Chapter 209: Chapter 209
A few minutes ago, while the armoured woman, the blue-haired female soldier and Sydney were fighting the large, undead monstrous creature, Eru was still meditating. Raven-coloured aura was emitted from Eru’s body as his power slowly raised little by little. The potion that Long fed Eru earlier had completely showed its effect. Although the green potion could not let Eru recover to his full strength, it allowed Eru to recover from the after-effects of the Eruken and the Dragon Force Technique. In this meditation, not only was Eru trying to gather his own aura, but he also tried to familiarize himself with the Fate Energies that were abundant near him.
Occasionally, instead of just a raven-coloured aura that comes out from Eru’s body, a golden-coloured hue could be seen enveloping Eru’s body, hugging him with love and care. Eru slightly opened his eyes when he felt that he could control the Fate Energy around him. “So this is Fate Energy, huh?” Eru examined himself. “It felt different from mana and aura. Whereas mana and aura felt violent like an untamed animal that needs to be controlled, wielding Fate Energy is like moving your own body. It is more gentle yet a powerful one”, Eru pondered to himself. After that, Eru continued to close his eyes, going back to meditating.
After a while, Eru suddenly opened his eyes. He furrowed his eyebrows before unsheathing his black sword, gripping it tightly in his hand. “Who’s there?” Eru shouted, his posture tensed with wariness, his eyes were looking in the direction of the stairs. Eru squinted his eyes; the grip of his black sword tightened as the footsteps were closing in. Then, Eru widened his eyes in surprise when he saw the one that was moving in. “Teacher!” a familiar black-skinned, white-haired woman emerged from the stairs, running towards Eru with haste. “Sydney!” Eru exclaimed, “What are you doing here? Didn’t you already leave?”
Not only Sydney, but Eru also saw the armoured woman and her subordinate, the female soldier that had blue hair, come out from the stairs. “You all”, Eru furrowed his eyebrows, “Why are you three here? This place is dangerous; you might lose your life here,” he warned. “What are you saying, teacher Eru? Aren’t you here in this place as well?” Sydney said as she slightly tilted her head. The armoured woman nodded, “To answer your question, we are here as your reinforcement”, she said while crossing her arms. “Reinforcement?” Eru squinted his eyes.
Then, Eru smiled wryly, “Reinforcement, huh” Eru looked at the armoured woman, “You shouldn’t have come back here. How can you three be a reinforcement when the three of you are weaker than me.” After hearing that, the blue-haired female soldier’s eyes turned red with anger, “Why, you—” before she continued; however, the armoured woman stopped her. “We are well aware of that. But, we are not who we are from before”, she said with confidence. “Really?” Eru darted his eyes sideway, still feeling sceptical about all this. “Then you three must really want to die”, Eru chuckled. “What do you mean?” the armoured woman furrowed her eyebrows. “The enemy of this place, the boss of those monstrous creatures, is stronger than me and Long combined”, Eru said with a sombre tone while shaking his head.
The armoured woman stared at Eru for a while before slightly laughing. “Why are you laughing? Don’t you fear for your life?” Eru squinted his eyes. “Hahaha”, the armoured woman continued laughing. “You’re worried about that? For all your strength, I forgot that you are still young, after all”, the armoured woman wiped the tears on her eyes. “What are you implying?” Eru confusingly looked at the armoured woman. “If the boss is stronger than you and Long combined, why don’t you two add us into the mix? Maybe the scale will tip to our advantage”, the armoured woman explained. “That’s not it, Syndra”, Eru let out an exasperated sigh, “I’m confident that if I were to face that red-haired woman again, I’m confident in myself.”
Then, Eru looked deeply at the armoured woman, the blue-haired female soldier and Sydney before adding, “But, if I were to face that red-haired woman with you three, I’m not confident I could fight and protect the three of you at the same time.” The blue-haired female soldier scoffed at Eru’s words, “Big words for someone so young. How can you be so arrogant when you only possess a little bit of strength? Don’t you know our effort” the blue-haired female soldier shook her head, “No, their effort to get here and rescue your ass?” Eru stared at the blue-haired female soldier in shock. Just as he was about to reply, a voice resounded around them, “If you can’t protect them while dealing with Zhu Rong, leave them to me.”
Eru, the armoured woman, the blue-haired female soldier and Sydney turned their heads towards the direction of the voice. “You”, Eru exclaimed when he saw a familiar brown-skinned, horned humanoid creature in front of him, “Meng Huo, you’re alive.” Meng Huo nodded, “I am. Thanks to your red-haired friend, the soul binding technique inside of me is no longer an issue”, he explained. Eru furrowed his eyebrows, “How di he—” before Eru managed to finish his sentence, the armoured woman drew her sword, “Who are you?” she asked as she pointed her sword towards Meng Huo. “He’s an ally, Syndra”, informed Eru before he stood up, staring directly at Meng Huo’s eyes, “Can we trust you?” Meng Huo stared back with resolution in his eyes, “I will do my best.”
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After that, Eru told the armoured woman, the blue-haired female soldier and Sydney all that had happened before. “So you’re telling me that this guy is formerly an earth dragon?” the blue-haired female soldier pointed her finger towards Meng Huo with gleaming and curious eyes. The armoured woman immediately swatted the blue-haired female soldier’s finger, “Stop that, Amy, it’s rude.” The blue-haired female soldier lowered her head, “Sorry.” Sydney looked at Meng Huo with interest, “Since you’re an earth dragon, how strong are you exactly?” she asked. “Hmm”, Meng Huo crossed his arms, “I don’t know, actually. I had just woken up when Eru here fought me. Previously, though, I’m a 7th Grade Aura Master.”
“A 7th Grade Aura Master!?” the armoured woman, the blue-haired female soldier and Sydney all gasped at the same time. The armoured woman hesitated before opening her mouth, “Excuse me, senior, but did you participate in the war of unification?” she asked with gleaming eyes. Meng Huo rubbed his chin, “I don’t know what it is, but if the war of unification you talked about is the war against the demonic cult and in Gale territory, yeah. I participated in those on the side of Silvan”, Meng Huo pondered. “Whoa, that’s awesome”, Sydney’s eyes gleamed too, “What is it like, back then?” Meng Huo furrowed his eyebrows, “Awful. Death was everywhere, and people were suffering. By the time I got sick, only the demonic forces in Gale was left” he quickly ended his story.
“You don’t need to worry about it, senior”, the armoured woman saluted, “We have won the war.” Meng Huo let out a sigh of relief, “Good. You’re from the army?” The armoured woman nodded, “Yes, sir!” Meng Huo put his hand on the armoured woman’s shoulder, “Being in the army is hard, especially for a woman. Looking at your demeanour, you’re in a commanding position, right?” The armoured woman nodded, “Yes, sir. I’m a commander.” Meng Huo smiled, “Good. Don’t let anybody put you down, especially short-minded men.” The armoured woman felt touched by Meng Huo’s words, “Yes, sir. I won’t let you down.” After that, Meng Huo proceeded to recount his life experience to the curious armoured woman, the blue-haired female soldier and Sydney.
Meanwhile, Eru was continuing to recover his strength. The arrival of Sydney and the others also came with a recovery potion and other goodies for Eru to optimally recover his power. After talking to the armoured woman, the blue-haired female soldier and Sydney until they were tired and went to rest, Meng Huo approached Eru before kneeling in front of him. “What are you doing?” Eru furrowed his eyebrows. “I thank you for my release, master”, Meng Huo said sincerely. “What the heck are you talking about?” Eru squinted his eyes in confusion. Meng Huo raised his head and stared at Eru’s eyes, “Thank you for releasing me from Zhu Rong’s soul binding spell.”
“Me?” Eru frowned, “You should be thanking Long instead. And why did you call me master?” Meng Huo chuckled, “I already did thank master Long. I call you master because you are my master from now on.” Eru’s expression contorted, “What? Since when? I’m not accepting a slave, and I don’t have much money to pay for an employee.” Meng Huo let out a small laugh, “Do you know how master Long released me from Zhu Rong’s soul binding spell?”
“How?”
“That is—”
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