Chapter 301: Seventy-Fifth Floor, the Old Man and the Spirits (7)
[Resolve the old man’s regrets. Time remaining: 9 hours 36 minutes.]
I raced through the shadowed forest, not even a glimmer of starlight piercing the darkness. Strange shapes crept between the gnarled, rotting trees that lined the blackened ground.
Though I had only replenished about thirty percent of my divine energy, my mana was nearly full, thanks to the two reservoirs, which absorbed the ambient mana.
After scanning my surroundings, I released a wave of lightning in every direction.
Rumble— Boom!
The bolts shot through the woods and pushed back the darkness.
“Kieeeeek!”
In that split-second flash, the monsters’ grotesque appearances came into view.
I sprang off their scorched and paralyzed bodies, bounding forward as I launched myself onto a nearby tree. Though it was pitch black, I could see through the darkness with ease.
The castle drew nearer, and its silhouette was now visible beyond the forest’s edge.
Another twenty minutes should do it.
Something suddenly felt off.