Chapter 217: Clearing the Dungeon

While James was burning with these thoughts, the same voice reappeared:

"SWIIPPTT!"

When this sound that pierced the air appeared, James leapt into the air to avoid the arrow, and the sound of metal clashing echoed in the air again:

"CHING!!!"

When James fell to the ground, several air-ripping sounds appeared one after the other and James started to avoid the flames as much as he could with the flames spreading over his body as if he could not feel anything.

After a short time, the lights came on.

Unable to understand what was happening, James shook his head and asked, "Is it over?"

After asking this question, his body suddenly trembled and he realised Ruby was standing before him.

"I give up, I'm changing your trial," Ruby suddenly said. These words had surprised both James and the spirits in the ring enough, but what they would hear afterwards would be things that would make them all say, "He's dead now." seaʀᴄh thё Novёlƒire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

"Your test will be to make me take a step in any direction while I am standing here. You have only five minutes and an infinite number of attacks you can make in that time. What you do is up to you."

At Ruby's words, James took a few steps backwards, suddenly realising that all his abilities had returned, and with that, he thought he would send her at least 10 steps back.

What a stupid fucking idiot he was.

Ruby watched James with a smiling and incredibly curious expression as he waited for his attack.

James was aiming to use everything he had so far.

He was holding the holy sword Clarent with both hands. He sent the extra 75 status points he had directly to the 'Power' status.

Immediately after that, he put the 'Heaven's Call' ability he had received from Archangel Michael into use for the first time and then strengthened himself by choosing the power of the rose.

The crimson rose garden blooming in the room seemed to fit Ruby's character quite well.

Not only that, but she also used her Aura of Chaos ability on top of it and then turned each rose in the rose garden that bloomed in the dark place that dominated the room into a black rose.

James was now exactly 120% stronger. This was all he had.

The magical energy he had begun to spin in his body, the aura and the elemental power he would add to it began to overflow outwards.

James was normally trying to spin a small piece of energy in his body, but this time he was attempting something big.

The collision of forces in his body was so massive that his eyes began to bleed and his vision became restricted, the blood flowing from his ears silenced even the spirits speaking into his mind, and the blood flowing from his nose told him how awful he was.

Fortunately, no blood was flowing from his mouth, indicating that his internal wound was not in a terrible state.

In almost five minutes he had managed to prepare everything, this was the most powerful attack he could do, there was no way he could do more than that.

With that he activated his transition ability to attack and then suddenly appeared behind Ruby, shouting "PIERCE!!!".

Enormous energy deep, made entirely of flame and the law of time itself surged towards Ruby.

Ruby had already realised where James was and the attack he was going to make, so when she turned around she was astonished by the energy this boy had unleashed, after all, it was a huge achievement that such energy could come from someone who was so 'weak' in her eyes.

Even though Ruby was shocked by this energy, she didn't even think that she would need defence against this energy.

She was right in her thinking.

The huge energy that James had released outside hit Ruby right in the chest without slowing down with all its power.

"BOOOOOOOM!!!!"

A sound loud enough to make the ears bleed and even damage the eardrum echoed around the room. A huge dust smoke rose into the air and the sound of deep breathing began to rise in the room.

"Huff....Huff...Hah..."

As the sounds of deep breathing rose in the room, it became quite obvious how tired James was.

When the dust had cleared and everything was visible, James was seen to stop bleeding and tears appeared in his eyes. The energy coming out of James was so great that it was logical to think that everything would succeed.

The only reason James had tears streaming down his face was because he realised what a fool he had been.

James realised that Ruby standing in front of him hadn't moved an inch, which meant he had failed. He had failed the test and there was nothing he could do now.

Just as he was about to put himself down, he heard something he never expected:

"You passed the test with flying colours."

James looked at Ruby with surprised eyes when he heard these words, his tears suddenly stopped and he looked at the woman in front of him with great relief.

"The test was based on you moving me where I was. When you got behind me, I felt I had to turn round, both out of curiosity and instinct, and look where I am." Ruby said suddenly and James, hearing this, looked at where her feet were.

Ruby did indeed seem to have moved a step from where she was, and the reason James realised this was because she was leaving the same dried ash-like footprints where she had stepped.

Right next to the two sets of footprints was another pair of footprints.

Ruby had moved.

James had officially passed the test, James would be able to leave this dungeon alive, this was truly his greatest achievement.

"Thank God..." said James suddenly, indeed anyone would have been sure that the sweat pouring off his body could fill a bucket to the top of his head.

"You're lucky, I'm a man of my word, I was going to kill you if you had failed." Ruby suddenly said, and James didn't even know what to say, he chose to settle for being scared.

"I want to go and hug my daughter," James said suddenly and then caught Ruby's attention.

"You have a daughter? You're so young, I didn't expect that." Ruby said.

"My daughter's name is Miracle, she's a Supreme Dragon," James replied and with that Ruby's eyes widened.

"Well...I'm glad I didn't kill you, I don't want to be beheaded and eaten anyway." Ruby said after all she had heard.

"I thought you were superior to the Supreme Dragons, even if you're not as strong as them, there are only six of you left, right?" asked James, and with that he got an answer he had never expected:

"There used to be hundreds of us. Of course, due to the long wars and, to tell the truth, Desmond's hunting of those who joined the other side, our number has been reduced to six. We are phoenixes, born of fire and return to fire."

After Ruby's answer, James felt relieved and sighed deeply. He yawned, he was going to go back and give his daughter a big hug and sleep like he never slept before.

"Alright, that's all well and good, but there's something else I'm curious about," James said, and after seeing Ruby roll her head in curiosity, he continued:

"I've cleared the dungeon, I've passed your test after all, but now what? What will happen to you? What will happen to my dungeon reward? After all, I need to get an award called [Kutlu's Art of Death] from you."

Ruby smiled after James' question, and then her body began to glow with a small light. Ruby, who turned into a crimson bird, perhaps the size of a crow, after a short period of eye-catching light, said, "You will learn this art in your dreams, otherwise it will take a very, very long time."

When James shook his head that he did not understand anything from this sentence he heard, Ruby spoke again:

"The dream realm is directly connected to the subconscious mind, which means that in the time you will sleep while you are so tired now, I will be able to teach you the entire art, you won't even remember it when you wake up, you will have fully learnt Kutlu's Art of Death which as you know the art that has my mythical name."

James shook his head at Ruby's words, and then the system notification he had been waiting to see for so long appeared in front of him. Before she could even react to Ruby's words, she was teleported out of the dungeon:

[Kutlu's Dungeon

Congratulations on clearing the dungeon.

Dungeon Prize: Kutlu himself, Kutlu's Art of Death]

He was happy that he could clean such a dungeon.

He had learnt a lot about Desmond and had good or bad thoughts about the future.

Who would have thought that James would have made an enemy to make a friend and another friend to win?