Hero of Harmony (Continued)

Chapter 224: Alexander Hates Swamps

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Asked Yuki in confusion as she glanced at Alexander, her muffled voice sounding deep and masculine.

"It's supposed to be a joke, but it seems someone is a little too stupid to understand it." Replied Alexander lightly, shaking his head while folding his arms, causing Yuki to grunt in annoyance.

"By saying 'How deep are we going today' while playfully nudging you, he is secretly referring to when you make love and how he deeply penetrates your body with his cock." Remarked Lazuli lightly as she wiped the blood off her armor while glancing at Yuki, whose eyes slightly widened.

"Now, you definitely can't argue that you're not stupid; even Lazuli got it before you. However, it's okay; while you may be dumb, I'll still love you all the same, Yuki." Said Alexander with a shake of his head while gazing at Yuki, only to affectionately rub her armored arm, prompting her to aggressively push him away.

Yuki tended to lose control of her strength when she got annoyed or angry, so that little push of hers slammed me into a nearby tree, knocking it over while I landed on my feet; rubbing the back of my head, I approached Yuki and Lazuli, though this time, I kept my distance from the armored Oni.

"Though seriously, how deep are we going?" Asked Alexander curiously with furrowed brows as she shifted his focus between Lazuli and Yuki, the two taking a moment to think.

"What floor are we on?" "The third floor." Said Yuki and Lazuli, respectively, as they glanced at each other while Alexander calmly waited.

"Hmm, fuck it; let's go as deep as we can." Stated Yuki with a faint smirk as she raised her two mountain-like shields into the air.

"Nope, no can do. We can't just do that without any preparation, and you know that, Yuki; besides, it'll take a long time, maybe even two days if not more." Remarked Alexander blandly as he glanced at Yuki, quickly shutting her down and causing her to huff in annoyance.

"Let's go to floor ten." Said Lazuli, her words causing Alexander to nod.

"Now I can agree to that; it'll also give us a bit of a challenge as well." Said Alexander with a nod as he rubbed his chin before outstretching his arm, causing Trina and Zartha to come flying to him, comfortably resting their hilts within his hands.

"Then let's get going!" Stated Yuki enthusiastically as she clanged her shields together before taking the lead, heading deeper into the forest while Lazuli and Alexander followed.

With Yuki taking the lead, serving as the first line of defense against the monsters, it was only a few minutes after we left our previous spot before monsters once again started to attack as they came from the front and attacked Yuki, which was perfect for her. With a deep and muffled roar, Yuki slammed her shields onto the ground, creating a wall while she used her mana to coat them in a layer of earth with deadly spikes; after that, she promptly pushed against the ground and charged into the seemingly endless horde of monsters, skewering many of them onto her spiked shields.

"If only Yuki had more mana." Muttered Alexander softly as he glanced at Yuki while slashing forward, using [Void Slash] to kill the remaining monsters that she missed with her charge.

Yuki's gotten much better at using her mana over the past years, though she's not really talented when it comes to mana, so her progress has always been slow, yet the main problem is her lack of mana; she focuses all of her status points onto her physical attributes and ignores her mana, so she can hardly use it when in battle since she'll burn right through it in a matter of minutes.

However, regarding Mana, Lazuli is the complete opposite; she has an excessive amount of mana like no other because, apparently, Soom used to feed her mana crystals when he created her, which she somehow absorbed. Again, I don't know how she does that, but she's doing it; even now, if I were to acquire some mana crystals and give them to her, she'd absorb all the mana and turn it into her own. To top it all off, I'm pretty confident she can use every element; granted, I've only seen her use the basic elements and space mana, but considering how easily she made it seem, it just gives me the feeling she can use every element.