Chapter 25: The Quartz Ruins(Part 5)
"I wonder how far they've gone? It's been a while since we came across that dead Roc, we should reach the sixtieth level before much longer now. They've probably gone past that point and claimed another Relic Armament," Guessed Aster optimistically, as he and Tacitus made their way through the fifty-ninth level of the Quartz Ruins.
"Who knows? If they have gone past the sixtieth level, they'll probably reach the bottom of the ruins well before we catch up to them," Replied Tacitus, as he stretched his arms up.
The pair had been making steady progress, and not too long ago, they had passed through the fifty-fifth floor, where they came across the corpse of the Roc that Lexia and Colt had fought.
There were bone spikes and streaks of blood that didn't belong to the Monster scattered around that area, so it didn't take a genius to surmise that Lexia and Colt had passed through there.
That, and also the fact that Celia had carved their names in front of the entrances of each tunnel the two of them had gone through.
"Hm? I think I see a tunnel up ahead...yeah, looks like we've reached the entrance to the sixtieth level," Noticed Aster, picking up the pace slightly.
"Still six more levels to go through though...damn it, I really hate this place," Grumbled Tacitus in response, as the approached the tunnel.
They stepped into the entrance and made their way down, before reaching the bottom and stepping out...
"Oh, it's just you two. We thought it was a Monster...good thing we didn't teleport right away," Suddenly came Lexia's voice, startling the pair before they glanced around, relaxing as they spotted Colt and Lexia on either side of the bottom of the tunnel.
"Th-that caught me off-guard...I wasn't expecting to run into you two here, I figured you must have made it a fair distance past this point by now," Replied Aster in surprise.
"Well, we would have, but we came across a Fire Dragon at the end of this level and retreated, we're not exactly suited to taking on a large, powerful Monster like that," Huffed Lexia, before adding as she glanced at her arms with a grimace, "Don't suppose you've got any Healing Spells on you? Pretty sure the bones in my arms are fractured."