Chapter 236: Unveiling a disgusting smile (IV)
"How could I? Easily," Russ smirked. He kicked the metal pipe on Tonia's chest, causing more blood flow. Tonia was drowning in her own blood, dying slowly. "This is just a game. Even in the real world, power is gained through many sacrifices, and this is one of them. In my hand is the power that I need to change my life."
With a hum of power, the green Emerald began to flare. Russ's laughter could be heard mixing in with the black Dragon over his head.
A burst of green flames erupted around them, making the surroundings excruciatingly hot. Even the shadows of humans started to come out from the ground. Powerful, dark energy flashed outwards into sporadic energy, causing everyone near Russ to stumble forward. The ground shook, and the building trembled. Windows broke into many pieces, and even people who were a mile nearby were affected by the oppressive energy. Finally, they fell to the ground, completely drained of energy.
"Russ!" Kiyro yelled in anger. Kiyro and Eve fought as hard as possible, but they could not get closer to Russ.
"Oh? If it isn't Kiyro. I swear something about you is very familiar." Russ tapped his finger on his chin. "Almost like that annoying black and gold dragon."
"If I get my hands on you, I'm going to pummel you into the ground!"
"Please." Russ shrugged his shoulders. "Let's see you try."
A blast of green energy shot outwards, hitting Kiyro and Eve in the chest. Eve threw up her defensive barrier but was broken in seconds by the sudden powerful wave.
Even Kiyro was hit hard, causing him to stumble backward. Eve fell to the ground in pain from the oppressive green energy that seemed to taint their soul. Devouring their spirit step by step, making them powerless and slow. Finally, he fell onto the ground, and the shadows swarmed around him.
"This body is good as well." The Dragon flew upwards towards the sky and dove toward the Russ.
All Kiyro could do was watch the Dragon flying downward Russ, and even Will could not get towards Russ in time. Daulton was still immobilized on the ground, and both Kiyro and Eve were surrounded.
Kathunk! Crack! Crack!
A dagger encased in a red aura was thrown as it embedded into the green Emerald. Static green electricity sparked outwards, warping the crystals energy and even the black Dragon that dove down toward Russ.
"No! No! No!" The black Dragon screamed in pain as it warped into many knots. "This is not over yet, human!" Then, with a screeching pain, the Dragon warped and turned into smoke, leaving Russ behind.
All the explosive fire suddenly calmed down, leaving behind a chaotic mess. Every single one of the shadows quickly disappeared like smoke.
Kiyro and Eve were bruised with heavy cuts on their bodies. They both got up with heavy feet, wondering what had just happened.
"What? Who?!" Russ called out in disbelief. "No!" He threw the Emerald onto the ground, but what happened after startled him. A human-sized dragon shadow jumped out of the Emerald and flew into Russ's body.
It didn't take a second before Russ was completely taken over. When he opened his eyes, the color changed into an eerie green color. The black bracelet on his wrist turned into dust, leaving him completely free.
"Hahahahaah!" Russ threw his head back in complete joy. "This body is not bad." He looked at his arms with a smile.
"So it seems we have failed." A familiar voice spoke out. Four different people with different masks stepped out of the shadow. The first was a woman with a white rabbit mask, the second was a man with a creepy yellow smiley face mask, the third was a skull mask that covered half of the man with black clothes' face, and the final was a little girl with a crow mask wearing lolita like an outfit.
"Not quite." The girl with the crow mask swung her black umbrella to the side. "We achieved our mission. Instead, we should worry about what to do with this boy."
"Leave him be."
Kiyro's eyes became wide in surprise. He knew that voice anywhere; it was Angel's.
"We should leave before we bring more attention," Angel spoke indifferently. "Come here." He motioned Russ to move forward towards him.
"Who are you, human? To order me? The great Delvare." Russ growled, baring his teeth.
"Come here, BOY." Angel sent out a silent chill that suddenly shut Russ up in seconds. Instead, Russ started to shiver in fright and shuffled forward. "Good boy." He rested his hands on Russ's head.
"Pft, this is too funny." The lady with the rabbit mask laughed. "I mean, really? The great Delvare? Pft Hahahahaha!"
Angel turned toward the lady with the rabbit mask and gave her a cold stare. In seconds, she stopped laughing and went silent. "Disperse." His voice coldly spoke. Russ's eyes fluttered close, and he fell into Angel's arm unconscious.
All four of them disappeared into the shadows, leaving them all behind.
Angel Quest: Invasion of the Evil Black Dragon has been completed. Angel's Good luck for a week has been activated. For one week, your luck will be astronomical. Certain restrictions are applied.
The final Boss in Pyramid of Light has been defeated in the Game of Growth.
Kiyro was stunned by what he was reading. How could the final Boss of the Pyramid of Light be here? This did not make any sense at all. The only thought he had was of the strange occurrences that had happened once when he somehow made his way toward Angel in the spiritual realm. This could only mean that the game was starting to affect the world more and more, or it could be the other way around.
More questions stem up in his mind; the game of Growth was more complicated as time went on.
There were just way too many questions that were not making sense, but they needed to get out of there right now.
Not only that, Kiyro got the feeling that there was a lot more to this whole mess than he had thought.
Moments he could hear the Sirens could be heard from all around them. Then, finally, fire trucks came to a halt, bringing in their water hoses to quench the fires that were going erratic.
"Hurry up!" A fireman came running through with a water hose. He pulled back the lever allowing the water to blast through to the fire. More and more firefighters came running, creating a shower of rainwater. Even the sound of policemen could be heard going through the wreckage to see if they were any people were hurt. Finally, the ambulance came screaming from behind, picking up the injured bodies that were littered all around them.
"Kiyro." Alex came out from the shadows away from him.
"Alex? What? Where were you this whole time?"
"I waited till the right moment to destroy the Emerald."
"So that was you?"
"No time to explain. We all need to get out of here now." Alex called out to them. "Come on. Follow me!"
"But Tonia! She got skewered by Russ!"
"No time. She's dead. It's too late."
"How do you know? I mean, you didn't even check!"
Alex threw up his hand to cover Kiyros mouth. A sudden crack-like sound was heard from behind. He whirled out his dagger and pushed the tip into the enemy's throat.
"Woah. Woah. Woah!" Daulton threw up his reddened hands. "It's me. Daulton."
"Daulton?" Alex dropped his dagger. "Glad to see you're still alive."
"Half alive." He weakly chuckled. He was holding his arm closely next to him.
Will came up from behind with Tonia in his arms. His face was stricken with grief. "She's dead. I couldn't just leave her here."
"Come on, quickly follow me."
"Wait, what happened to the other four?" Everyone was running behind him closely, dodging the police men.
"They're dead as well. They were used to revive the black Dragon into this world."
"What?!" Daulton's voice spiked up. "Russ killed them?!"
"That piece of shit even killed his teammates?" Will spoke in disbelief.
Alex didn't reply.
"Who were those four people?" Will asked. "What did they mean that their mission failed? Was there something more?"
"I don't know. Now is not the best time to dawdle on such thoughts and get out of here safely. Quickly this way." Alex pushed the rubble aside, letting them all through. They slipped through the building and into the back alleyway. Eventually, making their way into the van that they came in from. They spilled into the van with heavy breaths and closed the door behind them.
With a grunt, the van spluttered forward, leaving the smoking concert hall behind them.
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