Chapter 105: Battle for the Portal part 4
Elmo wasn't sure what it meant when he felt the force keeping him from entering the portal started to quiver. Part of him worried that it would make him drop into the portal, but he tried reasoning with himself that it wouldn't happen. After all, the announcer had told them that they wouldn't be able to pass through the portal. Then there was the part that if they went through the portal and got suck, they'd essentially be out of the competition.
Although, a thought then came to Elmo's mind that collapsing the portal was a suicide mission anyway. If he had to do this same thing on the other side of the portal in order to make it collapse, then he was sure that not only would he be out of the competition, but it would be the end of his life.
Glancing at each member of the group he was with, he felt that he wouldn't have any regrets if it came to that. They were there for him and he was more than willing to ensure that they survived a little longer. If it required that he sacrifice his life, then so be it. He was sure that Elin and Jonas would do the same for him. In regards to Kim, however, he was just pretty sure that she would. At least with how she looked at him.
Then suddenly it felt like the portal was trying to throw him off. Almost like a automated bull ride that was supposed to be a LOT easier than riding an actual bull that Elmo had never been able to last more than three seconds on. Yet, at the same time, it almost felt like he was glued to his position, even as the air around him felt like it was starting to vibrate.
Something was changing and Elmo wasn't sure he was going to like it. Looking back at the goblin mage, he used two more absorb spells on it as he saw it charging up a spell to use on Jonas. Elmo wanted desperately to do something to help, but he couldn't think of what he could do without ending what he was doing to close the portal.
He closed his eyes, not wanting to see what was going to happen. He didn't want to see Jonas being killed if that's what was going to happen. If he missed seeing how Jonas escaped safely, he would be fine with that, but he definitely did not want to see Jonas die when he couldn't do anything about it.
Yet, he'd hardly closed his eyes when the portal didn't collapse, it expanded suddenly, throwing Elmo across the room with its concussive force, to the point he suddenly couldn't breathe as the wind got knocked out of him when he slammed against the wall far across the room, right by where the stairway they'd used to enter the room was located.
Elmo opened his eyes and wasn't sure what happened, even as he saw the portal was gone. Maybe it was because of the dimness of the lighting in the dungeon, or the impact from the force that threw him across the room, or maybe it was from something else altogether that he couldn't identify, but he definitely couldn't see very well. He wasn't even sure he'd be able to stand up as he fell to the floor in a crumpled heap. Pain flaring throughout his body.
He wasn't sure how long it was until he was able to get up, but as he looked around, he could tell that by closing the portal, or essentially blowing up the portal, he'd interrupted the battle. He couldn't be sure if all the goblins survived, but it was clear that everyone had been knocked down.