Raised in Dungeon

Blood streamed down on Norman's body, and now he was staggering while he went towards Arthur's faint body. It looked like the castle debris had hit him with such force that Arthur barely breathed. Norman gritted his teeth and hoisted Arthur's limp over his shoulders. After that, he went to Clarissa, who was still sitting there and still frightened while holding her head.

-Thrust

Norman stabbed Clarissa in the back with his small sword,

"Huh?"

"Plan A has failed; let's go back. We have to leave this place immediately and tell Leader about it,"

"Aaagh! It hurts!!! So huuurtts! N-Norman, W-why did you do this to me?!"

Norman's body then staggered, and he fell down along with Arthur.

"Norman?"

"Look at how bad my condition is right now. Only you can get us out of here!"

Fear still ran through her mind, but because of Norman's condition in front of her, she quickly drew an amnis to escape from there.

Using the blood from her back, she used the blood to draw a perfect circle around them, weaving her mana with precision and concentration. This wasn't just any amnis; it was a third-level fire-type amnis called Shooting Star. An amnis to run away from that place. It required a lot of mana and a long time to draw, especially since she had to make an amnis circle containing three people inside.

As she meticulously drew the circle, Norman sensed danger approaching them. It was a fireball that suddenly shot at them. Without hesitation, Norman opened his eyes and sprang up to meet the incoming fireball. The ball struck him square in the chest, and he fell to the ground with a loud thud.

"Norman?!" shouted Clarissa.

"Fool! Don't stop! Just finish your job quickly!" replied Norman.

The attack came from the person who was currently running quickly toward them. And their figures instantly annoyed Norman,

"I'm really unlucky,"

Those approaching were Harald holding Alicia who was drawing another larger type of amnis.

Fortunately, they were far enough away. They would arrive in a matter of 20 seconds. So all Norman needed now was to fend off Alicia's direct attack.

But there was something strange. The amnis drawn by Alicia did not emit anything. Then Alicia rotated the flame symbol in the center, and at that moment, another circle of amnis was automatically created around the first amnis she had drawn.

"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?! Ten? No, twenty fireball circles?!" Norman said in surprise.

Alicia muttered, "Unlimited Fire Ball,"

And from each circle of amnis, shot many fireballs at Norman.

"Damn it! I can't dodge them all!" Norman tried his best to ward off the fireballs shot by Alicia; of course he couldn't; he used his own body as a shield to protect Clarissa and her amnis circle.

"Norman! It's done!" said Clarissa.

Norman immediately jumped into the circle. Clarissa knelt, her amnis circle glowing brightly around their bodies. She closed her eyes and focused all of her mana into the circle.

The three of them glowed, then shot away from there like comets.

'Again, we failed to catch one of them,' said Alicia.

Alicia looked around. The floors and buildings around them were destroyed by the monster that suddenly appeared, but the monster that caused it was nowhere to be seen.

The reason is, when Reig's body was split in half, Reig returned to an ordinary shadow and entered Allen's body. Reig used Allen's demonic mana to turn into a minotaur, and all his mana was now gone.

Alicia then realized the existence of Felicia, who was shining brightly because of her god's blessing.

"She healed him? But with that wound, there's no way that child could still be alive," Alicia thought. Moreover, at that time, Alicia couldn't see Allen's mana through her appraisal, so she thought that Felicia was just doing something in vain.

But as soon as she got closer, it turned out that Allen was still breathing, even though he was dying but Allen was still alive, and his wound was slowly healing.

'He's alive?! But, why can't I see his mana before?!'

Alicia activated her god's blessing even more closely, then again put on her appraisal.

"God's blessing" That's when she finally saw Allen's mana, which was still a little left. To Alicia's confusion, why couldn't she see this mana earlier?

As if his mana had just entered in a short time.

In addition, Alicia couldn't get a good read on Allen's status. From Allen's mana, she could only see his physical strength, health points, and some other things that were not clearly visible. It was as if something was covering Allen's mana.

"Maybe it's because this boy is in the process of recovering from this girl's god's blessing," Alicia thought.

"Alicia, don't we need to go after them?" asked Harald.

"I'd like to go after them, but that would be a waste of time. I could see his mouth saying that their plan had failed. From their condition, it looks like they won't be coming back. But just in case… Brother, please chase after the two who kidnapped Leofric's corpse. If you're alone, you might be overtaken," Alicia replied.

Harald nodded and left.

"Alright, now what I need to do is..."

As Felicia concentrated deeply on healing Allen lying in front of her, Alicia stood behind her and touched her back.

'Great, she was so focused that she didn't realize I was touching her back Alicia thought.

With a gentle touch, Alicia then drew an amnis circle on Felicia's back and muttered a spell,

"Transfer mana from self to right hands," she whispered.

'No matter where you look, this girl lacks the mana to save him. I will transfer my mana," she decided to transfer her own mana to Felicia, not only to save Allen but to make sure Felicia had enough power to save other victims.

As the transfer occurred, Felicia could feel an unexplainable warmth spreading throughout her body. The spell was working. She could sense the flow of mana returning to her with each passing moment.

Alicia read the look on Felicia's face and gave her an encouraging smile.

"I heard people called her blessing useless," she said.

"How come? Beautiful blessings like this can save many people."

Felicia could complete the healing process with renewed strength. Even though Allen was still unconscious, he breathed normally.

Felicia finally feels relieved because Allen was finally safe. She immediately hugged Allen's fainted body and muttered

"thank god…"

As Felicia was in a world of her own, Alicia tapped her on the shoulder and said

"Umm, hey,"

Felicia was immediately surprised by the figure behind her. Then she realized that someone had helped her earlier when she healed Allen.

She didn't expect that person to be one of the princes.

"Forgive me for my impudence!" Felicia said.

"Save that for later; I want you to return to the ballroom and save other injured people there."

...

Fleur and Birawa had been sprinting through the castle halls, but now they suddenly slowed their pace. They walked until they came to a large door in one of the corridors. That door was a room for the congregation to pray, a substitute for a church that was nestled inside the walls of the castle.

They could sense the weighty atmosphere within as they approached the foreboding threshold. To Birawa, it was just the aura of an ordinary evil person, but to Fleur, she recognized, with a sharp pang of familiarity, the unmistakable energy of someone she hated very much.

They stopped in front of the door, and Fleur slowly opened it.

In front of them lay the ghastly scene. Five male bodies littered the floor; their souls had long passed on. At the far end of the room sat the sinner himself, calmly sewing a knight's head of the rounds onto another inanimate figure. A repulsive sight to behold.

"Ivaylo..." Fleur muttered angrily.

Each Knight of Rounds was divided into two teams. The Rounds corpse in front of them was Eustace, the hammer wielder on the same team as Swithian. Fleur had more or less expected Eustace's death since she saw Swithian in the ballroom.

"It's been a while," Fleur asked Ivaylo.

"Miss Fleur… who is now the strongest in the knight of rounds, I didn't expect you to remember me still," replied Ivaylo, who continued sewing.

"There is no way I can forget you. You're the one who killed my little brother."

"Aaah... That time was really a very sad day even for me. Toka, I accidentally turned that good boy into a doll because I wanted to stay with him forever."

With such an obvious provocation, the experienced Fleur did not fall for it. Fleur and Birawa walked over to the silent Ivaylo. Then Fleur said

"Birawa... be careful; he has instant death ability. Watch all his movements and analyze his abilities carefully,"

"Yes, my lady."

Ivaylo raised both hands. And when he did, Eustace's body stood up; they could see threads binding Eustace's body. Then Ivaylo took out a black needle and pierced Eustace's head.

"God's Blessing: A Doll's House,"