"Rya... What?" Quinus was astonished by what he was seeing. "Wow! How many more abilities do you have up your sleeves?" he said excitedly.
"I might have a few more... I'll show you if we can kill this thing..." Rya responded with a smile on her face.
Quinus looked relieved to see the Troll stopped in its place at the moment, But he noticed that it still had a lot of fight left in it. They need to find the damn Dungeon Core and get out of here if they want to survive.
"I-I don't know how long I can hold this, Quin," Rya said with a little worry in her voice.
Quinus runs over to Rya, "If only we could get this bastard to the surface and let the sun kill it for us... Hey, what happened to your earth magic?"
Rya shook her head, "T-The Dungeon Core is preventing me from using it. I think I can overpower the Core's influence but I don't think I can create any walls and spikes until we destroy it... I don't see it on the surface so I think it's underneath the floor... I just need a second to sense where it is. Once I find it I'll have to use all my strength to open its hiding spot."
Quinus grimaced, "So you'll have to release our friend there, huh."
"Yeah, and I'll need you to stab the Core... Quin. Thank you for everything you've done-"
"Hey! Don't say that! Find the Core and we'll get out of this mess! Plus I need to give you your reward, you hear me?"
Rya turns to look at the Troll, who was being held in place by her Dark Earthly Blade magic. She was trying to estimate how much time they would have before the Troll would be on top of them after she released it from her spell.
'I think we have thirty seconds at most, so we have to hurry!' She thought before looking back at Quinus and his handsome face.
"Haah... Alright, give me a second," Rya closed her eyes as she started to sense the ether particles emitting from a spot like a green-flamed fire about eight feet from them.
"Found it! It's over there, about one foot under the stone floor," Rya said excitedly as she nodded her head in the direction of the Dungeon Core.
"Okay... I'm ready when you are, Rya," Quinus said while placing his hands next to Rya's hands on the handle of the Sun's Fury. Rya took a breath before she gave him a nod. She let go of the sword and it returned to its normal form once her mana was no longer flowing through it. When the dark shadowy blade returned to the sword, the Cave Troll was able to move freely.
"Let's go, Quin!" Rya yelled out when she ran towards the location of the Dungeon Core. She places her hands on the ground and channeled all her mana into the rock floor. She was determined to open the floor up and reveal the Dungeon Core.
"AARRRRHHHH!!" roared the Troll. Now that it was free, it charged after the two of them.
"COME ON, YOU FUCKING, FLOOR!" Rya yelled out as she concentrated on opening the floor with the Core fighting her every step of the way.
"You got this Rya! You're better than this piece of shit!" Quinus shouted out while he watched the floor. He was waiting to strike the Core at a moment's notice. He was channeling his mana into the Sun's Fury which made the blade start to shine even brighter.
"GRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!" the Troll was getting closer.
'You're not going to fucking die here, Ryan, SO FUCKING DO IT!' Rya thought to herself as a crack formed on the ground and spread quickly until a big section of the floor caved in.
*Crack-Boom-CRASH!*
"AAAAAHHHHHH!!!!" Rya was finally overpowering the Core's rock floor as it opened up, showing itself for the first time in millennia. The Core looked like a crystal ball and was the size of a fully-grown cantaloupe. The Core had an eerie green glow to it like it could corrupt and manipulate things to its will.
"HYAH!!!" Quinus yelled out as he struck the Core as fast as he could.
"CLINK!"
The Sun's Fury hit the Core's outer shell. It bounced off at first.
"Son of a!" Quinus spat out as he pushed his weight behind his blade.
"Clink-Crack-Crunch!"
With the added force, the sword tip initially made a small indent as the Core's outer shell slowly started to show cracks.
"Quin!" Rya yelled out.
"I GOT THIS, JUST HANG ON!" Quinus yelled out as the Troll was only twenty feet away from them.
Rya knew that the Troll was going to be on top of them before they could break the Dungeon Core. So, she acted fast by standing up as quickly as possible and grabbing Quinus' sword's handle.
"Together, Quin!" Rya shouted with urgency.
"Right!" Quinus grunted out as they both placed all their weight and force onto the sword's tip.
*Crack!*
With Rya's help, the cracks on the Core begin to grow along with their combined strength.
"RRRAAAAHHHH!!!!" roared the Cave Troll.
The Troll was only ten feet away and was ready to crush them both.
"Hang on! I-I got this!" Quinus said in a panic as the Core's outer shell continued to crack as the sword started to sink deeper into the Core's body.
*Crack!*
*Crunch!*
"Almost..." Rya whispered out.
The Core starts to break apart as the sword penetrates deeper and deeper. When the tip of the blade finally reaches the center of the Dungeon Core, it begins to vibrate intensely and releases a bright green flash. Before Rya and Quinus could respond the Core exploded, sending shards flying everywhere.
*KRRRIIIIIIIINNNNNGGG!!!*
The Dungeon Core was broken into two pieces as the vibrations shook the entire dungeon and the sound was louder than thunder.
"RRROOOAAARRRR!!!!" The Troll roared once it was right on top of them, ready to deliver its fatal blow.
And with that, Rya quickly channeled her mana throughout her body before she stomped the ground, creating an earth spike right underneath the Cave Troll, shooting it up and stabbing the tip of the spike, right through its ass.
"AGGGGGGGHHHHRRRRRNNN!!" the Troll howled out as blood poured out from its mouth and butt. The Cave Troll struggled to free itself as he began to be lifted up to the ceiling at breakneck speed and smashed into it.
*Thud-Thud-Thud*
The Cave Troll was forced right through the ceiling as Rya continued to control the spike, forcing the Troll to keep going through the stone above.
"RRRRAAAARRRGGGGHHH!" The Cave Troll screamed out as it kept being forced upwards and smashed through the ceiling of the next floor.
Rya wasn't going to stop until she knew she pushed that bastard up to the surface or if her mana ran out. And she had a lot of mana to use. Hell, she wished she could send that hulking bastard to the sun if she could. So, this went on for a few minutes as Quinus and Rya heard the pained cries from the Cave Troll echoing from the floors above. Quinus looked up at the hole and was waiting to see the sun.
*BOOM!*
The ceiling of the last floor broke open and the Cave Troll was launched towards the sky. It started to turn into stone before turning into ash. The sun was the Cave Troll's natural enemy as the light killed it instantly.
*BOOM!*
Quinus could hear the sound of the monster's body as it broke through the clouds above and exploded, covering the area in a small cloud of black dust. But Rya was still channeling her mana as the spike continued to ascend, pushing through the last cloud layer.
"Rya! Rya! You got him! He's dead. Calm down... You can relax..." Quinus said as he pulled Rya into a hug. He could see that she was shaking a little.
"We-We're alive? WE'RE ALIVE!" Rya cried out as tears fell from her eyes.
'How the hell did we even survive that!? Fuck IT! We're just lucky and I don't care!' Rya thought to herself as she hugged Quinus. She hugged him so tight that her breasts were pressed firmly against him.
For Quinus, all the hardships and pain he endured were worth it. He got to meet the woman of his dreams and now she was holding onto him as tightly as she could. He looked into her tear-filled eyes and smiled at her.
"Haha... I don't know about you, but I could use a vacation," Quinus smiled at Rya when she looked up at him with a tired smile and hugged Quinus tighter.
If Rya wasn't so exhausted she would have realized that her boobs were pressing against him, causing him to get aroused. This would have grossed her out by having a man attracted to her. But, instead, she just stared at his golden eyes like she was lost in them. She would have stared at them forever if a strange stench didn't fill the air, all of a sudden.
"Ugh, what is that smell?" Rya said as she released Quinus and covered her nose.
"Huh!? Is it me? I'm sorry about tha~," Quinus was trying to apologize when Rya smacked him lightly on the head.
"Nooo! It's not coming from you, dummy!" Rya growled in his face, but it was a playful growl. She was still happy that they were both alive.
"Well, I can't smell anything... And if it's not coming from me, then where's it coming from?"
Rya looked around the cave and saw something strange in the hole, where the destroyed Core was.
"I think the smell is coming from the Dungeon Core?" Rya was guessing as she pointed to the remains of the Core.
"Hmm?" Quinus muttered to himself as he took a closer look at the hole in the ground. Where his sword was still stuck in the ground after destroying the Core. As he stepped closer to the hole, was when he saw it.
"Liquid Ether!" Quinus exclaimed.
"GODDESS! Well, whatever that stuff is, smells terrible!" Rya said with disgust as she backed away.
"Hold on, I'll extract it," Quinus said as he rummaged through his pouch that was strapped around his waist. After searching for a moment he found the bottle he was looking for. It was a glass that looked like a magical glass vial with a red-colored cork on the top. It had a special ability to suck in anything when it was uncorked and it was used to contain magical or poisonous liquid without it leaking out.
"There we go. We should be able to collect the ether with these..." Quinus said and put the vial in the hole where the Blue Glowing Liquid Ether was. "Man, I never knew how much this stuff glowed. I wonder why it doesn't smell bad to me?"
"I have no idea... It's probably because you're a human, and I'm an elf... Or something..." Rya replied with a shrug while covering her nose.
"I feel like there's more to it than that, but I guess it's not that important right now," Quinus said and started to extract the blue liquid. It took only a moment before all the liquid was sucked inside of the bottle.
"That's a lot of Liquid Ether! This should work nicely!" Quinus said with a grin.
"Well, at least that vile stench is gone now. So, let's get out of here... Ah! OH!" Rya cried out as her body started to feel funny in a sexual kind of way.
"Rya? What's wrong!?" Quinus was worried about her and wanted to know what was happening.
"I-It's nothing, I'm fine, uhm... Huh? M-My?" Rya was stunned to see her growing breasts and tried to cover them up with her arms. Then her crotch started to heat up so she crossed her legs. She was having trouble balancing herself as she tried to hide her embarrassment.
When Quinus saw how she was reacting, he knew what Rya's problem was.
"So, it looks like you're getting affected with Mana Rush. It seems you killed the Cave Troll," Quinus said as he stood up and walked over to Rya.
"MMmmm! W-What are you doing?" Rya asked nervously as she felt her pants riding up thanks to her expanding thighs. At the same time, her loins started to form camel-toe as her trousers stretched due to her hips.
'Not Mana Lust! Damn! I don't want him to see me like this...' Rya thought as she was starting to sweat a bit.
Quinus saw the signs and could tell she was experiencing a high dose of Mana Rush and he knew what he could do to help her.