Chapter 269 - Fallen Beings
The kid stood up with his hand dangling backward and his eyes white. Arthur realized that whoever was going to die was going to turn into an undead. This fact made the matter of finding that creature a top priority.
Arthur restrained the kid and walked over calmly toward him. Being dead was better than living as undead. No one knew if they felt anything, but it was better to rest forever than wander.
He sensed the core that was beginning to form in the kid's body and shot a string of liquid fire to destroy it. The kid gave pitiful sounds before falling.
"Mo...mmy..." The kid managed to say before the spiritual parasite left its body forever. Arthur closed his eyes as several figures landed next to him.
"Identify yourself!" The Temple Guard held a sword to Arthur's neck as he demanded. Arthur's badge appeared in his hand and the Guard looked at it with suspicion before confirming it was genuine. "I'm sorry, sir." He retracted his sword.
"This kid." Arthur pointed. "He has turned into an undead." His eyes were still looking at the ground. "I expect that he won't be the only one. You should burn the bodies before they're infected."
"Impossible, the mana in the city isn't enough for a parasite to manifest." The guards looked at him with doubt. Arthur simply shook his head and sighed. "I can vouch for this as a Jerano Student. You can confirm it too, it won't be long before the city is thrown into chaos." Arthur then stood up from his place and started to walk toward the center of the city.
"Where are you going?! Please head over to a shelter!" The guards tried to warn him but Arthur didn't listen. He could feel it, the existence of that creature. It was in the direction of Avarice dungeon.
Arthur disappeared from his place and appeared on top of a building. The city was in runes and the monsters were destroying the streets. While he was standing there, he felt the approach of Lilo from a distance.
Its body dived through the skies toward Arthur's location. With a flap of its wings, it stabilized itself. Rae was on its back and the two landed behind Arthur on the building.
"Is it a dungeon break?" Rae looked with a frown at the city. "This doesn't make sense, there haven't been any breaks after the DGD."
Dungeon Growth Detection, a cutting-edge technology that monitored the mana of the dungeons to estimate their breaks. The Awakeners Union made sure that no dungeon could reach a dungeon break, even if it had to pull experts from all over the world.
"Avarice should have over two years left before it breaks, it was that creature's doing. He caused the break." Arthur answered as he looked in the distance. "We need to stop it."
"We tried, we failed," Rae said with a frown. "This is not my battle and it shouldn't be yours either. Let's leave this to the Yalveran Union."
'It became my battle the moment it attacked my city.' Arthur gritted his teeth. 'If I leave it to cause dungeons breaks, what would happen to the city? To my family? To Mr. Tate?'
"You can leave if you want, I'm going. Lilo, let's go." Arthur said curtly and jumped from the building. Lilo flapped its wings and met him midair for Arthur to ride on its back.
Arthur soared through the skies as he felt Rae's gaze on his back. Even if she came along, all she could do was damage prevention of the city.
As he approached Avarice Dungeon with its ancient structure, Arthur could feel the creature in the sky above it. He spotted them the moment he was close enough to avoid any buildings. They were standing on top of Avarice Dungeon's foyer; the giant building Arthur came to months ago.
Yes, the creature wasn't alone. Several cloaked figures were standing beside it. Arthur's odds kept dwindling at every incident but there was no backing down.
This creature has killed his friend and almost killed his family. Arthur needed to kill this anomaly before it grew into something that would threaten every nation in this world.
The group of cloaked people turned toward Arthur. Except for the creature, Arthur realized they were all humans by seeing their hands.
"Fallen Beings." Arthur spat from behind his armor as Lilo hovered a distance away from them. The group looked at him silently as the creature in the middle spread its hands.
One of the group's members looked at another and nodded at him. The latter stepped up toward him as mana exploded from their body.
Arthur realized he was at the peak of the rei-ranker, a lackey no less. The person, who looked to be a man from their height and shoulders, spread his arms as two giant hammers appeared.
The man jumped toward Arthur and smashed with his hammers from both sides at him. Arthur commanded Lilo to turn them ethereal for a second and the two hammers collided against each other, the damage rebounding toward the man.
He coughed blood and fell to the roof again in a pathetic state. It must haven't held back when it attacked Arthur, making him injure himself in the attack.
The rest of the group shook their heads as another person stepped up. They disappeared and appeared above Arthur as a palm struck him down.
Arthur blocked using his barrier but he felt like a mountain was crushing him. Both Arthur and Lilo fell toward the roof and crashed as the Fallen Being continued their attacks.
"Die!" A feminine voice shouted as the figure struck again and Arthur crossed his arms to block it using his armor. Lilo's ability wasn't limitless, as it couldn't be used for a long time.
Before the palm could strike his arms, a white light collided with the woman and sent her flying. Rae hovered midair with her wings flapping and her body covered in white armor.
"You're a moron. An idiotic piece of shit that has crap instead of a brain." Rae looked down at him. "However, you still have your uses."
"You're my follower," Arthur said even though he was glad that she was here. He couldn't waste any more time on these people as he could feel that creature creating another fissure. "I'll leave this one to you," Arthur said as he stood up and teleported toward the center of the group.
"You're one of them?!" The person who seemed the leader shouted with rage after he saw Arthur's teleportation. "Kill him!"
Other than the hammers warrior and the person fighting Rae, there were five more people with the leader. All of them lunged toward Arthur but he simply constructed a barrier.
He punched with his arm loaded with Creation Mana and space started compressing under its might. The attacks rained on his body as his barrier and armor took the damage and negated it enough for Arthur's fist to reach the creature.
His fist sank into the creature's abdomen as it was sent flying through the sky. As the attacks arrived to kill him, Arthur disappeared with minimal damages inflicted. He appeared in the direction the creature was heading to.
His mana raged again as he used as much as he could in this attack. The creature looked at him but it didn't stop what it was doing.
'Why is it refusing to protect itself? Would it rather die than failing to create a fissure?' Arthur was confused. The creature was still using the Enders powers to close the gap between the two worlds.
"As if I'll let you!" Arthur shouted in range as he punched with all of his might. At that moment, the group's leader appeared and redirected his punch.
His mana exploded and destroyed several buildings in its path. The leader didn't pause and slapped at Arthur's side. In the split second, Arthur raised his arm to protect him.
A distinctive crack resounded as Arthur's forearm broke, causing an imaginable pain to him as he flew away. He smashed into a building's window and broke through several walls of it before he came to a halt.
As soon as he opened his eyes, the man was in front of him again. He punched Arthur who teleported toward the top of the building.
As Arthur appeared on top of the building, he immediately looked for the creature. It was hovering midair with its arms stretched out. It was still creating a fissure.
The floor broke underneath him as the man shot up from below toward him. Arthur teleported away toward the creature as he tried to punch him with his other hand.
Like a relentless spirit, the man appeared in front of him again. Like before, Arthur's barriers and armor broke as he was sent away flying while he coughed up blood.
He smashed into the railway of a flying train that made him fall toward the ground. He crashed into several stands of magazines and newspapers before his body stopped at a wall of a shop.
"Die, vermin." The man was already there again, ready to deliver another attack. Before it could reach Arthur, a figure dressed in ancient clothes appeared with a broken sword. Space began to crack as the sword and fist collided.