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As the piercing scream rang throughout the room, the black fog that was prevalent within the room quickly dissipated away while the undead crumbled to ashes.

"...did we do it?" Kon muttered out as the air became much cleaner than before.

"Don't let your guard down," Reru seemed to be on high alert. "Even if the flames successfully hit his body... There's still no guarantee that it'd be powerful enough to fully break him away from the curse."

"Tch... If we don't manage to break the curse?" Ethaniel clicked his tongue.

"...then, take Rustly and your companions far away from here and leave thing's up to me," Reru stated in a serious tone.

"Ugh..." Ethaniel frowned at the words coming out from Reru, and just as he was about to reply to that, he heard a voice coming from the distance by the back of him.

"Ethan!" The loud cry came from Raina who along with Shinto and Frey rushed over to rendezvous with the group. "The flame hit, right?" she asked frantically upon reaching Ethaniel. From the distance of the old man to the remains of the statue, Raina as well as the group didn't manage to properly see whether or not the spell had hit the man due to the number of obstacles blocking their sight.

"It did," Ethaniel answered whilst still on high alert. "But... We're not sure if it worked or not..."

"The spell should have worked," Shinto stated as he made his way over to the fallen man that still had a few remnants of a dark aura surrounding him.

"...eh? You're sure?" Frey raised her brow. "How sure are you?"

"I'm 100% sure unless the system decided to mess with me," he replied whilst glancing over towards his notifications.

[ The judgement of 'Greater Evil' is shaking! ]

[ The judgement has been changed to 'Lesser Good'. ]

[ Due to the sudden change of alignment, the quest remains unclear of completion or not. ]

[ The judges of good and evil are discussing whether or not this counts as a defeat of a 'great evil'. ]

[ You will get an answer in a few days time. ]

...

Moments after Raina had landed the spell of flames onto Sanke, or in other words Renryth's body, Shinto was bombarded with many lines of notices. Among them, the last few notifications had caught his attention.

"..." Still making his way over to Renryth's body, he stopped at his footsteps as he saw that the man slightly moved his limbs. In the next moment, he received another notification.

[ The cloud of darkness that enshrouds the cursed one has temporarily been disabled! ]

[ You have defeated Renryth, The Cursed One! ]

[ You and your party have received the area title: 'Defeat of The Cursed One'! ]

[ The Key of the Warrior's Tomb has been obtained. ]

[ The defeat of the 'The Cursed One' has clouded the air, the doors of the dungeon has temporarily been opened for two days! ]

[ You may leave, however, after the term of two days—You will have to immediately return to the dungeon, otherwise, a penalty will befall on you. ]

...

"Ugh..." The old man slightly shook his body as he slowly got up from the ground. "What... Happened? This isn't the barrier I made..." He muttered out in a confused tone whilst glancing at his surroundings, quickly taking note of Shinto who was in front of him.

"You're awake?" Shinto questioned as he lent a hand over to the old man.

"...you," The man blankly stared at Shinto for a few seconds as he then shook his head. "...you freed me from the curse... no, you stopped the curse temporarily with the Flames of Etheral."

"It's only temporary, yes," Shinto nodded his head as he felt the weight of the old man's hand on his palm, quickly, he pulled him up. "Which is why..."

"—You want me to fasten the curve of learning for the spell?" Renryth continued his sentence.

"...yes," he answered.

Upon hearing Shinto's answer, the old man quickly scrutinized the surrounding area, noting the presence of the other people. "Which one of you is the one who has the arts?"

"That would be me," Raina stepped forward as she raised her arm.

"..." Looking at Raina up and down in an analyzing manner, Renryth mumbled in a helpless tone. "What is the progress of your spell?"

"45%" Raina responded. "I've started learning the spell since five days ago... It's nearly been a week."

"Only five days and you're at 45%?" he asked. "Hmm, I see. What is your level in comprehension and magic?"

"...beginner's level," she mumbled out.

"...?" The old man raised his brow in amusement, however, his face soon turned into a serious one. "Hmm... At your level and calibres with a progress of 45%... Good. It'll only take a few days for us to complete the spell, then."

"...a few days?!" Rustly cried out as he heard the estimation from Renryth. "But... By then... Wouldn't the curse consume you again?"

"...well," Renryth calmly closed his eyes. "With the power of the flames that this girl had shot out, the spell should give a grace period of a day and a half before Sanke completely takes control of me with the curse."

"A day and a half..." Shinto mumbled out. "Would it be enough?"

"This girl's learning curve for the spell is beyond that of average mages at her level," Renryth stated. "I do not know if it's an innate talent or hard work, but, that time frame should be enough for her to fully learn the spell."

"I see. So it'll be more than enough," he nodded his head as he glanced over towards the hallway by the left side of the room. "Since it'll take a day and a half... Do we defeat the Guardian on the rat's side of the catacombs?"

"Yes, please do so," Renryth muttered out. "With what little time we have left, we need to not waste it."

"Got it," Shinto nodded his head as he saw that Raina and Renryth had begun to make their way over towards the hallway by the back of them. Soon after, he turned over to his group members. "Reru... Where do we go for the Guardian's side?"

"Doesn't the other human have the necklace? Ah whatever," Reru mumbled out as he turned to Ethaniel. "The passageway on the left from here leads to the Farchu's den. Beyond there, the door that leads to Sanke and the guardian lays rest."

"...the Farchu's den?" Ethaniel raised his brow. "Those rats right...? Ugh... We have to go through that swarm of rats again?"

"It's doable with me and Rustly on your side now," he stated. "Come now, make haste." Reru leapt over towards the hallway by the right. Following behind him, the group began walking.

...

As the group made their way through the catacombs, they hurriedly fought against the countless rats that pounced towards them in a frenzy. Whilst doing so, Frey and Kon remained extremely vigilant as they feared for the mischief of rats that may come back to chase them again.

"Ahh... We can handle them now, right?" Frey muttered out.

"I-It should be doable..." Kon stated. "I mean... we're stronger now and uh... the slimes are on our side now."

"...sigh. We should be fine," he stated. "What I'm more worried about is... Whether or not Sanke might come at us again with his necromancy or do something to prevent us from moving forward."

"Sanke shouldn't be interfering for the time being," Reru stated confidently. "So far, he seems to have consumed a lot of energy with the attacks at our town and then here. So I doubt he'll be able to keep up with our movement."

"...?" Ethaniel tilted his head as he heard Reru's explanation. "Consumed a lot of energy?" As he was about to continue to press on the matter, Shinto tucked at his elbow and in reply to that, Ethaniel sighed as he translated the message over to Shinto and the group.

"...wait a minute, isn't Sanke this omnipotent being that everyone fears?!" Frey cried out. "How is it possible for him to consume most of his energy with just two attacks?"

"Sanke isn't invincible. Neither is he omnipotent," Reru clicked his tongue. "The only reason why we're unable to defeat him till now is because of his curse. When facing against him in a duel without the curse at hand, he'll lose greatly."

"Hah...?" Ethaniel dumbfoundedly stared at Reru. "If you face him against a duel... he'll lose greatly?"

"Of course—That is the case for when he faces me and Renryth combined," Reru followed up with his words. "For you... Obviously, it'll pose a problem. But with what you've shown me so far, it should be doable with help of the Flames of Etheral to dispel against the curse."

"...with the help of the Flames of Etheral..." Shinto mumbled out as he heard Ethaniel's translation and, just as he was about to continue asking the matter, the slimes at the front stopped at their steps.

"Humans. Wait," Reru stated whilst on high alert, as he scrutinized the front of him, noting the countless red eyes. "...tch. The Farchu's elite army is in the way."