Uttering the heavenly heart mantra was the only thing Myles could do, but the silver-gray monster didn’t make it any easier for him as the millions of nanobots kept eating his body away.The concept of the heavenly heart mantra was to wholly submit oneself to the most supreme and eternal being of all worlds who was beyond time, space, and matter. In return, the heart would gain the power over the mind and the body and help make godly decisions.Myles didn’t hurry with the mantra. He recited it at a regular pace without thinking about his death. Whether it was his fearlessness, or his unwillingness to submit to the enemy before him even in the face of death, something opened the door for spiritual power to pour into him and dominated the spiritual seal like a lion choking on a deer.Myles felt his power returning very fast. It was almost instantaneous.“Burn,” he uttered.The millions of nanobots that were eating his body away got caught on flames and perished. The flames spread to the
“We shouldn’t have entered the dungeon without Myles,” Justin said. “It’s too risky out here.”“We don’t even know where he is,” Casey quickly replied. “It’s been more than seven days since we last saw him.”“Yes, but…”Justin and others weren’t told that Myles had entered the dungeon even though they had asked the dungeon guards about it because the guards received orders from the vice-warden to keep their mouths shut about Myles entering the dungeon.“We don’t need Myles because we have a map this time,” Kong blurted. “As long as we follow the path, we’ll come across slimes.”“They said slimes were the perfect targets to practice as they’re slow,” Biskie voiced her mind as she tried to use her ability to see in the dark. “I wonder if I can punch a slime and hurt it.”“Only your stupid brain will underestimate slimes,” Casey snorted. “The slimes may have awakened ones, which might pose a great threat if we aren’t careful.”“Who are you calling stupid?” Biskie glared at Casey who quic
Justin and everyone else was horrified when they saw so much blood pour out of Casey’s split-up chest. Her eyes whitened instantly, and she pathetically fell back.Biskie got so horrified, she almost managed to scream her way out of her frozen self. But Kong didn’t need to scream. He somehow managed to break free from his frozen state and immediately caught the face of the kobold with the knife and viciously threw it toward the slinging kobold. He then rushed and speared Ria with his shoulder, thereby freeing her.Ria was pushed forward; she used the momentum to her advantage and tore her way through the kobold with the staff, cutting its staff and head into pieces with her claws. She didn’t stop there. She swiveled toward the remaining two kobolds, and her arm alone turned into a wing. She waved her arm, shooting half-dozen feathers that darted deep into the kobolds’ neck and breaking their windpipes and knocking them unconscious. Kong went and repeatedly punched their heads and brok
Seeing Casey get healed so fast, Biskie covered her mouth in shock. (How’s this possible? What was that item? What did it do?)Because Casey’s wounds were healed, her bare chest was up for view. Justin took his shirt off and gave it to Casey. She thanked him and then immediately hugged Myles and cried.“You saved me again. I don’t know how to thank you. I owe you my life.”“How can I let my team members die right before my eyes?” Myles spoke back and stood. With a flick of his wrist, he took a knuckle duster out and walked up to Kong. “I know you’ve done bad things, but none of us are perfect. I hope you’ll put this power to good use.” He placed the knuckle duster in Kong’s palm.Kong could feel an ethereal power pleasantly sting his body. It wasn’t oppressive but soothing. He wore the knuckle duster on his hand, and it glowed and merged with his hand.Kong instinctively punched the wall, and the whole neighborhood started shaking, and they had to run away from there before the ceilin
Almost two miles deep into the dungeon, Justin and others were practicing their skills on the slimes.Annoyed by the presence of the humans, the slimes creeped over at their own slow pace, which helped Justin to use their abilities.Casey cut through the slimes with her hair and even went overboard at times, as her ability was hard to control. However, just cutting didn’t kill the slimes. They were able to reattach themselves and keep attacking.Kong punched the slimes and split them into thousands of pieces which made it all the more difficult for them to reattach their bodies.Biskie put her regular dagger to use, as she couldn’t use the divine dagger yet. Even though she had tried calling the divine dagger, it didn’t respond.Justin blasted the slimes with his flames and melted them into nothing. His flame attacks certainly killed them. Justin was pleased with his accomplishment because his flames weren’t releasing poisonous vapors anymore, not unless he wished. After absorbing two
Eight miles into the dungeon, Myles and others were fighting the poison swamp frogs. Myles wasn’t actively fighting and only took care of the frogs that came at him.Casey pierced the eyes of the frogs first and restricted their movements before riddling their bodies with holes using her hair. She looked menacing to Biskie.“She looks much stronger than when she entered the dungeon,” Biskie thought. Unlike Casey, Biskie couldn’t use her powers yet. The dagger wasn’t quite responding to her thoughts. She wanted to cut the frogs in two halves, but the dagger didn’t even come into her hand. Myles told her to think of her hand as a dagger, and it would be enough to make the divine dagger act. Biskie tried, but it still didn’t work.“You should erase doubt and worry from your heart,” Myles advised. “Don’t be anxious. You can’t control anything divine if you worry. Have faith in yourself. Have faith in the divine power.” He grabbed her hand and waved it horizontally as a frog came hopping a
The blonde guy closed the distance in a quick few steps and thrust his palm at Ria’s defense. Ria was sent flying across many burrows, but she somehow managed to land and slide on her feet.The blonde guy felt some vibrations in his arm, which surprised him. “Ho… you’re better than I thought. A hawk ability, is it? You almost remind me of Hawkins, the warden of the hawk ward.”Ria glared at the mention of that name.“It seems you have some history with him,” the blonde guy amusedly smirked. “I heard he’s a pervert. Did he perhaps put his hands on you?”“Shut up,” Ria scuttled forth. “Don’t mention that trash’s name in front of me.” She leaped into the air and spun axially. “Thousand Terrors!”All the feathers on her wings flew toward the blonde guy like a spear. “Hmph,” he sucked in a breath and blew air out, blasting the feathers away and also Ria along with it. “With my wind ability, I can beat you with my eyes closed. I can feel every moment of yours pretty clearly even with my eye
Many hours later.At the entrance of the dungeon, the guards were playing the bone-biting game, where a random creature’s bone needed to be crushed between one’s teeth. Whoever crushed all the bones given to them first would be the winner. The woke-dogs that were the guards were enthusiastically playing the game.However, they all stopped playing and assumed their positions as the four manglers walked out of the dungeon. They looked quite bruised and beaten. Their faces were also off-color.The guards began murmuring among themselves.“Wow, they look like they’ve been through hell and came back.”“Yeah, I’ve never seen them this tired.”“They went into the dungeon more than a week ago, so of course, they’ll be tired. I’m sure they’ve been fighting on the 65th floor.”“If more of the top mages actively raid the dungeon, I think we can force our way into the 66th floor sooner rather than later.”“But we’ve been stuck there for almost five years. There’s no progress whatsoever, as the ce