Reclaiming the Demon’s Curse - Chapter 183

Gyqul was first shocked by the sudden disappearance of his Core. However, he slowly realized his situation making him desperate.

He would really die at this rate if he didn’t do something about it!

“Give it back!” Gyqul roared as he charge towards Cyril.

With a sudden burst of power, the Magic Seal and Conqueror’s Domain that was stopping him were suddenly destroyed.

Aside from that, the Elemental Spirit of Ice and Wind also appeared and was about to crush Cyril into a meat paste.

“Stop!”

Crack!

Cyril held the Magic Stone tightly to the point that a crack suddenly appeared.

“Aahh! No! Stop!”

Gyqul suddenly retracted his Dark Energy and ordered the two Elemental Spirits to stop.

Seeing this, Cyril felt satisfied and curiously looked at the Elemental Spirits.

‘They’re smaller than I expected… I heard about them in the past, or perhaps in my other life. But I’ve never heard about their presence at this time… Perhaps this is the first appearance of Elemental Spirits to an Awakened Human.’ Cyril thought as he felt sure that he had never heard any news about Elemental Spirits at all.

Anyway, the Ice and Wind Spirits have a small figure of a blue and green human. They have no other features on their bodies aside from having two beautiful eyes according to their colors.

“I will let you leave from this place. I’ll even give your friend that I captured a while ago… I was planning to experiment on him for a bit but we can do a trade. In exchange, give that back to me.”

Gyqul said as he threw five small gems at Cyril. They are escape crystals that they can use to leave this Arcane World.

“Ho~ So you want to get away just like that? Anyway, what happened to the others, why there’s only one? There should be six of them. Did they manage to get into a safe zone and escape?”

Cyril asked while still holding the core. He also signaled Melody and the others to back away. He wanted to make sure that they won’t be used as a hostage by this Lich while he’s talking.

“Tsk… The others are already dead. I’m planning to take their corpses later and turn them into my new servants. If you want their corpses, you can have them.” The Lich answered obediently.

Right now, he is regretting that he didn’t put his core in his treasure box or placed it somewhere safe within his tomb.

Up until now, he still couldn’t understand how Cyril took his Core without him noticing. If would make a guess, it’s probably the short moment when he was struggling to remove the Petrification Magic.

Considering that Cyril also used Nature’s Blessing, it means that the young man wouldn’t be affected by his natural cold aura and wouldn’t be infected by his undead soul for a brief moment.

The undead soul in his body is supposedly capable of corroding any living things getting close to it. The fact that Cyril managed to take his Core, means that he had gotten close to his soul using that Nature’s Blessing!

This is the only way he could’ve possibly gotten that. But even after all of that, he should’ve noticed how he did it!

“Hmm… You still looked confused and seemed so desperate to chase us out, huh. Unfortunately, I don’t have plans on telling you how I took your core and we won’t be leaving soon. Anyway, bring that man you captured here.”

Cyril demanded.

“Will you give it back then?”

“Not yet.” Cyril said.

“What more do you want?” Gyqul asked in irritation. Nevertheless, he still controlled one of his Skeleton Warriors to bring the unconscious man and the corpses to his room

Gyqul can see that the core is already damaged. It would probably take him a year to repair that crack! If Cyril did more damage, he would most likely experience difficulty when converting corpses into undead. At that time, he can only rely on his Elemental Spirits to fight.

Gyqul was thinking as such.

It was as if Cyril would even dare to return such an important object to the Lich! This man even made a demon his servant!

Perhaps because Cyril didn’t destroy it immediately, the hopeful Lich is thinking that he could still get it back.

“Sir Arvid!”

Melody, Eron, and Evalia saw the man being carried by the Skeleton Warrior. This veteran Arcane Explorer doesn’t seem to have external injuries but he appeared so weak.

“He probably got caught by banshees… I’ve seen these symptoms before.” Eron said after taking a closer look.

“Is he in danger?” Melody asked worriedly.

After she was contracted by the Awakened Association, this man has been taking care of her even by simple means. Arvid informed her about the matters within the Association and many things that she should look out for during Explorations.

Since she didn’t come from a family of Arcane Explorers, she had no way of learning them except for those she can read online.

“He should be fine… Banshees are only at E or D-Rank at most. Perhaps he fought against 20 or so of them at once and had his soul shaken… A Tranquility Potion or something similar is enough to heal him. I’m sure that the Association has some of them.”

Evalia answered as she looked at Arvid.

Cyril heard all of this and sighed in relief. For the others who died, it was unfortunate but there was nothing they could do except to bring their corpses.

“Good… If you can fulfill my last wish, I’ll give this back to you.” Cyril said as he looked at Gyqul with a serious face.

“What is it?” The Lich asked.

“You should have some treasures with you. I want to take a few treasures with me…”

“Are you sure you’ll give it back once you take a treasure?”

“Yes…” Cyril answered with a straight face.

“Fine, take these three. They are the best Artifacts you can have considering your level…”

Instead of showing the treasure vault to Cyril, the Elemental Lich summoned a couple of banshees to get three Artifacts from somewhere.

As soon as they returned, Cyril and the others noticed that they are now carrying three items that are wrapped tightly by a piece of gray cloth each.

“Ugh… Cough! Cough!”

Suddenly, Arvid started groaning followed by violent coughs. His condition is getting worse.

“I think we should bring him outside as quickly as possible. Although we can still heal him, he might suffer permanent damage in his body at this rate.”

Eron suddenly said after checking Arvid’s condition. Internal injuries are too difficult to heal after all. Even with current alchemy and modern medicine, the chances of a complete recovery is not guaranteed.

‘Tsk…’

After hearing this, Cyril can no longer waste any more time. He needed to end this and save Arvid as soon as possible.

“You already have the Escape Crystals and my treasures! Do not do anything foolish! I’m sure you know that my Elemental Spirits aren’t affected by the destruction of my core. Just give it up!”

Gyqul said with complete annoyance.

Cyril then looked at the Lich and nodded.

‘I guess I no longer have use for this Elemental Lich…’ Cyril suddenly smirked as he shattered the core with his hands without giving any warning at all.

“You insolent! Kill him! I curse you—-” Gyqul raged as he ordered his Elemental Spirits at the last moment before he suddenly collapsed to the ground.

Gyqul, the Elemental Lich who claimed to be a King, died after being exploited by Cyril.

However, just like what Gyqul warned, the Elemental Spirits did not vanish at all and continued charging towards Cyril as ordered.

“I killed him…” Cyril muttered unfazed by the incoming Elemental Spirits.

“Dodge!” Melody, who has been paying attention to Cyril for a while now, couldn’t help but shout in worry. She didn’t hear what Cyril just said but she was ready to fight for him.

Nevertheless, the young man remained standing on his spot and staring at the two spirits!

Whoosh~ Whoosh~

“Eh?” Melody stopped in her tracks after noticing something.

The two spirits suddenly halted mid-air and looked at the Elemental Lich before turning their gaze back to Cyril.

“I killed Gyqul already. You guys are free.” Cyril repeated. The other Awakened heard it clearly this time as he was even using their language.

Anyway, Melody and the others understand that the Ice and Wind Elemental Spirits were just aiming to kill Cyril since they felt their killing intent… But now, with just Cyril’s few words, they suddenly change their aura to a friendly one!

Then, the Spirits suddenly spoke to all of them. The way they speak is quite mysterious since it was as if they are directly speaking to their minds! This is probably why they could understand the Spirits as they have a different way of communicating with others.

“Thank you for freeing us.”

“Tsk… That stinky Lich is finally dead.”