Transmigration Into The Beginning After The End

Chapter 48 - Caught

CHAPTER 48 - CAUGHT

LUKE HODGES

I looked at the giant cavern, bigger than where the 'original' elderwood guardian was. Residing more than a hundred vine trees, all having the same objective, killing the lances in front of them.

Of course, lances being lances, had more mana capacity than myself or anyone here in the dungeon of Dire Tombs but that was far enough from having infinite mana. Aya and Alea didn't know or have the idea of what Mana Rotation is capable of.

However, they would soon learn–

That thought simply stopped itself because I knew the truth of whether they would learn it or not.

"Screw Fate. To hell with the right path."

I was going to save everything and everyone from their deaths, even if it means going against the Asuras themselves.

And for that, I needed strength, power, of those who are familiar and more experienced in the battlefield.

I walked, fast but not too fast, towards the lances who clearly had no trouble fighting these S class mana beasts. And yet there was a variable in this, they were humans, people who have a limit and are not indestructible.

I raised my hand upwards, summoning a blizzard of ice and snow, covering most of the cavern without much sweat. In truth, I was tired. The fatigue had been hitting more and more as I used the ice deviant. My legs–with every step I took–became more heavy and unstable to keep leaning on.

But I couldn't show that, not in front of these mana beasts. In some sort of way, they had a way to communicate with Agrona of his forces and relay the message that I had a weakness. I wasn't going to let that happen.

I was going to kill them all, cover this whole dungeon with ice before they get to send another word to the basilisk sovereign.

Information was a weapon in Agrona's hands and I wasn't going to hand it over to him without a proper response. Killing them would answer his questions but not entirely, there wouldn't be a range of my abilities and how strong they are.

Knowing how cunning and overplaning Agrona is, if I get out of here alive–which will be the outcome–Agrona will have his forces more powerful than in the novel or bring even more powerful soldiers by upgrading their emblems and what not.

Aya noticed my presence and moved towards me while Alea was busy with three Elderwood guardians. "Luke, you are safe." Her voice had a hint of relief, something I didn't think she had in her. I gave her a nod in confirmation before she continued, "We need to get out of here, take Alea and take her out of here, I will follow you after making sure they don't follow us."

"That won't be necessary." I said, freezing in place, one of the many guardians that tried to attack us. Its limbs fell in small chunks until it had reached its head, later revealing the mana core. "I found a hole we can escape through... the only problem is..."

The black haired elf took a moment to understand the situation at hand. Her black eyes scanned the battlefield for any doubts that she still held onto before giving me the okay to proceed.

"Then let's get going." I pointed to where I had made the hole. Both lances sprinted without second thoughts before looking back at me. "Keep going!" I roared, unleashing a barrage of icicles into the almost-infinite number of giant vine trees heading towards us with the desire of killing us.

With my current power level, I could only freeze a couple hundred before I ran out of mana. Even then, it would be impossible to outlive this right now.