The screams and roars didn't bother Lucas at all. He was on his knees looking at one of the corpses that was being used as a host for spider eggs. The body in question was a girl that had a long black ponytail.
'How?'
Lucas took her hand in his own and held them tight. He collapsed, closing his eyes. He started to cry, the tears in his eyes finally fell down. A constant stream of tears and snot started to appear on his face.
"Sob, sob, Triss, why? ….Why?"
The body belonged to one of his beloved sisters. She still had her long ponytail and beautiful freckled face. He let go of her hand and tried to hug her. The swollen belly got in the way, but that didn't matter anymore. Hugging her, he could only think about his peaceful yet harsh life in his hometown. "Triss, Triss!"
The body was still warm, and he could feel a heartbeat once he hugged her strong enough. "Huh? Triss? TRISS!", feeling a sign of life, Lucas wanted to save her in any way he could. He didn't question why she was even alive in the first place.
Spiders liked to lay eggs in a host, the warm surroundings would do the eggs well. If the hosts struggle too much, the spiders would simply kill them as they did with the miners from the previous mine.
He held her head in his hands, wiping away the dirt, hair, and his own tears. "It's gonna be okay, it's gonna be okay.", he didn't even know to who that was addressed. He looked distressed into her eyes and they looked lifelessly back. Lucas' eyes started to widen, a sad smile started to form, "You're alive, hahaha". Laughing through the tears, he kept staring into her eyes, hoping that she would react in any sort of way.
"….lu...cas?....", it was quiet, almost incomprehensible through the fighting in the background, but to Lucas, nothing sounded louder.
"Yes, it's me, it's me!", she didn't seem to understand it well, but Lucas didn't care. "It's going to be okay, I'll get you out of here."
"...….L..ucas.....kill….me..."
Stunned frozen, he didn't know what he had just heard.
"W-w-what are y-you talking about, I- I'll save you, I will!"
"….please….."
"No, no no, this wasn't supposed to happen, I would save you, I will heal you.", he started to use magic to heal her, but there was technically nothing wrong with her body. There were things placed inside of her, but low-level Light magic couldn't remove objects. It only improved the immune system and increased the amount of blood in order to heal a wound.
Her body flinched, "See, it's working, I'll heal you, I'll fix you, I'll save you, trust me!". He kept pouring all his energy into her, her body started to have more spasms. "Just a little bit more, a-a-and you'll be walking again!", almost tiring himself out from all the light magic being used.
She didn't say anything anymore, she simply laid still, occasionally having a certain body part contracting or having a spasm.
Lucas looked at her face again, but his desperate smile quickly disappeared. Blood was flowing out of her nose and eyes. Her ears also had blood clots ready to fall out. Opening her mouth revealed a small pool of blood. "No, nO, WHAT DID I DO WRONG?!", he forced that last bit of energy out of him to fix whatever he broke, but that didn't help in the slightest. Blood kept flowing out of her body.
"...thank…y…ou…..s…un..sh….i.."
The little life her eyes still held vanished. Her heartbeat stopped, all Lucas was holding now was a corpse. "No, no, please, no, sob sob", Lucas started to cry again. All this misfortune, all this misery, why had it to be him? If he was strong enough he could've saved everyone and everything, but now he was already too late.
The despair he felt reared its ugly head again like he was experiencing it once more. All these negative emotions started to bubble up, he was having a mental breakdown. He saw Triss lifting her head once more, but this time she looked angry.
"THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!", before falling back down.
He started to laugh while crying his heart out, the sadness that was held back all this time was being forced out of him. The pain, the suffering, his entire life broken because of a single night, a single moment.
Something started to change within Lucas, his sadness had shown itself, his madness was building up. He didn't know what to do anymore. All he felt was anger, at himself, at the baron, at Venion, at those disgusting monsters...at this world.
His sadness started to become broken, replaced by something dangerous, murderous intent started to flow out of his body. Scenes flashed before his eyes, his inability to do anything to this cursed fate. "Why, why, WHY! WHY!!!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH"