Lily takes her weapon and tries to use a skill to break the piling rocks. She manages to split a few, but it's quickly replaced by even bigger pieces of rubble.
Saiba tries to slash at the rock, but he makes no dents. He has no space to use Crimson Strike, so all he can do is try to break out with basic slashes. He hits a rock out of place which causes a mini landslide as he gets covered in rubble. He's now pinned down to the floor and he's out of strength.
Finally, the shaking stops, but it's already too late as Saiba is slowly being suffocated within the rock. He grabs his sword and grips it hard, preparing for the worst-case scenario. Suddenly, his sword begins glowing red before exploding in a flash of crimson.
Lily, who was standing at the entrance of the room, get blown back as dust follows hiding anything in the cave. The dust clears as Lily gets a pop-up that reads,
[Congratulations! Argus the Stone Golem was Defeated! Level +3. ATK +3. DEF +3. SPD +3. New Title Get: 'Golem Destroyer'. Item Get: Hard Stone (x5), Golem Core]
She starts walking back towards the room while coughing. She looks inside and all the rubble is gone. It also looks like the room has gotten a little bigger.
Saiba is laying in the center of the room holding his sword and not moving. Lily runs over and grabs him while shouting,
"Hey! Wake up! You're not dead right? Hero?"
She starts to tear up when a loud snoring noise interrupts her. It turns out Saiba fell asleep while the explosion was happening.
Saiba wakes up in the inn from before as Jack and Lily are also in the room, waiting for him to wake up. He sits up and asks,
"What happened?..."
Jack answers,
"Good work out there, Hero! Not only did you beat up the Golem, you helped us find some Graystone as well!"
Saiba, confused, replies,
"Graystone...? I helped...?"
Jack explains,
"Yep! The explosion you made actually destroyed 2 meters worth of cave wall which revealed some Graystone hiding inside!"
Saiba asks another question,
"Explosion...?"
Lily explains this time,
"That was you right? The red explosion that killed Argus."
Saiba quickly opens up his SI and checks the Skills menu. He looks and sees that he got another skill. It's called, [Crimson Flash]. He hovers it and some information appears that reads,
[Sword-Type Skill. User gathers Dark Energy and releases it from their blade in a flash of crimson light destroying anything in a 5-meter radius]
He gets super excited as he shouts,
"Yes! Another Skill!"
Jack throws him a shiny gray rock and Saiba catches it. It looks similar to the rock that distracted him back in the cave as he thinks,
"I knew it! That was Graystone!"
Jack say to Saiba,
"That's yours! You can use that to fix up your armor! This should make me and the old man even now..."
Saiba smiles and replies,
"Thanks Ms. Jack!"
She heads towards the door while saying,
"It was my pleasure, Hero! I'm gonna go on ahead now, I still have some work I need to do."
She waves goodbye and Saiba does the same. Lily speaks up and explains,
"Tomorrow, we're going shopping for a ride, so we can get back to Hogback."
She adds,
"I'm gonna go get some rest now, so you should do the same. Goodnight..."
Saiba replies,
"Goodnight!"
Lily leaves the room as Saiba quickly checks his stats. They now read,
[Level 28. ATK: 35. DEF: 31. SPD: 33]
Saiba lays back, content with all his progress so far, as he slowly falls asleep.