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Commentary on Chapter 46. Tower of Paradise. Part 4. The End of Paradise Tower.
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"I'm sorry..."- Eros looked pitifully at Elsa in his arms and at Gerard's body, "If only I had hurried, just for a minute..."
- Gerard..." the girl whispered, with tears at the edges of her eyes.
- Eh... - sighing, he stroked her head fondly and headed to leave the room, but when, Eros was about to cross the threshold, he froze... He felt someone's gaze on him, directed from the wall... Or rather behind the wall.... - "I've been discovered, and that means... - Eros and Elsa were covered by a white dome, - Come out, or else I'll come to you myself... - but silence was his answer, - Since that's the case... - the white barrier transformed into scarlet and the titan walked towards the wall. And when it came into contact with the barrier, it began to dissolve until it completely disappeared, opening a view of a small room 3 by 3 metres, in the corner of which stood a teenage girl, 13-14 years old, with long dark purple hair tied in a ponytail and brown eyes. She was wearing a rather open sleeveless blouse that completely exposed her back, as well as tight breeches, - Unexpected... A child...?
- You're one to talk!
- You're right about that, but who are you and what are you doing here?
- I wanted to ask you the same thing," she said warily.
- Oh... there's no secret to it, I want to save everyone here and destroy this place, and now you.
- I... - at that moment, Eros noticed a slight burst of magical power behind his back and the next moment several stone blocks hit his barrier.
- Don't get the idea that if I made my barrier invisible, it's gone and... This magic... - he looked at her in surprise, - Time Magic? - A green ball was floating to her right, which in the next moment multiplied and all flew towards Eros, but only after touching the barrier they dissolved, but after a moment they regenerated and "swooped" again.... Having realised that it was useless, the balls stopped abruptly and white rays flew out of them, - It's useless, I'm the worst opponent for a time mage, because my element is Destruction, - for a moment Eros' eyes filled with scarlet colour and a terrible pressure descended on the girl, pinning her to the floor, - You're too weak to harm me in any way.
- M-monster..." she whispered, looking at the titan with eyes filled with fear and... regret.
Eros walked over to her and released the pressure.
- You don't stand a chance against me, so just answer my questions and then you'll stay alive.
- Why... Why... Why are you meddling in this case...? - she whispered bitterly.
- My student asked me to save her brother, I had no other reason, now answer my questions or else..." a bloodthirsty smile appeared on his lips, making her wince, "My first question, who are you? What is your name, who sent you here and why? - But she remained silent, -You don't want to talk, then...
- I... I'm Urthir..." she said quietly, clenching her palm into a fist, "I'm a member of the Grimoire Heart guild, I was sent here by my master to oversee the construction of the tower.
- One of the three strongest dark guilds, - Eros said with surprise, looking into the eyes filled with hatred directed at him, - Hey... Don't look at me like that, I was just asking... - the next moment, the titan noticed a small bracelet on her hand that suddenly glowed, and in the other one a small dagger that was pointed at the other hand with the bracelet... But the titan managed to intercept the hand with the dagger, - Don't do something stupid.
- Let go, or I'll die! - But Eros did not listen to her and grabbed the bracelet, which was quickly absorbed by the red magic power and destroyed, - How...? - she whispered in disbelief, looking at the titan.
- So that's why you didn't want to talk, I didn't know, I'm sorry, but now, nothing prevents you.
- You...!
- Listen," Eros frowned and stared at her face, making her gasp for air, "You don't know Ur, do you? - The girl's eyes filled with shock, -Then you do... You just look so much like her... Hair... Eyes... Nose... Lips... It feels like you're mother and daughter... -Eros looked at Urtir with shock, seeing the surprise flashing in her eyes, -I guessed?
- How... How... How do you know her?
- I saw her six months ago.
- What?!" the girl exclaimed in shock, "That can't be! She died two years ago!
- Dead? What makes you think that?
- She sacrificed herself by sealing the demon!
- She didn't die, - Eros shook his head calmly, - You probably don't know how the spell "Ice Coffin" works, because it doesn't kill its bearer, but turns the body into ice, while the soul remains unharmed, that is, until the ice melts, it will be alive.
Urthir laughed unhappily in front of him.
- I knew that without you.
- Then?
- She's dead, for there's no way to bring her back.....
- I say she is not dead! - Eros frowned, grabbing Urtir by the chin and pulling her to him, while looking straight into her eyes, -I will help her to become human again! - he said confidently, looking firmly into her eyes.
The girl's cheeks flushed slightly as she looked into his eyes.
- That's...
- Maybe!
She just couldn't say anything after seeing the confidence in his eyes. For a moment, she even thought that he could really do such a thing.
- No..." she brushed his hand away, hiding her face.
- Tell me, why do you hate her?
Hearing that question, the girl shuddered.
- 'She betrayed me... She abandoned me and traded me away...'
- Ur? It can't be!
- I saw it myself!
- It can't be! - Eros frowned and exclaimed, -Come with me and when I bring Ur back, you can ask her what really happened!
- I'm not going anywhere with you!
- Urthir... You still love her.....
- I hate her!
- Really, then why are you studying Time Magic? - her shoulders shook, -Isn't it to go back, to meet your mother again... So stop fooling around and come with me. And when I get Ur back, you can talk.
- No!
- You don't have a choice..." a cheerful smirk appeared on Eros' face, "Do you think that after failing this mission, you'll be spared? I found a lot of information about your guild and I know that your master is a ruthless man. Therefore, you can't go back to the guild now, and you can't even escape.
- What are you getting at...? - Urthir asked with a squint.
- You have only one choice left, come with me, only I can protect you from his wrath.
- And if I refuse? - She realised that she had no choice, because Haydes already knew that she had betrayed the guild, because the bracelet would only activate for one reason, if a guild member tried to reveal information about her. And Urthir was sure that he would easily know if she was dead or not.
- Then..." a wide grin appeared on his lips as he threw her onto his shoulder in one motion, "I will take you by force and keep you with me until I get Ur back.
- Let me go! Let me go at once! - Urthyr exclaimed in embarrassment, trying to break free of his grip.
- No.
- Let go! - After trying for another ten minutes, she gave up, -Let go...I'll go...just let go.
- That's good then," Eros let go of her and slipped the ring on her finger, making her embarrassed and wrench her hand away.
- What... What are you doing!
- It's insurance.
- Insurance?
- Yeah, so you won't try to betray me, cos once you do, the ring explodes, and it can't be removed unless I want it to.
- You!
- Yes, yes, now follow me," he tossed her two more rings and also put two more on Elsa, "Put them on.
- More "insurance"? - Urteer asked with a sneer.
- Fool.
- What did you say?! - Eros ignored her and put one on, becoming invisible.
- One ring will make you invisible, and the other will muffle the sounds around you," the titan snorted, putting on the second one as well.
With an angry look at the place where Eros had stood before, she put on both rings and Urthir could see the titan's blurred figure again. The one beckoned her behind him and walked forward.
"I'll get my revenge on you one day, I swear!"- she thought angrily as she followed him.
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They reached the main building quickly. It was deep night outside the windows now, there were hardly any cultists, just a few patrolling the place, and the slaves were corralled into cells.
"Night... the best time to... Riot."- Eros thought with a smirk on his lips as he climbed to the highest point in the room and waited, while counting in his mind, "10...9...8...7...6...5...4...4...3...2...1...It's time" - he pointed his finger at the first warden on the tower and after a moment he fell down with a hole in his head, Eros pointed his finger again at the other one on the next tower, who fell down just as quietly without making a sound....
This went on for about ten minutes, until all the cultists had disappeared, leaving only those patrolling the ground floor. Slaves also slowly began to get out of the cells, grabbing tools and slowly removing the patrols.
Eros had long ago signalled the pirates to get ready to meet the escaping cultists, there were twenty ships with 15 men on each, and he had called for another guest, still in the afternoon and about now he should be crossing the fog.
But still, doing things stealthily forever wouldn't work and after ten minutes the cultists had already discovered the rebellion...
- A rebellion!
- The slaves have broken out of their cells!
- Call for reinforcements! - and a one-sided battle ensued, with the slaves completely overwhelming the cultists, who could do nothing to counter them and their numbers were rapidly dwindling.
Eros didn't interfere in the battle, but only fired at them from afar, keeping an eye on the upper space, waiting for the "undead guests", for he had learnt that the Cultists had more than a hundred Magical Soldiers. He didn't have to wait long, as two more B-rank Magical Soldiers entered the field.
- Rebellion, let's see how long you can hold out! Know your place! - he shouted, and waved his staff. More than a hundred red magic circles appeared in the sky, from which Magical Soldiers emerged, and behind him a small squad of thirty C-rank mages pointed their staffs at the slaves.
- It's time... - Eros stretched out his hand and created two small red balls in it and threw them into the centre of the group of mages and Magical Soldiers.
- What is this!!! - One of the S-rang mages exclaimed in surprise as he spotted the approaching ball.
- Shoot it down!
- Yes! - one of them pointed his staff at it and shot a small magic ball, but the one that hit the ball couldn't even damage it and it calmly fell right into the centre of the group, where it hovered in the air.
- Eh... It's just hanging in the air... What kind of useless magic is that?! - Laughing, one of them exclaimed, but after a moment he froze, his eyes wide open when he saw that the balloon began to enlarge and draw in the objects nearby and the force of attraction was growing with each passing second.The slaves had long since escaped to the first floor and locked themselves in their cells while the cultists were distracted by the balloon. And they did it just in time, because when they closed in, the gravitational force became so strong that all of the cultists and Magic Soldiers were already pulled into the ball....
"Still, it wasn't a bad idea to make an analogue of a black hole..."- With a snap of his fingers, the two balls that had already become one metre by one metre quickly disappeared.
The ball itself was a combination of the Force of Destruction and Gravity and this spell was completely autonomous, because it absorbed the magical power from the air and grew in size, as well as increasing the force of attraction. This spell Eros called the Black Hole, simply and matter-of-factly. It worked in such a way that the titan created a small ball of Destruction Force and created a powerful gravitational field around it, which attracted both Aether from the air and objects in the vicinity, and those in contact with the ball instantly split.
The ground floor became completely empty, because the Black Hole had drawn in not only the living mages and Magical Soldiers, but also the corpses lying on the ground. The slaves slowly began to get out of their cells and stared in shock at the completely empty ground floor.
Urthir, who was also watching this, felt fear and even, her frightened interest in such a powerful mage. And one thing that really shocked her was that he was only fifteen, but he already possessed such terrible power and she was also sure that this was not the limit.
"It might actually be a good idea to follow him and if he didn't lie and resurrect her..."
At that moment, Eros appeared next to Rob.
- As promised, now you are free, - said the titan with a slight smile on his lips, - Of course, there are still enemies out there, but the main forces have been destroyed, and my men have already surrounded the island and no one can escape.
- I never thought that such a day would come... - a happy smile appeared on the old man's face, which still slightly lowered, - It's a pity that Gerard won't see it, he was so eager for it....
- It's never without sacrifice, and the best are always the first to go...
- You're right..." both mages looked up at the sky/ceiling.
-BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
- What?! What's happening?! - panicked people exclaimed, looking around, as such sounds were coming from all directions.
A big smile appeared on Eros' face.
- Old man, do you recognise this?
- Hoh... I hadn't forgotten, because only one guild is capable of this... - at that moment, the roof was blown off by a giant fist and a giant face with a big bushy grey moustache looked into the hole....