Called To Another World By An Evil Goddess
Chapter 409: The Foot of the Hand from the Labyrinth
I was resting inside the room when a knock on the door woke me up, from the sound I was sure that it was Livia and Velentine.
I opened the door and saw that they looked very agitated, we had only rested for half a day had something happened?
Valentine explained it.
"Theo and Dalius haven't been back since, they said they want to go around but they haven't come back and the others are looking for him."
It's definitely not a good idea to split up.
I clearly felt a bad feeling and invited the two to go together, the sun had turned into twilight as the three of us scoured the city.
I met Harty and Siel in the middle of the journey who both shook their heads at their search. If my guess is correct then all this was Farida, me and the others rushed to the only place that had not been examined and there I saw the terrible sight that Theo looked already sprawled, the report said, his armor shattered, his body dried up as if the entire liquid on his body had been devoured.
Harty checked and said that the mana in his body had been absorbed to dry.
The sight was indeed shocking but what was more shocking was that in front of us stood Dalius turned his back while in front of him was a confused looking Farida.
"Letch.aaa."
Siel reacts the fastest.
"What is this Farida, why are you here with Dalius."
He looked in shock then shook his head and hands denying what had happened, and Dalius immediately cut in.
"He's the one who attacked Theo, I saw him he attacked him and then absorbed something from his body."
"Bu-not."
"Stop denying, we've recruited you into our party but this is what you're doing. I'm so sorry, Siel helped me to kill him."
"Well." Yeah."
Siel drew his sword and walked forward. He clasped his sword and prepared to swing.
"Si-Siel."
We who saw him looked surprised but Siel had his own thoughts.
"The Dalius I know wouldn't say that I should kill his partner, even if his party members were troubled he would definitely do it himself."
"Sial... when my disguise is perfect."
The head was still talking even though it had been cut off. I reached out my hand to send fire magic and in an instant the headless body grabbed my hand and threw me towards Farida.
Valentine, Livia and Harty jump away with Siel. From the neck of the body the roots propagate then fuse with the head back.
"This is better."
"Who are you?" ask Siel.
"What do you mean, I'm Dalius who you guys are why, ah right before I was named Armin."
Hearing that Siel's eyes widened in surprise yet he could still keep himself from explaining.
"Armin was a leader of a famous party member, I heard that a week ago they were declared missing while exploring this place."
Dalius laughing.
"They didn't disappear but they were dead, I killed them myself. After Armin I needed a new body so I killed Dalius. I disguised myself as an adventurer and recruited promising people and brought them here, all for the mother's sake.. he needs the energy of strong people in order to survive and build this labyrinth stronger."
"It's strange that Dalius suggested we go here, how strong we are, that he has always attached great importance to the safety of his party mates and could not have taken any chances so far."
"From the beginning I did try to kill you on the second floor unfortunately I had different thoughts when they appeared."
I interrupted the conversation.
"The mother, is it possible that she is the owner of this Labyrinth?"
"Right and I'm just his accomplice, strong adventurers tend to be able to survive in this place when they feel unable to continue, they will be smart to back off, back off, by deceiving them, it will be easier for the labyrinth to grow."
Everything is far from what I expected.