Aspiration to the Heavens: Becoming the Supreme Mage Vol 2- Descent of Darkness

Episode 82: Unlikely Friendship

*Ayawamat*

I shot I don't know how many webs at Orion and formed cocoon around him to weaken his fall. I could've tried to pull him back, but I feared that jerking him back all of a sudden would've caused internal bleeding. Plus there was the chance that the web could snap.

I jumped down and ran toward Orion.

"Ori, are you okay?" I asked, pulling the silk threads aside.

He didn't respond. He just remained there as motionless as a corpse.

Most of the needles had fallen out. Throughout his body were purple dots, each one indicating a section where Hal's needles had struck.

Wanikiya walked over and put a hand on Orion's pulse. "He's alive. Don't worry. I'm sure that whatever is in Orion's body will pass overtime. I doubt Hal would use lethal poisons for an event like this."

I picked up Orion. "I see. Though we should try to get it out of his system, just in case."

"We need to... get the girls back to camp too," Hikaru called out from the hill. "They still haven't woken up."

I clenched my jaw together.

Damn it, everything is starting to turn sour. If what that guy with the sword said is true then those annoying triplets and my brother are also down.

"We'll need to regroup!" I yelled.

"We have no means to communicate with the others," Wanikiya said.

I closed my eyes and called upon a swarm of nearby insects ranging from bees to dragonflies. "Go and give this message to the others, tell them to return to camp as soon as they can. The plan is starting to fail, we need to come up with a new one," I whispered.

The insects spread out, going in every direction.

"Want me to carry him?" Wanikiya asked.

I shook my head. "No, I will. I'll make a sled to help carry the girls and him back. You help Hikaru walk back. He seems to be at his limit."

Wanikiya blinked.

"What? Do I have something on my face?" I snapped.

He turned around. "It's nothing, I'm probably imagining it."

Huh? What did he mean by that? What was he imagining? Hope it wasn't something weird...

I shrugged and proceeded back up the mountain to tie up Hal and Dan and take the girls back to camp where they could get a good rest.

***

"Hey!" a girl with dark-blue hair dressed in all black called out. It was Sowk.

I smiled. "Did you get my messenger bee?"

She chuckled. "No, I completed my task."

I raised an eyebrow. "What task?"

"Hey! Long time to see!" Aban said as he and his team walked over to us.

"Sefa? Wasn't the alliance between Sera, Uan, Hoin, Harun, and Aief?" Wanikiya said, backing away.

Hikaru chuckled. "Relax, Wani. You too, Ayawamat. Lei gave Sowk the task to form an alliance."

I raised an eyebrow at Sowk. "You accepted a task from that guy? I thought you hated such stuff, especially if it came from him."

Sowk giggled. "True. Normally I would've ignored or even laughed at his request."