Chapter 27
It's codala, how did he even find me, well none of that really matters, I'm just happy he did find. now we need a plan to escape without engaging Frankeen in battle, not that I don't have faith in codala's magic skills but Frankeen would kill him in an instant, we just need to escape, there's no need to fight with him. Anubis however notices codala and attacks him with his scythe, Frankeen says that he noticed codala's presence as soon as he entered this space and that him escaping with me is not possible. I quickly hit Frankeen in the face with an artifact laying close to me, but he just shrugs it off like it's nothing and that's doing wonders for my confidence. he rushes me, pushing me against a wall while telling me he doesn't wish to harm me and would rather not. he begins to chant some magic seals and I honestly do not want to find out what it does. codala doesn't seem to be faring well against the undergod summons Anubis, not like I didn't see that coming. that summons alone would wipe the floor with codala, I need to find away to separate them before the summons kills codala but with Frankeen on my case I don't think I'm going anywhere anytime soon. I look over to codala and he's doing good, Anubis tries to cut him down in one fell swoop, but codala uses a spell to shield himself. Anubis strikes a second time and cuts through the shielding spell, slicing one of codala's arms off. he falls to the ground writhing in pain, Anubis hovers closer to him to finish him off but he pulls something out from his jacket and throws it into the air. it seems like some kind of bomb, as I close my eyes and turn my head away, Frankeen turns to look at it. it goes off and unleashes a very bright and powerful beam of light that scatters everywhere, almost mimicking the day times Sun rays. I close my eyes tightly but I'm still affected by the rays, I assume even Frankeen was not prepared for this type of attack as he let's go of me. the light clears up and I open my eyes to see Frankeen laying on the ground with his hands on his eyes, it was a good reaction for me to close my eyes cause I'm not sure I would have been able to see after that. even Anubis seems to be stunned by the attack, codala rushes over to me and opens a portal into the crawlspace. we quickly jump in before Frankeen recuperates and attacks us, I'm pretty sure that move pissed him off and he was quite ready to kill us both. we are finally out of danger but codala is bleeding pretty badly, I take him into the crawlspace house and lay him on the bedding, while I look for some rags and alcohol to disinfect the wound. it's bad and I don't even know if it will work but I have to try regardless, I hope he doesn't die though, because that would mean my being trapped in this dimension. I start soaking the rags with the alcohol and wrapping them around his lost limbs, it hurts him alot and he rolls about the bedding screaming in pain. and let me tell you screaming roachfolk is the last thing I want to hear right now, it sounds like the high-pitched sound of someone swallowing razor blades without chewing them, it's just a horrible sound to hear, I am damn near sure this will give me nightmares. after a while he quiets down and sleeps off, which gives me a chance to cleanse the wounds. I can't believe he lost two of his left arms just because he wanted to save me, I just hope he survives this. two lost limbs and a deep gash in the chest, I would be screaming too if I had to endure that. I sit close to him to monitor his condition, then I think to myself that his body probably needs nutrients. don't judge me, I've never had to treat someone with these kind of injuries before. I go to the kitchen to find something to cook, I open the kitchen drawers and cupboards but there's nothing but dust and cobwebs, we can't eat those. well I speak for myself, I can't speak for him, for all I know roachfolks could eat dust and cobwebs. I return to his side and sit beside him, there's nothing I can do now but sit and wait patiently for him to wake so we can get out of this place. after a while I doze off and begin to dream, something I have forgotten I was even capable of. it is a dream of home, my mother, nana, even the goats I used to clean and care for every morning, the bar I used to escape home to drink at, my dreams of joining the villages hunting party, dreams of isol. isol I haven't even thought about him in the longest time, I wonder what he is up to these days. he has probably completed his transmutation into an undead vampire, I need to also find a way to cure him and rid him of that fate if there is one. I wish I could just go backwards with the knowledge I have now and just prevent all those pointless deaths, the Wakaani, the anchors, isol, feebs, ace and Sarah. I could stop it all, but even I know that that's just wishful thinking. the best I can do now is become stronger than before and protect those closest to me, I need to be able to protect the ones I love with my own power. I have to protect even the accursed ones regardless, the dark order are just a bunch of maniacs who see themselves as doing the lord's work by committing genocide and I won't stand for it.