Chapter 82 - Contract Thingy

"What's that?!!" asked Aryan. 

"Ah… It's a cartoon show about cats and rats that I used to watch in my childhood. I will send you the episodes later if you wanna watch it. For now, just sit and watch. I have activated a barrier around this floating arena." Said Sir Jean with an evil grin on his face.

Aryan understood what he meant and replied, "Very well, let's enjoy the cat and rat show," with the same evil grin on his face.

Looking at the duo's smile, Yoshino was thinking if left alone for some days she may get to see a Sir Jean junior in Aryan. While she was pondering and laughing over it, a sound came.

Thud!! Thud!!!

It was the sound of Zagan and the Guardia eagle crashing with the barrier erected by Sir Jean. Both of them crashed onto the arena floor and looked at each other.

Guardian Eagle 'Bitch!! This bitch cow was thinking of using me as a decoy!!'

Zagan 'Fook!! Muuuu, this dumb bird was thinking of using me as a decoy!!'

Both of them had the same thought in mind but none of them were showing it on their faces. Zagan with a smile on his face asked the Guardian eagle, "What were you planning to do, by flying high up into the sky?"

Guardian eagle heard his question and answered in arrogance, "Stupid muuu, muuu boy, I was gonna use one of my special moves. It requires me to fly high up into the sky then come with extreme speed towards the enemy and crash with him."

"Oh, I see,"

"Yes, and what about you, why were you flying towards the sky? Were you trying to escape??" asked the Guardian eagle.

Zagan smiled at the Guardian eagle question and thought in his mind 'Stupid bird you wanted to leave me here, alone with that tri deity monster and you are asking me I was retreating or not!! Muuuuuu…. I will give you the taste of your own answer.' 

After pondering for a while Zagan posed his answer, "O' the Guardian eagle, the thing is I was gonna do a special move like you, which requires me to fly up into the sky then come down and crash with the enemy with extreme speed."

"Oh, I see," replied the Guardian eagle. At that time he was thinking, 'This sly cow is serving my cooked dishes to me, very smart you are!! But I am way smarter than you.'

"So, what should we do now?" asked Zagan. Since their escape plan failed and that too miserable all they could do then was to stick together till the end. 

Guardian eagle pondered for sometime before saying, "I have a way of escape, but that will need your cooperation. Are you willing to help?"

Zagan agreed on his proposal without even listening to it, for him his life was his biggest asset, if he can save his life he can strike back again. But of no life, no strike back.

"Oh, okay, since you are ready to cooperate, first fill out this form with your chakra energy," asked the Guardian eagle and snapped his feathery fingers. Out of nowhere, a parchment appeared in the air with some, with some ancient scriptures printed on it. Zagan looked at the parchment and then to the Guardian eagle.

"Why do I have to sign a contract now, can't we do these things later??"

Guardian sighed at his question and replied, "It's not like I want to do it right now. At a time like this, it's the requirement to execute the plan."

"Oh, okay, then we shouldn't waste time and do these contract thingy as soon as possible. Time is running out, and Howk is still recovering his energy with chakra spin. Once he recovered we are done for."

"Yes, yes, that's why sign that parchment and we will be able to escape in no time."

Zagan was highly suspicious of the eagle schemes, but since he said the word 'we will be able to escape' he didn't doubt him any further and asked him how to sign.

A wide grin appeared on the face of the Guardian eagle when Zagan agreed on his proposal, but he hid his grin with his feathery wings and asked him to pour his chakra energy into it.

As instructed, Zagan held the parchment in one hand and poured his chakra energy through the other. After emptying down two-fourths of his energy into it, the parchment began to glow and levitated in the air.

Seeing these events from the VIP zone, Yoshino was getting curious about the content of that parchment, but there was no way she could go there and read it all. She tried to zoom in his virtual pad camera on it and caught only a small part of it.

She fiddled with Rendex.com, then with Koogle.com to translate that captured part, and after some research, she found the meaning in it. The meaning of that part was something like this, "Thou will feed, I will give….."

Yoshino couldn't understand what those lines meant and showed the same to Sir Jean. He pondered for a while and was about to say something when a year splitting screeching sound came from the arena.

He returned back the virtual pad to Yoshino and asked Aryan what happened in the meantime when they were translating the characters on the parchment. Aryan didn't say anything and pointed his hands towards the arena.

Yoshino followed the direction of his hand and looked towards the arena. What she saw afterward made her body tremble in fear. The small piece of parchment on which Zagan had poured out his energy earlier was trying to devour him now.

Zagan was trying his best to fend off the parchment, but it was not a dog nor a cat that it will get fend off easily. 

He looked towards the Guardian eagle and asked him in a trembling voice, "O' the great guardian, what's happening? Why is this parchment sucking me out of my life force??"

The Guardian eagle looked at the miserable face of Zagan and replied with a smug on his face, "Fool, that's what you got for signing the contract without reading it. It was clearly written there. You will feed me your life force and I will give you power for a short duration. Didn't you read that part?"

Zagan got pissed and shouted, "You bit** eagle, you tricked me!! How dare you trick me, the great Zagan. One of the demons from Solomon's book of Demons. I will kill you, bit** I swear I will kill you."

Listening to his curses a wide grin appeared on his face, and this time he didn't try to hide it with his feathers, instead, he showed it all to Zagan. "Cow kid, you were trying to use me as a decoy and escape from here, weren't you?"

"Muuuu… So what?!! Weren't you trying to do the same with me?" asked Zagan with a rage. His body was fading away, he was losing his consciousness, and he was using his last of the energy to talk with the Guardian eagle.

"So, what?!!" answered back the Guardian eagle with arrogance. "I am the Great Guardian of Eternal Darkness. My life is way more precious than any cow or bull from that Solomon's book."

"Muuuuuuuuu..." Zagan mooed in rage. He was about to answer something back, but before he did that, the last part of his body faded away and his whole existence disappeared from the arena.

Silence~~~~~~

Complete silence prevailed throughout the arena. This scene of internal dispute and betrayal was too much for the spectators sitting there. It was hard to digest for them that Zagan's summoned beast ate away his life force and erased his existence.

Many were gasping in shock after seeing it. 'Just who in the world is this summoned beast.' was the question in everyone's mind.

Meanwhile, Howk has recovered all of his strength, standing again with over-brimming power, ready to kick some asses again. The Guardian eagle saw him and hastily grabbed the scroll that had erased Zagan's existence. He grabbed it and put it into his mouth. 

Howk didn't make any delay and took out his two Howzer discs. Since he had spent most of his power in his last attack, his chakra armament got undone and he was back to normal.

He aimed at the bird and threw it towards him with a higher rpm and velocity than the previous times. Guardian eagle saw the disc coming and closed his eyes to execute the parchment inside him.

Suddenly, his body began to glow again, but this time not golden but red this time. The red rays engulfed his body and slowly engulfed the whole arena. Aryan, Yoshino, Sir Jean and other spectators none of them were able to see anything for some minutes, the same was applicable for Howk too.

Slowly the light dimmed out, and everyone gained back their vision. Howk too opened his eyes and saw a giant figure standing before him. A fifteen feet tall figure with an eagle head and human body. Wings on the side, but not big enough to fly.

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Don't forget my precious power stones.