Apocalypse system: I have unparallel comprehension-Chapter 30- Lich(4)

Chapter 30: Chapter 30- Lich(4)
Dante let out a cough as something pushed his throat. He let out blood and some teeth. He spat on the ground and slowly got up.
He wiped the blood from his eyes and checked his body.
’Two ribs broken. It is normal.’ He inhaled a breath and instantly felt sharp pain.
He frowned. ’No. It’s not normal. Some bones had punctured my lung.’
He tried to ignore the pain and inhaled a breath but he stopped. He gasped for air.
Under his
eyes
, he saw the earth dome break down into pieces.
Two people stood amidst the heavy stuff. He saw bright light coming from one of the men.
Julius instantly appeared beside Dante and crouched down. He helped Dante.
"Don’t lay me down." Dante softly said. "Otherwise I will choke on my own blood."
"Shit. Thomas." Julius yelled.
"Yeah." Thomas yelled back, firing a flame arrow at the giant knight.
"Dante needs your healing." Julius said.
"Can’t move right now." Thomas said, jumping and punching at the knight.
The knight caught Thomas and squeezed the huge man. It then threw Thomas to the ground and pounded with a series of blows.
Julius yelled seeing his friend.
Dante grabbed Julius’s arm and said, "He is alive. I am going to ask something."
"Yeah." Julius nodded seriously.
Dante looked up and down and opened his mouth. "I am going to punch you, give me the mana."
Julius was taken back by Dante’s words. "What?"
Dante smiled and punched weakly at Julius’s arm.
Julius’s eyes widened as he felt mana rushing out of him. He realized Dante’s meaning and willed his mana.
After the reaping section, Dante opened his eyes and used
Heal
.
"Do you have a small knife? I am going to take out something." Dante asked.
Julius grabbed from his legs and gave a small knife. "Here. I will go help Thomas. Stay safe and don’t do anything for now."
Dante smiled under the pain.
He watched as Julius disappointed and stood on the knight’s shoulder. He stabbed the knight at the neck.
"Your dimension skill has no use for this knight possessing my core skill."
The lich spoke.
Dante looked at the small knife and poured mana into it. He then cut away his shirt and checked the broken ribs.
His finger stopped at the location. He closed his eyes and inserted the knife into his flesh. He clenched his jaws, holding the pain in.
After making the hole, he used his finger and quickly took out pieces of bone. A sane person wouldn’t use this kind of primal first aid.
But Dante was not sane.
His eyes showed every location of the bones.
He took out all the bones and used Heal to the fullest. He noted that he needed about 2 days to heal his wounds. That was about using Heal constantly for 2 days without rest.
He guided the life energy to the important location, prolonging his movement.
He slowly stood up.
’My
Zero-Point
skill can be used on the lich’s barrier. The barrier is beyond space but my skill is even more so. Yeah. But the lich has seen my skill so it will be wary of my attack.’
He shook his head as he observed the fight.
Thomas held the knight’s legs with earth mana and gave a beating with his blue gauntlets.
Previously, his punches melted the knight’s armor but now, it didn’t even bother. The lich must have used some arcane spell to strengthen the defense.
But in exchange for the size and defense, the lich seemed to give up on combat skill as the giant knight could only make heavy attacks. Granted, one hit from the attack could immobile someone excluding Thomas for obvious reasons.
Thomas let out a crazy laugh and started attacking the knight with all his might.
The huge mustache man was truly crazy.
Dante frowned as he noticed a movement on the lich. It was strange. During his time with the knights, the lich didn’t even move a little.
It only moved when Nyrax came to make a deal. After that, it stopped.
That was why he suspected the link between the knights and the lich. He was correct because the lich woke up after he killed about 4 knights.
"So why now?" Dante muttered. "What changes? My skill? Is it afraid of my skill? Or is it because Julius and Thomas enter into the scene?"
Dante scratched his head in frustration. Why did nothing straight come to his path? It was always with twists and turns.
He let out a long sigh and slapped his cheeks.
His eyes focused and went cold as his mind processed information.
Slowly, he felt his body in line with the name Sage. No he was the
Sage
. Always had been. It was his bloodline.
He couldn’t run away from it. He understood one part of his bloodline but the other part was strange.
What does it mean to be beyond the end?
What is the end?
He didn’t know. But what knew the lich’s existence was the opposite of the end. Fighting death to get a chance to live.
Resisting the end of mortal life, the lich insulted the beauty of life. It tried to jump to the end.
As the
Sage beyond the
end
, he had to teach something to the lich. Something interesting.
He slowly walked toward and called out the lich. "Hey bone sack."
His voice fueled by the mana boomed loudly in the room.
Thomas let out a laugh and Julius shook his head as a disappointed mom.
"Hey, hey, I am talking to you." Dante said, limping toward the battlefield.
Julius came to his side and whispered. "What are you trying to do? Get killed?"
"Nah. Just watch me. As soon as I gave a signal teleported me to the lich." Dante said.
Julius looked at Dante and nodded.
"Are you talking to me, child?"
"No. I am talking to the bone sack. Of course, I am talking to you idiot. Tell me why you become that skeleton. Don’t tell me you get killed?"
The lich looked down at Dante and gave a thought.
"The story is not that grand. I am just a speck under heaven who failed to uphold my name."
"I see. So you did fail. What did you fail? Scarifying thousands of people? Did the hero stop you?" Dante asked.
"No. I am trying to save my people from the drought. But the neighboring kingdom attacked our kingdom and they slain my kins."
The lich lifted up its hand and clenched tightly.
"I can’t do anything. I can’t achieve anything. They slain children, women and great men. My people blood drench our lands. As a lord, I have failed my family task."
"When I got my power, it was too late. Even with the grand feat of flatting the entire kingdom with my hands, I got no satisfaction. That’s why I search for this body. That’s why I worship Great Nhriha. So that I can create a world class arcane spell to undo the dead and apologize for my weakness."
"This body is my weakness and my hope."
Dante stopped, not knowing how to answer back. To be honest, he thought the lich was pure evil.
Well, flatting the entire kingdom was evil.
"Now I feel sorry for you." Thomas said.
"Being weak is a sin." Julius took back his sword and said.
"But good job staying alive until now, you are strong, Aldryx." Julius smiled. "I will end your suffering."
Julius looked at his friend and shook his head. "No. I take that back. We will end your suffering."
Aldryx laughed.
"Great. Now, come at me. It is you or me. My wish is on the line."