Dix smashed through the wall behind him making silence fill the room.
"They defeated Dix…?" a member of the Ikelos Familia said.
"Oi, Oi, isn't Dix the strongest in the Familia?" another one said.
"haha… guys you are on your own now" said one running back through the tunnels, surprising some and making others run as well.
In the end, everyone had fled the scene.
Ryuu went to pursue them but Learner spoke to her.
"Don't go, the rest of this is a labyrinth you'll get lost" she said.
Ryuu wanted to ignore her but gave in after some thought.
"Where do these tunnels lead to?" Welf asked sheathing his greatsword
"To the Daedalus Street" Learner answered getting a reaction from Fels.
"Daedalo…" he murmured.
"Shouldn't we follow them?" Lili asked a bit worried that they would escape.
"That won't be necessary, I've already taken care of that, the Loki Familia should be waiting at the exit by now" Fels said assuring everyone that those who escaped will be imprisoned.
Meanwhile, Bell walked over to the hole Dix made on the wall.
Stepping inside the hole, a dark room was revealed and instantly the stench of rust and iron assaulted his senses.
Looking at the floor he realized that he was standing on a pool of blood.
'W-what in the world? It's too dark I can't see anything'
"Learner, could you come over?" He said loudly and a few moments later Learner came through the hole in the wall.
She saw the room for a moment before making a fire in the middle of the room that was bright enough to light up the room.
On the side was Dix murmuring incoherent stuff, but the most shocking part was that the whole floor was covered in blood.
In the middle of the room was Calvin, along with some shackles on the ground.
He was sitting on a stone stool while various cuts on his body bleed continuously.
"C-Calvin are you alright?" Bell asked getting closer to him and touching his shoulder.
"Hehehe… hahahahahaAHAHAHAHAHAHAH" Calvin laughed making the cuts bleed even more.
"hahaha… I'm fine… you guys destroyed my plan to escape but it's alright, I guess I just needed a distraction" Calvin said seemingly not minding the amount of blood he was losing.
"But you are bleeding a lot!" Bell exclaimed pointing at him.
"Nothing this King can't take and, aren't you bleeding as well?" he boasted before asking Bell.
"Huh?" suddenly Bell felt a sting on his arm, seeing it still bleeding from the cut that Dix made on his forearm.
'Why is it still bleeding' Bell thought covering the cut with his hand.
"It's a curse, it seems like everything cut by the sword cannot be healed" Calvin said as if reading Bell's mind and pointing at Gram that was on the ground.
"Then you-" Bell was about to ask but stopped seeing that Calvin nodded in response.
"Maybe Fels knows how to cure it?" Bell said running back to Fels leaving Calvin and Learner in the room.
"Are you really alright? I thought humans needed blood to… live" Learner asked touching one of the cuts on his body but getting no reaction from him.
"Quite bold of you to assume that I'm a normal human" He said as a smile formed on his lips.
"Okay… then why did you laugh like a maniac before? You usually do that when something good happens" she said making Calvin lift an eyebrow.
"Eh? I don't do that, but yes something good happened indeed" he said looking at the screen in front of him with a smile.
[Superior constitution lvl16,17,18!
+1End, +1Str, +1Knt]
[Dupdomancy lvl16,17! 165 pounds, 160 minutes]
[Sense Grafting lvl8! 75 feet, 40 minutes]
'Who would have thought that being on a constant state of bleeding out would level up my constitution that quickly'
Meanwhile, Bell reached Fels and asked about the curse.
"This is indeed a curse…" Fels said examining Bell's arm.
Suddenly Fels ripped a piece from his robe.
"My robe has protection against curses use it as a bandage and let it heal, it should get rid of the curse" Fels said giving the ripped cloth to Bell.
'Ehhh… but Calvin has cuts all over his body! then again I don't think that Fels would be willing to give Calvin his robe' Bell thought while looking at the black cloth.
Bell thanked Fels before running back to the dark room.
"Calvin, Fels said that this would be able to cure the curse" Bell said showing the black cloth to him.
"Let's see…" Calvin murmured looking at the cloth.
[Mass-splitting]
[Shaping]
[4/40]
The cloth shone for a second and multiple pieces more appeared around it, then those connected around Calvin making some sort of skin-tight suit.
"Ohh… amazing" Bell exclaimed wrapping the original cloth on his arm and going back to the rest of the Familia.
"Learner, can you reverse engineer the magic on the cloth?" Calvin asked as the suit he had was nothing more than a normal one.
"Yes" She said and after a few moments, she pointed her hand at Calvin making the suit shine for a second.
"That's it?" He asked not believing that it was that simple.
"Yeah, I even made it better so the curse should disappear sooner" She answered.
"Anyway, let's go already o don't want to leave Wiene alone for much longer" Learner said going back to the hole on the wall.
"Wait!" Calvin half-shouted making her stop and turn around "Can you give me a hand? I can't move hahaha…" he weakly said only for his body to glow a dim green and suddenly float a few feet off the ground.
"And bring this guy too, I have some stuff to settle with him" Calvin said pointing at Dix making Learner lift him as well not before tying him up with some stone shackles.
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Meanwhile, Bell was explaining all that happened to Ryuu, making her despite the members of the Ikelos Familia even more.
"So, these Mons- I mean Xenos are the friendly monsters that everyone is talking about?" Ryuu said as the Team freed the trapped Xenos.
"Yes, I was hoping that you could heal them" Bell asked Ryuu as most of the Xenos couldn't move.
"I can, however, it would be better to do it outside near the forest, as my magic works better in there" Ryuu said.
Suddenly the Xeno's bodies levitated surprising everyone in the room.
"Let's go then" Learner spoke.
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A while later everyone was outside the entrance to the Knossos.
Fels took out the eye and made the entrance close and disguise itself with the dungeon wall.
Learner put the Xenos near the trees and Ryuu started her chant.
"Noah Heal" she said making the Xenos glow green and their wounds heal slowly.
"*Sigh* that should suffice although it'll take a while before they are fully healed, so if you don't mind, I'll be going now" Ryuu said feeling tired after using her magic on that many targets at once.
"Yeah, thanks a lot Ryuu we couldn't have done this without your help after all" Bell thanked her.
"Goodbye" she said jumping into a tree branch and disappearing into the forest.
"Why don't you all go to Rivira to see if there's something that might catch the attention of everyone there, while we go with the Xenos to the exit of the floor" Calvin spoke to the Familia.
"That's right we still need to get them to the Xenos village!" Lili exclaimed.
"Maybe we could make some sort of commotion?" Welf said.
"Alright, I'll tell you when it's safe to go" Bell said, holding the communication stone that Fels gave them before.