Chapter 84 - Mystery Solved?!!

The aurora in the night sky descended and wrapped itself around the Guardian eagle. He offered the aurora part of his soul fragment, and the aurora gave him part of his power. Seeing this technique was the first time for Aryan, and his eagerness to study this technique was high as usual. Inside his soul sea, the Twin Dragon Grimoire was noting down all the sutras, mantras, and spells that were being used in the arena.

And the Aurora Soul Burning Technique was not an exception.

Back in the arena, now that he had gotten himself a boost, the guardian eagle was ready to show his new power. He made a waving gesture with his hand and pointed it towards Howk.

Wosh!! Wosh!! Wosh!! Wosh!!.....

Thousands of energy arrows materialized in the night sky and went towards the place where Howk was standing. All the spectators including Aryan and Yoshino were thinking that he would try to dodge them by running like the previous times, but their predictions and expectations got completely crushed when Howk didn't move from his place and let all the arrows hit him.

Boom! Boom!! Boom!!! Kaboom!!!!!

All the arrows that touched the surface exploded itself creating a crater in the arena. After sometime the smoke and dust cleared out and nothing was there in that place. Except for the broken pieces and debris of the arena.

"Ha… Ha…. Hahahahahahahah, wahahahahahh" laughed the Guardian eagle. He was happy that he fulfilled the contract and now he can go to his sealed place by taking advantage of that soul pull.

"Haaaaa!! Puny little man, you are nothing more than an ant before me, the Great Guardian eagle of eternal darkness. Let's see if there is anything left or not. I will take that with me as a souvenir."

"Ehhh…. If you want a souvenir, you should have told me beforehand, I would have given you a nice one." ringed a voice near his ears. He turned his head and saw a figure in black standing on his shoulder.

Krchhh!!!

Another cut mark on his face. The figure standing on his shoulder was none other than Howk. Guardian eagle stared at him with bloodshot eyes and asked in a rage, "You puny insect, how did you survive that rain of arrows."

Howk stared at him blindly and asked, "You are talking to me?!!"

Guardian eagle "...."

"I see, I thought you were talking to yourself. Aren't you a puny insect?!!" 

Listening to his mockery Guardian eagle got enraged, his patience ran out. Earlier he was thinking of using some other attacks with his power up to defeat Howk, but now only one thing was ringing in his mind.

Destroy, destroy and destroy!!!

"I will kill, kill every bast** present here," cursed the guardian eagle and at down cross-legged on the arena. He closed his eyes and willed it. The aurora appeared in the night sky again. 

'What's this monster gonna do with the aurora again? Will he burn the rest of his soul for power??' was the thought in everyone's mind.

He closed his eyes again and chanted a new sutra, "Za Zaidu Zao zaulla zu za zau zaidu za zu zao zaulla."

Aryan was drinking some refreshments and almost choked up after listening to the sutra chanting. Not only him, but many others were also laughing and rolling on the ground after listening to the chant.

Even Howk couldn't control his laughter and started laughing in the arena. Every spectator present there was laughing to their heart's content, not a single one was there who didn't laugh.

Ignoring their laughs Guardian eagle continued his chanting and reached the final verse of the sutra, "zaulla zao zu za zaidu zau za zu zaulla zao zaidu za." 

After finishing the last verse the aurora on his head dispersed leaving behind a small fruit on top of his head. Guardian eagle grabbed it once and gulped it down in one go since he didn't want others to get their hands on it.

"Muha, muwahahahaha, muwahahahah," he started laughing and continued for some minutes. Seeing his unusual mad behavior Sir Jean exhaled out a heavy breath and said that the eagle had lost it.

Aryan agreed on his statement and added, "completely lost it." 

After laughing to his throat, the Guardian eagle stopped and looked towards the VIP zone. "You mortal ant, aren't you the one who was exerting pressure on me earlier? Muwahahahahah muwahahahah. You will die, all will die, I will die. Muwahahaha."

Sir Jean picked up his virtual pad again and dialed a number, the receiver picked up the call and the first thing he told was, "Kid kill that fcking bast*** now, or your two years salary will be in danger."

Beep...beep….beep...

The connection discontinued. The caller was Sir Jean, and the receiver was none other than Howk. He looked towards the giant guardian eagle sitting before him and thought of different ways to butcher him.

He could take anything upon him, be it the harsh training or continuous missions without any break. But when it comes to his salary he will do anything to get it at the end of every month and to get a call from his boss about the salary cut, because some random eagle badmouthed him.

Meanwhile, the enormous body of the guardian eagle started glowing, "Muwahahah, muwhahahah, I will go down and will take you all down with me. Muwahahahah, muwahaha," laughed the guardian eagle. His laugh was becoming loud and creepy with each passing minute.

Sir Jean "He has lost it."

Aryan "Completely lost it."

Yoshino "Hopeless patient, he is."

"Sigh… Let that kid take care of that, I will just sit and enjoy it." commented Sir Jean and ordered one more bottle of refreshment for him.

Back in the arena, Howk was getting ready to finish the match and the guardian eagle was getting ready to finish everyone there. Both of them wanted to finish but the quantity was a little different.

Howk stopped moving around and closed his eyes and dived into the soul sea, this time Howk was completely defenseless. Guardian eagle could have attacked him this time, but he didn't. He was gonna blast up the entire arena in a few seconds so why go after the small fries.

Inside his soul sea, he willed and summoned the fragment of the star that was detached from his cultivation star, the star of the chaotic abyss demon.

Hsuhhh!!

It appeared before him out of nowhere and started shaking again. Howk went near it and touched it. Suddenly, the light faded out in his soul sea, everything there became, darkness engulfed his soul sea. 

The fragment on his hand started emitting red light, it levitated from his hand and change its shape to a new weapon. A hybrid design of shuriken and the Howzer disc.

"Gahhhhh…. Gahhhh….." came a sound from the new weapon in front of Howk.

He took a step forward and had a close look at his new weapon.

"Ahahaha, ahahaha," echoed a laugh in his soul sea. Howk looked behind then to his front, but couldn't find the source of that laughter.

"Hahaha, I have been given a life, now I am me, not someone else. Aahahaha," that sound echoed again.

Howk had an idea about the source of the sound, but at the same time, he couldn't believe that it was true. He knew the only possibility that could make a sound inside his soul sea, but then again he was denying the fact that his time had come. He will no longer be able to.....

Watching the unusual reaction on Howk's face, Aryan was getting worried. "Till a minute ago he was doing good. What happened to him now?" he pondered.

He asked Sir Jean about him, but to his dismay, the only reply he got was "His time has come. I can no longer save him."

Yoshino heard his answer and asked, "Was he taking those things…..?"

"Yes, he was," replied Sir Jean.

"Why?!!"

"He has some personal problems and you know….."

"Oh, I understand," said Yoshino and looked towards the arena again.

Aryan was getting confused from their talks, he cooled down his mind and joined all the hints that he got till then.

After filling the blanks of their convo he was able to solve the mystery that Sir Jena and Yoshino were talking about.

"His death is near, he has been taking drugs till now to sustain his life. This fight must have worsened his condition and he could no longer….." muttered Aryan.

Hearing to his mumbling, Sir Jean wanted to say something but refrain himself from doing so. And instead of him, Yoshino told Aryan to make his heart firm for the events that were gonna happen next.

'Heee-heee-heee, it's not my first time seeing someone dying, but then again it will be my first time seeing someone dying in this new era.' 

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Don't forget to drop some power stones.