The glow of the explosion faded, and the entire area where a forest once stood had been turned into a large crater.

"Thank you, I will avenge you, you can be sure of that," Selef whispered to his demonic staff, whose orange gem had lost most of its shine and was somewhat cracked.

"I know," Selef heard a female voice coming from the demonic staff.

Selef stored the demonic staff in his demonic ring. He had not stopped using his demonic perception, so he knew the exact location of Raden.

"That sword is more powerful than I imagined; I don't think it was made from the remains of a single demon," Selef thought as he looked at Raden's charred body, which still held the sinister sword that continued to emit its sinister and nauseating demonic energy.

The several eyes on the sinister sword looked at Selef.

Selef created a demonic diagram and used his own demonic energy to shape a glowing sphere of fire, then compressed the sphere with the same demonic diagram until it was very small and even brighter.

Raden's charred body began to move unsteadily, pieces of his charred flesh falling to the ground, the sinister sword began to emit pulses of power.

Selef raised his left hand toward Raden, creating a new demonic diagram that formed a stone bullet around the small compressed sphere.

Bang!

The stone bullet was fired, and Raden's charred body wielding the sinister sword cut the stone bullet.

Explosion!

All the energy produced by the stone bullet exploding was directed solely at Raden.

The charred body held the sinister sword, deflecting the energy from the explosion until the arms wielding the sword were torn off due to the severity of the burns and the fluctuation of the sinister sword's energy.

The rest of the explosion ended up pulverizing the remains of Raden's body.

Selef walked toward the sinister sword whose eyes had closed; he planned to store it in his demonic ring.

When Selef's left hand was close to the sword's hilt, dozens of roots quickly sprouted from the ground and pierced through his body.

••••

"Beautiful girl, your lover seems to be very skilled. Would you like him to forget you? Time erases everything. I can turn you into a distant memory, ha ha ha," said the old woman carrying the baby in a malicious voice.

The baby took the eyeball and smiled, showing her toothless gums, then said in her old voice:

"I can turn you into a baby again and erase your memories. There is so much pain in you. That pain will no longer exist. Do you agree? Hee hee hee."

Isirid tried not to let her guard down and ignore the words of the two Graias who appeared before her. However, the Graeaes

' words clung to the depths of her mind as their power increased with every word they spoke.

The old woman took the eyeball in her hands again and looked at Isirid, saying:

"You are beautiful, but if you lose your youth, do you think he will still love you? Ha ha ha."

The Graeaes began to take one step after another.

In response to the Graeaes' movement, Isirid waved her wand and her beautiful white eyes, whose white irises had red outlines, changed. Isirid's eyes turned completely red, the only exception being her vertical pupils, which turned gold. Red strands appeared in Isirid's white hair, taking the form of snakes.

On the surface of the area over which the poisonous, odorless, and colorless fog was scattered, a demonic diagram appeared in black with red outlines on each of its elements.

The poisonous mist turned red, the two Graeaes smiled at the same time, and dark blood flowed from their mouths due to the poison Isirid had manifested.

The spell with a wide area of damage was only a variation of what Isirid wanted to create, but it was the best she could do at that moment.

Explosion!

Isirid and the Graeas heard a powerful explosion, after which the energy of the sinister sword was reduced to an inactive state. However, the calm Isirid felt at that moment was short-lived, because she sensed the appearance of a human with seventh-rank power in the place where Selef was.

••••

Senjar felt the kick coming toward the side of his face, but he only turned halfway to look at the Herald.

Bang!

A shockwave of power spread out.

A black horn broke and flew through the air.

The Herald's kick had struck the right side of Senjar's head. But Senjar had swiftly struck the Herald's abdomen.

Senjar's right eye had burst from the pressure of the blow, which he had only withstood by using his "demon of strength" lineage, so that he could use most of his demonic energy in the blow he dealt to the Herald.

From the bottom of the Herald's theater mask, one drop of blood after another dripped down.

Senjar was stunned and dizzy from the blow, but he didn't show it.

Both warriors, wounded, sensed the presence of a human with seventh-rank power. However, this time the Herald did not attack when he saw the possible opening, because he was wounded and had understood that Senjar was willing to lose in order to win.

"It's sad, many demons have died tonight. Will we be among the dead when the sun rises again? It's sad, it's sad to have to die," said the Herald.

"He lives up to his reputation; I thought he would at least retreat after receiving that blow," thought Senjar, who wished he could get closer to the place where the human appeared.

The Herald began to walk, his steps slow, cautiously trying to disperse the residual energy from Senjar's blow.

Senjar, for his part, relied solely on his demonic perception, as his senses were dulled or nearly destroyed. He did not even bother to expel the Herald's residual energy, because given the situation, he knew that only by sacrificing himself could he create an opportunity to save Persec's granddaughter.

Senjar took out a seventh-level demonic potion and drank it in front of the Herald, but the Herald remained unperturbed and chose not to attack.

The Herald was a mercenary; his mission was to stop anyone who tried to support or save Persec's granddaughter. He saw no need to fight to the death, especially if the mission he had accepted did not include killing the enemy, and he always chose targets that he could kill without too much trouble.

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