Chapter 267: Our of the Prediction (1/2)
”Entei?!” the dragon said as he stood tall and mighty above Ed. His Black scales absorbed the surrounding sunlight, giving the dragon a natural light protection shield, which looked like a black fog.
”Entei, it means Flame Emperor,” Ed said. ”I don't plan on calling you 'Calamity Black Dragon' every time I want to address you.”
”I'm not your pet, human!” the dragon seemed as if he was insulted. The black fog surrounding his body thickened as he raised his front right limb. The dragon swiped it in the direction of Ed, leaving behind black burning marks on the ground. However, before he could even reach Ed, WarGreymon interfered and blocked the black claws with his Brave Shield.
The two struggled, trying to overpower one another, but to no avail. They were at a standstill.
”Move away, small Dragonoid!” the dragon said as he breathed flames towards Ed and WarGreymon, but, once again, the flames reached neither of them. Sieg interfered this time and trapped the flames in a barrier. He had done the same with Sarin's poison earlier.
”Grrr” the black dragon was not happy at all, but he knew he was overbearing. He realized that he was trying to fight the people who had, to a certain degree saved his own life, when he should be focusing on getting revenge on the person that controlled him. He raised his head high, flapped his wings and sent sand and ground pieces flying all over as he roared to the sky.
Asem approached Ed from behind and said, ”I told you that was a bad idea. Dragons are not to be trusted!”
”I know, I never said I trust him. But, there was no way of escaping that situation,” Ed said with a hint of regret. ”However, you needn't worry. With a soul contract, he won't dare to make a stupid move. Plus, I have my own way of controlling him in case he goes berserk. Although I'd like to avoid since I'll lose all of his trust if I were to do something like that.”
With Ed's final words, Asem no longer had anything to say and retreated back. Ed gathered everyone around and passed potions and healing pills around. He had done so before, but since he held the greatest reserve out of everyone, he chose to let their healing items stay untouched.
”We need to follow after Sarin,” he said. ”I believe he went to meet up with the Blood sect master, and that means bad news for us since he'll tell him all about our abilities. However, even if we were to go now, we wouldn't be able to do much to them together. So, we'll have to, unfortunately, use up some time.
”Asem, I want you and the others to head back to Avalon,” Ed's words came as a surprise to Asem, who believed he would be fighting until the end of this war, but, before the latter could voice his unhappiness, Ed continued, ”You'll have to meet with anyone who finished their mission and tell them of our current situation. I'll come and pick everyone up in exactly one hour.”
”What if no one was there?”
”There will be, trust me.”
Silence took over once again as the sun's orange-red rays shone their last on them. The cold of the night took over, and the winds howled in the now empty battleground. Yet, Ed and the others were unaffected. The towering, mountain-like dragon proved to be quite the useful shield for them.
”Sieg, Suika, you two will stay right here with me,” Ed turned around once Asem and the others teleported away. ”I'll need your help. As for the others, I want to go and take all the valuables inside the Poison sect. I doubt any high-grade materials will be in the sect instead of Sarin's spatial ring, but since they were so sure of their victory, I'm certain they will have something there. You should also retrieve that filth's spatial ring.”
Although Ed didn't use his name, everyone understood that the filth meant No-b.
Everyone left immediately, and only Ed, Sieg, Suika, and the proud dragon remained.