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Chapter 17: Into the Deep

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"Ha, ha, ha," heavy breathing came from above me. I could see white walls all around me. Based on the surroundings I was seeing we were somewhere on the 37th floor or what the Loki familia referred to as the White palace. However, the walls were rushing passed me at an incredible speed.

"..."

The scene that I awoke to was a genuinely confusing one.

Sophia held me tight against her body as she rushed frantically around the halls of the dungeon.

She was covered in scars some shallow and some deep, but that was nothing compared to the dirt that covered her and the dark circles under her eyes.

Her eyes held a certain savagery to them compared to any time I'd seen her before. She was hyper-alert. Making sure nothing slipped passed her perception.

She breathed heavily and I could feel her stomach push out and in with each breath.

"uh...S-Sophia?" I ask slowly.

Her eyes widened slightly as she stopped directly in her tracks. She slowly Looked down and stared at my slime body.

"...Rimuru?" she asked?

I jumped out of her arms and turned back to my human form in front of her. "Y-yeah... what...How did..." as I struggled with what to ask just as she rushed to me grabbing my shoulders

"Huh?" I grunted in surprise at her actions. So many things were happening so quickly that I couldn't keep up.

"Ignore all that for now." she whispered softly. "are you really back?" she asked, unnatural desperation in her voice.

"Huh? Y-yeah... I guess." I say slowly. As I confirmed what she asked she slowly began to fall into me. I grabbed her to make sure she didn't fall.

"Thank... god... listen, no matter what... don't go to the surface... Wait until I wake back up... I'll explain everything," she said in between labored breaths before fully letting her full body weight onto me.

"..." she had collapsed. She was unconscious. I was really confused. What was happening? Why are we in the dungeon? Why is she so injured? How long had she been in here? Why couldn't I go to the surface?

My head span with question after question endlessly. That seemed to be a motif as of late.

Okay...before any of that. I took out a healing potion. But not just any healing potion. No this was a modified one from this world. The one I made with the hipokute herbs I found on the floor with the flying islands was essentially useless to any adventurer due to the fact that the god's blood rejected magicules for whatever reason. However, I was able to analyze several potions from this world that did work on adventurers. And by combining them with the potions I made I could make a potion that could heal about as good as the once back in dwargon.

In other words, they could heal as good as a high potion could.

I took it out and applied it to Sophia whose injuries closed.

Okay. now... I thought as I picked her up fully.

"..."

"!?" I whip my head around to face the sudden presence I feel. My eyes sharpen as I make eye contact with the person in question.

"...Aiz," I say in a low voice.

"..." she simply stares at me. I could barely read her expression but if I had to say it looked unnerved. Scared almost.

Her eyes shook and sweat covered her skin.

"You wouldn't happen to know why my friend is in this condition do you?" I ask slowly. I didn't say it directly but she instantly caught on to my meaning

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