Ch.38 We only have...

Going back to the Dungeon before Malpetios dived into his Mindscape. Q'ill worriedly tried to communicate with Malpetios to no avail, "why is he not answering?" Looking at the Core she saw its colors turning from a beautiful swirl of prismatic Mana, into mostly fire, wind, earth, and water Mana.

The innermost part of the core is the only part still the same, as she was trying to remember if this has ever happened before she finally remembers something similar in the Army libraries. "That's right this happens when The Jewels punish or aid Cores that are mentally unstable or have broken the rules set for their survival."

Q'ill looked at the cracks in Malpetios Core and started to cry lightly, " dear, please be safe. With the Jewels aiding you I can already see you fully recovered... you have suffered enough already." Although she did not understand the strange things Malpetios had been telling her, as well as the nonsensical actions he's been up to, now she can be assured that he was in good hands.

As she worried in silence, the cries of King Lily were apparent as they echoed throughout the room. Remembering the danger outside, she takes one last look at Malpetios as she leaves the Core Room. At the boss room, King Lily was getting a royal beat down, courtesy of the Mage leader.

The Scholar was panting after using so much of his Mana both shocked and annoyed at the creature before him. After casting over four (Rime Beams) it was full of frozen chunks and ghastly frostbitten wounds that should have killed any normal King Lily, even with the Core helping it to recover.

Sadly for him, the ice mana that should weaken and slow down the fast recovery speed of any King Lily had but a fraction of the effect. He can almost see it smiling at him in derision, as the normally obstructing Elemental Ice would quickly be absorbed by it, showing again the frightful potential of a Prismatic Core.

Although this weak creature has no right to fight me, it is fully focused on dodging my spells while using his roots to form earth shields, completely forsaking any attacks. "Tsk... I have only enough mana for too more Rime Beams I can only rely on wind spells after this."

The Scholar had thrown instant wind spells at the Boss here and there, but apart from forcing it into a better angle for Rime Beam, it had no other effect other than helping it recover. Humiliated that he could not kill a first-floor boss, he decided to wait for Sir Knight while obstructing it from recovering fully as his Mana recovered.

While he was waiting he did not remain idle, from the few times he managed to freeze and shattered some of the Lily's petals, he would levitate the fragments with wind magic storing them for later use. "Even if I have to swallow my pride I will not come out empty-handed, as long as I can craft a magic tool out of these prismatic mana-infused parts, I would still Improve my knowledge of the other elements."

If all else fails, offering these materials to his teacher would reward him with higher-level supplies for his growth, as well as not allowing the Church to be the only one to benefit. At this moment, footsteps could be heard from the boss's door as an armored figure walked inside.

Avanlo was extremely on edge, the presence of a demonic creature constantly dipping in and out of his Life aura made his faith energy boil out of his control, if it wasn't for his master's seal on it, he who is not yet a true noble would have suffered massive internal damage.

Turning his cold eyes on the boss he says, "a King Lily? I don't believe such a weak creature would require almost a whole day to deal with, Mister Scholar..." Turning his attention to the mage, "I believe you have some explaining to do?"

The Scholar quickly gathers his Mana Blasting the boss with a Rime Beam, as the Boss dodges most of the mist, the cold vapor still manages to wrap itself around parts of it turning to Icy chunks cracking the skin of the vines, nearly shattering some of them.

Looking towards the Knight, as the boss quickly regenerated, he said, "as you can see Sir Knight, this Boss is able to recover even from the enfeeblement of our Mage Academy's signature Ice magic. Apart from taking a beating, it can do nothing to retaliate, preventing either of us from killing each other."

The knight frowned, such a Boss should not be possible, though he was not able to see the Ice Elemental Mana getting absorb, the effects of Ice magic are far too well known by the Church. For a King Lily to somehow resist its insidious effects, and still manage to heal on such a large scale was telling enough.

Slowly drawing his shortsword he replies, "it would seem I would have to take care of this myself." The sword was a simple yet elegant silver, with many gold grooves, looking like it was piece together, and not crafted in one go. "Well then, show me how stubborn your life is," as he said this his weapon glowed in golden light as he swings it towards the Lily's flower a distance away.

A wave of golden Light travels to the Lily leaving behind a trail of golden feathers and gleaming spots, sensing danger, the Lily quickly moves to the side using its vines as a shield, however, with no suspense they are sliced apart. Horrified the Lily violently uprooted itself dodging the blade wave sacrificing a quarter of its vines.

Seeing this the Knight smirked, slashing five more times creating a net of blade waves. The lily saw no way to escape and used its remaining roots to form dozens of earth walls, slowing the blade waves only a little. "Useless", said the Knight as his blade waves slowly carved the walls to pieces, at the moment the last defense shattered it revealed a large ball of prismatic Mana gathering in the Lily's mouth.

"Watch out! That skill is dangerous, dodge!!" Said the Scholar as he flew away in panic. With a twinkle, the large Pirsmatic Mana cluster burst forward blasting the net of blades apart, only damaging the vines around the sides whiles reaching the Knight in the blink of an eye.

Startled, and with no time for defense, the knight's whole body glowed in blinding light forming a pair of translucent wings, as the Prismatic beam impacted. Like a rock in the middle of the rushing river, the Prismatic Beam refracted around the wings, to the shock of the Knight, his third blessing prayer (Angels Veil) was quickly turning transparent at a rapid rate.

Not wasting any time, he searches thru his wing mantle bringing out a horseshoe-shaped piece of golden metal with about twenty-three small feathers dangling from the bottom, looking like some sort of accessory. Equipping the item on his wrist, the feathers quickly grew to turn themselves into a shield.

As the Prismatic beam breach the Angels Veil, the Knight blocked it with the seemingly flimsy shield. To the surprised of the Lily, its beam could not go past it, the arrogance of the Knight now gone, he took this Boss seriously attacking it with full force. The Lily couldn't stop the huge flow of mana it was leeching off its Dungeon Core so suddenly, leaving it defenseless.

The scholar noticed that it was gathering all its remaining roots in a last-ditch attempt to defend its corona, and wasted no time in using mana, casting the third circle (Fire Ball), incinerating the roots trying to form earth walls. In the last moments, before it was killed, a strong female voice could be heard.

"Third Circle (Blaze Shield)!!!" A cocoon of Fire Element wrapped itself around the Lily, buying it the few seconds it desperately needed to cancel the massive Mana flow, dodging to the side with all its might. The Blaze Shield was shattered by a wave of golden light as it continued on, slicing off half the King Lily's Corona as it screams in pain.

Seeing this both the Scholar and Knight were shocked to notice a fairy coming out of a passive hidden in the Boss's vines. Frowning the Knight said, "the Fairy army? This Dungeon has been found by our Holy Nation, we have the rights to its core, are you breaking your promise, did U'ziq send you?"

"I am second leaf sprout, Q'illtress Birch blossom. On behalf of the Fairy Army, I am the caretaker of the Prismatic core Malpetios, please cease any further actions, this Core is under the Army's protection." Q'ill looked at the intruders solemnly, stating her mission in the attempts to use her faction's power in scaring them off.

As the Knight's frown quickly turns into a smile he said. "Oh? The Fairy Army actually send one of their lower ranks to claim this Dungeon in advance... (smirk)... maybe your bluff would have worked against those mages as for me, he looked over Q'ill, allow me to help whoever send you here out, and deal with you."

Swinging his blade at Q'ill without hesitation a net of blade waves blocked all her ways of escape, as Q'ill gritted her teeth in shame and indignation.