Chapter 223: Too Late (1/2)

Ellie, taking the chance that Eric created, broke a castle wall and entered inside. Unlike what she had planned before, she ended up heading towards the underground prison cells. She knew about the interior of the castle, as she had visited it many times before. But, she had never visited the prison before. A strong smell of blood assaulted her sensitive nose, causing her stomach to churn. The walls were tainted with a red color, seemingly from the blood of whoever was inside.

As she descended further, the smell intensified, causing her to feel like vomiting. Still, she held on and pushed further inside.

'Not here' a saddened, or more accurately horrified, look emerged on her face. The cells were all empty, and whatever she was looking for, was not there. Ellie retraced her steps, appearing outside of the cells. Her horrified look turned into one full of rage. Her face turned redder, and veins started to pop at the side of her head. Her tiger ears flattened on her head, while her tail hardened. In one fell swoop, she breached the floors above her, all the way to the throne room. There, a figure sat on a chair, while another one stood next to it.

”I've been wondering about who was making so much noise in my capital, and it turns out it is the ungrateful daughter of the ungrateful duke.” The seated figure rose up and walked down a couple of stairs that were in front of the throne. The king of the beastmen, Gazef, was rather skinny, yet tall. His skin carried a greenish color, as if he was a sick cartoon character, while his neck and some parts of his head were covered by scales. His eyes were green as well and looked like a cat's.

”I came here for two things. One of them is to kill you, but that comes a little later. Now, I only want to ask you one thing” Ellie said as she clenched her arms. She was still wearing her gauntlets, causing a screeching metal sound to be heard. ”WHERE ARE MY PARENTS!”

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Just outside of the castle walls, a gruesome battle was taking place. Eric was doing his best to stop the five royal guards from following Ellie. All of them lost interest in Eric after noticing Ellie's presence inside of the throne room. They acted like a machine, whose sole purpose was to reach the king.

'TchAll of them are so strong! It doesn't seem like I can take it easy after all' Eric thought to himself as he flew from one area to another, engaging the five enemies.

”Haah!” Eric shouted as released a QI wave, sending the five of them back. He retreated and looked back at the castle, as he thrust his hand toward it.

”Take this, Wind Cage!” Eric muttered as he manipulated his QI. A huge tornado surrounded the castle as it picked up its speed. After a couple of seconds, the wind was so fast that it managed to grind rocks into dust.

”For now, no one is getting inside. Unless I dispel the magic or die, that is.” Eric's words caught the attention of the royal guards. Their objective switched from getting to the king, to killing Eric. Each one of them understood just how dangerous Eric's technique was. None of them wanted to try their luck, and try to get past it.

”You might have bit more than you could chew, brat!” The leader of the guards, the leopard, said as he rushed towards Eric. He used his claws to attack Eric but was stopped by his sword.