Chapter 78 A Hope?

"You.. are… an Envoy?!!!!" she shouted, her eyes widening in disbelief

"Envoy?" I questioned as I looked into her eyes, trying to figure out what she meant by that.

"But… that's not possible… "though it didn't seem like she was listening to me, as her expression still didn't change while she questioned her eyes.

She then moved closer to me with each step, getting closer to me with hope filling her eyes and slight tear drops filling those beautiful green eyes. Her hands reached my cheeks as she tried to check if she was dreaming or not…

"You are real?!" Happiness filled her eyes as she looked at me with a hopeful gaze. Though her mind shook a little as she turned around with worry slightly taking over her, before she turned around at me and spoke,

"How did you enter this… Dungeon… yeah… how did you enter this dungeon? Are you here to save me? Or are you here to kill Kira? Or maybe… maybe… you are here for something else? Tell-"

I covered her mouth with my palm as I smiled at her awkwardly as I asked again,"I will answer all your questions, but can you first please tell me… what do you mean by… Envoy?"

"Huh?" As soon as I asked that question, her eyes blanked out, and she took a step back, with slight horror returning to her eyes.

"Wha-what did you say?" her look was turning maddening. As if she was losing her senses, her eyes started shaking, and she started stuttering. For some reason, I thought I should not repeat my question but…

"Y-you at least know about… Gods, right? Something about divine blessings… anything about them?" The more she asked those questions, her eyes observed my expression hoping to see a change, but since I was unfamiliar with everything… Because I knew nothing about what she was trying to find… I could only smile with an awkward yet bitter expression.

"Do you know about races… energies… anything… anything…" I saw her slowly breaking as the hope in her eyes started shattering.

"I… I am sorry for not knowing the answer to your questions… but can you… can you help me out with my questions… Maybe we will reach a conclusion?" I asked with a bit of a hopeful gaze, hoping to cheer her up.

Though it didn't seem like it worked out in any way.

At my words, her gaze turned up to me before she spoke,"I… You should… leave… I do not know who you are… or what you are… but since you are here… if Kira were to find you… you will only die in the end… leave… if you want to live… run…"

She spoke as she looked at me with… Pity? The hope which filled her eyes previously was now gone. I felt like I was watching a rag doll right now… yet she was the one feeling pity for me.

-SCREEECCHHHHH!!!!!

I heard a voice from the Floors that I came from and my eyes turned towards the door to Floor 14.

[Elite Night Crawlers are Coming!]

[Emergency Quest Initiated!]

[Survive!]

[Survive for as long as you can!

Time before the Night Crawlers reach Floor 15: 5 minutes!

Time Limit: Indefinite]

'Night Crawlers? What are those?' I thought, with a bit of a confused expression.

"They are already here, huh? I was wondering why they didn't appear despite the gate to the cage being opened already. You should leave-"

Though before she could complete her words, I grabbed her hand, took her in my arms and began running towards the next floor.

Ignoring the messages that I received for clearing the floor, I ran to the next floor, where I hurriedly waited for the Zombies to appear.

"What are you trying to do?" Erina asked, confused as she looked at me. Her hopeless eyes were trying to understand my actions…

"Surviving," I answered as I looked at her before

[Temporal Declaration!]

[Temporal Declaration(Copy)!]

I activated my skills and began killing each and every Zombie without caring about their stats and stuff. This time it took about 2 seconds, outside my skill, to kill all the Zombies since they were spawning faster than before.

Then I ran towards her and took her in my arms again as I looked at the message on the screen

[Survive!]

[Survive for as long as you can!

Time before the Night Crawlers reach Floor 16: 7 minutes!

Time Limit: Indefinite]

Breathing a sigh of relief, I ran towards the next floor.

"Huh? What just… happened?" Confused, she looked at me before turning at the Zombies, which were disintegrating behind me. Her eyes seemed to be questioning what she was witnessing.

"How… Did you do that?" She asked, finding it hard to believe what she just witnessed.

"I know you have a lot of questions, but can we just wait till we create enough distance between those things down there and us?" I hurriedly spoke as I put her down again and moved towards those Zombies, but before I could do so…

"Wait!" she spoke as she stood up. I was in a hurry and I wanted to run and kill all those Zombies before moving up, but looking at her eyes, I decided to spare a few seconds on her.

She moved closer to me and looked at my metallic bat.

"It's breaking," she spoke as she observed the bat. I observed it too…

[Black Club of the Doomsday Survivor(Uncommon)]

[One of the best blunt weapons that any survivor would like to carry. It has a high durability and strength and allows the user to kill anything with a couple of hits.

Special Effects: +5 Strength

Limits: Minimum 15 Strength required to wield the weapon

ATK: 70 :: Durability:  220/500]

'There is still enough durability left,' I thought as I observed the bat but…

"Let me…" she spoke as she raised both her hands. Looking at her eyes, which I couldn't read at all… I… I just kept observing them for a few moments before raising my bat and keeping it in hers.

Even though I kept it in her hands, I didn't let it go. Just because she is in these… conditions… doesn't mean I am going to trust her…

"[Miniature Blessing of Nature]" she muttered as small lights of purple and golden color flew out of her hands before they entered into the weapon. I looked at her for a few moments, as she removed her hands from the bat before she observed me

"This should help a little," she spoke as she observed me ever so blankly. I could only look at her, wondering what she was up to before observing the Weapon again.

[Black Club of the Doomsday Survivor(Uncommon+)]

[One of the best blunt weapons that any survivor would like to carry. It has a high durability and strength and allows the user to kill anything with a couple of hits. It has been blessed by a Nature Fairy.

Special Effects: +5 Strength

Special Effects: Have the capability to absorb a small percentage of damage dealt and heal itself.

Limits: Minimum 15 Strength required to wield the weapon

Limits: Minimum 10 Wisdom required to wield the weapon

ATK: 70 :: Durability:  220/500]