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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.


Chapter 286: The Tower of Origin, Once Again

Oliver roamed the streets of Avalon alone. Everywhere he looked, busy people scurried around with some sort of job. Following the monster invasion, hundreds of houses crumbled down, leaving families with no shelter, many streets had gaping holes in them, large enough to swallow all the citizens. Men and women alike, they took up tools and started to work on rebuilding their capital.

The cultivators helped as well, but their job was outside of the walls surrounding Avalon. Although Ed made sure to stock up on food, more couldn't hurt them, so they decided to hunt outside. Some of the wells were contaminated with blood; as such a new source of water was needed. The cultivators used spatial rings to stock u on freshwater until the problem could be solved.

Oliver soon found himself near the slums where he used to live only a couple of years ago. He could visualize the broken-down house where he used to hide during rain. The house was now nothing more than a piece of memory, as it turned into dust during the battle.

He felt relieved how no one had to live in the slums ever since grew more powerful. Similar to how he had helped him, Ed took it upon himself to empty the slums and give decent living areas for the homeless.

Oliver walked around more and found himself standing in front of Bard's shop, where he had the first decent meal in his life with Ed and Becky. Every night, he would dream of the day he met Ed for the first time. He could taste the meal he'd eaten at the time. He would also remember the promise he made with Ed, how he would become strong enough to protect him and his loved ones.

"Yet, at the most important time, I wasn't even around to protect Edmund…" Oliver muttered to himself and started to walk again.

He arrived at his actual destination not long after. He arrived at the biggest hole in the capital, where Edmund gave up his life to protect his fellow Elders and the citizens of Avalon.

The people, once they found out about their savior's sacrifice, started to walk to the hole, and each one of them would through a flower in order to express their sorrow, their happiness, and show Edmund proof that his sacrifice wasn't for nothing, that the people he protected didn't, and will never forget him.

Oliver was no different from these people. He brought out a bouquet of blue and red flowers and walked to the hole. These two colors were Edmund's favorite. It was a famous story of his, how the blue reminded him of the sky he first saw when Ed freed him, and the red was the special color Ed's eyes would take when he turned serious in a fight.

Cloudy eyes, and trembling lips, Oliver threw the bouquet into the hole while remembering the bright face that greeted him every day in the sect. However, he was surprised as he heard a thud almost instantly. He looked down and his eyes widened in shock. The hole that was supposed to be deepest, largest, in Avalon, was filled to the brim with beautiful blue and red flowers.

Oliver smiled as he realized that the citizens of Avalon couldn't have filled it alone. It was the work of someone who respected, and was deeply hurt by the sudden leave of Edmund.

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"Well then, old man William," Ed said as he stared at the Tower of Origin. "The tower is empty as promised, right?"

"I gave you my word young man," William answered back as stared at Edward. He couldn't believe that this was the same person he's met a couple of years ago. Every time he reappeared stronger than ever, more daunting than ever, and his demands more outrageous than ever.

"I see. If something happens it's on you. Oh, by the way, I don't suggest you send people inside ever again," Ed warned. "If my guess is correct, this tower is more dangerous than ever."

"You'll have to give me better reasons. Your gut feeling is not enough."

"It is enough," Ed said with a powerful tone. "Just tell whoever it might concern that it's my gut feeling. I'd like to see who's brave enough to say anything to you then."

William couldn't say anything back to Ed as he sighed. However, he had one last question, "Does it have to do with the recent monster invasion?"

"That's what I'm going to find out."

Ed finished his conversation and stepped into the tower. A nostalgic feeling overcame him, as he was teleported to the first floor. He looked around the forest and took a deep breath. He closed his eyes and focused for a second as he digested everything that happened to him ever since Ryuunosuke passed away.

In two days, the whole world suffered through an unprecedented monster invasion. The number of monsters was insane, while the monsters themselves were more diverse than the ones inhabiting the tower. Although he made preparations in case such a thing were to happen, he still lost a good old friend. Even though he got stronger, he was still losing people.

"I just need to get stronger. However, I don't have a year this time; don't you think so, Raikou?" Ed said as a wolf jumped out of his shadow. He extended his hand and patted his old friend. "The old dragon must be enraged because I took him forcefully, but he'll come around. Although he's mad, he's reasonable…Which is pretty contradictory, isn't it?"

Ed and his friends chuckled for a couple of seconds before they focused back on their tasks.

"Go back to my shadow; I need to put in some work today. My goal is the twelfth floor in an hour!"

As Raikou sunk back into the shadow, Ed's En started to spread all over the floor. At the same time, he charged a Ki blast in his right hand, while his left hand created small holes in space. Once his En reached the extremities of the floor, he released thousands of small Ki blasts that crept their way to the space holes. A couple of thousand explosions shook the entire floor, while Ed's notifications blew up at the same time. He had killed all the monsters on the first floor, yet he was unsatisfied by the result.

"It takes too much time to spread my En and then attack," he said to himself, as the snowy floor's cold barely tickled him. "I guess I'll do both at the same time."

Ed charged Ki all around his body, and in an explosion of aura, released all of it with a shout. The resulting energy sphere melted snow, rocks, and the monsters it came into contact with. After thirty minutes of energy explosions, Ed reached the twelfth floor, a new record that no one would break after him.


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