The Rise Of Calamity

"Let's raid this temple shall we?" Lea asked with a huge grin on her face that seemed to be infectious since the other two also began to smile in the same way as her.

"Let's go then" Ronny exclaimed and almost ran forwards without saying anything else before remembering the incident where he had opened the gate without hesitation, causing him to place his foot back and stay behind Lea, something that made her extremely happy since it showed that they both trusted her judgment and would rather listen to her than do anything they wanted.

While she knew that it would have been safer if they listened to her while also knowing that they would most likely listen to her, it still made her extremely happy, allowing her to appreciate the little things that they do for her every day.

'I love you both. And so I won't allow any harm to approach any of us'

She was well aware that her death would be much more painful that their pain if they were to be hit somehow. One might call it egotistical, but the reality was that every one of them would kill or be killed for the other, but at the same time they knew that dying would cause the others just as much pain if not more pain than that which has been caused onto them and therefore they could only make up one option.

To keep everyone, including themselves, safe from harm's way the same way they want to keep the other two safes.

They had all stepped into the temple away from that, their footsteps causing an echo to reverberate within the area while bouncing off the walls and reaching distances they could not even see... Well, it was a distance none of them except Lea could see.

"Stop" She quickly halted her movement and immediately caused the other two to stop moving completely

"What is it?" Ronny asked in a whisper

"Oldest trick in the book. The pressure plates and poisoned arrows that link to them with a few runes." She whispered back, and quickly created a marking on all the pressure plates in the room, allowing the other two to see them clearly even though it was close to pitch black.

That is why she chose to use a mana mark that would light up a small area around it when put down, allowing the other two to completely avoid the traps.

Next, she used a few runes to light up all the close to invisible iron threads around the 'room', which had become more and more compact as you moved deeper into the area.

Eventually, it had become more of a game where they would have to dodge the iron threads like red lasers in a heist movie while at the same time moving their bodies as if they were playing twister.

"Why does this have to be so hard?!" Ronny exclaimed as he shifted his entire body back while making sure that not even a single cell of his body would touch the lasers.

"There is an item that can change the fate of someone and can literally make you the strongest human being... No... The strongest being on the entire planet and you are complaining about some lasers?" Jacob sneered, causing Lea to chuckle while the other gritted his teeth and remained silent.

After finally moving past the lasers they all walked forwards waiting for the next thing to happen.

"I can't see anything" Lea muttered under her breath, yet due to the eerie silence, they could hear everything she said even if she were to whisper it.

"That can't be true... Whoever made this wouldn't have just left an empty space for us to walk through, right?" Ronny asked

"That's the thing... Maybe this is a trick? They want to play with our minds and want to see if we will run away. Think about it. Any other person would start becoming paranoid, especially if this place goes on for a while and they can't see any traps. Now that we have Lea's eyes to help us though, we don't have to worry about it" Jacob explained, Causing Ronny to nod.

Lea on the other hand was looking toward the end of the 'tunnel', trying her hardest to see anything that could help them get past this yet, she still couldn't see any traps or even runes on the walls.

"What if the traps are concealed? Maybe they are trying to test our instincts and reflexes... If that is the case, I won't be able to help the two of you in this one" She spoke in an extremely solemn tone.

"Help us? We don't need your help!" Ronny spoke with overflowing pride.

"Yeah... We can take on these things ourselves! We just thought that using you would be a little more efficient" Jacob chuckled while Lea let out a smile.

However, the smile did not stay genuine any longer after she heard Jacob continue his sentence.

"The person we should be worried about is you hahaha. You've been using your eyes for so long that your probably forgot how to use your instincts" Jacob started laughing even more while Lea's smile had stiffened.

For some odd reason, her fists were just itching to be smashed into someone's face at this very moment.

"Let's not waste any more time with your jokes," She said as she finally took a step forward and moved towards the end of the tunnel, using their senses to the max to make sure that she did not miss anything with her eyes.

However, just like Jacob had suggested, after walking for almost an entire hour she still could not feel anything.

'Maybe they are waiting for our guards to be down" She thought, forcing her to glance back towards the two of them who seemed to be goofing around after realizing that the whole 'no mana' thing was a scam...

'Wait...'

Instantly, her eyes shot fully open while her eyes began to dart around the place, trying to find something that did not seem like it was actually there.

The stress in her demeanor seemed to become more and more evident, to the point where the two who had been previously goofing around were now looking right at her with obvious anxiousness as they asked...

"What's wrong?"

Suddenly, Lea stopped looking around and glanced back towards them, her eyes shaking and her breaths quick and heavy...

"The mana" She spoke just loud enough for them to hear her...

"What about the mana?" They asked before trying to feel the mana in the room, yet what they felt left them covered in a cold sweat.

"There's no mana in this place..."

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