Aaron tightened his clothes and walked briskly behind Luo Jia, who was heading towards the Skull Peak ahead.
He scanned his surroundings, looking for any potential danger:
"What kind of crisis is this time? I didn't see any enemies, and that annoying Erybas isn't even around."
Luo Jia maintained a calm smile on his face:
"He's in front, he should be inside that skull of the giant beast by now."
Aaron looked ahead and saw the giant beast skull that was about to be as high as a small mountain. He felt overwhelmed with emotion:
"My father and I also saw an animal skull come to life not long ago. It was smaller, about the size of a chair, and couldn't be used as a house."
Luo Jia showed an interested expression and asked:
"Are you on an adventure? Do you also have demons in your world?"
Aaron opened up like a chatty box, rapidly recounting his experiences during this period.
And also about dreaming of his two other brothers.
Luo Jia raised his hand to rub his chin, which was as smooth as his scalp.
"Guardian of the Limits, Kiriman~"
"Hmm, I can't help but feel like I don't like that name."
Aaron had his hands behind his head and walked briskly:
"Oh, Kiriman is a genuinely good guy, but he can be stubborn and likes to use all sorts of lengthy explanations to justify what he's going to do."
Luo Jia joked, "Then, big brother, how do you see me?"
Aaron shook his head from side to side, thought deeply, and then answered after a moment:
"In my eyes, it's hard to describe. He's also a good person, I mean, my brothers are all top-notch good guys."
Luo Jia pretended to be disappointed and shook his head: "Alas, it seems I don't have a very deep impression. By the way, what about the other brother? Did you mention he had hair?"
Two bald heads huddled together, and Aaron started to explain in earnest:
"I should have twenty-one brothers, Marum, that Guardian of the Limits told me, about a quarter of them are bald. But even for Kiriman and Chagatai, one has a crew cut and the other has a braid in the middle, which is like a ponytail at the back."
"On the contrary, my parents are both long-haired. Perhaps it's because they ate something wrong during pregnancy. Oh well, bald heads are easier to clean."
Luo Jia also touched his smooth back of the head, stammered:
"Lately, Erybas even suggested that he would be willing to inscribe scriptures on our skin together."
Aaron looked at him menacingly and said, "I knew that guy was bad from the beginning. Maybe he's been taken over by the dark gods, or those demons."
Luo Jia nodded and said:
"So the test for him has arrived. If he dares to fight against Kambos, the warrior of Skull Peak, there is still something to consider. If he shows any weakness, this place will be his final resting ground."
Luo Jia sighed and said, "Alas, his status among us is decent. I have to find a reason."
Aaron carefully looked ahead, lowering his voice and said, "Luo Jia, how about we — "
He made a motion of slitting his throat, "After all, there's no one around front or back. I've been fed up with him for a long time. Then you take out Kambos, and when you come back, you say he was a sacrifice."
Luo Jia seriously pondered the feasibility and then looked regretful:
"I brought an escort when I came out, and they will see. It's a mistake not to consider this."
Aaron seemed disappointed: "Alright, we'll just have to hope that Kambos is strong enough to take out Erybas with a single blow."
Luo Jia was watching Erybas's forward track and controlling the pace of climbing.
After three hours, they saw the dark fortress at the top of Skull Peak with its massive bone structure.
This fortress seems to have been entirely made of a mixture of skeletons from several ancient giant beasts and wooden structures. The overall strength is not as strong as those castles made entirely of bricks, wood, and stone.
Only a dozen or so blood-drenched robed dark followers, with wet blood on their tail ends, walked around the fortress to maintain its operation.
Unlike the surroundings of other dark fortresses, there were no villages or towns with human life and smoke.
The only one with combat capabilities on Skull Peak is Kambos, waiting for the challenge.
A man, about the size of a normal person, wearing animal skin-stitched skirts and holding an iron axe with a wooden handle.
The edge of the axe is still dull.
This man, the owner of the dark fortress, has been sitting on his throne, waiting for challengers all these days. He doesn't eat or drink, and he doesn't have any rest requirements.
Today, the door made of huge ribs was pulled open by slaves, emitting a creaking sound.
As if it would collapse at any moment, the unstable building seemed ready to fall. The bones, which have been eroded by wind and time, were trying their last with the last stubbornness, rubbing against each other and emitting mournful sounds.
Bos raised his head with a crackle, revealing a skeleton face that had no human skin.
He has been dead for decades, always as Kambos, the transcendent being who responds to him, maintaining his fighting impulse.
Bos stood up from his throne, which seemed like a doll that hadn't moved for years. The steps beneath his feet were made of human and various beast skulls.
Wearing armor that was already rusted, he slowly descended the steps and pulled out two long swords placed at the bottom of the stairs.
"Challenger, state your name!"
Above the dark and foreboding sky of Skull Peak, gradually red whirlpools began to form and incubate, responding to Bos.
At the open door, Erybas swallowed, gripping his small mallet tightly.
He knew that Luo Jia's guards were nearby, and now was the time for him to demonstrate his loyalty and dispel their doubts.
Erybas, imitating the courage and modesty of the real Erybas that he had seen in the past, walked forward:
"I am the messenger of the only true God, the vanguard of Holy Luo Jia!"
Bos shook his neck that seemed about to fall off, and the red clouds in the sky fell down, covering his face with a demonic visage:
"No, I'm asking for your name! All beings in the world fight for themselves!"
Bang! Bang!
The iron armor stepped on the real ground, casting a shadow of a blood-red demon that was beyond calculation, despite the man's clearly standing posture not as tall as Erybas.
"Challenger, tell me, what is your name!"
Erybas took a deep breath. He had never merged with Ga-Lus, but he had also learned about the fusion between dark followers and demons.
Something like Bos, an existence that could retain its own will after death, would be a formidable figure in the right environment, one who could compete for the title of Chaos Warrior or even Champion Warrior.
He stood up straight and roared loudly:
"I am, Erybas——"
Bang! His voice was cut off before it could be finished, as the massive blood-red wings exploded out, highlighting the extremely tiny Bos in the middle, with his double-edged swords also covered in blood.
An incredibly powerful demon was coming down in its physical form, embracing behind Bos's body, rather than merging with humans, and the angry roar came rolling in:
"Erybas! How dare you appear in front of me!"
That was the voice of Kambos.
"Ahh! Traitor! Die!"
The complete Kambos dived down from above, causing a commotion of numerous blood-colored illusions in the air, with his double-edged swords splitting down towards Erybas's head. The blood-colored shadow behind him was carried along by inertia and made the same movements.
Both swords struck Erybas.
The next moment, Erybas was left with a solitary bald head, pinched in the hand of the demon that had descended almost completely.
"I will make you suffer eternal torment, forever as my toy in my hand! No longer like before, when Horus merely peeled off your skin."
After this event that completely betrayed the timeline, the skull-headed master who sat on the yellow bronze throne did not care, but rather, there were sounds of birdsong coming from the labyrinth, which was both joyful and sad.
"Haha, Erybas is gone, he he ——"
"Gugu, gugu —- Great plan, great plan, Horus, Horus, dammit, who made Kambos meet Erybas prematurely!"
"You actually made Kambos a demon! Damn, damn, if I want Erybas to live, I also have to do this disgusting thing —— sob sob (bird crying sound)"
(Erybas will kill the named Agger, a Glyphician fallen and possessed by demons, yet retaining humanity and mutual coexistence as a model. Agger has a close friend called the Devourer of the World Kambos. When Kambos avenged and initiated execution, Erybas had to flee.)
