Chapter 688
Oh, this day can’t get any fucking worse!
It wasn’t hard to pick up on what happened, there was only one space mage currently gunning for him and the idea that Rook had found him and teleported behind to attack wasn’t unbelievable, even if it was still outrageous. With his thoughts moving at their maximum he processed what had happened, using all the information available to him.
It was obvious he had been teleported underground and based on what he could tell from the effects of bind, Thera was somewhere beneath his feet. Since he knew the man’s skill level and total mana, he knew he couldn’t be more than a hundred meters down when the guy could see where he was teleporting which meant that as it had happened, the immortal had changed his orientation, flipping Ben on his head to try to make him think up was down to waste whatever time and mana he would before figuring it out.
It wasn’t a bad plan either but it suffered too many flaws from what Rook couldn’t know. He’d attacked when Ben was finished fighting but unlike the last time he still had over a thousand points of mana left to spare and he had no clue that Thera would know where he was as well, feeling the same link that bound them.
Which meant he really only needed to last until she found him but he didn’t want to discount the possibility that he’d do something to her as well, teleporting her away to keep her from helping him or whatever other stupid thing he might try, meaning he needed to start getting himself out of there through his own power before he ran out of air and with the mana he had left he began to spend it.
The dirt around him began to move and his body with it, sliding over him and shifting in a way that made him feel like he was being warmed by ants as it slowly pulled him up, shifting past the tonnes of stuff above while he crawled higher, feeling his lungs burn as the seconds went on.
Spending a bit more mana, he condensed some of the surrounding dirt to give him some breathing room before materializing the mix of gasses his body craved, letting him breathe for a bit before continuing but losing the need to go on with the dirt he was moving through pulling away, Thera having made it down and lifting him from the pit below.
“This has not been the best day,” He sighed as her mana pulled him from the depths to her arms.
“I really wish you had something more to say about a second attempt on your life.”