Unusual world 91 The Sacrifice Part 4

Besides having to soften the soil and crush rocks in his way Desmond also had to harden the soil again so he wouldn't get buried alive. There was no air for Desmond underground his lungs felt like they were going to explode as he endured the pain of suffocating. Every movement used up a constant stream of Desmond's magical energy as he crawled out of the building.

While such a thing would spell death for most Desmond was fine in such poor conditions. That turned suspicious when a sweet smell caught his nose. Desmond was underground surrounded by only dirt, grave, and occasionally insects yet, for it to suddenly smell like a meadow was quite strange.

Things only got stranger when smoke seeped through the dirt, Desmond thought he was under that open furnace for a second, but knew that was impossible. Desmond went in the completely opposite direction of the furnace to dig under the wall. Plus the smoke smelt good and not like a burnt body Desmond also felt no heat around him so what was happening made no sense.

Getting worried about what was going on Desmond decided to poke his head out to see what was around him. Desmond couldn't use his magic sight to see if there were people around him because he was under too many layers of dirt.

Even the Desmond believing he should be out of the building and fairly safe he still decided to create a stone spike to stab someone with just in case they got to close. While Desmond did still have about 80% of magic left in him to fight people. He was a cautious person and wanted to save his magic just in case because he didn't know what he would have to face next.

As Desmond got closer to the surface he could hear the muffled sound of people chanting and a low rumble.

"I see, so the walls were just built well, but they don't block out all the noise, that's why they did their sacrifice ritual at a steel mill". Believing to have a clear enough understanding of the situation Desmond crawled all the way to the top. He was about to break threw the last layer of dirt when a foot burst through and hit him in the face.

The man who's foot was suddenly stuck the ground was equally as surprised as Desmond who discovered hadn't traveled outside the building, but somehow found himself in the middle of it surrounded by a bunch of purifiers.

The man who got his foot stuck fell out of synchronization with the group causing a chain reaction forcing everyone else out of it as well. There were confused faces everywhere, but people quickly discovered the source of the problem.

"Look theirs some creepy old man underground" the woman's words informed everyone of the strange situation including Cornel who rushed off stage towards the prisoners. He looked at the mess Desmond had left behind in his attempt to escape with a grim face.

"Damn it Gresham brought us an apprentice mage and didn't even know it. Every mage gets magic sealing cuffs placed on them. Those idiots should have checked, now I have to deal with their mess".

Before things got out of hand Cornel took control of the situation "quickly capture that animal fucker, not only has he taken the lives of three of our men, but he sympathizes with the demi-humans. The goddess Kali will be pleased with us when we offer that man as a sacrifice".

Cornel's words got the crowd riled up and the armed guards to converge on Desmond's location.
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"When did I become an animal fucker?". Desmond had litter time to think about minor problems like that. The guards were converging on him quickly and couldn't create waves of earth spikes to kill people because he knew that wouldn't kill everyone only use up a large amount of his mana. Which would put him in an even more difficult situation than he already was in.

Having little options Desmond made an obvious choice and took a hostage. He grabbed the foot of the man who planted his foot in Desmond's face then started to drag him underground.

The man screamed for help as he was quickly being pulled underground. The people around him grabbed hold of his arms as they tried to pull him out of the ground. The guards with automatic weapons helped as well by pulling on his leg, but Desmond was twirling around in a circle as he dove deeper underground giving him a lot more leverage than everyone else.

Cornel not going along with Desmond's games walked towards the center of the crowd and told everyone to move away. As the crowd backed away including those keeping that man from being pulled under. Cornel made one of his rings glow with a soft light then he performed a chopping motion with his hand which created a wind blade that cut the man leg off.

Blood gushed out of the man's leg with no end in sight, not wanting another one of his own die Cornel cauterized the wound before to much blood came out. The man screamed in pain after during the whole process, but Cornel didn't let it happen for too long. He activated another one of his rings that put the man in a deep sleep.

So, he wouldn't have to endure any more pain even after being abruptly dragged away by the crowd. Desmond wasn't expecting some to suddenly chop off that mans leg so, he was still in a daze wondering where he stood in terms of negotiating power.

Cornel enlightened Desmond on were he stood when the eye sockets of the mutated bull skull mask that Cornel wore glowed three different shades of colors blue, green, and red. The eyes were almost as bright as the stream of fire that Cornel breathed down into the tunnel Desmond created.

Desmond had no place to dodge or do anything else as he was enveloped in flames.

Chapter end