Chapter 362 - 362: Blood Infecting Ant
Lucifer placed the beast core he received after killing the Black Stone Beast on the lips of Alicia, who had her eyes closed.
After placing the core in her lips, he stood up in search of water which was also needed.
Unfortunately, there was no source of water nearby, and he wasn't carrying any.
Without water, he couldn't finish what he wanted to do. He couldn't finish the process of detoxification.
For that, he needed some water or liquid that could touch the beast core before falling on Alicia's lips.
He observed his surroundings, trying to find something he could use, but except stones, there was nothing.
"Is there no way to heal her?" he wondered as he walked back to Alicia, sitting near her. "It would really be unfortunate if she dies like this."
"Do I really have to use that?" he muttered, glancing at the lips of Alicia where the beast core was placed.
"There you are!"
Just as he was finding himself to be lost in deep thoughts, he heard a voice from behind.
"Yaliza?"
Lucifer turned back, recognizing that voice that belonged to Yaliza. As he had expected, he found Yaliza behind him, coming out of the right tunnel.
"You didn't return for quite some time either. So I came to check," Yaliza informed Lucifer as he stepped closer to him. "What happened to her?"
"She's poisoned. You carried water, right? Give me some!"
Yaliza gave a small bottle of water that he was carrying to Lucifer. "Here."
Opening the bottle, Lucifer started pouring the water on the slightly opened lips of Alicia.
The water touched the beast core before entering the mouth of hers.
After finishing, he took back the beast core and kept that in his pocket.
"She should probably be fine if the research is accurate," Lucifer commented.
"What research?" Yaliza asked.
"The one I read. It theorized that a beast core of a dungeon could be used as an antidote for any poison inside that Dungeon."
'There have been some instances of that being done before. So I believe this should work as well. But it'll take time," Lucifer replied before he picked up Alicia in his arms.
"Is that really the Beast Core of this dungeon? How do you have it?" Yaliza asked Lucifer. "Did you kill the strongest beast of this Dungeon?"
" Possibly. I'm not sure. I received it from a beast which I killed. I've no idea if he actually was the strongest," Lucifer replied before he started flying back.
Now that he had seen where Yaliza came from, the confusion was over, and he was now able to navigate back.
Yaliza also followed Lucifer.
"Huh? Why are there two paths ahead of us now? When I came, this place only had one?"
It didn't take long before they had to stop again. This time, it was Yaliza's turn to be surprised as he saw two paths before him where there was supposed to be only one.
"You're wrong. We are actually in the same spot where we were before," Lucifer reminded him, pointing towards the ground.
A few droplets of water could be seen on the ground that had fallen there when Lucifer had poured the water on Alicia's lips.
" How is that possible? Are we stuck in a maze?" Yaliza asked.
"I think now we understand why this place is called the Dungeon of Traps. It's messing with us," Lucifer commented. "And I don't like it."
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"What is happening? First Alicia went inside, and she didn't return. After her, Lucifer went in, and he didn't return either. After them, Yaliza entered. It has been so long, and he hasn't returned either. What's happening?"
Sitting with his back resting against the wall, Uzuki was complaining.
"It's really strange. They should have been back by now. I will go and check," Cassius said, walking towards the entrance of the first path as well.
"Wait! I'm coming with you. In any case, I doubt you'll return either. I might as well see myself what's happening inside," Uzuki called out, stopping Cassius.
"You'll come with me? You'll have to stand up for that," Cassius reminded Uzuki.
"It's fine. I can't always sit here. At some point, I need to take things into my own hands," Uzuki said, standing up.
Click!
As soon as the clicking sound occurred, Uzuki jumped, landing five meters away. He didn't want to fall if the ground split apart like last time.
"It's not the ground one this time. I wonder which trap it is then?" Uzuki commented as he looked where he was sitting before to find the ground looking normal.
"I think you really messed up this time," Cassius commented, pointing behind Uzuki.
"Hmm? What?" Confused, Uzuki turned back.
"What are you talking about? I see nothing strange behind me?" he asked, looking back at Cassius only to find him attacking.
Cassius swung his sword in the direction of Uzuki, shocking him.
"Have you gone crazy?" Uzuki yelled when Cassius attacked, but the aim seemed wrong.
The arc of light hit the wall behind Uzuki.
"Don't tell me you didn't see that?" Cassius asked, keeping his Sword back in the sheath before walking towards Uzuki.
"After the trigger activated, a small opening appeared in the wall behind you. Maybe you weren't able to see since it was small, but something came out of it," Cassius explained.
He stopped near the wall which was just attacked. Bending forward, he picked something up.
"See this?"
"An ant? It's bigger than ordinary ants but don't tell me this was enough to scare you?" Uzuki asked, noticing a half sliced ant in the hands of Cassius.
The other half of this ant was still lying on the ground.
"That's because you don't know what these are. This one is a Blood Infecting Ant. This can not only fly, but this can also bite you, infecting your blood with a vicious poison," Cassius explained.
He tossed the body of the ant away before continuing. "I remember studying about them before. You're lucky I cut it before it could bite you."
"Meh, I would be able to take care of it myself," Uzuki lazily let out. "But still, thanks for helping me."
"Now, can we please leave?" he asked, walking inside the first path.
Cassius followed behind.
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"You mean we are in a maze, and only the right path will take us out?" Yaliza asked.
"Seems to be that way," Lucifer affirmed. "Since the one we took last time made us end up here, let's take the other one this time."
With that, Lucifer flew inside the path that they hadn't selected last time.