Chapter 143 143 Aftermath of battle
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Before Lucy fell, the large sword made of all his swords was shot towards the creature and though it was a very close call, he managed to hit the chain that was glowing in blood red color perfectly.
The sword certainly pierced through that chain, then the body of the creature and, at last, it also hit the innermost core of the creature and destroyed it, destroying the only energy center of the creature.
As soon as this happened, the creature screamed so loud that the entire area around it started shaking uncontrollably, and the dark energy surrounding it started to vanish into the atmosphere.
The creature continued screaming, with agony, pain, unbearable pain. The sword stuck to its body also started to disappear into particles of light, but the process of disappearance of the sword was slower than the process of the creature's darkness's dissipation.
The creature continued screaming with that loud voice until it had vanished completely, and by the time that happened, El had crawled by Lucy's side and was caressing his blood-stained face.
Her nose was also bleeding, and her red eyes were teary at the moment.
Her bastard did something unbelievable once again. She wanted to beat him up for doing something so foolish. But, he had done it. In the last moment, this bastard managed to defeat that shitty creature just before the duration of their skills and abilities had ended.
It was done. The creature was dead. The dungeon was cleared. They had survived.
And though wounded, exhausted, and nearly dead, the two of them were smiling, looking at the vanishing creature, looking at the vanishing light hidden deep within that darkness.
"She received a good end thanks to you, bastard."
"She deserved that much at least, didn't she?"
El looked bitterly at the vanishing light that seemed to be thanking them, something they didn't deserve, but, it was what it was.
They didn't have to think about this too deeply.
They fought a war and defeated the enemy.
They were the victors and the survivors, just that much was enough.
"Haaa. Finally…"
"Good work… El."
[Congratulations! You have cleared the <D> ranked dungeon: Eisheth's prison!]
[Congratulations! You have cleared a one-time dungeon with a detected anomaly. Increasing the rewards!]
[Congratulations! You have performed many unique achievements! All injuries will be healed and the skill cooldowns will be returned to normal as a special reward!]
[Calculating rewards…]
"Hmmm? What? Why this?"
"Courtesy of our headmaster perhaps? Be thankful lol. This is better than most shitty things the system would give."
Both of them were injured internally and physically as well. The damage to their Mana circuits was no joke as well. Lucy was especially on the brink of death. It was a surprise for the spectators how someone could still be conscious after all that.
But, after a strange colorful light danced around them for a few seconds, all their injuries, internal and external, had vanished completely. It was like they had returned to the state they were in this morning, before entering the academy.
Their skill cooldowns had vanished as well. Which was a great blessing all in itself since there were very few methods in this world that could do such a thing.
<Nyaaaaaaaa! You two bastards! Are you some kind of masochist?! Why do you like endangering yourself?!>
Raz had been maintaining the stream like she had asked him all this while with many complicated feelings clouding his heart.
He thought they would die for real many times and his heart had skipped a beat many times but, whenever he was going to come down from his higher angle to help them, El looked towards him and smiled as if telling him it was alright.
He had never, not once in his six years with them, seen them in the state they were in just a moment ago.
<Lucy almost died for fuck's sake, nay!>
He was worried about them. He would find it funny how he, someone who used to think he had forgotten all emotions and feelings, was worried about someone else.
<And you! El! Nay how could->
"Shut up dummy. Come here. We are fine, right? Just like we said we would be. Look, there ain't even a scratch on us."
<Nyaaaaa! But you->
"Shuuuu. Sorry, we worried you. We didn't know things would turn ours like this, but, look. We finished it, right? Just like we said we would."
El caught him, smiled at her little kitty bitterly, kissed his head, and gently caressed him while he scratched her hand with a tearful, angry look.
They went through a lot, but, it was over. And, they knew it would take the system a pretty long time to finish calculating the achievement data. Perhaps more than a few hours if she was right.
"Haaaaa… I'm done for today. I'm not fighting anyone anymore."
"Same…"
She was sitting on the ground, he was laying on her lap, the place they were in, the world that was first a strange room when they entered the dungeon, then a battleground of red-black Clorox, and then a domain with Lucy's swords, was now returning back to its original form, the form it had before it turned into a dungeon.
"Well, for all its worth, we at least got to see this place."
"Yeah… just like you said, it really existed."
"Of course dumb bastard. I'm never wrong."
Eisheth was imprisoned here, but she used to be a plaything of an infant dragon, so, this place wasn't just a prison. It was also a 'secret' storage of a young Dragon, and the place Eisheth had spent her entire lifetime in.
<Damn… nya. You people sure are lucky.>
After clearing the one-time dungeon, the 'players' used to be transported out of it and that place would be forever replaced with an empty piece of land in their game, but, a long time ago in their previous world, El hypothesized that the places that existed in the place of the one-time dungeon, could be recovered if the dungeon was cleared by the 'natives'.
She couldn't confirm that hypothesis back then, but now that they had cleared this dungeon and the room that used to be the 'prison' was revealed to them, the happiness they felt was, at least, worth risking their lives.
"Nice. I see some pretty things."
"I see many pretty things, lol. This is all gonna be worth as much as the rewards we will get."
Before them was a treasure trove, no, calling it just a 'trove' was an understatement. It was a warehouse where every single thing, from a normal gold coin to the complicated-looking piece of equipment, every single thing was worth a great sum on the local market, as well as on the Worldline market.
There were piles of gold before them in one corner, artifacts that looked simple but were something used or created by a dragon, there were things that belonged to the mother of the dragon as well, so, ultimately, this loot was worth all the drops of blood sweat and their precious Mana.
<Hehehehehehehehe…>
Raz was in her hands but the way he was laughing after realizing where he was and just how much clean profit was preserved before his eyes, was creepy as hell. Even for El.
But she ignored it and focused on the system messages from the bastards who were looking at them even though they had ended their first-ever WL net stream.
[Some spectators of 'Absolute purity' faction have been delighted by your pure act of kindness. They have sent rewards.]
[Some spectators of the 'Pure evil' faction have been delighted by your pure act of kindness. They have sent rewards.]
[Some spectators of the 'Flawed neutrality' faction have been delighted by your pure act of kindness. They have sent rewards.]
[Many spectators have revealed their true names!]
[Many spectators wish you congrats for clearing the dungeon.]
[Many spectators are intrigued by the happenings of the dungeon raid. They sympathize with the corrupted beings who had to live in isolation.]
[Many spectators are angry at the one who imprisoned the 'Prisoner of distorted desires'. They show their hostility towards the 'Alliance'.]
[Some spectators belonging to the 'Alliance' bare their fangs at the lowly bastards.]
…
[The spectator 'Diety of the forest of luck' expresses his earnest desire to start a fan club of GullibleSnowball_33#3. They seek your permission and request you to take the position of the 'owner'.]
"Ohhhh! Are you saying you will fund the creation and everything else and then transfer all the ownership rights to me~? Isn't that being too generous dude~?"
[The spectator 'Diety of the forest of luck' says it is no big deal at all. They are the biggest fan of your 'kitty' so being the one to spread the great cuteness of GullibleSnowball_33#3 would be nothing less than an act of honor.]
"Hehe, I know you mean it lol. Just the fact that you are giving up on all the authority and fame you could get by being the owner shows your sincerity. Haha, alright. You can start the process and tell us when it's done. It will take a few weeks even if it's you, so, let's wait until then.
Ah, and I promise you will be the president of the fanclub so, be prepared to work a lot~."
[The spectator 'Diety of the forest of luck' laughs excitedly and expresses their greatest gratitude. They say you will not be disappointed in any way.]
"Hehe, we look forward to it then~."
A fanclub that a higher being was talking about was obviously no small thing. What they meant by a 'fanclub' was comparable to the creation of a religion that would be preached and promoted all over the Worldline where the influence of the creator of the fanclub as well as its members' was spread across.
Having a fanclub meant having a source of believers or followers, and they were what granted the owners or the 'Gods' their strengths.
It was a valuable freebie if someone was saying they would just give you all that fame and followers's authority for free. And, it was important to them since they were aiming for the positions of those higher beings, so, the followers were needed. The more the merrier.
"Ok, so, El. I think we should go through these things here, clean up, and get out of here. Staying here now that we have recovered isn't necessarily needed."
"Yeiii~. Let's go~. It's only around half a day left for the test timing to finish- ahhh! Right! Shouldn't the results of the first test be announced by now?!"
She shouted that so soundly that Raz almost got scared and jumped down from her hands.
But, she got excited after remembering that, and Lucy did as well, just as much as her.
"Yes! It's here~."
They were excited to see not theirs, but the recorded answers of everyone else that gave the test. And, El especially wanted to see the results of certain people but…
"Hmmm? What the hell? Where's my name?"
El's name wasn't on the top. Lucy's was in third place as well… which was strange.
"Who are these two bastards Lucy."
"I… have no idea."
El couldn't find her name while two unknown people were dominating their theory test rankings. And, these names were strange. Actually…
"No way…"
"This isn't our school's rankings. Damn…"
Lucy realised it later but El had figured it out a moment before him. And, she was surprised as well. Because she didn't think she would be seeing this list anytime soon.
"But still… where's my name!?"
But she was still angry.
She did her best, and she deserved a result, but her name was nowhere on the result rankings. And this really didn't make any sense to either of them…
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