Chapter 162
Little Moon
"Wrath... go."
The command was spoken calmly, but its meaning was clear.
In the next moment, Wrath shot forward like a dark flash—fast and decisive.
After Arthur had upgraded it using Diamond Sand, its power and speed had doubled to a terrifying level.
Within only a few breaths...
five gorillas fell to the ground without even having the chance to attack.
Those gorillas had been the closest ones and the greatest threat to Arthur.
A calm smile appeared on his face. Then he lowered his body slightly and gripped his sword firmly.
"Sword Domain."
Pure magic circles formed beneath his feet and spread rapidly, covering the entire battlefield and encompassing all the remaining gorillas.
"Single Cut."
Arthur swung his sword.
It was not an ordinary movement...
but a single strike, swift and pure, without the slightest trace of hesitation.
The air trembled faintly before an invisible sharp attack surged forward, slicing through the space ahead of him.
It passed through the gorillas without stopping, without effort, without resistance.
And in a single moment...
all the spirit beasts fell apart, lifeless and severed.
Arthur returned his sword to the bracelet, his smile never leaving his face.
"It seems my body has become much better... Previously, I wouldn't have been able to use Sword Domain this smoothly. But now... my physical strength and endurance have increased tremendously."
In the past, his body had been a limitation.
He had only been capable of using his techniques at their lower levels.
But after the Heaven and Hell Fusion Technique...
his body had become capable of enduring his techniques at up to half of their true level.
And for Arthur...
that was a terrifying improvement.
He looked at the corpses of the spirit beasts lying before him, then slowly raised his right hand.
A dense dark aura began wrapping around it.
"Drain."
The beasts' energy transformed into crimson blood-colored streams that rushed toward him and settled into his hand.
Arthur drained them all and calmly stored the energy.
He surveyed the surroundings.
No threats... no movement.
He smiled, then rushed upward toward the mountain peak.
There, facing the high sun, he sat down and began gathering magical sun energy exactly as Zhao Fan had taught him.
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Two weeks later...
Arthur slowly opened his eyes.
The sky was dark.
Night had fallen.
He had remained seated in the same position for two entire weeks, without moving, without stopping the gathering process for even a moment.
He took out the petrified egg, blood-red in color, and began pouring all the magical sun energy he had gathered into it.
Some time passed...
then morning arrived.
Arthur felt an emptiness within himself.
He had exhausted everything he had collected.
| You have poured magical sun energy into the egg.
All you need to do now... is wait for it to hatch. |
"Cain... tell me. What kind of spirit beast is inside the egg?"
| A snake. |
"...A snake?"
| Yes. Why? |
"Nothing... It's just that protagonists usually obtain a legendary dragon, a world-destroying beast, or something equally exaggerated."
| It is a Heaven-Devouring Serpent. |
"..."
"And here we are, back to the powerful beast plot."
Arthur smiled calmly, stood up, and stretched his body comfortably after two weeks of complete stillness.
Then he leaped down from the mountain peak, descending lightly.
He had expected to see the ruined village...
but what he saw made him stop.
The village...
was clean.
The blood had disappeared.
The rubble had been cleared away.
"What happened here?"
He moved forward cautiously, his eyes scanning the area in surprise.
"Ah!"
The sound of someone falling...
followed by a faint groan.
Arthur turned quickly.
A young girl, around fourteen years old, had fallen to the ground.
"Are you alright, little one?"
The girl trembled and looked at him fearfully.
"W-Who are you?
And why are you here?"
Then she examined his features...
and her eyes widened.
"You're...
You're the big brother who killed those monsters with a single strike!"
Was she watching me?
The girl approached with hesitant steps, then bowed with sincere gratitude.
"Thank you, big brother...
for killing the monsters that destroyed my home... and killed everyone."
"The monsters?
Where is your family?"
Her voice grew quieter.
"They died long ago...
I was living here with my aunt... but she died along with everyone else."
"I'm sorry to hear that."
"Thank you...
May I know your name?"
"I'm...
Call me Arthur."
"Arthur..."
She smiled gently.
"That's a beautiful and unusual name.
I'm Moon Fu...
You can call me Little Moon."
Arthur felt something strange...
a quiet comfort, a rare kindness.
And at the same time...
a deep sadness.
"Do you have anywhere to go?
Family? Friends?"
Little Moon shook her head sadly.
Arthur sighed.
He couldn't...
he simply couldn't leave her here.
He remembered Rainflower City.
And he remembered the women-only palace that Zhao Fan had told him about before.
"Alright..."
He smiled gently.
"Would you like to come with your big brother, Little Moon?"
Her eyes filled with tears, but she smiled...
and nodded in agreement.
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