Through The Air

Bang!

Just right after Ligma screamed in disgust, the windows, and the double doors they just passed through closed. The party was suddenly trapped within a room that was inhabited by an over-leveled boss.

"Why the hell do they close on their own?" Minion's eardrums had enough of the surprise earrapes.

"It's probably nudging the fact that we're in deep trouble. Right?" Enma couldn't help but reply despite experiencing yet another crisis.

"HELP!" Blight's voice suddenly reverberated loudly.

They all looked back towards his location and saw him kicking his feet.

"She's cho- ugh. Choking me!" He was helpless as he floated whilst struggling.

His center of gravity laid on his neck. The rest of his body was like a ragdoll as he was suddenly thrown towards a corner of the room.

Crash!

He crashed on the furniture and was hidden beneath the rubble.

"Holy crap. We have to run!" The first one to realize the danger they're in was Minion.

Nothing tells more of the severity of their situation other than the most casual guy becoming the most frantic in a couple of moments. Simply put, they were fucked.

But before the others could reply to his warnings, Bob was suddenly floating on where he stood.

"Gak!"

"Cluck!"

Lavanuk jumped away from Bob. She felt a horrid force that made repelled her from Bob so she had to move. And Bob, well, he was experiencing the most hardcore foreplay.

Unlike Blight, Bob was held in suspension for what seemed like an eternity for him. To everyone else, he looked just like a piñata. Then suddenly, a shockwave occurred and threw everyone else off their feet.

CRASH!

All the furniture within the room were now worthless, the people that were just inside were also now rags save for the gigantic bed and the lovely maiden.

"Heal!" E commanded with a clear mind.

Despite their obvious doom, E worked to get himself out of this quagmire. He was not a person that would just give up. He confirmed that none of his party mates had died thus far so the future wasn't bleak.

'He's still alive. Poggers.'

He looked at Bob's remaining HP and was amazed at the inkling that remained. Just like always, Bob was on his last leg. E crawled on the rabble to get to Annera but before he could find her, he found a corpse.

'Holy shit! It's that butler dude!'

E forgot the name of the butler, but that's fine since the author forgot about it as well. Looking at my notes, Domingo's body was broken beyond repair. That's right, repair.

Domingo was a puppet. He was a living human being at one point but he has been turned into a human-machine.

His carcass was mostly empty. The bones were hollow and the blood that spilled severely lacked. Domingo, the vampire thrall, has passed away.

'So that's why his footsteps were inaudible.'

E continued crawling towards Annera. Annera was also crawling, but her destination was towards the corner that Blight was thrown into. But when she arrived, Blight wasn't there.

Subsequently, Ligma's force grip on Bob's neck tightened.

"Nufufufu. Why do I enjoy this so much?" Ligma's sadistic voice revealed itself.

She was ecstatic upon knowing that a Gourmet's Knight's life was on the top of her palm and she could squash it any time she wished. Ligma detected that the life force within Bob was nil and that he'll probably die by himself.

'Too bad I can't feed on him. But I don't like dead blood anyway, so it doesn't really matter.'

"I'm hoping the rest of you could entertain me. This man here has left me with the blues."

She let go of her force grip on Bob and expected him to fall to the ground lifelessly. But what greeted her was instead a man that was dead set on rushing towards her direction.

Surprised, she flinched and carelessly let Bob close. However, she didn't receive an attack. Bob rushed to get his spear instead of attacking. He understood that the enemy before him was leagues above and didn't even try.

The moment he held his weapon, Bob pulled hard and was able to retrieve the spear.

And that was that.

Bob, was still inexperienced in proper combat. He didn't think his actions through. He assumed that after getting his spear, he could fight.

But that wasn't the case.

BANG~

Bob's body flew horizontally. He zoomed through the entire length of the bed space and was thrown towards the double doors that led to the halls.

CRASH!

The impact was so strong, the doors that were locked were broken through by the sheer weight of it.

'Youch. What the. How much pain would I be in if I didn't set the pain control to 1?'

Bob, who was now outside of the room, complained about getting hurt. This was the source of his false sense of confidence. Bob knew that for unexplainable reasons, he couldn't die.

But that wasn't the same for his teammates.

BANG!

Another sound went off and the crash was loud. This time, it was lethal.

[Party Member Minion is now offline. Login Restriction.]

They now had a casualty because they were too casual about the situation.

Minion won the first prize of 24 hours of ban time.

"Shit. What is that power? Is that telekinesis?"

Bob complained under his breath. He wanted to rush back inside again but he staggered when he stood up. The matter of the fact was that he was experiencing a state of shock.

"Eh? Why won't my legs move?"

His false sense of confidence came crumbling down.

BANG!

Another crash went off.

[Party Leader E is now offline. Login Restriction.]

[Party Member Enma is now offline. Login Restriction.]

One by one. Bob understood that his party members were no longer with him. But unlike the last time where they said they were going to do something else in another place, they died.

And death is a real concept for NPCs.

'They're gone.'

Bob couldn't feel their presence anymore. His knees that were fine just earlier suddenly trembled. He tried his best to stand up and that he did. However, when he fully stood, he fell down face first.

He planked involuntarily. But he tried to stand up once more. He used his spear as a cane and just barely managed to stand back up.

'Shit.'

But the fact that his teammates died and he wasn't even in the same room left him in a bad mood. However, that wasn't the feeling that was glooming over Bob.

'ggggg.'

His legs were shaking. He had a hard time walking. Yes, Bob was terrified.

He couldn't do anything at all. The enemy before him had a mysterious power that he couldn't even begin to comprehend.

'All I need is time. She's not so scary, right?'

Bob tried to bide his time. He will eventually get used to the situation. Reality is cruel though, and soon another crash happened.

BANG!

A small projectile went flying towards his direction and hit Bob square in the jewels.

[Your contracted monster 'Lavanuk's HP has reached 0.]

[Your contracted monster 'Lavanuk' shares your Essential Status. It can't die.]

[Your contracted monster 'Lavanuk's HP is set back to minimum.]

The unidentified nut hitting object was no one else than Lavanuk. She may have singlehandedly ended Bob's bloodline.

Bob had a hard time.

'#########'

He cursed profanity in his head that was so bad, the author couldn't think of the proper curse words for it. Bob absolutely regrets the fact that he set the pain control to a level above the minimum.

"Never should have come here." He complained, but this was kind of his fault.

Bob was mysteriously aggressive earlier. His sudden act of aggression caused the entire scene. If he didn't penetrate his spear into Ligma, his party members wouldn't have died.

But it's all too late now.

Bob picked the flattened Lavanuk and put her on his head.

He readied himself and went back inside. He saw that Ligma was toying with Annera using her telekinetic abilities. She ripped off Annera's sleeves with the force and god-forbid, had her read Twilight.

"Have you ever read this book, 50 shades of Black?" Ligma asked the captive Annera whilst walking in a circle.

But Annera couldn't reply. She was too focused on not getting choked to death. She heard the book's name and laughed deep inside, that's a horrible book.

"I kind of want to try the tricks within this book myself, but I never had the chance to. All the toys I get die too quickly."

It was shades of Black, which should be more hardcore than grey.

When Bob entered the scene, Ligma's eyes lit up in surprise.

"You're alive!" She screamed just like a child that came up to an ice-cream truck.

Bob cocked his head. His eyes were blank as if confused. Ligma's voice was filled with such genuine happiness upon seeing him return.

Annera, who was held captive via force choke was suddenly let free and fell to the ground.

Ligma briskly walked towards Bob as if she had found her lover.

And just before she was able to reach Bob, an arrow came flying from the shadows.