Ero Meter

Chapter 222 Skeleton

The old man swiped his hand again with a crazed look on his face and then a target circle appeared about a hundred meters away from Jack.

"This is your final test young man! Hit the target and I will bring you to the Ring of Power!" The old man said with an excited expression.

Jack looked at him and nodded. 'I hope Vieva or Hena hasn't reached the ring of power yet.' he thought and raised his bow.

All the previous targets have been extremely tricky so he was ready for the last stage.

He knew that this wouldn't be easy.

Pointing his bow at the target circle he started searching for a green panel and then a frown appeared on his face.

'What?!' Jack saw the green panel as he pointed in the middle of the target.

'It can't be that easy...' Jack moved his bow down and looked at the old man.

"Hahaha... Young man, what happened?!" The old man had a crazy look on his face. It was as if he was teasing Jack.

Jack kept staring at his face for a few seconds. His heartbeat is getting irregular.

This was the last stage and it was a do-or-die situation.

'I have to believe in my truth meter, no matter how ridiculous it seems.' He thought and raised his bow again and shot the arrow.

....

Vieva was levitating in the open space, she had just beheaded Twinkle.

"Ah--" A grunt escaped out of her mouth and with it, blood also dripped.

Her gaze landed on the blue box and she could see Twinkle's head and body and blood floating at the bottom of the box.

Clenching her teeth she looked around and could see a black portal in front of her. This portal appeared after she killed Twinkle.

Taking in a deep breath a pained expression appeared on her face.

'All my energy has dissipated. If I don't get the Ring of power in the next two hours I will die for sure.' She thought and quickly moved towards the portal while coughing.

She was throwing up blood with her every cough.

Soon she entered the black portal.

.....

In a big grassland, Hena was flying with her hair flowing up. Her body was glowing with a green aura and there was an angry expression on her face.

In front of her was a metallic giant. It was about a hundred meters tall. Its eyes were red, however, they were losing their shine at a rapid pace.

There was a giant hole in the giant's chest as if someone has punched it out. Soon enough the red glow in its eyes faded and the giant started falling backwards.

Hena on the other hand looked at the giant with a disdainful expression on her face and the green glow around her body disappeared even her hair calmed down.

After the giant fell with a loud crash a black portal appeared in front of her and without giving it any second thought she swished towards it.

"I am coming to kill you!" She yelled as the image of Jack appeared in her mind.

.....

The old man was sitting on the ground with a bewildered expression on his face. He looked at Jack with his eyes wide.

An arrow was pierced in the middle of the target circle.

"You... You passed!" The old man said and then suddenly started laughing hysterically. "I never thought that a weak human like you would crush my masterpiece so easily!"

"Please get me the Ring of Power," Jack said with a straight face. Urgency could be heard in his tone.

The old man listened to him and took in a deep breath and then he nodded.

"Ok young man, you deserve the Ring of Power." He said and stood up.

And then a portal appeared in front of him. "Follow me." The old man looked at Jack.

Jack nodded and then both of them entered the portal.

On the other side of the portal, there was a huge hall. It was an ancient structure seemingly made out of iron and emanated a ghostly aura.

In the middle of the structure was a giant platform, on which a skeleton was placed, protected inside a glass tube.

"He was the king of this palace." The old man said and started to move towards the Skeleton.

Jack followed him silently, he was relieved that no one else was there yet.

"Jack..." As he was moving he suddenly heard a familiar but frail voice.

Both he and the old man turned their head around and looked at the source of the voice.

"Vieva!" Jack saw her and quickly ran towards her with a worried expression, he could see blood flowing out of her lips.

"Your face looks pale, what happened?" Jack asked as he supported her stumbling body by placing her hand over his shoulder.

"A long story... I need that ring." Vieva said as she looked at the tube. Her gaze then landed on Jack's face.

She wasn't sure if Jack would give her the ring or not. After all, she had previously killed his mentor and even threatened him.

Jack stayed silent at her words.

"It's ok if you didn't wanna give it to me I can understand." She said and then her body lost all power, and she fell down on the floor.

Jack caught her body midway and gently placed her on the floor. He looked deep into her eyes silently.

"Before I die I wanna say one thing." She looked at his face.

"What?" Jack frowned.

"You were the first man that I found likeable." She murmured then her eyes moved back and she started looking at the ceiling soullessly, as if waiting for her death.

"Thanks," Jack said and stood up from the floor, he then looked at the old man and nodded.

"Take it, it's in the left hand of the king." The old man said and flicked his hand and with it, the glass tube over the skeleton disappeared.

Jack could see a silver ring shining on one of the skeleton's fingers.

Without any wait, he quickly moved and finally stood in front of the skeleton, his gaze moving over the dead and finally landed on the ring.

"You fucker! I will kill you!"

As he was about to take the ring a loud voice suddenly reverberated in the giant hall and Jack turned around to look at it.

"Hena..." He murmured as she saw a green-haired girl with a furious expression on her face.

She was looking at Jack with killing intent.

Jack on the other hand could feel chills running down his spine.

"Crack!!"

The floor below Hena's legs started cracking and then she suddenly flew towards Jack, leaving afterimages.

His heart skipped a beat as he tried to move his hands in the skeleton to get the ring.

However, before he could reach it Hena was already behind him.

"Swish!!"

Before she could touch him a sword suddenly pierced her chest and moved through her body.

Jack looked back at her with his brows furrowed.

"How dare you create rucks in the king's hall?!" The old man shouted as he stepped forward with an angry expression on his face.

The old man has actually stopped Hena from advancing by piercing a flying sword through her chest.

Hena turned around and looked at the old man. "This weak guy couldn't have killed Rebecca, it must be you old man!" her hair started floating again.

The old man looked at Hena with his eyes narrowed. 'She is standing straight even after a sword has pierced her chest.'

The old man swiped his finger and ten more flying swords appeared around him and with another flick of his finger, the swords descended on Hena at a rapid pace.

"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"

One after another the ten swords pierced her body. Some pierced her abdomen, some her legs and one even pierced her throat.

However, Hena was still standing even after so many swords were in her body.

Jack looked at all this and took advantage of the situation, he took the ring off the skeleton's finger and then ran towards Vieva and squatted near her.

He could see that she was already unconscious and her eyes were closed.

"Vieva..." He murmured as he shook her body to wake her up, however, no matter how hard he tried she was not responding.

Behind him, he could hear loud noises coming from the fight between Hena and the old man.

"Vieva!" He even tried slapping her and even placed the ring on one of her fingers, however, still, there was no response.

As he was trying to wake her, he felt the noises behind him turning silent and he stood up and looked back.

A terrified expression appeared on his face.

In front of him, he could see the old man's neck pierced by Hena's hand.

She was raising him in the air and then she threw his body in the distance.

"Pathetic!" She yelled and turned around.

There were no swords in her body and her wounds were nowhere to be seen.

Jack looked back at the unconscious Vieva and clenched his fist. Over Hena's head, he could see two blue hearts and her Ero Meter was on zero.

'I am dead!'