Chapter 24 - The second boss

As I looked at my hand that had just been reconstructed, I forgot for a moment Saemi who was standing next to me.

"M-Makoto"

I was snapped out of my daze when Saemi called my name, when I looked at Saemi I saw that she still had the green veins on her body, it actually looked like she was getting worse and worse.

"Aurora-sama, what is going on, why is Saemi still like this?"

I asked not knowing what to do, I had already killed the snake that bit Saemi and we had already left the 2nd floor, even with all this Saemi was still showing no signs of improvement, as I became desperate about the situation Aurora-sama spoke in my mind again.

"Unfortunately, the poison inside Saemi is very difficult to cure, to tell you the truth I don't know if you were lucky or unlucky to meet that snake"

"Does that mean that Saemi will die?"

I asked still not believing it.

(After all I've done, she'll just die like that)

I thought as I looked at Saemi.

"Actually, there is a way to save her"

Hearing Aurora-sama's answer my strength returned again, there was a way to save her.

"What do I need to do?"

I asked without a shred of hesitation.

"All you need to do is defeat the boss on the second floor, he is immune to this snake's poison, you just need to collect some of his blood and make Saemi drink it, but are you sure you can defeat him alone?"

Hearing the goddess's answer, I already knew what to do, to be honest I had no confidence that I could defeat this boss by myself, but if I didn't try Saemi would die, squeezing my hand tightly I move to Saemi.

"Saemi, I found a way to heal you, I'll need to leave for a while but you don't have to worry, this area is relatively safe so no monsters should come here while I'm gone"

After saying this I took Saemi's hand, she was looking at me but you could see she couldn't speak, Saemi squeezed my hand tightly as if she didn't want to let go.

"Don't worry, I promise I'll be back soon"

I said as I massaged Saemi's hair, after that I was surrounded by a blue light indicating that the teleport to the second floor had been initiated, seeing this Saemi squeezed my hand even harder, she seemed to be saying she didn't want me to go but still within seconds my vision was covered by a blue light and before I knew it, I was back in the swamp.

"All right, this time I can't fail"

I said as I looked around.

"But... where should I start?"

That was the only problem, I had no idea how and where to find the boss, this time I couldn't just keep exploring, if I took too long it might be too late for Saemi.

"You probably don't know how to find the boss, do you? well, I'll give you a hand this time, but know that this is a special case"

Said Aurora-sama, although the situation is terrible for some reason, I feel that this goddess is finding all this funny, I think that's the difference between a god and a mere mortal, I think for her this is nothing but entertainment.

"Hmmm, you're not totally wrong, but you know Makoto, I really don't care what happens to your friend, but as you are my apostle, I will support you in every way I can, unfortunately I can't give you any more assistance than that since my powers are sealed"

I had forgotten that Aurora-sama can read my mind.

(But seriously, what does she mean by sealed, has she done something that made her need to be sealed? the more I think about it the more suspicious this goddess gets)

Putting these thoughts out of my mind I decide it's time to move on.

"What do I need to do Aurora-sama?"

As soon as I asked this question a golden light appeared in front of me, it was shining brightly making the place relatively brighter.

"You just need to follow this light, it will lead you to the boss"

"Understood"

After that just as Aurora-sama had said the light started to move by itself, I started to follow the light hoping to find the boss, I don't have any information about the boss, I don't know what he looks like or what he can do.

(I hope I'm doing the right thing, dad, mom)

With this thought I continued following the golden light, after a few minutes of walking the trees started to get bigger, and the water in the swamp started to get dirtier and dirtier, before long we came to a relatively open spot with several of those tall trees, the light stopped exactly at that spot.

I started to look around trying to find any trace of the boss and while looking around I noticed that the light started to move again, it started to go up to a specific tree, as soon as the light reached a certain point it started to shine even brighter.

In the middle of this glow there was a monster hanging from the huge tree, a giant frog with horns on its head, its coloring was totally green but the most amazing thing for sure was the size of the frog.

"What the fuck is that?"

I spoke in amazement as I looked at the frog, the frog opened its mouth and a huge tongue dripping green liquid started coming towards me.

"Damn, fast pace" I said"

As soon as I said this I disappeared and reappeared away from the frog's tongue, looking at the place where the frog's tongue hit, I saw that its tongue had broken a tree.

(I don't even want to think what would happen if it hit me)

Putting that thought away I looked at the frog again and saw that it was jumping between trees, although it didn't look like it because of its size it was incredibly agile.

"Alright then, let's play a little, tadpole"

I said as I looked at the huge frog.