Chapter 71: Always Keep Your Enemy Closer

'Are you still the Golge I know? I hope you don't disappoint me.' 

Ryan's eyes looked cold. Then he immediately headed back to the building. Not long after, Ryan arrived and casually walked in. Since it was already night, a gentle breeze blew through the hollow walls which made the atmosphere cool.

Not seeing Golge's figure anywhere, Ryan shouted, "Come out and show yourself Golge."

"Good night, sir." Suddenly, a soft female voice came from behind him.

"Golge, since you have arrived in this city, I hope you have thoroughly investigated this matter." Then Ryan emphasized his words, "I hope you don't disappoint me."

"Of course I will not disappoint my master. The results of my investigation say that the Eclipse is in the city of Avalerion."

When Golge finished speaking, a flash of light appeared and Ryan immediately took a quick step aside. A bullet immediately pierced the floor where he was standing earlier.

"I did not think that the master was so great."

Ryan's face really looked cold, "In the end, you still let me down."

Golge's tone was not polite at all, "I don't care about you anymore, you also don't have the strength to do anything."

"You've been working for me for a long time Golge, you should know what awaits you." Ryan said.

Hearing that, Golge's body trembled slightly but immediately returned to normal, "Of course I know, that's why I already have preparations for today. Too bad, you won't come out alive today."

"Oh? Are you working with one of the 12 Aesirs?" Ryan shook his head and chuckled.

"I'm enough to face you." Another person's voice was heard. A man appeared from behind Golge and it was the Eclipse.

Ryan frowned at his arrival. The man saw the Eclipse approaching Golge and embracing her.

"Shocked? Hahaha." Eclipse laughed loudly while looking at Ryan.

"So that's your relationship...." Ryan sighed, "It turns out that I was played by the two of you all this time, I have to admit that you two are great at conspiring against me."

"And for you Golge, I will teach you how cruel the traitor's fate is." Ryan immediately gave off a thick killing aura.

"You can still say big even though your life is on the line. You can't even see Golge's betrayal, do you still deserve the name Nergal?" The Eclipse then squeezed Golge's chest while saying, "Everything yours is mine, be it women or treasure."

"If you can't guess, why do you think I came?" Ryan knew that Golge had betrayed him from the start. His purpose came to punish anyone who dared to oppose him.

And there was only one proper punishment—death!

The Eclipse and Golge were frozen in place as a flash of panic appeared in their eyes. They've worked under Ryan for several years, so they knew what kind of horrible fate that awaited them.

"Don't talk too much, today you will die!" The eclipse said while emitting a killing aura.

"Then show your abilities!" Ryan then turned into a Golge and charged at the Eclipse. The killing aura that escaped from Ryan was dense, intimidating Eclipse and Golge.

However, the two of them immediately came to their senses and joined forces. Golge was in charge of shielding Ryan's attack and the Eclipse prepared to counterattack. Seeing this, Ryan's killing aura grew out of control.

However, even though the two of them had combined their strength, they were still blown away by Ryan's attack.

"The weak are still weak!" Ryan snorted coldly and lunged again.

These two people would die today!

Eclipse was shocked to see this powerful Ryan. Shouldn't he be injured?

Eclipse's entire body started to get goosebumps. He couldn't let his guard down because Ryan had already attacked him and could kill him anytime. He had no other choice, than to stand still and wait for his death. The guy better bet by challenging Ryan's duel.

In an instant, a series of knife attacks aimed straight at Ryan's face!

Ryan remained flat. He quickly jumped zigzagged and dodged the entire attack. Then he gripped Eclipse's wrist tightly. The man pulled Eclipse and kicked it hard in the chest. The Eclipse quickly bounced off and groaned in pain.

"Since when has an ant attempted to climb the top of the world?" Ryan's eyes looked cold. By the time Eclipse was blown away, he was already rushing back.

When Eclipse tried to get back up, Ryan was in front of him and threw an uppercut to his chin. Now the Eclipse was floating in the air while vomiting a mouthful of blood.

Ryan on the other hand hit the Eclipse in the ribs and he fell on the floor holding his broken ribs.

"How dare you betray me?" Ryan stared at the Eclipse with a disgusted look..

"The god of war from the underworld is great, but don't you believe that I have the power to end your life today?" Eclipse was completely undaunted even though he was heavily injured.

Ryan frowned at his statement. Eclipse was battered but still opened his mouth to talk a lot. He was the epitome of dogs that could only bark.

"I have to admit that your abilities are extraordinary." The Eclipse was panting heavily, "Indeed I underestimated your ability but that also applies to you."

"I don't need to be serious when stepping on a mere ant like you." Ryan mocked.

"Golge, even though I don't know why you betrayed me, because you have chosen to fight me then be prepared to receive the same punishment as him." Ryan turned to Golge.

Ryan then took out the knife he had picked up earlier and threw it towards the Eclipse that was lying on the floor. The accuracy made the blade pierce through Eclipse's throat!

Eclipse died in front of the Nergal!

Ryan turned and faced Golge, "Now it's your turn to receive your punishment."

Golge's face was filled with horror. How could the Eclipse not do anything against this supposedly injured Ryan? Why had the situation gone like this?

Seeing Ryan's attack on the Eclipse, Golge knew that Ryan was still not serious. The name Nergal that he bore was no joke. Without a doubt, her life was already in Ryan's grasp!

Ryan stared coldly at Golge, his face was expressionless as he approached her.

"You really let me down." Ryan was really disappointed that his ace turned out to be a traitor.

Golge didn't speak at all. In the next instant, her figure disappeared into a wisp of smoke.

In that instant, Golge had thrown a smoke bomb where she was standing and a kind of grenade at Ryan's feet. Ryan reacted quickly and took a step back. The explosion was strong enough that it made Ryan step back quite a distance.

The building fortunately did not collapse, but the fire started to spread.

Ryan didn't bother and chased Golge. The traitor wouldn't be able to breathe a sigh of relief as long as he was alive!

Ryan ran so fast, it didn't take long for him to catch up with Golge. But suddenly, a knife flew towards his face.

Ryan barely managed to escape it while running at high speed. He then turned to see where the knife came from and was greatly shocked.

He saw a figure that he should have killed— it was the Eclipse!

What really happened? How could that person still be alive?

"Hahaha I told you today is the day of your death!" Eclipse laughed loudly when he saw the surprise on Ryan's face.

Ryan frowned, he still didn't understand why the Eclipse could be here.

His throat was clearly pierced by the knife earlier.

Or was it a fake Eclipse?

However, the surprise did not end there. It turned out that he was surrounded by around 20 people. What made his eyes widen was that all those people were Eclipse!

He thought his eyes had tricked him but those twenty people really were the Eclipse. Starting from the face, the stature and inner power they emitted were exactly the same. 

At this critical moment, Ryan also felt his mysterious power starting to rebel once again. Indeed, his grandfather had given him a help that would only last a month, but under the condition that he didn't use too much of his internal strength. And today he had used too much of his inner strength, starting from Roger, in the hospital and now.

And worse, he was faced with 20 people that had the same appearance, speed and strength as the Eclipse right now. Ryan now understood that the horror in front of Golge and his fight earlier were all traps that finally led him into another trap!

All these mysteries were finally starting to make sense. The Eclipse that he killed on the first day he got married and the Eclipse that destroyed his base, were all of the same person.

Ryan then turned around and said in a cold tone, "So your secret weapon is cloning?"