Chapter 75: Survive Together

"Hmph!" Theo snorted and raised his hand as a blue light ball appeared above his palm, splitting into ten. "Magic Bullet."

The Magic Bullets spread and hit the four skulls out of hundreds of skulls. Surprisingly, the skulls were obliterated just like that as if they didn't have anything to protect their physical bodies.

When Alea saw this reaction, she informed him. "They don't have physical bodies. Unless you are using Magic Power for skills or something, you won't be able to cut them down."

"In other words, I can't rely on my weapons?"

"Yes. However, it will be a different case if you can clad your spear with Magic Power. Can you do it? I can barely do it even with my left hand."

"Only through skills. I barely can control my Magic Bullet at this point. Do you think I have enough skill to do something like that?"

"…" Alea sighed. "Why did you—"

She wanted to ask why Theo hid his Magic Bullet and Clone skills, but she stopped, knowing it was rude to ask someone's skills. He had been understanding about her left hand, so she needed to respect him as well.

"Anyway, we can't do much with our current Magic Power, which has been depleted because of the continuous run, so reserve your power as much as possible."

"I know." Theo nodded with a serious expression.

"Here they come!" Alea shouted as they continued going around the dome, right next to the translucent wall, so they had enough room to react if the turtle attacked them or something.

"Focused Charge." Theo looked at his spear as he only had one shot by using this skill. Still, it was better than nothing.

Unfortunately for them, Alea's observation was wrong. The turtle was far beyond her imagination as the skulls suddenly halted their movement in the air and opened their mouths.

"Alea! That's bad, right?!" Theo noticed their actions and saw purple light shone within their mouths.

"Hide behind me right now!" Alea ordered, not accepting any objection.

This was the first time Theo heard this tone, so he quickly hid behind her.

"Fortitude!" Alea stabbed the ground with her sword as a giant red shield appeared.

Theo couldn't see anything since he was right behind her, bending his knees. The only thing he felt was the shock, loud explosion, and vibrating ground.

Boom.

She was rained down by purple light that exploded as soon as they touched their target. Fortunately, Theo and Alea managed to survive that onslaught when everything around them was wiped out, leaving only a huge fan-shaped crater with only the middle left out.

"!!!" Alea didn't stop there. She noticed that the skulls seemed to be fusing with each other while some formed a group and created a purple-colored barrier which had the appearance of the dome's barrier.

"We need to destroy that big skull!" Alea shouted and pointed her forefinger at the bigger skull after absorbing half of them. "Launch me to the sky."

Theo nodded and ran ten feet with his hands joining together.

Alea then ran toward him, stepped on his hands, and jumped to the sky with Theo's assistance.

The groups of skulls quickly stopped them with their barriers.

Alea managed to cut a few of them, but it killed off her momentum as she finally stopped and started falling.

"NO!" Alea's voice was filled with regret as she saw the giant skull preparing the same attack.

Theo called his clone and flew to the sky with the shield, preparing to take it on as Alea would be a better person to carry him if he fell unconscious after this attack.

"I'm going to tak—" Before he finished his words, they passed each other, where Alea grabbed him and reversed their position, so she could take this attack. "You may haven't felt it, but that attack will destroy the shield and kill you! This attack is directed to me, so let me face it."

Theo widened his eyes as Alea spun her sword and wielded it backward. She then pointed the sword downward as she shouted. "Fortitude!"

A red flame shield appeared right before her eyes as it was translucent enough for her to see through it.

"Oi! That's bad news." Theo eventually realized how powerful that attack was and clenched his teeth. Even Alea might not be able to block it. Yet, he was also in dilemma. Although he didn't want to admit it, he could only use one more skill. He had two choices, Magic Bullet or Blink. If he chose the latter, he would be able to destroy the skull. As long as he survived this attack, they should be able to last a bit longer. But if he chose the latter, they could only survive this attack while running under their onslaught. In that instant, Theo decided to trust Alea. "Alea!"

Alea ignored him and stood firm in the air as the skull shot out a purple laser from its mouth.

The moment it struck her shield, Alea, who didn't have any foundation in the air, got pushed back.

Obviously, Theo caught her as both of them were launched to the ground. However, before they even hit it, Alea suddenly spat a mouthful of blood and the shield cracked.

Theo's clone finally arrived at its destination, where he could snipe the skull from its blindspot.

"Magic Bullet."

The Magic Bullet flew and obliterated the big skull, stopping the attack, but Alea's shield broke and the residual attack would surely kill them both.

Theo instinctively grabbed her waist and carried his shield to the front for the last line of defense. Seeing this, Alea also helped him hold the shield to make sure it didn't get blown away.

"Focused Charge!" Theo instinctively used his Focused Charge on his shield instead of his spear, allowing him to gather all his Magic Power because of the push and successfully blocking it.

Yet, their problem hadn't ended.

Their current momentum would surely break Theo's bone at this point and potentially kill him, so Alea turned around as her hands clung on Theo's back before spinning their body again, planning to use her body as a cushion.

Bam.

The two crashed on the ground as Theo was completely fine with his head landing softly on her chest, but his hair quickly turned red as Alea spat another mouthful of blood.

"You…" Theo quickly broke free and looked at Alea's condition.

"You should go. My body refuses to move. I'm sure that you can hold long enough," said Alea as her eyes slowly lost their light. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't bring you to this place…"

"Oi! Stay with me!" Theo shouted as he checked her body's condition. Although he wasn't a doctor, he could feel that her heart still beat. Even though it was weak, it didn't get any weaker. In other words, she just fell unconscious.

Knowing that the skull would chase them again, Theo quickly stood up and carried her with both hands, trying to stay alive as long as possible. "Master! Where are you? Your student is going to die right now!"

As if answering his prayer, the dome suddenly cracked all over before getting shattered into pieces.

A white-haired old woman figure gradually fell down from the sky.

"I'm sorry, my beloved student… Your master is late… Wait, no… Your master has arrived at the perfect minute."

Relief and happiness overwhelmed his heart, but he just wasn't in the mood for jokes, especially with their current condition, so he raised his voice. "I don't need your joke right now!"