Chapte 86

For some reason, three haven't ended their attack yet.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

They screamed together, and luckily, he had already lowered his hearing because he probably would have passed out with their "voices."

Dio is practically deaf now.

After using their scream as a weapon, the three attacked again, but he was prepared.

"Επικαλούμαι το κρύο της θλίψης του ποταμού koʊˈkaɪtəs!"

(I Summon the Cold of the River Cocytus's Wailing!)

Dio took a deep breath and then exhaled forcefully. His breath is now a black smoke-like tar that surprised the three.

"BLAMM!"

"BLAMM!"

The effect was better than he thought.

The two of them crossed the smoke and hit the ground on their sides; their wings were frozen.

Unfortunately, the happiness didn't last long, as the third also crossed the smoke.

The wings were still in good shape, even though most of her body was covered in ice, and she was trying to stick her claws in his eye.

Dio lifted the shield, and the claws scratched past it.

Then she flaps her wings, moves away, and tries to use the claws on her foot to grab the side of his shield.

Dio pulled himself backward with all his strength and pulled her along with him.

When Dio saw that he was almost on the ground, he released his shield, and the woman lost control, which spun in the air while moving away from him.

Then Dio teleported as far as he could and started running.

Dio was at a disadvantage, and he missed the moment to end the battle when the third one was freed from his spell.

Since it won't take long for the others to be thawed, this is the best thing to do.

Dio put his sword on his back and summoned his shield with a thought.

Then he continued to run at his maximum speed, while the third one continued to chase him in the air.

"Shit!"

Dio said it with pain.

There was no feeling for him during the fight because of the adrenaline.

Meanwhile, he was running when his wound started to hurt, and blood was now staining his armor, and he fell to the ground.

Dio put his hand on the wound to pressure it and continued running along the shore of the River Styx on the left.

At the moment, Dio can't cross the gates, but from what he remembered from the underworld myths, there are other zones on the sides of the gate.

The problem is that the myths are not very clear, and he might very well be heading to the entrance of Tartarus and be attacked by thousands of mythological monsters, but what can he do?

After being chased for several kilometers by three batwomen, he saw a forest in the distance.

A perfect place to hide.

Dio decides to speed up despite the fact that doing so will cause him to bleed and hurt more.

Dio became more aware of his destination as he got closer.

It makes sense that there would be fire all around Dio because it is in the underworld.

Not fire, but a river of fire that shines intensely.

The Phlegethon River, Dio's only "healing" spell comes from it.

Dio teleports to the other side of the fire river instead of jumping because he is still being chased and knows how dangerous it is.

It was the right choice.

Dio appeared a few centimeters from it, and for the first time since he awakened his powers, he felt an unbearable heat coming from the river.

The Phlegethon is a river of lava, but it's not as thick as lava, so it makes more sense to compare it to a river of liquid fire because of the speed at which it moves.

There is a terrible smell coming from it, just like the Styx River, and it must be poisonous to any form of life.

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

They screamed again while approaching.

So Dio stood up while holding his wound and ran to the beginning of the forest, which was a few meters away.

When Dio entered it, he looked back and saw the three bats standing and looking at him without wanting to approach.

They should know that chasing him through such a dense forest is suicide.

However, there is also the possibility that there is something in this forest that they fear, so they don't want to approach it.

Dio had to decide whether to continue or go back.

It's not like the choices are very different.

Dio started running deeper into the forest while dodging the numerous thicker trunks that stood in his way while they screamed at him.

It's not an easy path; the tree roots are very thick and large, which makes the ground uneven.

So, he needed a lot of mobility and agility to keep moving at high speed.

Dio continued at the same pace for ten minutes.

Then he stopped and leaned against one of the trees and being so far from the entrance and not seeing anything strange around, he decided it was time to heal.

Dio took his hand off his wound; his hand was soaked in blood, and the wound showed no sign of starting to close.

Dio raised his hand and said.

"Επικαλέστηκα την τιμωρία του ποταμού Φλέγηθων!"

(I invoke the Punishment of the River Phlegethon!)

Dio felt his energy reserves decrease a lot, and then a red drop of lava from the Phlegethon River appeared floating above his hand.

Dio never assumed that he would need to drink this to heal.

He knew well the agony it causes, and he even enjoyed watching Dr. Psycho, who tried to control Diana from drinking a drop.

Karma.

Dio brought his hand toward his mouth. There's no point in delaying this, so he did it quickly.

But when the drop was a few inches from his mouth, he saw something moving towards his head from behind him.

Dio jumped forward and rolled on the ground until he stood facing the one who attacked him, and he saw an old, rusty sword stuck in the trunk where he was leaning.

The attacker was a skeleton, held the sword's hilt, and exerted force to pull it out of the trunk.

"What a waste!"

Dio said while looking at the drop of the Phlegethon River that fell to the ground when he dodged the attack.

It's a waste because summoning a drop requires a significant amount of magic and energy, and now he has to do it again.

"CRKKKK!"

Finally, the skeleton manages to pull the sword out of the trunk and leave a piece of it behind.

He turned toward him and started walking slowly in his direction.

Dio didn't draw his sword or shield. Dio can see that he's not a big problem by looking at him more closely.

He attacked; Dio dodged to the left while letting the sword pass by him and gripped his wrist tightly.

"Crack!"

Dio broke his wrist, and with his bony hand still holding the sword, he twisted his wrist and hit his neck, which made his skull fall to the ground.

Then, Dio hit his ribs with a kick and landed with the trunk on his side to disassemble the entire skeleton.

That's the best way to deal with them and disassemble their bodies or break their bones; the first way is much easier.

"CRKKKK!"

There is another sound, this time behind Dio.

Dio turned around and saw a group of armed skeletons coming at him.

In front of them, a zombie in armor and holding an axe was probably in charge.

"I'm starting to regret this trip."

Dio said this while drawing his weapons and preparing for the fight.

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