[You earned 1350000 EXP!]
[The EXP has been stored within the Status.]
[Naturia] [Ignatius] [Beelzebub] [Curse] [Furoh] [Glutton] [Sapphire] and [Scarlet] Levels have increased from Level 29 to Level 31!]
[Nephilim] Level has increased from Level 15 to Level 16!]
[Violet] Level has increased from Level 23 to Level 24!]
[Brownie] Level has increased from Level 0 to Level 15!]
"Phew, we're done here…" I sighed in relief. "Though, for some reason the two heroes have separated from one another, and… the Hero of Wild Beasts is really weakened now, I am worried."
"He's weak and they separated?" Aquarina asked. "Wait… M-Maybe something bad has happened to them! What if one got kidnaped and the other is severely wounded or unconscious?"
"Right… that's a possibility. One I would never really want to see become reality…" I sighed. "Seeing how this attack is almost synched with what's happening to them right now, I am worried this was planned to distract us while they were kidnaping one of them…"
"That could also happen, this Arachne woman behind this has shown to be quite cunning, and her endless army of bugs is really annoying…" Aquarina sighed. "I hope everyone back home is alright though…"
"I'm sure they are." I nodded. "Well, did you leveled up?"
"Oh!" Aquarina's blue eyes quickly shone brightly as she nodded. "Yeah! Did you feel it? My entire body was like… overflowing with a power I just never had before! And it just keeps in here permanently? Its not like a temporary buff…"
"Yeah, it is like a third way to cultivate." I explained. "Cool, right? I think that if we use this on our parents, who have hit their limits, they might be able to break through those limits again and might be able to grow even stronger."
"I agree!" Aquarina nodded. "But I am worried… Maybe you shouldn't give it to everyone so fast."
"I know, I'll do it slowly… Zack should be the next one on the list." I said. "His birthday's actually pretty soon after yours. I hope we can make it back home before the day comes."
"Yeah!" Aquarina nodded. "Oh, I leveled up to Level… Level 8? Six Levels made the numbers go pretty high! Oh, some skills also gained a level… Level 2."
"Nice, eight levels in a row is already pretty good at your current power level." I said. "Though, seeing how it works, our parents might take a little while to level up as they're so strong already… Though the Skills would help them nonetheless."
"What happens when I hit Level 30?" Asked Aquarina. "It says that's the "cap" thingy…" She said, trying her best to analyze the System. It was very cute.
"When you reach Level Cap, you'll be able to advance to stronger Class." Said Alice at my side. I didn't knew how it exactly worked, my familiars evolved and also got new Classes based in such evolutions, but Aquarina was different than them. "Unlike Sylphy's Familiars where they evolve into larger and stronger beings, your Class and Subclass will be able to advance to a higher rank and become stronger."
"Ooh! I… I don't know what that really means…" Aquarina said, scratching her head. "But I am looking forward to it!" She nodded.
"Hahaha, don't worry, you'll see it when it happens." I smiled, giving her a head pat.
As we made our way back to our parents, of course, after I saved in my inventory some of the corpses and the demon we defeated, including the black crystal pieces for later investigation, my father greeted us.
"Ah, you girls are back." He sighed in relief. "So was it really a Dungeon Break?"
"Yep." I said, showing him the crystal. "Another one of these weird dimension crystals was there. These things help them open portals to the dungeons, pretty much."
"Hmm, it seems to be of the same composition as the crystals from back then, in Eastgrain." Aquarina's father showed up, analyzing it. His sharp blue eyes glanced at the crystal fragments. "I've been analyzing these myself, trying to find somehow a clue to where they come from or how they're exactly made. The Blue Witch is still analyzing them…"
"Can I keep these fragments?" I asked. "I think I could use them to figure out something, maybe."
"Hmmm… Well, fine." Shade nodded. "I do trust you, you've created many amazing things, Sylphy."
"Hey, nice that you trust my daughter a bit more." My father laughed. "Though I am a bit worried myself, this happened out of nowhere. Sylphy, are the kids alright? Can you sense them?"
"I can but… Well, one of them is in the verge of dying, and the other's… I think she's been kidnaped, she's been moved away from them in almost an instant, almost as if she was teleported away." I sighed.
"Teleported away?" Asked my father. "Shit… Did Arachne caught her somehow? The kid that's dying's our priority though. I bet she wants to use the other as a hostage, so she won't kill her so soon."
"Hmm, you seem rather confident in just a feeling." Shade sighed, crossing his arms. "But well, it is not like we have any other option either… For now, we should seek the one that's closest to us."
"Hey! How is everyone?" Zack asked, reaching us with the rest of our friends. "Did you take care of it?"
"Yeah, mostly." I nodded. "Though, we can't go back to sleep for now, we need to go look for the kids, they might be in serious danger."
"Aww… I wanted to sleep a bit more…" Mist sighed.
"Well, we can leave that for later." Celeste said. "Let's go!"
Uncle Arafunn arrived just in time, he was encircling the skies above his Familiar, Tempest, looking if there was any other enemy.
"Seems like you've figured out where he is? Let's go immediately then." He said. "We can't waste any time. The longer we take, the more the lives of these children will be endangered."