Chapter 166: Reunion (2/2)
”Arthur, I trusted you last time and I almost blew up the arena.” Yurirl looked at him with a puzzled look that was too innocent for Arthur to take offense. Nonetheless, he did as he coughed in embarrassment.
”I made some changes. This time, you can go all out.” Arthur had inscribed artificial fire runes this time. This way, even if they amplified each other, the ten barriers would still be able to defend against the reflected damage.
Yurirl nodded with resolve as he grabbed the card with the conviction of a warrior. Arthur looked at him speechless.
”You're not going to die, Yurirl.”
”You never know. It was nice to meet you.”
Arthur looked at him departing wondering if this guy just threw a joke. He sighed and slumped in his chair as he looked at the screen.
Now that he was alone, worry began eating at his mind. Was his family safe? Can he escape from the Voldor family? What did they plan to do, if they haven't mobilized their forces?
As he was deep in thought, space twisted a few meters away from him. Arthur's sense picked up the change in mana and his dagger was already in his hand.
A hooded person appeared in front of him and Arthur attacked without hesitation. His dagger was covered in flames as it slashed toward the newcomer.
A hand blocked his attack and Arthur felt like he had struck a bottomless abyss. His strength kept traveling somewhere before the hooded person revealed his face.
”I guess you're not as stupid as you have been, Arthur.”
He slowly recognized the voice, blonde hair, silver eyes, and the distinct scar across her right eye and down her cheek. His eyes widened as he hurriedly withdrew his dagger.
”Miko!” Arthur was baffled as he stood there stunned. He reached out and embraced her before he could think of whether she would like it or not, but she simply laughed and embraced him back.
”Okay, let me go now.” Miko pushed him away with a smile. ”Yes, yes. I missed you too. However, there are more important things at hand.”
”Where have you been? I tried looking for you, but I didn't know where to start. You should've given me a name or address.” Arthur was still happy about meeting her that he couldn't focus.
”One of the rules of being an assassin is to never give information, I think.” She rubbed the tip of her nose as she said sarcastically. ”I'm sorry that I haven't contacted you until now, but please listen to what I have to say.”
”Is it about the Voldor family?” Arthur asked cautiously. Miko was one of the few that knew of his feud with Erin Voldor, so it was alright to tell her.
”You know already, huh?” Miko grinned. ”You're not as helpless as I remember you to be.”
”I was also stupid.”
”We both were.” Miko shook her head in regret. ”Jin only cared about Hazel. Hazel cared about you. We failed to see that it doesn't mean Jin was an ally.”
”Is he still alive?” Arthur asked after a brief pause.
”Barely. That's not important now. The Voldor family has already fallen lower than we have thought. They're using Nether beings, the Enders. You have already met them once in the Calamity Spider.”
Arthur's eyes widened. He made similar guesses, but he hadn't felt any Enders around. After his breakthrough, he was more sensitive to everyone's existence. It was usually proportional to their strength, but the Ender's gave him a unique loathsome feeling even before he broke through.
The arena shook and Arthur realized that he had forgotten about Yurirl. He turned toward the screen and waited for the smoke and dust to disappear. In the end, Yurirl appeared on the stage, unharmed, while his opponent has flown out of the arena.
”Arthur Silver and Yurirl win!” The announcer's voice filled the room but Arthur couldn't feel much happiness right now.
”Look at you, being famous and all.” Miko grinned at him.
”Miko, do you know what the Voldor family is going to do?” Arthur asked, interrupting her. Miko looked at him quietly and revealed what she knew.
”I don't know a lot; I came her disobeying my orders. All I know is that the Enders are coming after you using the Voldor family.”