Ch 30
Lenn and Cael walked through the exit of the plane.
Unlike the concept of 'door' and 'entrance', the concept of 'plane' existed here.
So, all they have to do is travel some distance and everything changed.
When Cael and Lenn stepped out of the plane and entered the new one.
They felt tremendous heat surrounding them.
What they saw is a pit of flames in all directions.
Cael deactivated his mystic code and placed it in his jacket and secretly sent it into his reality marble.
Lenn activated a defensive Mystic code instinctively which created a Glass barrier around them saving her from the fire scorching her.
But Lenn suffocated from the heat and is on the verge of losing consciousness.
While Cael is perfectly alright.
'Nixie, protect her'
A barrier was created around Cael and Lennart.
A smooth wave channeled through Lenn and she could feel better. There's still heat but at most it is uncomfortable.
'Sorry, Cael. This is all I can do. This is Efreet's domain, I can't do much'
'No, What you did is more than enough'
He said to Nixie with telepathy. Lennart after gaining consciousness, looked around the raging fires and the blue force field covering her.
"Thank you, Sir Cael"
"I think there's an exit there, let's go. I'm not sure if my barrier can hold on for long. Just run along with me, this barrier will follow us"
"Mm"
They both began to run towards the 'exit'.
At the same time, Cael's actual body which is floating in the sky looked at the departing figures.
"Runes are a waste of effort, huh?"
He snickered while a Rune is floating in front of him.
"The same Rune is deceiving you. Now then, time for some treasure hunting"
He flew right through the fires, they are burning his physical body while he is actively being regenerated.
He can easily become tangible to avoid it but, he didn't want to risk avoiding something important in the process. So, he actively focused on his senses.
The 'land' of fire is just never ending flames. There is no land, Cael made one for his Rune clone and Lennart so that, they'll leave this place.
After searching for a while, he found nothing but the fires kept burning away his 'flesh' and 'soul' constantly, his regeneration is what keeps him alive.
"A dragon phantasm is no joke, even after its death, its intense fire didn't die down. How the hell did Seig manage to defeat one?"
"Guess, I've got no choice"
He deactivated his regeneration, but still, his halo is keeping him alive.
A magic circle formed in its hand, which then passed through the fires, activating the Origin Analysis spell.
'Oh, So there's something. It seems powerful too, to just negate my spell like that"
He immediately moved towards the spot, where he found the thing.
A few wisps of fire raged through the center of everything. His Mind's eye is warning him not to go there but he believed in his immortality.
He picked up and the movement he did it,
The Fire wisps Burnt Cael into nothingness.
What remained is a Floating Golden Halo.
Cael's flesh and soul regenerated instantly however the next instant, the Fire wisp burnt it out of existence.
This happened many more times and then after much time later.
Cael finally 'teleported' far away from the Fire Wisp.
"DAMN!!, That hurt like a bitch!! Fucking dragons!!"
Every time, Cael burnt away, he felt the pain in his soul. He decided to leave it but the Embers kept Attacking him and killing him without giving him any chance.
"No wonder, why those Magus decided to seal this Tomb off"
The tomb of Albion is a forbidden place. It's not just a place of treasures and wonders but its dangers are also something Mankind can't handle.
He never thought he would come here in his lifetime.
This extremely rare opportunity was only granted because a Lord of the clock tower allowed it.
Otherwise, no one can enter this place, not even someone of a Master level famous magus.
"If only I have a barrier like Gojo Satoru....wait, damn it, why didn't I remember any of this when I'm having so much free time"
He took a deep breath to cool down, the irritation from consecutive deaths faded a little.
"Okay, create a checklist"
He wrote a checklist with Ichor and 'saved' it in his Staff.
[Checklist
1)Create Stands
2)Create barrier]
"Huh?"
He noticed how his Ichor is different just now. His eyes landed on the Fire wisps.
"One more thing to check"
[Checklist
1)Create Stands
2)Create barrier
3)Check the Ichor]
Cael stayed from afar, observed for anything of value in here aside from the fire.
The Fire Embers are likely alive, he can sense pride in them. So, he didn't have plan to piss it off.
At the bottom of the Fire wisps, he saw some burning stone.
Using his Mystic eyes, he used attractive forces on the stone.
He stored it in his reality marble.
"At least, It's not a total waste of time. Let's collect some flames and leave"
He collected the flames and left the area.
As soon as he entered the new plane. Something hit him with tremendous force.
His mind's eye immediately went into overdrive.
As everything slowed down, he saw a Phantasmal beast in the rocky cavern.
Simultaneously, he hit a wall and it broke upon contact. Cael is fine however.
He could finally see the phantasmal beast, it is a floating eyeball with tentacles on its back.
'Great, out of all Phantasmal species, I just have to encounter you'
The phantasmal beast is called Gazer.
It doesn't move that much but records are theorizing that the mystic eyes of Binding have been created with Gazer's corpse which was later passed down through lineages.
Gazer's a trouble after its death. It leaves behind a strong curse upon the killer, and he's not sure how potent this curse can be.
Its ability is also terrifying to a degree, he couldn't move his body no matter what he does. He is completely crippled, although healing isn't a big deal for him. So, he's cool with it.
Still, he's impressed because he is not crippled because of nerves, he doesn't have any to begin with but he could tell that the powerful concept of 'Binding' is locking him making him unable to move even a millimeter.
'It must be really old for it to have such strong binding ability. Whatever, I should get going'
Cael increased the gravity slowly until the eyelids of Gazer closed.
Feeling free from the Binding, Cael got the confirmation he needed.
"So, there is some truth to the theory"
He petrified the Gazer. After making sure that it was not moving and is completely petrified, he stored it in his reality marble.
"I can potentially make mystic eyes of binding, one more thing to add to the checklist"
He took out the Water jet mystic code and said "You can come out now, I may not be able to see you but there are other senses, you know"
A man with a scorpion's stinger and bottom came crawling down.
"Hoh~, A human that is brave and powerful"
Cael couldn't understand what the Phantasmal beast said, he didn't even know about the scorpion man. So, he only did what he can and should.
"You know what, screw it"
He blitzed through the scorpion with his water jet mystic code. The water current shredded the scorpion man into multiple pieces.
"Nixie, freeze the corpse"
He then stored the frozen corpse in his reality marble.
Cael gripped his hands, he couldn't believe how much force he just exerted now.
He used Mana burst upon his superhuman strength and boosted the mystic code with his potent ichor.
"And these are just grunts"
Cael began his search for Lenn. He can't leave this Tomb without her.
He roamed for a while in the plane. He then entered a new plane and searched, finally finding Lenn...in tattered clothes.
Lenn upon seeing Cael didn't look excited, there was only despair in her eyes. She uttered in a raspy voice
"Where have you been all this time?"
"I was teleported to a random location, it took some time to find you. Also, why are you speaking like it's been so long? Okay, I get it, it took me two days to find you but as I told you, this is a difficult place to nav-"
"2 years"
"What?"
"It's been 2 years since I met you"
Cael stood frozen in place. He looked around the place where she was staying and sure enough, there are crudely made utensils, some meat hanging on the wall, and there is also a makeshift bed.