Chapter 71 Grand Banquet (9)
"It's you…" Arthur muttered, gazing at Gary with widened eyes. The latter's deanor was casual, as if this sort of thing was a natural occurrence. His halberd was proudly clutched between his fingers.
"Of course, it's ," Gary replied, lowering his halberd. He then displayed his back, leaving him vulnerable. However, Arthur and Jake knew better than ever that it was simply a tactic to force them to attack.
Gary, instead of attacking, approached Athanasia's wooden desk, glancing at the docunts spread across its top. Without hesitation, he sat atop the chair behind the desk before retrieving an object from the inside.
Then, he extended his arm, displaying the object. It was a purple, diamond-shaped fragnt.
"Is this what you want?" Gary asked, tilting his head before cracking a smile. Jake glanced at Arthur at that mont before clicking his tongue. It seed the crimson-eyed man truly wished for that object.
Arthur, on the other hand, was shocked.
The fragnt Gary held in his hand was supposed to be hidden in a vault. It was sothing no one except Athanasia had access to, and sothing Gary wouldn't touch, unless… soone was powering 'it' using a different ans…
The fragnt wasn't connected to a pipe, which ant they had brainstord a thod to transport… no, it couldn't be…
'All of this will turn to shit if I don't get that,' said Arthur inwardly, clenching his teeth as he stared at the smug expression encompassing Gary's face. The latter knew what the forr was planning… everything about it, too.
Arthur couldn't hide anything.
"Were you the one that killed Caroline?" Arthur asked, placing his hand on the hilt of his sword. The hilt clicked before a tallic noise perated his surroundings. Assuming a stance, Arthur's eyes grew deeper.
"What?"
"Did I stutter?" Arthur asked, tilting his head emotionlessly. "Or do you not understand the language I'm speaking in?"
Gary let out a chuckle. "Yes, it was . It was pretty easy to kill that bitch, if you ask . Did you also see how I placed her hair in a position where it would be covered in blood after a while? Cheeky, right?"
Silence.
Jake simply watched. Arthur's face didn't display any significant reaction, but it was quite obvious what Arthur was thinking. Jake could understand the man even more, now that he'd revealed he was his first friend.
The pain…
His thoughts must have been jumbled. 'He doesn't know what to think…'
Jake knew Arthur couldn't fight in the state he was currently in. However, he needed the object that lay in Gary's hands. He glanced at Arthur again, who was channeling his pitiful remains of mana across his body.
'Fuck, I gotta do it,' thought Jake, letting out a deep sigh.
Jake channeled mana across his entire body, allowing veins bulging with mana to appear on his skin. Arthur and Gary noticed the influx in mana, and while the forr directed a look of confusion, the latter simply smiled.
"It looks like the dog is planning sothing," said Gary, fortifying his defense using mana.
Jake lifted the heels of both feet before flexing his calves. Finally, with a loud bang, he detonated his calves, spraying blood across the area. Suppressing the pained groan, Jake burst forward at terrifying speeds.
A trail of mana and blood remained.
It was like ti stopped.
Jake's body traveled several ters in the ti it took Gary to blink once. He closed the gap within a second before extending his arm. Jake grabbed Gary's face before smashing it into the ground.
Then, he quickly stole the fragnt before tossing it to Arthur.
"Go!" Jake shouted as Gary stood up.
With an expression of utter shock, Arthur squeezed the fragnt in his hands. A shrill shriek escaped Gary's lips as Arthur glanced at Jake. With a thankful expression, he took off into the distance.
Imdiately, a massive amount of mana pushed Jake into the wall.
"You fucking–"
With a scream, Gary punched Jake's abdon, ssing up his internal organs. The latter suppressed tears as he suffered a beatdown he would rember forever. However, he didn't give up.
"Shut the fuck up," said Jake, swinging his sword. As a horizontal trail was left behind through Jake's mana. A gash appeared on Gary's chest, and veins bulged from his throat. Tear escaped his eyes.
Desperate, Gary rushed across the room, trying to chase Arthur as he disappeared into the distance. Although Gary was powerful and could probably destroy Jake, the forr was not sane.
Through the elent of surprise, Jake had destroyed Gary's sense of reasoning.
The latter was to guard the fragnt using his life, but the fragnt had been stolen, and he was alive. One couldn't imagine the torture he would have to endure if he lived. The sheer thought had reduced his ntal health to a joke.
He couldn't imagine… he couldn't imagine.
"No…" Gary muttered under his breath, shedding tears. But he couldn't rember the reason for his outburst. He had lost everything. The ans was quite underwhelming, too. It was too much for him to handle.
His sprint was obstructed by Jake, who smashed his face into the ground once again. It was a brutal beatdown.
Finally, once Gary's eyes had lost their luster, and all that remained of him was a pitiful physical body, Jake decided to end things.
The latter lifted his sword, aiming it towards Gary's throat. With a single slash that surpassed all slashes, he sliced through the muscular man's neck. Blood burst from the clean decapitation, serving as a symbol of victory.
Not of Gary's, but of Jake and Arthur's.
Now, it was only a matter of ti, like it had always been.
*
Arthur rushed across the hallways, exiting Arcadia Academy through the window. Since Mr. Mason and Henry were still duking it out, the window was the safest option to escape the school building.
Imdiately, Arthur approached the basent, which was usually locked.
He smashed the door using his bare fists, drawing blood. But he didn't care.
Soon, he entered the darkness.
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