–Boom!
The sound of the floor breaking pierced my ears and I kept running.
To defeat a 'complete' Chimera, you must destroy its crystallized heart.
Even if you cut off his head, it would only deprive the Chimera's sight and not its life.
However, in this case, only his hands and leg were changed, and the rest were still human body parts.
So, I wasn't sure whether his heart had crystallized or not because I couldn't see it.
It was never easy to shatter its crystallized heart because it was hard as a diamond and a normal attack wouldn't work; mana was required.
I just hope that the serum hadn't modified his heart.
Well, if he still had a human's heart it would be easy for me to kill him, however, the main problem here were his transformed hand and leg!
Because the destruction power was insane and the speed was no joke!
Also, its flesh was quite thick, although I slashed it before, it only bled a little and didn't deal any significant damage.
I peeked at him out of the corner of my eyes and he ran four-legged. It seemed I had to call him a beast since he wasn't a human anymore.
I turned sideways when I met a corner and his body hit the wall.
–Boom!
I glanced at the beast and he used his legs to jump forward and continued running to chase me.
Right now, we were just circling endlessly in this room, and to be honest, my stamina had dropped a lot.
'Well, what are you expecting from a normal eight-year-old kid's stamina?'
Once again I met a corner but this time, instead of turning to the side, I leaped backward.
–Boom!
The moment the beast crashed against the wall, I made a vertical cut starting from his head down to his chest as I sank low. However–
–Bang!
I flinched when my sword hit something hard.
"Kkkieeekkkk!!"
He wailed and immediately waved his ferocious hand whilst whirling to face me. I hopped up to dodge it.
"Tsk."
I clucked my tongue in annoyance.
'In the end, the thing I feared the most turned out to be true.'
And from the severed chest, I could see how his heart peeked out and shone red.
His heart had crystallized.
Just look at him, even after his upper body had been sliced in half and his blood didn't stop oozing out, he was still moving vigorously.
I sprinted off once I landed, then we played the game of cat-and-mouse one more time.
I couldn't fight the monster in the one-on-one duel, it was tantamount to suicide. I peeped behind me and immediately ducked down.
-Whoosh!
His beastly hands slid past me and I leaped backward, but, against my calculations, he grabbed my ankles and slammed me onto the floor.
–Whack!
"Urk!"
Blood came out of my mouth and nose. His attack didn't stop, he threw my body to a table across the room.
–Whack!
"Cough, cough!"
I spat out a mouthful of blood and my whole body tingled with pain. It seemed my ribs were broken.
I tried to get up but to no avail and my head started spinning. I lifted my head and I saw how the monster walking slowly like eyeing its prey with my blurry vision.
I began to drag myself with my arms to move somewhere else but damn, it looked like I didn't even move an inch!
And…
I ran out of time, the beast was already in front of me and he scooped up my body with his vicious hand.
"Aaarrgghh!!"
I groaned when its claws dug deep into my skin and tore through my flesh. Blood poured out from my wounds and I gritted my teeth in helplessness.
'Am I gonna die down here?'
No.
'I don't want to die miserably like this! I have to save… Damian…'
Like a little amber that ignited a fire, my morale rose to the sky, and fortunately, my hand which held the sword was out of his grip.
Wasting no more time, I swung it toward the blinking red heart with all the strength I had left.
–Bang! –Bang! –Bang!
I had no idea what happened but my body suddenly fell to the ground followed by a loud crash on the floor.
"Cough, cough…"
My mouth leaked out blood and my blurry sight caught the beast's heart was no longer shining; it had turned black like charcoal.
Ah… it seemed his heart hadn't fully crystallized yet…
–Tuk!
A bottle rolled and hit my head. I took it to see what it was and to my surprise, it was a Super Potion! Without much thought, I opened the lid and drank it.
But something was strange… my eyelids felt heavy, my body became light and everything darkened.
.
.
.
My eyes abruptly opened and I immediately sat when a tremendous earthquake struck.
"What the hell is happening?!"
The ground shook violently and I crawled to the nearest table. Debris could be seen falling and the floor cracked here and there.
After a few minutes passed, the quake finally stopped and I crawled out of the table.
And I had never been this happy when Mana started swirling inside me. I couldn't help but smirk.
I channeled my Mana to my Elemental and a wisp of fire was created above my palm.
"It seemed Chislon made it, huh."
As I remembered something, I quickly checked my body, and to my surprise, the wound had disappeared; leaving no marks at all.
"Haaa…"
I breathed a sigh of relief and lay down on the floor.
"I thought I was going to die."
I stared at the ceiling when my thoughts drifted. I had no idea know how long I was unconscious, but I immediately sat up whilst shouting.
"That's right! Damian!"
I instantly rose the moment a white-haired brat popped into my head and took the sword lying next to me.
However, my step came to a halt, and I swept my eyes to the surroundings.
"This damn place…"
I gripped my sword tightly and my chest up and down; I couldn't contain my anger anymore.
Without thinking much I swung my sword here and there to destroy every herb, every device, every paper, and everything I could find in this lab.
–Shatter! –Shatter! –Shatter!
I didn't know how many labs this underground have but this was just my way of assuaging my anger.
I raised my weapon once again but my Telesphere rang.
I sighed and looked who it was and Chislon's name popped up on the mini screen.
// Your Highness, I succeeded in destroying the device! //
"Well done. Also, can you explore this underground a bit more and look for labs?"
// Labs? //
"Yes. And if you find one, destroy it."
// I understand. Has Your Highness found Prince Damian? //
"No, I haven't. But I found a clue where the dungeon is and I will head there right now."
// I understand. Please contact me when you find Prince Damian so I could request reinforcement. //
"I understand."
// Then, I will be on my way, please be careful."
"I will and you too."
With that our conversation ended and I ran over to the kids. I opened every cubicle and there were only six left, and they were unconscious.
I pressed the button and–
–Click! –Click! –Click!
Luckily it was the right button and all the irons that bound their hands were open.
I walked to one of them and gave him a light slap in the face.
"Hey, hey, wake up!"
The boy's eyelids were seen blinking several times before shoving me away and shutting his eyes tightly.
"Waaa!! Don't go near me!! Get away!! Get away!!"
I restrained both of his arms as his hands kept slapping my face and body.
"Calm down!"
Upon hearing my voice he gradually opened his eyes once again and piped down.
"O–oh?"
"Can you wake up the others?"
"Uh… y–yes."
As he woke the kids, I moved to the cupboard and looked for anything useful. Fortunately, I found a black-robed and an active Silent Magic Device on the desk.
Heh, no wonder none of them were coming here, it turned out this room had this thing. I deactivated it and put it in my pocket jacket, then went back to the children.
They immediately bowed their heads.
"Thank you so much for saving us!"
"Save your thanks once we get out of here, right now, I need your help."
"Wh–what is it?"
"Listen, I'm looking for someone, he has white hair no, what I mean was brunette hair but he has blue eyes."
Confusion dyed their faces.
"He's with a girl with lilac hair and purple eyes."
"Ah!"
A girl exclamation.
"You mean the Prince and his lover!"
My lips quivered.
"'His lover?'"
The girl explained in a cheering tone.
"Yes. His Highness slept on his lover's tight! So romantic! They also hold hands like ALL THE TIME–"
I immediately cut in. I didn't have time to listen to that brat lovey-dovey.
"Alright! Alright! I understand, then can you show me where the dungeon is?"
They exchanged glances and anxiety painted their faces. But eventually, they nodded.
"We will guide you."
"Thanks?"
With that, I knelt, however, all of them immediately shouted.
"No! You don't have to kneel! Please get up!"
I furrowed my brows, what the hell were they talking about? Why would I, a Prince, kneel before them?
"No, what I mean is, I will piggyback one of you to pretend to be the black-robed man."
I lifted my hand holding a black robe.
"I–I see."
After the preparations were finished, we headed out, and fortunately, no one was paying attention to us because they were in a chaotic situation.
After a few minutes of walking, we arrived at the dungeon. However, when we entered, we were presented with two corpses lying on the floor, but Damian and Leticia were nowhere to be found.
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