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Chapter 260: Awaken
Chapter 260: Awaken
Chapter 260: Awaken
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"Cough!" Adam stood back to his feet, and used the back of his hand to wipe the blood off his lips.
'I still have a long way to go before he is dead. Not to mention he has a second and third phase left. How fucking troublesome!'
At that moment, Xerxus summoned more of the skeletons and also Reborn Knights.
With their rattling bones, they headed straight towards Adam like an army of dead.
The wings came from Adam's back once again. He ignored the army of the dead, flew over them, and headed straight to Xerxus instead.
However, he wasn't in control of the air anymore.
Dozens of chains made out of bone wrapped around him, and threw him straight back to the ground.
A large crater appeared around him, but Adam took instant flight and headed to Xerxus, but it was useless as those chains smacked him down again.
Adam stopped being stubborn, made the wings retreat back to his body, and started running towards Xerxus instead.
However, the skeletons and Reborn Knights appeared in his path, protecting their master from any attackers.
"Haaa!" Adam took a large swing with his sword, even clad the blade with the Black Kraft, and then smashed his sword through the creatures in his way.
As he ran over the creatures, Xerxus waved his cane to make them reform back together, and as soon as they were back standing, they started running after Adam like a pack of hounds.
One of the skeletons jumped, and grabbed Adam's leg. It made him trip, and all the skeletons pounced on him, trapping him under their weight.
Xerxus looked at the scene and shook his head. "If you think you can defeat me with this measly strength, you've greatly underestimated my capabitilies."
"RAH!"
With a scream, wings sprouted from Adam's back, and tossed all the skeletons off him.
He instantly took flight, but those chains came straight back at him, but this time, Adam used his Kiryoku at full force, and dodged all of them with amazing precision.
Soon, hundreds of chains moved across the air, trying to smash Adam down to the ground.
However, he moved at amazing speed, zigzagging past the chains, and when he was trapped, he just cut through them with his greatsword.
At that moment, with a burst of speed, Adam flew past the skeleton chains and appeared right in front of Xerxus.
The greatsword moved down and smashed straight at Xerxus, sending him flying across the boss room.
Xerxus crashed against one of the pillars that soon collapsed, burying him beneath the rubble.
"Whoo..." Adam breathed heavily.
[HP: 50%]
At that moment, the flickering blue flame changed colors to gold.
The rubble exploded, and from there, Xerxus emerged once again, but this time, his skin had turned scorched black.
He was giving off much more murderous aura, as if he had grown twice as strong!
'Yeah, I am not ready for this.'
Adam unfurled his wings, and they carried him straight back to the double doors. Xerxus, and the hundreds of skeletons just watched at him while the double doors closed between them. It was clear that the skeletons and their master were going to remember Adam's face for all eternity!
'How scary...' Adam wryly smiled.
THUMP!
The double doors closed.
Adam collapsed on the ground and shook his head.
He was extremely exhausted.
'Yeah, I am done fighting for now.'
He dragged his feet as he started heading back to the attic.
...
As soon as the evening fell, Alice returned from the school, and immediately took off her shoes, and hung her backpack by one of the hangers.
She ran all the way from school to home as she wanted to make sure that Adam's health hadn't deteriorated.
She could barely focus on school, and she didn't want to even go to the school, but if she didn't, she was going to be in big trouble.
"Alice, why in such a hurry?" Serah asked from her sweet daughter as she watched her run
upstairs.
"It's nothing!" Alice just shouted, and headed straight to Adam's room, there she took the elevator to the underground base.
After arriving there, she noticed that the virtual reality pod was still closed, and the holographic face was still on the screen. It looked like Hera had just been staring at the virtual reality pod without moving for hours.
"Is he alright?" She asked softly.
[Yes, I think he is about to wake up]
"Wait, for real?!" Alice looked thrilled.
[I was waiting for you. Let's wake him up together]
With that, the glass lid opened, and inside the pod, Adam's eyes fluttered as he slowly regained consciousness.
"Ah..." He moaned in pain slightly, but it wasn't anywhere close to the pain he had been
feeling before.
"Adam!" Alice arrived next to him, holding his hand tightly. "Are you alright?"
"Alice...?" Adam smiled weakly, and slowly sat back up.
The waist throbbed in pain, slightly, but it wasn't bad.
"Be careful." Alice held his shoulders, and kissed him on the cheek. "How're you feeling?"
"Good, good..." Adam looked at him softly, and said, "I am sorry."
"For what...?" Alice tilted her head in confusion.
"They were here for me, and you got in trouble because of me..." Adam gritted his teeth. "I'm
sorry for putting you in danger."
"No, it was my fault." Alice shook her head. "I shouldn't have gone outside. Hera would've otherwise taken care of them otherwise. Right?"
[Yes, my lady]
Adam raised an eyebrow, wondering when the two of them got so close.
"How's your wound?" Alice asked.
Adam touched his bandaged waist, and said, "It's healed. There's some pain left, but nothing
serious."
"That's good..." Alice breathed a sigh of relief. "It was so scary."
"You alright?" Adam asked softly.
"Mm, I will be." Alice smiled. "We'll get through this together."
"Together..." Adam looked at her and said, "About Yu..."
"No need." Alice shook her head and put her finger over his lips. "I know. I honestly expected you to have someone in that other world, but I still went and tried to seduce you, because I do
love you, so I am also a very selfish person."
"..." Adam scratched the back of his head.
"I just want you to promise me that I am the only one you will have in this world." Alice said.
"Please?"
Adam chuckled. "I promise, you're the only one for me in here."
"Yay!" Alice giggled and kissed him before hugging him tightly.
"Hera, did you take care of the aftermath?" Adam asked while enjoying her warm hug.
[Yes, master]
"Did you find out their identity?" Adam asked.
[No]
"So they're from Red Thread?"
[Most likely. Born and raised there, if I had to guess, would make a sense how I couldn't find
their faces from any database]
"Hmm, it could mean that they indeed found out about you from Kang Saruza."
[Or from other members of the Saruza family. It's a possibility we can't ignore]
"Hmm..." Adam nodded. "Keep checking the dark web to see if there is more information about the bounty on my head. Try to find out who is behind it."
[I'll do my best, but something like that is impossible to find. The dark web is good at hiding
those things]