194 Payback (1/2)

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By now, the forces of the Final Haven Kingdom had retreated from the underground district.

The only people remaining were the forces of the Black Curtain Guild along with the Devil Prince as well as three Golden Knights; Old Lee, Leona and Morel.

\”Fall back.\” The Devil Prince uttered towards his men, when the Emissaries heard this, they wanted to retort but the Devil Prince raised his hand and continued, \”You children can't participate in this battle. Listen to me and go back.\”

His subordinates knew that they couldn't change their leader's mind so they nodded and said: \”As you wish, Your Majesty.\”

All of them then started leading the forces to retreat from the underground district. The Emissaries as well as the rest of the troops were a bit disappointed knowing that they had failed the expectations of their leader, but no one expected that their plan wouldn't work even with them executing it in secret.

\”Hmph!\”

All of them heard this sound as they retreated, the Emissaries felt their scalps tingle. This sound didn't come from the Devil Prince, which means that it could only be a sign for an enemy attack.

And as expected, it didn't take long before an attack was headed their way. All they saw was a massive wave of flames heading their way, even though the attack hadn't hit them yet, the heat contained alone by those flames was already terrifying enough.

It was precisely Leona who sent this attack. As someone from the opposing force, how could she allow the Black Curtain Guild's men to retreat safely when the Devil Prince didn't allow their forces to do so? This could be considered as a payback.

But of course, how could the Devil Prince allow her to do as she pleases?

As a response to her attack, the Devil Prince raised his hand once more. A thick and disgusting aura rose from his body, suddenly the dead bodies of people lying around them shook fiercely. Next, a harrowing scene unfolded, the bones on those bodies were seemingly attracted by some strange force. The mass of bones them hurriedly arranged themselves to form a wall and bore Leona's attack.

\”Hurry you morons! Move your asses back to the headquarters!\” Roared the First Emissary towards the retreating forces. Him and the rest of the Emissaries became alert and covered their rear, though weren't sure if they could truly survive another full-powered attack from those people, they had to step up and become responsible, specially within their leader's presence.

The heat carried by Leona's attack turned the bone wall into ashes, beside her Morel snorted and raised his hand. Suddenly, dozens of spears materialized out of nowhere. Just the sight of those spears, one could feel the sharpness despite their hollow forms. As Morel's hand descended, the spears launched, aiming at the retreating forces.

The Devil Prince sneered and prepared to intercept the attack, however before he could even raise his hand, a flicker of golden light appeared before him. It was Old Lee.

The Devil Prince's expression suddenly changed, no matter how many times he had seen it, Old Lee's speed never ceased to amaze him. Old Lee's face was covered in frost, he raised his sword. His hand turned in to a blur, several sharp sword energies aimed at the Devil Prince's vitals threated to take his life appeared. The Devil Prince lifted a finger and immediately, bones appeared out of nowhere protecting the Devil Prince from Old Lee's attack.

Even though his attacks failed, Old Lee didn't falter and kept his raging onslaught. The bone shield that encased the Devil Prince within constantly shattered, he had no other choice other than to constantly supply it with his energies in order to repair itself.

Due to this, the Devil Prince became occupied and couldn't do much to protect his subordinates. He tried to protect them and managed to save some of his men from Morel's wind spears but Old Lee's relentless onslaught prevented him from saving everyone.

Three out of the five Emissaries met their deaths under the sharp tip of Morel's spears. Their eyes were still wide open behind their masks, they weren't expecting to die in this mission, specially under the watch of their leader. But the fact that there's a spear wedged in their bodies and disintegrated their internal organs with a mystical force, remained. Their gazes dulled as they fell limp on their cold ground.