" Looks like their relationship took a turn for the worse."

" Judging by the Mister Roberts face, he must've really offended him."

" Could he be some noble in disguise."

" Even mister Gord looks strange today, is it that the entire seven swords adventurers party offended him."

" I've never heard of anyone fitting his description that's strong enough to earn the seven swords apology."

The scene brought about growing murmurs within the inn's patrons. With Su Ping's hearing, he could easily pick up every single conversation.

Surprisingly, this was the first time he had learned that the Old man's group was actually known as the seven swords adventurers party and that the Old man's name was Robert.

" Sir, here's your receipt." Su Ping turned around and collected the piece of parchment from the receptionist before nodding in thanks.

" It was nice seeing you senior." Su Ping said before leading his family upstairs in search of their assigned room.

" Arrgh! When's that useless Old man going to come back! I'm tired of waiting in this wretched place." Esmeralda groaned while sitting on a bed in one of the inn's rooms. The other members of the seven swords were stationed in the rooms right next to her's.

The Old man had gone to secretly inform their employer that the young miss was safely brought into the city so they could pick her up.

After traveling for so long, Esmeralda couldn't wait to be back home. She wanted nothing more than to slump onto her lavish bed in her own bedroom instead of this sub pare cheap little inn.

' Huh? Is he finally back.' Esmeralda perked up when she picked up the sounds of footsteps coming from down the corridor.

" Took you long enough, Old man, so when are they coming–" Esmeralda rushed out of her room only to freeze when she saw the 4 walking through the corridor towards her.

She watched as the dark covered man whispered something to the woman next to him. The next moment the woman carried her children and hurried on ahead, passing the stunned Esmeralda and entering the room at the end of the hallway.

"....?!!" Esmeralda sensed that the dark covered figure down the hallway suddenly locked his sights on her. Her face paled when countless black slimy tentacles shot out from the shadows within the corridor, instantly wrapping around her.

" No! Let go of me! Let go of me!" Esmeralda struggled to break free from the tentacles, her eyes glowed a bright emerald green as bright green flames burst forth from her body yet her fear surged when they died out shortly after, at the same time she felt her magical power depleting rapidly.

" I said let go of me!!" Esmeralda suddenly released a burst of green flames that pushed back the dark tentacles. Her eyes were trembling, tears pouring down her cheeks. She suddenly felt fear for the first time in her life, She felt that the dark covered figure was actually aiming to kill her.

' I have to escape!'

Esmeralda bolted down the corridor but a dark tentacles shot out like a bolt of lightning, wrapping around her ankle and pulling her back. Esmeralda fell face first, her nose bleed from the fall.

Her fear surged when she felt several other black tentacles slithering round her body like slimy snakes, binding her limbs and wrapping round her body. Esmeralda's eyes glanced left and right in fear, hoping for anyone of the members of the escort group to rush out and save her yet, their room doors remained shot, the only sound she heard was the footsteps of the man down the hallway, getting closer and closer.

Esmeralda watched as the dark tentacles

ensnaring her began to rise and sway in the air like hungry serpents before slowing inching towards her.

" No–, don't! Please don't!!" Esmeralda screamed in horror but the countless tentacles began burrowing into her body through all her orifices.

Tears streamed down her eyes as the fat and slimy tentacle chocked in her throat, her breathing became more and more painful as other tentacles also burrowed into her nose, her horror grew as little worm like tentacles slipped through her eyelids from inwards, slithering over her eyes.

In a matter of moments, Esmeralda's despair reached its peak, her body was entirely infested with these grotesque appendages that even slid through her pores, some slithering through her veins while others wrapped around her organs.

" P-Please...stop."

" I'm sorry..."

" I'm sorry."

" I'm sorry."

Esmeralda's incoherent voice pleaded over and over for mercy as the dark covered man came closer and closer yet in the end, she watched as he passed her by before heading into a room at the end of the corridor, as well.

" Nooo!!! You can't leave me like this! Please!!! Save me!!!" Esmeralda's despair reached its peak, she screamed and screamed till her voice grew hoarse, her body eventually grew tired before she felt her eyelids growing heavy. Esmeralda who felt complete despair wanted nothing more than to lose her life, she quietly shut her eyes, hoping for death to finally take her.

" Huh?" Esmeralda's body trembled when she found her surroundings had changed. The dark tentacles were gone, nowhere to be seen.

Esmeralda's trembling finger's reached towards her cheeks, her hand felt moist when she felt the fresh tears trailing down her cheeks.

" Y...oun..g...mi...ss"

" You...ng..mi..ss"

" Youn..g..miss"

" Young miss!"

" Young Miss!"

Esmeralda suddenly snapped out of her daze and realized that the members of the escort group were now surrounding her, their faces filled with worry.

" Young miss are you ok?! You've been dazed for quite some time now." Old man Robert asked, he was the most worried out of them all, they couldn't let anything happen to her now that the quest was almost finished.

' So it was all a dream...no, that was some kind of nightmare...' Traces of fear emerged in her eye's when she recalled that horrible nightmare she had found herself in.

" Did anyone of you see..." Esmeralda asked only for her voice to trail of at the end, She felt that it would be stupid to ask such a thing after all, they were dead, there was no way they could've survived that accident.

" Young miss, did you see someone familiar?"

" Could it be brother necromancer?" Gord suddenly said attracting not only Esmeralda's gaze but the shocked looks of the other members of the seven swords.

" W-What are you trying to say?" Esmeralda's hands unconsciously grabbed a hold of the man's cloth, pulling him towards her, her trembling eyes caused Gord to feel frightened. Even the others were stunned by the Young miss's sudden reaction.

" Is he actually alive?! Are you saying he's alive?!" Esmeralda's asked in a trembling voice. Her eyes unconsciously turned towards the room at the end of the corridor.

She shoved Gord away before rushing towards the room.

" Young miss wait!"

" Young miss, what are you doing?!" The escort group rushed after her. Fearing that something must've really happened to Esmeralda.

BAM!

" Bastard! So this is where your hiding!" Esmeralda kicked the door open before rushing into the room her body aflame.

" What's going on!"

"...." Esmeralda's face froze when she saw a naked fat man and a middle aged woman both nude while seeking pleasure on the rooms bed.

" Young miss what's gotten into you." The escort group got her out of the room.

" Please forgive us." Some of them apologized to the frightened couple before offering some compensation to them and the inn staff that had rushed upstairs.

" You said you saw him?!" Esmeralda glared at Gord who shivered in fear when she exerted her magical pressure on him.

" Young miss please calm down, you also saw the necromancer as well."

" What do you mean I saw him? You're lying!"

" Are you I'll now working together to go against me because of that little accident?!" Esmeralda's eyes glowed bright green, an emerald fire ball converged in her hand frightening the adventurer's.

" Lady Esmeralda." Esmeralda's hand was suddenly grabbed by the Old adventurer who's expression had finally turned unhappy. " I'd appreciate it if you didn't harm my boy's."

" Tsk!" Esmeralda tried budging her hand but the Old man's grip was like a metal clamp that refused to let go, in the end she dispersed her attack, only then did the Old man let her go.

" Could you all please keep it down, they're people trying to sleep. Don't destroy the peace of the inn." An unhappy voice suddenly drew everyone's attention.

" You!" Esmeralda's expression turned fierce once more. " You bastard, so you were alive!"

" Pardon me?" Esmeralda suddenly felt the air around her turn heavy when Su Ping's killing intent and magical pressure locked on her.

' Is this pressure coming from that guy? Was he always this strong?' Esmeralda's train of thought was disorganized due to the unexpected surprise.

" Young necromancer, please control your temper." The Old man felt bitter seeing what was happening.

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