Chapter 53 (2/2)

“Yes, but elves are guided by their elders. A little bit of power is released at a time,” Lindyss said as she gestured towards Vur, “not all at once. His mind could break if we don’t suppress the dragon aura in time. He’s already unconscious, we have to weaken it to get close enough to wake him.”

“I can wake him up,” Tafel said with a trembling voice. “He’ll listen to me.”

“Absolutely not,” Mina said as she stepped towards Tafel.

Tafel stepped backwards as tears leaked from her eyes. “Why? Why do you pretend to care!?” Tafel screamed. “You never cared before! Never listened to me! I hate you so much!” Her horns flashed green as she swung her arm outwards. A wall of wind roared into life in front of her and knocked the four adults over before they could react. She dashed towards Vur, leaving behind a blurred trail of green as she ran.

A black tendril flew towards Tafel from Lindyss’ shadow, but fell short before reaching her. “Not enough mana,” Lindyss said as she ground her teeth together.

“Tafel!” Mina yelled as she scrambled to her feet. “Tina! Stop her!”

A thick sheet of ice smashed against the golden claw swiping towards Tina. She looked behind her and frowned as she saw a green blur running in their direction. Another crash resounded and flecks of ice sprinkled down from the sheet.

“Catch her, I’ll stall him,” one of the demons behind her said. Her face was pale and sweat soaked through her robe blue. A wall of light sprung up in place behind the sheet of ice and Tina nodded as she dashed to intercept Tafel.

Tafel tried to maneuver around Tina, but Tina stuck out her arm and knocked her to the ground with a tackle. “Vur!” Tafel yelled as she squirmed in Tina’s grasp. The translucent dragon shuddered and stopped. Tina opened her mouth in surprise and looked down at Tafel while relaxing her grip.

Another crash resounded and the wall of light shattered as a tail slammed against it. The blue robed demon shuddered and fell to her knees while vomiting. A golden shadow covered her figure as Vur’s claw descended from above. A white fireball flew towards it and exploded, causing the claw to disperse. The golden aura around Vur’s body shrank as a new claw began to form in the air above the demon.

Tafel slipped out of Tina’s grasp and ran in front of the kneeling demon. She spread her arms open and stared at the dragon. “You promised you wouldn’t hurt me,” Tafel said, her voice shaky as her body trembled.

Tina dashed towards Tafel.

Mina screamed.

The claw descended.

A yellow blur charged out of thin air and pushed Tafel away. Her eyes widened as she flew to the side, watching the claw slash downwards at the fairy.

Yella smiled as she looked into Tafel’s eyes.

“Sorry.”

Blood splattered.

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[1] Tafel’s still under Yella’s curse.

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