novelraw Chapter 585: Fight
Chapter 585: Fight
"Sir Book Artifact!"
At this moment, Eimhart, who was very unnaturally conducting "on-site inspection" beside Eliog's Castle, heard a calling sound transmitting from not far away.
He froze slightly, subsequently turning his head to look in the other direction facing the cliff. He then saw Jasmine wearing Golden Armor leaping towards this side,
"Jasmine?"
"Clack!"
Jasmine's movements were agile. Compared to the earth-shattering commotion like a meteorite hitting the ground when Fisher came down just now, her movements were as silent as a light feather. Only the eye-catching Golden Armor on her body produced a slight crisp collision sound due to inertia.
Eimhart swept a glance up and down at the Golden Armor on her body, which was unsophisticated without any decorations yet fully practical. This wasn't his first time seeing such armor. The Whale-kin who originally preferred lying flat and staying at home actually didn't have the concept of "armor". But because of a certain unique Whale-kin, such items inevitably left traces in various parts of the world. Eimhart had also once seen many styles of Golden Armor depicted on ruins.
However, this was his first time seeing Jasmine wearing such armor. It seemed somewhat incompatible with her gentle temperament.
Only after she landed, and that Golden Armor retracted one by one into her hair clip, did the Jasmine familiar to Eimhart completely return,
"Sir Book Artifact, where is Teacher Fisher? Is he not with you?""He... uh, well..."
Eimhart was somewhat Hesitating To Speak. After hesitating for a moment, he turned his head to shoot a glance at the Castle standing in the shadow of the mountain behind him. Subsequently, he changed the subject and said,
"To think you unexpectedly arrived so quickly. Fisher was just saying earlier he was going to look for your location. He was worried you and that Carduan were trapped inside that whatever gate. After all, it also took us some effort to get in..."
"That... was alright actually, I didn't encounter any obstruction. Seemed like someone inside that gate was guiding me, I listened to her instructions and came in."
"She? That's not right. The one Fisher and I encountered was a female, how come the one you encountered was also a female? Shouldn't it all be opposite versions of themselves?"
Jasmine didn't understand Eimhart's doubts, she merely tilted her head and said,
"Not really. Moreover, actually I didn't see anyone at all. It was just as if someone was reminding me in some strange language beside my ear on how to exactly go. It's just a bit strange, I clearly had never heard that language before, yet I could understand what that girl meant."
"Hmm, could it be everyone sees something different..."
Jasmine also wasn't clear, but anyway she was already inside. She was more concerned right now about where Teacher Fisher was,
"So, where is Teacher Fisher? Didn't you say he was looking for my location."
Eimhart's square body stiffened slightly. After waiting for a second, he finally sighed, saying to Jasmine,
"Alright, he's currently... precisely inside that Demon God Eliog's Castle behind me. That Demon God's power covers the entire region here, and moreover she has a bit of... history with Fisher previously. So Fisher went in to see if he could find your locations, and conveniently see if he could seek her help."
What Jasmine didn't notice was that Eimhart used a slightly heavier phrasing seemingly intentionally or unintentionally on the word "history", seemingly reminding her of something.
If it were other females, they probably could understand the profound meaning of Eimhart's reminder at this moment. It was just a pity Jasmine wasn't other females. She merely nodded, subsequently preparing to walk towards the direction of that Castle.
After walking a good distance away, she then turned her head back somewhat confusedly to look at Eimhart who was still floating in place, asking in confusion,
"Is Sir Book Artifact not coming?"
"...Haha, you go ahead, I'm fine right here, haha..."
"Eh, but why?"
"I'm hot."
Jasmine also didn't know whether Eimhart would feel hot or not. Although she possessed the knowledge of forging angel Holy Artifacts gifted by Xuan Can, conscious Teardrop Relics were not among the ranks of this knowledge.
She could only treat Eimhart's words as truth. Although doubtful, she still respected his wishes, walking alone towards the enclosed Castle in the distance.
Stepping past the already opened fence, Jasmine noticed the wooden signboard tossed onto the ground. And going further forward, the main gates of the Castle were left ajar, seemingly confirming Fisher indeed entered from here previously. But because the obsidian giant gates of the Castle were truly too heavy, even if they were left ajar it was still sufficiently enclosed, making Jasmine unable to see or hear the situation inside.
She gently reached out and stroked that nearly closed gate leaf, feeling the temperature above but didn't immediately push open the door. She turned around to shoot a glance at Eimhart hiding emotionlessly near the rocks outside in the distance. Her brain still hadn't processed exactly why he was unwilling to follow her over.
But at this moment, the movements of her physical body were faster than her thoughts. Her hand had already taken a step ahead to push that gate leaf open.
Ghostly light flickered inside the Castle, carrying a faint saltpeter smell that permeated into Jasmine's nose, as if opening a door leading to a new world.
And then closely following, the first thing to submerge into Jasmine's sight was an outerwear piece fluttering over, lightly landing in front of her who just entered the door, making her instantly dumbfounded in place, as if her brain marrow was about to shrivel up.
This was Teacher Fisher's clothing?
At this moment, the thoughts in her barren brain also gradually became sluggish, only able to instinctively identify exactly whose clothing on the ground this belonged to.
It was exactly at the instant she identified this clothing, that Jasmine's neck became extraordinarily sluggish like a rust-mottled mechanism that had undergone who knew how many years. By the time she stiffly, bit by bit raised her head, only then did she take the scene inside the dim Castle before her eyes into her view.
Yet she saw within the grand hall of this Castle, the first thing to enter sight, was a large bed that looked comfortable to lie on at a glance placed by some shameless person who knows who.
On that large bed, upon the slightly sunken soft mattress, Jasmine saw the back figure of a red-haired woman sitting upright. She wore only a sheer thread from head to toe, seemingly overbearingly sitting on top of something.
Behind her Heroic And Valiant Posture resembling a female general, an agile arrowhead tail burning with a fireball was swaying slightly.
In the darkness, that tail faintly burning with a bright flame was like a venomous snake flicking its tongue. After Jasmine entered, its movement paused slightly, bizarrely watching her.
And in front of her, or rather underneath her, lay a man leaning against the headboard who appeared lacking any power to resist. Because the clothing was flung to Jasmine's face right upon entering, he was also bare-chested with a robust upper body. If this wasn't Fisher then who else?
"Purr purr purr~"
Within the darkness, a bubbling sound like boiling magma transmitted from within the body of the woman in the superior position on the bed. Identical to Fisher on the bed who seemed to be putting up half-hearted resistance, she froze slightly, simultaneously looking towards the Whale-kin who pushed open the gate leaf and was in a mess in place...
"Jasmine?"
"Teacher Fisher?"
Fisher's whole person was numb right now. He completely didn't expect all of this would abruptly Arrive In Quick Succession, making it difficult for him to cope.
He didn't expect, the Eliog who was clearly obedient and lazy like a cat previously would suddenly turn into a man-eating female demon. And also didn't expect, the Jasmine he originally planned to expend effort to search for would actually unexpectedly appear before his eyes right at this moment...
Uh, just that the timing of her appearance seemed not quite right. It was simply like sparks continuously circling above a gunpowder magazine; the instant it landed it would cause an earth-shattering Explosion.
It was exactly Fisher's Unbelievable voice that made Jasmine confirm his identity, and also made her realize more profoundly exactly how the situation here and now was.
A pink color comparable to cherry blossoms stained her shocked expression bit by bit. She simply felt so ashamed as to want to Hide In A Hole. Standing between the slightly ajar giant doors, she was In A Dilemma, only trembling as she pointed a finger at Eliog saying,
"You... Teacher Fisher... you... you guys are..."
After examining the newcomer clearly, although Eliog's expression still couldn't be considered good-looking, Fisher always felt this expression wasn't as ugly as when mentioning "Baimon".
Hmm, perhaps in Eliog's eyes, Helaire's existence and actions were intolerable.
"...Turned out to be the little Whale-kin in Naris back then aww. It's been so long since we last met, turned out you came together with Fisher... What, want to come punish him together?"
"Punish... punish?"
Jasmine's eyes were almost swaying like Mosquito Coils. She blankly repeated a sentence of Eliog's words, but seeing the situation over there at this moment, evidently she also knew exactly what the so-called "punish" was about.
For some reason, when seeing this scene, an uncontrollable displeasure suddenly popped out from her inner heart. Even though she clearly didn't even know who this demon before her eyes was, this point was completely different from how she handled Raphaela.
After a brief pause, she still blushed. Although she didn't even dare to advance due to that Blood-Pumping scene inside the Castle, she still raised the Longsword in her hand toward that demon while Gnashing Her Teeth, harshly berating Eliog,
"You... you shameless demon! Hurry up and release Fisher! To actually force him to do... do this kind of thing, hurry up and release him!"
Eliog raised an eyebrow. The arrowhead tail behind her also curved aiming at Jasmine, as if showing off her might.
Closely following, she merely gently rubbed a certain spot she sat on over Fisher. Subsequently, those bright eyes like fire snakes became increasingly scorching.
Seemed like, it also didn't count as forcing?
Eliog yawned, seemingly not putting Jasmine in her eyes at all, merely saying,
"Watch closely aww."
"Watch closely wha..."
Jasmine froze slightly. Before she could react to the meaning of Eliog's words, she saw her lazily hold Fisher's chin with one hand. Amidst his shocked expression, pulling up his body shell that was empty inside at this moment, subsequently gently opening those red lips radiating flame light, kissing Fisher in one mouthful as if greedily demanding.
From that kiss, a saltpeter smell possessing a strongly stimulating significance headed straight for Fisher's brain, making him recall anew the existence of the female demon named "Eliog" whom he had been separated from for a long time.
Its excessive, extremely obvious demanding could easily be observed visually and auditorily. And at the same time, Eliog's bright red eyes still continued to look at the completely dumbfounded Jasmine at the doorway, as if heavily outputting while riding on her head.
"Purr purr purr~"
"Pop!"
After over ten seconds passed, Eliog only then abruptly released the Fisher in her embrace. Conveniently licking the corner of her lips, looking at Fisher she said satisfied,
"Sure enough, still got to let you recall my taste to make you behave aww..."
"You... you..."
Even the tip of Jasmine's raised sword trembled slightly. Perhaps Eliog's attack just now was too... too much out of bounds, making this student who had just stepped through the door of a new world not have enough psychological preparation to deal with it.
She seemed to be controlled by the blunt scene she just witnessed with her own eyes, unable to even speak properly.
"What, haven't seen it before? A little surprised aww?"
"Seen..."
"Teacher Fisher aww, no wonder. So after I've slept for so long you are still his student aww, then just right, can let you learn a little... extracurricular knowledge."
Yeah, I am still...
A student?
Jasmine somewhat regretted the wording she spoke due to shock when she first came in now. Under Eliog's faint gaze, she felt her everything seemed to have been analyzed cleanly.
Her near-blank relationship with Fisher, her feeling at a loss when dealing with all of this, her Impotent Rage inside her heart...
But, what was the relationship between this demon and Fisher?
As Sir Book Artifact said, merely just a bit of history?
But looking at it now, even just "this bit of history" was far deeper than her and Fisher's "student-teacher relationship" that Stopped After a Brief Attempt right?
Then what about herself? Is her relationship with Fisher also just "a bit of history"?
Could it be, Sir Book Artifact should also say this when introducing her to others, saying "Jasmine and Fisher, also only have a bit of history"...
Inside Jasmine's Golden Armor, a little bit of profound blackness began spreading out from the tips of her hair, making the flame on Eliog's tail instinctively feel a trace of Baffling And Unaccountable threat and begin to sway slightly.
Jasmine's slightly trembling hands could no longer hold up the sword, she could only lower it temporarily. But that feeling of falling into powerlessness to resist still made her search for other arguments capable of refuting this demon's actions at this moment, for example...
"Raphaela..." Jasmine pursed her lips, even her gaze dodging somewhat as she said, "Raphaela definitely wouldn't allow Fisher to do this!"
"Raphaela? Who's that, is it your name?"
"Eh, no... Raphaela is a Dragon-kin, she and Fish..."
"Oh, so, none of your business aww?"
"I..."
Eliog's gaze was like blades. After this sentence it made her unable to even raise her head even more, and the profoundness on the tips of her hair grew increasingly dense.
And the suppressed Fisher at this moment also realized the severity of the problem. Rapidly detaching from that "Demon's Kiss" just now that almost drained his brain marrow dry.
He began to realize, Eliog's demonic power began taking effect on his body, making him temporarily unable to muster the thought to resist, even wanting to just continue doing it with her like this.
But Jasmine was in front. The Eliog who was just previously stimulated by "Baimon" to the point of her hair turning green was obviously still in a fit of pique. Even if she originally had entirely no hostility towards Jasmine back in Naris, but under the special circumstances right now, this kind of attack was inevitable.
He had to pull himself together, couldn't wait any longer.
Thinking of this, the Fisher suppressed beneath Eliog by her started to restore the soul power on his body as much as possible. He also didn't want to use the Chaos power of the soul to fight against Eliog again, this might expose the matter of him being thoroughly contaminated by Chaos before Jasmine's eyes.
He definitely didn't want to let the already heavily-struck Jasmine now see his body form begin squirming, turning into an inhuman monster.
He had to...
"Eliog..."
He gnashed his teeth, squeezing out calling her name from his throat.
And Eliog also didn't expect the Fisher who was so weak right now could break free from her power. She swayed her tail and turned her head back to look at Fisher. But before she could read the meaning in his eyes, behind her, Jasmine standing at the doorway with her head lowered abruptly spoke in a low voice,
"It's me..."
Eliog turned her head to look at her, yet saw Jasmine panting, as if that profound blackness inside her body had returned to her body anew, becoming quiet.
But this didn't mean she had returned to being weak anew. It didn't mean she had to go seek other excuses like Raphaela or Elizabeth to vent the resentment in her heart right now...
She gradually realized, the thing truly acting up right now wasn't some other reason, but herself, it was her possessiveness indeed!
Yet she saw Jasmine at this moment raise the sword in her hand anew, looking straight at Eliog, as if declaring war as she shouted loudly,
"It is I who do not allow Fisher to do this with you!! Not Raphaela nor anyone else! Fisher is mine!!
"No matter what kind of history you and him had previously, and no matter why you are doing this, but I absolutely do not allow you to do this again!! You shameless demon, hurry up and release Fisher, otherwise I'm going to make you look good!!"
"..."
Eliog looked at the Jasmine who truly walked through the gate leaf for the first time, her eyes becoming extraordinarily resolute. Instead, she licked the corner of her lips with great interest once again, the fireball on her tail also becoming even brighter.
"Buzz buzz buzz!"
At the location of Eliog's main body deep inside the Castle room at this moment, faint trembling sounds slowly transmitted, seemingly the vibration of several sharp weapons.
In the next second, Eliog remained lazy. She merely yawned, saying again,
"I refuse."
"..."
Jasmine's gaze grew cold. That cold glint of the sword blade was almost about to leave her hand. Her whole person also transformed into a preparatory posture about to cleave and chop. Her eyes stared straight at a certain easy-to-cleave part beneath the sheer attire Eliog merely draped on the bed.
Subsequently, she tapped lightly on the ground. Her Longsword and body instantly flashed toward that bed surface in a flash.
Tit for Tat between a Demon God and a Whale-kin. It was simply a rare liveliness within this long-silent Dynasty.
"Bam!"
But exactly in the next second, at this moment of hubbub On The Verge Of Outbreak, behind Eliog, a fiercely erected shadow forcefully grabbed her claw-like hand, locking her tightly in an embrace.
And its other hand fiercely raised, forcibly gripping that blade edge about to reach the bed surface.
A strong gale swept across the room, blowing Eliog's and Jasmine's long hair wildly non-stop.
It was exactly the Fisher who broke free from the demon's power.