Chapter 218: Chapter 218
“You’re the winner of this year’s Great Fighting Competition, right?” the red-haired woman said with a smile. “There are rumours within our circle that the GFC champion defeated Zebulon. But, upon hearing that the champion is just some random youth who is not even twenty years old, we decided to ignore it. Who would’ve thought that it would be the young champion who defeated Zebulon and that said youth are standing right before me?” the red-haired woman added. “What? You’re going to have revenge? Is he your relative or something?” Eru shrugged his shoulders. “Revenge? No, no, no. I won’t do something as petty as revenge for someone like Zebulon”, the red-haired woman said as if she was insulted.
“A weakling like him who cannot do anything right is, without a doubt, a waste. For someone blessed with the Beast God constitution from birth, to only have mediocre abilities is a sin. In fact, I want him and his relative to die for being so incompetent”, the red-haired woman added, “I prefer the other guy with blue hair. What’s his name, Astro, I think? He would make a good Archon instead of him.” Eru raised his eyebrows, “You’re not his relative, then?” The red-haired woman furrowed her eyebrows, and her expression contorted with disgust, “Of course not. Being called a relative to that weakling is making my stomach retched”, the red-haired woman said.
“Is that so” Eru rested his black sword on his shoulder before suddenly he disappeared from his spot. Eru reappeared before the red-haired woman, “You let your guard down”, Eru quipped while swinging his black sword upwards. “Me, letting my guard down? Never”, the red-haired woman grinned while swinging her maroon-coloured boomerang downwards. Eru’s black sword and the red-haired woman’s maroon-coloured boomerang met once again, creating a small spark. The red-haired woman exchanged blow for blow with Eru, with neither getting the advantage. In fact, Eru was slightly disadvantaged from this close-quarter exchange.
“What’s wrong? Where did your speed and power earlier go?” the red-haired woman laughed maniacally. “Tch”, Eru clicked his tongue, ‘Even with Fate Energy, this is not enough.’ Then, Eru slightly looked at Meng Huo, finding that his arms had still not recovered yet. Eru sighed before pursing his lips, “In the end, I still have to do it alone, huh” Eru muttered softly with a smile as he steeled his resolve. “Hmm? What did you say? I could not quite hear you”, the red-haired woman said while swinging her maroon-coloured boomerang. “I was not talking to you”, Eru deflected the red-haired woman’s maroon-coloured boomerang away. Then, Eru placed his black sword horizontally, trying to cut the red-haired woman’s body.
“Heh, a good parry. But, not enough”, the red-haired woman raised her left leg, placing it on Eru’s hands, preventing Eru to follow through on his attack. After that, the red-haired woman did a somersault by using her right leg as a spring, creating distance between Eru and the red-haired woman. The red-haired woman let out a grin as she infused her crimson-coloured aura into her boomerang. “Try dodging this again”, she said before throwing her maroon-coloured boomerang at Eru. As the red-haired woman’s maroon-coloured boomerang was closing in, Eru gathered his Fate Energy, infusing it into himself. When the maroon-coloured boomerang was right in front of Eru’s body, Meng Huo suddenly moved. He pulled Eru to the side just in time, saving Eru from being killed.
Eru opened his eyes, looking at Meng Huo while shaking his head, “Thanks,” he said. “Don’t mention it”, Meng Huo said with a grimace while holding his bleeding right arm. “I’m sorry that you have to get injured again. It seemed I still have not mastered this new energy of mine” Eru slightly lowered his head. “Hey, hey, you guys. We are still in a middle of a fight”, the red-haired woman said while her maroon-coloured boomerang was heading straight at Meng Huo. Eru kicked Meng Huo to the side, making the red-haired woman’s boomerang miss its target. Then, Eru expanded his wings before flying away, “You rest up. Leave the rest to me”, he said.
“N-no, I can help—” Meng Huo was about to move, but he immediately clutched his stomach. “When did I—” Meng Huo furrowed his eyebrows as he watched Eru fight against the red-haired woman. “Damn it”, Meng Huo clenched his fist; he looked up at the battle between Eru and the red-haired woman while gritting his teeth, “How I never felt so useless in my life.” Meanwhile, the battle between Eru and the red-haired woman was underway. Eru’s golden-coloured Fate Energy helped massively against the red-haired woman, but her transformation made her durable to a tee. Even when Eru’s black sword vibrated at high frequency barely did anything to the red-haired woman. When Eru’s black sword severely injured the red-haired woman, the latter just recovered it in just the blink of an eye.
Meanwhile, when the red-haired woman injured Eru using her maroon-coloured boomerang, Eru could not recover as fast as the red-haired woman. The longer Eru and the red-haired woman fight, the more advantageous the red-haired woman got. Slowly but surely, Eru lost the advantage he had. ‘This is hard,’ Eru thought to himself, ‘I guess a true 7th Grade Aura Master is different gravy from me who just elevated my power, huh.’ Eru shook his head, ‘No, I can’t give up. If I did, we all going to die here. Think, Eru, think. How can I beat this woman in front of me?’ Eru continued to fight against the red-haired woman while thinking.
Suddenly, something came to mind. “Of course, that’s it. I just have to do that”, Eru softly muttered. “Huh? That? What is ‘that’?” the red-haired woman said while still locking in close combat with Eru. “Something to help me win”, Eru grinned as he locked his black sword with the red-haired woman’s maroon-coloured boomerang. “Really? Then let me see this now”, the red-haired woman said while pulling her maroon boomerang away from Eru’s black sword with force. “Heh, now is not the time, at least not yet”, Eru smiled while delivering another attack, “For now, you need to dance with me.”
“Hehe, that’s it?” the red-haired woman giggled with pleasure, “Fine by me. Let us continue this dance of death!” she shouted as her crimson-coloured aura flared up even more.
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Back in Sylphid City
Inside the Adventurers Guild’s guild masters office stood an injured Deddy, looking at a sleeping young girl with a ginger-coloured bob cut hair. “Hah”, Deddy let out an exasperated sigh. He sat down on a sofa nearby before looking at the night sky. “How did my life turn to this?” Deddy lamented. “Ask your father that”, a silhouette appeared on the window. “Guild master”, Deddy said, “I don’t think I want to.” The guild master leaned on a wall, “Why not?” he asked. “He used me”, Deddy clenched his fist, “He moulded me to someone that I don’t want to be. All that I’ve done, I remember vividly what I’ve done to those people, and yet, I don’t have any control over myself”, he gritted his teeth with anger.
The guild master shrugged his shoulders, “Well if you don’t want to, you don’t have to. But—” The guild master poured a glass of carbonated water into his cup, “It is not too late.” Deddy cluelessly looked at the guild master, “Not too late? For what?” The guild master down the carbonated water in one gulp before looking at Deddy while smiling, “To atone. Tell me what your father is planning, and maybe, maybe you will have closure.” Deddy shook his head, “Even if I did tell you, I don’t think I will have the closure you speak of”, he said, lowering his head slightly. “Eh”, the guild master poured another batch of carbonated water into his cup, “Whether you want to tell me nor not tell me about it is your right. However, let me tell you something. Even if you don’t tell me, I’m planning on hurting your father and his associates for everything that he’d done. Now, it is up to you whether you want to be a part of that or not.”
Deddy bit his lower lips while holding May’s hand tightly. After pondering for a while, Deddy raised his head up at the guild master with determined eyes, “All right. I’ll tell you everything I know.” The guild master’s eyes lit up, “I’ve been waiting for you to say that.” After that, Deddy told the guild master everything that he remembered about his life and his father. While the guild master heard what Deddy told him, his expression turned from joy to grim in an instant. After Deddy finished telling his story, the guild master shook his head, “Unbelievable, truly unbelievable. I thought I at least managed to leash him a little. Turns out, it is worse than I imagine.”
Deddy bit his lips, “Yes, it is. Imagine doing all of those things, remembering them, and you cannot control your own body.” The guild master nodded, “I can’t imagine. So, what are you trying to do?” Deddy looked at the guild master, “I’ll do what I need to be done.” The guild master nodded, “Good.”
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