Death… And Me Chapter 3390: By Magic!

Chapter 3390: By Magic!

"This is becoming quite annoying," Rean comnted. If they kept tunneling, they could keep a pace fast enough that the above Glacial Decay Runes couldn't keep up. But then again, the scale of things in the Divine Realm is enormous. Wouldn't they need to tunnel for months just to leave the Glacial Decay Runes' range? Let's not even talk about leaving the Glacial Corridor after that.

"You guys, keep tunneling in the direction I will point you from now on, but do it slower this ti. I want the Icicles to form with the runes inside so I can analyze it closely," Rean asked his group.

"Wouldn't it be too dangerous?" Gram couldn't help but ask.

Rean didn't mind. "If you see I got caught by the Glacial Decay Runes, just ignore and increase your pace. You have Casper to help you drive the Freezing Energy out of your bodies after that."

Everyone looked at each other and nodded. They were only alive because Rean helped them, so they decided to trust Rean's judgnt. Besides, there is no guarantee that the Glacial Decay Runes won't get even more powerful and faster. At that point, tunneling might not be enough anymore, so it is good that Rean wants to find so other way to deal with it.

The tunneling speed decreased while Rean checked the Glacial Decay Runes that appeared inside the icicles before they started to co out of it and chase him. Once that happened, they covered the rear with the dirt they took from the front, and the Glacial Decay Runes were forced to cross the dirt, just like the Glacial Decay Runes coming from above. Good thing that it didn't move fast.

Rean tried to draw a few different runes, but he didn't have materials for such. Thus, he could only use the stones, dirt, and other things he found around with the addition of his Divine Sense and Energy. As one could expect, those were very weak runes that didn't seem of much use.

Nonetheless, they continued at that steady pace for a day nonstop. It's just that the group was starting to feel apprehensive. In the past five hours, the Glacial Decay Energy and Runes seed to be increasing in speed and power. Even the Freezing Energy present in there was growing in intensity. Kentucky had to use his Sky Energy to help the group more often before they resud defending themselves with their Divine Energy again.

"Marvin, we can't stay like this. Should we dig deeper again before tunneling to the side like we have been doing? Perhaps the Freezing Energy isn't as strong further down." Duleti asked Rean, who was not far behind them.

Rean had three of his runes circling around one of the icicles, and those runes seed to be interacting with the Glacial Decay Runes inside sohow. However, it was still not enough for the Glacial Decay Runes to stop, so Rean continued to work. "It's pointless. You probably didn't notice it, but I had you tunnel slightly downwards in the past day. We are about three kiloters underground instead of the initial first kiloter. Yet, the power is still increasing."

Rean glanced at them. "Think with . If just going underground was enough to save ourselves, would this journey through the Glacial Corridor be that dangerous? There wouldn't be a need for the Warm Boats to start with. Anyone could start crossing the Corridor, and every ti they got tired, they could simply open a hole in the ground for themselves to hide from the weather outside. Yet, we didn't hear about anyone trying it. The fact the Freezing Energy and the Glacial Decay Runes are getting stronger is proof that this action carries little to no benefit."

No one there had thought about that. Indeed, even Gram and Duleti hadn't tried to hide underground when they ca here to cultivate before. "Then what do you suggest?"

"Increase the tunneling speed," Rean spoke. "Since the Glacial Decay Runes and Freezing Energy are increasing at a faster pace, we have to compensate for it with our own efforts. Of course, I won't hold none of you here. If you think I'm wrong or anything like that, you are free to leave and Casper behind to save yourselves."

Gram, Duleti, and Farlo's mouths twitched. If they truly leave, then they won't have anyone capable of doing what Rean and Kentucky can. That ant they would eventually freeze, so they had to stay with Rean whether they liked it or not.

Without another choice, they increased the pace of tunneling while Rean continued to work on the Glacial Decay Runes with runes of his own.

Ti continued to pass, and they were forced to increase their speed several tis compared to the start. By now, they already weren't capable of keeping up with the consumption of Divine Energy, being forced to use their Divine Stones. The problem is that just like Rean and Kentucky, most of their Divine Stones were inside their Pocket Dinsional Realms. They didn't have much in their Spatial Rings to keep this pace for much longer.

They also tried to think of other ways to resist the fall of temperature around, ultimately deciding to join together and use their Divine Energy reserves sparingly, even if that ant feeling a lot colder. At least that would give them so extra ti.

On the sixth day, Rean had hundreds of runes made of simple materials circling around him. His expression had been serious for a while, and no one wanted to bother him. If they stopped Rean's train of thought, they might actually make him miss sothing and lose all his progress. Nonetheless, they were still running out of ti, and even Kentucky was starting to run out of Starlight Energy to create more Sky Energy.

Finally, Gram and the others simply couldn't wait anymore. "Marvin!"

Rean, who was wholly focused on the Glacial Decay Runes, was taken aback for a mont. "Uh? What? What happened?"

Rean then looked at his group, and except for Kentucky, the others seed to be about to freeze at any mont.

"W-We can't resist... anymore. We can ba-barely keep tunneling the way we are, and Casper has run out of Starlight Energy..." Duleti explained while her teeth kept hitting against each other due to how cold it was. "If you still... haven't found a way t-to fight the Glacial Decay Ru-Runes, we are dood..."

"Ah!" Rean scratched the back of his head. Then, he waved his hand, and the hundreds of runes floating around him quickly rushed and attached to Gram, Duleti, and Farlo's bodies. As if by magic, all the Freezing Energy was expelled from their bodies. The Glacial Decay Runes in the Icicles seed to retreat upwards as well due to the presence of those runes. It was as if even the Glacial Decay Runes had t their nesis. Even better than that, it cost almost nothing of Divine Energy to fuel those Runes.

"This..." No one expected that.

Rean bitterly smiled. "Sorry, sorry... I already finished devising the runes to resist the Glacial Decay Runes and Freezing Energy three days ago; it's just that I was so entertained by being able to work with them that I forgot you guys were freezing down there."

Gram and the others felt like crying. "Would soone truly forget such an important situation...?"

Rean looked away, pretending he didn't hear the question.