The Insider System

Chapter 243: Mezull

Chapter 243: Mezull

Tiff felt an arm wrap around her and a voice said "The Temple Head is holding up, but we need to move faster so I'm going to carry you two." By the time the man had finished his sentence they were already speeding through the forest that had been on the side of the road. Tiff guessed the man planned to move in a straight line instead of sticking to the road.

This would also help in keeping them out of sight so she would have done this too if she knew where she needed to go without using the roads to guide her. Looking over she saw that Dawn was in the man's other arm and was happy no one other than her and Dawn knew which of them the God of Light actually wanted because the other would have probably been left behind to speed up the escape of the important one.

No actually that wouldn't have happened in this case because Dawn was a member of the 23 who still had their weapon. The only way someone would have been left behind was if she was the extra since her weapon was gone, or at least the Temple thought it was.

Exiting the forest as they crossed another road Tiff looked back to see if she was able to see the cloud from earlier still. The cloud was still swirling in the sky but it now had a hole in the middle. "Do you know what came through?" It was most likely a giant or one of the Demon Lords more normal sized companion demigods.

"It was Mezull." Tiff had heard this name before but never just the name. Most people called Mezull the Death God or the Death Demigod which was the more accurate title. If the Demon Lord ever ascended Mezull would most likely be the next to follow him. "What are Death spells like, I know it's not a real element yet and it's weaker than Unholy magic since Mezull is weaker but there has to be some benefits right."

"No better magic if killing was your goal since it's so straight to the point. I shudder to think of a world that has Death mana everywhere. It's probably why the Demon Lord wants it to happen so bad now that I think about it. Undead would have an even bigger advantage over us."

Since Death magic would be Unholy magic with a few principles missing undead would most likely be immune to any form of Death magic while the other races would probably suffer just living in this world until the gods stepped in to protect them from the Death mana around them like they had done with the Unholy mana.

It would probably take a while for the gods to fix the problem even if it was possible so there would be a bit of time where people could just drop dead from being in places with high death mana. She was pretty sure there had been a few years where that was the case with Unholy mana when the Demon Lord had found a way to take over the Dark element.

But Unholy didn't just kill people, it also had a corrupting effect on people's minds if they were around it for a long time. It had been why the Demon Lord had been able to turn such a large number of people in those years. Tiff knew Dawn was about to ask another question so she wanted to get a turn since she had a question now.

"Was there a problem for people when any of the other gods ascended?" There were other dangerous elements but she had never heard of there being any problems when they ascended. "No, it's one of the gods' responsibilities to make sure people aren't affected when they ascend. The reason there was such a big problem when the Demon Lord spread Unholy mana was because that was what he wanted. You have to remember the elemental mana belongs to the god it comes from so it has their will like yours has your will."

"So you're saying if the other gods had bad intentions their ascension would have been bad for us." The man nodded and said. "Yes, now stop talking, I think something is after us." This made Tiff want to ask what happened to the Temple Head but she listened to what she had been told and tried to use her ears to see if she could hear anything.

She wasn't able but she wasn't surprised this guy had such extreme senses because Dawn had said he had a 99% chance to dodge her arrows. That probably meant he would hear the arrow coming or something similar. He might have a skill that just told him he was in danger or when to dodge.

"Hey look up, the God of Light is sending help." Looking up into the sky Tiff saw the glowing cloud, that looked similar to when a cloud went in front of the sun, had started to swirl in the sky above them. "Does that mean the Temple Head failed?" The man didn't answer this and just picked up his pace again since it had slowed while he was looking up at the sky.

After jumping into another patch of woods Tiff finally started to hear something from behind them. It was a sharp whistling noise and it was closing in so it was most likely faster than them no matter if it was a person or an attack. "I'm about to dodge." They were already rolling to the side by the time this sentence was finished but Tiff tried to keep her eyes where the attack they were dodging should pass.

Seeing a gray spike fly past where they had been Tiff knew this was a Death spell by the color and since Mezull was the only person who used this element exactly she knew he had gotten past the Temple Head. If she was dead it was a big loss for the Temple especially since in Tiff's opinion the current Temple Head was the only thing keeping them from going fully insane like the Demon Worshipers.

Hopefully the Temple Head wasn't dead and the God of Light knew who to make the next one if she was. Hearing another whistling out of nowhere Tiff knew Mezull had gotten closer. "Get ready he's in range now so the dodging is going to be constant." Like always by the time the guy was done talking he had already done what he was warning them about.

Tiff wasn't worried about how he was dodging and whipping them around at high speeds, she just wanted him to be successful since her and Dawn's lives depended on it. After the fist spike passed the man switched directions for a few seconds and a different kind of spell silently went passed them.

It seemed Mezull had been testing the guy who was carrying them with the spells that made sound before throwing the one that didn't in there. A normal person would have stopped paying attention to anything but the noise so they would know when to move and would have been hit by the first thing that broke this pattern.

It was a cheap trick that wouldn't work on anyone who knew what they were doing in a fight. She actually found it odd that Mezull would think to even try it on a person like the one carrying them. It was possible Mezull was the type to just stick to the same pattern in every fight which tended to happen to people that had been in more fights than could be counted.

Doing something like this was probably more like a chore to Mezull since fighting mortals didn't really have any risk other than them running away or receiving backup before you killed them. She was pretty sure they didn't have much chance of getting away this time though but she was sure the cloud would open soon and they would be saved by whatever came through.

Doing her best to look up while they flipped every which way she saw the cloud start to open and what looked like a beam of light shot down at them. It went right above their heads and Tiff was able to make out the figure of a person. This would be one of the God of Lights subordinate Demigods who she would be joining soon.

She wasn't sure which one it was though and by how fast they were making their way away from the fight she wouldn't get to look to find out. It was fine, she didn't really need to know and only wanted to look because she knew they were safe now that an actual Demigod was here to protect them.

Once they were far enough away that they were unable to hear anything Dawn beat her to asking. "Is the Temple Head alive?" There was a small chance this guy would be able to answer their question because it seemed he had known way before Mezull had started to chase them.

She felt it was possible he had been able to hear the entire battle between the Temple Head and Mezull. "She used a talisman." Hearing this Tiff was able to put her worries behind her. You could get a talisman that could save you from anything in the world if you knew who to talk to and the Temple Head knew the God of Light so she was fine.