Chapter 81: Chapter 81
“Argh!” Freya Nightingale screamed as she was sent flying into a wall by Eru’s powerful strike. Eru put his sword by Freya Nightingale’s neck, “Do you yield?” he asked with a domineering tone. Freya Nightingale weakly looked up towards Eru, her lips trembling and her eyes showing resignation. Freya Nightingale opened her mouth before closing it immediately. She was unwilling to accept her defeat. Freya Nightingale bit her lips, “I concede”, she said reluctantly. After saying that, Freya Nightingale’s body became weak as her previous confidence was all gone.
When Eru heard Freya Nightingale’s admittance of defeat, he heaved a sigh of relief. Eru put the black sword away from Freya Nightingale’s neck before sheathing it fully. The man in a fancy suit raised both of his arms, “And the winner is…. Eru!” he shouted with a jubilant tone. The crowd erupted with cheers while Eru extended his hand towards Freya Nightingale. “Good fight”, Eru said with a beaming smile to Freya Nightingale. Freya Nightingale blushed a little when she looked up and saw Eru’s handsome face that’s shone by the sun above. “T-thanks”, she said, grabbing Eru’s hand while her face was flustered.
When Freya Nightingale’s got up, she found an old man with white hair coming out from the colosseum’s gate. Not only her but the audience too was also confused as to why an old white-haired man came out of the colosseum’s gate. “Why is he there?” many in the audience stand asked the exact same question to each other, making murmur amongst the audience. Finally, the man in a fancy suit eye’s flashed with surprise before he locked eyes with the white-haired old man. The man in a fancy suit nodded in understanding before spreading his arms wide, “Ladies and gentlemen, it appears we had a special guest coming around. Please, let us welcome the commander of the Aeolus Great City’s army, Mr Abmis!” the man in a fancy suit informed.
The white-haired old man nodded when the man in a fancy suit called his name. Mr Abmis is the white-haired old man alias as the commander of the Aeolus Great City’s army. “Thank you for coming, Mr Abmis. To what do we owe this pleasure? For you to visit us personally, I take it there is something important you wanted to convey personally?” The man in a fancy suit said with a beaming smile on his face. The white-haired old man stood there in silence before two guards appeared from the side, bringing someone in full gear. The blue-haired man, Astro, walked towards the centre of the colosseum before pointing his sword at Eru. “Would you like to accept my challenge?” Astro said, his eyes full of fighting spirit.
The man in a fancy suit squinted his eyes, “What is the meaning of this, commander Abmis?” The white-haired old man just stroked his beard in silence before leaving the colosseum’s arena together with the two guards. The man in a fancy suit’s eyes twitched before his attention was placed on Eru and the blue-haired man, “So, do you accept?” the blue-haired man asked, completely ignoring the man in a fancy suit. Freya Nightingale stood confused about what had just happened. The man in a fancy suit flashed a smile towards Freya Nightingale before waving his hand. Suddenly, Freya Nightingale disappeared from where she was and reappeared into the colosseum’s waiting room.
‘This is what the old man was talking about. But I did not think that he would be so brazen on the way he does things,’ Eru thought in his head before opening his mouth, “I accept!” The man in a fancy suit was a step too late. He wanted to stop Eru from accepting as he thought that Eru was still young. Because of Eru’s youth, the man in a fancy suit was afraid that Eru would fall for that old man plan. And what he feared came true, Eru accepted the match hastily. Little did the man in a fancy suit know that Eru was in the charade; he was part of the white-haired old man’s plan.
The man in a fancy suit heaved a heavy sigh. He looked towards the audience and found that the latter was excited about following this new development. The man in a fancy suit shook his head, “How about it, ladies and gentlemen? Shall we allow this fight to happen?” the man in a fancy suit spread his arms, trying his best to handle the situation. The crowd cheered aloud; their voice reverberated inside the colosseum. The man in a fancy suit let out the best business smile that he could as he snapped his hand. A giant pillar of rock emerged from the centre of the colosseum as he teleported onto it.
“Alright, since both parties had agreed to this additional fight, who are we to deny their passion? Both fighters, please move towards the edge of the arena”, the man in a fancy suit instructed. Eru and Astro followed the man in a fancy suit’s instruction as they took their stances. “Are both fighters ready?” Eru and Astro nodded, “Then, let the match begin!”
===
Eru began the fight by flashing right in front of Astro. Using his sword, Eru slashed towards Astro, but the latter easily parried it to the side. Eru and Astro locked swords for a second as understanding was formed between those two. They will put up a show for the audience and wait until the cult’s rescue team comes up here. From then, the white-haired old man’s true plan would be started. Eru asked the white-haired old man about the audience and the risk they would have taken had the cult decided to take them hostage.
The white-haired old man dismissed Eru’s concern, saying that Phantasma, the man in a fancy suit, had enough power to teleported the audience into safety. The sword dance between Eru and Astro was still going on. However, people with keen eyes, like the man in a fancy suit, would have noticed by now that something was wrong. ‘Those two are playing around,’ thought the man in a fancy suit while observing Eru and Astro’s fight. However, to the audience, they thought that it was a fierce match between the young prodigy champion and the newcomer.
“Eruken!” Eru shouted. A thick raven-coloured aura surrounded Eru as he channelled his power into materializing his aura.
Eru and Astro continued their charade for a while longer until they could sense a bunch of presence appear right in the audience stand. The man in a fancy suit also sensed that as he squinted his eyes. Right after that, both Eru and Astro suddenly distanced themselves from each other. Then, a red-haired man fell through the sky all of a sudden, creating a massive boom inside the colosseum’s arena. The man in a fancy suit frowned while Eru squinted his eyes. Astro’s eyes went wide with bewilderment as he did not expect the one that would come for him would be this man.
“Zebulon”, Astro said solemnly towards the red-haired man. “I would have never thought that you could stoop so low, Astro. Fighting inside of a cage like this, have you turned into an animal?” The red-haired man, Zebulon, did not forget to mock his old rival when he arrived. “Who are you?” the man in a fancy suit asked as he appeared right near Zebulon. “Someone the likes of you shouldn’t know!” Zebulon spoke as he launched a palm strike right at the man in a fancy suit’s chest. Zebulon’s strike was full of his aura, red like his hair.
Thankfully, the man in a fancy suit managed to block Zebulon’s attack, but he was sent flying back because of it. One had to know that the man in a fancy suit managed to drive out a pack of harpies alongside a drake without having a single scratch. Zebulon’s attack, though, not only did he manage to connect his attack, he even pushed back the man in a fancy suit into the colosseum’s wall. It showed how powerful Zebulon was. Right after Zebulon sent the man in a fancy suit flying into the wall, a bunch of men in black cloaks appeared in the audience stand, menacingly standing there.
Zebulon stared at Eru for a second before taking his attention to Astro. “Come, let us go. The Archon is waiting”, Zebulon said. “The Archon tasked you?” Astro asked in disbelief. “Of course. Do you think I would be willing to voluntarily save you? Don’t kid yourself”, the red-haired man scoffed. Astro was surprised by what Zebulon said. ‘From what I remember, the Archon did not think highly of me. Because of that, I would always be assigned to a mission with fewer men compared to others. Did I think wrongly?’ the blue-haired man thought in his head.
Before the red-haired man managed to say anything else, Eru moved in a flash. Eru slashed at Zebulon’s back using his sword, only for the latter to move off the way. “Impudence!” Zebulon said with disdain as he grabbed Eru’s arm before throwing him away towards the colosseum’s pillars. “Let’s go!” Zebulon tried grabbing Astro’s hand when a fireball was launched straight at him. Zebulon managed to dodge in time before roaring in anger, “Who is it!?”
pronovels.com
