201 Fiends and Shadow Ghosts (2/2)
Don said with a firm voice as Arrora quickly closed her mouth.
”What if you have an episode during a battle?”
”Then you should protect me, can you do that?”
When she heard Don, she knelt on one knee
”With my life, your majesty”
He nodded as he put his hands on her shoulder and lifted her up.
”Am I disturbing something?”
Arrora stepped back when she saw the tigress and the cubs walking towards them.
”Nothing, what did you guys decide?”
Knight noticed a slight defeat on the tigress's face and a smile of accomplishment on the cubs' faces.
”Can you let these little stubborn bastards in your ring?”
”Okay”
Knight didn't want to ask what made her change her mind by looking at their face as the cubs bounced around in joy.
After discussing their plans for the next day, they went to sleep as Knight took the first watch while Don took the next one.
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”Quick”
At the moment, they were rushing towards the light beam to go to the next level.
The tigress and Arrora had to use their full strength to keep up with Don and Knight's speed and when they got closer to the light, they heard footsteps rushing towards them.
But they didn't wait to find out who as they ran into the light beam.
The moment they stepped outside the light beam, they were welcomed by a gloomy place covered with nothing but fog.
”Careful”
Knight said when he noticed the path in front of them is a narrow one and the path was located between a river of dark muddy water.
The river looked endlessly deep and an evil aura was radiating from the water.
”Come closer”
Don noticed the path had only space for two people to walk side by side as he gently pulled Arrora closer to him. Behind Don, Knight looked through the fog and realized that the thick white fog would prevent anyone from seeing through.
He then transformed into his original form and took the cubs and the tigress under his wing. If the tigress had a human-like face, Don could have noticed the blush on her face but now he was too busy walking on the path.
”Where are we going?”
Knight asked the tigress while cautiously taking every step forward.
”There's a mansion at the end of this path, or least, that's what my uncle's drawings said”
”I forgot to ask, what happened to your uncle?”
Knight asked the tigress.
”I remember he was celebrating his return with his friends and then after a few days, he was gone, no one knows what happened to him”
”There's something ahead”
Knight quickly said as Arrora took her sword out while Don took out his bow.
The cubs hopped on to the tigress's back and held her tightly with their tiny paws.
”Hurrrrr”
Suddenly they heard a growling sound and after a few seconds, they saw a shadow of a human figure emerging from the fog.
”Be careful, they must be the rotting fiends, they are invulnerable to magical attacks”
But Arrora had already sent a fireball to the fiend's head but the fireball did nothing to the fiend.
When the fiend completely emerged from the fog, Arrora quickly shut her mouth because of the smell of rotting flesh. The fiend had gray skin and flesh was peeling off as it walked towards them with its hand raised at them.
Arrora had seen her fair share of horrible scenes but the fiend's disgusting look still sent a chill towards her spine.
”Cut its head”
The tigress said as Don sent a wind blade and severed the head from its shoulder with a clean cut.
At the same time, they heard the sound of someone or something drop into the water.
”Look”
Arrora pointed at the fog before them as they saw a bunch of fiends emerging from the fog.
Knight sensed the fiends were not only in front of them as they were also coming from behind.
With a heightened sense, Knight sent wind blades at the fiends who were behind them and severed their heads.
”Shit”
The tigress was shocked when she saw the fiends' headless bodies falling to the ground and she was glad that she's with Knight because she lacked the ability to attack from a distance.