Neo took out the healing elixir given by Elizabeth.
He took a sip and forced the rest of it into Leonora’s mouth.
She tried to resist.
“Drink it.
“Or do you want to die like Christian.”
Leonora stiffened.
She stared at Neo with unfocused eyes and gulped down the potion.
At the same time, Neo carefully pressed the severed arm back against the stump of her hand.
“Circulate your Holy Affinity.”
She nodded.
Veins wriggled on her arm and black blood dripped out of the wound.
The severed arm was attached slowly.
Holy Affinity and Healing Elixir put together were barely able to heal her.
A scar remained where the cross-section of the severed arm met the stump.
Leonora was breathing heavily.
Her eyes were bloodshot and her lips were pale blue.
She could lose consciousness at any moment.
Raising her hand, she placed her palm on Neo’s chest and baptized his injury with Holy affinity.
“Thank you.”
“….”
Neo heard a commotion among the group.
Sean, Clara’s twin brother, held Arthur by his color.
“Why can your Shadow use the unique skill of Zeus Bloodline!?
“Why didn’t you stop your Shadow!?
“If it could use the skill you could too!
“Why… why did you let my sister die…?”
Sean broke into tears.
The mood of the group became heavy.
Neo looked around and noticed Lucas staring at him.
‘Stop them from fighting amongst themselves.’ He mouthed.
Lucas nodded.
He approached Sean and Arthur.
“As I thought, you had Zeus Clan’s bloodline.”
“You knew about this…?” Sean questioned.
“I had a guess.”
“Then why—”
“Arthur’s Unique Skill must have been sealed.
“The same is done to all illegitimate children of Zeus Clan.
“None of us could’ve guessed his Shadow could use the skill.”
Zeus Clan being Arthur’s origin was a great shock to Sean.
However, he couldn’t care less at the moment.
“You think I give a fuck!?
“Tell me, why didn’t you use your skills to fight back!
“We have 6 people from Zeus Clan here!
“The six of you could’ve easily overpowered Arthur’s Shadow if you used your skill—”
Lucas punched Sean in the gut.
The hit knocked the air out of him.
“Don’t blame others if you are too weak to protect yourself.”
Sean coughed.
He held his stomach and glared at Lucas.
Before he could speak, Harrison interfered.
He pushed Sean.
“Skill Invincible.
“You think it’s easy to use?”
“Of course it is! It’s a skill! You can activate it with a snap!”
“Did this damned idiot come to the mission without learning anything?
“Invincible leaves major aftereffects, sometimes even permanent injuries, upon its use.
“If it was easy to trigger, everyone with Zeus Bloodline would’ve been spamming it!”
“That’s no excuse—”
“Fucking shithead.
“If it’s too hard for you to understand, then I’ll spell it out clearly.
“We tried.
“We tried to activate our skills.
“But we couldn’t due to Elemental Interference.”
The words made Sean frown.
He opened his mouth.
“Elemental Interference…?”
“Wait a second.
“You don’t know what is Elemental Interference?”
Harrison blinked.
He couldn’t believe his ears.
“Fuck, this is why I hate you fuckers from outside God Clans.
“Talent? Skills? Potential?
“How the fuck is it useful when you idiots are drunk on your success — just because you entered the academy — when you have zero knowledge to back it up!?”
“W-what do you mean!?”
Sean tried to argue back.
It only angered Harrison.
“You tried to fight your team leader and my team leader because of your lacking knowledge!”
Elemental Interference.
Not everyone could use strong skills, like Invincible, and powerful Magic Spells with their limited internal Divine Energy pool.
Most demigods absorbed ambient Divine Energy from air and used it for these abilities.
When two demigods used similar skills, say Invincible, both of them would draw Divine Energy from air.
The one who activated with the skill first would absorb most Divine Energy from the air.
Thus, the other demigod wouldn’t be able to activate their skill or they could use only a weaker version.
There were ways to avoid Elemental Interference, but they were hard to achieve.
“Okay, stop fighting.
“Blaming others is not going to help,” Lucas said.
The mood of the group was not improving.
Neo opened his mouth.
“Nathan, did you analyze the area?”
“Y-yes.”
Nathan was surprised when Neo called out to him.
He checked his watch and shook his head.
“There are no Corners on this Depth Level.”
“I see. Store the corpses in your Shadow Space. We are going to move now.”
“S-store?”
“Yes, you should know what will happen if we leave them here.”
Nathan bit his lips and nodded.
None of them expected Arthur’s Shadow to go for the kill.
It was not how Shadows behaved.
They realized it was due to Arthur being an assassin.
The Shadow acted how would act.
It did not capture the opponents and killed them instead.
Suddenly, they heard noises and noticed dozens of Shadow monsters running in their direction.
“They were lured by the corpses,” Neo said. “Lucas, Harrison, Arthur, and Felix. You four deal with those shadow monsters.
“Mars, protect Nathan while he stores the corpses.
“I’ll keep an eye on the surroundings for sneak attacks….”
Neo stopped speaking when he noticed Leonora chanting a Spell.
He was fine since he drank only a little from the potion, but she was on the verge of losing her consciousness.
A giant whale appeared in the sky.
It let out a high-pitched cry and flew over the Shadow monsters.
Snowflakes fell down from its body.
The flakes burst into frozen icicles upon contacting the Shadow monsters.
The icicles spread rapidly, freezing everything they touched.
In moments, the Shadow monsters were buried within a massive, gleaming iceberg.
“…”
Neo looked at Leonora in his arms.
She lost consciousness.
Her head was burning and her Divine Energy reserves hit rock bottom.
‘She would have fainted either way, so she decided to faint after doing everything she could.’
‘Was she was lashing out after Christian’s death?’
Neo picked her up and looked at his teammates.
“We need to keep moving.”
“N-Neo, there is something I need to tell you.
“Jack’s corpse disappeared before I could store it.”