Chapter 136: Full-Transformation Artefact (2/2)
”Tsk! Jura, Nicholas! You tricky bastard!” The person beside him clicked his tongue and shouted some names he couldn't recognize.
”Do you know them?”
”Yes! Grrrr! Those bastards!” Ember angrily gnashing his teeth.
Seeing the retreating figures of the people below and the two flying reptiles, ”heh!” He scoffed.
The next second, ”!!” At the corner of Ember's eyes,
(Fwoosh!)
(Fwoosh!)
Two red flashes trailed towards the flying enemies. It was followed by, (Ngh!) (Arrgh!) Two groaning sounds when the flying reptiles were hit by something. The first one was hit at the shoulder, and the second one was hit at his left leg. Blood spurted from their wounds.
For a moment, their flying became unsteady before they completely flew to a distance where their eyes could not perceive anymore.
”Fuck off!” Ember shouted.
Regardless, he wasn't expecting those shots. This guy was certainly not ordinary. 'What did he do just now?!' He glanced at the hand of the person beside him. It was enveloped by red energy. 'D-Did he uses a stone again?' He was surprised by how quick he thought of using the stones to give a little pain to those bastards.
Ember could not understand this person.
Those were stones that he grabbed when he tried to stop himself from sliding.
Anyhow, they have a big problem. The bridge started to collapse.
They hastily ran to their back.
Good thing they successfully avoided becoming part of the collapse. A few moments later,
”Crimson! Ember!”
”Crimson!”
”Mr. Ember!”
”Hey! Guys! What happened!”
”You two! Are you okay?!”
The shouts from the others came to their ears. They saw them rushing towards them. Together with the leftover participants.
When the group finally reached them, ”we have bad news…”
”.....”
Everyone fell silent.
”What happened?” Cinder was the one who asked.
”Look behind!” Ember beckoned at everyone to look behind him.
”WHAAAAT?!”
”What you two did?!” Cinder asked again while furrowing.
”Tsk! It wasn't us…” Ember replied.
Yman just staring at the distance, to the collapsing bridge.
'Tsk looks like, they were late,' who would have thought that there was someone as shameful as them among the participants. 'Well, it's only to be expected since it was a competition. Looks like I let my guard down.'
Regardless, there are five of them only. It was doubtful that they rushed towards the castle with such fewer numbers.
'Could it be, they knew already what was at that place?'
Yman mulled.
”Crimson.” Suddenly his attention was stolen by the sudden mention of his nickname.
He glanced from the source of the voice and saw the red-haired girl staring at him, ”Hm?” He made a low groan from deep in his throat, emphasizing a question.
”What will we do now?” She asked with a troubled face.
”.....”
He fell silent and glanced at everyone.
On the palace balcony,
Ella glanced at her aunt, ”isn't it a violation?”
”Fufu, no rules are stating that a participant cannot use tricks to outplay the others. After all, it was a competition. Each of them is bound to fight each other at the end. It's up to them when they want to stab everyone's back. It's not a sin for the clever and wise person. The one who is to blame is the victim himself.”
”...b-but it's just too wicked,” Ella mumbled.
”Fufu, in the real battlefield. One must not lower his guard at all times.”
Ella could not argue anymore against her empress aunt who was known for her wittiness.
She did not expect Jura and Nicholas to do such a thing. Well, her aunt was right. And it might also be a good opportunity to see the extent of that person's ability.
If he could not overcome such a hurdle. Then, he wasn't a perfect bodyguard for her. Power without a brain is just an empty vessel.
Around this time inside the painting, Harou and Lyka together with the other participants were coming closer to the west. On the north side, Hilion and his White Leo Knights decided to retreat first to take a break. The gate was heavily guarded. They also received news that Roman and the others were coming to help them. So the group decided to retreat and wait for the backups.