Azalia flew full speed towards Fornius and Aghares to prevent them from approaching the Sacred Demonel. She didn't know why the two were flying towards the Sacred Demonel, but she had to stop them before that creature turned its target on them. According to Ziel's explanation, people from outside the Clorius continent were the targets of his extermination.
Azalia's face looks tense because she is worried about her two subordinates considering that Fornius and Aghares are the closest people to her besides her brother, Azael.
"Stop!" Azalia shouted when the distance between the two of them drew near.
"Miss!"
"Miss Azalia!"
Aghares and Fornius stopped and greeted Azalia at the same time. Aghares was happy to see Azalia's condition was fine, while Fornius looked impatient and kept glancing at the Sacred Demonel not far from him.
"What are you doing in this place? Didn't I ask you to stay at your place and wait for my orders before taking action?" Azalia said angrily because the two of them disobeyed her orders.
"We heard explosions from this area, and soon a giant pillar of light appeared. Fornius and I are worried about your safety since this area is close to the Monarch Palace. But we didn't expect to meet Oillet in this place. But it looks like her appearance has changed a bit." Aghares explained his reason for disobeying Azalia's orders for fear that she would be angry with them.
"Eh? She is Oillet?" Azalia was surprised and took a closer look at the Sacred Demonel. After comparing the Sacred Demonel to Oillet in her memories, that creature did bear some resemblance.
"Are you sure she is Oillet?" Azalia turned her gaze towards Fornius and asked. She still couldn't believe it. Even though the two are similar, the atmosphere they give off is very different. Besides, Oillet was a divine race and was the target of the continent's guardians. So how could the Sacred Demonel become Oillet?
"I believe that person is Oillet. Even though her appearance has changed, I can still recognize her because I have been with her for a long time." Fornius answered firmly. He was sure that the Sacred Demonel was Oillet he knew.
"That is..." Azalia was confused after seeing the seriousness on Fornius' face. If what he said was true, then the Sacred Demonel really was Oillet. But how did Oillet turn into a guardian of the continent who was supposed to be a hunter for her race?
"Okay, Miss Azalia. If there's nothing else you want to talk about, I'll have to check on Oillet's condition first. I was worried about her after seeing the changes in her." Fornius intended to fly towards the Sacred Demonel. But Azalia quickly grabbed him by the shoulder to stop him.
"Wait, Fornius! That person isn't Oillet!" Azalia warned seriously.
"What do you mean, Miss Azalia? She was Oillet, and I couldn't be wrong. Her appearance has changed, but Oillet is still Oillet. The proof is that she reacted when I called earlier." Fornius frowned upon hearing Azalia's words. He didn't understand what Azalia meant to stop him.
"Oillet's body is currently possessed by the continent's guardian, The Sacred Demonel. So the person you're seeing isn't Oillet, and one of the reasons she came to this place was to exterminate the people of the divine race." Azalia recounted what Ziel had said to her.
"What!" Aghares was surprised because he didn't expect something like that to happen to Oillet.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Are you serious about what you say, Miss Azalia?" Fornius' face sank when he heard that, but he couldn't believe it immediately.
"Do you think I still have the mood to joke after seeing that!" Azalia said coldly and pointed at the battle area between the Sacred Demonel and Raphael, which looked like a catastrophe had ravaged it.
"That is…" Fornius was at a loss for words after seeing the environmental conditions in that area. On the other hand, Aghares' face darkened after imagining how powerful an attack could be to inflict such damage.
The hills were shattered, the ground for tens of kilometers was carved with extremely deep scars, and a huge crater was created not far from them. Aghares and Fornius broke out in cold sweat from their foreheads.
"But, what about Oillet?" Fornius clenched his fists tightly and looked at the Sacred Demonel with a worried face.
"That is… I don't know. The most important thing now is that you must keep your distance from her because I will be fighting that creature along with the person lying there." Azalia shook her head and then pointed at Raphael, floating some distance away from them. Azalia could only sigh in her heart when she saw Fornius' face.
"You're going to fight the continent's guardians with that guy? Who is he, Miss? Is he strong enough?" Aghares raised his eyebrows. He was curious about the person who would fight side to side with Azalia.
"He was… he was previously strong. But after he fought the continent guardians alone, he seemed to have run out of strength, and his body was also badly injured." Azalia was reluctant to talk about Raphael.
"Isn't it very dangerous if you have to fight with someone injured like that? Won't he be your burden?" Aghares' face became gloomy after taking a closer look at Raphael's condition. He had lost a wing and an arm.
(Wait...wings? This race feels very familiar)
Aghares suddenly realized something that he had not noticed before.
"Miss, that person's race is the angel race?" Aghares said in disbelief. Azalia intended to nod in response, but her face changed after seeing Fornius darting towards the Sacred Demonel stealthily.
"Damn! Fornius! What are you doing!?" Azalia shouted and quickly chased after Fornius.
"I want to save Oillet!" Fornius replied without turning his gaze to Azalia.
Aghares was shocked after hearing Azalia and Fornius' screams. He turned in the direction Azalia had left and realized that Fornius had already left them and was flying towards the Sacred Demonel. Aghares panicked and immediately chased after them.
As Fornius' distance drew closer, the Sacred Demonel suddenly turned her gaze to him. Then she extended her right hand to Raphael, and a milky white magic chain appeared binding him.
"Urgh! What's this!?" Raphael tried to break the chain but felt his power could not be used. As he tried to destroy it again, Raphael felt pulled and swung towards Fornius.
"Eh?" Fornius was taken aback when he saw something flying towards him at a terrifying speed and hitting him.
Boooooooooooooommmmmmmmmm!
Fornius is blown away and crashes into an empty house. But the Sacred Demonel didn't stop there. He twirled the chain-bound Raphael and slammed him into the spot where Fornius had fallen.
"You...!" Raphael roared, but his voice disappeared when he collided with the ground.
Boooooooooooooooommmmmmmmm!
After that, the Sacred Demonel raised her left hand, and a sphere of black light formed above her palm. For some reason, she suddenly felt very uncomfortable after seeing Fornius' appearance.
[Sphere of Anihilation]
"Azalia! You must help me immediately! Otherwise, this thing in my hand will disappear with me!" Raphael trembled when he saw the Sacred Demonel intending to attack him with a sphere of black light. He shouted threateningly at Azalia and hoped she would help him. After that, he planned to run away from that place. Raphael wanted to make Azalia restrain the Sacred Demonel for a while and give him time to get out of there.
"You don't have to scream because I heard it!" Azalia snorted and attacked the Sacred Demonel to stop it from attacking Raphael and Fornius.
[Breaking the Sky]
"Hmm... good! you irregulars went out on their own without me having to come, which saves me a lot of time!" The Sacred Demonel threw the black sphere above her palm at Azalia's attack.
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"Now is a perfect time!" Raphael didn't waste the opportunity and quickly fled from that place after seeing the clash between Azalia and the Sacred Demonel. He used his remaining strength to fly away from that area. But a chain suddenly appeared that wrapped around Raphael's body and made his power disappear from his body. He fell to the ground because his flying ability couldn't be used.
"Damn!" Raphael roared, struggling to untie the chain, but his efforts ended in vain as it was too strong and could even negate his power. Raphael kept trying to undo the chain until he finally stopped when he heard footsteps coming toward him.
"What are you doing here?" Raphael asked the two people who came. They were King Regulus and his son, Prince Ozkar. After Azalia destroyed the Monarch palace barrier, they rushed off towards the battle scene.
"We came here to help, Mr. Raphael!" King Regulus and Prince Ozkar approached Raphael, lying on the ground helplessly.
"Good! Quickly take me back to Monarch Palace! I must immediately break this chain and recover my condition!" Raphael smirked after hearing that. The most important thing for him right now was to leave that place.
"I understand!" King regulus and his son supported Raphael and led him toward the Monarch Palace. Luckily there was Azalia, who was currently distracting the Sacred Demonel. Otherwise, he might not be able to escape.
Back to Azalia and the Sacred Demonel's clash, the thick smoke covered their vision, so they couldn't see the situation around them. Even though the Sacred Demonel felt Raphael's presence getting further away, she didn't care and focused on Azalia in front of her.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"No wonder you could easily break the barrier I set up in that place. Your strength is far above the previous irregular." The Sacred Demonel's face didn't change despite seeing her attack being blocked by Azalia.
"Should I thank you for your compliment?" Azalia said nonchalantly.
"You don't have to because I came here to kill you. But it seems your friend has left you." Sacred Demonel looked in the direction Raphael was leaving.
(Bastard! I helped him, but he used me as bait so he could escape! I swear I will kill him once I get the fragment!)
Azalia gritted her teeth after learning that Raphael had fled from there and left her to fight the Sacred Demonel alone.
"He's not my friend." Azalia answered coldly. She was too lazy to talk about Raphael and hoped never to hear about him again.
"Oh, is that so? If that's the case, that's too bad." Sacred Demonel shook her head and created a sword from her right hand like Azalia was holding.
"Just as Ziel said, one of the continent's guardians' innate abilities is to recreate things after seeing them. It was indeed similar to Ziel's ability. I'm sure I won't be able to beat her. But, Ziel will help me right if I'm in danger?" Azalia smiled, and then her face turned serious. She tightly gripped her sword and prepared to attack the Sacred Demonel.
"Wait, Miss Azalia!" Fornius got up from the rubble that had piled him up and flew slowly towards the Sacred Demonel. His clothes were a bit tattered after being hit by the previous attack.
"Fornius! What are you doing!? Stop!" Aghares tried to stop Fornius, but Azalia stopped him because Fornius was too close to the Sacred Demonel. She didn't want Aghares to be affected if that creature suddenly attacked.
"Why did you stop me, miss? If what you said earlier is true, then Fornius is currently in danger!" Aghares is confused by Azalia's actions.
"We will see and wait for further developments. I hope Fornius can resuscitate Oillet. Don't you see that the Sacred Demonel's behavior is strange whenever Fornius speaks?" Azalia narrowed her eyes and pointed at the Sacred Demonel's face. Her expression was twisted and confused when she saw Fornius.
"You are right. Oillet may still be saved. But, what about the Sacred Demonel? Will she come out of that body after Oillet regains consciousness, or will she remain within?" Aghares nodded after discovering the abnormality on Oillet's face.
"Lord. Fornius?" 'Oillet' squeezed out her sentences in a shaky voice.
"Ah! Do you recognize me, Oillet!?" Fornius showed a beaming smile upon hearing 'Oillet' call his name.
"Ugh! Lord Fornius, I'm sorry! But I want you to get away from me immediately!" 'Oillet' held her head with her right hand as she felt excruciating pain.
"Oillet! What happened to you!?" Fornius shouted worriedly and drew closer to 'Oillet'. When Fornius was right in front of the Sacred Demonel, a slash suddenly appeared in front of him and aimed at his neck. Fortunately, Fornius quickly dodged. But he couldn't avoid the surprise attack completely, and he had to lose his left hand.
"Aaarrggh!" Fornius screamed in pain and immediately kept his distance from Oillet.
"Hehehe... the arc demon on my body is a little sly. It used this body to lure the irregulars closer. Too bad the attack couldn't kill you right away." The Sacred Demonel smirked evilly and chased after Fornius.