“Taste the flames brought forth from beyond the grave!” White Maiden unleashed black flames that burned not just the skin and flesh but the very souls of the people.Jim released energy and formed a giant sphere to defend as many people as he could, and he managed to cover a third of the people, but everyone else got caught in the flames and suffered right in front of them. Their eyes melted and their blood turned into vapor, and their screams echoed everywhere. It was a horrifying scene that wouldn’t be dreamed even in the worst nightmares of most people on the earth.“You know that there is a way to kill people as mercifully as possible?” White Maiden uttered amidst their dying howls and screams, begging to save them. “It is to send them to the afterlife without shedding a single drop of blood… And you do that by burning them alive!”As she said, not a single person that was burning shed blood.Their bodies and their fates were all sealed by the black flames that came in the form o
“Devil’s Crack!”The ground split open, and both Jim and White Maiden fell inside the seemingly bottomless crack.Pretty soon, the crack closed by itself, leaving everyone there utterly stunned and confused.Moments later, Jim and White Maiden landed in a cold, dark place full of ice. The ground, the surroundings, and everything around them was nothing but ice. The temperature was so cold that Jim had to actively release energy to keep himself warm. He looked around, all he could see was utter darkness.“What is this place?” Jim asked.“Ho… so you can see with your spiritual energy, huh,” White Maiden’s voice reached him.He couldn’t tell which direction she was in, or where she was.As seconds passed, Jim was already feeling the coldness incessantly trying to seep into his body, forcing him to use more and more energy.“This is bad…” Jim muttered under his breath.[Have you realized it?] Joe’s voice rang in his mind. [Because you were destroying her seals. She literally ended up tele
“Where did they go?” Doug looked very tense and worried.“I’ve never seen anything like it,” Joker said. “So I have no idea where they are right now, but one thing is for sure… that witch took him to an environment that’s favorable to her.”“Then we should help Jim,” Ronny eagerly stated. “We can’t always leave all the burden to him and expect him to win. His opponent is one of three immortal guardians. We should help him in any way we can.”“How exactly are you going to help him?” Scarlet raised a question. “Do you even know where she took him?”“Why don’t we try splitting the ground open?” Ronny asked.“Huh? Don’t be stupid,” Ace blurted. “That witch used some kind of a spell to drag Jim to some other place. Right now, they’re not literally below us. They are somewhere else.”“Doesn’t that mean Jim might not be able to get here even after he beats her?” Doug asked.Ace could only shrug his shoulders.Just then, Nightmare_lily and Little Nightmare entered the scene, alerting everyone
“Don’t let this man’s inaptitude fool you all!” Little Nightmare told everyone. “He doesn’t have the strength to survive on his own, so he leeches onto others all the time. Am I not telling the truth? Did he really help you with anything significant on this floor or on the second floor?” she directly attacked Doug, making others really question his worth.Joker and others did not say anything, but Ronny stepped forward, “He need not have to be strong because Jim is strong! He protected all of us from White Maiden. And he will protect us in the future, too, until we leave this damn dungeon!”“Future? What future?” Little Nightmare snorted. “Didn’t you guys see him getting pulled into the earth by the witch? For all we know, she might have buried him under the soil by now. He could be dead as a doornail. There’s no point in having faith in someone we can’t even see or talk to! There’s no guarantee that he’ll even return.”“But he saved us all,” Doug said, “and we believe that he will re
This was the eighth time that White Maiden had come back alive after Jim didn’t just defeat but also destroyed her body.And he noticed during his sixth victory that her nails were falling off. She was not able to regenerate them back anymore, which led Jim to believe that he might only need to defeat her three more times.But it was easier said than done.Jim’s strength was only half as good as when he started the fight, but on the other hand, White Maiden didn’t look as if she lost much of her strength or stamina.And she was attacking him all the more aggressively.“Glacial Binding!”She set a wide-scale magic circle on the icy ground, modifying it so that wherever Jim stepped, the ice quickly tried to spread through his body without any restraint.“Forsaken Wind!”She also stopped the wind from moving, which made it all the more easier for the magic circle on the ground to speed up the freezing process.Within seconds, all the air above the ground began to freeze steadily.Jim had
Nightmare_lily and her sister along with eleven more people reached Binnie’s hideout.It was not a secret where Binnie lived, so getting there wasn’t a problem.“We know you’re inside,” Nightmare_lily shouted. “So, why don’t you bring your ass out so we can talk?”A few seconds passed, but there was no response.Nightmare_lily looked at her sister, who then used her whip to blast open the door. “Oi, oi, you can’t just break open other people’s doors like this,” Binnie walked out while holding a wooden stick in her hand. “I thought I heard a dog bark, so it was you, Nightmare_lily. You even brought your shitty little sister and some monkeys along with you. I wonder what you’re planning in that cunning brain of yours.”“You’ve lived three times longer than I did, so I’m sure you already know why I’m here,” Nightmare_lily said.“Yeah!” the men behind her shouted. “Take us to the stairs!”“Or we’re going to fight you right here and now!” another man shouted, clanging his swords.“Do you
“Death Ray!” A laser ray of black, invisible light beamed toward Jim and struck him before he could blink or even think. Luckily, Jim had already covered his whole body with spiritual aura, and so the death ray got deflected off of him and hit the surroundings. Everywhere the black ray struck, it sucked everything into it. The ice floor got absorbed, leaving nothing but emptiness. Even though this black light deflected off of Jim, he felt blinded by it. Even with his spiritual vivre, he was not able to see through this black ray of light. It was supposed to be invisible, but it was not letting him see White Maiden clearly. [Don’t keep staring at it.] Joe quickly said. [It will pull your mind into it, and you’ll lose control over your mind.] “What?” Jim quickly shut his eyes. “What is this black light? I can feel it, but I can’t see it.” [It’s a soul-stealing technique!] Joe said. [It attacks your mind and gets control over it, and then through your mind, it will control your bod
A few minutes earlier.Lola came to the Spring hospital to check on her daughter’s situation. “It’s been a week, doctor. Didn’t you say that her readings are normal now. Then why isn’t she waking up?”“I’m positive that she’ll wake up within a few days,” the doctor replied patiently.“If there’s no change even after two days, then I’ll take her home and seek another doctor,” Lola said.The doctor persuaded her to be patient, but she didn’t change her mind.After the doctor left, Lola changed the flowers in the pot with the fresh flowers. She touched Rena’s face and pursed her lips. “Wake up soon, Rena. We’re all waiting for you. Let us see your smile once again.”Marc’s favorite daughter was Shiney, whereas Lola adored Rena more because of her intellect, maturity and her way of handling things. So, it really hurt Lola to see her firstborn be bedridden and in a coma for a week now.Lola sat there for a few minutes while touching Rena’s hand and pressing it every now and then. She hoped