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Chapter 141: Acropolis

Ed and the other spent one month on this dark land. Although Ed could travel up the mountain and come back, he preferred to stay with his companions. While Raikou and Gobuta did their thing, Ed and the others didn't stand-by. Instead, they trained, trained, and trained. Ed now set the Gravity multiplier to x50. This was the highest he could set and still maintain a long time in the dimension. Instead of two days, he could only stay for one day.

Ed also tried the initiation ceremony of Nen with Agumon and was successful. However, after trying the water divination test, nothing happened to the leave. Ed kept some leaves in his Inventory for such cases, and it proved to be a good idea. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to do the test. 'Maybe this means he's a specialist.' Ed thought while looking at Agumon. "What's wrong?" Agumon asked him with concern as if worried if he did something wrong.

"Nothing. Want something to eat?" Ed told him while smiling.

"Of course!" As usual, Agumon was the most energetic. Maybe it was because he's the one that ate the most.

As they were eating, Ed looked carefully and studied the changes of Raikou and Gobuta. Raikou's size increased a little, but that was not the important change. A dark thick mist was stuck closely to his body. It seemed like a shadow that was stuck between a liquid and a solid state. His QI increased, making his aura a lot stronger.

Gobuta's skin was darker as well, and the tattoos on his arms extended to include parts of his chest, stomach, and neck. Same as Raikou, his QI and aura both became stronger. He also told Ed that he now has the Darkness attribute.

Ed stayed for an extra week to allow Raikou and Gobuta to stabilize their abilities. He was certainly losing time this way, but it was for the sake of his companions. It would also play a useful part in the future if they were to get stronger. After sorting everything out, Ed and the others went inside the mountain. The mountain was large. Large was an understatement, Ed guessed that the base of it was as big as his own Kingdom. After entering, he the first thing he noticed was a ceiling above him. As well as a multitude of monsters.

The monsters were like a basketball in size and released light. Ed scanned them and found out that they are Will-o'-wisps. Each one of them had a cultivation of Heavenly Establishment level 5. However, they were fairly easy to beat. Their strongest ability was their self-destruction, which was like a small bomb detonation. But this ability failed against Ed and his companions. Each one of them had high defensive capabilities. With their thick layer of Nen, they weren't hurt if they paid attention to the attacks. Ed managed to level up thanks to killing them. He also dropped two Gacha tickets, giving him a total of six.

After doing a check up on the whole base of the mountain, Ed managed to find a spiral staircase. The staircase lead above the ceiling. On the second floor, a flock of three-legged crows filled the whole place. These crows were called Sanzuwu. Their cultivation was Heavenly Establishment level 4. But, their true abilities were comparable to a level 6. Ed decided to use his pocket dimension and rest before fighting all of them. There were more than one hundred of the monsters. It would be foolish to challenge them without a full reserve of energy.

Ed spent two days to kill the crows. He used a hit-and-disappear tactic, as he kills a group of them and retreats into his pocket dimension. It was the first time Ed used his ability to keep it open even while he wasn't inside. The crows were extremely ferocious and would attack anyone in sight. If it wasn't for Ed's abilities and his companions, he would have been overwhelmed by them. Due to him leveling up on the floor below, he only managed to gather a good sum of Exp, but not level up.

Ed spent another month in scaling the mountain from inside. As the challenges grew bigger, so did the time needed to surmount them. Two more floors existed before he reached the top. On the third floor, a group of Centaurs existed. At first, Ed wanted to simply look for the staircase and leave. Although they had the lower body of a horse; their similarity to a human made him want to spare them. Yet, the Centaurs were aggressive towards him, which brought his wrath upon them.

'It was my fault for trying to be considerate.' Ed blamed his naivety and retaliated. The Centaurs only had a high cultivation, but not a strong ability. They used arrows enhanced with QI, and that was it. Their physical abilities were also high, but still lower than Ed's group. After killing them, Ed got nothing except Exp.

On the fourth floor, Pegasus groups existed. They were completely white, and their wings gave them the ability to fly. Unfortunately, they were also aggressive and attacked Ed. Contrary to the Centaurs, Pegasus's abilities were strong. They could use Light magic for healing and support, and Fire magic for damage dealing. In the end, Ed spent most of the month fighting them. Luckily for him, he managed to level up and get one Gacha ticket, for a total of seven.

After climbing the final staircase, Ed found that he was at the top of the mountain. The top was above the clouds, and the sun's light hit him in the face. The inside of the tower was dark, except for the last two floors where the inhabitants used magic to light it up. Only a slight breeze of air filled the place. The mountain's top wasn't pointy. Instead, it was like a dead volcano's mouth. In the middle of it, a majestic building spanned almost the entirety of the top. It was similar in architecture to the Acropolis of Athens. This fact, coupled with the gentle rays of the sun, gave it a heavenly feeling.

'That's the boss' location I believe.' Ed thought to himself as he advanced to the building.


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
Shigun Shigun

Hello everyone! Enjoy.

Chapter 142: Even Though I'm a Monster

Inside the Acropolis, a lone humanoid figure stood surrounded by white. A woman with long black hair that reached her hips was waiting. Her eyes black, yet her face shined with a white radiance. She had a white dress that hid even her feet. Her face pure without any single deformities. Her rosy lips and cheeks added to her charm. If anyone were to see her, they would think she's an angel. Not because of her transcending beauty, but because of the pair of pristine black wings on her back.

The wings were spread out as if to intimidate people, yet it served the opposite purpose. Anyone who saw the wings would undoubtedly approach the woman. Ed and the others couldn't help but admire her while walking. In addition to her beauty, even the air around he felt majestic.

Not long after, the woman noticed Ed and his companions and spoke. "Thee who is't cameth to dare me, prepareth yourselves!" in a heartbeat, the majestic air disappeared because of the way she spoke. Not only were her words weird to listen to, but even her actions while speaking was absurd. She waved her hands around and put them up every time she hit a high note. Ed and his teammates stood there dumbfounded. The original high expectations they had for her was gone.

"Is something wrong with her Suu?" Suika looked at Ed in a worried way. "I hope not…" Ed didn't want to fight a mentally retarded angel. He met enough unique beings to last him a lifetime.

"Why do you speak this way?" Ed couldn't hold it in and asked her.

"What doe-doth thee mean?" The angel woman wasn't dropping her act. It was apparent that she was faking this, as even she struggled to speak.

"Stop speaking that way, it's weird," Ed told her bluntly.

"How dareth thee? The way I speaketh is p'rfect!" Not wanting to believe Ed, she pointed her finger at him and shouted.

'No, it's really weird…' Ed thought to himself while a wry smile forcefully formed on his face.

"Is it really weird?" right after Ed finished his thought; the angel woman spoke to him. Ed was shocked but still answered her. "Yes."

"Then I'll stop. I thought it made me sound cool." Everyone couldn't help but think it was a stupid reason.

"Well then, Mr. Edward. I'm guessing you'd like to move on to the next floor." She spoke to Ed while smiling.

"I don't remember telling you my name." immediately, Ed noticed something was wrong and confronted her. The smile on her face growing bigger, she spoke.

"It is simple for me to read someone's mind." Her answer let Ed know that the battle wasn't going to be an easy one. But at the same time, he knew that her power would be useful. Plus, her character wasn't bad so he attempted to ask her something.

"Only if I lose. There is no benefit for me to follow someone weak." Before Ed could speak, the angel already read his mind. She gave him her condition for joining him.

"That can be arranged!" everyone present switched to battle mode. Their enemy is a Heavenly Establishment level 8 Angel. Not exactly an opponent they can take it easy on.

The angel shook her wings a couple of times, and hundreds of feathers were removed. Instead of falling to the ground, they floated as if caught by something. The hundred or so feathers targeted Ed and his companions. Their speed was impressive, as they could keep up with the high-speed movements of everyone. Agumon, being in his rookie form, was almost caught and had no choice but to digivolve. He turned into MetalGreymon and blocked the feathers with his metal arm. Similarly, Ed and the others handled the feathers in their own way.

"Oh, then how about this." Sounding impressed, the angel flung her wings for a bit and disappeared from her position. She didn't teleport, but her high speed didn't allow anyone to be able to follow her. Except for Ed. Ed intercepted her while she was still moving.

"Oh my, could it be that you can also read minds?" the angel stopped Ed's slash by one of her wings and attacked him with the other.

"Something like that." Ed dodged to the back. He used his Observation Haki and Ryuusui Seikkuken. Predicting the movement patterns of the angel this way was mere child's play.

Now only Ed and the angel fought. The others noticed Ed's intentions and stood-by. Even if they tried to do something, they wouldn't help much. It was a better idea to wait for a chance to finish things up. Unfortunately for Ed, the angel's abilities were very high. Even with his skills, he was still getting injured from time to time. Thankfully, his natural healing abilities could keep up with the injuries. The angel was getting restless as well. She was using her full physical ability, yet only managed to lightly injure him.

"Take this!" She flew back, and a circular portal appeared above her. "Holy Smite." A blinding light beam left the portal and targeted Ed and those behind him. The attack was a large scale attack that managed to penetrate the floor down to the mountain's ground In fact, the rock wall that surrounded the Acropolis was melted by the attack. Luckily, Ed, Sieg, and Rakiou managed to save everyone. Ed and Sieg teleported everyone to safety. While Raikou carried Suika and Gobuta in a high-speed escape using his lightning clad.

"I can use more of them." The angel went through the same procedure, but this time two portals appeared. Before Ed could teleport everyone, he noticed Raikou and Gobuta running towards the beams. Gobuta's sword was clad in a purple dark aura and his tattoos glowed the same way. Raikou's mist grew thicker around his body. Gobuta's sword managed to block the incoming beam, and after a slight struggle, he changed the direction to the sky. Raikou, on the other hand, seemed to absorb the light beam down to the last drop. His mist grew even thicker by the time he finished.

"What?!" The angel was surprised and reacted slowly. Noticing MetalGreymon's thoughts, she used her wings to shield herself from two missiles that he released. He used his signature ability the Terra Destroyer. The explosion was a large scale one, but the angel emerged with only a couple of burns on her body. Her mind reading ability couldn't keep up with so many people attacking her. Everyone found the chance they were waiting for. She was able to dodge Suika and Garu who used poison, and ice magic respectively. Goburou managed to catch her off guard and injured hern albeit only slightly. She was unable to dodge the metal arm of MetalGreymon that bound her.

"Give up!" Ed stood in front of her as if declaring his victory. Yet, the angel refused to yield. Ed tried to swing his sword in order to scare her, but the direction of the swing was the opposite of what he thought. The angel broke out of MetalGreymon's binding and flew. Ed wanted to follow her but ended up running to the back.

"What is this?!" Ed was surprised by what was happening.

"Leave it to me Suu!" Suika latched on to Ed's head, and he felt his mind becoming clearer. The angel used a magic to disturb his senses, but Suika's white magic was able to nullify it. Ed looked quite ridiculous since Suika was in her slimeball form, making it like Ed had a golden helmet on.

"You won't be able to escape this!" the angel caught her knees with her hands, and her wings surrounded her. A white light started surrounding her body.

"Raikou, Gobuta. I need an opening!" Ed knew that only the two of them could stop the light. Ed thought about sending flying slashes through the ball of light using his Space magic. But, it wouldn't be enough to stop her.

"Holy Nova!" The angel's muffled voice sounded from inside the sphere. Raikou and Gobuta stood next to each other as they used the same thing as earlier. Gobuta sent a flying slash toward the incoming sphere of light, while Raikou made his own sphere of shadows. They were successful in making the light disappear, but only in the area in front of them.

"That is enough, thank you!" Ed jumped past them while using his strongest sword skill. "Providence Blade!" The skill managed to reach all the way towards the angel, blowing her and the light away.

The angel tumbled around on the ground before stopping and standing up. She was badly injured but still looked like she wanted to fight.

"Let's stop. I truly meant it when I wanted you to come." Noticing that Ed truly meant what he was saying, she let her guard down.

"Even though I'm a monster?" Still doubtful, she asked him.

"All of my companions are monsters!" Ed smiled while answering her.

"I see…then take care of me!" She extended her bloody arm to Ed, who used a healing card to heal her. Although it was overkill, he wanted to show his good will.

"So how will you break my connection with this tower?"

"You'll see!" Ed smiled while contacting the system in his mind. He wondered if she could hear him speaking with the system, but it was an exclusive channel in his mind.

'Do your thing.'

[Sure]


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
Shigun Shigun

Hello everyone! Longer chapter than usual, enjoy.

About the way she speaks, it's similar to Shakespearean English, which sounds weird now. If you want the exact sentences in regular English I can post them in a comment or in this author note.

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