Two bodies hang in the air. One with a wide, almost maddening, smile. The other, shock and confusion filled his face. The winner slowly pulled out his weapon out of Edward's body. The, almost, dead figure muttered a couple of words that barely reached the ear of the person in front of him. "You idiot!!"
The victor was confused as to why his enemy would spout such a word. They were enemies fighting for their lives, and yet he was called an idiot for winning. In fact, he felt pride in his achievement, as he had dominated the fight all the time. n
'Was my opponent just that weak?' The winner thought to himself as he finally felt that something didn't click. He fought Edward, and his partner fought the monsters. His partner managed to kill them all at the cost of his own life. Then, he went berserk and overwhelmed Edward due to his rage.
'Where are the bodies…?' The winner noticed that the bodies of Edward's monsters, as well as his partner, were missing. He looked around in horror, but he could see nothing. Only Edward in front of him, clutching his bloody chest while blood dripped from his mouth.
[You won't get any experience if he dies.] The winner didn't notice a couple of figures looking up at him. They were invisible to him, but they could see him with no issues.
"Ahh, we can't have that. I need the exp." Ed stretched his arms and legs and then disappeared. He appeared behind 'Edward' as he cut off his head in an instant. 'Edward' was able to see Ed and his companions leisurely watching his fight with the one in front of him. He tried to warn him multiple times, but all his words fell on deaf ears.
His face took on a visage of horror, regret, and hate for the person who killed him. Not Ed, but his own partner who fought him with all his power.
The winner's face turned ugly as he saw Edward's head fall off all of a sudden. His surroundings started to crumble upon themselves, sending him into a whirlpool of fear and confusion.
"You're a horrible person. Your partner did his best not to fight back, but you went full retard on him. Screaming about how you will kill him and all of his family. The poor man didn't know what to do." A voice entered the winner's ears and a figure emerged in front of him. He could see an unharmed Ed in front of him. As well as the fat body of his partner falling down to the ground with his head next to him.
Realizing what he had done, the winner, or more accurately the fool, screamed. "Aaaah!" He raised his sword as he approached Ed in an attempt to seek vengeance and redemption. Alas, it was all too late as he was no match for Ed. Ed slashed with his Katana upwards, and it cleaved the man starting from his left side. The swing took only an instant to cut the fool in half, but he felt as if it was an eternity. After the pain from the Katana formed a straight line from his waist until his right shoulder, silence filled the area around him. Next, his sight and sense of smell disappeared. Before his brain lost all its function, he felt a thud and knew he had hit the ground.
'What happened to me…?' One final thought crossed his mind before his eyes lost the light of life within them. Ed descended and retrieved two spatial rings from the two partners.
This whole matter started when Suika started her fight against the fat middle-aged man. Once she transformed into her human figure, she felt a repulsive aura from the man. Somehow, she didn't want to approach him at all. She let Ed know, and he quickly devised a plan. His opponent wasn't one that could help him improve his abilities, so he decided to have them fight each other. Ed put the one he was fighting under Genjutsu, and since he had mediocre abilities it worked like a charm. He saw his partner kill Ed's companions. But in reality, his partner started looking like Ed to him. He started fighting his confused partner and ended up killing him.
"Edward!" "We're back, milord." Two figures approached Ed's location. It was Merry and Sieg who had two spatial rings with them. They had hunted two Immortal Establishment cultivators and came back. They handed the spatial rings to Ed and waited for their next move. Another figure approached them, which turned out to be WarGreymon. He was holding, not a ring, but a body with his claws lodged in its chest. It was another member of the ten Immortal Establishment that was stationed in this place.
Seven of them were on the academy grounds as they believed people would come and save the prisoners. Little did they know, their chances of survival were higher if they were stationed at the castle. Even though the other three were killed as well.
"We're going back to the castle. We've saved those that need saving and I leveled once. Only one more level until level Heavenly Establishment level 10." Ed and his group made their way back to the teleportation circle.
In the castle, Harry and the others regrouped with Uther.
"I'm glad you're alright." Uther smiled as he met up with his friends. They endangered their lives in order to let him escape. He held nothing but respect towards them.
"We're glad you're alright, your majesty." The general smiled as well. They didn't have their weapons or spatial rings, but they started fighting as well. By now, almost all the strong enemies were killed so they only needed to take care of fodder.
"Should we assist him?" The general was referring to Arthur who was locked in a sword fight with Edgar.
"He said he can take care of himself. Plus, even his group isn't worried about him, ho ho," said Uther. Those fighting didn't take things seriously, as they were watching Arthur's fight.
"I'll give you your sight back." Arthur seemed to undo whatever caused Edgar's sight loss. "I will kill you at your best." He spoke this one sentence as the entirety of his aura exploded out of his bodies, declaring his might.
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Arthur continued to power-up until his QI overpowered anything in its vicinity. Especially now, since all other major fights were over. Edgar started doing the same thing. Both of them were planning to finish the fight at the next exchange.
Their QI formed a gigantic sphere around them, and soon the two spheres collided. Those that weren't strong enough didn't know the significance of such a thing. As soon as they collided, the fight had already started. It was now a fight of who has the more refined QI. To the untrained person, it looked like both of them were equal. But in reality, one of them had a clear advantage.
The two QI spheres turned into a solid-like state, and a wall formed at their intersection. Lightning sparks resulted due to this. Everyone watching the fight felt something tug at their hearts. In the next instant, the two fighters withdrew their QI into their bodies. Another instant passed and they flew towards each other at their greatest speed.
"Blood sect will be the VICTOR!" Edgar screamed as he slashed towards Arthur. "…" Arthur didn't answer him but only slashed as well.
Like their QI before, their weapons collided this time. A huge shockwave resulted and spread all around the castle grounds. Walls crumbled and decoration trees were pulled away from the ground. The shockwave decimated anything in its wave. It even managed to kill some low leveled soldiers. Only those that have a cultivation level of at least Heavenly remained unscathed.
The two weapons clashed even more against each other. Edgar pushed with his entire strength but didn't seem like he was going to overpower Arthur. He was biting his teeth so hard that his molars cracked. His eyes bled due to the pressure on them.
"How?! How are you able to be so strong when you lived your life in peace?!" Unable to accept what he was experiencing, Edgar questioned Arthur.
Although Arthur was holding himself against Edgar, he wasn't taking it easy. Edgar is a strong opponent that Arthur couldn't take it easy on him. Both of them injured each so many times during their clashes. Even now, Arthur's arm muscles tightened hard, and his veins spurted out blood due to his strong grip.
"You ask me why? You should ask yourself how we were able to best Blood sect a hundred years ago. It's because we are simply better, stronger, and we fight for others not just for ourselves." Arthur spoke as the faces of his wife and his children passed through his mind. The last to flash in his mind was Ed. How he was always bed-ridden. How he surprised him with his strength when they first sparred against each other. His growth as a person after he experienced loss for the first time. And finally, how he taught Arthur Nen to be able to protect himself and his family.
Arthur released the entirety of his Nen aura in the form of Ren. He didn't bother to use Ken after it as he wanted to enhance his all body without paying any attention to defense. Arthur's Nen had a golden color like Ed's. After releasing all of it, he appeared as a bright shining star in the night sky.
Edgar noticed that he was being overwhelmed at a frightening rate. His sword was about to give in and break, while his whole was screaming in pain. His face contorted into a frightened look as fear took over him.
"Wait!-" As Edgar was about to plead for his life, Arthur released the entirety of his strength into one final sword swing.
A sword was broken, a body was cut in half vertically, and a sky shone as if to celebrate the winner. A tearful Edgar plummeted to the ground in two halves, while a tired Arthur flew down to his group.
"Good work, father." Ed, who had joined the others at some point, welcomed his father back.
"Our work still isn't over, Edward. It's time to truly take back Scale kingdom." Arthur spoke to everyone present, and they understood what he meant.
The people of the capital had been watching everything. Those that supported Blood sect knew what was coming and despaired. Those that opposed Blood secretly cheered in their hearts. They were still afraid, so they couldn't celebrate openly. But, the next words spoken by Arthur would bring them relief. As well as give them the hope that they had been holding on to.
"Scale kingdom's citizens. The rightful king, Uther Scale Pendragon, has returned!" Once everyone felt that they had been truly saved, they let out a unified cheer. The other cities that had no idea what happened in the capital still felt something and looked in its direction.
Ed and the others continued to hunt the remaining members of Blood sect. The general's group, along with Leonard and Edmund were looking for the traitorous nobles. The noisy capital quieted down, and soon the sun peeked at them from the east.
Ed was silently watching over it. Some memories flooded to his brain, and some tears accompanied them. It was truly difficult to forget a loved one. However, he wasn't alone. Someone tugged him from behind, which turned out to be Emilia.
"Good job out there." She smiled at him as if to soothe his heart. Behind her, Griffin, Eric, Ellie, Alicia, and Oliver were waiting for him. His companions had never left his side and looked at him from below.
"Good job to you too," said Ed. All of them regrouped with others.
Uther had to make a speech to the masses. The army was quickly taken back and was tasked with the liberation of the other cities. The heads of the traitorous noble houses were to be executed. Their families were spared but they were demoted by one rank of nobility. It was truly a carrot and a stick.
Ed teleported back to Avalon to let the others know that they were successful. Uther's wife broke down in tears of relief, but he let her know that she was needed back in her kingdom.
Everyone was happy about the situation, so Ed felt bad. But, he had to do something important. He had to let them know that an invasion will be coming.
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