Chapter 13- Kishio vs the Silver ghosts’ boss

Kishio kept his eyes focused on the beast in front of him, it was obvious it was a speed based beast.

The dungeon boss suddenly dashed towards Kishio, the one it saw as more of a threat, Kishio suddenly summoned the long green sword to parry the dungeon boss's claws.

–Ding–

A low ding sound is heard on collision, but the dungeon boss remained relentless with its attacks, constantly forcing Kishio backwards.

Kishio coated his left hand with wither and attempted to grab the silver ghost but it effortlessly dodged, with unparalleled speed, the silver ghosts leaped back avoiding the attack before immediately dashing forward again continuing its relentless attacks.

Kishio held his ground, displaying remarkable swordsmanship, deflecting and parrying the dungeon boss's attacks, but it was obvious he couldn't win as he was constantly being forced into being on the defensive side.

Kishio finally found an opening as he took the opportunity to swipe at the silver ghost at its mid region.

The ghost's body glowed a milky glow, and Kishio's attack simply went through its body. Immediately the ghost threw out both its claws at Kishio.

Kishio's heart skipped a bit knowing he couldn't dodge the attack, he summoned two D-rank boom bugs in front of him to take the hit, the silver ghost's claws ripped through both the D-rank boom bugs with almost no difficulty, but that fraction of a second was just enough of Kishio to leap back.

The team watched Kishio's short exchange with a bit of awe in their faces, he was holding his ground even better than when they were all against it, but they knew it wasn't enough to win.

The silver ghost looked at Kishio's sword that layed on the floor beneath it.

Kishio had abandoned it when he leaped away to put some distance between them.

The silver ghost picked up the weapon and tossed it at Kishio, Kishio furrowed his eyebrows at the act, but just as he was about to catch the weapon, the silver ghost dashed forward extremely quick.

'I should have known, this son of a bitch,' Kishio cursed internally as he leaped back again, summoning five D-rank boom bugs this time and commanding them to detonate.

–Boom–

A low boom sound is heard as a small dust cloud forms, the force from the explosion pushing Kishio back a bit, as the dust settles, a figure could be seen glowing, its body glowing a milky glow.

It had a few tiny holes in its body and a huge chunk of one of its hands was missing, but slowly in front of their very eyes the holes closed up and its hand seemingly regenerated.

Kishio almost cursed internally, but a small smirk formed on its face, 'How many more tricks does this beast have? A beautiful addition it could be in my arsenal' Kishio thought to himself internally, this was the first beast he was admitting to himself he wanted to be a part of his undead collection.

"Everybody, find a way out of the cave" Kishio yelled out, the silver ghost still hadn't made any move, Yash supporting Kizo hurriedly assisted him out of the cave, Lisse and Sasha following behind.

Kishio squinted his eyes looking at the dungeon boss, something wasn't right, the team members were leaving the cave and it wasn't doing anything, worst of all, its energy was rising gradually, it seemed to be twitching.

"Its essence is becoming stronger," Kishio heard Uragami's voice in his mind, on cue with Uragami words, Lisse shouted out.

"It's evolving," Lisse shouted out a warning causing their team to feel all their hope go down a drain, they were barely keeping up with the D rank dungeon boss, and now it was on the verge of evolving into a C rank.

"If it evolves… none of us are walking out of here alive." Yash cursed through gritted teeth.

Kishio mumbled a curse underneath his breath as be dashed forward, he had best end it now before the dungeon boss evolved to become any stronger.

Kishio's advance of course drew the silver ghost's attention, acknowledging his presence, the silver ghost also dashed towards Kishio leaving its evolution pending.

Wither's dark aura coated Kishio's left hand as he summoned twenty D rank boom bugs and his only C rank boom bug

The silver ghost with its claws took another attempt at Kishio in a bid to claim his life at once, energy beaming in its claws.

Kishio slid past the dungeon boss avoiding the attack and at the same time before it could follow up the attack five of the D rank boom bugs went off, but this time next to no damage was dealt to the dungeon boss, while a part of Kishio's clothing was incinerated in the blast.

Quickly pushing off the floor, Kishio attempted to quickly grab hold of the silver ghost, but the silver ghost was one step ahead, already stabbing its hand forward after turning around.

The silver ghost's claws pierced Kishio's mid region causing blood to pour down through the stab wound.

The silver ghost smiled showing a set of razor-sharp teeth, its head jerked about as it seemingly laughed at Kishio's fate in his hands.

Kishio smirked back, blood trailed from the side of his mouth as he raised his left hand and placed it on the silver ghost's shoulder as if patting a friend.

"Boom." Kishio mouthed as he activated wither and at the same time commanded all the boom bugs to go off including the C rank boom bugs.

–BOOM–

A loud boom sound was heard, one so loud it caused the cave to quake heavily, but thankfully it didn't collapse.

Nothing moved. Just dust, smoke… and silence.

Like snow falling gently on a cold winter, silence enveloped the entire environment with gentle finality.

"Kishio…Kishio…" multiple voices shouted out as the whole team rushed back into the cave not even waiting for the dust to settle completely.

"Kishio"

–Grunt–

A low grunt noise drew the attention of the team in a particular direction, as the dust settled visibility became better.

At the far end of the cave, a young man could be seen, most of his clothing had been torn, his long black hair a bit charred and skin appeared to have suffered some burn injuries.

"Kishio" Lisse shouted out as she sprinted to Kishio's side.

Kishio opened his eyes, vision blurry "Lisse…" Kishio muttered softly, pulling out a white shining crystal before everything faded into darkness.

"Don't die on me." Lisse whispered, placing his head on her lap looking up to Sasha.