Versatile System Online

Chapter 142 Ray's Return

"Be ready; I will be sending you back to your consciousness." Also, be prepared; you don't know in what situation you may find yourself. Therefore, no matter what, proceed with caution and don't do anything without observing your surroundings," Mag'ladroth cautioned, then started cutting the connection between his consciousness and Ray's.

"What about you? Are you coming right now or will you do so later?" Ray inquired.

"I will be right behind you; just don't leave the dungeon as soon as you clear it." "I will bond with your system after you clear the dungeon, but I can't do that on Earth, and doing it in System Online is also dangerous as visiting that dimension would alert a lot of creatures, of which most are my enemies," Mag'ladroth answered and waved his hands, his form changing back to its original while Ray faded from his position.

Slowly, Ray's vision turned darkened as his consciousness disappeared from the endless plane as he left the Void Dragon's consciousness and appeared in his own consciousness.

"Ray!!! Ray!!! Wake up, dammit. "What the hell has happened to you?"

Arriving in his own consciousness, Ray could hear Aurora loudly screaming through the connection that connected both their consciousness.

"Hey, I am back," Ray said as soon as he arrived, not wanting to worry her further; he continued, "Don't worry, I am fine. Also, I will tell you about it later as it's a very long story and would probably take an hour to narrate. Also, how is the situation over here? Is everyone fine?"

Ray calmed her down before asking about the situation, as he wasn't aware of anything and, right now, he was unable to move his body as his consciousness was still getting used to it.

"Nothing much happened; someone got seriously injured while others had minor injuries." Also, some of the girls may suffer from PTSD due to the events that took place on this floor," Aurora replied, her voice cold and detached as it oozed with unimaginable sarcasm.

Aurora's attitude was actually her way of telling Ray that she was pissed off and wouldn't be back to normal until he told her about the events that happened.

Ray knew about it too—she was pissed off—but what could he do? He had been in a situation that even he found hard to get used to, not to mention the others.

However, Ray didn't focus on Aurora's mood right now as he knew that there were more pressing matters on hand. Therefore, ignoring her attitude, he asked, "Who was injured, and how are they now?"

"Sirius.. and his situation isn't looking good," Aurora replied and then cut off the connection between their consciousnesses.

Ray ignored her, as he knew that looking after Sirius was more important. Also, from what Aurora said earlier, Ray concluded that the whole team needed moral support, and for that, Ray had to be there to cheer them up and lift their spirits so they didn't lose hope.

"Ugh, why is it taking so long to move my body? It seems like I am paralyzed or something," Ray thought, annoyed over the fact that he couldn't move his body yet.

"Got it. This might work." Thinking hard, Ray had a moment of inspiration as an idea came to his mind.

"Let's do this then," Ray thought to himself as he started channeling all the energies in his body.

These included his mana, bloodline energy, and even the small amount of spiritual energy that coursed through his body. Ray channeled these energies as he slowly increased their flow.

The energies flowed along with his blood as they completed cycles through his whole body, their rate increasing with every cycle as he could finally feel his condition improving.

His body, which seemed frozen in time, slowly started to change as he could finally feel his muscles. Slowly, the numbing sensation that he experienced receded as he could slowly move his fingers a bit. It wasn't long before Ray's face twitched as a smile formed on it.

"Finally, I am free of my own body," Ray smiled as he thought, "I can now relate to those poor souls who get paralyzed in their lives. The feeling of being a prisoner in your own body is worse than anything else," Ray thought as he muttered,

"Well, it feels good to be free." Muttering that, Ray stretched his limbs as he felt every inch of his body to be sure that he was in prime condition before moving on and searching for his teammates.

"Now, where is everyone else?" Ray thought as he looked around. Looking at his surroundings, Ray wondered if everyone would be on the same floor as him or if they might have moved on to the next floor.

"I guess they have cleared the floor and decided to rest before moving," Ray concluded as he used his perception to sense his surroundings. Doing so, he sensed a faint presence coming from a few hundred meters ahead.

Therefore, Ray decided to move forward and look out for the presence he felt, as that would not only give him some answers but might as well lead him to everyone else.

Moving forward, Ray noticed that his body had gotten even more mysterious than before. He could feel an enormous amount of energy condensed around his mana core.

Focusing on his mana core, Ray observed that the energy condensed around it was none other than the bloodline energy. However, compared to before, it was different. The energy not only seemed more powerful and mysterious, but it also had a strange feel to it.

It seemed that it was the void itself. However, that wasn't the most surprising thing, as other than being mysterious and strange, the energy appeared to be more compatible with his body, especially his mana core.

If before it was like using borrowed power, Ray now feels that he has finally controlled the power and made it his own.

All this time, Ray continued to move forward as he neared a small opening.

"Is he getting any better?"

Stepping inside the opening, Ray heard a worried voice speak. Listening to the voice, Ray immediately recognized whose voice it was.

It was Emma's voice, and from the anguish and pain he could feel in the voice, Ray realized that she might have been very worried for Sirius.

However, Ray didn't move forward and announce his arrival immediately. Instead, he stood leaning against a dark corner and observed the whole situation.

As for why he did this? Ray actually felt guilty for Sirius's condition. He felt guilty over the fact that Sirius had to go through all that, even get injured to that point, just so he could save him.

Therefore, Ray decided to wait a bit before moving to show himself and deal with the situation.

Observing the situation ahead, Ray saw Aliya and Emma sitting besides Sirius, with Emma constantly using a wet cloth to clean his wounds while Aliya used her healing magic repeatedly to close the wounds and heal his internal organs.

As for Sirius, Ray saw the guy lying on the ground, unconscious, with half-closed wounds all over his body, while some wounds had even started to form scabs.

However, the worst of the wounds were those dark blue circles over his skin. These circles indicated that Sirius had suffered multiple lacerations and internal injuries, and for Aliya to heal them, Ray saluted her in his heart as he knew how much focus and precision it required.

"Guess I will have to deal with it anyways, so doing so now would be better than doing so later," Ray muttered as he stepped forward.

"Uhm... "How is he doing?" Ray walked forward and asked softly, his voice so low that even he could barely hear himself.

However, before he could utter another word,

"Swoosh… Bamm"

A loud noise resounded as a slap landed on Ray's face.

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A/N:- Hope you all enjoyed the chapter.

Please, don't forget to give your input on the chapter. Also, any sort of support would be appreciated, whether its in form of comments, reviews, golden tickets, power stones or gifts.

Ps.

The mentions for this chapter are,

1). Abugo_Oke

2). Luvlytee_77