Chapter 62: Fighting until the end.

They weaved between the tentacles. Marcellus had seen when the screens appeared before the two, and he was furious. The system had tricked Chavu. His Naga was now a crystal.

He owed it to Chavu to come back — now. For, if he did not, the system would keep Chavu like that, no matter what she had told the dungeon core.

If Chavu's mind remained in crystal form long enough, then Chavu's body would die. Chavu would die and remain lucid as a crystal for a thousand years, then, he would become a part of the pedestal.

Marcellus cut a tentacle with his sword and whirled around to make a diagonal slash on another. He glared first at Khubun, who was covered in blood, then at Alinar, whose hands were.

For their survival, Chavu had risked his life. No, Marcellus corrected himself. For my own survival, Chavu is now a crystal. Marcellus kicked at a tentacle that was trying to wrap around his left foot, and then stabbed it.