Chapter 12 - Continue

Mathis looked around the dark room and saw that everything was still the same the hydro symbol was still the only one that was glowing and behind it was the mysterious door that released a blue light. He approached the door and his hand reached out and entered the blue light as soon as he did this he was quickly sucked into the door. Looking around Mathis found himself in the same room as last time and in front of him stood the water creature.

After some time passed of them just standing there Mathis decided to speak to it. "So what now?" After asking this he heard the soothing voice in his head saying "Continue." Just as Mathis was about to ask him what it meant he suddenly appeared in a familiar room. 'This is the same room I fought the hilichurls last time.' As he thought this Mathis quickly formed a water trident. Not long after this three hilichurls suddenly appeared one held a crossbow while the other two held clubs. The situation was the same as before, but this time things were different.

As the two hilichurls with clubs rushed at him he waited for them to approach so he could attack on of them in the vitals. Mathis paid very close attention to the hilichurl archer loading it's crossbow in the back he wasn't going to let the same mistake happen twice. As both hilichurls reached him he trust his trident straight at the head of one of them. The hilichurls body fell onto the ground and disintegrated.

The other hilichurl raised it's club ready to swing however Mathis kicked the hilichurl backwards and quickly ducked down,and an arrow flew over his head. Mathis quickly got up and thrust his trident straight at the head of the hilichurl who had also just gotten up. With both of the hilichurls in front gone Mathis rushed at the hilichurl archer and easily dealt with it. After scanning the room Mathis relaxed a little. 'If it's the same as last time then I have time before the next wave.' He thought as he sat alone in the room waiting.

After a minute of waiting something else appeared in the room. Mathis quickly got up and looked forward trident in hand. Not too far from him was a Mitachurl however unlike the one he had fought previously that used a shield this one held a massive axe, the axe head looked like it had just been forged and yet to cool the heat of the axe head was noticeable as it was red and orange all over it.

The large blazing axe Mitachurl soon began charging at Mathis. Once Mathis was it's range it quickly turned around and used the momentum to turn around again slashing towards Mathis. Mathis began to move away, but the axe was massive and he wouldn't be able to dodge it at it's current speed. Mathis quickly gave up on the idea of dodging the attack and raised his trident to his side in an attempt to block the attack. Due to the momentum behind the attack Mathis was sent flying to the side.

As he rolled on the ground the water trident collapsed into a puddle of water as it wasn't able to handle the force behind the attack. Mathis quickly got up and recreated another trident. Although his arms were sore he wasn't injured from the attack. Mathis decided to take initiative and rushed at the Mitachurl. The Mitachurl raised it's axe as Mathis approached and took a wide swing. This time the attack was slower and weaker as it didn't have the momentum behind it. Mathis ducked down and barely dodged the attack.

After dodging he trust his trident forward and stabbed it in the chest. As Mathis got ready to attack again the Mitachurl suddenly spun it's body around and took another swing at him. Even though Mathis could've attacked when the hilichurl spun around he wouldn't have time to dodge the attack right after so he made the decision to move back and avoid the swing.

Mathis thought he had dodged the attack completely, but what he didn't expect was for the Mitachurl to slam it's axe downwards onto the ground right after. As soon as he did this a row of fire pillars followed. Mathis couldn't completely dodge the attack and the left side of his body was caught in one of the fire pillars.

Mathis yelled in pain as the left side of his body was covered in burns and blisters. He began rolling on the ground in agony after all he had never experienced something that painful. The blazing axe Mitachurl began to walk over and readied it's axe. Mathis looked up with bloodshot eyes and stabbed his trident straight through the leg of the Mitachurl. The Mitachurl roared and knelt down and attempted to remove the trident in his leg. However it didn't need to as the trident soon turned into a puddle of water and a new one appeared in the hand of Mathis.

The Mitachurl attempted to pick up it's axe, but it was too late as Mathis thrust a trident through it's head. As the Mitachurls body began to disintegrate Mathis collapsed onto the floor unable to move anymore due to the pain. After the Mitachurls body was completely gone Mathis who was still on the ground began to glow. His burns began to heal and he became much less tired, but Mathis continued laying on the ground staying still and looking up at the ceiling. The shock he received from the pain was still clear in his mind as he continued laying on the ground looking up at the ceiling.

After a long time Mathis slowly got up and took a deep breath. He looked at his body he felt completely fine the injuries were gone and he felt less tired, but he still remembered how much it hurt. 'I don't think I can forget what just happened now.' He thought as he closed his eyes. Once he opened his eyes again he saw the water creature standing a few steps in front of him. This time he wasn't in the same room as before where he fought the hilichurls or the room where he first met the water creature. As he looked around he saw that he was on, a platform in the middle of the ocean?!