Acht had to support Leislet so they could walk at a moderately fast speed since her legs were still weak from the healing. The height difference between them made it even harder for Acht but he didn't care much about it since there was a pressing problem he needed to take care of.
What stood in front of them were tons and tons of hard rocks that blocked the small tunnel that could get them out of there. The chaos that happened because of the creature made the ceiling and the walls crumble down like it was made of cardboard. Now, they were basically stuck in there.
"Even if we contacted the others they wouldn't be able to move this amount of rocks. What should we do?" Leislet asked with slight concern.
Acht didn't answer immediately as he looked at the blocked path with a contemplating look. He was formulating an idea in his head that he wasn't sure could work but it was still worth trying.
After making sure of what he should do, he shifted his gaze to Leislet. He knew that she wouldn't approve of this idea that much but it was their last chance.
"I think I will use the same attack you saw today when I killed the orcs. I called it 'Gravity Bullets'." He explained slowly.
Leislet frowned slightly as she remembered the destructive prowess of that attack and she immediately shook her head in disapproval.
"That attack is way too strong. Look at the ceiling and the walls, they are barely holding on. Any other attack would make them crumble completely and we will be buried alive here."
"Do we have any other choice? You don't have a way of getting us out. Digging with our hands is also out of the question. Our best chance is Gravity Bullets. Believe in me." He said with confidence in his voice.
As they looked at each other, conveying what they were thinking of through their gazes, Leislet cursed under her breath as she thought.
'You little bastard. These eyes of yours are cheating.'
She couldn't keep herself composed when looking at them so she averted her eyes, announcing her defeat.
Acht nodded his head and helped her to walk away from the piles of rocks. Then, he stood up again and pointed his hand at the rocks.
After that, he started channeling his soul force. But, the moment it started manifesting in his hand, he saw a glaring difference from before.
His soul force which was most of the time translucent and white was now sky blue in color. The other thing that made it different is the quality. The blue soul force he had now was way stronger and denser than normal soul force. Even channeling it was way faster and more efficient than ever before.
"What is this?" He muttered as he looked closer at his hand which had a blue aura around it.
He didn't feel any discomfort so he understood that it wasn't something dangerous or an odd mutation in his body.
"This is another change because of the heart."
He touched his chest and tried to feel his heartbeat. It was calm and strong, he even felt his energy flowing smoothly throughout his body.
"Sigh, what a weird thing that happened to me. I don't even know if it's good or bad." He clenched his fist and breathed out heavily.
Then, he pointed his hand again and started forming the gravity ball in his hand. Immediately, he started feeling the heavy weight of the gravity ball in his hand. He made sure to not accumulate too much gravity in his hand so that he doesn't destroy the whole chamber so the preparation was considerably shorter.
After that, he threw the ball with all of his strength. It was invisible so neither he nor Leislet could see it.
A second later, they saw how the pile of rocks that covered the tunnel was blasted as if it was hit with dynamites. It was so strong that it made the earth shake.
*BOOOOOMMM*
Bits and pieces of the rocks flew everywhere. In a moment, the path in front of them was almost opened up.
Luckily, after the small earthquake, the chamber didn't crumble and held on resiliently.
"Another shot and we are done. I still can shoot another gravity ball so my soul energy has increased in quantity and quality too."
Then, he readied another gravity ball smaller than the other one and threw it at the tunnel.
*BOOOOM*
Immediately, the last huge rocks of the pile got obliterated and the path was now wide open for them to pass. But, things didn't seem to be that smooth, as in the next second, Acht heard a chain of cracks happening above him.
He looked up and saw the ceiling starting to break like a glass cup.
'Shit.' he cursed as he dashed toward Leislet and picked her up in a princess carry position. The difference between them in height made it somehow funny to witness.
As they crossed the chamber, rocks started to fall down like rain. Acht couldn't even think properly as he let his body guide them through.
He also made use of gravity manipulation to avert some rocks that were unavoidable even with his reaction speed.
Luckily, they were able to enter the tunnel before the chamber was totally destroyed.
Acht sat down and breathed a sigh of relief. It was so close that they were almost dead.
"Umm…could you let me down?" Leislet said after an awkward cough.
"Oh, yeah…Here." Acht nodded and put her down gently.
The moment he bent down to put her down, their eyes met from up close and they froze in that position for a good 10 seconds. But, Acht broke that silence and looked ahead of him.
"We should go. The other team members are probably almost over with their parts of the mission. We also need to find the dungeon boss."
He then walked ahead first while hiding his face from the beautiful woman with him.
As for her, she just looked at his back dazedly and then immediately shook her head.
'What am I thinking?! I can't be attracted to a small boy. But, he was…'
Unconsciously, she touched her lips with a blush. Her mind drifted away into the dreamland where all kinds of 'interesting' things were happening.
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