Chapter 53：Never a Fool Again (2/2)

”Why don't you tell me now?”

A voice came from behind him, sending goosebumps over his skin as if it came from the underworld. He turned around in haste, expecting to see a body lying on the ground, only to be greeted with exploding golden light with hues of blue. Standing in the middle was the person he just stabbed, and he disappeared like a ghost.

The next moment that he appeared, Jin felt like he was being hit by a train as his body crashed to the wall. Arthur had his foot on his chest as he looked at him from above, disdain clear in his eyes.

”Is that the best you came up with? Do you think we wouldn't have been able to fool them if we worked together?” Arthur's words were cold, emotionless, and filled with freezing-rage.

Jin wanted to say that he had no choice, but Arthur kicked him another time in the stomach burying him deeper into the ground.

”No,” Arthur grinned as he looked at Jin. ”You wanted to get rid of me for a different reason, didn't you?” He picked Jin up with one hand by the throat, the latter struggling and whimpering for air as he felt his neck being crushed.

'Why is he so strong?' Jin tried to use his mana, but it wasn't enough to summon anything. Arthur sent another fist toward his abdomen, crushing several of his organs before whispering into his ear.

”You saw us that night, didn't you?” His words were slicing into Jin's heart like a hot knife through butter. They were a reminder of his true selfish self. The true reason he wanted Arthur dead.

It was then that he could see red mana in the corner of his eye, Erin was here for his rescue. He felt relief seep through, as there was no way Arthur was a match to Erin.

”Die already, you cockroach!” Erin bellowed with rage as he sent his strongest fist toward the insolent bug who refused to die. His fist made a booming sound with how powerful it is, making Erin confident in ending it with one blow.

A thin palm blocked his fist, ending its momentum without being pushed in the slightest. Erin felt like his hand was almost broken as if he had just struck an immovable mountain.

”Ah yes, the rapist was also here.” Arthur looked at him, smiling as he held Erin's fist in his hand. With a single motion, he lifted Erin's body in the air like he was using a whip and smashed him to the ground. Air pressure spread in the surrounding as a crater was formed under Erin's body that was bloody and broken.

Arthur felt his body beginning to be damaged under the effect of the great power he felt within. He knew he had no more time so he flung Jin to the wall, his life and death being questioned.

With another step, he appeared next to the Dark Queen's corpse, and he picked the mana core up. It had the energy required to use the teleportation circle Solomon mentioned, and Arthur planned on using it.

[Dark Essence has been absorbed.]

A single phrase appeared after he absorbed the queen, with no stats added. Arthur had no time to mull over it as the squad was shouting and coming to attack him.

Under the gazes and threatening blades of a dozen people, Arthur pierced the mana core with the dagger he had. A single phrase appeared in front of him.

[Key has been used to activate the circle. Insignia has been gained: The Breaker.]

White light appeared underneath everyone as giant lines appeared on the ground. After another moment, the world disappeared in front of Arthur.

He felt his consciousness drift into awareness as he opened his eyes, but his body refused to move. He was in the tunnel that he had teleported from almost a month ago, in Furlair dungeon. He wondered why he was the only one transported, but he thought maybe it had something to do with him being the one to activate it. He struggled for a while before he felt a presence in the tunnel.

”Welcome back.” He turned around when he heard a voice, it was Sier standing there with Master Ronin.