Knight Erwin, Tyson, and Theo struggle to stop Lucifer from rampaging.
Erwin lunged with his fist, but Lucifer held his wrist and threw it at Theo who attacked from behind. Lucifer even dodged Tyson’s attack from the left and easily hit the man’s nape.
However, Lucifer was eventually stopped by a Wizard Knight who could control snow and blocked his movements.
Erwin, Tyson, and Theo rose to join the wizard knight controlling the snow.
Lucifer glared at them furiously as if he wanted to kill them with his gaze.
“If Odette gets hurt, you all die,” Lucifer stressed out each word while trying to release himself from the snow that covered his body, but it was in vain. He couldn’t move at all.
‘They are not your enemies.’ Rion’s voice echoed in his head again.
“Shut up!” Lucifer wasn’t in the mood to listen to Rion’s words.
People on the outside try to give him th
“Finally, you’re awake,” said Losa.Rad didn’t say anything. He remembered what had happened to him after drinking a mouthful of Odette’s blood. His body was burning from within. He even thought that he would die from it.“Where is she?” Rad asked as he held the nape of his neck.“She’s been imprisoned. What exactly happened to you?” Losa asked back, and Rad told her about how he felt after drinking Odette’s blood.“In the past, the divine sapphire was used to absorb and store your power. I think when you drink her blood, the sapphire’s power absorbs your power again.” Losa conveyed her assumption, but the assumption was wrong.Rad already knew that the sapphire’s power didn’t absorb his power but burned it. After the sapphire was swallowed by Saintess Michaela, the sapphire merged with her body and mixed with Aathreya’s power inside Celestial. Tho
At this moment, Odette was imprisoned in a place covered with protective purple magic. This was useful to prevent the vampires, who were very lustful for Odette’s blood, from entering and drinking her blood desperately.Odette was curled up while hugging her knees again. She tried hard to calm herself and kept telling herself that she would be fine. Rion would definitely come to save her soon. All she had to do was survive until the man found her.Odette held her belly. Whatever happened, she could not die in this place. She had to live for the sake of her child and Rion.She braced to lift her face and looked at the vampires guarding her. If she looked closely, their form was not that scary. These vampires looked like humans with low blood pressure because of their pale faces. The Chimera and Hydra she had seen in Randle Forest were even more terrifying.Earlier, Odette was so scared because Rad suddenly bit her neck. Besides, Losa said Gerald&rsqu
“Your Majesty?” Tyson looked back at Rion, and the king repeated his order.After making sure that it was really their king, Tyson asked the Wizard Knight to release Rion from the snow that was holding him down.“Our apologies, Your Majesty,” said Tyson while bowing politely and was followed by the other knights.“Tyson, let’s go to the North Tower. The rest, you can scatter to all the places Losa might go. Theo, you lead them,” Rion ordered calmly, and everyone nodded obediently.He then left the place with Tyson and arrived in front of the North Tower gate. There, they met Rax.“Where’s Roul?”“In the practice room, Your Majesty.” Rax answered after bowing politely.He then escorted the king to the practice room where Roul was. It was the room where the leader of the Wizard Knight had used to train himself before facing Aiden later.When they arrived, Rou
A very heartbreaking scream of a woman could be heard in one of the rooms of the Castle of Vampires.At this moment, Gerald, who was inside Aiden’s body, was drawing out the power that the goddess once absorbed in the divine sapphire.He stood behind Odette and who was sitting on the floor in a messy appearance. He then held the girl’s crown tightly.Thick black smoke puffed out from within Odette and entered Aiden’s body.“AAAAAA!” Odette screamed her lungs out until her voice became hoarse.An intense pain wrecked her body as if she was being skinned alive and all her nerves being pulled out forcefully.She kept screaming loudly, but no one came to help her.‘Rion, where are you?’ Amidst the pain that made her almost lose her mind, Odette remembered Rion. She desperately hoped that the man would come to her aid and take her away from that place, but her wish didn’t come true because Ri
In the North Tower, Lucifer, who was being held in prison coated with magic, continued to shout at the knights assigned to watch over him.“LET ME GO, YOU BASTARD!” He kept shouting furiously. However, after being ordered by Rion, the knights guarding Lucifer did not heed his screams.Lucifer’s hand was already covered in blood from hitting the bars of the prison cell engulfed in blue light.“Is it okay for us to leave him like that?” The knight guarding Lucifer felt worried when he saw the man keep hitting the prison bars. The noise Lucifer made was like that of a raging beast.“This is the king's order, and the leader has ordered us not to release him.”As time passed, Lucifer finally stopped hitting the prison bars. He backed away in a stumble, then leaned against the wall with an exhausted face.His breath was getting heavy as beads of sweat dripped down his face.Lucifer then closed his e
The hallucinations made Rion unable to rest comfortably. He got up and closed his eyes for a moment. He really needed to talk to Lucifer.At this moment, the alter was looking at him coldly.“Odette is in danger right now. I want us to work together to save her.”Lucifer’s expression didn’t change in the slightest.Even so, Rion still continued, “For once, I beg you. Please help me, and please don’t hate Odette. She has never betrayed you. She loves me because I am you, and you are I. We are the same. You are right about me being a loser. I couldn’t save Rose, I admit it, and I don’t want to be a loser again. Odette loves us so much. She can’t choose between us because we are one. Will you punish her for a betrayal when she didn’t even betray you? Then, you are no different from me, who killed Rose back then.”Lucifer’s lips curled up into a smirk.“Did you just sa
The sounds of roars and howls, along with the voices of the creatures that inhabited the Randle Forest could be heard from all sides, making the atmosphere feel eerie and mysterious. Within the darkness surrounding the place, Icarus’ body radiated an incomparably golden light. At the moment, Rion had already arrived at his destination.Rion stared at the cave in front of him cautiously. It wasn’t long before Roul, Adriel, Olivia, Levin, and Kaven arrived at that place as well.“This cave is the passage to the Castle of Vampires,” said Narine briefly.Roul and the others then looked closely at the cave. For months, they roamed the Randle Forest looking for the cave, but after so many attempts, they still couldn’t find it. Yet, here they were now.“At the mouth of the cave, there is protective magic,” Olivia exclaimed as she felt a powerful magical aura emanating from the mouth of the cave.Rion then gathered
“I said I won’t return to the person who has thrown me away, so get out of here. I don’t need you to save me like a knight in shining armor,” Odette exclaimed sternly while staring at the man before her. Her determination didn’t waver. She really wanted to leave right away, but Rion didn’t let her do that.This time, the man held her hand. “I know you’re mad, but let’s not fight here. After leaving this place, you can scold me as much as you want. You can also kill me. It’s not safe for you to stay here. Let’s go!” Rion walked while pulling Odette with him.“I do not want to!” Odette snapped the man’s hand away. “THEN DO YOU THINK I’M SAFE WITH YOU? No. You told me not to care about you, right? I already did, so do the same. Don’t mind me. Even if I die, you don’t need to care about me anymore.”Rion scrutinized the girl closely. Her blue eyes
“Doctor Ody.”“Mia?”Mia smiled and sat beside Odette.“I know you’re feeling scared right now, but we can definitely handle it properly,” Mia said reassuringly.“You’re not afraid of him?”“When Bee was born, and I saw him for the first time, I cried because I remembered when Alvin was born. At that time, I didn’t want to see his face because I hated his father so much. Every time I remembered that, my heart hurt, and I felt bad for having such a thought. Alvin doesn’t know anything, so why should he be hated?”“Mia...”“Bee doesn’t know anything either. He’s a sweet child with a heart as pure as an angel. Why should I be afraid of him?” Mia smiled, then looked at the sky. “Since my parents died, I don’t have anyone anymore. People who should be called family actually treat me like trash. Perhaps even tr
“Odette!” Hans finally came. He quickly approached Odette, who was struggling to get away from one of the firefighters who were holding her and preventing her from getting closer to the flames blazing the house.“Senior, help Bee! BEEE!” Odette let out a hoarse cry.Then Hans was stunned to see Bee being carried out by the firefighter. “Bee?”“Baby, Honey.” Odette immediately dragged her wobbling feet to approach the child, carefully taking him from the firefighter. “It’s okay, Honey. Mom is here. Mom is here.” She rubbed Bee’s back and kissed him as she hugged him so tightly. It wasn’t long before Bee suddenly lost consciousness.“B-Bee? Bee!”“Let’s take him to the hospital!”Odette and Hans rushed into the car and took Bee to the hospital. Arriving at the hospital, Bee was handled by the doctor immediately.“Bee…
In the palace garden, Rion, Trish, and Anwen sat together while enjoying dessert.“What?” Anwen and Trish were shocked to hear of Rion’s plans to retire and leave Panthera.“Are you serious, Your Majesty?” Trish asked hurriedly. “What’s wrong? Why so sudden?”“It’s not sudden. I’ve been thinking about this for a long time.”“Then what about Panthera?”“There is you.” Rion casually said it as though it wasn’t something serious, then cut the cake in front of him before eating it in delight.“What?” His eyebrows raised a little upon noticing the sharp gaze from Anwen and Trish. The two of them couldn’t believe what the king had just said.“Your Majesty, your joke isn’t funny at all,” Trish said flatly.“This isn’t a joke.” Rion took a deep breath and then looked up at the sky.
Betelgeuse, Alpha of the Orion constellation.Betelgeuse D. Panther was the star in the hearts of Odette and Rion.“Bee...” Odette kept smiling as she watched Bee’s sleeping face. When the boy was asleep like this, he became very calm.Somehow, every time she looked at Bee, she was like seeing Rion’s figure when he was small.“Mom… Zzz…”“Mom’s here.” Odette chuckled when she heard Bee calling out to her. She remembered Rion also calling her name in his sleep. Indeed, Bee really was the son of Arion D. Panther.“Sweet dream, Honey,” she whispered and kissed the boy’s forehead.She then got off the bed then left the room, walking towards the living room. When she arrived, she saw Mia was busy with piles of fabrics that needed to be sewn.“Mia.”The young woman stopped her activities and turned her head naturally.&ldqu
“Drystan,” Rion called the young man again, and this time, Drystan cast his gaze at him.“Is my father…?” Drystan wanted to ask about his father’s condition but couldn’t finish his sentence. The words stuck in his throat as though, deep down, he had already guessed it.“Did you already know about this?”Drystan nodded with a faint smile, but sadness was evident in his eyes. He told Rion that before going to the capital, he went to Bosa with his father. When his father found out that Aathreya was dead, and so did Rion, he decided to take that step.“He regretted that he never gave any happiness to Odette. If you died, Sister Odette would definitely suffer a lot, and he didn’t want her to suffer anymore. I told you that my father deeply regretted all the things he had done in the past, and now he had proven it. That’s it, I’m leaving,” Drystan said in a self-deprecating man
“Big brother?” As Anwen saw Rion’s fingers moving slightly, she rushed to kneel beside him, followed by Dario.As Rion’s consciousness returned, Dario’s consciousness actually faded.“When… when you meet your sister-in-law, tell her that I’m sorry,” Dario said while looking at Rion wistfully.Anwen was silent. She didn’t give any responses, as she wasn’t sure if there would be a chance to see Odette again or not.Dario’s eyes quivered. They slowly closed before opening again, closed again, and opened again. This continued until his body slumped to the ground helplessly. Luckily, Anwen immediately reacted and supported his back.Dario’s eyes were still open, and he looked in a daze at the cloudy sky above him. At this moment, he had sunken into his trove of memories of Odette.‘I DON’T HAVE A FATHER! MY FATHER IS DEAD!’The image of Odette
Rose sat by the river while Rion lay on her lap, enjoying every second of their togetherness.“Rose, I’m sorry,” Rion said as he looked at the woman, holding her hand, which stroked his forehead gently.Rose smiled gently. “You’ve said it 100 times.”“I am so sorry.”“You’ve said that a hundred times already.”“Since you left, I couldn’t breathe properly every day, and something invisible kept tightening my heart.”“Yes… You’ve said it, and Lucas also told me.”“Lucas?” Rion got up and looked at Rose questioningly.“Yeah. He said Trish told him about it.”“Trish?”When Rose told him everything Lucas had told her, Icarus arrived at the Rose Garden. Anwen was surprised to find Dario and Saintess Angela there.Dario hopped onto Icarus’ back and carried Rion down
Aiden was finally gone as his body was destroyed from within by the combined power of Rion and Aathreya. However, although Aiden was dead, the problem wasn’t really over because Gerald’s soul had already left his body and resided in Rad’s body instead.At the moment, Gerald was floating in the air, under the purple eye that still stood firm in the sky. He raised his hands to activate the Divine Eye, but Icarus came and breathed out a powerful flame, forcing Gerald to move away to escape it.“Narine?” Anwen muttered when he saw the little fairy on the back of Icarus flying towards her.“Get the king onto Icarus’ back,” said Narine briskly.“What?” Anwen and Trish felt puzzled.“Just do it if you still want to meet the king!” Narine exclaimed in a bit of a hurry as if she was being chased by time.Roul, who was listening to their conversation, nodded to Trish as the man lo
Swoosshh…The wind blew against the leaves of the shady trees while the blooming rose swayed gracefully and gave off a sweet fragrance. Several butterflies flew around and perched from one flower to another, showing off their stunning wings.Odette walked among the roses while looking right and left. That place reminded her of the Rose Garden in Green Castle, or… was she actually in the Rose Garden?Her gaze swept around the area, looking for the Green Castle building, but no matter how far she looked ahead, she didn’t see the building anywhere.Tap!Her steps came to an abrupt halt when her eyes fixed on Rion’s figure, who stood a few steps away from her. The man was wearing a charming white cloak with gold thread fluttering slightly. For some reason, Rion looked more handsome than usual.“Rion?”The man smiled gently at her.Seeing that, Odette couldn’t help but feel an endless joy