"My soul... in a moment... will disappear"

"If only I could get... out of this place, and get a medium to... contain my soul"

"Hah, you damn god..."

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In another place.

You can see a group of 9 people running to avoid something.

"Reeve! What should we do?" A man ran and glanced at one nearby.

"Just keep running!" Reeves replied.

They were running in a straight line and behind them were people riding horses chasing them.

"How could a Dullahan be on this floor?" Orly who is a swordsman panicked.

'This is the straight path, the longer the dullahan gets closer to the horse, isn't there another way' Reeve the group leader thought.

And suddenly they found a ravine whose end was not visible. But there is also a narrow road to the right that they can go through. The nine of them entered the narrow path until they reached a room.

"Dark.." Qii groped.

"Judith we need a light!" Reeve gave the order.

Judith then cast a spell and a light appeared in her hand.

"There's no way the Dullahan can enter this place" Orly looked at the narrow path they walked before.

Judith shone a light ahead and saw a small elevator-like room filled with a magic circle.

"ReturnCircle!" Judith is feeling happy.

The others however were very surprised to see the writing on the wall.

[ Return Circle will be active with 5 people in the circle ]

They must have understood this situation very well, the number of people needed to activate the return circle was 5 people, which meant that if 5 people left first then the number needed for the second one would not be enough. That means they have to sacrifice 4 of their colleagues to be able to return.

Besides that, there was the sound of hooves coming from outside. The nine of them stared at each other for a moment.

The Dullahan was standing right in the narrow path.

He held his head in his hands. And right then it threw its head in.

They suddenly panicked and pushed each other to enter the Return Circle.

"Those who can fight raise your swords!!" Reeve took the stance, followed by 3 others Qii, Four, and Silos.

Meanwhile, the amount needed in the Return Circle has been fulfilled and is starting to become active.

At the same time, the Dullahan's body was immediately in the room.

"Teleports!?" Four panic.

The Dullahan raised his sword and pointed it at the active Return Circle.

Seeing that Reeve and the others did not remain silent and blocked the sword swing from the Dullahan.

Reeve and Silos resisted the swing of the blade even though it weighed on their bodies. Meanwhile, Four and Qii attack the Dullahan from behind.

However, Four and Qii are easily flung backwards. The Dullahan confronts Reeve and Silos who are already having a hard time.

And finally the Rerurn circle was successfully active and 5 of their members managed to get out of the dungeon.

Reeve smiled, though he seemed to be having trouble lifting his sword due to the Dullahan's attack.

The Dullahan is seen slowly sinking his sword into the ground and a huge explosion occurs that widens the room and destroys the Return Circle.

Reeve opened his eyes and saw Silos in front of him trying to protect Reeve and Four.

"Silos!!" Reeve gritted his teeth and in a fit of rage he tried to attack the Dullahan.

But that attack couldn't even scratch the dullahan's armor. Instantly the Dullahan countered the attack by immersing his sword in Reeve's heart.

'What is this'

'Is there nothing I can do?' Four can't even lift a finger and can only helplessly watch his friends get hurt.

And at that moment it was as if dark energy enveloped Reeve and managed to destroy the Dullahan's blade. Reeve swung his sword at the Dullahan, and as if everything had turned around, the Dullahan couldn't resist the attack, severing his arm trying to block Reeve's attack.

Attack after attack was launched by Reeve towards the Dullahan, so that the dullahan was chopped into hundreds of pieces.

and the remains of the dullahan slowly disappeared. Along with a dark aura that enveloped Reeve. Reeve fell to his knees.

He checked the wound on his chest, but it was completely healed.

"Foo are you okay?" Reeve asked Four.

"That's too bad captain, I can't move at all, I seem to run out of energy" Four smiles.

"Chief, what a pity" Qii from behind Reeve.

"Qii how about you?" Reeve also asked Qii.

And to Four's surprise, Qii plunges his dagger into Reeve's heart.

"Eh..." Reeve looked at Qii who slowly changed himself.

"If you hadn't stepped out of your limits as a human, it wouldn't have ended like this"

And someone appeared behind Qii.

"Raa, looks like this pepper finally ended up being ridiculous huh"

"Athena , I think so" he smiled.