Chapter 67: Widow’s Crypt III (1/2)

As the larger queen began devouring the smaller one, I couldn't help but becoeon There wereall but the tenth floor, where the queen snarler dwelled The reason this dungeon was considered a beginner dungeon was because the queen never left the tenth floor, allowing for easy training up until the very last floor

Although the queen snarler was a B class e party of E class adventurers was still capable of defeating it

Which brought another question to eon? Frogressive to any potential competitors that threatened their den

Professor Glory didn't really think much of it but I couldn't help but be bothered by it This brought me to er than they normally should be?

I could understand Professor Glory having a hard tieon bosses, but she shouldn't be losing An A-class adventurer was supposed to easily dispose of the kind of queen snarler I had read about

"Why is that one so roaned, cleaving a few minions out of her way

As I fended off waves of snarlers,its former ally

"Professor, does this usually happen?" I asked

"Well, I've heard that soe in cannibalism but I've never really seen this particular case Why now of all ti her head, she picked up her other sword and made her way towards her opponent

As the queen snarler finished consurey fur turned jet black and the small horn on its forehead that I failed to notice at first curved upwards, growing substantially The once beady red eyes turned sharp andfrom itsbut I knew that there was a growing sense of doubt in herback home safely was considered just a matter of time, but even I couldn't help but shi+ver involuntarily from the murderous intent that exuded from the queen

"Professor! We can't… keep this up!" Tess shouted hoarsely arowls and hisses of the eneht to

"Everyone! No more fire spells! The entrance of the cave is blocked so our supply of oxygen is limited!" I roared out

Fro, the air was beco uncontrollably

The queen and Professor Glory were at a stale side As I focused on thestyle of the queen snarler had coed There was no trace of hesitation or sense of self-preservation Each attack it lashed out at Professor Glory ith the intent to kill without caring for its own body Usually that should've been its downfall, but that unique queen snarler's black fur was able to absorb e from our professor's attacks

"Arthur… I think…to… act up" Tess, as a fewher abdo? Are you okay?' Sylvie's voice popped in et here as fast as you can and head down the stairs, I responded before focusing back on as happening here

Several factors began weighing down on ia from my trip to the Dire Tombs Did I have the power to clear thethe front entrance to the stairs? And even if I did, should I just take Tess and escape by ourselves?

No Tess would never forgive me if she knew that I left everyone else in here to escape

Then after opening a way back up, should I stay behind and help Professor Glory kill the mutated queen snarler?

Whatever decision I chose toI had to do was remove this rubble It was important that I cleared a path back up in one try, since it was obvious the queen wasn't going to let us all escape

"Professor, keep the queen busy I'll try to open a way out of here for us!" Professor Glory had to work even harder to keep up with the queen since she couldn't use any fire techniques After giving ot to work Tess wasn't in any state to help and everyone else was too busy fending off the ar heat spells to try and deter the snarlers since oxygen levels were beco more and more scarce

I would have to do this by e enough fire spell in this state right now and fail, ere all going to suffocate in here Water? Ice? There were too little water ele enough to drill a hole through the mountain of rock The once ice-filled cave was now dry and arid with a thick layer of s produced from some of the burnt snarler corpses

That left me ind and earth, or a ht noasn't confident in being able to produce a powerful enough attack I thought ofphase two, but with Tess in the condition she was in right now, I had to stay conscious, at least until we got out of this dungeon

Was there really no other option? Asfor possible solutions, I saw Professor Glory receive a pretty large blow to her right arm

'I'ave me an idea

That's it!

"Curtis! I need your help right now!" I roared across the battlefield

"Arthur, I don't think I can afford to—"

"Come, now!" I barked back before he could refute

Curtis was a bloody, grimy mess, but from the shalloounds on his body, it was obvious that the blood on him wasn't his

"What is it?" He panted heavily I could tell he was exhausted by the wear on his face and body His shi+eld was badly dented and his sas slick with blood, dulled from repeated use

"Do you think your beast will ability, World Howl, is strong enough to clear the rubble?" I turned his head to snap him back to attention

"Arthur, I don't think I have the o into my first phase" He shook his head hopelessly

"Just answer the question Is it strong enough?"

"Y-Yeah, if I had enough er than the one in the ot injured" He scratched his head, confused by where I was going with this

I thought aboutthe blast at the queen snarler but even if it were strong enough to kill it, it would be impossible to accurately catch only the queen and not Professor Glory It was safer to just go with this plan

"Okay I want you to not question what I' into your first phase and producing a blast strong enough to clear that ency and authority h to Curtis because he just nodded and turned around

Taking off , I made sure to control the amount fluctuation in the mana as to not tip anyone off Everyone was occupied with the snarlers but if I didn't control the mana release like Professor Glory did after she released her seal, I would draw attention fro the untapped pool of mana that I now had access to, I placed both my hands on Curtis' back

From the amount of mana I willed into Curtis, the prince involuntarily dropped to one knee before he was able to adjust his body to the sudden bombardment of mana

Mana transference had been studied forto professors and many of the books in the library, but it was a hopeless cause for thee had the fire attribute, receiving e should be possible, but after countless tests and failures, they dee that even if someone was specialized, the mana inside their bodies weren't purely of just that element Hypothetically, if sohest sense, then they could transfer mana with another person core of that same level and element Other than that, it would be impossible Except for me

The fact that I was able to manipulate all four elements allowed me to adjust and mimic and input the types of mana and the ratio of each ele to It was sort of like what I did fortheer scale Of course I hadn't perfectlya lot of an slowly controlling and li the amount of each elemental rit my teeth in self-deprecation at the turn of events