The slaughter of lamias, their slaves, and the war prisoners who'd been forced to fight to defend the colony continued while Athenia slipped into Adith's mind. Guiding him away from the group, she led him in the direction of the dungeons. Leaving the others unaware of his absence it didn't take long for Adith to run into troubles of his own.
"More guards, what the hell do I do?" He asked, knowing full well that the goddess was influencing his decisions.
"Repeat after ," his hand held forward on its own, the bygone hero stared directly at the soldiers slithering towards him from every crevice and corner. Even taking to the walls, so of the girls made sure he couldn't escape to the air with the wings they'd heard so of their partners ntion.
"Tell what I need to say now!" With the lamias inching closer with every second and his body out of his control, Adith scread at the top of his lungs right before the goddess took hold of his lips as well. "Armana do' tres-deatre, eliyeno'na Magus-un ambre!"
As the words left his lips, a surge of light emanated from Adith's eyes, and by the ti it slowly settled, the warriors were but inches from his face. Controlled like a puppet by the goddess, however, a second to him felt like forever, especially when it wasn't him but the goddess doing all the work.
Encasing his body in walls of light, Athenia separated the attacks from her chosen. The lamias kept trying to tear through the light walls, yet it only ended with either them or their weapons burning to a crisp. And as if that wasn't enough for humility, the walls began moving towards them, their edges stretching further and further to cover every gap they could use to escape.
"FUCK! WHAT THE HELL ARE THESE PEOPLE?!" Scread the battalion leader, frustrated by just how inferior they made her feel. But her frustration didn't last long as the burning walls of pure light boxed them into a corner.
With nowhere left to hide, the lamias attempted to escape inside burrows just large enough for their bodies, however, once the entire room was swept by the walls, parts of them began sliding into those gasps and what followed next was the cacophony of Lamian screams as every single one of them burned alive.
"Wh-what did you do?" Back inside his head again, Adith could feel a sharp headache coursing through his skull.
"Bending rules, sothing that has beco a habit of mine as of late…" Keeping Adith's nature as a magus a secret still, the goddess of mockery had eased him into his powers, although the mastery of casting spells without spending any mana was sothing he needed to master for himself.
The limiting factor to spell caster being insufficient mana rather than inability, if Adith manages to master his potential as a magus then there would be no holy spell that he couldn't cast, even if that very spell was usually reserved for gods.
'That ti's yet to co, and I would've preferred to let his potential lay dormant, but I doubt there's any helping it anymore.' Fearing that the other gods may hunt him to the end of the world, Athenia wanted to keep his powers lying dormant and thus had placed a seal that had kept his nature as a magus a secret from all.
"So where the hell is this girl you want to rescue?" Pulling the goddess out of her thoughts, Adith brought her attention back to the present.
"The dungeons, not far from here, just keep making your way underground," adhering to her orders, Adith did just that. Moving deeper and deeper into the nest, he had to face more lamia warriors, but with no limit to his mana, dealing with them was a breeze. Although, his mana not draining at all, did concern him a little.
Chalking it up to be the goddess's influence, he kept moving forward until finally he arrived at the corridor at the end of which was the girl he was there looking for.
"Everyone else must be freaking out about where I went so this better be worth it…" Making his way towards the last cell with an open door, the bygone hero slowly stepped inside. Glancing up the grayish-silver fra of the horned giantess, his eyes frowned slightly.
"W-who are you?" Asked Liliyana, pulling her legs all the way back.
Even lifting herself on her feet, she glanced down at Adith ready to kick him if required. But to her surprise, stretching his hand forward, he offered to help instead.
"You're coming with , the goddess wills it," he murmured, his eyes staring into hers.
Baffled by his words, Liliyana's eyes frowned as well. Conflicted between trusting him, and her desire to be set free, she didn't know what to do. However, before she could answer, Adith hurled swords of light at her binds and freed the faerie once and for all.
"The lamias are still rampant in this nest, and given your size you might not escape them without harm," although still confused as to why Athenia would have him free a devil-horned giant, Adith decided to just follow her orders instead of worrying about anything. "Follow , I'll take you safely outside."
Turning around to leave, a finger from the giantess tugged at Adith's shoulder. Slowly the weight of the finger itself lightened, and by the ti he turned around, instead of the fingers, Liliayan's hand was resting on his shoulder.
"Thank you!" Being trapped for as long as she could rember, the fae child could not help her tears. Wrapping her hands around Adith, she cried out her heart. "I-I was trapped…I do-don't rember how long, so-so…Thank you! Thank you so much!'
Sobbing her heart out, Liliyana cried a while longer before eventually it was ti for her to head out with Adith. Leading her towards the exit, her savior thankfully didn't turn into any more enemies, although once outside he knew that the fight with the queen must've already started and soon enough the escaping lamias warriors would co rushing out the exit.
"Leave it to , I guess?" Ready to intercept any and all serpents that exited the nest, Adith patiently waited while the rest of the party was busy confronting the queen of Lamias.
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