Chapter 385: Red Sun and Nexus - Top-level 9th-floor Contestants!!!
This newly arrived 9th-floor Contestant had a headful of red hair and an overly muscular build.
He was wearing a loose, white t-shirt over blue jeans shorts. It didn't look like he had come here to obtain Inheritance, but as if he was taking a mere walk in the park.
Others weren't so lucky, though.
The moment the flash of the tear subsided, and the Supreme Protector saw who had come, his entire body went taut.
"Red Sun!" he exclaimed, his tone incredibly grave. "The leader of the Sun and Moon Organization…"
Yes, he was none other than Robin, the 9th-floor Contestant Kai and Petyr had fooled during their mission in the Pokemon World.
Contestant Red Sun, expressionless, watched the entire land with his black eyes.
Only a few moments later did he look at the Shadow Lord and the Contestant hovering at the same height as him, hundreds of meters away.
"The Helmet of Fate…" Red Sun said, raising an eyebrow, eying the lustrous gold helmet. "… And the strength of the Top-level 9th-floor. I know only one such Contestant. You must be Nexus from Order."
A world-shaking fight was about to begin, but for others, like the two 7th-floor Contestants, it was a chance as well.
A chance to fish on the troubled grounds!
…
Boom!
Over at Fort Charles, a boom resounded, and Kai leaped out from the broken wall, carrying Jack Sparrow over his shoulder.
His face had a touch of flush because of the excessive drinking, but it wasn't something that could hold him back from using all his strength, either.
Not when the blade of the crisis was hovering inches above his neck.
Murasame hovered around him, cutting through hundreds of Shadow Creatures lunging at them.
In his left hand was Afro's Tachi, hacking at the tiny, flying Shadow Creatures, who looked like bats.
"It's over, mate," Jack Sparrow mumbled as if there was a life-threatening danger to be worried about. "Yeh don' know what it took last time to defeat him, eh? It's over…"
Kai couldn't have cared less.
In his mind, there were only two words.
His Items!
Kai, too, had heard the words the Supreme Protector had said magically.
He, too, had felt the pressure of a 9th-floor Contestant. He, too, had sensed the coming of strong Contestants, and an even stronger presence that didn't lose to that of the Supreme Protector.
This wasn't a world anymore where he could vie for benefits, Kai knew.
But things had scarcely gone according to his wishes.
Kai had become Jack Sparrow's temporary Protector, so he must take him out of the Inheritance Land now.
It was especially so when he didn't know what the Backlash of the two Systems meant. But it didn't need one to be a genius to know that it meant nothing of the good sort.
Then there was the matter of Cersei, wearing the Book in her left ear as an earring.
Selene was with her, yes. But Kai had sensed that these Shadow Creatures neither had a soul nor a real body.
Not much the Ghost Basilisk could do to them in that case.
For now, Kai had only one plan he needed to carry out in the least time possible — Find Cersei and Selene, using the inherent bond they all shared, and then Commandeer a ship, taking Jack Sparrow out of the Inheritance Land.
Flying in Dementor-Kai form, carrying a major Character, seemed extremely stupid to Kai.
It was especially so when the Shadow Lord would deliberately target Jack Sparrow, and a 9th-floor Contestant would instantly recognize a Dementor and Kai's oddity.
This wasn't the time for him to remain alone and do things stealthily.
If Kai wanted to survive, then he needed to involve as many Contestants in this mess while not letting them sense anything wrong about himself.
Once out of the area mentioned by the Systems, Kai could instantly teleport back to the Harry Potter World, running away from this mess.
If he could obtain a part of the Inheritance meanwhile, then he wouldn't say no to that, either.
Suddenly, a bang rang out as Kai was heading to the docks, where he had sensed Selene and Cersei were, and a figure slammed into the rocky grounds just dozens of meters away from him.
A beastly growl followed the echoes of this impact.
Kai's eyes narrowed as he saw a 20 ft large armored Shadow Creature holding a Claymore of almost the same size, charging toward him.
From the soles of the Shadow Creature, shadowy energy beams were firing out as the one Kai had only seen or heard about coming from Iron Man's armor.
The most terrifying fact was that there was a seven-colored hue shining around the Shadow Creature, which even made Kai's heart pound with anxiety and a touch of powerlessness.
It was apparent that this Creature had stepped into the boundary of a 7th-floor Contestant at a glance.
It was then that a figure flew out of the rubble.
Clad in Iron Man Mark V armor, wielding Claymore, Moraine the Elegant flew out of the pit with a powerful jump.
She was a mess.
The red and silver armor on her left had vanished to the elbow, and the broken part was sparking, sending out electrical bursts.
All over her body, Kai could see several dents on the armor.
Even more in numbers were the razor-sharp dark slashes, almost cutting the armor and body part underneath.
The moment Kai saw her, Moraine also saw him.
A tremendous shock shook Moraine's heart as she saw Kai, and Jack Sparrow hanging over his right shoulder.
"What sort o' device is this, mate?" the pirate Captain jested. "Can yeh do all sorts o' things wearin' it?"
"How is this possible?!" Moraine shouted, shocked. "Why do you have him? Where is the Prime Protector? Wait! Why aren't you being pursued by a Shadow…"
Before Kai could answer, the Shadow Creature had already arrived.
Despite its vast size, it possessed great speed using the shadow boosters of its armor.
It raised the dark Claymore and hacked at Moraine, both swords becoming a blur at the impact.
Kai's eyes flashed with a cunning thought suddenly.
The moment he saw Moraine using the impact to create distance between her and the Shadow Creature, he hacked at the back of Jack Sparrow's neck, making him lose consciousness.
Then, with a boom, he charged toward Moraine.
Moraine was parrying the powerful blows of the Creature when her eyes widened because of a horrifying scene. She saw Kai rushing toward her.
"No!" she screamed, her voice mechanical as it rang out of the helmet. "Don't come closer!"
Even though she was a 6th-floor Contestant, and could survive an onslaught of Top-level Contestants using her Wings, Moraine didn't think for a second she could vie for an Inheritance of C+ Grade.
It was beyond her capabilities, to begin with.
So, when she saw Kai coming at her, Moraine instantly figured out what he was trying to achieve with such actions.
If she was in his place, then she would have done the same.
At any other time, Jack Sparrow would have been the greatest treasure box. But now, he was nothing short of a fatal disaster.
"Red!" Moraine screamed out of her lungs, seeing Kai coming nearer every second. "I will…"
Grr!
The Shadow Creature growled, its every blow heavier than the last.
Too late.
Moraine had just fired the energy blast on her shoes, hoping to create distance between her and Kai, when something weird happened.
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