The Blood Crown

Part IV

The knight of destruction with a long spear with a dark harness that covered the entire body.

He stood up and did not move from the box he was guarding as if he would not attack anything nearby unless the box was taken or he was attacked.

That man who absorbed the energy of the previously defeated beast gained enough strength to resist that knight of destruction.

"There are no poles or anything that can be used to be a natural weapon, what should I do" he said.

He left the room because he realized that if he fought directly he would lose and instead end up dead, so the man left the place and walked his arm to come down, after he found a wooden board that was not the same as the floor that he was on in the room, then he tried to open the secret door.

When he opened the secret door there was a ladder that led down it was also seen that this was a secret room because the door was quite hidden, and the door was hidden, then he went down to check what was below until he stepped on the water and realized that the place he entered was a fairly damp basement visible from a small structure and the walls were full of alkaline moss, the irradiation of the room from a torch made of fire and it was seen that he found a long hallway, although it was enough for only one person to pass through.

He pulled out the man and walked in a defensive position to avoid someone appearing in front of him, when he got there he found a door made of iron like a prison and when he wanted to open the door as if blocked something and two red dots seen floating.

Seeing the two red dots he retreated slightly from where he stopped and pulled out a small knife from his pocket because the large sword on his back was too heavy to use with one hand, the red light slowly approached from a distance and it was obvious that a person with a black robe covering his entire body had only his eyes visible.

"Kukukukuku..., there is a soul that comes and I have not seen this for a long time" he said.

"Who are you!", replied the man.

"You don't have to ask me who I am, the point is I won't attack you if you don't attack me first, I'm just here doing my cuckoo business.

But the man was still doubtful about what he found.

"Because this is the first meeting I will give you a gift now", after that speech the man behind the iron door raised his hand and instantly a blessing of protection appeared and headed towards the man, all the fatigue and minor injuries instantly healed and he got a see-through shield.

The man was shocked and did not imagine something like there was and was given to him.

"It seems like you've never gotten this, I'm just a business person who trades with the soul I see you have some soul that you can sell to me" he said.

He hesitated a little but he replied to him "All right let's do business".

"That's the thing I've been waiting for from now on is business", after the remark came a paper contract that was in front of them.

"The contract that lies ahead is the soul contract, you give me the little soul you absorb and I give you what you want, I will not take a soul until it harms you and there are limits I can absorb depending on your level".

"Alright", reply.

In front of him was a list of items that he could buy from the merchant he saw something interesting like purifying water and some healing medicine.

"I'll buy 2 healers and one mid-level purifying water", he pays with the rest of the soul in a written contract and gives a little blood, he said, the contract disappeared and an item he took appeared.

"A good choice" he said.

After that the item he bought appeared and was nearby but he immediately felt like part of his soul had been taken by the creature, he immediately became limp and seemed to lose his balance then he took a healing medicine and made him refreshed.

After that he finally thought when he would buy again so as not to make it weaker, he also felt that he lost some of his second awakening power when buying and selling with the creature.

"Come back if you need something" said the creature and retreated back into the darkness.

The man saw the creature backwards, he thought and tried to open a book to get information about the business and it turns out there were some things written in the book about the business man, he wrote, the name of the business is ""Businessman of the Wandering Spirit" or the business person who sells goods to travelers or sign owners, the businessperson only receives soul payments that the owners absorb and they will only make the sign owner lose some power because their soul is taken as for the goods sold depending on the businessperson they usually offer useful goods and the type of goods that he sells relatively little that is sometimes three goods and at most five goods, they are also sometimes in one place and sometimes move places.

The soul-businessmen are quite strong they are on par with the third or perfect awakening, they are stronger than the third or perfect awakening knights of the same level because the business people are magicians who use large and deadly attacks, especially they do not hesitate to use their goods to heal themselves, but their other side is that they will not attack those who do not attack them, they are more peaceful and prefer to do business than fight and they are neutral creatures they only do business to those who want to do business to them and generally they live in a place far from light such as earth-carrying space, dark forests, deep canyons, and low-light places.

After that the man went back up the stairs from the secret room to the top where he had gone down, he went to the place where there were knights of destruction guarding the dark box, although now he was not as strong as before he planned to defeat the dark knight who used a spear, he took out his arrow and shot directly into the eyes of the knight until the arrow shot and pierced the eyes of the dark knight, the knight saw his target and he ran quickly after the man.

The man who saw it closed the door and moved towards the secret path and prepared to descend, the knight of destruction smashed the door and saw where the man was moving.

The man looked at the shattered door then immediately darted another arrow towards the knight of destruction to lure again towards it, after being hit back by the knight the destruction got more emotional and chased after the man, he who was conscious because he was chased down the stairs and followed by the knight and the man descended quickly to the bottom of the secret room, after until he retreated and waited for the knight of destruction to jump down.

The knight of destruction who saw the man go down the stairs just jumped from the top to the bottom while the man took out a purification potion and prepared to throw it at the knight, after the knight fell to the man, he threw the face potion and made the consciousness move irregularly because holy magic or holy water had almost the same impact as blue fire, the knight began to move his body irregularly and tried to attack whatever was around him but thanks to the small hallway and quite narrow spear he used instead stuck which gave a chance.

The man who got a reproach and the opportunity immediately pulled out the dark sword that he had then directly pierced the chest of the knight and slashed upwards as if rooted in the sword that stuck making the head of the knight split into two.

He then took the knight's spear after he put his sword back on his back he also absorbed the soul of the knight of destruction, fortunately he got a fragment of memory and a spearmanship after which he climbed the stairs and headed to the room where the black box was stored after he opened the city and found some items that were quite useful they are "Limited Space Ring", "Dark Resistance Ring", and "Soul Collection", respectively", he then used the two rings and kept all his unused weapons besides that he only used a spear and absorbed the soul in the box.

The man instantly felt his strength and strength return after he absorbed the soul of the knight of the previous destruction and the collection of souls in the box which made him slightly more touch the threshold of ascension to the third awakening.

Now he could easily control a spear that was almost as heavy as the sword he used and did not need to use as much power as usual and because it got a space ring he did not need to use much the power to carry all his equipment but the space ring also had restrictions in storing only three heavy items and five light items.

Back when the little girl was taken up on the tower the girl was taken to the middle of the castle and she was dropped in a certain place, after which she was left there, the girl walked down where she was dropped and found a large monument in the middle of the castle and she tried to look closely at what was written on the monument carving but she did not understand what was written on the monument because it looks dirty he tried to clean the monument, as he rubbed his finger against the monument he accidentally injured his finger of blood which made the monument shake and opened a black hole-shaped space gate because of curiosity he entered and moved in a place the other.

The girl has been transferred to a beautiful flower garden there are various kinds of beautiful flowers and some trees different from where she was before moving or where she lived before which although it has been morning or afternoon or evening the dark clouds still covered the entire canyon area, the gate of space that moved it disappeared after he used it as if the gate was only one way, he walked around the flower garden until he saw a small building and underneath there was a lake that looked like an open space where nobles drank tea and surrounded by a lake but there was a bridge, there was a person sitting there enjoying tea because of curiosity the girl approached and walked on the bridge and passed it until she reached the building and she saw a beautiful woman with white skin clean as snow, silver-colored eyes like a moon, and long white hair that was beautiful like clouds, she sat down gracefully while sipping a glass of water, she said, even someone who saw her beauty was willing to sell all parts of her body to only look at her for a while and maybe if the woman walked through two countries then the country would fight each other to seize the beautiful woman.

If there is a creature that is said to be perfect then it is the person, he only uses a white dress that is minimalist but beautiful style and aura that he emits can even make people not need to ask, he said, its beauty is a real masterpiece.

"Little girl came here", with a soft and beautiful voice coming out of her mouth she called out to the little girl.

The little girl who heard the call immediately went to the woman who called her, she immediately stood close to him.

"Come and sit on the chair" after saying that the little girl immediately sat down, after sitting down the woman poured tea to the girl.

"Slowly drink" he said.

"Well", reply the little girl.

"I haven't been a guest in a long time"

"What's your name, miss?", said the little girl trying to ask what is the name of the woman sitting in front of her.

"My name?, people gave me the nickname "Goddess of The Moon That Illuminates The Night" or "Goddess of Moonlight" he replied.

The little girl was shocked because it turned out that she met the figure that their tribe worshipped, for some tribes in the northern canyon worshiping was one of the requests for protection.

"That means the Goddess is one of the 12 existences brought by the "The Lord of Thousand Life"?", said the girl to ask questions.

"Hmmm.., he I am one of the 12 creatures under "The Lord of Thousand Life" ". he replied to her question with a smile.

"So why did you come here?", he asked as if he did not know when he knew what the girl did not know and what the girl asked.

"I came here because my village was slaughtered by the dark creatures and I survived my tribe, I fell from coming to the castle, while in the castle I was chased by the skull troops and ended up falling in prison, after that I met a good uncle and in the end I was taken by a strange creature and dropped in the field until at last I was here ", the girl explained what she was going through, during the journey to get here, while telling stories he shed tears because he remembered the moment he passed.

The goddess listened intently to what the little girl had told her after she finished, and comforted the little girl by feeding and snacking and taking her play until she fell asleep.

But under twelve high level creatures there are seven disasters in the world that take the form of living creatures they are strange creatures with different powers but have one unity, he said, one of them is in this castle and he's still stuck somewhere, this fort was created not to protect something but was created to hold something dangerous creatures that therefore require special access to make some places.

Back to the man he had gone far enough to explore the castle that he might reach the middle of the castle, in some cases the man will also rise to the third awakening with just one touch but he still does not know how to rise to the third level.

Because he pretty much harvested the soul of the creature he defeated, and in the end he came out of the castle and saw a large field and a monument in the middle he had time to read the name of the monument is the name "Tribute Monument" and there's an old inscription that means "A broken body leaves no residue but a strong soul will always be there for people who believe in hope, they will still live in the souls of those who are still struggling", after he read the book and saw the carvings on the monument as if he got a spirit or blessing from the monument.

He continued his journey to the big building right in the middle of the castle like a throne room with a magnificent and large door and wide and large poles towering up, after being satisfied with what he saw he continued walking and climbed a few steps before reaching the large door of the building he had seen just now, there right on the big door there are many symbols there is a protective pattern of the entrance.

The man took out a keristal from his ring and brought the crystal closer to the big door, after which the crystal resonated with the door and slowly the mega door opened, then he entered after he entered the door was closed again and he saw a large creature from where he stood although quite far away but he was clearly seen sleeping on a floor that broad-based.

"What kind of creature is that?", he said.

The closer the more obvious the creature, it turns out that the figure he saw was a black dragon whose size was large, he continued to walk and approach it, until the dragon woke up from his sleep.

"Not humans but creatures that have turned into humans, it is very unique that I have not seen anything like this for a long time" said the dragon.

It turned out that the dragon he saw could speak which meant that the dragon in front of him was a creature with an existence high enough to have a sense and mind.

After that the dragon then woke up from his sleep and immediately a dark fog came out from around the dragon and made anyone can not see what happened behind the fog that covered him saw it and from the fog man came out in noble clothes and came down from there where he slept.

"Because you are an attractive creature, I will give you a decent death" said the dragon.

While the man who heard what the dragon said immediately pulled out a shield and spear and took a defensive position, but the dragon really did not care, the dragon flew and stood on the wind and then it raised its hand and appeared to gather an energy into hundreds of points and compress it into the form of an energy spear and then thrust all the spears towards the man, looking at the hundreds of spears that were flying which would kill him he immediately, he tried to head off with the shield he had and tried to avoid it but unfortunately all the efforts did not succeed he was badly injured, he was injured, the shield he used was completely destroyed and the armor he used was torn apart and strongest after the energy spear struck them instantly evaporated.

All over his body was filled with wounds and some parts of his body were torn apart by the energy spear attack, he instantly took out the growth potion he had bought and drank it, and in an instant he had recovered from the injuries he had sustained, yet some wounds could not be healed by potions.

The dragon again threw a slash of energy towards the man, he who saw a slash of energy darting rapidly, he then dodged all attacks and minimized the damage, the dragon then raised his two fingers up as if calling something from underground and right, the ground began to tremble and a spear came out from the floor he was on, but because he was aware of the fighter's instincts that he could plunge a spear into the ground and directly climb the base of the spear and then stand before the spear from the ground came out and pierced whatever was on it, he said, he survived thanks to a spear that he had longer than the spear that came out through the floor after that the energy spear that came out of the floor disappeared.

The dragon then recites an ancient spell, seeing the opportunity he immediately pulled out an arrow and shot several arrows towards the flying dragon but a transparent shield dispelled all attacks from the arrow that the man was pinning on the dragon.

After reciting the mantra a black colored water came out from the cracks and holes made from the spears of light and became a puddle and from a puddle it united towards certain points and made a the cocoon, he who saw a cocoon that appeared and then came down from the top of the spear base and stored the arrow back into the ring he immediately moved quickly to destroy the cocoon created by the dragon, which was created by the dragon, it turned out that his guess was correct in the destroyed group there was a knight skull and a soul and he absorbed the soul from the cocoon he slashed but several cocoons managed to break apart and the skull troops emerged from the group along weapons and shields, the spells used by the dragon were summoning spells.