"Bingo!" Fia's voice, slightly raised, rang out, scaring Maxwell who was about to fall, 'Luckily the grips of the ice axe handles are made of rubber.' He gave a slight sigh of relief.
'I found it! Why didn't I think of it before, but the problem is that it will take time, luckily this damn chewing gum gives you mana. Speaking of mana, should I have told him that the gum contains mana crystals inside its structure that are used to recover it? Nha, in the worst case scenario he faints from mana overload. Enough chit-chat, I have to prepare that spell. If I remember correctly, the ascending current spell is a spell with four magic circles, four circles, eh? I'll try.'
Fia began to make the first magic circle while the two continued to climb, the sweat was getting more and more and their bodies slowly but surely began to slow down due to too much tiredness.
"Hey, beast!" Maxwell said, that "Beast" was addressed to Fia.
"Beast? That's how you hurt my girlish heart," Fia replied ironically.
"Since when have you been a girl?"
"Always."
"Pfff, nice joke that, anyway how long until I get there that I can't take it anymore."
"Umh, about ten minutes? Maybe, I don't know."
"..." Maxwell didn't answer, even though Fia couldn't look down she could already imagine Maxwell's face.
'I still have to finish the last magic circle, not much left.' Little by little the four magic circles were completed.
"I did it!" Fia said happily, some doubts appeared in Maxwell's empty head who asked: "To do what?"
Fia replied: "To complete the magic that will save us, get ready for my three remove the ice axes."
"What? Are you crazy? I'll fall? I knew it! You want to kill me!!" Several words came out of Maxwell's mouth one after another it was as if he was saying what he thought.
A light sigh came out of Fia's mouth and she replied: "If I wanted to kill you, I would have killed you much earlier, no one would know, so get your balls out and trust me."
Although he was a little against it he had no other choice, he felt that at any moment he would fall and die, "Ahhh..." A sigh came out of Maxwell's mouth he had no other choice. "Okay."
"Perfect, good on my three remove."
"One" hearing the count Maxwell's heartbeat increased.
"Two" his vision almost became blurry from anxiety, it was a fifty-fifty, but if he was going to die he would die without regrets.
"Tr-" before Fia finished the sentence time seemed to stop. Maxwell had a regret, his brother couldn't forgive himself for what happened but if he died it was the best thing, he would have liked to die in combat but dying in secret wasn't a bad idea.
"Three!" 'Cyd magic: updraft.' A huge gust of wind blew under the two who were pushed upwards, the two were surrounded by greenery.
Continuing to climb they saw that they couldn't go higher and saw an opening, without thinking twice Fia jumped saving herself following him there was Maxwell who didn't trust.
"Ugh, fuck yes!!" A cry of joy came out of Fia's mouth, who took all the equipment and put it back in the small brown bag.
The two rested a little they were dead tired, Fia more because of the use of magic, from her bracelet she took out two bottles with a cork on top, one bottle with a light blue liquid and the other with a transparent liquid.
'[Analysis]' Fia analyzed the potions to see if she had pulled out the right ones, even though she knows the colors by heart it also helped her to understand if the potion's effect hadn't decreased.
[Stamina potion: potion that allows you to cancel fatigue] the first was a potion from this morning of grade D.
[Mana potion: potion made to instantly recharge used mana] the second was a mana potion also of grade D.
Drinking them both Fia felt rejuvenated, I noticed that Maxwell had also pulled out two potions, one of stamina and one of life, both of grade S, 'Rich as shit.'
Fia thought about seeing the two potions for her now off-limits since it would take her twenty years to obtain an S grade potion if she remains a grade E, and since she can afford a pack of energy gum that was already a lot.
'Ugh, let's see the map- uh?' checking the map she noticed something strange it didn't lead back with the other two tunnels, it went straight to the boss room or so it seemed.
'My usual luck' thought Fia complaining but at least they went straight to the boss room.
After resting they got up and continued the road was not very dangerous but sometimes there were some holes that Maxwell took almost all like an idiot.
Continuing they noticed that the stone walls became smoother, something was wrong.
The zig-zag path became straighter and straighter, the various stone walls smoother, and the presence of D-grade magical minerals more frequent.
'Strange' thought Fia seeing the situation as they counted, they arrived at a point they turned and a dark presence could be felt.
'Tsk, so that amount of mana outside and the demonic monsters was not really a coincidence.' Fia thought, the more they went forward the more her theory became correct, until they arrived in a large room.
In the center there was a humanoid figure, with horns, black skin, sharp teeth, dark red eyes, and a black sword,sharp black nails, a body almost like skin and bones characteristic of low-grade demons.
'I knew it, shit, but anyway it's not an everyday occasion to face a D-grade demon for now.' Fia drew her sword ready to fight while Maxwell looked at Fia doubtfully, and thought again that she was crazy.