Chapter 170 - Slave Liberation 3 (2/2)
Stab!
Stab!
The white ghosts quickly overpowered the slaves.
As the situation deteriorated rapidly, Melena frowned.
‘I just need to buy some time...’
By completing the summoning ritual, she would be able to get out of this mess.
She had a sudden surge of regret.
She shouldn’t have thought of testing Asura instead of running away.
Then,
'Ah, right. This should do.’
A good idea flashed across her mind.
The Valkyrie's Dagger.
Since Asura had made Clyantes guide him here, Asura was probably interested in it.
So if she took out a similar-looking weapon and pretended it was the real one, she’d be able to buy some time.
Melena immediately put her plan into action with confidence.
”Why do you want this so badly?! You don’t even know the proper whereabouts of the Edda Chronicles yet!”
The weapon Melena was brandishing was a dagger with a slightly curved edge.
As she flew into the air and made a fuss, Woohyuk, who was watching the battle from behind, grinned.
'As I expected.’
Woohyuk knew her well because he had faced Melena in the past.
That was most likely a fake.
The real one was probably inside the small bag around her waist.
'I’ll use Melena's plan against herself.’
It would be difficult to capture a witch if she focused solely on escaping.
Therefore, he was aiming for an opening after making the demon kings fight on the forefront.
In the best case scenario, he would obtain both the Valkyrie's Dagger and Melena's soul.
[White Ghost King, you are to follow my instructions from now on.]
Woohyuk secretly explained the operation to the White Ghost King through a telepathic conversation.
Then the White Ghost King, who was chasing Melena with the demon kings, nodded.
[Understood, Lord Asura.]
Currently, they were both looking for the right opportunity,
”If you keep cornering me, I'll destroy this! I'd rather destroy it instead of letting it fall into the hands of my enemy!”
Melena lifted the dagger she was holding into the air.
At the same time, a black rift appeared in the air, and the surroundings began to swirl violently.
She was announcing that she would throw the Valkyrie’s Dagger into the abyss.
Woohyuk pretended to be shocked and acted flustered.
”Do you think Lilith will let you off the hook if you do that?”
”Well, who cares? She’ll just punish me a bit. Actually, she might praise me for making the correct decision.”
Melena reached out and pushed the dagger into the swirling vortex.
As the fake Valkyrie's dagger was about to be sucked into the black rift, Woohyuk rushed in that direction and ordered the demon kings.
”Get that dagger out of the vortex! We’ll deal with the Witch of Lust afterwards!”
“...”
The demon kings turned their backs to Melena.
While they wanted to beat her up, they couldn't disobey their master's orders.
At this sight, Melena excitedly jumped around in her heart.
'Success!'
Her plan was executed perfectly
All she had to do was to hurry back to the chapel.
As Melena tried to recite the return spell, a faint figure appeared behind her.
It was the White Ghost King.
Swooosh!
The Soulsword Calites left behind a blue glow as the tip of its blade flew towards Melena's heart.
It was a surprise attack
Terrified, Melena tried to dodge it at the last moment, but...
Slit!
Dark red blood sprayed around in the air.
As Melena tried to avoid Calites, Woohyuk swung Verserios towards her escape path as if he was reading the future, and the blade dug deep into her slender waist.
”Kyaaaaaaah!”
Melena’s cry of anguish reverberated into the dark sky, as the red moon had covered up the sun and blocked its light.
”I don't think anyone is coming to save you. Not even a knight in shining armor.”
With a bloodstained bag in one hand, Woohyuk whispered to Melena as he strangled her with the other.
The mortally wounded woman let out a few words.
”Spare… me...”
”Unfortunately, I can’t turn witches into my vassals while they're alive. So you will have to die here.”
Woohyuk strengthened his grip on Melena's throat.
But...
Boooooom!
A bolt of purple lightning struck down from the darkened sky and struck Melena's head.
When Melena’s figure disappeared, Woohyuk grinded his teeth and looked up into the sky.
”Aleister Crowley...”
”Long time no see, Asura. How have you been?”
Aleister smiled wickedly as he held a bleeding Melena in his arms.
Woohyuk blatantly revealed his killing intent towards Aleister’s composed attitude.
”I didn’t know your character was supposed to appear on stage right now. Are you sure this was planned by Lilith?”
”Well, let’s call it a Deus Ex-Machina. The expression isn’t so wrong since you can’t rival me in your current state.”
”Do you know this? All the people who acted smug and confident while fighting me ended up dead.”