The rising of the Shield Hero X One piece

The Rising of the Sword Hero part 9

(Rifana)

Her eyes slowly opened back up to the light of day. Her head still ached, but not nearly as much as before. It still made her groan though, grabbing the attention of the two men nearby.

You're awake!" Hiro exclaimed upon hearing her, getting up from his position nearby and going over to her.

"You had us worried there for a second." Kiroki followed.

"What happened?" Rifana asked while sitting up from her laided position. Her memory was a little fuzzy from the headache.

The Level Overdose put too much stress onto you." Kiroki answered immediately, "Though I've never heard of someone passing out to a Level Overdose."

It must have been a lot of levels then." Hiro deduced, before turning to Rifana, "Um, what level are you now anyway?" He received a smack to the back of the head, "Ow!"

That's rude to ask of someone." Kiroki stated.

"No," Rifana said, "It's fine." She looked over to her level and became a little surprised herself, "I'm... Level 100 now."

The two of them looked at her surprised, "What?" Hiro asked in a little disbelief.

"Just what is he killing in there to get that much XP?" Kiroki said to himself as he turned to the tower in the distance.

Maybe he killed a boss?" Hiro suggested.

Only for Kiroki to shake his head, "If it was just one burst of levels, then sure, but you gained a lot more than that. Right?" He asked Rifana.

Yeah," The wesal girl confirmed, "About 5 - 4 levels at a time if I remember."

Hiro faced the tower this time, "The hero must be killing some high level monsters then."

How long was I out?" Rifana asked, redirecting the attention to her.

Hiro put his hand on his chin in thought, "About an hour I think."

This got her to worry and look at the tower, "And zoro is still in there?"

Yes." Kiroki stated simply, "We saw one of the walls around the middle of the tower collapse about 40 mins ago. The flash of that followed was so bright that I'm still blinking spots out of my eyes."

Rifana nodded, "I just hope he comes back so-" She was interrupted by an explosion.

Well, it was more of a shockwave then an explosion. It was still loud, not as loud as a Tranquility, but loud nonetheless.

It came from the top of the tower and it happened so quick that Rifana would have missed it if she wasn't looking at it. The quick blast had sent an equally quick shockwave of electricity outwards, taking all of the electricity in the tower with it.

What the hell!" Kiroki exclaimed, seeing it happen as well.

The only thing that answered him was the tower itself, but it wasn't in the best of ways.

The foundation was the first to crack as the tower started to crumble with the loss of the electricity.

Rifana was quick to react, her headache gone, "Zoro -sama!" She shouted as she stood up and started a sprint to the once electrified tower, her weapons left behind.

"Miss Rifana!" Hiro called out to her, but she didn't turn.

(Zoro - Earlier)

As it turned out, the newly opened wall was the way forward.

It led into a corridor lit by a few torches that, while looking old, burned brighter than ever. The corridor looked to be made out of stone, bits and pieces blackened by the electricity that ran through them.