Chapter 533 - Ash (2/2)

Raising a hand, Leonel sent a scorching fire toward her cocoon. Though Leonel had a feeling that Candle could deflect energies as well, what would she do if her deflected energy simply made her situation worse?

If she really reflected the heat back while trapped in such a place, she would only be hastening her death.

At that moment, Candle's screams shook the hearts of all those who could hear it again.

”Stop resisting or I'll burn you alive.”

Leonel's voice didn't carry a hint of emotion. It traveled to Candle's ears like a reaper's death cry.

Any battle veteran would have found another method, any method other than listening to Leonel's words. But, as a naïve teenage girl who knew nothing of battle, Candle shook with fear, accepting Leonel's words as gospel the moment she heard them. Just a little heat was enough to scare her out of her wits, the thought of it getting even worse shook her to her soul.

Just like that, three Savants were captured and stored into snowglobes, leaving just one remaining. Leonel finally turned his gaze toward Lionel.

Lionel shivered meeting Leonel's gaze, hints of madness, rage and fear within his eyes. He backed away, the land to his back warping as he tried to escape once again.

By now, the battlefield had completely flipped in favor of Earth. With the addition of Noah's troops, the warriors of Hargrove City were driven onto their backfoot. If it wasn't for the fact they had erected a City, they would have likely been forced to flee a long while ago.

There was simply nothing for Lionel to rely on.

Leonel crossed the distance that separated them. Now that he only had Lionel to worry about, he could focus on disrupting the flow of Dream Force without powerful enemies looming to his back.

The truth was that Leonel's Dream Force affinity was just as high as Lionel's. What separated them was the use of Universal Force as a supplemental help. Unfortunately, Leonel didn't currently have a Domain that was tailored to his ability, so he couldn't fuse his Dream Force with Universal Force like Lionel could. But, he didn't need so much to be a disruptor.

Lionel found that his hold over his surroundings diminished greatly. The panic in his eyes only grew with each passing moment.

Unlike with the others, Leonel had no intention of showing any sort of mercy to Lionel. Though Lionel's backstory was likely no less tragic, he lacked the naivete the others had. He couldn't be allowed to live.

Leonel appeared before Lionel. Before the latter could even react, he found a spear shooting through his head.

”I…” Lionel voice was lost in a gurgle of blood. ”… Just wanted to see my mother…”

The bloody angel to Lionel's back shed a tear as its existence crumbled.

Leonel didn't show any mercy in those final moments.. His Fire Elemental Force exploding along his spear, incinerating Lionel to ash.