I rub my eyes, waking up from my sleep from the sound of rustling. My half-opened eyes looked at a figure that already gets half of her body inside "What are you doing Aerith?" before I even realized.
She slaps me "Kyaaa!!!". Made my head drop back to my pillow then I glance at her with the corner of my eyes "What are you doing?". She's beat red and pointing at me "You... You... You peeked on me.." She said. "Of course I do. This is my tent!!" I said while kicking her face out of my tent.
She flying out from my tent followed by me that going outside. "Oh! Both of you already wake up too. Come let's eat." Barton like always, the first person to wake up.
They already grilled some meat since they had more ration than they actually needed. Since the first plan is to find some monster part for money but now, we just need to dive deeper to beat floor 60.
"Hey, Arthur. Are you really sure to help us fight the boss on the 60th floor?" Barton looked worried. "Why? What makes you hesitate?" I ask him while biting into my meat. "Because... because..." He can't find the word to say it and keep repeating the same word. "Is it because you feel like cheated?" I give my thought to him. "Well, yes. We all felt like it." Barton said, while the other start lowering their head.
"Then, give me the mana stone. Just treat it like a practice fight, for your future when you had the strength and fight it with your own power." I said while closing my eyes, thinking about something.
The three of them open their eyes widely "Thank you, Arthur. I haven't really think about it like that. That's right, we can just keep it for ourselves." Barton looks at his party. "Everyone, then let's prepare for today's battle." He said to the other.
I feel somewhat happy looking at these guys, this made me chuckle a little bit, also make me realize. 'Life had so much to offer. if only... they still alive.' I thought and can't help pinch my nose's bridge.
The other still pumped and eat fast, so no one realizes my sadness. That's what I think at least. We have done resting and packing. Then get inside the room to climb the stair down.
Since Barton said that the difficulty will be harder, I put on my armor. "Oh, Arthur-san. Please take me right now." Maria comes to me. "Back off, Maria. Concentrate." I said while using my shoes to keep her away.
"Aaaahhhnn-, Arthur-san is so rough on me." Maria said in her flat tone. "At least drop that tone." I said to her.
"Stay a lot closer to me. Relax, you guys won't hinder me much." Learning from yesterday. I cast barrier magic around us, I make it visible for them to see. So they knew where to stay, while I go killing all the monster.
Even though for me it's the same weak monster, the time we took to reach floor 60th is actually longer. We need to explore the floor since no one got the map. The place now more like a dark cavern than dungeon above. This place is so dark to make me use light magic as lighting.
Sometimes, the sound could be heard echoing through the place. Barton and Laris looked serious and try to note everything that important. How frequently they meet the monster, how many are there, how fast, and etc.
Then finally, after a long journey. We reach the 60th-floor boss. The door is a little bit bigger, we open the door. In the middle of the room, a bone dragon roar so loud.
Barton and the other being made tremble but they're smiling "So, this is what the legendary party felt. 5 of them facing this monster, surely something incredible." Laris said and all of them start charging while I block the attack.
"Maria, start chanting. I cast magic amp on you! Barton protects her. Laris, Prepare yourself. Aerith, covering fire." I said and block one of the hands. I won't interfere much in this fight before they reach their limit.
The bone dragon can't use any projectile but the damage dealt by magic also lessen. The way it fights is using its palm, wing, and tail. Also, it's charging us sometimes.
The bone dragon charge at Barton, I help to decrease the weight on the charge "Hold it, Barton. I helping you right now. Laris! Watch over the tail. Maria, take a distance along with Aerith."
Just as the charge stops, the bone dragon road toward the ceiling and start to swipe its tail. Laris tries to dodge it but fail because of the swipe speed. I cover for him, "Try to use your sword to redirect your body in the air with that tail's momentum. Don't fight it."
The fight continues. Hour by hour passed before finally the bone dragon disintegrated into dust and drop its mana stone. Not only the bone dragon but all of them too, they didn't even have any strength to yell.
They decide to rest inside the room for a while since no one will get inside anyway. Everyone is smiling and looking at the mana stone. The size is the same as the one at my home. Around 2-meter size, with no color but pulsing with mana.
While they took a rest Frostkeeper start humming. Everyone notice it by the light that radiating from it and made me the center of attention. The sword pulls me in a direction. There's a hole in the wall and I felt the urge to stab Frostkeeper in it.
Without a long thought, I did just that. Then the wall burst into fire forming a complicated pattern. It's like a drawing with a square frame, then the flame turns blue and making white smoke out of the pattern.
I took a step back, and the wall opened. Inside was dark but the urge came back to me. It tells me to grab it, but I don't know what. I extend my left arm toward the darkness. I couldn't hear people that calling me from behind. My arm being consumed by the dark.
I felt cold and dread, before a red strike could be seen flying toward me from the darkness. I grab it and by it's flying speed made me fly toward the other side of the wall while the wall where it came from, closed.
I flip myself in the air and land smoothly. I stab my swords into the ground to stop the momentum. 'Wait, swords?' I thought while looking at my left hand. The exact same sword as Frostkeeper.
Both swords lighted up the room. Fire starts to lit up at the corner of the room and ice start to form at the ceiling. Both swords resonating with each other. Even their light start affecting my clothes. Both swords got their color pattern on them, while my clothes got added with a red pattern.
The ceiling starts to melt and drip to the flame but instead of putting it out, it made the flame turned into a blue flame. The flame rushes into me and burns me alive but only warm could I felt from it. I feel weak, I can't focus on things further than the flame around me.
"Thank you, for reuniting us. You grant me a name. So, please. Grant my sister a name." A voiced sound on my head, I knew what he means. Frostkeeper talking to me.
I glance at the red sword on my left hand. "Let me support, my loved ones." Engrave on it. The only thing I could hear right now is a song in the middle of the flame. So, I make up my mind to name her.
"Blazesong, while your brother keeps you safe. Let the other heard your song." I said with the last conscious I had. I drop to the ground with both swords already turn into my tattoo and the room return to normal.