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Chapter 284: White World

As it parted its gaze from the sky, the black dragon focused its attention back on the Dragonoid and the million monsters surrounding it. Fumes escaped its nostrils and slightly covered its face; mad red eyes lay behind it. It paid no attention to the allies that summoned it and spread its wings.

Edmund and the others lost sight of the blue sky once again as they were hidden underneath the vast black wings. They knew that this was Entei's way of telling to go far away, as they would be nothing more than a hindrance.

Entei's wings stood vertically on its back. It stretched them as much as it could, and like a rubber band, released them with full power. The ground surrounding it couldn't handle the strength behind its actions, as it crumbled and split apart. Rocks and pieces of the earth flew in all directions. The weaker monsters lost their lives instantly, while the more capable monsters managed to run away in time. Still, even though only a minority was killed, the ground was died crimson, black, and green from the blood.

The monsters that dodged the initial attack tried to escape and reorganize, but Entei wasn't about to let them do so. It jumped from its spot and landed down on the monsters. Its feet crushed hundreds at once, but it wasn't satisfied. It jumped around like a grasshopper, and each time it landed pieces of the earth would be pulled and replaced by carcasses of dead monsters.

The larger sized enemies that were foolish, overconfident, and, frankly put, stupid, tried to retaliate back. Entei had a special way to kill them. It would show them the difference in size and power as it would bite down on their top and leave the bottom half to rot.

Becky wanted to shout and ask the dragon not to eat the vile creatures. After all, she saw how they were created, but she decided against it. The dragon was their ally, but not their friend. It was helping them due to the connection it had with Ed, as such, it was only reasonable to let it deal with the situation in any way it saw fit.

Edmund, on the other hand, was not worried at all. Instead, he was all smiles; he was on the verge of bursting into laughter.

"Why the good mood?" asked bard.

"It's the dragon. Surprisingly, it had a good sense of humor," Edmund answered him while pointing with his finger. At the place where he pointed, Bard and the others could see a small monster running away from the dragon while hiding amongst the other monsters. It was the Dragonoid.

"It's chasing it? Isn't it the same as…" Audun was stunned and couldn't continue his speech.

"Exactly what it was doing to me," said Edmund. "The black dragon is playing around with the Dragonoid. That's why I'm smiling; it feels like he's getting revenge for me!"

However, the dragon had no idea that the Dragonoid played around with Edmund before. It followed it around for two reasons. Firstly, it was too arrogant. When Entei first arrived, it noticed how the Dragonoid stared at it and the bloodlust it exuded was an annoyance for it. Secondly, it was the strongest monster around.

Entei's continuous rampage dwindled the number of monsters. The ground couldn't be seen any longer due to the number of corpses that covered it. The Dragonoid's body was battered and bruised from the attacks it couldn't dodge, and its Qi was nearly depleted.

Seemingly bored, Entei stopped moving and stared around at its surroundings. It snorted fumes out of its nose and flew up into the sky. The small monsters continued to grow smaller in its eyes until they were nothing more than small spots. It roared with its full might and caused the air in the area to shake in fear.

Edmund and the others had no choice but to cover their ears, else their eardrums would have popped. Unfortunately for the Dragonoid, it had no strength left to raise its hand and ended up stunned by the roar.

Entei took a deep breath in and ended up sucking the clouds around it. Its Qi started to build up inside its stomach, and a second later, pure white flames started to form in its mouth. Edmund and the others could feel the air become thinner around them, while their lips turned chapped due to the heat that built up around Entei.

The Dragonoid and other stunned monsters could do nothing but watch and wait in horror. Entei took only five seconds to fully strengthen his attack, but to them, it felt like an eternity. As the mighty black dragon released its powerful flames, the whole world turned white for the monsters.

There was no pain, nor a burning sensation. They could see their skin, flesh, and bones turn to ashes right in front of their eyes. The white pillar of flames connected the earth to the heavens and continued to spread. The attack didn't stop for a full minute, and once it was over, Edmund and the others finally opened their eyes. The crater that resulted from the attack stopped just one step away from them, and they could stare into the abyss that was created. Deep inside of it, they could hear the whispers of the devil. They felt sorry for the monsters that were sent to meet him.

Entei stared down at the crater and confirmed that all monsters were killed. It turned its head towards the mountain where it lived and left towards it, leaving behind the four Elders that it fought to save.

The Elders had no choice but to say their thanks under their breath and head back to Avalon. They found themselves at the entrance of Avalon, as this was the saved location that the teleportation spheres had. They walked through the rubble and corpses, glad that they were alive, glad that they were able to protect all the citizens hidden in the castle.

Edmund was thinking about the fluffy bed and the hot food he was going to enjoy after such a long battle when he was suddenly interrupted by a sharp pain in his left hand. He crouched down as pressed down on it.

"What's wrong?!" Becky shouted as she noticed Edmund in pain.

"It's nothing," he said. "I guess I'm not healed yet…"

Yet, before he could say the word, he noticed rubble moving a couple of feet in front of them. It was the area where he cut down the Dragonoid's tail earlier.

Without wasting another moment, Edmund pulled away his protective jewelry and gave it to Becky. The Dragonoid appeared from under the rubble and moved faster than them. Only Edmund managed to counter its speed, as he threw himself in front of the Dragonoid's stretched arm.

Blood spurted everywhere, and the sound of breaking glass reverberated amid the empty streets of Avalon.


Chapter 285: Edmund, The Protector of Avalon

Becky could only stare in shock as she felt the Dragonoid's nails scraping her back. Its attack managed to go through two sets of protection from Ed's special jewelry and the heart of Edmund as well.

Bard and Audun couldn't move either, they saw the degree of damage that Edmund took, and deep in their hearts, they realized that he was too far gone to come back from such an injury. They wanted to attack the Dragonoid, but their aching hearts dulled their movements and blocked their senses.

The raging winds burst forth into the streets of the city, mad at the despicable Dragonoid and its actions. Yet, the monster in question continued to snigger. This time, it thought, I've finally killed him. It could feel the sensation as it crushed Edmund's heart over and over; its expression grew more disgusting by the second.

The Dragonoid slid its hand out of Edmund's chest slowly, as if it wanted him to suffer more. However, its snigger turned into panic once it felt his chest muscles tighten.

"And where do you think you're going?" Edmund said as he coughed up all the blood that had built up in his throat.

Becky and the other two snapped out of their dark thoughts and tried to help him, but they stopped in their tracks. He raised his hand in protest and switched his attention back to the Dragonoid. He caught the hand that pierced him with his right hand, so hard, that his nails punctured the tough scales of the Dragonoid, while his left hand caught on to the shoulder of the monster.

"This thing here is smart, it waited for us to come back and ambushed us," he explained. "I don't know where it came from, or who sent it, but it targeted the castle, the king."

Bard wanted Edmund to stop talking. He saw the amount of blood he was losing and wanted to do nothing except help his old friend, but he held his tongue and chose to listen to the final words carefully instead of interrupting him.

"However, he was no match for Edward Avalon after all!" Edmund smiled from ear to ear, his bloody teeth reflected deep into the eyes of the Dragonoid. "The king isn't even in this city, you dumb lizard. We already foresaw this sort of attack coming, and only the weaklings were left in this city to handle the trap that leads to the black dragon. The king and the strongest fighters spread all over the world to stop you idiots from doing more damages."

The raging winds calmed down as Edmund's roaring laughter broke the Dragonoid's self-confidence. It could understand the speech of humans, although it was incapable of conversing itself, and thus it knew that the mission it was sent to fulfill was not going to work from the moment it set its foot into the city.

"What's wrong?" Edmund asked it. "Never thought you were going to be outsmarted by 'humans'?! How does it feel, that even though you brought millions of monster, you only managed to kill one human from this city?!"

Edmund pressed hard on the Dragonoid and forced it onto its knees. The monster could do but stare in awe, as it couldn't understand how a dead human could have so much strength! It could feel every cell in its body screaming in fear, as it struggled to break free from his clutches, but to no avail.

"Becky, listen closely to me." Edmund seemed to be out of strength as he started to talk. Becky, whose face was watery due to tears jolted as she didn't expect Edmund to call out to her.

"You've been with Edward the longest. You know how he is, and you'll know how to let him know my final words. I've never told you all how he and I met. He saved me when I was a prisoner in the Tower of Origin. And to be honest, until I met him, my life had been useless."

The three fellow Elders listened in shock to Edmund. The whole time they knew him, they only knew of his strength and wisdom, but that he was a prisoner before, they couldn't fathom the idea.

"I've found purpose in my journey, and someone became a protector of Avalon as I waited for his return. I've only been here for a few years, but I've never laughed more in my life, I've never cried more, I've never eaten more, and I've never thought of wanting to live longer more than at this very moment. The fact that this world is a cruel one is something I knew since my birth, but it truly is regrettable. It's not every life that you meet an 'Edward Avalon'.

"I wish that I could continue to watch over the path he chose in life, but since it's him I know that it'll be full of danger, laughter, and good food. I would have loved to see his and Miss Emilia's children. Just the thought of them calling Grandpa is filling with strength at this very moment, even though I no longer have a heart, I can feel it ache, hahaha…"

"Tell my king that I'm sorry I wasn't able to keep everyone alive and tell my savior that I will go on ahead to meet Arthur and sir Vortigern," Edmund said as he raised his remaining Qi to the maximum. "Farewell, my dear friends."

Edmund's Qi turned into a pillar of light that surrounded him and the Dragonoid. He looked at the monster that was devoid from life and said, "So, you've used up your Qi to regenerate from just your tail, and you can't even escape. It's a shame that I must end my life to take you with me, but I would rather not leave my body behind for others to see. It would only make them sadder."

The Dragonoid stared deep into Edmund's eyes, and for the first time, it looked as though it was its own person, and not a puppet sent to do its master's biddings.

"Your eyes tell me that you don't understand why I'm doing this. Sadly, you will never understand. A monster that only follows orders can never understand why people care for others. It's a shame, you see, you would have learned so much from Ed's monsters. Now then, let's not waste any more time."

As Edmund uttered his final words, the pillar of light grew stronger, larger, until it reached the black smoke covering the sky. A second later, everything turned back to normal, a blue sky and a silent city. The only thing missing was Edmund, the protector of Avalon, who had left his precious black spear, given to him by Edward Avalon, behind.


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