Chapter 197: Chapter 197
While Eru and Long were exploring the small castle for the second time, suddenly they heard a powerful roar. The powerful roar resounded all over the small castle. The roar was so powerful, causing Eru and Long to slightly kneel down. “What the hell is this?” Eru furrowed his eyebrows. “Shit, this is bad. We need to get out of this castle, brother Eru”, Long suggested. “Yeah, let’s”, Eru replied before he and Long hurriedly rushed towards the exit of the small castle. Eru and Long ran, passing the bridge and arriving at the place where the giant crab-like monstrous creature was.
The giant crab-like monstrous creature wiggled its tied up body, shaking the ropes on its mouth; it spoke, “Let me go, I command. Let me go!” The giant crab-like monstrous creature continued to yap with its signature high-pitched voice. However, Eru and Long ignored the giant crab-like monstrous creature as they both squinted their eyes, looking at the crumbling small castle over the bridge. “Hey, hey. Listen to me, damn it! Where are you two looking at?” the giant crab-like monstrous creature’s eyes were drawn to where Eru and Long were looking at.
When the giant crab-like monstrous creature saw the small castle over the bridge crumble slowly, its entire body shivered with fear and trepidation. “Now I know why you come out. Quick, release me. We need to run away from here. I know a safe place to hide. Quickly, please release me!” the giant crab-like monstrous creature struggled with all of its might, terrified of what was to come. “You know what’s coming?” Long looked at the giant crab-like monstrous creature. “Yes, yes, I know. A terrifying thing is about to emerge from the small castle. Quickly release me, or else we all going to die!” the giant crab-like monstrous creature pleaded.
“What do we do, brother Eru?” Long asked. Eru furrowed his eyebrows, pondering for a second. As the castle continued to crumble, a gigantic, scally claw emerged from the ground. “Quick, quick. Release me. We need to get away from here!” the giant crab-like monstrous creature said with sweat all over its body. Feeling the pressure emitted from the gigantic, scally claw, Eru immediately unsheathed his black sword. Then, Eru swung his black sword, cutting the binds that of the giant crab-like monstrous creature. “If you betray us, you know where you are going”, Eru threatened. The giant crab-like monstrous creature nodded, “Trust me. It will be better dying by you guys’ hands rather than that thing.”
Then, the giant crab-like monstrous creature waved its claw, “Come, follow me. We need to hurry before that thing fully emerge.” Eru and Long trailed behind the giant crab-like monstrous creature while every now and then, they looked back towards the small castle. Eru and Long followed the giant crab-like monstrous creature through a space hidden by a white rock. Eru, Long and the giant crab-like monstrous creature slightly poked their heads outside. “Roar!” the gigantic, scally claw slammed down to the ground before a large nose tip poked through the ground. As the creature emerged from the ground, Eru’s mouth was agape while Long’s eyes were filled with fury. Long clenched his fists so hard that blood poured from his hands.
“These bastards!” Long gritted with teeth as a red-protective membrane bubbled from within Long. “The earth dragon”, the giant crab-like monstrous creature exclaimed softly and with a hint of fear and reverence. “How dare they!” Long stomped his foot, causing the ground around him slightly shook. “Calm down, Long”, Eru warned. “Calm down? You want me to calm down!? They desecrated a dragon, brother Eru. A fully grown, yellow dragon’s corpse!” Long spoke in anger. “Corpse? How do you know it is a corpse?” Eru squinted his eyes. Long immediately lowered his head, “T-that… It does not matter how I know. What matter right now is that they desecrated a yellow dragon’s corpse.”
“What do you mean corpse?” the giant crab-like monstrous creature interjected, “Isn’t it fully alive?” it pointed its claw towards the emerging earth dragon. “Look at it!” Long pointed his finger towards the emerging earth dragon, “Do that thing looks alive to you? Look at its eyes!” he shouted. Eru and the giant crab-like monstrous creature squinted their eyes. “It’s red?” the giant crab-like monstrous creature slightly tilted its large crab head. “Exactly. Normally, we, dragons, have eyes colour matching to that of our skin. There’s no way an alive yellow dragon would have red eyes. Besides, I do not sense earth mana coming from that creature”, Long explained.
“Hmm”, Eru rubbed his chin, “Come to think of it, you do have red eyes”, he pondered. “Yes, that’s what I am saying. That yellow dragon might seem alive, but it is not. It’s moved by some sort of necromancy, I’m certain of it”, Long said with confidence. “Then, how are we supposed to get through the yellow dragon?” Eru asked. Long furrowed his eyebrows while his red eyes burned with anger, “It is simple. We just need to beat it down.” The giant crab-like monstrous creature’s eyes nearly popped up from its socket, “Are you crazy? That is an earth dragon. Even an 8th Grade Aura Master will struggle against it, let alone you two.”
“We can take care of it. After all, it’s just a remain of the earth dragon”, Eru spoke with confidence. “You are right, brother Eru. If we work together, we should be able to put him to rest”, Long added. The giant crab-like monstrous creature shrugged, “Suit yourself. You two can face it all on your own.
Meanwhile, I will just be right here, waiting for you two to be dead.” Right after that, Long and Eru prepared themselves for the inevitable fight that was coming to them. “Right, any tips, Long?” Eru asked while strapping his sword. “Go all out from the start. Since I did not sense any draconic mana fluctuation from it, we should be safe from the yellow dragon’s other abilities. We should still be careful about its tough skin, though”, Long explained. “Go all out from the start, eh?” Eru raised one of his eyebrows before unsheathing his black sword, “Got it.”
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“Have you sent the magical camera yet?” the red-haired woman inquired while leaning back on her chair. One of the humanoid monstrous creatures inside the surveillance room answered, “Y-yes ma’am. But the earth dragon nearly destroyed them all.” The red-haired woman furrowed her eyebrows, “Nearly?” The humanoid monstrous creature nodded, “Yes, nearly, ma’am. There is only one magical camera that remained.” The red-haired woman raised one of her eyebrows, “Please tell me it is the new model”, she sighed. “It is the newest model, ma’am”, the humanoid creature replied.
“That’s good then”, the red-haired woman slightly smiled, “What are you waiting for? Broadcast it immediately”, the red-haired woman barked, causing panic and fear among the humanoid monstrous creatures inside the surveillance room.
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The earth dragon roared towards the ceiling; it placed its two claws on the small castle’s wall, crushing it down to a pile of rubble. The earth dragon’s belly dragged through the ground. The earth dragon crawled slowly as its large and fat body caused it to be unable to move with agility. The earth dragon’s massive stature caused destruction every time it moved. And the earth dragon did not just move; it rampaged around. The earth dragon’s rampage destroyed most of the small castle, leaving the earth dragon surrounded by the dark lava beneath. However, the earth dragon suddenly opened up its huge mouth, gobbling out all of the dark lava near it.
The earth dragon let out a powerful roar, shaking the entire floor and causing the stalactite on the ceiling to fall down. Suddenly, the earth dragon seemingly sensed something before it turned its head around. Then, the earth dragon’s slanted red eyes squinted slightly as it saw two different lights were approaching it. The earth dragon roared once again towards the two different lights, feeling that the two were challenging it. “I will attack first, brother Eru”, Long said. “No, let me”, Eru shook his head, “Since you’re better than me in attacking from afar, you watch your distance.” Long furrowed his eyebrows, feeling a little bit disappointed that he could not face the earth dragon head-on before realizing the situation he was in.
“Be careful, brother Eru”, Long said before the red light split up from the raven-coloured light. Eru mustered his power, spinning his raven-coloured aura around his black sword before using it to deliver a high speed, flying attack towards the earth dragon’s head. The earth dragon’s head got flung back by Eru, and while it was disorientated, Long sent out a giant fireball, hitting the earth dragon clean. The earth dragon’s massive body crashed down to the floor, causing ripples on the remaining dark lava. The dark lava flowed towards the earth dragon, slightly burning its skin. However, the earth dragon quickly got on its feet; opening its mouth, it roared with fury towards Eru and Long.
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