Arthur laughed while saying: "Sure, we can use the pillars."
'Ding! Let me remind you, the pillars have limited energy at the moment.'
"I know," Arthur nodded, "but that egg… it seemed quite interesting to me."
'Ding! Sigh, alright, let's do it!'
"You lay the pillars and let me use the arrows from here."
'Ding! Let's start!'
The two cooperated and the next moment Arthur took out his bow and arrows while the system started to deploy the pillars.
The sudden appearance of the pillars startled everyone down there, yet when Arthur launched his arrows, a strange thing happened.
The pillars the system used were the ones being used before at the last fight with that parasite. The pillars once had experienced the tribulation and the combined attacks of the two masters with Arthur's arrows.
So when they appeared, they had a strange ball floating on top of each one, and when Arthur sent his arrows from far to hit them; these balls were ignited in a strange white and blue light!
"What is happening to my pillars?" Arthur muttered as those hit with his arrows started to shine with a strange luster of white and blue.
'Ding! It's a bonus from that fight,' the system vaguely replied, 'Ding! Keep hitting them.'
"Alright," Arthur wanted to ask more yet he knew there was not much room for that. He kept releasing arrows and when he hit over a hundred pillars, a certain change occurred!
Each pillar released a giant pillar of light to the sky that coalesced together and developed a dome. It was giant enough to cover everyone underneath it, and when it did those inside started to feel fear.
'Ding! Keep hitting, we need one hundred more, that's all.'
"One hundred for what?"
'Ding! You'll see and I bet you'll be amazed!'
"Tsk," Arthur hated riddles the most yet he kept firing his arrows non-stop. After ten times he managed to cross that threshold of a hundred pillars, and the pillars, the light emanated from them, and the dome started to show changed.
"What the hell is that?" Arthur was speechless when he saw a giant phantom of three beings appearing from the dome.
'Ding! It's your new sealing and attacking phantoms,' the system said in a great spirit, 'Ding! You just need to activate them with two hundred pillars each time.'
"And?"
'Ding! You'll see yourself!'
Just as the three phantoms took the shape of lightning power mixed with dark and pure light powers, they roared like being alive. Arthur was far, secluded from the dome yet inside the doom things were much different.
Every single being inside was pressed on the surface created by the pillars! They didn't just form the sky, they also formed ground, yet with the presence of water this ground was hard to see.
All were pressed hard, even the egg!
'Ding! See? No matter who they are, they can be pressed and sealed like that.'
"Is this… does this have a time limit?" Arthur was shocked and he didn't know how this occurred, but it seemed the three beings; the dragon, the bronzed giant, and the Golam had something to do with it.
'Ding! If left here, yes it has a time limit of a day perhaps,' the system said before adding in a relaxed tone, 'Ding! The three phantoms will derive energy from your pillars until they are depleted! So the wise thing is to take them all back to your garden so they will use the endless power of it to seal these.'
"Do you mean… it could be eternal?" Arthur asked in doubt.
'Ding! Technically speaking… yes.'
"Wow!!"
'Ding! Don't waste time and go and get them back inside.'
"Can't you do that?"
'Ding! I can do the free pillars, but these two hundred are now connected in a strange network that exceeds my current ability.'
Arthur nodded while heading smoothly to the ground. As he approached the dome and pillars zone, everyone inside glanced at him in an obvious hatred.
Even that egg!
"Be nice and don't act rampant," he smirked while touching the dome to feel some intimacy with it. "Wow, it recognizes me," he said.
'Ding! If you want, you can enter inside later and move freely there!'
"That's… simply amazing!"
He laughed and his laughs were mighty roars reverberating in this part of the great lake. Everything vanished into his garden while his system took care of the rest of the pillars.
"I need more pillars," Arthur decided.
'Ding! You should be! Your reserve of pillars are limited right now!'
"Sure," Arthur turned his gaze towards a certain direction, "as the mission of taking care of those dark disciples was done smoothly, I need to start handling this dark clan."
'Ding! You are way too far from their headquarters,' the system said, before adding, 'Ding! And you are too weak to handle them alone.'
"Who said I'm alone?" Arthur laughed before adding, "I have two stubborn masters eyeing my movements right now!"
'Ding! Wow, can you feel them?!' even I can't!!'
"It's not about feeling them" Arthur shook his head before adding, "I'm sure they are here, that's all. Call it a hunch and a firm belief in their shamelessness!"
'…'
Arthur then headed towards the shore of the lake, and when he reached there he canceled his transformation. "Masters, I need your help. Show yourselves, I know you are there!"
He shouted and waited.
'Ding! Don't waste your breaths, the two aren't here!' the system said after he shouted for the tenth time and waited there for half an hour.
"Just wait, they are just feeling ashamed to show themselves," Arthur said before shouting, "I need your help. We need to cooperate to take down the dark clan here!"
His shout reverberated in the empty place around, yet no one appeared.
'Ding! See? No one is here!'
"Why are you shouting like a crazy kid, kiddo?" suddenly this voice came from above, making him laugh.
"Welcome Amanda, I know you are here," he laughed before saying to his system, 'See? The two are here!'
'Ding! It's just one!'
'Wait!'
"Where is my sweet father-in-law?"
"Don't call him that! He is just your grandmaster!!" Amanda was instantly provoked by his words.
"Hehehe, you are such a nice boy. I like you and I wait for the day to be my son-in-law officially."
The words of Mr. E made the face of Amanda blush for a moment while she gave him a threatening glance. "What? Don't look at me this way, I have a weak heart y'know, hehehe!"
"Don't call him that!" she threatened.
"He is a nice kid with many surprises and great ambition. Isn't he a perfect match for you?"
"Don't act like that!"
"I'm just caring about your wellbeing," he laughed.
'See? Told you, hehehe!' and Arthur just laughed on his system which just remained silent.
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