Chapter 261: Chapter 261
While Aelgh and Long had their own adventurers, Eru and Meng Huo were platforming up towards the upper floor of the giant clock tower. “Why don’t you use your wings, Meng Huo? Instead of jumping upwards with me, isn’t it easier for you to fly?” Eru asked. “You might not know this, young master, but I cannot hide my wings”, Meng Huo said. “But, it’s perfectly hidden right now”, Eru said. “It’s because Aelgh cast a disguising spell on me. Once I use the wings, however, they will be revealed. It will be a pain in the ass if that were to happen”, Meng Huo explained with a small smile. “I know what you mean”, Eru said. After that, Eru and Meng Huo continued their platforming, jumping from point to point until, eventually, they reached a solid floor.
“Finally, a solid floor”, Eru breathed a sigh of relief. “But what is with this floor? Why is everything empty?” Meng Huo furrowed his eyebrows. “No, look over there”, Eru pointed north. “That’s—” Meng Huo squinted his eyes. He watched a blurry sight of a wall. “That’s not a wall at all”, Meng Huo uttered. “Good eyes, young master”, Meng Huo praised. However, suddenly the blurry walls in front of Eru and Meng Huo shattered, revealing a figure cloaked in black behind it. And in the background was a hallway that went straight ahead with a door at the end of the hallway. “Who are you?” the figure cloaked in black asked, his voice hoarse, and his tone was slightly menacing.
“Who am I? I have an appointment with the guy behind the door”, Eru said. The figure cloaked in black slightly tilted its head before revealing its red eyes. “You are not recognizable, nor there is any scheduled appointment with the lord”, the figure cloaked in black scanned Eru and Meng Huo from head to toe. “Based on the way you dressed and the commotion downstairs, I deemed you two intruders”, the figure cloaked in black said. The figure cloaked in black raised its arms. “Be careful”, Eru tensed his body before unsheathing Buddy from its scabbard. “Right”, Meng Huo’s fists glowed blue and red, respectively, as he got into a fighting stance.
“Eliminate them”, the figure cloaked in black said as dark mana began to surround it. After that, four large black blocks emerged from the ground before transforming into a figure of a knight. “What is that?” Eru furrowed his eyebrows. “I don’t know. I’m guessing they are some sort of golem”, Meng Huo said. Then, Eru and Meng Huo watched the figure cloaked in black disappear from its spot. The four black knights surrounded Eru and Meng Huo. Each of the four black knights held swords in their right hands and shields in their left hands. “Be careful; they are quite strong”, Meng Huo warned.
However, just as Meng Huo’s words left his mouth, Eru had already cleaved one of the black knights’ shields with his own black sword. Then, Eru kicked that black knight before slashing vertically. “Ha!” Eru yelled as the black knight was slashed in two. “Haha, no mercy, huh?” Meng Huo let out a small, wry laugh. “Then, I won’t show mercy either”, Meng Huo said before brandishing his red and blue-coloured fists into an advancing black knight. “Rah!” Meng Huo punched the black knight with his blue-coloured fist, which the black knight managed to block with its shield. “Hah, that was a dumb move”, Meng Huo smirked as his blue-coloured fist slowly froze the black knight’s shield.
After that, Meng Huo kicked the black knight’s shield, shattering it before quickly stepping in. “Take this”, Meng Huo clenched his red-coloured fist hard before punching the black knight on its torso. “Bang”, Meng Huo smirked before his red-coloured fist exploded. The explosion managed to destroy the black knight’s body to pieces. “Two down, two to go”, Meng Huo said excitedly. “It should be easy”, Meng Huo uttered. After hearing this, Eru sighed before shaking his head, “Don’t jinx it”, Eru warned. However, just as Eru’s words left his mouth, the two destroyed black knights gathered around the two existing black knights. After that, the two existing black knights absorbed the two destroyed black knights, increasing their powers two-fold.
“Roar!” the two knights roared with power. Eru rolled his eyes towards Meng Huo, “See what you’ve done?” Eru stared at Meng Huo. “Hehe, sorry about that”, Meng Huo said while scratching his cheek. “Hah”, Eru sighed, “Let’s just get this over with”, Eru said before brandishing his black sword towards an approaching, powered-up black knight. “Hmm?” Eru furrowed his eyebrows when he noticed that the black sword in his hand hardly dealt damage to the powered-up black knight. “What the—” before Eru managed to finish his sentence, the powered-up black knight swiped his shield. “Guh”, Eru grunted as he blocked the powered-up black knight’s shield bash. “That stings”, Eru said while his hands were a little sore.
“Young master”, Meng Huo exclaimed, but he did not have enough time to comment further as the second powered-up black knight was closely approaching. “Why you!” Meng Huo gritted his teeth as he tussled with the second powered-up black knight. “Don’t worry about me, Meng Huo. I will be fine”, Eru said while fending off the first powered-up black knight’s attacks. Then, after defending for a while, Eru suddenly saw that the first powered-up black knight was widening its stance. “My chance”, Eru’s eyes gleamed before a raven-coloured aura surrounded his body. “Ha!” Eru sent out a palm thrust towards the body of the first powered-up black knight, causing the latter to stumble. “Take this!” Eru slashed vertically with his aura imbued black sword. With a clang, the first powered-up black knight was slashed into two.
Meanwhile, Meng Huo was still tussling with the second powered-up black knight. “You need any help? I’m finished here”, Eru offered. Seeing that, Meng Huo shook his head, “No need, young master. I’m perfectly capable of doing this on my own”, Meng Huo said with a smile. Then, Meng Huo proceeded to grab the second powered-up black knight’s head with his two hands. “Night night”, Meng Huo grinned before sending fire and ice mana into the head of the second powered-up black knight. The two mana clashed inside the head of the second powered-up black knight, exploding it from inside. “See? I’m perfectly fine”, Meng Huo said while doing a nice guy pose.
“Yeah, yeah”, Eru shook his head while scratching the back of his head. Then, Eru and Meng Huo’s gaze turned towards the hallway. “Huh? What’s a giant door doing here?” Eru exclaimed. “It must’ve appeared when we were fighting those two black knights”, Meng Huo said. “This must be the doings of that man in black”, Eru said while observing the giant door in front of him. “It should be his doing”, Meng Huo said while trying to open up the giant door. “Ugh, no luck. I can’t open it”, Meng Huo grunted. “Even with your dragon-like strength?” Eru furrowed his eyebrows. “Nope. I’m afraid it must’ve been magically enhanced”, Meng Huo said. “Then what should we do? Do we go back and fetch Long and Aelgh?” Eru pondered.
“Of all things, this would happen to us, the two non-magic users of the team”, Eru said while scratching the back of his head with slight frustration. “There is a simpler solution, young master”, Meng Huo said with a small smirk. “Hmm?” Eru turned his attention towards Meng Huo, “What is it? You know how to open this?” Meng Huo nodded, “I do. And it is simple, actually.” Then, Meng Huo approached the giant door slowly before extending his hand. Touching the giant door, Meng Huo smiled before looking at Eru, “You just have to destroy the door”, Meng Huo said. An imaginary light bulb appeared above Eru’s head, “Ah, you are right”, Eru said while nodding.
“Shall I, or do you want the honour, young master?” Meng Huo asked. “No, let me. I’m itching for more after the battle we just had with the two black knights”, Eru said before widening his stance. “Hah”, Eru gathered his strength, focusing his raven-coloured aura on his black sword. “Eruken!” Eru shouted before the power inside of him was doubled, and the strain on his body was also doubled. “Ha!” Eru shouted before delivering a powerful strike at the giant door. With a boom, Eru’s attack hit the giant door. However, as the smoke dissipated, the giant door was only slightly damaged. “Hoh, what a strong door”, Meng Huo exclaimed. “So, I need more power then. Okay, here goes”, Eru said before repeating what he’d done earlier.
“Hah”, Eru gathered his strength, focusing his raven-coloured aura on his black sword. “Eruken!” Eru shouted before the power inside of him was doubled, and the strain on his body was also doubled. “Dragon Force Technique, activate!” Eru yelled out as his raven-coloured aura transformed into a dragon-like armour that gathered around his body. “I’m going all out”, Eru said as he mobilized even the Fate Energy. His raven-coloured aura had a golden hint after that, and Eru pointed his black sword at the giant door. “Destroy!” Eru shouted before swinging his black sword vertically. With a boom, Eru’s powerful slash hit the giant door. Eru turned back to normal after that as he waited for the smoke to dissipate. “As expected from young master Eru”, Meng Huo exclaimed with his mouth agape as he looked at what Eru’s attack had done.
The giant door was thoroughly destroyed, while the rest of Eru’s attack damaged the hallway and even the door at the end of the hallway. “Come on, let us proceed”, Eru said to Meng Huo with a smile.
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