Chapter: 292

I looked back at my former self with anger and despised my weakness.

Truly, I looked like a hopeless wretch, so naive… I was not naive about others, but about myself.

Now, I am the guard.

Staring back into those desperate eyes, I looked at them with a stern and emotionless stare; I only had two words as I funelled my former self towards the mouth of the beast.

“I know.”

My former body then disappeared, ceasing to exist; It did not enter the mouth of the beast.

Many entered the fiery mouth, never daring to speak up.

I stopped prodding the slaves with my spear, yet they still entered.

I stopped the other guards, yet they still entered.

Finally I stopped the slaves. Their endless march to suffering stopped.

The fire from the beast’s mouth raged, and was then spat out. Flames washed over the crowd instead.

Many perished from the flame, but it was soon held back.

The only ones who survived its direct flames were the guards.

Fire came from their own mouths and matched the beast, for inside all of them their own monsters had been awakened; no longer powerless against beasts.

No more slaves were burned hereafter – yet it was not the slaves who were liberated, but the guards.

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The three statues slowly marched forward with their spears pointing down, ready to meet the skeletons in battle.

To face this spear wall would be an impossible task if Jay was solo, an impenetrable wall of spikes threatening to pierce him as soon as he got too close – however, he was not alone.

The four skeletons flared out, and surrounded the small troop of three statues.

With each of them pointing different direction, their threat was completely gone. Their defensive formation was completely ruined.

Like the last four versus three fight, each skeleton kept a statue busy while Blue and Red would bully one of them while Jay watched patiently.

*Fwoosh~*

A spear narrowly missed Blue as it dodged to the side.

The skeletons were light and dextrous so shifting their weight to dodge was easily done. Not to mention the attacks of the statues were too obvious.