Rhys half expected to come out of the forge to an empty cave.He knew that leaving him to figure the rest out by himself was something that wasn't out of Riva's moral compass. Despite her seemingly indifferent character, it was clear she had a very erratic behavior and personality.If he had to describe her personality with a single word, it would be Shadow. Always there, staring back with complete indifference. However, you have no idea what thoughts are beneath its mind.After all, it was merely a shadow...However, Rhys knew for a fact she was much more than a shadow. That was why he was a bit surprised to see her still sitting on the ground of the cave. There were embers flowing within the fire pit, indicating that a fire had been burning there not too long ago.Rhys could see two wickedly curved daggers sitting in her hands. Both of them were suffused with a sharp silver glint that seemed as though the slightest bit of effort would enable its wielder to cut that through flesh and

As soon as they got back to the Evil Mountains, Rhys immediately got to work.There were numerous paths or corridors within that particular part of the mountain that led to the place the Chaos creatures called home.Rhys connected his mind to the {Dark Soul} and scoured the entire place...'There are a total of twenty-two corridors. Placing two bombs at both ends of each corridor will be a good idea.'Not only was he planning on keeping all the goblins and a majority of the trolls out of the central area, but he wanted them all dead as well. He also didn't know if they had secret entrances he didn't know of, so it was best if he closed all possible options for interference.The {Dark Soul} continued to swim in the darkness of the cavernous corridors. All of these corridors were long, and some were complicated, branching into numerous pathways.However, there were exactly twenty-two entrances and twenty-two exits.'Perhaps those small vermin made it this way intentionally.'Once he had

Riva spoke coldly, "Don't speak. You will distract me."Rhys blinked, then clicked his tongue in annoyance, 'Honestly, her mood changes far too quickly.'Rhys then continued to stare without a word. However, as he continued to stare, he realized something,'Her control over her energy is exquisite... Immaculate... Incredible!'Rhys was stumped for words. The orb of Ki changed shape in her hands. It turned into a knife, then liquified and turned into a caricature of a {Chaos Goblin}. Then it turned into a pyramid. It continued to transform into other shapes, and then finally, back into an orb.Rhys wanted to ask how she did it, but he remained silent. He could sense that she was in complete harmony with the energy surrounding her. Her body was filled with power and seemed on the verge of exploding.However, the handle she had over that power made it so that he didn't doubt she was in perfect control of the situation.The Ki was as volatile as water, but she made controlling it look eas

As soon as he noticed that the barrage of spears had ended, Rhys dismissed the metal walls and resumed showering them with arrows, his main focus on the goblins claiming the walls.However, as the Chaos creatures were a lot, they could conveniently distribute their forces. Some climbed the walls, while others threw the spears.'Crap!' Rhys grunted when one of the spears struck his armor, creating a small dent.He realized he would be unable to work well whilst protecting Riva. As such, he did the only logical thing he could do in his situation.And that was to divert their attention away from her...Taking a few steps back to dodge a few spears, he gathered momentum and jumped. As soon as he exited the cave, he sealed it immediately. As soon as he was airborne, the Chaos creatures below let out excited screams and fired numerous volleys at him.Rhys let out a steamy breath as he activated {Wind Weaver}. At the same time, he materialized several metal shields.Shielding himself from th

The flood came unexpectedly...Although they had discussed it previously, Rhys had no idea how violently fast it would come.A large body of water that stretched from the floor of the cavern to its walls, and all the way to the roof. Staring down the wave, Rhys almost couldn't believe his eyes. A tsunami wouldn't even be enough to explain what it was. Rhys could feel the rumbling sounds and took that as his cue to flee as fast as possible.With a single spell, he dashed through a spatial tear just in time to avoid the tsunami of water from tearing him to shreds.Rhys rolled for a while before stumbling to his feet. The entire place shook violently, and stalagmites fell to the ground, shattering into pieces."This is..." Rhys was filled with a deep sense of fear. The magnitude of this spell wasn't something he had ever pulled before.'She is incredible...' Rhys said to himself.He had teleported back to the corridor they used to watch the Chaos creatures and watched as the wave washed