Helmut: The Forsaken Child - H.F.C Chapter 192 (Part 2):

It was not easy to fend off Lampione’s flailing. It would consume most of her magical power.

But did she really need to defend with magic?

Alea was not alone.

“Helmut! Quick!”

Having sensed the unrest, Helmut had already drawn his sword. His blade swiftly pierced Lampione’s neck.

The utter swiftness of it brought an end to Lampione’s last spell. The damage to his body meant his soul could no longer remain here.

The light of life faded from Lampione’s face. His body, rapidly draining of magic power, shattered like cracked pottery, turning to dust as if it had been burned to ash.

Alea dusted off her body, stained with the dust, and stood up.

With a look devoid of sympathy, Alea turned to where Lampione’s body had been and said to Helmut,

“Good job.”

Killing the dead does not stir the seeds of darkness.

Helmut touched his chest to confirm this and raised his eyebrows in question.

“What’s this? Why did it turn out like that?”

Was even his death special? It’s strange that he didn’t fall and bleed like a normal human.

“Using such magic with a dead body, he couldn’t withstand that power.”

“Is there a core left?”

Like demonic beasts leave a core, could humans leave behind a heart full of magical power? Lampione’s heart would be valuable.

From Helmut’s perspective, it was a natural thought.

“There’s no such thing as a core in humans. More importantly…”

A loud rumble echoed. The walls around them were collapsing.

There was no real need for Lampione to try to kill Alea with magic.

This dungeon was a sophisticated and complex subspace, maintained by Lampione’s presence.

Now that he was dead, the dungeon was also collapsing.

Alea declared,

“I must become the master of this dungeon. A subspace without a master is bound to collapse, so it needs a new master.”

If they failed to change the master, they would be crushed or flung into unknown locations by the collapsing subspace.

The coordinates could be in the middle of the ocean or underground. If they survived, it would be purely by luck.

Thus, they needed to prevent the dungeon’s collapse. Here, even teleportation magic was impossible.

If the dungeon’s master changed, the dungeon would be maintained, and they could escape from this place.

The dungeon had regenerative capabilities, so it might repair itself later, but that was a future concern.

‘Lampione must have placed his grimoire in the most stable area of the dungeon.’

She could try to retrieve it later. For now, just take control of the dungeon.

Alea summoned her magic power. As the collapse enveloped them, she resisted, connecting to the dungeon.

‘I didn’t expect it to be this dangerous, but it can’t be helped.’

Alea didn’t even mention the possibility of failure.

They must succeed here. They would survive this place.

But to do so, Alea had to pour all her magic power to the limit. Lampione’s dungeon was not an easy place.

A calm voice flowed,

“After the dungeon changes its master, I will open the door to the outside for the last time and then lose consciousness. I will wake up in a few days, but until then.”

Alea looked directly at Helmut and made a request.

“I want you to watch over me during that time.”

Being powerless and unable to do anything, relying on someone else was something she hadn’t experienced since childhood.

More than anything, it was unsettling because it was unfamiliar and scary. But there was no choice.

‘I came with you because I can trust you, so I must rely on you.’

Helmut responded without hesitation.

“Alright.”

And then Alea’s magic began.

The narrow world they stood in trembled as if it were about to break apart. It felt like being buried in a landslide.

Bright white magic power poured out of Alea’s body. It was so bright, like the sun, that it was dazzling to look at.

Her silver hair fluttered as if scattered in the air. Helmut had never seen Alea cast such powerful magic before.

He simply watched.

How much time had passed? At some point, the light vanished from Alea’s body.

She collapsed to the ground, her face pale.

Helmut reached out and caught Alea. She was alarmingly weak.

Alea’s lips moved slightly.

“We succeeded…”

The dungeon’s walls, which had been collapsing towards them, now stopped.

The chaotic magic of the dungeon also calmed down. It wasn’t so much stabilized as it had frozen in place.

Alea spoke in broken sentences.

“For now… if I lose consciousness… it won’t be safe here. I’ll open the exit…”

As Alea reached towards the wall, a door appeared there with a flash of white light.

It looked just like the doors that led to the next room with a new puzzle.

But beyond that door wasn’t another puzzle room; it was the outside world.

“Probably, outside is somewhere between the dungeon entrance and Baden… Let’s go.”

Helmut, having completely exhausted his strength, picked up Alea and approached the door.

It hadn’t even been half a day since they’d been inside, but it felt like they had wandered the dungeon for days.

It was finally over.

Helmut, carrying Alea, stepped through the door.

In the dungeon, now abandoned by its visitors, a deep silence settled.

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