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Chapter 222: Royal Guards

As the citizens looked in horror at the scene, the soldiers inside the city went into a panic. The capital was invaded. They ended up reacting a bit too late, as Ellie had already made her way deep into the city.

"DO NOT LET HER GET AWAY!" one of the army leaders, stationed inside the city, shouted as he realized the peril they were in. But, it was too late. One thing that the Beastmen army had done badly, was to leave the strong ones out of the loop. Only low ranking cultivators headed to intercept Ellie's army, while the strong ones were stationed elsewhere.

"As if you can catch up!" Ellie turned around and made a funny face towards the soldier, as he pulled on her lower eyelid and stuck her tongue out. She flew a bit higher and increased her flight speed, leaving a sonic boom after her. Her target was the castle build on a high ground in the middle of the capital. Ellie failed to notice the group of eyes locked on her. They weren't enemies but simply a gallery of people gazing at her familiar figure. Some of them had tears in their eyes. They were the citizens of the capital. And they all recognized the boisterous problem child, Ellie.

"Wait for me, Gazef!" Ellie mumbled to herself as she let a trail of QI behind her.

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The soldiers outside of the city didn't know what to do. They were able to hold on for so long, only because the enemies couldn't reach the wall. But now, Ellie passed all of them, and they couldn't do anything. Also, because of Becky's unprecedented growth during the war, she started to pressure them even more. None of the Beastmen soldiers were able to pressure their enemy. The difference in morale and goals was far greater than they could handle.

"Elder Audun, I will follow after Ellie now. I'm certain that other enemies are inside, so she'll need all the help she can get." Eric joined up with Audun's army and told him his plan.

"I understand. I'll take care of both armies and take down the soldiers here. I'll join you if I can later, so just focus on your goal for now." Just as Audun finished speaking, Eric left his horse to one of the soldiers as he flew up in the sky.

"Shoot him! Don't let anyone else get inside the walls!" Seeing Eric's movements, many soldiers and archers switched their focus to him.

"Are you sure you can spare me your attention? I'm quite strong you know? You will need a whole army to stop me from entering!" The soldiers shrunk back as they heard Eric's confident claim. In fact, they had seen him smash and slash through their allies since the war began.

Some Beastmen that could fly hurried up and tried to block Eric's way. However, a single swing of his sword was enough to put them to rest. Eric flew over the walls, sending those that saw his act into panic once again. The citizens this time weren't as calm, as the person that invaded them this time was not familiar. However, they were astonished as Eric ignored them, and didn't even try to kill anyone of them.

He spotted Ellie's figure, currently engaged in combat with five figures.

'I knew it…' Eric thought to himself as he flew at maximum speed. The soldiers following after him were blown away by the force generated by his accelerations. He closed in on Ellie's position and the ones fighting her noticed him and backed away.

"Are you okay?" Eric asked Ellie as he studied her state. He couldn't see any wounds on her body, but it was better to ask.

"Yeah, I barely started to fight them after all."

"Who are they?" Eric asked as he checked his opponents. The five of them seemed to be on the older side, and they all carried themselves with dignity. On top of that, their cultivation ranged from Heavenly Establishment level 10 to Immortal level 4.

Starting from the left, Eric could see a beastman whose features looked similar to a mole. His long nails and pointy nose seemed especially like one. The one next to him had wolf ears and a bushy grey tail. His canines were grinding against each other as he looked at Ellie and Eric. The central one was the strongest out of them, and he looked like a bulky leopard, with a spotted skin and a thin long tail. He had a calm look in his face as if he was undisturbed by the things happening near the capital.

The next person was a lady with eagle wings and bright yellow eyes. She seemed to follow every movement happening in her surroundings, going as far as reading the lips of Ellie and Eric. The last one was a gorilla beastman. He looked no different from a regular gorilla, except the fact that his face resembled humans.

"They are the five royal guards. I was wondering where they were, but it turns out that they never left the castle. I guess the king didn't allow them to leave his side, as he was afraid of us." Ellie explained.

"I guess it's their existence that convinced Blood sect to ally with them," Eric mumbled as he looked at the five of them. "Anyway, no need to waste time. You go ahead and I'll handle them. Don't be annoying and say that you will stay here to fight them, go and kill that king." Eric told Ellie as he brandished his sword.

"I'll leave it to you then." Ellie rushed away in a hurry towards the castle under them. The eagle lady flapped her wings, and in an instant, she was next to Ellie. Yet, Ellie didn't even look at her.

"You're too arrogant, little girl!" She said as she slashed with her razor-sharp wings.

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"Weren't you reading out lips? Didn't you see me say that I will handle all of you? Isn't that reason enough for her not to pay you any heed?" Eric dropped three consecutive questions as he threw the eagle lady away after clashing with her. The eagle lady was quite fast, and yet Eric was able to catch up to her. This alone caused the five guardians to put their guard up.

"Five opponents…Same as Ed last time. Let me show you the tradition of the Avalon princes!" Eric said as his QI blew out of his body.


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
Shigun Shigun

Hello everyone! Sorry for the late update, I started writing a chapter for my new novel at about 2pm, and ended up finishing it until 10 pm. i played a soccer match with my friends, and somehow ended up the one cooking for them (go figure) so I only finished this chapter until 1am(GMT).

Enjoy!

Chapter 223: Too Late

Ellie, taking the chance that Eric created, broke a castle wall and entered inside. Unlike what she had planned before, she ended up heading towards the underground prison cells. She knew about the interior of the castle, as she had visited it many times before. But, she had never visited the prison before. A strong smell of blood assaulted her sensitive nose, causing her stomach to churn. The walls were tainted with a red color, seemingly from the blood of whoever was inside.

As she descended further, the smell intensified, causing her to feel like vomiting. Still, she held on and pushed further inside.

'Not here…' a saddened, or more accurately horrified, look emerged on her face. The cells were all empty, and whatever she was looking for, was not there. Ellie retraced her steps, appearing outside of the cells. Her horrified look turned into one full of rage. Her face turned redder, and veins started to pop at the side of her head. Her tiger ears flattened on her head, while her tail hardened. In one fell swoop, she breached the floors above her, all the way to the throne room. There, a figure sat on a chair, while another one stood next to it.

"I've been wondering about who was making so much noise in my capital, and it turns out it is the ungrateful daughter of the ungrateful duke." The seated figure rose up and walked down a couple of stairs that were in front of the throne. The king of the beastmen, Gazef, was rather skinny, yet tall. His skin carried a greenish color, as if he was a sick cartoon character, while his neck and some parts of his head were covered by scales. His eyes were green as well and looked like a cat's.

"I came here for two things. One of them is to kill you, but that comes a little later. Now, I only want to ask you one thing…" Ellie said as she clenched her arms. She was still wearing her gauntlets, causing a screeching metal sound to be heard. "WHERE ARE MY PARENTS!"

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Just outside of the castle walls, a gruesome battle was taking place. Eric was doing his best to stop the five royal guards from following Ellie. All of them lost interest in Eric after noticing Ellie's presence inside of the throne room. They acted like a machine, whose sole purpose was to reach the king.

'Tch…All of them are so strong! It doesn't seem like I can take it easy after all…' Eric thought to himself as he flew from one area to another, engaging the five enemies.

"Haah!" Eric shouted as released a QI wave, sending the five of them back. He retreated and looked back at the castle, as he thrust his hand toward it.

"Take this, Wind Cage!" Eric muttered as he manipulated his QI. A huge tornado surrounded the castle as it picked up its speed. After a couple of seconds, the wind was so fast that it managed to grind rocks into dust.

"For now, no one is getting inside. Unless I dispel the magic or die, that is." Eric's words caught the attention of the royal guards. Their objective switched from getting to the king, to killing Eric. Each one of them understood just how dangerous Eric's technique was. None of them wanted to try their luck, and try to get past it.

"You might have bit more than you could chew, brat!" The leader of the guards, the leopard, said as he rushed towards Eric. He used his claws to attack Eric but was stopped by his sword.

"Unlike a foolish beast like you, I'm a person that knows etiquette and manners, I only bite what I can eat!"

The two of them clashed dozens of time, sending one shockwave after the other. If it wasn't for the Wind Cage, the castle's walls would have crumbled by now. However, these same shockwaves saved Eric some headaches, as they stopped the other guards from interfering.

"You're nothing, kid!" The leopard increased the intensity of his attacks. He was using both of his hands, giving his a bit of an edge compared to Eric. Once he noticed a slight opening Eric made during a slash, he kicked at his side. However, he felt as if his leg was stuck in a viscous liquid.

"That wasn't an opening, you little kitten!" Eric shouted as a gust of wind blew the leopard beastman. 'Do you think I'll make such a stupid opening when I've been training with monsters?' Eric thought to himself as he kicked the beastman to the ground.

"Now, this is better. Since we're getting out of time, I'm going to ask all of you to attack me at once. That'll make it easier, and it'll push me to use my all. Don't disappoint me now, you useless guards." Eric said as he drove his sword into the ground and leaned on it. The leopard beastman got up as the other four joined him. All of them incensed with rage.

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Beyond the cage of wind, the castle had crumbled into the ground. The battle taking place inside of it was enough to rival the one happening outside. The three people that were inside the castle were now outside of it. The third person was the wife of Gazef, but she didn't get involved in the battle. As a matter of fact, she secretly wished for her husband to die, as she knew the atrocities he had committed during his reign. She was always by his side after all.

Gazef was currently holding Ellie's neck with his arm. Not his hand, but his arm. His arm became like a snake, coiling around Ellie's neck and constricting her breathing.

"You asked me where your parents were, but you should know exactly what happened to them. After all, they smuggled you out of the country right after you slandered me, didn't they?!" Gazef shouted as he noticed some tears forming on Ellie's eyes.

Ellie had told everyone that her parents had disowned her. But, that wasn't the case. They loved her from birth and didn't teach her any techniques since they didn't want her to become a soldier under the rule of Gazef. The day she rebelled against Gazef, they drugged her and smuggled her to Avalon, where her previous teammate, Ed, was. She had told them about what happened in the academy, and they judged it was best for her to be away.

"You…BASTARD!" Ellie bellowed as she tore away Gazef's arm. The thought of losing her parents haunted her ever since she found herself in Avalon, but believed they would be spared since her father was a duke. She waited until she gained strength, but it was too late.

"I WILL MAKE SURE NOTHING WILL REMAIN OF YOU!"


CREATORS' THOUGHTS
Shigun Shigun

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