I am an Eldritch Entity-Chapter 151: Something is kept hidden

Eryndor gritted his teeth in frustration.

Fuck, worst case situation.

It could be said that it was partially his fault, for having her use her ability on regressing the yellow papers.

It consumed such an enormous amount of energy that during their journey, she recovered enough to only use the white snake's ability for a minute or two.

Yes, it had barely been at most two minutes since the fight started.

Sensing that he still had the ability to transfer the energy, he did so immediately, pouring large amounts of Energy of Consciousness.

"Stop stop stop."

Valentina hurriedly whispered, almost scared by the amount pouring in, she wouldn't have been able to withstand it if he kept transferring more energy.

Just how much fucking goddamn energy does he have?

She was absolutely gobsmacked, as she rejoined the fight.

Similar to Eryndor, she could only copy the white snake's ability and use it as that was the only means of ranged attacks that she had.

Eventually, at a certain point, Eryndor failed to cover for the mistake Edward made, allowing Kron to punch at his shoulder. Straight direct contact.

Everyone heard a loud cracking sound, as the Elementalist grunted.

Even though he hadn't reached the level of Kron who was indifferent when a chuck of his flesh was cut off, he was still a fighter who had chosen the path of going against beasts.

It wasn't a path without injuries. His reaction was subdued, without crying out in pain, he took to using his ability on himself while once again covering for his team.

Valentina had the white snake join the battle alongside Edward instead of staying with her.

Eryndor narrowed his eyes as he realized that the battle had shifted a bit. It wasn't much, but he had been extremely paranoid about the direction in which the abyss was located, so he quickly noticed it.

Let's wait and see if it's really about that.

A minute went by in deadlock as Kron couldn't go past Edward and the white snake while the four of them couldn't hurt the guy.

All the injuries Kron sustained were healed as the fight went on.

Something clicked in Eryndor's mind as he finally realized what Kron's ability was.

It's not healing, at least not active healing which he can control.

After sustaining an injury, he can only heal when he gets hit.

There was also something more he discerned.

I've only recognized four martial arts up till now, one to enhance speed, one for abrupt direction change, one to twist the body unnaturally, and one for higher damage output, but sometimes his arm flashes grey.

Is that his defensive art? Why would he need defensive art when he had his healing ability?

I mean, it is certainly not weird that he uses a defensive art while having a healing ability, because, well, not everyone likes to get hurt, healing should be used as a backup.

But why is he only using defensive art 'after' getting injured?

Was it a way to conserve Internal Energy?

It would indeed be logical to only use defensive art when necessary when he was already using four martial arts, and had a healing ability which consumed a different energy.

But what if the reason was something else?

Just when Eryndor was in the middle of his thoughts, his lightning elemental Sky Piercing Palm happened to hit Kron, briefly stunning him.

Valentina's or the white snake's ability wouldn't have reached Kron immediately as they had just fired alongside Eryndor. Conjuring another white sphere took some time.

Edward was quick to capitalize on the brief span of immobility as he swung the sharp edge of his weapon at his legs, giving him a long deep cut.

As usual, there wasn't a hint of anguish on Kron's face as he proceeded to move out of the way as soon as the stun wore off.

Edward followed up with a jab at his leg, but Kron twisted mid air to take the hit on his arm.

Wait. Why did he take it on his arm? He could've allowed his other uninjured leg to take the hit, which was way easier and wouldn't have required him to use that twisting martial art to block with his arm.

With this extremely obvious strange incident as a reference, Eryndor thought back to the fight and noticed a few moments when Kron deliberately went out of his way to block with his arms when he could've done so with his legs.

His brain went into overdrive as he immediately came up with two options of what his ability might be.

He needs to get hit within the next few seconds after getting injured, only then would his ability work and heal the wounds.

That would explain why he doesn't dodge but prefers to get hit immediately after incurring some wound, and his defensive martial art only seems to be for his arms, which is why he might be always using his arms to block.

The second possibility may be that his innate ability only recognises his 'arms' as an area to get hit so he could heal.

For example, if he was hit on the leg immediately after getting hurt, the ability wouldn't work to heal the wound, the hits need to be on the arms.

That would explain why his defensive art only covers his arms, he only needs that part to get hit after all.

Or it could also be both the possibilities together.

Eryndor glanced at the battle taking place. He definitely couldn't head toward Edward and tell him of his conclusions, Kron would easily hear it even over the sounds of battle.

At the back though, it would be near impossible for him to hear anything if Eryndor whispered to Valentina. He did just that, closing the distance with her and softly spoke.

"Don't attack immediately after he gets injured, and make sure to avoid his arms, attack his legs or something."

Edward had only gotten to attack after putting Kron on a backfoot, his current job was to be on the defensive while Eryndor and Valentina handled the offense, so it was anyway not going to be worthwhile telling this to Edward.

The next few seconds, neither Valentina nor Eryndor got the chance to land a hit on Kron, but the man was keen enough to notice a change in their attack patterns.

Did they figure out my ability? So quickly? Or is it just a guess?

Kron thought with astonishment as he continued fighting.

As a repeatedly praised combat genius, his instincts and intellect when figuring out abilities and weaknesses were extremely sharp, but even he couldn't guarantee that he could've done any better when faced with an ability as subtle as his.

Using the twisting martial art, he bent his legs forward, and hit Edward who didn't see it coming.

Unfortunately, before his leg could make contact with Edward's back, a spiked mace blocked his way.

He harrumphed in annoyance as the same person blocked his strike for the nth time.

Insane combat sense. A good thing he isn't the one who is at stage nine level two.

He appreciated him, but some things had to be done. Kron cared more about his personal growth rather than everyone else. Morals? Did that give strength?

The fight visibly saw a change as Kron was the one being suppressed now.

Eryndor couldn't confirm which one of the two possibilities was the correct answer, but judging from the state of the battle, he was at least sure that the answer was indeed among the two listed possibilities and not a third unknown one.

A few moments later he narrowed his eyes as he confirmed something.

He is indeed slowly but steadily shifting the battle towards the abyss.

But the abyss wasn't so close that their fight would last long enough till they reached there.

There definitely had to be something which Kron could use to push Eryndor into the abyss.

Wait, could it be that Kron is hiding his power? Or some move? Some treasure or Mystical Artifact?

All along, Eryndor had been placing himself behind Edward and close to Valentina.

Only once was Kron able to go past Edward, but due to several factors, he could only head towards Valentina.

Is he waiting for me? A chance to approach me?

He gritted his teeth, launching another Sky Piercing Palm while continuing to think.

Fuck, we definitely can't choose to run. Kron would almost certainly choose to chase instead of just leaving it be, he was instructed to push me into the abyss after all.

Even if Edward has an escape treasure, given Kron's standing of being Guardian Sol's disciple, he must have some similar treasure too.

Escaping along in different directions is an even worse decision. Kron would definitely choose me to chase, that's a no brainer.

There was another option to effectively counter whatever Kron was hiding.

To take out their trump cards first.

Fuck, I don't have any trump cards, and I definitely can't switch to my second form.

There's a literally professional team going around specially hired to snuff out traces of a powerful entity, or even an eldritch entity.

I can only ask others.

With extreme seriousness, he whispered to Valentina.

"Do you have any trump cards?"

The young woman looked at him, who held an abnormally serious expression. Before she could reply, Eryndor spoke.

"Trust me, the situation is far more serious than it looks. We need something immediately, and sufficiently powerful to ward off the threat of Kron."

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After hesitating a bit, Valentina nodded.