37 Chapter 37: Rematch
This was because I had completely exhausted myself while using a healing spell to purify a death knight.
"Hey, john" Said Ariel
"Yeah?"
The three of us began to talk as we laid down inside of the ice sphere I created using the little remaining magical power I had.
"When did you create the healing spell?" She asked
"I'd also like to know, and how did you do it? The holy element is exclusive to those who have undergone special training by the church." Said, Serena
"Well... After our recent fight with the queen, I realised the weakness our party had. We're not that strong, so if we're going to be going to dungeons, then I'm going to have to do as much as I can to cover what we're missing." I said
"Even if you say that..." Serena muttered
"I should go to a church though. Especially since I have this ability. About how I thought of it... There are 4 In short when you think about healing something. I learnt this in biology." I said
"Bio-logy?" Said, Ariel
Oh c.r.a.p, I accidentally said it out loud
"Y-Yeah, I-i recently gained a memory of being taught something called biology. Biology is the study of living organisms." I said
"You've been taught a lot of things... I'm glad your memories are returning. You'll be able to find out more about yourself." Said, Serena
It's an excuse but they seem convinced
"Y-Yeah, As I was saying, It's the study of living organisms. When you gain a wound like a cut and it starts to bleed. Within minutes or seconds, blood cells start to clump together and clot, protecting the wound a prevent further blood loss. This is called hemostasis, the first process which is to stop the bleeding" I said
Ariel looked slightly confused and Serena... I'm not sure
"I knew it was going to be complex but Seriously? Are you sure you're 12 years old? Who teaches all of this to a kid?! I'd like to meet your master one day." Said Serena as she placed her hands on her face
"Y-Yeah..." I nervously let out
"John, you said blood cells start to clump together and clot, what are blood cells?" Ariel asked
Looks like she's paying very close attention.
"It's a cell produced when you gain a wound, It's mainly found in the blood. And a cell is the smallest unit of life," I said
"Hm... I sort of get it, but at the same time I don't..." Said, Ariel
"It's fine, The concept of healing is hard, I practised it every day during the 7 days but I've only been able to make it strong enough to close cuts. Although that's probably because I haven't tried it on anything other than cuts. If I add enough magic I should be able to heal Severe wounds." I said
"I sort of get it too, In other words, they're small beings produced in your body to help close your wound right?" Serena asked
"Y-Yeah, sort of, That's one way to look at it," I said
"Mhm... What are the other 3 processes?" Ariel asked
"Well, We have inflammation... Then growth and rebuilding... and lastly Strengthening. And each has its process." I said
As I named each process The fear on the faces of the two girls became more apparent
"John." Serena
"Yes?" I asked
"Could you actually be a smart person?" She asked
Not really, Any kid my age from my previous world knows this. Although the me from the past might not have been able to remember the details as much as I can now... Did my memory get stronger after I reincarnated?
"Not really, What did you think I was?" I replied with an annoyed expression
"Nothing much." Said Serena as she looked away
"Oi, Why did you turn your head? If you have something to say, By all means, go ahead." I said
"John... Healing is a lot more complicated than I imagined... Do all people who have undergone training in the church know this?" Ariel asked
"I think not, They probably use chants like any other magician. My magic is concept, after all, it requires knowledge in exchange for power. The more you know, the stronger the imagination. The stronger the spell." I replied
"I see... I... I want to become stronger... Strong enough to be able to help you, so that what happened today, never happens again... So i'll focus on improving my Control and understanding over the wind and fire element..." Ariel said
"Me too... I hate to admit it but I wasn't of much help in this fight... And you nearly died..." Said, Serena
When I heard what these two had to say, I couldn't help but smile
"But I didn't and it was thanks to your magic combo that we were able to win. I'm looking forward to it, I'll do my best to help you two become stronger." I said with a smile
"Thank you." They replied with a happy smile
***
We rested for 5 hours before we decided to move on. I had replenished a moderate amount of magic and we charged up our magic stones with the stone of the 3rd-floor boss. The stone broke after but we were going to gain a better one after killing the spider queen.
Unfortunately, the Death knight didn't drop a magic stone, but i ended up putting his sword and armour into my tool box. I could feel that it was getting full, so the plan was to head back after killing the spider queen
We enterred the 10th floor and were greeted by an abundance
We walked along straight to the boss room, encountering a few spider monsters. They were spiders our size and were not friendly. We managed to easily cut them with ventus so they weren't much of a challenge, rather, the 9th floor monsters were more.
I guess the reason these monsters are considered stronger is because of their agility and poison attribute. Rose told me to never let either the spider queen or these monsters bite me. But thanks to that i brought poison antidotes in case of emergencies
After 30 minutes, we reached the boss room without any difficulties. I didn't use furtim this time because it was risky, if a spider did sense as as we walked pa.s.sed and one of us got bitten, it would've been bad.
"Is everyone ready?" I asked as i placed my hands on the boss door
"Yeah." They simultaneously replied with tense expressions
"I've recently realised but you two are often in sync, are you lost sisters?" I said as a joke to ease the tension
"I'd love it if ariel was my sister. She's so cute." Said Serena as she hugged her
"Serenaaa, not now, we're supposed to get ready..." Said Ariel with an embarra.s.sed expression
Those two really do look like sisters... Also, that's kind of cute...
"Fine... " Said Serena with a saddened expression
"Alright, Let's go." I said as i opened the door, while ignoring the cute moment that just pa.s.sed
We walked inside and there was the Spider queen, in the middle of the room. The eggs from before were gone but there was a big web which blocked the path to the next floor.
"What happened to the eggs?" Asked Serena
"I burned them all last time, remember. The traces of our fight are gone so the room really did reset."
The spider noticed us after the door entrance door closed. Unlike the previous one, which acted wary all the time, This one didn't seem afraid at all and began to charge at us. The size was the same and even the looks
"Oh? You're not scared, even though we were the main reason your previous reincarnation died? Maybe that previous spider had survived many battles which is why it was wary, this one has only recently sp.a.w.ned." I said as i leapt straight at it
So they don't have memories of their previous life...
"John, be careful, We'll back you up!" Shouted Serena
"Yeah!" I replied
The spider and I rushed at each other. After we were around 10 meters away, I cast 'Velox' and 'Ignis Iecit' and was heading straight at it Like a cannon the daggers on my hand together forming an X-Cross.
It had underestimated me and didn't expect my sudden move, despite it being faster, It wasn't able to completely evade it. I ended up cutting half of it's front left leg off
After losing it's leg, it finally felt threatened by me and stepped back.
"Seriously... Don't underestimate me. I'm not the same guy as before, but i doubt you remember anyways."
The move i used against the spider just now, was the same move i used against the death knight. I'll call it X Cannon.
The spider's fear appeared to have turned into anger as it came rus.h.i.+ng straight me shortly after losing it's leg. it used it's front right leg to stab at me, but It missed as i dodged it by jumping back.
While i was in the air, I shot a web from it's mouth to pierce me. The me 7 days ago, wouldn't have been able to dodge it but...
"Velox" I muttered
The instant i cast it, I was propelled downwards to the ground, allowing me to dodge The spiders web.
"Double cast: Gravitas, Glacies."
I cast Gravitas on the spider to stop it from being able to move and Glacies to be able to freeze it's remaining legs. 3 bigger versions of the normal Glacies were created and i propelled them at the spider.
"From this distance, it shouldn't be able to dodge-"
I was proven wrong as the spider barely dodged it by jumping to the side, The second it dodged it, it rushed at me Again and tried piercing me with it's legs
"Woah, 20x gravity didn't work... I guess I should have expected that. Spiders can lift up to 50x their body weight after all." I said as i avoided it's legs by leaping around.
"Then... Should i use magnum ignis like before? No... I have a better idea..."
I dodged it's front leg again and at the same time cast and propelled a Glacies at it after it had barely missed me.
The tip of it's front leg was frozen and it stepped back to break the ice. After smas.h.i.+ng the ground with the tip, the ice broke. But all i needed was for it to step back for a moment.
I cast 'Levite' and 'Scutum Glacies'. Scutum Glacies Takes time to form so i needed a moment for the spider to step back form me so i could properly form it. Now that it had formed, everything was ready.
"Velox" I muttered as the spider recomposed itself and began to rush at me
It stopped and jumped to the side after it saw me propel myself at it. It then looked over at it's 3 left legs and noticed that they had ice Slowly spreading around them.
"Surprised?" I asked as i looked at it
It desperately tried getting rid of the ice by hitting the ground with it's leg but it wasn't working
"That won't work. Ever heard of the saying 'The best defense is more offense'? Scutum Glacies is Defense type spell, which spreads ice around whatever touches it. Let's see if you can dodge all of these attacks."
The spider let out a shriek and slowly backed up from me. I cast Velox as i floated in the Air and propelled myself at it again. Thanks to Levite, I was much faster while using velox and went further.
I missed the spider as it jumped to the right to dodge my sudden catapult at it but it's movements were slowly decreasing thanks to the ice. I propeled at it again and again and was only getting faster and faster thanks to velox.
I probably like an Air cannon travelling through the Air from Ariel and Serena's perspective.
"Concept Combination Magic: Verberare scutum est glacies" Translation: Barrage of the ice s.h.i.+eld
If i went past the spider, I would propel myself back and tried to hit it. I would kept doing this over and over again. hence the name. Ice s.h.i.+eld Barrage
Eventually, thanks to the barrage, Ice had completely covered the spider. It could no longer move.
"Checkmate. Ariel, Serena now!" I shouted
Ariel and Serena had been charging up their spell. Ariel Formed had The Wind Spear, Serena had mixed it with Ignis and had cast fire arrows, which led to 10 Around being formed around the spear. Then on my signal, they released it. Ariel propelled the Fire spear With 10 Magic arrows around it at the Frozen Spider.
On impact, the spear went straight through the spider and ice and hit the magic resistant walls. A b.u.mp was left on the wall. Shortly after the spider turned into a magic stone. I melted the ice, put the stone in the toolbox and went over to Serena and Ariel
"We did it!" I said as i approached them
"Y-Yeah, Hey Serena, Did we do that?" Asked Ariel as she pointed over at the wall and where the Spider had been pierced
"Did we..?" Asked Serena with a confused expression
"Why are you two in denial? Yes, you did."
Ariel and Serena's Eyes Lit up after hearing what I said
"We did... We're getting stronger!" Said Ariel with an excited expression
"Did you only realise this now?" I asked
Ariel happily nodded at my question
Serena was quiet, but i could tell from her eyes that she was excited.
"Hey serena, are you sure, Oliver is stronger than that?" I asked as i pointed at the wall
"I-I wasn't saying he's stronger because i wanted to... You'll know when you challenge him..." Said, Serena
"I'm looking forward to it, i wonder what sort of spells he has..." I replied
"That's just like you... Aren't you afraid of losing?" Serena asked
"Not really, It shows you what you need to improve. It makes you stronger." I said
"As expected of you." Said Serena
"What's that supposed to mean?" I asked
"Hey, we had agreed to head back, but why don't we check out the 11th floor?" I suggested
"Sure, We saved up a lot more energy than i expected in that fight." Serena said
"What about you Ariel?" I asked
"E-Eh? Ah, Sure, i don't mind." She replied
Ariel was still thinking about how she's improving. She seems happy now that she's realised that she's improving
"Then, Let's go."
***
Looking back, I never could have imagined how bad this decision was.