"This portal emits a grand wave of energy," Arthur pointed towards the portal all of sudden. "If it was meant to break the shield alone, then the energy emitted from it should be in the shape of a spear. You know what they say, a stream of water can't break a rock, yet a thin pillar of water shooting at it can."
"Who said these silly words?"
"I!" Arthur proudly pointed to himself, however in reality they were the words of his system. He didn't know that the system copied them from the golden dragon, who took them from ruins he once found of the originals.
"And?" Aemie asked while trying not to kill him.
"Sense it yourself," Arthur shrugged in an annoying way to her, "see if I'm right or not."
"What difference will it make?" Aemie didn't follow his words, instead she sarcastically said, "I'm going to kill you either way."
"I don't mind that," Arthur knew she was bluffing, exploding in such a domineering way just to scare him. Yet he believed in what he said earlier; that portal was the ultimate weapon his enemy held all this time.
He couldn't believe how brilliant that old lady was! She simply took out her lethal weapon and made them fear getting near it.
The sheer number of monsters and mages coming out from it was always a puzzle. Yet when he thought about the presence of another tower inside, this all made sense to him.
The tower needed a lot of sacrifices to operate fast and be charged. So the presence of all these mages and monsters was crucial for this plan to succeed.
Yet Arthur had to commend the old lady for her wicked mind. She didn't only put many layers of plans in case the original failed, she also made a copy and camouflaged it so no one else would doubt.
Even the highest mage in this world didn't and couldn't doubt it.
And that was a really brilliant move for her, one worthy of his admiration even if it came from his enemy.
"Don't move a muscle," she warned honestly in what she would do if he dared to move.
Just before she closed her eyes, she waved her sword around and brought half of that dam to the ground. She also waved a couple of times at the portal, causing many cracks at it and forcing it to grow a bit smaller.
Then she started to sense the energy coming off that portal.
"I always knew you had a soft spot towards girls."
All of suddenly the sinister voice of the old lady appeared from the direction of the portal. Her voice made Aemie stop what she was doing and gaze in vigilance towards her.
'Ready?' Yet Arthur stood calmly without any surprise at all. He already anticipated this move, and even thought of what this old crazy hag would do.
"You don't look surprised to see me, kid," the aunt said in a vicious tone, "yet no matter what, you won't be able to stop me… I'm inevitable!"
"Now!"
Aemie moved without the need of Arthur to shout at her, yet he wasn't giving her the order, but Gege.
Aemie wasn't that far off the portal, yet when she tried to come closer a shockwave suddenly erupted from the portal and hit her fiercely away.
Her body flew high in the air while a moment brought her eyes together with Arthur. He showed his determination to end this while hers showed regret and pain.
She was sure now that she was played as a fool by her aunt, the one who watched her grow from a baby to what she became now.
One who understood her better than herself.
And now for that single simple mistake, her entire world had to pay the price.
"I won't let you stop me now!" the aunt screamed in a crazy way while her sword slashed her body and cut even her other arm off. The blood erupted as a fountain and painted the portal partially with its crimson red color.
And the next moment the portal quaked like a restless volcano about to rupture.
However this wasn't the end of things… The two weren't that close to finishing their moves.
The old lady waved her sword aiming for her leg. The pain she felt was enough to knock her unconscious thousands of times, yet she endured and kept herself awakened only by sheer will.
And the blood exploded like a running river while she flew slowly above the portal to soak it.
"Damn you!"
However as she did her part, it was Arthur's turn to act.
And what he did drove her beyond the edge of insanity.
"I'll kill you for that!" she went berserk and all she could do was to raise her sword high in the air, and the sky dimmed all of sudden.
Thunder showered her sword before it was reflected towards Arthur. However he kept moving forward without any sense of danger, or harm even touched him.
The moment the old hag cut off her leg and flew high up, a portal silently appeared below her. All the blood she poured out of her body was instantly taken away, never allowed to touch the about to explode portal.
And when she tried to kill him using her lightning ultimate technique, Gege was ready with another portal that diverted the attack away before another portal appeared and transmitted all the lightning to hit the defenseless old aunt.
And this time her pain was immense, but her shock was immenser. She was sent flying in the air before the last act of Arthur happened.
A portal suddenly appeared on top of the path this sinister wicked old lady took while her body flew powerlessly in the air.
And then a massive body descended all of sudden, crushing every single bone of her against the ground before the monster did what it was meant to do.
"Come out now… Kill him now! Don't stop defending the por…"
Even till the end, that wicked old lady was honest to her cause. Her screams were interrupted by a horrifying crunch sound that came from the monster as she was eaten alive.
A fate that was so ideal as an end to someone like her.
"Roar!"
Arthur didn't stand silent and watch. The moment he moved towards her he knew what was going to happen.
Her end was sealed no matter what! He already envisioned thousands of possibilities she could make, and how he and Gege would encounter them all.
So he kept flying forward while resisting the fierce repelling force coming from the portal. However he was tens of meters late before a swarm of monsters appeared.
They came from two sides at the same time, one from the portal and one from behind. The remaining mages and monsters at the broken dam finally abandoned the silly idea they had.
And they joined forces with whatever was coming near Arthur from the portal, aiming to kill this insignificant variable that no one ever cared about.
However even the tiniest of things could make all the difference in the world, as he just did in this war.
But in this moment, he felt extremely helpless to do anything. His forces were getting assembled and ready to appear to help.
However deep inside him he knew this wasn't enough, barely enough. He wasn't aiming to stay alive or even kill every single piece of sh*t coming out from that damned portal.
He needed to destroy that portal, and he had to do it fast!
His main concern now was what that old hag did before dying. Her blood must have done something inside, like triggered a mechanism or accelerated the process.
No matter what, the short time he had was already shortened a lot.
'You need to close it,' the golden dragon shouted in alarm, 'you need to do it now!'
Arthur didn't need his shout or warning. He already knew things were heading south for all of them. However, hoping to do something was entirely different than actually doing it.
His entire power was drained only to let him fly forward at snail speed. He had to reach there and fight all the enemies pouring out from that damned portal and close it before it exploded.
For him, this task seemed an impossible feat to achieve. Even with the help of his allies, his forces, and even his will… he knew he couldn't do it! Not like this!
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