noveltune Chapter 120 - 120: Linking 2
Chapter 120 - 120: Linking 2
His heart sank as the chains dragged him toward an unknown place.
All he could see was complete darkness, stretching endlessly in every direction.
Glancing down, he saw the golden chain that bound him, their glowing links coiled around his body.
A flash of memory struck him like a lightning bolt—Yuki's warning and her story about the person responsible for everything that had happened to him until now.
'It's that Angel again! '
He spat the thought out bitterly. Each time she intervene, he lost something. She had been the cause of countless struggles in his life.
'Damn it,' he cursed, struggling against the unrelenting pull. 'I won't let her control me. I can't be captured. I still need to rescue Index!'
The pressure of the chains tightened, and time was running out.
His mind raced through every spell he had learned,
However, after a while, something began to feel off. His energy was depleting far faster than he expected.
'Could it be some kind of special condition in this place?' he muttered to himself.
He stopped mid-air, hovering as he checked his energy reserves. His suspicion was confirmed—the energy drain was far more intense.
With a frustrated sigh, he descended back to the ground, his feet touching the soft bark of a large tree.
Next, he closed his eyes and focused on his body to understand why his energy consumption was so high. After a few moments, he realized this place had at least ten times the gravity of his old world.
'So, that's why I'm using so much more energy while flying,' he concluded.
Just as he was about to cast another spell to counteract gravity, an explosion in the distance caught his attention.
'What's that sound?'