𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐝 || 𝐙𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐈𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐞 𝐱 𝐅! 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫

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➨ "Now we can start running!"

Asta grabbed Mereoleona and turned on his heel. Zora leaped forward and used his magic to create an exit in the ground for the four of you to escape. He was first and you jumped in after him, Asta not too far behind.

When you realized there was no ground in sight once you jumped, it was too late for that fear to properly settle. But yeah, you were falling through the caves now. Did Zora know that before he made the move? Probably not, however now that you were descending through the air it makes sense that there's nothing else.

Scattered about, there were floating cubes which you used to catch yourself on, and continue to leap down from piece to piece. Using them like stepping stones instead of crashing into them. "Hey Asta, how did you know they'd even use a combination spell like that?"

He fell down onto the cube next to you, Mereoleona slung over his shoulder with no trouble. "I dunno. I just took a guess."

Zora was a few feet down below. "You talked a big game just to gamble our lives like that?"

"Well we didn't die, did we?" He jumped down onto the ledge Zora was on. "I think everything worked out fine."

Fine. Even after your elven friend decided to throw your plans off. It was hard to think about because Mereoleona could've been blown to pieces due to that mishap. Actually, everybody could've been obliterated had Asta not stepped in and changed the course of the attack.

You jumped down in between the both of them, and then off again to continue your descent down. Neither of them brought it up, and you figured that was for the best. All you had to do was get the hell out of this place.

The mana in the air shifted again, and you turned your head up just in time to see Ryha again. Rhya had appeared out of thin air through a spatial spell, his eyes wild and a large grin on his face. "Did you think I'd let you get away?"

He reached for Asta and you shot your hand in his direction. A string latched itself onto Asta's arm and you tugged him out of the way. If he hadn't been carrying a person, he would've been out of harm's way.

Instead, Asta twisted himself mid-air so that Mereoleona wasn't in the path of Rhya's grasp. In doing that, he also twisted your string in a way that rendered it useless for what you had wanted it to do.

Asta dropped Mereoleona into Zora's arms as he willingly let Rhya get to him the second time he tried. "What are you doing?" You shouted at him. "I could've–"

He just gave a thumbs up. Not caring that he was literally being pulled through a spatial portal. "It's fine, I'll be alright!"

Zora tucked Mereoleona under his arm. "What happened to all that talk about everyone getting out alive?!"

"I will!" He replies back. "Both of you just wait and see. I will be back in one piece. Just get to safety!"

You could strangle him. Truly. It probably wouldn't be hard to wrap your hands around his neck.

He was fearless. Smiling in the face of everything. Before you could say anything else back, he was gone.

"Shit." You swore and looked down into the dark abyss. There wasn't an end that you could see. "Okay, okay, and how do you think we survive the fall?"

He grumbled from above you. "I don't freakin' know. I just–" He couldn't even finish before his words fell into a string of curses.

You guys stopped on another ledge, after almost breaking your legs trying to soften the fall onto it. "Make another exit, I'm sure the outside isn't too far."