trying very hard to smile .
“I know how to differentiate between good and bad intentions . ”
At that moment, Eruhaben interjected into the conversation .
“That is what it means to be a Saint . ”
Eruhaben’s words slammed against the Saint’s heart . He closed his eyes and clenched his hands together . His nails were digging into his skin and making him bleed, however, he did not let go .
He now learned that there were somethings that were more important than the justice that the Sun God had taught him .
At that moment, a cold aura started to form around his hands . The Saint opened his hands to see that a potion was flowing onto his hands .
“It’s good to resist, but you cannot get hurt in the process . ”
Cale was pouring a potion onto the Saint’s hands . The Saint suppressed the emotions that were rising up inside him and nodded his head .
“Goodness was not elsewhere as I had thought . ”
It was very very close to him .
The Saint felt like he finally understood what true goodness meant . That made him feel more relaxed .
Seeing that the Saint seemed okay, Cale turned back to look toward Hannah and Mary . At that moment, Raon started to speak in his mind .
Raon sounded a bit hesitant .
Human, I am sorry .
‘What nonsense is he going on about now?’
Cale started to frown a bit .
You had your scamming smile when you said that you would heal her, so I thought that you were lying . Human, you really are a good person . You are weird sometimes, but your foundation is good .
Cale ignored Raon .
I was wrong . But human, that swordmaster will get better, right?
‘Of course . ’
Hannah, the fake Holy Maiden, needed to live .
The Holy Maiden who was poisoned by the dead mana bomb was able to overcome the darkness and continue to use her gold aura . Together with the just Saint who had healing powers, the two of them would be able to fill the hearts of the believers of the Sun God with admiration .
The Saint and the Holy Maiden will become real and be able to shake the core of the Empire .
Cale could hear Mary’s voice again .
“Yes, just like that . Use your aura to create a path . ”
“Keep it up! You can do it!”
Tasha encouraged Hannah from the side .
Cale recalled the promise he had made with Hannah in the cave located within the, ‘Path of No Return . ’
Regardless of her involvement with Arm or her relationship as the Holy Maiden and the fact that they were being chased by the Empire, Cale had said the following .
‘I will bring someone who can heal you, so wait for me . ’
Cale was someone who kept his word .
1 . Is Cale strong or is the Saint weak?
2 . I’m guessing the Land of Death has become the Desert of Death .