AT. DEMON SLAYER
Chapter 26 - The Holy Sepulchre of Erl Marline 1

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After destroying the mechanics of the massive stone statues, xavier, kenz, artemis, and freeya soon continue their journey to the erl marline tombs that are in the monstareum mozzarck holy building, while aluna herself was trapped in the medicine room in the mozzarck monstareum only alone with the baby demon girl in a state of unconsciousness.

During the journey to the sacred tomb of the erl marline, they went through the same fight again by fighting the mechanism of a similar stone statue at each portal gate they had just entered.

But the fight was 'the old' increasingly difficult, as the level level of the stone sculpture mechanism continued to grow stronger.

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Before that, before that,

After xavier and kenz smash the stone sculpture mechanism...

" What the fuck?! " excited artemis, "can-can you guys..., you really have destroyed this place?! " the excitement again mixed with anger which was surprised to see the area around the place that had been ravaged by xavier and kenz.

" Eh.". kenz was glued for a moment as well as xavier when he saw artemis there.

But immediately Xavier also returned to relax his body and stretch his muscles and all his nerves, his body, while kenz actually did not flinch staring at the entire space of the place which turned out to be realized that everything had indeed seemed destroyed.

" What are you guys doing?! " tanya artemis is back.

" How dare you fuck up here...! "

" Even after making such a big mess, you guys just sit back and relax...! " artemis growled at xavier who was laying down not responding to his question, and instead replied with a sneering smile like he was sneering at him, kenz stared coldly and turned his face away as if nothing had happened.

" Could you be. "artemis is not restrained, he immediately approached xavier and kenz was about to make a calculation.

Artemis also issued a spirit shadow which is a shadow power of hers which with the power of spirit shadow, then she can control everyone only through her shadow alone.

" Eh, what the hell is this?! " said a little exclaim xavier who suddenly woke reflex from the position of the fall earlier, confusion.

Slowly xavier's head turned towards kenz, then his hand moved itself to summon the frantz blitz sword that was still stuck at the heart of the stone sculpture mechanism.

The sword moved and responded to his master's call, then it immediately flew back into the hands of its master xavier.

Blaz...

Xavier swiftly caught the sword back, but he realized that something strange was happening to him.

Suddenly in a conscious state xavier directly directs his sword to attack kenz very quickly, when he realized that someone is controlling him.

kenz, who was turning around at the time, could feel that something was heading towards him and tried to attack him from behind, so swiftly kenz dodged the attack by slightly shifting to the side position he also directly hit the curve of the arm of xavier who at that time pointed the sword at him.

" What the fuck?! " exclaimed kenz, but xavier's hand at that time even more tightly grasped his sword so as not to be released and his body immediately turned back to attack the kenz.

" What's wrong with you?! " exclaim asked kenz, while avoiding the attack that continues to be given by xavier.

Xavier who realized that he wanted to tell kenz that he was under someone's control, but unfortunately his lips could not say a word and like lost his mind he was increasingly fond of attacking kenz.

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As the fight progressed, as xavier made a round, he saw artemis not far from their distance controlling himself.

" Stop it! " cry kenz fended off the attack and then held back, holding tightly xavier's hand and locking it.

" What happened to you? "

" Have you lost your mind?! " strictly kenz.

But xavier still could not answer kenz's question, and instead tried to release kenz's hand lock.

" Stop that! " small cry kenz, who further tightened the lock of his hand so as not to be released by xavier and made the two of them stare at each other sharply.

When xavier signaled with his eyes, his eyes glanced down and toward the back of the boulder that was covering artemis.

Seeing xavier's such gleams and glares, kenz received the gesture by reading his eye movements.

When he looked down, he saw a xavier shadow that looked like it was tied to a fine thread in the shape of a shadow, and the shadow of the fine thread led to behind the big rock that was there.

Kenz knew instantly that Xavier was in control of someone else.

Kenz saw the position of those who were near the mechanism of the stone statue that had been destroyed, not how far behind him was stuck in his katana enryuukenz sword.

Then Kenz released the xavier's hand lock and immediately leapt back, his hand swiftly pulling the powerful enryuukenz katana sword that was still stuck at the heart of the stone sculpture mechanism.

When that kenz ran sideways holding tightly to his katana while dodging the xavier's attack back, the, quickly the kenz immediately twists towards the back of the xavier's body and cuts the thread that binds the xavier's shadow with just a single slash.

Crash...

Artemis, who was controlling xavier's body from behind a boulder, realized that the shadow rope tied to her fingers had broken off from xavier's body, he looked upset that the fun game was over.

Artemis suddenly heard the sound of slow footsteps coming from behind her while being accompanied by the sound of harmonious applause, " wow. wow...! " xavier's words give artemis little hope.

" A very interesting game. "

" Rightly kenz? " xavier pretended to ask kenz.

Artemis, who saw that xavier and kenz had been in front of her, stared silently with emotion.

" Boring. "reply one word kenz without expression.

Ggrrr...

Artemis did not flinch or throw off their words, her hands clenched tightly holding in anger.

Artemis then deliberately imprinted her body on xavier's shoulder, and then walked through them.

" Loser. "the little lips of xavier heard in the ears of artemis so that his steps immediately stopped.

" Not at all classy. "

" How can a noble of noblesse act so clandestinely? " back little sneer xavier provoked the wrath of artemis.

Artemis who was easily provoked by his anger had unwittingly released enough energy to make the ground around them tremble strongly, and make all the ruins of the cave walls fall again.

Ggggrr... Bruggh... !

The sound of large rocks falling down made a strong shock and covered the entrance of the cave.

" Y...! "

" What are you guys doing? "

" You want to destroy this cave? " cried feeya who peeked out from behind the umbrella for feeling a great shock.

As soon as Artemis realized the effects of the energy released by her had closed the entrance of the cave where they were at that time, "woe to the entrance! " artemis immediately ran towards the entrance of the cave which was almost covered by the ruins.

But suddenly xavier pulled the arm of artemis and blocked him, "have you gone mad?! " exclaimed xavier snapped firmly.

" What are you going to do?! "

" Do you want to be buried with those ruins?! " xavier exclaimed back, but a fist hit xavier's face hard.

Brugh...!

" Shut up! " the anger-filled Artemis ran back to the entrance that had been covered in rock ruins.

Artemis' mind seemed deadlocked, he tried to get rid of the large rocks and almost hit by the falling rocks.

Braagh...!

" You! " said little artemis who then fell silent because he did not think that xavier would be hurt for him.

" Beware ! " xavier swiftly rebuked artemis when he saw a large stone falling right on top of Artemis.

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Similarly, kenz immediately threw a ball of energy dakuboru right hit the big stone, so that made the big stone crumbled into rubble fragments of gravel.

" You guys are okay? " ask kenz and extend his hand to help xavier and artemis stand up.

" I think this cave will indeed be destroyed. "

" We have to leave this place immediately" said Kenz, who saw debris falling.

" You're the only ones leaving. "

" I have to go back to rescue aluna" said the worried-looking Artemis.

" Save who?! "

" before you save your sister, there are even you who will be buried in this place." continued xavier chimed in the words of artemis.

" You! " artemis growled clenched his fists in anger.

" Take it easy" said Kenz, patting Artemis on the shoulder.

" Don't be rash. "

" What xavier says is not wrong" continued kenz.

" Hind me just this once." xavier confirmed.

" Erl marline makes each building structure in this cave with a different pattern and each space foundation does not blend with other spaces. "

" Everything looks to be one with the help of its magic power, so it should only be this place that is destroyed" xavier said.

" How do you know and be sure of that? " mar kenz.

" Just believe me. " replied xavier, who could not explain the details to kenz and artemis.

" Aluna is still in danger. "

" There he was alone, and there was also the baby demon" said artemis who stopped because he did not know what to do.

" Be calm.if you are indeed the descendants of erl marline, you will certainly not be that weak. "

" I mean, the fatigue of time travel is impossible to make aluna not. " said xavier who without guessing again immediately said all that so that make a question in the heart of artemis.

" Who are you really...? " artemis had not finished his sentence, again the cave shook again and the debris fell back even more.

" Quick we get out of here, this place won't last much longer...! " call the kenz.

" You are right" said xavier looking at the condition of the place.

" Come with us. "

" We're going to erl marline's grave. "

" After all there will be a cure for aluna pain." xavier said to artemis, trying to convince him that artemis was not stubborn anymore.

" Yes, " replied Artemis.

Then xavier immediately rushed to hold the baby crown prince and kenz helped bring the eagle, then they together immediately out of the place and immediately went to the sacred tomb erl marline.

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The sacred tomb of Erl Marline...

Without feeling they have entered the deepest and lowest layer of cave in the mozzarck monstareum, where the marline erl rests after closing his eyes.

At that moment before them was a very large, tall, and sturdy door, the door was made of a very cold layer of iron bronze.

" How do I open this door? " xavier said looking at the shape of the bronze door.

" Iron bronze door, " thought artemis, "This door can only be opened by the blessed nobles of the noblesse." said Artemis.

" Look at the script written on this bronze door. "

" The origin can read it then this door will open. "the word artemis again shows the engraving of letters found on the iron bronze door.

" These letters can only be read by the blessed noblesse nobles, while we are just ordinary noblesse nobles." obviously artemis asserts, as if it were impossible for them to go inside.

" Even if we could read the script, it would not be useful without the luminous object.

Xavier then tried to look at the writing of the letters that were completely incomprehensible to him, exactly as Artemis had said.

" Is there no other way? " ask xavier.

" Feeya? " xavier's face asked, but feeya just shook his head and then ducked down.

" Even Feeya doesn't know. "

Xavier tried to grope the bronze door, trying to understand the script, as well as the images engraved on the bronze door.

While looking at the engravings of hieroglyphic images, xavier looked critically and sharply.

Although he still does not understand, but there is a picture that makes him remember an object given by queen azarya.

" Luminous things... ? "

" Blue moon jade." little cetus xavier who was still wondering and accidentally heard by artemis.

" You know that thing? " cut off artemis's question.

" That luminous thing? " ask artemis again while staring at xavier.

Xavier then took the object out from under his cloak, the blue moon jade then emitted a bluish bright light.

" How can you have this stone? " ask artemis.

Unfinished artemis asked, the bronze door was like it was responding to the radiance of light emitted by the blue moon jade.

Slowly the bronze door opened itself, cold air escaping from the cold space behind the iron bronze door.

There is a row of stairs that are circular and covered by a layer of ice crystals that are very cold, the stairs lead to the bottom of the underground.

" Be careful...! " xavier.

" We don't know what's down there. "

" In addition, this staircase is very slippery because it is made of a layer of ice crystals." said xavier back then down the stairs.

They all then entered and followed the xavier from behind, shortly after they entered the place, the iron bronze door was again closed.

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