Dragon Master: The SSS-Ranked School Belle Asked Me To Contract Her

After packing their stuff, the group once again resumed their march. David once again had to use his Aspect to cover all of them.

It was actually a strange feeling, as if an invisible curtain had fallen on them. Under David's care, they ran towards the Hill while being very close to each other.

'Something is off.'

Veer thought, as he noticed that the Seeker Academy was moving in a pattern. It was very obvious so even he doubted that he was just overthinking things.

But he didn't let his guard down and continued to observe his surroundings anything miss. Aurora was also beside him but she was mainly doing the work of getting some information from the group.

They continued for around three hours and just when Veer thought that they might not attack that day, he felt a sense of crises as if his whole being was in danger.

'I'll be damned!'

Without thinking twice, he grabbed Aurora's hand...or atleast he tried to but he caught nothing but air. His vision suddenly blurred and he was greeted with a horrifying sight.

A tall, towering rat stood before him, it's eyes filled with madness and hunger. A glowing red hot horn blazed on the top of it's head, as it looked at him with hunger.

Veer quickly took out his Novice Spellblade and began to asses his situation, and it didn't look that good. He clicked his tongue and thought, 'Tsk! They had us. Fucking, I also Hate Seers.'

He was currently standing in a tunnel, or atleast that was what he assumed considering there was just Rock everywhere except The single path taht led to darkness before him.

Before he could think of anything more, he was forced to jump sideways as a thick beam of hot lava grazed passed him. His quick reaction allows him to sustain no injuries but the assaulter was already upon him again.

Brandishing his sword, he swiped upwards in a diagonal slash as his blade cut through the dense fur of the rat. It didn't leave a single scratch on its body, and it was clear from how it just continued to attack.

'Where are others! Did they really separate me alone?'

Just then, something collided with the back of the Rat's head and exploded, making it almost fall over. Veer smiled as he recognised that arrow and quickly got to work.

The situation could be assessed after they had dealt with the One Horned Rat. Forming magic circle on the tip of his sword, he muttered, "Flaming Beam!"

With that, he thrusted his sword in the Rat's open mouth and at the exact time, a feiry red glow formed around the sword's tip and shot inside it's mouth.

The flames incinerated the Rat from inside as smoke came out from its mouth. With a heavy thud, the One Horned Rat fell on the ground, giving Veer some time to breath.

"V!!"

He looked up and found Aurora running towards him. He raised his hand a d blocked her by holding her forehead, and said, "You can't use this situation for your advantage."

"Tsk! You're always like this," Aurora clicked her tongue and stopped her attempts. Instead, she looked around and said, "I guess, they managed to fool us even though we were on guard."

"Yeah, David's Aspect is related to illusion, not darkness," Veer said, as he could already guess how they were fooled. "That's why they intentionally let the secret slip, so that they can use it to trap us here."

His opponents had done a good job and he had to say he was impressed. They used David's illusion to make it look like they were surrounded by a blanket of darkness, as he had fooled all of their senses.

It could be said to be a powerful ability it there had to be a catch. Sadly, they wouldn't be able to know about it anytime soon.

Just to be sure, he asked the system, 'Am I still in illusion?'

[No]
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'Damn it! I should have just asked you from the start.'

"So, they basically lured us in a cave, and left us? It doesn't make sense," Aurora said, finding the situation odd.

The reason they had not broken out in fight was because both group needed each other to reach the tomb. Even if one decided to use the caves, there was absolutely no guarantee they would be safe. So, in her eyes it was a foolish move.

"It's probably because of the Seer," Veer said. "She probably saw something here and I'm sure she also saw something of this cave. I'm betting my cooking career that this cave gonna be a Hell Mode."

Aurora sighed, a little frustrated by the fact that she had been played with. But this was how Seer worked and the reason she hated them.

"Where is Rain?"

Aurora asked, only now noticing that her companion was gone. She gripped her needle tightly, as a dangerous thought formed in her head.

"Don't worry about her. She will be fine on her own," Veer said. "I have sent her to look after them."

"Are you an idiot? Why would you do something so dangerous?"

Hearing the outburst from Aurora, Veer smiled and said, "Just believe in her. She's a lot more powerful than you think she is. Also, she's very experienced in these things."

Although she wasn't convinced, there was nothing she could do about it. What they had to do was see how could they escape this tunnel.

"Let's go back...wait! From which direction we came from again?"

Veer asked, confused about the direction since the tunnel looked the same from both sides. David had used his illusion to the best and had managed to make them enter the tunnel so deep.

"That guy probably even copied his group in the illusion," Aurora said, as she began to look at the Red Horned Rat. "We can just go a random direction now. Also, check this out first."

Veer crouched near the Red Horned Rat and saw the Mana Shard Aurora took out. It was brimming with an intense, malicious mana that chilled his heart.