Chapter 48: Escape
“So you’re here,” laughed Theos as he saw the mass of flesh, the curse, hidden in one of the hundreds of crevices in the room.
Because of the depth of the crevice, it was almost impossible to tell if something was inside without carefully observing its interior.
Fortunately, he and Luna decided to carefully investigate the entire room in depth. Theos knew how dangerous a loose curse could be, especially one that, on its first day of birth, is much stronger than an Advanced Peak like Theos.
“Arrkk,” growled the curse, showing its misshapen, sharp teeth but provoking no reaction from Theos, not even Luna.
It simply looked like a harmless creature that, with just one blow, would be destroyed to pieces.
“Answer me one question… Who created you?” this time, Theos’ voice echoed throughout the room with coldness and indifference, even an intense murderous intent surrounded and pressed down on the curse that could only squirm to defend itself.
“No one” growled the curse, causing Theos to frown.
‘What a big lie,’ he thought, further increasing the intensity of his murderous intent, as a user of Death Mana, his murderous intent was more than controlled, being able to increase and decrease it as he pleased, obviously, up to a certain limit.
But… Why such a question? Because he knew more than anyone else that a curse wouldn’t appear as early in the novel as this, that he hasn’t even started the academy.
In fact, in the novel, the curses started to make their appearances after the academy, at first not being much of a threat, but eventually, right after finishing the first year at the academy, the curses became known to everyone after that accident…
“Ahhhh… I just-“, the curse growled, but before he could say another word, Theos’ left eye glowed brightly as blood gushed from it.
“Forget Loyalty,” he commanded, using the only ability he had on his Path of Oblivion.
The curse was slowly affected by the command, forgetting the very concept of loyalty.
It was natural, he could not compete against the very Eye of an all-powerful being and God of misfortune.
“Now tell me… Who created you?” he again asked calmly and intriguingly, causing the curse to resist a little, but in the end, he blurted out two words.
“It was…HIM,” stated the curse, as he suddenly twisted uncontrollably.
His entire mass doubled in size from swelling, expanding even the crevice he was in.
“RUN!” he shouted, grabbing Luna’s hand to take a great leap augmented by the Mana, moving a dozen meters away before the explosion.
*BOOM*
Pieces of flesh, or rather, particles of the curse’s flesh, were spread all over the room by the explosion; the rift expanded further, and debris was falling from the ceiling itself, forcing Theos to make a Mana barrier and Luna to make shadow armor for her and Theos.
“Let’s get out of here,” he said, now with all the curse flesh scattered like particles around the room; it was a matter of time before it took over his or Luna’s body, both being worst-case scenarios.
“Click*
But as if on cue, the very miracle; possibly from the intense battle of Theos and the curse and now the explosion of the curse, the large rock split in half, opening the only way out to flee.
“Theos, look,” Luna pointed out, but Theos had already noticed this ‘miracle’, so he took a big leap that way, leaving the room without hesitation.
‘This is… Weird, but he felt strange, nor could he help but turn his head towards the room that was getting farther and farther away with every jump he took, feeling a bad feeling.
Now, with his head a little cooler, it was all too timely and strange; first, they entered the room, and just as they noticed the capsule, they tried to flee, but a large rock prevented it.
After the great battle that they won when questioning the curse, it exploded at the mention of the word or named “HIM.”
Everything up to that point could be a coincidence or the prevention of the guy who invented the curse; possibly, that curse was an artificial curse with a program not to reveal his name.
But… He couldn’t leave everything to chance when just the big rock split in two as he tried to flee.
“It’s as if someone knew all my steps… Or directly, manipulated all my steps,” he muttered with a bit of anger as he felt that feeling he hated with all his soul.
He hadn’t accepted a system precisely because of that, but now, it seemed as if someone was guiding him… And the worst thing is that if he was guiding him, it didn’t bring anything beneficial to Theos, making it more frustrating.
“Theos, are you okay?” Luna asked with concern as she saw the quiet Theos, who gradually had a darker and solemn face.
“Yes…,” he nodded, but Luna pinched his leg.
“Tell me the truth, honestly,” she demanded with her eyes fixed on him. Making Theos sigh deeply.
“If I’m honest with you, Luna… No, I’m not well at all, but it’s something I’ll tell you about later… This battle didn’t feel natural, and now that I think more deeply.” Theos swallowed a little as he now thought not only of the current battle but of the days before.
He continued. “Now that I think more deeply, I think that… I don’t know, I feel like I was guided and manipulated to come here,” he stated, causing Luna to be surprised.
She didn’t know how to respond to Theos’ words, and now that he said it, she felt that it could be true, nothing was natural at all.
At least she was glad to know that he trusted her to tell her such things, so the two of them left the cave in silence and thought with Luna in Theos’ arms.
Unaware that in the room, a shadow was slowly revealing itself.
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