Chapter 119: Delinquent and Elf - Mysterious Tomb
*Pah!*
Ryuji slapped Alicia\'s exposed ass a few times, making the unconscious elf whine while shifting her leg; Ryuji then looked south to the pile of rocks blocking the path that used to exist, hoping that his comrades were alright.
"Where are Akari and Ryo.... It seems this southern wall is likely a trap or puzzle..." He looked at the enormous wall with a confused look; the strange symbols seemed familiar, but each time he tried to focus on them, a painful ache shot through his mind while he dropped to one knee, clenching his chest the pain like a knife rapidly stabbing him in the head, chest and abdomen.
"Gah! Fuck...."
A minute later, the pain faded, leaving him on the floor sweating and short of breath, prompting him to try standing up and look at Alicia, only to notice how long her ears fluttered while looking at him with a victorious smile, her little fist pumped as she pointed at him. "That\'s what you get for smacking my ass!"
Alicia got up, dusting her smooth legs and lovely breasts before jumping over the rock pile, hugging Ryuji before her beautiful face looked up with fake tears welling up while shaking. "Why am I stuck here with you?!"
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"You look so upset while clinging to my body, Perverted elf."
"Hehe... it\'s not my fault you\'re so hard and stable." She said, holding her laughter, pressing her delicate chest against his black armour while Ryuji patted her head, enjoying her adorable cheekiness. It helped ease the lingering ache from the strange pain from earlier.
"Alicia, can you read the markings on that wall? I think they might be the key to leaving." Ryuji didn\'t want to take too long because he worried Akari and Ryo might be in danger.
Alicia separated her tender figure before walking a few steps, using her index to trace each symbol carefully while Ryuji wiped away some sweat until she froze as if scared, stuttering and looking back with her ears flopping. "T-This is ancient Elvish!"
"Can you read it then?"
"Y-Yes! But, Ryu! That language vanished after the war against the Dwarves. Even now, our wise elders learn their language only orally because they fear its misuse... Ancient elvish is linked to the origin of the world and magic. It\'s why Elves can use magic no matter their class or upbringing!"
"These words, do they say anything specific?" Ryuji felt strange. The fact he brought an elf princess and suddenly the wall has ancient elvish on the puzzle? Perhaps a coincidence, but Ryuji wondered if Alan would also doubt this situation too.
"One moment, please. My understanding of ancient Elvish is pretty basic!"
While Alicia figured the wall out, Ryuji sat against the rocks and picked up a broken pickaxe; feeling it was quite expensive in the past, he tossed it across the room, where he noticed several small spherical openings in the walls, along with faint blue gemstones, which gave the smallest amount of light around them.
"It says..."
"Once the betrayer enters the land of the forgotten, the gears of fate shall begin to turn....." Her voice was shaky as she walked along the blue wall. "\'When the seal of life shatters, darkness will spread and spill chaos.... while the betrayed will consume all.\'" Alicia kept tracing her delicate fingers on each symbol, her soft feet crushing tiny rocks under her heels.
Click!
Suddenly, as she reached halfway, the sound triggered, and Ryuji\'s body flew like a bolt of lightning, his black axe tearing through the sky in an arc before dozens of glistening blue arrows shot towards him, almost blotting out his vision.
Swish!
"Ryuji?!"
"Finish the task, it\'s nothing!"
Alicia called out, but his stern voice forced her to continue working on the wall.
Before Ryuji defended himself, several arrows penetrated his body, the tips cold as ice burned and tore through his flesh. While he blocked most arrows with the axe, he couldn\'t roll or dodge because Alicia stood behind him... This trap, everything about it, felt like the dungeon\'s cruel method of keeping Ryuji locked in place to suffer.
Swshh! Pah! Tudududu!
His armour cracked, and his warm crimson blood dropped to the dirt while a few more arrows penetrated the black leather. As the last set fell, his axe dropped to the dirt with a thud, and his breathing became heavy, but he knew this wasn\'t the end.
*Thud!*
Blood lightly dripped delicately against the rocky ground while Ryuji fell on one knee and picked up the axe.
"Almost finished.... a bit longer, please don\'t die!"
Part of Ryuji didn\'t want her to finish. The burning pain from the blue-tipped arrows felt like they were eating away at his body, his vision blurring while he felt his blood veins burning as it turned into liquid fire.
"I...I\'m fine..."
"Once the Betrayer awakens as a true King, the gods shall send their Apostles and smite him down..... create paradise as his blood will free the forgotten ones and doom the world to eternal dark! Praise the sacrifice..... Praise the sacrifice... Awaken Thy blood!" Alicia\'s voice became strange, no longer stuttering once she began reading...
However, the moment she reached the words about apostles a huge ogre suddenly appeared, teleported in like magic... as if a mechanism to stop this from being completed.
Ryuji dragged himself to his feet while holding his axe in both hands; with a bloody face, he stood opposite the ogre...
This fucking dungeon... how dare you fuck with my damn elf and spout some bullshit!