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Chapter 41 - The Land of Everlasting Night (3)

Making matters worse, his watch started beeping loudly, forgetting to turn it to silent mode, which drew the guard closer. It showed that the person he had put a bug on was approaching him. 

"Come out! Come out!" The guard said playfully, thinking it would scare Jett Amadede, but he was more annoyed about everyone closing in on him.

However, a burning kick flew past toward his face, eliminating the guard who was coming at him and leaving the other one defeated on the floor from the fire spreading. 

It became increasingly clear who the person was after the individual he had placed a bug on came into view. 

"I suspect it was you, A-Ranked martial artist, Justice."

Justice took out the spy bug from his neck and said, "Why then did you put this fucking itchy thing on me?" Crumbling it with his hand.

"No matter, I was wondering if you were trustworthy." 

"If I determine you are an enemy, you are dead, so leave before you do anything funny!" Jett said.

Justice thought about a 'great idea' to say to Jett, "What would you do if that man dies by my hand?" He pointed at Leo. 

Jett, without response, pointing at Justice's heart, made a crushed motion, showing him not to mess around with him. 

"I was kidding. I wouldn't want to be on the most-wanted list in the entire Milky Way for killing that man." Justice was terrified when he saw that. 

"Anyway, I want to know, why is Color Kingdom hiding the true history about elevs?" 

Jett Amdede was looking around confused, "We are not hiding anything, everything is in history books and the internet." He said, then mockingly continued, "Was your history teacher stupid or something, not teaching basic history of Armora?" 

Justice laughed after hearing him say that. 

"Yeah, yeah! Stop lying. I know you know the truth about elves not dying from a meteorite, but from something else."

Jett, seeing soldiers nearby, yelled, "Guards, I saw a prisoner escape this way." Bringing the guards toward his voice. 

"I will get the truth out of you when I see you again!" After Justice said, he ran away.

*** 

The guards arrived, and Jett Amdede went into hiding because his Disguise Ring wore off. 

When they arrived, the 'sergeant' was nowhere to be found, which momentarily confused them. However, they saw Justice running in the distance, so they chased after him without a second thought about the sergeant's whereabouts. 

'Justice, you are a great bait for me to use to rescue Leo.' 

Only two guards were left behind to clean up, putting back Leo Vortex, and to clean up the dead guards' bodies. Jett quickly choked them behind their back before they could carry the N-ranker. He was too quiet and swift for them to notice, without teleporting. 

He carried Leo into an empty cell after a brief inspection, wearing the guards' uniform to disguise both himself and Leo as soldiers—no ring involved. 

He didn't hide the guards' bodies. He was counting on the bodies being blamed on Justice. 

By moving around the prison undetected by everyone. Jett reached toward the two big doors that led outside. One thing he noticed was that no guards were posted to protect the doors.

When he disguised himself as the sergeant, he came the same way; there were no soldiers posted, which he hadn't noticed when his ring was active. 

Loud voices from outside the prison were flowing inside, going toward Jett Amedede's ears. He instantly ran behind a cover, hiding behind a wall. 

Gladiators from the cell saw them running towards a shelter, but Jett shushed them by putting his finger between his nose and lips. 

The gate swings open, light illuminating the area. Three individuals became visible as they stepped inside the massive prison. 

"I won that match against you, fair square, Blaze!" 

Between the two men stood a woman in the middle, who tried to annoy the man on her left, but he ignored her. He looked at the man on his right and said. 

"I refuse to work with Nightcore Empire! I rather die!" 

The man on the right stepped forward with his hand behind his back, stopping them from advancing and grabbing Blaze's neck immediately without touching him. 

"Listen. I don't want to work with Seven Dragons of the Sea either, but I have no choice, so stop complaining or I will kill you!" 

"Stop choking him!" The woman was ready to turn herself in to the electricity, but the man smiled, dropped Blaze to the floor. 

"How cute!" He approached a cell, causing the prisoners to fear him as he drew near. 

"You!" The gladiators were scared that they couldn't talk.

"Speak! I know someone unwelcome is hiding. I will spare all of you if you give information on where indrouder is."

Vice-Admiral Ares von Olympus (Mars) is a formidable figure in the Nightcore Empire, second in command of the empire's army, behind his friend, Zeus von Olympus (Jupiter). Nobody in the Nightcore Empire has ever seen him without two cigars in his mouth. He keeps spare cigars in his jacket. 

The cigar's smoke went down the cell, forming into hands that grabbed their necks, choking them. 

 "Talk! Silence will make it worse!" 

The perisoner slowly opened his mouth and said, "W-w-w don't k-k-know vice-admiral!" 

Mars was about to kill them when Jett suddenly left his hiding spot, leaving Leo Vortex hidden. 

"Don't kill them!" 

Mars turned around and looked at Jett, pushing his black soft black hair back, smiling. 

"War? That's what you want to start early?"

The gladiators were happy to see Jett, "Save us, sir Je-?!" The smoke snapped the necks of the close prisoners. 

Jett saw the other two instantly recognize them. 

 

"I was wondering where I recognized you two when I saw you back in the Rankers Tournament. Aren't you two, Blaze Dragon Fiammetta and Electric Dragon Valkyrie? You two disguised yourselves?" 

They said nothing. 

'It's interesting to see that an empire and an underground empire are working together. I wonder what their common goals are.' Jett thought. 

Blaze Dragon's robotic palm materialized hot flames, about to cast toward Jett. However, Mars stopped him by saying, "You are not a match for this Primary Color, even with that special hand of yours." 

His smoke grabbed Fiammetta's neck, throwing him at Valkyrie. 

"Leave before I kill you and your boyfriend." The Dragons left. 

***

"You should have stay hidden!" 

Jett smiled and replied, "I had to save that man.

Mars looked around, seeing dead gladiators. "Wasting your effort for them being dead." While talking, smoke from his cigar surrounded Jett Amadede, creating a smoke dome that trapped him in. 

'Shit! I can't do much when Flow isn't yet recharged from mass teleporting of the coliseum.' 

The Primary Color was looking for any blind spot in the dome to escape from. Mars saw this, and he grabbed an apple from a cell nearby with his smoke hands, tossed it toward the sphere. 

The apple touched it, causing it to shatter into numerous tiny pieces, leaving nothing behind. 

Mars wanted to see Jett suffer even more while looking for a way to escape, so he cast smoke hands, emerging from the dome. 

The Shadow of the King jumped over the hands coming his way. Mars was laughing amusingly. Eventually, after dodging all that, one above him grabbed his leg and dragged him toward the smoke barrier. 

"You're not fighting, which makes me think you are weak that makes me board, I'm going to finsh you off now." 

The smoke vault caused damage to Jett's face, almost tearing his skin off. Before it could create a very deep wound, an electrical current saved the Primary Color. 

Mars saw the current going in. "Of course, Seven Dragons betray this beloved country. Sooner than I thought." 

He knew it was 'Valkirye' by her powers turning into electrical current, but he was wrong about being the Dragon when it formed into a human figure. It was the N-ranker Leo Vortex using her powers. 

"You judge someone quickly, Mars!" 

The vice-admiral's eyes widened after seeing Leo. 

"Tsk! If you have her powers, that means you defeated both of them. What happened to the two Dragons, N-Ranker?" Mars asked. 

 

Leo ignored Mars and looked at Jett Amdede, "You're more rough stats than I." 

Jett stands up slowly, "You were unconscious a minute ago, so don't worry about me." 

Mars grabbed his hair, pulling it back softly, "You and Jett are trapped inside my smoke vault together, it's harder to ignore me." 

Mars took one of his cigars from his mouth. "That's why I'm giving you two special gifts." Flinging it into the air, it spun until it dropped onto the floor, dissolving into black smoke. The smoke formed rings of fire around the barrier, making it more deadly. The rest of the black haze was constructed into floating eyeballs, looking at the two. Inside the pupil, a countdown from ten started. 

"Jett, what can we do?" Leo looked at everything as a way to escape. 

"Can you copy the dome?"

Leo Vortex shook his head, "Then we have found a weak spot before the countdown reaches zero." Jett was a little disappointed. 

They were running in circles inside the barrier, looking for an opening. On the bright side, no more hands were spawning. 

Mars was laughing, "Nothing you do would work. Be patient, wait for the countdown to reach zero." 

The number inside the smoke eye was down to four. Jett and Leo were still running around in circles inside the vault. When the time reached two seconds, they found a way to escape the barrier and were about to attack Mars. 

However, smoke hands reappeared on the ground, grabbing their limbs before they could reach Ares. The countdown of the eyes reached zero, and they gathered around Leo Votrex and Jett Amdede, who exploded on their face.

To be Continued.

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