‘I must not give him a chance to find my weakness… I must move faster than him.’ Zeliker thought quietly as he hit his swords to Itsven's spear and shield.
‘Darn it! His shield always gets in my way. I need to solve it first.’
Zeliker had found several spots on the Itsven defence but was unable to strike it due to Itsven protecting them with his shield. He knows the advantages and the disadvantages of fighting someone with a shield.
Backflipping, he combined his swords and disappeared. Cold wind replaced his place.
Itsven narrowed his eyes. "Now, you're going to use such a trick? Heh! You forgot what ability I have didn't you?"
His body released a gold aura, covering him from head to his toe. Then with a roar, the aura struck around him, even reaching the soldiers and Flare groups who were far away.
The pressure created by the auras caused some soldiers to sweat and make them move many steps back while in Flare's group only Flare managed to stand his ground. The others have also retreated far behind.
"God! Is this what a royal rank demon's true power is like?" Hetero huffed in sweat.
"No, this isn't his true power yet. A royal rank demon as we know can destroy a city. Who knows how far they can grow their power." Aiga replied with a serious frown.
'To win against one royal demon already took many human generals' lives.' He continued silently.
Then, he looked at Flare. 'He is our hope but even he was unable to kill Zeliker before. Despicable. Those royal demons are truly despicable! Why does God create them?!'
Aiga was angry at the hopelessness of the human side and they were powerless to fight a royal demon alone. No human ever existed to have power on par with a royal demon. At least he hasn't heard it yet except for Flare. Yet, Flare was still not on par since he lost to Zeliker.
As for his friends, they were thinking of different things. They have their eyes on the battlefield and were surprised by something that happens there.
Zeliker appeared again and Itsven slashed his spear at him but the body was cut and turned into another wind.
'Now is my chance!'
Zeliker grips his sword tightly before he swings it from below to upward on Itsven's shield. Itsven was a little surprised and suddenly knew Zeliker's intention. He transfers his strength to his shield and brings it down to meet Zeliker's swords. At the same time, a few dark balls appear above them and Itsven moves them toward Zeliker.
Zeliker knew the danger he would face but he wouldn't let the chance go. With a roar, he hit the shield and moved the angle of the shield using his sword to cover himself from the hit of the dark ball. The clash between the shield and the dark ball sparks an explosion so close to them.
'Zeliker!'
Silvert, who had covered Marlom with his shield, was shocked by it. Strong winds hit him and the others surrounding the battlefield and create a mass of smoke. Everyone was unable to see the state of their royal demons. However, soon they saw the smoke had disappeared.
'Zeliker!' Silvert was happy to see Zeliker was alright.
Zeliker had stayed a few meters away from Itsven with his body letting out a red aura. While the latter has his gold aura and his shield was nowhere to be found anymore.
"My god. I thought he died." Shiruna said with amazement.
"Heh! He's a royal demon. Their body was as strong as steel. It is impossible to defeat one so easily." Hetero smirks.
'Interesting! So this is the royal demon's durability. I am truly impressed!'
Hetero felt excited and he wanted to fight Zeliker. He has no intention to fight Itsven since he knew he might die in his hand. But Zeliker, if he was like Flare's told then the latter might not kill him.
He wanted to become strong since he was a demon too. So, practice with Zeliker might give him this opportunity. He hopes Zeliker didn't die yet in this battle.
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"Now that I see this, I remember the war again. I guess Zeliker was serious about this fight now but he didn't use this body protection when he fought with Flare. I hope he can win against Itsven. I should deal with the soldiers or they might escape to tell the others about Zeliker being here." Silvert moved his eyes to the Weety soldiers.
He summoned his powers and disappeared. Slowly he charged at them. It was easy for Silvert to ambush them one by one because all of them had their attention on their royal demon's battle. But it was not long when some soldiers realised their comrades were gone from behind them.
"Sir, someone is attacking us!" A soldier shouts to Luuya.
"What?!" Luuya turned to his back and found only a quarter of the soldiers were left.
They brought 100 elite soldiers with them. And all of them were high-ranking demons. Silvert had used his dimension to uptake two or three demons into his dimension and instead of killing them, he trapped them in the prison under their mansion. He also had to speed up his ambush within five seconds before another soldier took note of their missing comrades.
"Damn it! Get into a round formation and release your aura attack altogether!" Luuya commanded.
"Yes, sir!"
The thirty soldiers instantly surrounded Luuya and summoned their aura and released it. However, they couldn't find their ambusher. Luuya was surprised because an aura attack can cover all hidden areas.
'It can't be… No way! Is it a dimension ability user?!' Luuya suddenly thought of the possibility.
"Create a shield!" He ordered at once.
The soldiers follow and create a half-sphere shield covering them all.
"Sir, is it a dimensional ability user?" A soldier asked.
He too felt the same thing since their aura couldn't find the ambusher. Luuya nodded.
"Seriously?!"
"How can someone like that appear here?!"
"Why would he attack us?! Isn't he a demon too?!"
The soldiers were perplexed. How could they believe such a demon would help the humans? Moreover, a demon with such ability would be very precious for a demon kingdom since it was so powerful enough to eliminate an entire kingdom alone.
Luuya's body gives out a little sweat. He knows they would be in trouble now if they did meet such a demon. Even their royal demon might not be able to win against one of them.
Unless the dimensional ability user was still weak with their ability, they might still win against them when the user exhausts all of their power. But, looking at how many soldiers they brought were gone, Luuya thought they had faced a demon with good control of dimensional ability.
'Shit! I need to warn the prince!' Luuya thought and instantly used a secret called to his prince's mind.
Itsven, who barely got slashed by Zeliker's swords, receives Luuya's information. He was surprised by the dimensional ability user presence too. He then looked at Zeliker and guessed something. After all, only Zeliker here alone without a companion would be impossible.
"You seem to have a wonderful helper. It would be delightful to get his dimensional ability?" He taunts while licking his fangs.
Zeliker cooled his face. Itsven mentioning something like that when they were in battle, he knew it was to take his attention away. He did, after all, waiting to see if Itsven would notice his soldiers were gone.
"Try to take it away from him then." He replied dryly.
And he won't hide Silvert anymore. He wanted anyone to see Silvert's ability even if it was dangerous to his life. If Silvert truly wanted to stay beside him, he needed to become stronger and face many dangers like he was.
He wanted Silvert to become stronger. Stronger enough to protect him without needing to stay behind but in front of him. After all, he hadn't seen it yet from Silvert.
He wonders if he should let Silvert battle Itsven. It might become messier than his fight. He laughed at it silently.
Itsven frowned after seeing the grin on Zeliker's face. He suddenly felt jealous because Zeliker didn't deny he had a dimensional ability user by his side. It also means Zeliker has found a strong backer.
'I'll make him mine!' He said with determination.
With a growl, he used his highest speed to appear in front of Zeliker. If he killed Zeliker, the dimensional ability user would be his. According to his knowledge, someone with good ability but a lower rank would only follow someone stronger than them.
If he showed he was stronger than Zeliker, the dimensional ability user would follow him and discard Zeliker. This always happens to royal demons who find powerful ability users who will be useful to them. Since Itsven was one of the candidates to take the throne, he needs powerful allies to defeat the other prince.
And if that demon refuses, he can force his way to take away the dimensional ability.
'Kill!'
Zeliker avoided the attack and slowly smirked. It seems Itsven had taken his bait. While he wanted to defeat Itsven, he also still wanted to make the latter his first royal demon ally. But, Itsven might not want to cooperate with him if he was unable to defeat the latter.
So, he had thought a lot since he found Itsven there. With Silvert's top-notch and rare ability, he thought Itsven would be interested in getting Silvert to his side or taking the ability. Itsven was the second prince of Weety Kingdom and like all the royal demon children who desired to be king, there was no way for Itsven to ignore a powerful dimensional ability user.
So, why not? If Itsven doesn't want to cooperate, he just needs to use some force, smack here and there until Itsven agrees. And by the way, he could threaten Itsven with his soldiers' life if he was still stubborn too. He trusts Silvert won't kill any of the soldiers because they will be very useful to them.
Itsven suddenly felt his body shuddering in cold. He doesn't sense any threat from Zeliker or either the dimensional ability user. But, somehow he felt something was wrong and was unable to locate it. He didn't know his future would be painted in many colours after meeting Zeliker here and it would change his life too.
And also… He would have never imagined that he would be intimidated by the power of Zeliker's true ability, hidden this entire time. He and others there would be the first witnesses of it.