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Chapter 449: Chapter 449
Arthur's Point of View
Underground Tunnel System
Earlier
"Hmm." I hummed out, annoyed as I landed on my feet before his strung-up body.
Kine meant nothing to me. He was a student of Arceana and Elincia, which wasn't much. However, I do believe he and Cass were friends. Maybe they were just fellow students, but they still had a relationship. I honestly forgot about him for a bit. Well, until I saw him like this.
I didn't care that he was dead. However, it mattered because of the situation, and how he looked. Aside from being dead for a while, his wings had been cut off. Kine was also clearly tortured. These wounds weren't from the battle up above, but instead were gained once he had been captured.
"Find her." Turning from him, my eyes looked to one tunnel where I sensed my orb. "Find her." Many different magical auras danced throughout the tunnels, but none were distinct.
The smell of blood filled the air, and at the center of it all was Lucia. My body trembled as I rushed over to her. Her hair was no longer pink as it had been dyed by her blood. Two of her fingers were missing. One from each hand. Cuts covered her body along with horrible lacerations across her stomach all the way up to her neck.
Lucia barely looked alive as I stood in front of her. A chill rang down my neck as I thought maybe the worst had happened. After all, it appeared as though all this blood was from her. How long had she endured this? Why didn't my orb notify me sooner? Did it and I just couldn't tell?
My hands shook in front of her as I was scared to touch her. "Lucia?" I tried softly. "No. No! Lucia!" My calls went silent as she was in a daze or worse. "Lucia!" I tried again louder, and her head twitched before Lucia's gaze slowly found my own.
"Arthur?" She let out in a weak sob.
A shaky laugh of relief left my lips as I nodded. "Yeah. I'm gonna get you out of here." I told her as I broke her restraints. "You're gonna be fine." As I picked her up, she yelped in pain, but moving her caused a disturbing amount of blood to pour from her wounds. "You're gonna be fine! I'm gonna take care of you!"
Opening a portal, we appeared in the Hollow Forest. "Arthur?" Lucia called out to me painfully.
"Camoa!" I called for her desperately.
"Arthur." She said my name again through quivering lips as her jaw clattered.
"Yeah! I'm here!" A weak, and forced smile spread across my lips as I tried to reassure her. "Don't worry baby girl..." I didn't know tears were falling from my eyes until they fell onto her. "I'm gonna get you help."