I glared at Lucas angrily.Why did he say that our paths don't mean to cross?"You are wrong. I originally meant to die. It's fate that I met you. So don't say that our paths should not cross...because we have known each other long ago. I am the little girl in your neighborhood. If those misfortunes did not happen to us, we will still have met. Since you are trapped in this world, I came here and encounter you again. So it is meant for us to meet again!"Lucas was silent. It was rare for him to not say anything or not bicker with me.I bit my lips. "Are you...giving up?"Lucas looked at me with a bitter smile. That confirmed my thoughts.Lucas...was giving up. He gives up Nirvana and accepted the fate of being devoured by his own demon."No." I was unwilling. "It doesn't matter if you give up. Because I wouldn't!""Kelly. There are things...that we must accept. My soul is already tainted. I am a half-demon. I can't achieve Nirvana. The only way for me is to be purified under Sir Benj
...Sir Benjamin dropped the bomb suddenly. Making us all confused and shocked.My body would gradually die if I didn't return quickly?Hah. I was never given a choice in the beginning. After giving me bad news, I recovered quickly."...How many days do I have left?" I must be the calmest person among the three of us.Sir Benjamin snorted."I am busy right now. I will explain it to you later. You two come with me, first.""What about me?" Jia asked."You can't follow us. You should no longer involve yourself in this world anymore." After saying those words Sir Benjamin snapped his fingers.My scenery changed and everything become a blur. When I blinked my eyes, I was standing in a different place.The three of us appeared in the middle of the debris. There were collapsed buildings everywhere I looked.The dust hasn't settled yet. The marks of a battlefield were fresh here. The thick resentment I smelled from Sir Benjamin was everywhere and the Yang energy that was in the air hadn't d
When the surroundings settled, Sir Benjamin closed his umbrella and started giving a lecture that was too difficult to understand."If it's a demon, whether they regained their consciousness or not, their only ending was to be executed. It was the same with a tainted soul. The demon inside them has festered. You can't cut it off. The only result was to end up like that. Do you understand?"I blinked. I am still shocked by the powerful execution. That terrifying screams and blinding light were so overwhelming that it took me quite a while to understand what Sir Benjamin was asking about.Lucas was sharper than me and recovered. He asked, "I can understand that it would happen to my case. But Kelly's condition is different. Are you saying her situation was akin to that demon with intelligence?""What?" I was stunned. Why did my condition become so serious?Sir Benjamin nodded. "You have guessed it. Although she had reached a pure state, her soul had been tainted. There's a reason why ta
"Troublesome." Sir Benjamin then closed his fist. The Yang chains that restrained the demon King Yan were wrapped more tightly.Sir Benjamin spun his umbrella and a huge black vortex appeared.Faced with the black vortex, the demon King Yang finally felt fear."Did you not expect that obliterating you is faster than them coming here?" Sir Benjamin said with a smirk.As soon as his words fell, the black vortex expanded and started to swallow the scattering energy of the restrained demon.The demon King Yan started to feel the agonizing pain that eat away at his soul. He roared painfully."No...! Brothers...! Help me..!" The demon King Yan tried to struggle, but the more he struggled the more powerful the black vortex become. The 'storms' he summoned quickly approached and let out a thunder to assist the restrained demon King Yan however before the thunder touched the disintegrating demon, demon King Yan's remaining energy was swallowed by the black vortex in an instant.The thunder on
While I convinced Lucas to leave, the fog from the battlefield slowly dissipated. A deep massive crevice appeared. In the center of it was Sir Benjamin covered in dust. His shield had been broken long ago but he still looked calm as ever.The three 'archdemons' had surrounded him."We thought you'd be gone. It would be too bad if you are finished in just a few hits. How can we test this new power of us without you, the strongest grim reaper?" Sir Benjamin patted the dirt from his clothes. He leisurely answered."So this is the power you gained after consuming thousands of souls? You sacrifice the Capital and the people loyal to you just for this little bit of power?" Sir Benjamin smirked. "What a lousy deal."The three demons were provoked. They unleashed their aura and started showing off their 'lousy' power. Seeing the torrential attacks, hail storms and deadly spells that came to Sir Benjamin at once made me want to shake Sir Benjamin's shoulder and tell him to stop provoking the
The loud booms and explosions did not stop around us. The earth trembled and the protective barrier that prevented those chaotic energies from harming us was now on the verge of breaking. The world around us seemed to be collapsing.The situation was dire and chaotic.But Lucas' weak and smiling face gave me a sense of hope. I stared back at him. My negative emotions and anxiety dissipated a bit by his encouraging smile and comfort. I returned his smile while trying to calm my mind.He was right. I could not do anything here but trust Sir Benjamin. I don't know how much powerful he was but I trusted Lucas more than him. Since Lucas says so, I should believe in Sir Benjamin as well."You are right. If that eccentric grim reaper lost and put us to danger, then I would curse him for thousands of years. He should defeat those demons or else I would complain about him to Jia. Bringing us here without warning, he doesn't mean to bring us along with his death, right?"I was saying nonsense.
The sky darkened. The various aura that scattered in the ruins of the battlefield was overwhelmed by a thrilling sensation from the vast dark vortex above us.The three huge demons shuddered under the blanket of the dark sky. As if there was a behemoth thousand more times powerful than them eyeing them in that pitch darkness."...It couldn't be...We..are powerful enough...We are Archdemons...so why...why are we still overwhelmed by their scythe?!" The three demons were injured but they were still capable of running away. However, in the face of such a behemoth, they began trembling in fear. If the black sky descended upon them, then they wouldn't be able to escape and be subjected to its torture. The archdemon Old Xian paled. He was the quickest among the three. He raised his trembling arms as he summoned a massive cauldron, planning to use it to fight the vast vortex from descending.The Yang barrier that trapped him immediately break.A gigantic ancient cauldron appeared. It hung
I was speechless. My brain was working a lot slower than usual. I had a lot of questions and a lot to think about. Sir Benjamin saw my dumbfounded expression. He snapped his fingers and a barrier appeared. This was the same protective barrier he had casted. However, I could feel that this barrier was a lot weaker than the previous one. "You stay here. I still have bugs to clean up." Sir Benjamin walked towards the two demons who were struggling out of the vortex. The cauldron had already broken and the descending of the black vortex becomes much faster. However, when Sir Benjamin passed the ball of energy to Lucas right now, the vortex that expanded towards the whole city suddenly decreased at an imaginable speed. Only staying for ten meters long. Seeing that the aura of oppression decreased a lot, the demon Cassian saw that it was time. His demonic eyes flashed and he roared, trying to push back the black vortex away. The other demon followed him and gave all his demonic energy