Raised in Dungeon

Leofric's corpse stuck in front of him, making Allen forget everything. He wanted to end things with Leofric. If he killed Leofric, he was sure that all the things that burdened his heart would disappear. But Leofric was now dead, making him need to vent his hatred and anger on someone else.

It just so happened that he was in the palace, and Allen thought he should take out his anger on all the humans he could meet.

But all those feelings disappeared immediately when he heard Felicia's name.

He never imagined that Felicia would still be outside. He frantically searched for her trail as he stepped out into the cold night air. Heart racing with each passing moment, he moved swiftly through the darkness, chasing after her.

After what felt like an eternity, he finally caught up to Felicia. Worn and out of breath, he was just about to breathe a sigh of relief when he suddenly saw the unthinkable scene. Before his very eyes, someone had stabbed Felicia's body. Allen was just silent as he struggled to process the horrifying scene before him.

"Felicia?"

Time seemed to slow down at that moment, as if all his thoughts were focused on the moment of death before him.

Felicia somehow noticed Allen's presence. She looked to the side with a pained look on her face.

"Allen...I'm sorry..." Felicia said. Allen could hear her voice saying that. His face, which initially looked relieved, turned into a face of shock and depression. Because Felicia's face at that time was the same as Isabelle's and his mother's faces when they left him.

As soon as the person who attacked Felicia pulled his hand from her body, Felicia's body fell down. That's when Allen regained consciousness; he quickly rushed towards Felicia and held her body before she fell.

"Allen... I'm sorry, I'm going to trouble you again." Felicia said.

The blood didn't stop coming out of the wound, and neither did the wound in Allen's heart. Felicia looked so helpless with her weak body.

That's when he realized that all this happened because he was too focused on Leofric, which in the end, he didn't kill him either.

Without Allen realizing it, water was already leaking out of his eyes, soaking Felicia's unconscious face.

At that moment, time seemed to stop just for them. And that stopped time was immediately forced to run by the killing aura that Allen felt nearby.

The killing aura was so strong that he felt a huge figure lunging towards him.

A sword swung,

Allen spontaneously retreated backward, but he was slow to react.

-SWING

The sword grazed his face, giving a diagonal cut across his right eye. Blood flowed from the wound, covering half of his face.

"We finally meet again..." said the one who swung the sword. His hair was red, and his eyes were blue. It was Arthur, accompanied by Clarissa and Norman to kill the king.

Leofric's demise brought him a mix of emotions. He had always despised him, but the thought of death was still a bitter pill to swallow because he was not the one who killed him. Plus, his sentiments quickly turned to rage again when he saw Felicia, someone he cared about, get attacked, making his anger reach its peak.

"YOU HUMANS!!! YOU TOOK AWAY MY REASON TO LIVE! NOW YOU'RE TAKING MY REASON TO DIE!" shouted Allen while holding Felicia's body tightly.

Allen's existence, his anger, and his hatred used to dominate everything. During his mother's death, everyone was controlled by the fear Allen gave off. But now, Allen's screams did not dominate the three people in front of him at all.

"Do you remember me?" asked Arthur in front of Allen, who was holding Felicia. At that moment, Arthur's face looked normal, but Arthur's aura spread brutally and crazily around him. The hatred that Arthur had accumulated over the years was already bubbling up when he saw Allen in front of him.

"I knew it; I was right all along," Arthur's voice, which was usually soft and foolish to Norman and Clarissa, now sounded heavy and harsh. Arthur's hatred and anger were no less intense than Allen have before him.

"You are a monster that will harm humans! I have told the prince many times, but he looked down on me and locked me up for trying to kill a monster! This time I'm not bound by any rules! I WILL DEFINITELY avenge Sir Waldo here!" said Arthur.

...

When he saw the situation in front of him, Norman thought

'So he is the other-worlder Arthur is looking for. This is bad; without Arthur, we can't find the king any faster.'

The people of Noctem Dolls have their own goals and paths, which should take precedence over Ivaylo's orders. And when their members are confronted by their goals, other members are forbidden to interfere. Norman was at a loss this time as to whether he should force Arthur to leave in the middle of work or let Arthur take care of the boy first.

But the problem was...

"I-I don't think Arthur can win against him," Clarissa said.

Norman agreed. He nodded and said,

"I was completely unaware of his existence until he suddenly embraced the girl. He was fast enough that I couldn't react. And with those red eyes, he must be the one Adam and Ralph met at the market. Adam praised his strength just by looking. I hate him, but because of his experience, he can judge people's strengths well."

"A-at this rate, d-do-do we need to use my god's blessing on Arthur?" asked Clarissa.

"Let's look at the situation first; your god's blessing consumes a lot of mana. I will protect him if Arthur's life is in danger. If he refuses to come afterwards, you can use it."

"A-alright…"

On Allen's side,

when Arthur was talking, he didn't listen to him at all. His mind was blank; Leofric, who was his reason to live, was dead, and even Felicia, who was his reason to die, was probably dead. He looked at his hands, which were covered in Felicia's blood. Then suddenly, he realized something,

"Blood?"

Allen immediately looked at the place where Felicia was stabbed. Felicia's blood spilled on the ground, slowly growing a plant. The plant grew slowly without light but withered soon after.

Then Allen remembered that he had previously seen Felicia die in the dungeon. At first, he thought of Felicia's death as a dream because she was still alive after she regained consciousness. But after Allen thought more deeply about Felicia's god's blessing, he realized something that hadn't occurred to him. Felicia may have died at that time.

"Reig, unite with me," muttered Allen.

At that moment Allen merged with Reig because he needed mind acceleration. He needed more time to think to put the puzzle together in his head.

'While in the dungeon, I distinctly remember that the monster killed her, but somehow she came back to life. Probably because her blood activated her god's blessing, that means Felicia's god's blessing can activate even if she faints! Which makes it impossible for her to die as long as she has mana!' Allen thought.

If Felicia dies in a state where her blood flows a lot, then her blood will automatically activate her god's blessing, and after that, her god's blessing will heal Felicia's injured body.

What Allen was doing by embracing her body right now was making Felicia unable to heal. He had to put Felicia on the ground and let her heal herself.

The problem was that Felicia couldn't survive if he had just put her on the ground.

As Allen gazed upon Felicia's blood in front of him, he was taken aback that the garden of plants created by that crimson liquid had been short-lived, wilting away just as quickly as they had bloomed. Allen pondered on this bizarre occurrence, wondering if it had anything to do with Felicia's present state of unconsciousness. It dawned on him then that she would need his protection during her recovery, as the plants may take some time to become active again.

Then a new problem arose that he hadn't thought of before,

'Eh? How many times has she used her god's blessing today?" Allen thought.

Previously Felicia could only use her god's blessing twice a day because she had to make a large circle to activate it. If Felicia has improved her skill, she might be able to use the big circle three times a day. She had previously used her god's blessing to heal Allen's hand; after that, her god's blessing had also just activated itself in front of Allen.

In the worst case, Felicia could only use her god's blessing once more to heal her own body.

Allen checked Felicia's body; she still wasn't dead. So he had to find a way to stop the bleeding until her own god's blessing healed Felicia. Chances were, if Felicia died, her god's blessing would also vanish.

"Reig, inside the dungeon, you did something to save me after I used my god's blessing, right? Please do the same for Felicia." Allen talked about how Reig closed the hole in Allen's body while in the dungeon. Reig then separated from Allen and covered Felicia's wound with his body. He has now emerged with Felicia.

'This way, Felicia can live for the next few minutes.' Allen thought.

Allen placed Felicia's body on the ground and then looked at the three people before him.

Another problem he had to face now was taking care of Felicia while she recovered from the three people in front of her. Allen sensed a strong aura in the two people behind Arthur, making him less confident that he could defeat them. This meant he had to devise a plan to escape after Felicia recovered.

But right now, he didn't have Reig.

He couldn't utilize mind acceleration to fight against them. Let alone the three of them; even in one on one, he could only defeat Arthur.

And even if he fought against one of them, would the other two remain silent when they saw Felicia's recovering state?

As Arthur continued to ramble on about how much he hated Allen, Allen just ignored him. He kept thinking, thinking, and thinking.

There was no way he could kill the three of them

There was no way he could run away from the three of them while carrying Felicia

How could he escape from them if he survived until Felicia recovered?

Looking at the situation, there must be a reason why they killed Felicia, and they would do it again if she woke up.

'What should I do?

'What should I do?

'What should I do?'

Allen then looked at Felicia's lying body. Then when he saw her face, he remembered how Felicia had never given up on saving him in the dungeon.

And that made him, who was already desperate, think of a way he had never thought of before.

What mattered to him now was Felicia's safety.

Arthur, having finished rambling, walked up to Allen, saying "Hey! Get ready... Monster Boy. I'll kill you with my hands,"

'Go on a rampage, you monster! Go berserk like when you killed Sir Waldo!'

'Well, how will this fight end? I hope the boy can defeat Arthur instantly; that way, I can kill the boy right away and bring Arthur to search for the king,' Norman thought.

Just as he was about to point his sword at Allen, Arthur stopped in shock, as did Norman and Clarissa, who did not expect what they saw.

As Arthur stood before the object of his deep-seated loathing, he watched with a mixture of surprise and confusion as his nemesis lowered themselves onto the ground, both hands touching the earth in a gesture of submission. Arthur, Norman, and Clarissa, who had felt the rage that Allen had, immediately sensed the shift in the atmosphere, the intense hatred that had consumed them dissipating as if by magic. It was evident that Allen had no intention to fight.

"I beg you... please let this girl live," Allen said, with trembling voice.