“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
White Maiden died, but the dark realm Jim was in was still there, and to his great surprise, the entire realm began to get sealed by ice.It was then Jim realized that White Maiden had really planned to kill him even if meant she were to die.As tired as Jim was, he had to keep fighting, keep destroying the ice that was rapidly expanding in every direction.In the end, the entire space got sealed, even though Jim was still fighting the ice in the middle.On top of that, Jim could only use one hand to punch because his left arm was still not letting him fight since White Maiden’s dark sword stabbed his shoulder.But there was no one to even complain to.So what could Jim do other than to incessantly throw his single fist around like his life depended on it.All Jim was doing was throwing the same punch again and again and again in different ways, and without himself knowing, he was solidifying his technique like never before.Meanwhile, in the Spring hospital.Rena opened her eyes.The
“Why look for a sketch artist when I’m here?” Bob entered the room.“Mr. Bob! You’re still here?” Lola was pleasantly surprised. “This is great. Please help us by drawing the perfect image of that man.”“Oh, I will put my heart and soul into it,” Bob assured and looked at Rena. “Would you please tell every single detail about him, Miss Rena?”Rena did not want to talk with this man but because of the situation and the urgency she felt, she controlled her emotions and said, “I’m not a Miss. I’m Mrs. Rena.”“Ah, did I say Ms. Rena? My bad,” Bob softly said. “I mean, you look very young, so I forgot for a second that you’re married.”Rena just didn’t like the way he was framing his sentences, but Lola didn’t seem to be bothered by that at all. “Huh, whatever. I will do my best to describe that man.” She went on to give the details. “He was big like a bear. His arms were already big, when he sucked in air, his arms grew big like tree trunks.”Bob was surprised by her last sentence, and hi
Lola brought a new mobile for Rena, but her number was the same old number because Lola had one week to buy a new sim card and have the same number assigned to it.Rena thanked her mother for it and also asked why Marc and Shiney didn’t visit her yet. She told them that they were both busy with something serious, and Lola didn’t reveal any more information.Rena then called her best friends first: Keith and Solomon.She then called her boss, Austin Woakes, and told him that she might not attend to work for a while until she clears some things out, even though she knew that the company was in the middle of doing an important project given by Draknor Finance.Austin didn’t speak too much about work, but he said he would visit her tomorrow and told her to get some good rest so she’ll recover faster.Keith came to visit Rena within an hour.To Rena’s surprise, Keith was dressed modestly, and she didn’t come alone. She was with Solomon. “W-What’s going on? Why are you two holding hands?”“