Chapter 320 (1/2)

”Hey.”

”Hey…”

”Is something wrong, you look a bit down?”

Isabella called out to Beatrice that was leaning against the railing of the large elven flying ship. The battle with the two remaining demon lords was now over. They were resting right outside the barrier to the demonic continent.

After Zhang Dong had taken care of the Demon Lord of Blood, the larger Demon Lord of Destruction went down with ease. There was no need for Zhang Dong to get involved as Takeshi and the rest of the heroes were enough.

The large monster only had size but was clearly not very intelligent. It was unable to contend with all the firepower that the people of the races threw at it. Takeshi only needed to utilize his magical sword to slice off the monster's head after it had been weakened. The whole battle took a while but it wasn't that dangerous thanks to the flight advantage that they had. Zhang Dong was sure to snatch the last cube fragment before it was absorbed by the group of heroes instead.

Now the elves were making preparations to get this barrier out of the way. The dwarves and humans slowly set up the perimeter around here to block out any demonic monsters that might want to disturb them. The fog was still there and it was thick. Even though the demon lords were dead, that didn't mean that the lesser demons wouldn't try their luck.

”Oh it's nothing, just thinking about the future, everything is going so fast. It feels like the summoning ritual was just yesterday, then Mr. Leigong appeared...”

Beatrice lowered her head and slumped against the ship's railing, it was clear to Isabella that was right next to her that something was wrong. The girl decided to place her hand on Beatrice's shoulder as she moved right next to her.

”It's going to be fine, we'll be fine. I'm sure that Demon King will have no chance against your great spirit!”

”I know that… it's just…”

Beatrice gave out a sigh while looking out in a random direction, there she saw the dwarven golems moving some magical equipment closer to the barrier. This barrier looked like a giant mirror, it reflected whatever was on their side. Due to this, it was impossible to know what was on the other side. The possibility of monsters being there was quite high.

”It's going to be fine, we are going to make it through this together!”

Isabella placed her hand on Beatrice's while moving closer, she could clearly tell that her friend was getting emotional but she wasn't sure why. Beatrice looked at Isabella's hand that was placed on her own and then up which caused the girls eyes to meet.

”You know, I used to hate you…”

”Oh....”

Isabella didn't pull her hand away and Beatrice didn't seem like she had anything against this treatment either.

”I wasn't the nicest person before, this journey opened my eyes up to many things. I used to think that people were below me, that nothing else mattered than noble status.”

”I remember how angry you looked whenever Prince Ludwig gave me attention.”

Beatrice replied while chuckling a bit. The two girls thought back to their old relationship, if it wasn't for their common dislike for what the prince did they might not have been friends now.

”Well, that idiot did one thing right.”

”Oh, and what would that be?”

”He opened up my eyes…”

Isabella started leaning up towards Beatrice, the two girls were looking into each other's eyes. Time seemed to slow down for the two, it was as if all the noise disappeared and only the two remained in place.

”Beatrice?...”

”Huh?”

The two finally snapped back to reality and looked to the side. There, a Takeshi with a confused expression on his face was standing.

”What were you two…”

He asked as Isabella jumped back as her face was really close to Beatrice's.

”Oh, she had some dirt on the shoulder…”

Isabella coughed into her hand once before moving to the side. Beatrice just nodded while laughing nervously.

”Is there something you wanted, Lord Takeshi?”

”Oh, The elves were asking for Leigong's help. He seemed to go away after the battle between the demon lords.”

Zhang Dong returned to his soul dimension to conserve energy. He was taking his time to cultivate so he didn't really notice what the two girls were doing. Beatrice knew this as well, whenever Zhang Dong cultivated he needed to be called out several times before he noticed.

”Ah, I'll call him over now.”

With a little crackle of thunder Leigong the Spirit Emperor was out and about.

”Hm… what's with this mood? Did something happen?”

Zhang Dong was greeted with uncomfortable silence. Beatrice and Isabella were blushing for some reason, their heart rates were also through the roof. After a quick checkup, it didn't seem that they were affected by any kind of illness.

”N-nothing happened, the Hero just wanted to have a word with you Mr. Leigong.”

”Alright…”

He removed himself from the scene, him being there seemed to make everyone even more uncomfortable. His thoughts were more on the mission before him as this was almost the end of the journey.

”Great spirit, we have made the preparations, we can open up a gap in the barrier but it won't be enough to get our sh.i.p.s through…”