Artemia heaved a long sigh before explaining Elseria's condition.
''No, she is still stuck on the Demi-God level. That curse couldn't be broken, you know that it was specially created for her, even though we could kill it Elseria was the one that managed to injure the beast slightly, this enraged the beast, so he specially targeted her and cursed her, it was afterward that he put a huge curse over Mysthia's world, almost as if he was afraid of Elseria recovering and became stronger.''
Elesim's smile faded; he was helpless as he couldn't do anything; he was already dead a long time ago, he was but a mere remnant soul whose end had come, after today meeting, he would fade away once for good. Before completely dying, he sent a strand of his soul into this dungeon where he knew Artemia's half Gift was here; combining with the Gift after gaining the Gift's Spirit approval, he waited for Artemia, the reincarnated Artemia, to show up.
''I see. She still stuck on your continent, isn't it?" Elesim raised another question.
''Yeah! You are aware of what would happen if she stayed outside Alexa for too long, especially going near Elfirra, her curse will activate, a possible consequence she might lose few levels, worse even fall by few ranks. We are still searching for a method to break that curse. If only there is something that could break the magic, wait-"
Artemia suddenly remembered something, no, someone, Alex can erase any magic with his silver gun; he called this ability Erase. How come she had never thought about it even though they both knew what Alex could do.
''From your expression, it seems that you have a solution. Can you tell me?" Elesim raised a question after seeing Artemia's expression.
''Nothing, I just remembered someone who might be able to help us; I won't go into detail. Once I went back, I will ask for that person's help.''
Artemia answered, not going into the details; this person may have been her first love, this doesn't mean that she should spill everything she knew, especially when it comes to Alex.
''I see. Shall we begin?"
Elesim did not seem to mind Artemia's attitude; he had known her since she was a young maiden, so he was aware of how she behaves.
Artemia nodded her head before she readied her two glaives.
''Good!"
Elesim then took out a white rapier; the moment that rapier appeared, Artemia froze; she couldn't move, not even lift a finger, it was as if Mysthia's world weight had been put on top of her shoulders, she could feel her feet seeking into the ground.
''Guh! Still strong even though you were gone a long time ago.''
''Lightning Blaze.''
Chi~ Chi~ Chi~
A blue lightning flame appeared and wrapped around her body; this helped her slightly move her leg; it was all she could do.
Swoosh!
Elesim appeared before her, his rapier going straight to her heart; however, the rapier vanished into petals that entered Artemia's body before it could touch her body.
Elesim smiled; his body started to fade until only his head remained.
''I believe the current you can help her and that chosen, the others to succeed this time. Say hi! to Elseria for me and also goodbye. I have left something into your body; when you see her, she will understand what to do with what I left in your body. And lastly, when you will see be understanding.''
Elesim disappeared after leaving these words behind; Artemia sighed before walking toward the third floor.
On the third floor was a magma, sitting on a rock that was in the middle of the hot lava, was a woman, burning red hair, eyes of the same color.
''Tch! A truly troublesome enemy.'' Artemia muttered.
''I can hear you, you know, blue head.''
The woman sitting on the rock said, even though Artemia's words were almost inaudible, this woman was still able to hear it.
''Stubborn as always redhead, even death didn't teach some good manners.'' Artemia counterattacked.
Swoosh!
Lava shot at Artemia; however, instead of dodging, she crossed her arms behind her back; blue lightning appeared before her and formed a shield that blocked the incoming lava.
''Blue head, not bad.'' the red-haired woman complimented.
''Same goes for you,'' Artemia replied.
Then, the two girls burst into laughter.
''Emilia, it is good to see you again even though you're just a ghost.''
''Hahaha! It's good to see you too. Let's cut to the chase, attack me with your strongest attack.'' Emilia proposed.
''As you wish!''
Rumble!
The sky darkened, from the red sky, two gigantic appeared; like a missile, they started to descend toward Artemia.
Looking at the incoming meteors, Artemia grinned.
''Chaos Lightning Spear!"
A seven-meter-long black lightning spear appeared; Artemia's face was pale; she hurtled the black spear at the two meteors.
Chi~ Chi~
Kaboom!
The chaos lightning spear pierced through the two meteors before they burst into pieces.
Clap! Clap! Clap!
''Not bad, I will leave some of my remaining essences within you; I'm sure you will find some use with this. Farewell, my hateful and best friend.''
Emilia declared before her body started to fade like Elesim, a red cube shot at Artemia and entered her body.
''Sigh! Do you all take me for a carrier?''
Artemia complained; however, there was nobody present to answer her.
Suddenly, white wings appeared behind her back as she flew toward the next floor.
The next floor was pitch black; the room got illuminated the moment Artemia stepped into it.
A lone woman was sitting on a black throne, legs crossed.
The light illuminated the woman's face; strangely, this woman had the same features as Artemia, more mature.
''Welcome, Eretria. It's good to see you. What do you have to say about what happened?''
Artemia stayed silent, not answering the mature Artemia's words.
''Because of you, Elesim died, because of you, Emilia died, and at the end, you didn't even accomplish anything. Tell me what you will accomplish if I were to let have it?"
The mature Artemia said before showing Artemia the image of what happened; in this image, a gigantic black dragon could be seen wreaking havoc, destroying everything within its sight, a black claw slashed at Artemia, she couldn't dodge, someone came and pushed her away and took the blow in her place, it was Elesim.
''Stop, please!'' Artemia implored. However, the mature Artemia ignored her and continued displaying another video.
In this scene, Emilia sacrificed her life to save Artemia.
''I said stop.''
Artemia shouted before golden lightning destroyed the window showing these images.
The mature Artemia descended from her throne and walked toward Artemia; a golden blue lightning spear with chains wrapped around it appeared in the mature Artemia's hand.
''What is your answer?" She asked.
''I can only try. Come.'' Artemia shouted.
The mature Artemia disappeared to reappear before Artemia, her spear going straight toward Artemia's heart; strangely, Artemia did nothing.
''You!"
For the first time, the mature Artemia's expression changed; it was panic; she tried to stop the spear hastily. However, Artemia walked forward and let the spear pierce her.
Puking a mouthful of blood, Artemia smiled, ''I will try my best this time not to fall you.''
The mature Artemia sighed before transforming into a golden light that entered Artemia's body.
Artemia falls to the ground; her face was white. However, there was a smile on her face as she closed her eyes.
Unknown to her, something secretly entered her body just after she closed her eyes and lost consciousness.