Chapter 205: Chapter 205
A few seconds earlier.
While Eru and the red-haired woman was fighting ferociously, the battle between Long and Meng Huo was tamed. Compared to Eru and the red-haired woman’s fierce exchange, Long was the one that mainly attacked Meng Huo in their battle. This was because Meng Huo continued to hold back his body whenever he could and let Long hit him freely without defending. When Eru was doubling his power with Eruken, both Long and Meng Huo looked towards the direction of Eru and the red-haired woman. Looking at Eru’s power that was continuing to rise, Meng Huo’s mouth was wide open. Dumbfounded, Meng Huo turned to Long for an answer, “What is with your friend?”
Long smiled, “That’s just how brother Eru is”, he spoke with pride, “You’ll get used to it the more you interact with the man.” Meng Huo raised one of his eyebrows, “You can’t do the same thing?” Long shook his head, “Who do you think I am? You think I’m a freak? Even though he and I are both dragons, there is a clear distinction between a red dragon and a black dragon”, Long muttered. Meng Huo paused for a little while before he frowned, “Dragons? Did I hear correctly? Are the two of you dragons?” he asked with a flabbergasted look. “Duh”, Long slightly tilted his head, “Don’t you look at our transformation?” Long pointed at the red protective membrane around him.
“Huh, I thought it was just a secret technique”, Meng Huo rubbed his chin. “Of course, we are not yet adults, so our propper draconic form aren’t unlocked just yet”, Long explained. Then, something clicked inside of Meng Huo’s head, “I see. So that’s why you raged when you saw me earlier. That’s also explained why you looked at me with such hatred.” Then, Meng Huo used all of his willpower to bow towards Long, “I’m sorry.” Long raised his eyebrow, “For what?” Meng Huo shook her head with difficulty, “For desecrating your own kind with my presence.” Long took a deep breath, “No, it is not your fault. If what you said is true, then that red-haired woman and the one behind her back is the problem.”
“The one behind her back?” Meng Huo frowned. “What? Don’t you notice it yet? How did someone you defeated and killed, like you explained in our fight earlier, could revive herself and do an experiment with your body? And how are you so certain that her words are not a lie? Judging from the way she acted, she’s not a scientist that is capable of fusing your soul with an earth dragon’s body. From that, we could see that there is a large organization behind her.” Meng Huo rubbed his chin, “Hmm, what you said is correct. From my memories, Zhu Rong is not capable of doing things like this.” Long scoffed, “This is why humans are a little bit dumb. How can you deduce my hatred instantly but could not see more obvious things in front of you?” he shook his head. Meng Huo slightly lowered his head with a bit of shame, “Enough of this. Quickly defeat me and help your friend. The more I’m allowed to move, the more I could feel my control is decreasing.” Long let out an exasperated sigh, “Fine, I’ll finish you quick.”
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Meanwhile, the armoured woman was traversing Coast Forest together with the blue-haired female soldier and Sydney. “Do any of you remember where the bunker was located?” the armoured woman asked. Sydney shook her head, but the blue-haired female soldier replied, “It should be in a meadow in the middle of this forest, big sis” she rubbed her chin. “Hmm”, the armoured woman pondered, “We need to hurry up a little. It has been a long while when we left those two alone.” Both Sydney and the blue-haired female soldier nodded before they sped up their pace of traversing the Coast Forest.
After a while, the armoured woman, the blue-haired female soldier and Sydney arrived at the location of the previously visible bunker. “I think this is it”, the blue-haired female soldier observed her surroundings. “Let us scan the area first”, the armoured woman suggested, “For all we know, the enemy might set up an ambush near the area.” Sydney and the blue-haired female soldier nodded before they both split up from the armoured woman. A moment passed, and the trio gathered again in the centre of the meadow. “Find anything?” Sydney asked. “No. How about you?” the blue-haired female soldier asked back. Sydney shook her head.
Then, the armoured woman looked at Sydney and the blue-haired female soldier, “Since there is no ambush here, are you all ready?” Both Sydney and the blue-haired female soldier nodded, “Run it. I’m ready”, Sydney replied. After that, the armoured woman took out a green amulet from her pocket. She looked at the amulet for a while, remembering the words from Principal Helga. “I just need to stand close to the proximity of the bunker, right?” the armoured woman rubbed her chin while walking to the centre of the meadow. “I think it is about right here”, the armoured woman raised her hands, trying to feel out where the bunker was.
After feeling a response, the armoured woman looked at the green amulet in her hand, “She said I just need to channel mana into it”, she murmured. The armoured woman channelled her own mana into the green amulet, making the green amulet lit up bright green. After that, the armoured woman pinched the green amulet in her hand. The green amulet shattered after being pinched by the armoured woman, sending out a wide, green pulse around her. The pulse from the green amulet disappeared after a hot minute before it revealed the hidden bunker back to being visible.
“Whoa”, both Sydney and the blue-haired female soldier exclaimed with amazement, “As expected from someone close to becoming an archmage.” The armoured woman stepped inside the now visible hidden bunker, “Are you two going to continue marvel, or are the two of you coming in?” she said with a raised eyebrow. “Yes, ma’am”, the blue-haired female soldier said while Sydney just shrugged her shoulders.
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Back in the underground floor of the bunker hidden inside Coast Forest, the battle between Eru and the red-haired woman was still underway. In fact, the battle became even more ferocious after Eru
“Argh!” Eru was spinning in the air, flying into a wall after being kicked by the red-haired woman. However, the red-haired woman did not fare too well, either. She was also thrown back quite far, crashing into a wall with blood all over her body. The red-haired woman burrowed herself out of the wall, “Amazing, amazing”, the red-haired woman had a sinister grin on her face, “This is why I wanted to live. This is why I came back to life. A battle like this, satisfy both my body and soul!” she declared loudly. Eru moved his shoulders, getting himself out from the wall, “What the fuck are you saying, you battle-loving pervert!?” Eru shook his head.
The red-haired woman scoffed, “You say that but what is with your smile? Your expression betrayed your words.” Unknowingly, Eru also had a small grin on his face. Eru touched his face, feeling the smile on his face; Eru let out a small sigh, “Alright, I’ll admit it, I do enjoy a good battle. But life is more than just a good battle,” Eru rebuked. “Then we agree”, the red-haired woman gathered her strength, “Before we return to our mundane life, let us enjoy this battle of ours!” the red-haired woman shot herself towards Eru with frightening speed.
Eru held his black sword, bracing himself for the confrontation with the red-haired woman with a mix of complicated expressions on his face. The red-haired woman began by striking the raven-haired youth in front of her. Her aura-empowered fist was strong enough that Eru’s raven-coloured protective membrane was ineffective. Eru had to use her black sword to parry the red-haired woman’s attacks. However, how can a sword move faster than fists? The red-haired woman’s attacks managed to slip past through Eru’s guard. But, how could Eru let the red-haired woman hit him just like that?
So, Eru had to be a little bit creative in fending off and counterattacking the red-haired woman. Whenever the red-haired woman overextended her attacks, that’s where Eru began to counterattack. Not only that, but Eru also sometimes threw his own black sword towards the armoured woman whenever he got some distance from her. And using Buddy’s unique ability to summon it back to Eru’s hand, he managed to catch the red-haired woman off guard multiple times.
As the battle between Eru and the red-haired woman raged on, suddenly, Eru felt weak all of a sudden and the raven-coloured protective membrane around him faded. Because of that, Eru began to slowly fall from the sky with an unwilling expression on his face. Eru sighed before looking up towards the sky, “Why now!” Eru yelled his frustration out loud.
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