Authors Note; Sorry everyone i tried to post this chapter yesterday but a black out occurred just when i was about to post it so here it is!

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Rescue

[Arc Pov]

when exiting the ruins Arc notice many body lying around cut and torn apart by magic. observing his surroundings he notices that a few of them were elves with missing limbs and that they were pierced with a crystal like lance. searching around Arc notice movement behind a couple of bushes so he drew his elven sword and approach it. when he was about a couple of feet a way arc spoke to see if it was an elf.

[Arc]

"Identify yourself or I will attack!"

the bushes shake a bit until a voice can be heard.

[Aria]

"Arc?"

saying his name the young elven elven priestess gets up from the bushes with two others that were hiding with her.

[Arc]

"what happen here?" sheathing his sword."

aria then ran to arc and then hugged him at his stomach while crying loudly.

[Aria]

"Waaaa Uwaaa, Father (sob) Father (sob) is gone!" then the guard that was with her told arc what happen.

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[Elven PoV Flashback]

[Guard 3]

I fired and fired my arrows until there were no more and charged with my sword to attack the vile beasts until the captain ordered me back.

[Guard Captain]

"Chief Please go hide with our priestess before it is too late" imploring their chief to not fight.

[Great Elder Arn]

"No" refusing to hide " have one of your men to hide with my daughter and Head Scholar while we buy time." Ordering the captain.

seeing that the elder would not leave the captain reluctantly ordered his 3rd guard to protect their priestess and scholar.

[Guard 3]

"what but-" trying to return to battle

[Guard Captain]

"enough just do as you are ordered there is no time" leaving the stuttering guard behind to join the battle.

[Great Elder]

" please protect my daughter our priestess from harm as well as my dear old friend Head Scholar." heading also to the battle at the entrance of the ruins.

[Guard 3]

"dammit" grabbing the priestess hand he dragged her to one of the best places to hide nearby.

[Head Scholar]

"these bushes will do, I have a spell that should be able to mask our presence from these monsters"

agreeing together with the soldier the scholar grabbed a small towel from his bag and a vial of some sort and doused it. He then put the doused towel to the priestess mouth and held it their until she fell asleep.

[Guard 3]

"I agree that this would be best for her." carrying the priestess he moves into the bushes to hide them.

[Head Scholar]

"Oh great spirit of Earth and Wind please protect us from the eyes of our enemy" chanting a spell.

then the wind started blowing around the bush and the plant began to grow bigger to encase the three in a sort of camouflage protection. The shouts and roars at the entrance could still be heard of and several explosions were heard as well. The sound of battle raged on for hours until they fell asleep. when they woke up they started hearing heavy footsteps coming from the ruins entrance until it stopped. fearing that it could be another beast he readied his weapon until he heard a familiar voice. Then they relaxed and left the safety of the bushes to meet the Armored Golem in front of them.

[End Flashback]

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[Arc Pov]

"I see so that is what happen while I was fighting the Horde of Rats" while patting patting Arias back.

[Arc]

"Aria I dont think that your father is dead."

[Aria]

"Fue"Surprised by what Arc Said

[Arc]

"I did not see your fathers body among the corpses so it is highly possible that he survived."

[Aria]

"RR Realy!?"

[Arc]

" yes and I think there is a chance that he was dragged back into the ruins"

[Scholar]

"IS that true!?" in a sharp tone

[Arc]

" yes cause there are signs that something was dragged into the ruins so I will need to search within the ruins"

[Guard 3]

"Very well we will hide here until reinforcements arrive to help hold the entrance."

Arc nodded to the guard and knelled down to speak to Aria.

[Arc]

"Aria stay safe and I will definitely bring back your father ok?"

[Aria]

"Uhn" she nodded while wiping here tears away.

after that Arc entered the ruins again and went down the stairs to the 2nd floor or basement that he emerged from. searching around the second floor he found the stairs to the third and proceeded down. when he was in the third floor he found a few elven corpses and many monsters as well that have died. seeing the state of the floor he unsheathed his sword and proceed his search for the 3nd floor stairs that would lead to the 4rd floor. while following the trail of dead bodies of rats and elves he picked up and absorbed any weapon he could find find in his surroundings in the case that his current weapon's endurance reach zero. after finding the next set of stair Arc proceeded to follow down and notice that there were scratch like markings of a human being dragged on the ground and continue forward. encountering dark wolves and ogres guarding the way down into the 5th floor. Arc sneaked in an attempt to attack from behind. when they looked at another direction Arc had equipped the throwing knives that he have gathered from the fallen elves and threw them at the wolves killing them and then proceeded to charge the two Ogres pained by a dagger striking into each of their neck. With a Slash of his sword he cut off the nearest ogres head off and then attacked the next one. what Arc failed to notice is that the ogre had thrown a black like crystal lance at him. the lance then hit through Arcs left arm when he attempted to dodge.

Arc was in a stalemate against said ogre and muttered to himself.

[Arc]

"damn this one looks like an ogre mage!"

[Arc]

"hmm maybe i should use Identify to see what type it is" muttering his thought since there was no one around.

[Arc]

"Identify"

Arc then cast Identify on the Monster in front of him.

Ogre Mage GuardianClass:Warrior MageAttribute:Darkness and WaterLevel:50Sealed monster in the ruins of old that have evolved to be able to wield magic

Whoa is that monster really that strong?

thinking to himself as they circle each other.then arc thought about trying to absorb the ogre as well to see if he can kill it like the rats that he has fought before. he then prepares himself to attack or defend holding the sword.

[Arc]

"Activate Absorb Target Ogre"

chanting his ability many mana chains appear from his body and fly toward the Ogre Mage Guardian wrapping around its body. The Ogre then cast its crystal dark lances at arc trying to kill him. throughout the tug of war with the blue chains arc only managed to parry half of the lances until his sword shattered to many pieces from the punishment it received.

[Arc]

"dammit no wonder its level 105!"

arc grunted whiled dodging with some of his limbs being pierced and noticing that his wounds are oozing out a type of green liquid. after a couple of hours trying to dodge while absorbing the ogre suddenly collapse from exhaustion. when i saw that i immediately equipped a new sword and stabbed the ogre in the neck effectively killing it. after a while the ogres body is pulled into my body and started hearing the cracking of bones and ripping meat. while absorbing the monster i noticed that my wounds that were oozing out green liquid started heal and close up. the dark crystal lances that were impaling my body just fell with the parts that were in me gone.

[Arc]

"hmm so now that my absorbing skill has level up it now heal wounds as well if they can be called wounds at all." noticing that some of the metallic armor pieces from his body are missing.

"Maybe some of the armor pieces are used to close the wounds as well?" mumbling to himself until a lot of windows pop up in front of him.

you have acquired sword proficiency

you have learned the Endurance skill

you have learned the Parry skill

you have acquired Mana Eyes

you have Learned Sneak

you have acquired the throwing proficiency

bewildered by how much he learned arc just closed the windows and proceeded down the stairs. Entering the 5th floor he scoured the floor room by room killing a few groups of rats in process until finally he is in front of a gate like structure that has a bent bolt like metal plank on the ground as if it was forced open. observing the surroundings he sees a wooden sign with elvish carving saying (WARNING sealed Alter room of Death Do Not Unseal the gate by order of Head Scholar).

[Arc]

"hmm so this is where they went to and the door looks ominous in a way."

after saying that he pushed the gate open.