Chapter 85 - Headaches and Soul Rodents

As Lavian kept praying by Savina's side, a powerful shockwave shook the room and a loud bang rocked their ears. Concerned about what had occured, they quickly stood up and rushed out the door to see what had occured. In their rush to see what happened, they forgot to close the door...

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[AND THIS IS WHY I SAID NOT TO DO THAT YOU RECKLESS GIRL!], Voxea shouted in my brain. Her voice would normally sound rather pleasant in my head, but right now it sounded like an axe to the forehead. The ringing in my ears, nor the fact that everything was blurry didn't help either. I also couldn't figure out why I was laying down.

[Voxea...what...just...happened...is...Rakka...okay...?], I asked as my ears continued ringing while my vision slowly cleared up. As I sat myself up, I saw that surrounding me were various patches of frozen and scorched grass scattered all over the place. A few buildings in the area didn't escape this fate either, some had their roofs burning while others had their walls frosted over. The ringing eventually subsided as well but my head was still in a daze.

[Rakka got aethered by the blast. He's back in your drajule], Voxea explained.

[What about...the...Grim Shrieker...], I asked while trying to stand myself up. My legs at this point felt like jelly, but I had to get up.

[Dying in front of you].

"What"?! Nothing gets the blood pumping and mind focused like a shocking statement.

"Grmyaaa....".

Laying in front of me, charred beyond belief, laying in a pool of its own blood, breathing every breath like was its last, was the terrifying platinum grade Grim Shrieker, dying. I could see that starting from the tip of its wings and claws, that it was slowly turning back into aether.

Up until this moment, I have never seen a dying monster before. I have seen a monster immediately turn back into aether when defeated sure, but never see a monster slowly dissolve like this. It was rather horrifying. Regardless, I couldn't just stared at it with my mouth open all night, I had to move on to the next part of the plan.

"Voxea...come forth!", I said as I pulled out Voxea's drajule. A brief flash and a summoning circle later, Voxea was summoned again.

[Alright we got work to do and short window of time to do it. Silvia, do you know where you tossed that jug from earlier?], Voxea asked as she floated near me.

I nodded and pointed to where I had tossed it. Earlier, Voxea said that we needed some type of vessel or container to help store Savina's soul. Thankfully we found that jug of alcohol earlier or else this entire thing would have be-[We have a problem].

[What]?

[The just appeared to have shattered from the explosion], Voxea said to me as she held pieces of the jug in her hand. The sight of the jug caused my heart to sink.

[No...what do we do...now?], I asked desperately.

[We can try bringing your friend here and do it directly, but I have no idea if you're in any condition to do so], Voxea replied.

[We have to try], I said with my mind fully working now. My body was still a little shaky though.

Voxea looked at me with concern in her eyes, but she must've trusted me because she just nodded and said [Alright, so now we need to-]. A loud crack and cry of death interrupted Voxea before she could finish.

The two of us quickly snapped our heads to see what had happened to the Grim Shrieker, the monster was now turning back into aether at even faster rate, but the monster that finished shocked the both of us.

Standing where the Grim Shrieker was laying was an unusual purple rodent-like monster with big ears, glowing eyes and a strange lantern on its tail. As we stared at it, a ball of light that was different color of the Grim Shrieker's aether sparks suddenly flew inside of the lantern. The strange monster then proceeded to book it.

[A Spiricoot? What's it doing around here?], Voxea asked me.

[Who care, it has Savina's soul. We have to catch it!], I said as I attempted to run after it. I immediately tripped and fell because my legs were still basically jelly.

"Hey! Are you two alright? Do you have Savina's soul?", a voice cried out towards us. I managed to support myself up just enough to see the voice was coming from Lavian who was running towards us, I also saw that the Spiricoot just ran pass them.

"Are you alright Silvia? You look like you've been through hell and back", Lavian said as they helped me up.

"I'm fine, but we need to catch that rodent", I said as quickly as possible.

[Marsupial].

[Whatever].

"It has Savina's soul", I hastily explained. Lavian stopped at that moment and stared at me with their mouth agape. They quickly nodded at that statement and helped support me in order to chase after the Spiricoot.