The Systems Challenge

Chapter 255: Groping Around in the Dark

Chapter 255: Groping Around in the Dark

The fact that Jonas had become incapacitated without getting injured was baffling to Elmo. When he'd checked Jonas' stats, the only thing that stood out to him was the fact that after his 'Shadow Sight' ability was the word 'overextended.' What that meant, Elmo couldn't be sure, but he had a feeling that it related to how Jonas was currently.

Whether it was related to how Elin would get when he to use up her MP past her available MP, or how he had been when he'd gone over his maximum MP, HP, and stamina, he couldn't really say. He suspected it was the case, though at the same time couldn't be sure if there was any way for them to find out.

If Jonas was going to ask his tutorial, Elmo suspected that he'd need to first recover a little. Otherwise he didn't see Jonas being in any state to ask, let alone understand any response he might get about it. Especially since Jonas didn't seem capable of even continuing on moving through the cave on their

When Elmo entered the water way, somehow he felt like he could feel a difference. He was sure that it was purely from his imagination, but it felt so real. Like he could reach out and touch it, making him half wonder what kind of texture it would have.

Whether he was able to make better time moving Jonas this way than the initial method he'd been using, he couldn't really say. He didn't have anything to help him tell the time, so it wasn't like he could use that to gauge the time that he spent moving along.

So, he couldn't say how long he'd been moving along the water way, other than how many time's he'd needed to take a rest, before he felt like there was an opening above him. He wasn't sure what it was, but he could tell that the walls of the waterway were too steep for him to climb out of.

He couldn't tell how high the walls were, but he felt like he should go up there. Not that he knew what the reason was. Just that something was calling to him from up there. Telling him that the way he was looking for to get out of the cave was up there.