54 …Oops (1/2)
Back in the continent, Lilis pushed away a fifty meters tall tide for umpteenth time. Lanya and Ratia were resting when they realized that Lilis had enough mana and spirit to do it alone. It was quite selfish but Lilis didn't really pay attention.
”Oh, looks like it's finished” Suddenly, she exclaimed. She then saw a silver light in the horizon slowly fading ”They'll come back soon, let's go” She said and sighed before heading back to the demon city.
Ratia and Lanya looked at each other and followed her just after. They were already back in the castle after ten minutes. Ratia fell on the bed and Lanya laid her whole body on a sofa, while Lilis just sat down.
”You are strong” Ratia abruptly said to Lilis
The latter smiled ”Of course I am, right now, I'm even stronger that Arima” She said casually ”But, I'm sure he'll catch up to me soon. The scariest particularity of a Life Hunter is just before they enter into the Heaven Realm, at that moment, he will be stronger than me without a doubt” She explained.
Although, Ratia didn't understand a thing, Lanya had a pensive expression.
”And what is that particularity?” A familiar voice resounded in the room and the three girls looked at the source. They found Arima standing there, carrying Raal on his shoulder. They immediately understood that Arima had won, but they also realized that none of them had any injuries. But the thing that caught them off guard was Arima's appearance. He was still in his draconic form, he was really intimidating.
Lilis smiled ”Sorry, I can't tell you” And said
Arima glanced at her and brought Raal to the bed before throwing him on it. Ratia was shocked when Arima threw her husband like that, but she noticed the latter had no external injuries.
”I healed him, Raal can't heal injuries that I made to him, but it's a different story when it's me who heals them” Arima said and his scales, wings and tail transformed into a dark light that converged and reformed as a small wolf cub.
Lanya instantly caught the latter in her arms, like she was waiting for it since the beginning. Arima sighed and stretched a bit. He then sat down on a couch and closed his eyes.
Everyone in the room looked at him curiously. Arima didn't move for five minutes straight. When he finally opened his eyes, he looked at Lilis ”Can you help me a bit? I need to heal my organs that were affected by a change of time” Arima asked and Lilis became surprised.
She laughed and sat beside Arima, she placed her hand on his shoulder and also closed her eyes ”That's what you get for suppressing your power” She smiled and said ”I don't know much about Time magic, so I won't be that much of a help” Both Arima and her started working on the former's recovering.
Lanya waited by playing with Night and Ratia was taking care of her husband. Only after ten minutes, did Arima and Lilis finish. Arima stood up and waved his hand a bit, a small breeze blew in the room.
”It's good, thanks” He turned toward Lilis and thanked her. The latter smiled and nodded ”No problem”
At that moment, Raal grunted and rolled on the bed before falling down on the floor ”Ah” His wife exclaimed and the others looked blankly at the scene. Of course, the Demon King was awake and slowly stood up while rubbing his head. He then looked around. He spotted Arima looking at him, then he looked at himself and tilted his head.
”A dream?” He said and Arima started laughing, he then sat down and shook his head.
”No, you can be sure of that” He said with a smile
Raal laughed wryly ”I lost, huh?” He looked around a bit ”Where is Rayord?” He asked
Arima pointed at a window with his thumb ”Outside, he was too big to get in, so I let him outside” He said
”I see, then I should let him rest a bit” Raal said and sat down on the bed, he extended his hand toward a nightstand beside his bed and opened a drawer. He took out a scroll and threw it to Arima. The latter caught it and looked at its contents.
”I see” He smiled and nodded. He looked at the scroll for a few seconds before giving it back to Raal ”Thanks, I've remembered it” Arima said
Raal also smiled ”No, I should thank you for the fight you gave me. Also, the fact that you suppressed your full strength, I heard it” He said ”I'm sure you did it because it would've been unfair for me, don't worry, I'm not blaming you” He laughed and said
”I never did worry about it” Arima said and no one knew if it was a joke or not ”Anyway, I suppose I can get the reward for my victory now, right?” He stood up and asked
Raal nodded ”Go ahead, I gave you that map for that” The scroll that he had given Arima was actually the fully detailed map of this city with all of its secret facilities.
”Well, bye” Arima said and snapped his fingers, along with his group, he disappeared in an instant. He teleported Lanya and Lilis without asking them about anything.
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Arima's group reappeared on a road, in the outskirts of the city. You could even see a wheat field nearby.
”Why are we here? Weren't we supposed to look for a prison?” Lilis asked after looking around.
Arima pointed at the ground and Night frowned in Lanya's embrace ”Again?” He said
”The prison is down there, that's what the map said. Basically, it's underground” Arima explained, he crouched down and tapped on the ground a bit.
”What are you going to do?” Lanya asked in wonder.
Arima smirked ”[Vita Venari]” He chanted, but unlike his previous times using Life Hunt, a giant black circle appeared in the sky, the runes in the circle were in Latin and the structure of the inner circles was extremely unusual and complex.
Lilis looked in shock at the five miles wide circle hovering in the sky ”That's a custom circle, you created a circle for your Life Hunt” She said, astounded ”I think that's the first time it ever happened, how far did your understanding of magic go?” She uttered with shock
Arima grinned and the circle in the sky glowed, a transparent energy created a whirlpool in the area. That same energy entered the ground, but although the energy produced by the circle spread far, no one managed to sense it. They could only see the circle in the sky, totally unknown to them.