Chapter 135: I won't lose anyone!
'She's supposed to be the weakest…' Aaron inwardly whispered while feeling his life force running away from him.
That one blow cost around fifteen thousand health points, so the demon grew worried. He still couldn't hide his shock as Celes was really the weakest in his mind.
Though it was doubtful, Louise surely had some connection to The Nine-Tailed Star, whose last fame was killing The Dragon. That alone turned Louise into a dangerous woman. Blue Thanatos' nickname alone told tales of her strength and infamous killing experiences.
Celes was a third general whose fighting skills weren't that famous. Instead, she was good at finding prey and spies and luring them to the pits filled with vampire forces. One could say that her little nose sniffed the blood and flesh better than any other vampire.
Her alchemy skills were also top-notch, so Queen Veronica didn't allow her third general to be on the front lines.
Nonetheless, Celes' origins were still weaker than her two female companions. It was simply true since Celes was an epic grade monster while Louise and Alexandra had legendary grades stamped on their curves.
Out of all vampires, only a few reached the legendary grade. The royal breeds and vampire queen's siblings and the first and second generals from her armies.
In comparison, dragons had much more, but their circumstances were also much different.
And yet! Celes floated next to her master with her beautiful new wings only second to his. Her chin was high, and her whole posture was mesmerizing as she kept herself mid-air like the queen.
Her slender legs were joined at the ankles, wrapped in black leggings. Her slim stomach revealed; Celes donned her sexy uniform and puffed out her ample chest.
As her long black hair floated behind her as though living its own life, Celes contorted her beautiful face and commanded the rest in a loud and irked voice, her red eyes flashing with madness. "He's the insect-type demon. They say that you can't kill their insects, for every death boost their strength! And focus on that green orb, you two idiots! What the fuck are you two doing?!"
"I know!" Louise loudly spat and didn't dare to say more of what was on her tongue as the vampiress was right.
"I apologize, Mistress Celes!" To the horror of the evil dragon within her, Alexandra apologized.
And while everyone had their talk, the demon also shared his thoughts. "I looked down on you, Celes Diamante. You can't become a pet. You're worth much more."
Celes couldn't care less about that man's words. She knew that her master had unleashed her and didn't need anyone to tell her that.
Aaron spread his arms and stretched his fingers. "Focus on that green orb… Indeed. That's your only key, as your skills tickle me. But you know…"
The demon channeled every drop of his mana and summoned his last skill. From his clothes, countless flies came out and teemed around him like a loyal army. Furthermore, Leon and his party heard much more flies filling the cave as they came out from every corner!
Soon, the whole cave became full of those insects.
The demon then stomped on the ground, sending a shock wave that took every insect life in the vicinity.
At that time, Leon roared. "Go at him!"
Leon and Celes shook their wings and descended. At the same time, Louise and Alexandra kicked the ground and pounced at the demon.
Aaron's body gleamed in greenish light. Every dead fly had also given him a small green orb that flew in his direction to become his last weapon.
Of course, Leon and his girls didn't give him a chance to complete it. Louise and Alexandra were the closest, so they first aimed their skills at the demon's chest. Unfortunately, Aaron protected his weak spot well and grinned at their attempts that didn't leave a dent in his skin.
Celes was next as she descended with her bat. She made her creation a little smaller since she needed black threads to boost her strength. Together with that creation, she exchanged a few moves with the demon, but Aaron easily leveraged years of experience to block her kicks and punches and the bat's attempts to gnaw on the green orb.
He kept smiling at her and inviting them to change sides.
At last, Leon danced with the demon. His black-red scarf had always been around that man's wrist, but Leon wasn't strong enough to prevent the demon from using his left arm. The level gap was pretty significant here.
"I don't have to worry about your flies." Leon glared at the man and utilized his scarf's splendid features.
He only needed Louise's prowess at this moment, as he couldn't risk a long and exhausting battle with the demon. His orange-red scarf swathed around the demon's torso easily. No matter how the demon twisted his body and avoided that weapon, Leon's scarves flexibility and speed were excellent, for it was his self-made divine weapon.
Aaron couldn't get rid of it, too. "You!"
"Ignite!" Leon howled.
BANG!
Leon and Aaron got engulfed by the cloud of flames. In that hot environment, Aaron lost another high portion of his health points as Leon focused his scarf's power at the point around his chest, filling his weapon with tons of mana!
The demon stumbled out of the fire and hit the wall with his back, blood oozing from his lips and chest.
He lifted his eyes and looked at Leon. "You resemble August. At least that speech from earlier… He played a significant role in taking down The Human Emperor. Do you want to know how he lost his prowess? He had to choose. When The Human Emperor pointed his weapon at him, August had to choose to let his women take the brunt of that or suffer the blow himself."
Aaron extended his hand and let out a blinding green orb. It coalesced from more than a thousand energies Aaron had gathered from his dead flies.
"My only chance to survive is to get a lot of life force in a short amount of time. I get that by either killing your women or you, man. In this case, I can only point that orb at you. What will you choose?" Aaron sneered and chucked his skill at Leon.
Leon curved his lips into a smile and inwardly spoke.
[Don't move.]
Louise and Celes heard him, and their hearts told them to not do anything.
Alexandra didn't have such a peculiar relationship with her master, so in her eyes, Leon stood as though ready to take the orb with his body. She shrank the distance and stood before him, spreading her arms.
Leon smiled and grasped her waist, throwing her away. "You don't move as well."
Leon stretched his hand and spread his fingers wide. Before the orb slammed his hand, Leon's right-hand scarf untied like a blossoming flower and revealed his bare palm.
From that palm, the divine sword slid outside.
[You have extracted Celes Diamante and Louise's mana and stamina.]
Feeling a sudden loss of their mana and stamina, Celes and Louise dropped onto their bottoms, gawking at their master.
[You have turned that into temporary raw energy.]
Leon's divine sword flashed with two unique energies. Those energies sculpted Leon's divine sword into a beautiful piece of art, with black-red rose twirling on the hilt and lively black veins with red buds going across the red blade.
Leon momentarily could turn all of his and his girls' mana into what he called [The Affection Energy], which stupefied the demon as he couldn't tell its origins. Moreover, that power was so warm he felt like melting, and it disgusted him.
He felt frightened, too.
His fear deepened as Leon easily slashed through the green orb, popping it into countless beautiful green orbs.
Leon dashed through those orbs and thrust his sword into the demon's chest, popping his heart. "I won't lose anyone again… I'm ready to take the brunt and use our feelings as fuel to see tomorrow in each other's embrace."
Aaron puked a mouthful of blood after those words as though Leon's declaration was the cause of his wounds. "I wish you… fate… worse than August's… You fucking… emotional… love-struck-"
After those words, the demon burst into countless flies, becoming black mana that soon perished.
"Demons don't have graves."
"I see."
Leon turned around and looked at his beloveds. "I wouldn't have made it this far without you… Also, Celes, you rocked."
"Tell me that… when I can move…" Celes complained on the ground as she barely could move her lips!
Louise breathed heavily, too, hating herself for committing that crucial mistake. If she hadn't, Leon would have complimented her more as well! Nonetheless, she hadn't said a word as it was Celes' moment.
Alexandra was already on her two feet, helping her mistresses.
Leon dropped onto his ass, too, as he had exhausted all his mana… "Well, nice to meet you, little one."
The little girl in the birdcage tinkered with the cage's lock, then suddenly opened it…
Leon and his girls blinked, stupefied.
"Nice to meet you! I'm Else! Thank you for coming here! For saving me, you can expect a lot of rewards!" Else adorably smiled and embraced her savior, tightly wrapping her arms around his neck.
Leon once again couldn't comprehend what had just happened. "You could leave whenever you wanted?"
"Yes! But I couldn't leave because the demon was here!" Else let Leon's neck go and returned to the birdcage. "This cage has typical lock magic. In wars, everyone uses similar locks to keep the slaves inside. I played with many of these locks before because my mother said I can't go outside to see the world! I want first-hand experience!"
The golden-haired girl fished a book from her inventory, then passed it to Leon. "It's my favorite book, but I'll give it to you as a present and a memory of today's day! When I grow up and am able to leave the capital, you can request help from me! I'm talented and will be a big deal! I already won the war against the cyclops!"
"You did what?" Leon looked skeptically at Else, then shifted his eyes to the book. "The Death's Conquest?"
[The Death's Conquest(Legendary) - the only book about the wars that had happened more than twenty thousand years ago, led by the man whose powers allegedly controlled the death. Everything written in this book can not be proven, so read at your own risk. Some say that The Undead came to the world because of that book.]
"I won against the cyclops! You see, savior-" Leon told Else to call him Leon. "Leon! Hehe! Cute name! So one day, an old man with a weird mustache came to ask for help. He talked with my mother, but I was listening. He then complained about the war and cyclops' earth magic. Hearing his complaints, I got many ideas inspired by the books I love! I love reading about wars, Leon! I told them about my ideas, then three months later, the old mustache man returned with presents to me! I got so many ice creams, plushies, and books!"
Leon and his party didn't know what to say.
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