Emergency evacuation.

Once again he failed to reach her. The situation looked dire and was only getting worse. Sylvia was **** and wouldn't be able to provide any help, the elf sisters were trying to comfort each other and cried a lot.

John stole the brand and stored it in his inventory without touching it, just like the blade it could prove useful to find a cure to what had been done to Sylvia.

John felt weak, a lot weaker than he had felt since he gained his powers, he had lost the habit of being tired, but even Gamer's Body couldn't fight the effects of the curse and the blood loss was taking its toll.

The stealth indicator only detected two witnesses, so they were alone. John asked Cali to watch over Sylvia for a moment and returned to the previous room where they fought the chosen.

The wheel to unlock the door, disarm the trap and escape this jail might have been easily used by two giant lizards, but he saw no way a one handed human and two elf girls could turn it. John had to remember to cast healing spells on himself to stop dying, but soon he hit a wall. He had reached the maximum of healing spells he could use on himself before getting back to full health.

There was no time to lose, he tried to drink some of Sylvia's sap and put some on his wounds, but it only had a marginal effect. John returned to the cell and gathered everyone. The outside tunnel was filled with magma, everything in it would be dead and there was nothing that knew they were still alive.

When activating his hearthstone failed once again, John had to try the other option. After all once back from his kingdom he would have found himself back in this cell. Before trying the next thing he tried to call Moira one last time.

"Newman, what did you do again?" he could hear when she picked up the call.

"Holy fuck, Moira. I'm so happy you answered. I need a healer, it's a life or **** situation." he explained.

"Wait! You're dying? What did get yourself into this time?" she asked, shocked.

"I just opened a barrier, a normal one this time. But I have trouble getting out of it and me and others have been wounded by a dangerous weapon that stops myself from healing. Please help me, I don't know what to do." he begged.

"Others? Yeah it's urgent, we will see that later. Where are you physically, once you will leave the barrier? Can these others travel with you? " she asked.

"My home. If I get out I can send them to my kingdom and your healer will be able to get in from wherever I am. Do you have someone available?" he replied.

"I know someone, I'll send you something, follow the instructions and I'll get there. Oh?! And try not to die." she finished.

John looked at his phone and saw that she sent him a picture of a strange symbol, apparently using this symbol on the ground would help him get out of this place.

John found a spray can on the ground where one of the dead elves dropped it off and drew the symbol on a flat area of the ground. He asked the two sisters to carefully carry Sylvia at the center of it, while he dragged the bodies of the dead elves in the other room (only those that were here with him, not the burnt prisoners).

He began to loot every body he could find, retrieving at least part of the materials invested in equipping them and getting some vials of elf blood from the bodies.

8 lizard scale armors
8 obsidian long knives
8 obsidian spears
4 lizard scale shields
24 vials of elf blood.
8 elven loincloths

He came back to the circle and asked the two sisters to touch him while he tried to break away, to make sure they would be dragged with him.

It took him a lot of effort and focus. His last can of BlueBoar had given him a bit of a boost and he had meditated a few minutes. Ferulia's skin was hot, really hot. It wasn't as hot as fire or magma, but it was still too warm to allow for continuous contact.

Suddenly the world around him seemed to flicker. The place didn't shatter like he had seen some places before, but he was just dragged out of it. Could it be that he had once again ventured into a permanent place?

A split second later he was in his basement near the washer and dryer. He instantly got his hearthstone out and transported the three girls to his kingdom.

Once there he had no time to lose, he grabbed Sylvia as he could and got up on his bike while carrying her. "Try to follow us" he told the sisters

Halfway to the forest and the fountain he fell, losing even more health. He was surprised to see Cali and Ferulia just behind him. Ferulia picked him up like he weighed nothing and her sister picked up Sylvia and carried her along the way.

They soon reached the fountain at the center of the new glade. John helped Cali laying Sylvia down into the fountain, he saw that Ferulia was keeping away from the water as if afraid of what it would do to her. The grass was slowly cooking and turning to mush under her feet, once she noticed it she found a rock on the ground and stood there. John scooped some water and made it flow on Cali's belly where she had been wounded. It had some effects, but not what he expected. The healing power of the water gave them all some Hp back, it reduced the red swelling around the wounds and cleaned the blood, but the wounds stayed open.

It at least seemed to have reset John's cap for his healing spell. He would be able to refill his already depleting health bar. He drank a lot, hoping it would help him keep his mind straight after the blood loss.

He picked his phone and called Moira again.

"Where are you?" he shouted, despair showing in his voice. Sylvia's body looked a little less disfigured, but she was still **** and the red hot brand was still glowing on her ribs.

"I have someone ready, but I have to take you there. I'll be near your house in 7 minutes." she replied calmly, not reacting to his aggressive behavior.

John brushed Sylvia's half burnt hair and kissed her forehead. "Please don't die, I don't want to lose you." he whispered to her.

He jumped on his bike and sped up to his castle, using Move to keep the handle bar straight with only one hand. He reached his castle and returned to his room. He really wished he could enter and exit his kingdom without going back to this spot.

He exited his room and ran downstairs really hoping not to meet his mom. He ran out of the back door and walked around the house.

Moira was waiting here on her Harley, a spare helmet in hands. He saw her eyes turn to his left arm...

"For fuck's sake Newman! What happened to you? Are you really trying to die?" she screamed.

"No time for that! Take me there!" he replied getting on the bike behind her, disregarding the helmet offered to him.

"Wait we...."

"I don't care, get me there before she dies!" he shouted, holding onto her as well as he could with one hand. Moira didn't ask who he was talking about, but knowing a life was at stake she made her engine roar and sped away into the night, taking advantage of the empty streets.