Chapter 25: 25: Kingdom of Shadows
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The next day.
The sky gradually brightened, and a hint of paleness appeared in the distant night. The dawn light fell on the fields and on the bodies of several warriors with "glory" hanging on their bodies and blood spilled on the ground.
"Are there any pursuers?" Kevin, who was carrying the unconscious and bleeding Cu Chulainn on his back, asked Connor who had just returned from the rear.
"No." Connor shook his head.
As for Norbert, who according to Fergal, would go to see him with his head if he could not kill Cu Chulainn, in the end, Cu Chulainn killed him at the cost of his sword!
"King Fergal is a man who keeps his promise." Kevin nodded slightly upon hearing this.
"Let's all take a break." Then he turned around and said to Bruel and the other remaining members of the Red Branch Knights.
"Kevin, you should take a rest too." Bruer, who was blind in one eye, stepped forward and tried to take Cu Chulainn. "You've been carrying him all night!"
After what happened yesterday, Bruer and others have developed a little respect for Kevin.
"It's okay." Kevin smiled and looked at them. They all had tiredness on their faces. Even Connor had obvious scars on his body.
After hesitating for a while, he put Cu Chulainn down.
He walked forward a few steps, broke away from the team, and under the gaze of everyone, he looked up at the rising sun in the sky, put his hand to his mouth, and blew a loud whistle.
A clear whistle echoed in the sky, and just as they were wondering what Kevin was doing, a very beautiful bird flew out from nowhere with a package at its feet.
Looking at the bird that came in front of Kevin, Connor blinked and recognized it. After all, it had appeared in front of Kevin every few days since he was a child, so it was hard not to have seen it.
After taking the package, Kevin touched the bird's head and let it stay on his shoulder. Then he returned to the crowd, took out the magic fruit from the package, and handed it to them one by one.
The bird watched this scene and opened its mouth to say something, but after noticing the determination in Kevin's eyes, it remained silent.
Scathach had told him not to use it recklessly, but Kevin couldn't care less now.
"This is..." Bruel and others looked at the divine fruit, looked at each other, and looked at Kevin in confusion.
"This is a gift from my father. It's the fruit he planted." Kevin said with a smile, "Eat it. Although we are not afraid of death, we have finally survived. It would be too depressing if we die on the way home."
No one talked about the dead, even though they were still chatting and laughing yesterday. After all, death is a very common thing in this era.
What's more, they died gloriously on the battlefield!
When Bruel and others heard that it was a gift from Ruge, the god of light and the sun, they were shocked and realized that it was a divine fruit.
So they all looked at the magical fruit in their hands, and some were reluctant to eat it.
Connor took a look at Kevin and knew that he had made up his mind, so he set an example and bit it off! Seeing this, everyone ate it one by one.
Kevin then came to the unconscious Cu Chulainn, crushed the magic fruit with his hands, poured the juice into Cu Chulainn's mouth, and asked him to swallow it.
He used five in total, which was one-tenth of the divine fruits he had accumulated with great difficulty during this period of time, before he stopped.
After everyone took the magic fruit, the wounds soon changed. The blood slowly disappeared until it finally stopped flowing.
Although the wound was not healed, it replenished the qi and blood and provided effective treatment.
Now, everyone's expressions towards Kevin became even more complicated.
Although death is not scary in their eyes, being alive is always better than being dead!
What's more, what Kevin said is right. It would be too frustrating if we died on the road after surviving the battlefield with great difficulty!
They opened their lips and wanted to say thank you, but they felt that those two words were so pale and powerless, so in the end they silently kept this kindness in mind.
After their injuries were treated, the group continued on their journey after a short rest. When they passed a small forest, they were robbed by a reckless thief.
So Bruel and his companions destroyed the den of thieves here, found two horses, went to the next village, and bought several more horses.
With Kevin's restraint along the way, these angry warriors did not vent their anger on the Lask civilians.
Connor had reminded them that Kevin hated the smell of blood and hated people who did such things.
Although they always felt that their hatred for the smell of blood, hatred for killing and the bravery they showed that night were very conflicting.
Three days later, Cu Chulainn, who was seriously injured, woke up.
Kevin gave him two more divine fruits to eat, and because of his demigod body, five days later, he was able to move freely despite being seriously injured.
This made Kevin sigh again, this guy is really a pervert!
Soon, more than half a month passed, and Connor and his party, riding horses, returned to the Kingdom of Ulster. At the city gate, King Conchieber, who received instructions from Caister, dressed solemnly, stood at the gate, and personally greeted everyone!
But among those who returned, only Kevin and Cu Chulainn were missing.
"What about them?"
During this period of time, the battle of the entrance has already been sung across the continent by bards!
Therefore, not only King Conchieber, but many members of the nobility were waiting for them.
"They turned around and left at the border of Ulster." Connor, who had dismounted, replied to King Conchieber who came over and asked.
"Leaving?" King Conchieber was stunned. "Where did you go?"
"A place filled with shadows, a place where the sun never shines." Connor answered King Conchieber helplessly, "The kingdom where the King of Martial Arts lives - the Kingdom of Shadows!"
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"Actually, you don't have to come with me." Cú Chulainn, who was riding on a horse towards the Kingdom of Shadows with his blue braids fluttering in the wind, said to Kevin, who was standing beside him with black hair and also had braids.
"No, I won't go. I'll die!" Kevin rolled his eyes.
At this time, because there were only two of them, Kevin was no longer as cautious about what he said as before.
"Death?" Cu Chulainn was stunned.
"Don't ask, you will understand it when the time comes!" Seeing that Cu Chulainn wanted to continue asking, Kevin interrupted him decisively.
The Kingdom of Shadows is located in the other world, and the so-called other world, to put it simply, is another world that is connected to the real world but is completely different.
There are many fantasy creatures living inside, such as elves, fairies, gods, etc.
At the same time, there are also many monsters, terrifying giants, many ghosts waiting for reincarnation, and evil spirits born after their deterioration.
The place where the Kingdom of Shadows was built is where shadow undead spirits gather. It is surrounded by steep mountains. Climbing every mountain is a test, and every plain is filled with endless dangers. Those are all trials!
Buried inside are the lives of countless martial artists who went to the Kingdom of Shadows!
If you still find it difficult to understand the other world, just know that the so-called 'Avalon', an ideal place far away from the mundane world where there is no birth, aging, sickness, and death, is the kingdom of elves and the paradise of fairies, and is also a place in the other world!
Cu Chulainn turned his head in confusion, wanting to ask Kevin about the details, but seeing that Kevin refused to speak, he finally gave up.
Afterward, in order to enter the other world, the two confided in their father, Luger, the god of light and the sun, and asked him to show them away.
Then, under the secret guidance of Ruge, Cu Chulainn, and Kevin spent dozens of days and arrived at the entrance of the magic mirror belonging to the Kingdom of Shadows.
But just as they dismounted, patted the horses' butts to let them go, and prepared to enter together, an unexpected situation occurred.
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