Hero Of Harmony

Chapter 34: Boss!

Seeing Talis take off, flying down the pathway to the fourth floor, I was momentarily stunned as I couldn't believe what had just happened, and my slight hesitation allowed Talis to disappear down the path. I've always known Talis was very stubborn and willing to do nearly anything, just so she may be correct, but I also know she isn't stupid enough to throw herself into danger willingly; if she were, she most likely wouldn't have survived this long, so seeing her fly away by herself stunned me.

"Talis! Get back here this instance!" Yelled Alexander in worry and anger as he clutched his greatswords and quickly ran after Talis, following her scent.

While following the scent trail of Talis, I quickly entered the fourth floor, and the instance I did so, there were already numerous alphas scurrying about on the ground, which slightly surprised me since they are usually hiding about in the walls; however, when I thought about it since Talis had just flown through here, they must've sensed her presence, specifically her soul, and exited the walls of the dungeon.

When I arrived, they instantly turned their attention to me and released a loud screech as they came charging toward me, all while baring their pincers that were powerful enough to bite me in two.

'Ugh, I don't have time for this! I need to find Talis quickly!' Thought Alexander with a hardened gaze as he used his skill [Wind Steps], which increased his speed, allowing him to nimbly maneuver through the numerous centipedes.

'Master, are you sure that's the best Idea? What happens when you find Talis and attempt to leave? If it's just you, I'm sure you'd be fine, but if you're protecting someone, it will be incredibly difficult.' Advised Trina while Alexander dashed through the groups of alpha centipedes.

Hearing Trina, I momentarily slowed down while eyeing the various centipedes, and while doing so, I deeply pondered her words since what she had said was something I had overlooked as I was too busy thinking of finding Talis that I didn't once think about how we'd escape.

'Dammit, Trina's right; if I continue to ignore them while chasing after Talis, they'll follow after me and continue to pile up into a bigger bunch until an entire horde follows behind me. At that point, it'll be nearly impossible for me to escape while protecting Talis.' Thought Diddy with a hardened gaze as he tightly clutched Trina and her elder sister.

I've already passed a few groups of centipedes, and I wasn't going to go back and kill them off; doing so would waste too much time, something I don't have right now. However, from here on out, I'll be killing every monster I come across, and although it'll slightly slow me down, it won't be by too much. Besides, Talis may be a very fast flyer, but she shouldn't have gotten too far.

'Alright, no time to be conserving my strength; going to have to go all out.' Thought Alexander as he began to fill his body with neutral mana, significantly increasing his physical prowess while readying his greatsword.

Now that I don't have to worry about protecting Talis, I can go all out and fight up front, which Is my preferred fighting style, though I also love incorporating magic spells in there as well. While still using [Wind Steps], I appeared right above an alpha centipede, and without waiting for the monster to respond, I slashed down, slicing right through its hard carapace like butter as I killed it in one attack, not even allowing it the opportunity to dodge.

After killing that one, I kicked the ground and launched myself toward a nearby centipede that had opened its pincers, intending to crush me with them, though unluckily for it, I had many options to kill it. Pointing Trina toward the monster, I swiftly created a [Fire Ball] before launching it at the monster, hitting it dead square in its face, burning its eyes and jaw though the monster hardly reacted to that; however, with its eyes burnt, it lost track of me.