Chapter 84 100% Energy

[Broken Ring of Azeroth]

[A ring worn by General Azeroth during his heroic days. It has cracked at various places but it still holds some ancient power.

Effect: Can partially dispel any curse once

Cost: 25000 Dungeon Points]

I checked the description of that ring once again before focusing on Erina. For a couple of seconds, I pondered if I should really really go ahead with this plan? But in the end, I decided to trust my [Inspect] Skill over other things.

Taking out the ring, I first inspected it carefully before speaking,

"Give me your hand."

Hearing my words, she turned silent for a few moments. Her vibrant green eyes observed me for a few moments before nodding as she gulped and then proceeded to raise her hands towards me.

Slowly I put the ring on her ring finger without realizing much. Though, since she was not a human, I don't think there is much problem with it either...

She gave me a deep look as she observed me before her eyes opened up wide as a golden red flame erupted around her, as she began levitating in the air in front of me. The wind blew around her in circles, swirling around the golden red flame, giving the whole thing a majestic look.

I could only look at it with my eyes widening as I noticed Erina getting better and better physically and the aura she gave off. Her previous dead look was now slowly getting replaced with a royal look that you find in Kings and Queens only...

After a few seconds of levitating in the air, the flame disappeared into her abdomen as I saw a few chains of white visible around her neck, hands, waist and legs, which slowly started burning into ashes right in front of me, soon completely disintegrating.

Then she started floating back down, before her feet touched the ground and she opened those beautiful eyes of hers. She looked at me for a few moments before she looked at her hands with a dazzled look. Then her eyes observed me for a few moments as she spoke.

"Just... who are you?"

I could sense the warmth in her words and a sense of familiarity emanating from her looks.

"No... that is not important... What is important is... Thank you, Michael... Thank you for letting me experience this power once again. As promised, I will help you get through the dungeon... but we need to hurry..." she spoke as her eyes concentrated on me.

She looked around to the door to Floor 42 and then sighed as she muttered in a slow voice,"still not strong enough," there was a bit of concern in her eyes before she spoke,"let's go up."

[Inspect!]

[Name: Erina El Leilena

Race: Zombified Fairy (Grade-B)

Class: Friends of Nature

Description: The Last Princess of the Late Fairy Clan, kept as a puppet within the Dungeon of Severed Dimension by Kira himself. Bound by Laws, she has lost everything from her family, friends and Kingdom. She still has hope and a will to survive.

Zombification: 23%*[Reach 100% to evolve into the next Grade]

Cessation Energy: 17200/17200

Status: Enslaved/Bound by Contract*

[Contract: She will help him clear the Dungeon of Libra in return, if she fails to do so, or tries to kill Michael after being set free from the curse, she will die the most cruel death possible]

Skills*

Strength: 45

Constitution: 435

Dexterity: 234

Intelligence: 78

Wisdom: 102

Charm: 124]

Her power had returned back to normal and even though the 'Enslaved' status wasn't removed, she had at least lost her 'weakened' status.

My eyes drifted from her Stats to her description of which a few minor changes were present. There was one thing that caught my attention though 'She still has hope and a will to survive' which put a smile on my face as I followed her to the next floor.

[You have entered Floor 44!]

I saw the Zombies rising up as usual though this time...

"[Aura of the Wind]" muttered Erina as she reached behind a Lesser C-Grade Zombie and then

"[One with Nature]" she spoke as she absorbed the Zombie wholly with her finger, getting her energy back to normal. Her eyes glowed as I saw her Stats increasing by 1%.

'Wait! My Dungeon Points!' Worried, I almost jumped but

[Dungeon Points Received +36]

'Oh! So even if she kills the Zombies, I still get the points? Nice!' I smiled from ear to ear as I saw her moving from one Zombie to another... though she was a bit slow...

Sigh... looks like I still need to do the work by myself...

[Temporal Deceleration!]

[Temporal Deceleration(Copy)!]

'She can still move, huh?' I was a bit surprised as I saw her barely moving from one Zombie to another. Though her expression was widening as her eyes peeked at me, moving faster than her.

-BOOM!

[Dungeon Points received +36]

Not minding her, I started killing all the surrounding Zombies one by one without much of a problem. With my already enhanced Stats, killing them was... really easy.

And just like that...

[Floor 44 Cleared!]

[Extra Time Left: 34240 seconds!]

[Extra time will be added to the next Floor!]

[Grade for Floor 44: SSS]

[All Floor clear rewards will be calculated in the end!]

Once I was done with that, I turned off my skills as I looked at the deep glare of Erina. She walked towards me and spoke with a bit of an angry look,

"How much energy do you still have left?"

I looked at her, confused a little, and answered,"ummm... 100%?"

Hearing my words, her previous glare vanished as she looked at me with a look of disbelief as she spoke,"you are... joking, right? All that enhancement and... you didn't waste a single energy? Just what kind of... monster are you?"

She looked at me as if all her senses were distorted all at once. I just smiled at her before moving towards her and patting on the head as she looked at me for answers.

"All of us have a secret or two, don't we?"

She first narrowed her gaze at me, but then turned her head down as she slightly nodded before speaking,"if you are this strong... then... do you... even need my help?"

Hearing her words, I pondered a little before asking,"do you have any buffing skills?" and she turning at me nodded before speaking,

"I have one, but... it will boost only your base strength... that too by a limited amount. It doesn't work when you are too strong."

'Sounds like a skill that will up my Stats by numbers rather than percentage... perfect!' I thought as a smile formed on my face before I smiled at her as I spoke,

"That's more than enough."

"Is it?" she questioned, and I assured her as I spoke,"it really is. Let's go up now. Those Night Crawlers are coming too, you know?"

I turned to the notification while she looked at the door to Floor 43.

[Survive!]

[Survive for as long as you can!

Time before the Night Crawlers reach Floor 44: 45 minutes!

Time Limit: Indefinite]

"Let's go," I spoke once again, and she nodded too.

[You have entered Floor 45!]