Chapter 194: Chapter 194
While Eru was in the air, unconscious because he was sent flying back by the blonde-haired armoured lady, he remembered something from the previous night. Suddenly, Eru’s eyes gleamed. The raven-coloured protective membrane around Eru burst out as an unknown, golden energy hue enveloped his entire body. Right after that, the raven-coloured protective membrane surrounded Eru once again; however, instead of surrounding Eru like earlier, the raven-coloured protective membrane formed some sort of dragon-like armour around Eru, making his appearance even more dazzling. Eru opened his eyes, and his amber-coloured eyes burst with light while another two raven-coloured wings materialized behind Eru’s back.
“That form—” Long exclaimed as his eyes gleamed with interest. Right after that, Eru flew across the room and in an instant, he appeared right before the blonde-haired armoured lady’s face. “This farce has gone long enough”, Eru spoke; his words were filled with power. “Wha—” the blonde-haired armoured lady was startled; she tried to move away, but Eru’s hand was too fast as he grabbed the blonde-haired armoured lady by her face. Then, Eru dived towards the ground before planting the blonde-haired armoured lady’s face deep inside the ground. After that, Eru stopped the blonde-haired armoured woman and put his hands between her and the skeleton behind her.
Then, with all his strength, Eru tried tearing the two apart with his bare hands. “Argh!” the blonde-haired armoured lady screamed in pain while Eru tore apart the skeleton from her body. And, with a single shout from Eru, the skeleton and the blonde-haired armoured lady was separated as blood spurted from the blonde-haired armoured lady’s joints. Right after that, the blonde-haired armoured lady let out an otherworldly scream full of pain. The skin around the blonde-haired armoured lady melted, and her flesh dissolved right after she was separated from the exoskeleton. “No, no, my flesh, my body, they’re leaving me”, the now skeletoned, blonde-haired armoured lady lamented as she looked at her hands.
Right after that, Eru walked closer to the now skeletoned, blonde-haired armoured lady. “Don’t-don’t come close to me. Stay away, stay away!” the now skeletoned blonde-haired armoured lady yelled, terrified as she retreated slowly. After a while, Eru managed to catch up to the now skeletoned blonde-haired armoured lady. Then, Eru put her palm on the now skeletoned blonde-haired armoured lady’s head, “This has gone long enough, die!” Right after he said that, a golden hue, raven-coloured aura spun on Eru’s palm before it expanded. “No!” the now skeletoned blonde-haired armoured lady screamed as Eru’s golden hue, raven-coloured aura swallowed her up.
The now skeletoned blonde-haired armoured lady wailed until her entire body disintegrated her to pieces causing the death aura around the large oval room to disappear. When the now skeletoned blonde-haired armoured lady’s wail stopped, Eru breathed a sigh of relief before he undid his Dragon Force Technique, “That was something”, Eru exclaimed while looking at his own hand. He was pulled inside a stupor before a sudden sound woke him up.
*Clap, Clap, Clap*
Eru looked towards the directions of the clap, “Sorry it took so long”, he smiled towards Long. “No, no. That was an amazing fight”, Long praised while clapping his hands. “What was that transformation, brother Eru? That was the first time I saw that transformation”, Long added. “Really?” Eru raised his eyebrows. Long nodded, “Yes. That was so cool, and coupled with that, although you did not fully transform, your power rivals that of mine when I transform fully, brother Eru. As expected of you.” Eru smiled wryly, “Shuush. Stop with the praising. How are you? Are you okay? I sensed that you transformed earlier.”
Long shook his head, “I am quite fine, actually. I drank some green potion you gave me earlier after I transformed. I’ll be fine for now.” Eru nodded, “If you say so.” Eru continued, “Right, since the boss of this level had been defeated, let us venture downwards.” Long waved his hands, “After you, brother Eru.” As Eru walked away, he looked at his hands and pondered, “Fate power, huh”, he softly muttered.
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“Hoam~” the red-haired woman yawned loudly while leaning on her favourite chair. “How is the progress of the third floor?” the red-haired woman asked. One of the humanoid monstrous creatures was about to answer when suddenly, another humanoid monstrous creature entered the room with haste. “U-urgent report”, the humanoid monstrous creature panted, “The lich’s life crystal has gone dark. She had been defeated”, the humanoid monstrous creature reported. The other humanoid monstrous creatures inside the surveillance room sweated; they looked between their comrade and the red-haired woman with worry and wariness in their eyes.
“The lich was defeated?” The red-haired woman’s eyes gleamed with excitement, “Quick, give me the lich’s life crystal”, she barked. “Y-yes, ma’am”, said the reporting humanoid monstrous creature before leaving the surveillance room. After a short second, the reporting humanoid monstrous creature finally came back while holding a darkened life crystal, filled with the aura of death. The reporting humanoid monstrous creature kneeled down before the red-haired woman, “Here you go, ma’am” the humanoid monstrous creature presented the darkened life crystal towards the red-haired woman.
The red-haired woman received the darkened life crystal with her hand, “Hmm, interesting.” Right after that, the red-haired woman’s hand glowed before the darkened life crystal brightened up again. “Come on out, lich”, the red-haired woman commanded. The now lit up life crystal glowed before a spirit flew out from the life crystal. “You call, mistress?” the spirit formed into a mini version of a familiar blonde-haired armoured lady with a scythe on her back. “I did. You remember how you get defeated?” the red-haired woman inquired while twirling around the life crystal in her hand.
The mini version of the blonde-haired armoured lady rubbed her chin, “I remember slightly. Since most of my soul was destroyed, my memories are a little hazy”, the mini version of the blonde-haired armoured lady bowed, “I’m sorry, mistress, for not being of some use.” The red-haired woman smiled while rubbing the mini version of the blonde-haired armoured lady’s head, “Don’t be. It can’t be helped that those two intruders are stronger than you. I take it your golem was destroyed too?” The mini version of the blonde-haired lady nodded, “I am afraid so, mistress. That one, I remembered. One of the intruders, I believe the one with red hair, was the one that destroyed my golem.”
“And the one that killed you?” the red-haired woman asked while leaning back into her chair. “I think he’s weaker than the red-haired intruder. Last I remember, I was quite disappointed I picked the wrong opponent to fight”, the mini version of the blonde-haired armoured lady reported. “Hmm”, the red-haired woman pondered while holding the picture of Eru and Long in her other hand, “Nevertheless, they should provide some needed entertainment inside this boring place. At least I can test out how It would fare against the intruders”, she muttered. Then, the red-haired woman yawned once again, “You better hurry up and descend the fourth floor, intruders, or else I will die of boredom.”
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Eru and Long continued their way down the stairs, venturing deeper and deeper into the bunker in the middle of the forest. “How long are these stairs?” Eru groaned as he and Long were descending the stairs for a hot minute. “Shall we just jump down, brother Eru?” Long suggested. “Nah”, Eru sighed, “After all, we never knew what might greet us downstairs. Besides, we do need the rest. We have been into too many fights recently.” Long stretched his whole body, “I can still go”, Long flexed his muscle. “Says the man who was trembling a minute earlier”, Eru scoffed. While Eru and Long were bantering, they unknowingly reached the fourth underground floor of the bunker in the middle of the forest.
“This is the fourth floor?” Eru exclaimed as he furrowed his eyebrows. Long’s eyes flashed with curiosity, “Interesting. This is different from the other three.” Eru observed his surroundings, “How can this be? How the hell did they make this place?” Eru squinted his eyes while seeing the marvellous sight in front of him. A small castle was presented before Eru and Long’s eyes. The ceiling was filled with glow moss while the way to the small castle was lit up by oil lamps that were lined up neatly as the fires flickered here and there. The road to the small castle was narrow, and there was only one single road towards the small castle. In between Eru, Long, and the small castle was a large stone bridge, with dark lava underneath it.
“Do you want to rest for a while, brother Eru?” Long asked while furrowing his eyebrows. Eru stared at Long with a hint of surprise in his eyes, “That’s not like you. Normally, you just charge straight ahead towards the castle.” Long took a deep breath, “You don’t sense it, brother Eru?” Eru nodded, “Yeah, I did”, he said sombrely. Long squinted his eyes, “That small castle gives me a bad feeling, even when we are still far away from it.”
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