After a brief moment of reflection, Sayqi quickly returns inside the earth runes, and finally, the whale triggers them, enclosing everyone inside. A dense yellowish shield formed, with the ground as its energy source. However, something hidden was transmitted through the array to Ruri, who was inside.
Above, still in the skies, the necromancer demon laughed uncontrollably at the spectacle. "She slyly killed many heroes before, and you didn’t suspect a demon? Hahaha."
Leafar heard that with cold eyes, while Ervly sighed. She had some suspicions about the demoness, but, knowing her boyfriend, without evidence, they would only have unnecessary conflict. Miaeth managed to suck the life out of some cleanly in the midst of battles; she probably had other concealment techniques. So, everyone just believed it was the fault of the undead. Now, she was forced to act to save herself; after all, the two of them had to run with everything to reach the whale’s group. If the harpy didn’t want to go, the demoness could only reveal herself.
"That is indeed a conventional demonic method. But, having a pre-judgment based solely on origin is even more condemnable. Leafar acted in good faith; the fault, in the end, was the proud harpy’s." the whale spoke lazily, and Leafar raised his head, taking a deep breath.
"Eh? What do you intend by trapping everyone in this earth shield? Are you going to fight my army alone?" The necromancer in the distance asked, amused.
The whale responded lightly. "This is just to avoid collateral damage."
The moment his words echoed, the whale’s eyes turned black, and the nacromancer narrowed his eyes, feeling a tremendous shock. The whale erupted into a black wave, and the world beneath the demon was shrouded in darkness, a deadly sensation slightly surfaced.
"Flames... demonic flames..." The demon muttered incredulously.
Inside the barrier, beyond the demon’s senses, Ruri used all the power of faith transmitted through the array to cover the internal area of the barrier, preventing the flames from entering. The earth runes didn’t help at all; they were just a decoy.
The necromancer only felt the immediate loss of connection with all his summons. However, he dared not do anything and approach that flame. "How can a human use this... in your universe, there must be a level of demonic power without limits."
Then, after sensing the level of those flames, he sighed. "This is something legendary and unstoppable, which consumes even the life of the demon who used it. He thought of saving those people with the barrier? How ridiculous, he doesn’t even realize the power he possesses. He destroyed himself along with everyone."
After two minutes, the flames, having nothing left to devour, dispersed as quickly as they appeared. Soon, the necromancer almost dropped his jaw, seeing the barrier intact, with everyone inside unharmed.
His eyes then swept the ground in search of something... and then he spotted a round figure... or what was left of it.
His entire body was burned in a terrible way; it didn’t even look human anymore. However, his eyes were still clear, and a golden glow seemed to fade when he stared at the floating, stunned necromancer.
"Interesting... you really had a method to defend yourself. And you are a hero, after all; the power of the immortal goddess is beyond mortal comprehension." The demon uttered those words, trying to come to terms, but he didn’t believe it was possible.
’He really doesn’t know the power of faith?’ Bruno commented, intrigued. ’This kind of law must be something stolen from another universe. But, like those from other universes... I see, the Heaven’s Will planned everything beforehand and moved the pieces.’
The demon continued, "Congratulations. There has never been anyone who killed all the generals and soldiers in the test. Those who pass usually kill one or two generals and then attack me directly. Of course, for that, several companions fight and lose their lives while the hero tries to defeat me. You did it perfectly and kept everyone alive."
"But it’s a shame. To pass, you have to defeat me, not kill everyone. If you had sacrificed your companions and used the demonic flames to surprise me, you would have passed. Now, you’re hanging on by a single thread, and you can’t fight." The demon concluded, and a thunderous laughter echoed.
The earth runes and the barrier dispersed without energy. Everyone heard that with heavy looks. They were shocked by this power that annihilated all life... but was it really worth him doing that?
"What are you talking about? We still have half an hour to win..." The whale spoke and then spat out blood, completely black, as if his entire insides were burned and contaminated. "I can still fight, don’t be so hasty."
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Everyone clenched their fists tightly, and their fighting spirit surged with just a few words from the whale. He reached this terrible state just so they could stay safe...
The necromancer smiled as if he didn’t care. Then, he descended slowly on the ground a little in front of everyone.
"Come all together," the necromancer said dryly. "I’m not authorized to summon more, and I’m not that good in direct fights, but against you, it won’t be..."
Whoosh!
He quickly interrupted himself and jumped to the side, with a sharp cut passing through him. "Hehe... I’ve seen this move before. Just speed doesn’t solve anything." The necromancer spoke with a laugh, and Sayqi, standing where he was, sighed with tense eyes.
Sayqi was using Oria’s sword to activate the runic seal. The two weaker ones were behind the whale, and Sayqi emerged, returning the sword and taking the other from Sesel. She only had one more move, but her eyes didn’t waver.
Soon, Leafar and Ervly took steps forward, and Ruri slowly drew her katana with a cold look. With a glow and a gentle breeze, the air became purer, and the horizon was filled with two gigantic willows with very distinct colors, practically joined together.
The necromancer watched them, impressed with their fighting spirit. Taking on their true, fixed tree form made them something dangerous; of course, their power multiplied several times in return, but they didn’t hesitate. The necromancer then looked at the whale, nodding in satisfaction at his heroic leadership. Next, he saw the green axe pointed in his direction. The whale just smiled sinisterly, sending a chill down the necromancer’s spine.
The earth below the necromancer split open, and red and gray roots rose, attacking from below, from his back, and from the front simultaneously.
The necromancer agilely jumped, feeling the cutting air approaching him. A shadowy afterimage appeared with a katana pointed to his right. He then smiled, feeling the space distort with the flying green axe attacking from his left. He didn’t even need to look to know that, from above, came the other human. They attacked in all directions, but the orb in the demon’s hands pulsed with power.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A bloody red shield formed for a second, blocking all the blows and easily dispersing the QI.
"To defeat me as a group? If this test were so easy, many would have passed. Brute strength won’t solve it. Only the hero with his sacred power must defeat me, while your companions work together to block the army. That is the true work of a hero! To fight head-on, alone!" The demon spoke excitedly.
No one responded, so an avalanche of blows continued to rain down on the necromancer. Still, as a necromancer, he didn’t have great physical abilities. Soon, he could only block and evade, unable to attack directly.
Sayqi attacked without using the runic seal. Of course, the demon couldn’t sense when the seal was activated and wouldn’t risk not blocking her. The roots rose from the earth, giving him no room to breathe. Coming from unpredictable directions at an extreme speed, two blades aimed at his throat. But, in the end, it all seemed like a big waste of time.
Minutes passed slowly, and he sighed. "Looks like I’ll have to leave; you can consider this a small victory. Next time, things will be fun."
After saying that, he leaped into the air. It was at that moment he tried to activate the technique to unleash his real cultivation, but he felt something wrong in his meridians.
For a single second, something seemed to awaken in his meridians. Sealed runes resonated with violet energy penetrating his entire body. The necromancer, surprised, quickly recognized it. "Mental power? A bit interesting but useless."
The necromancer’s entire body was invaded in a second; his eyes turned violet, and his defenses faded away. He, in turn, just chuckled lightly and released the sealing technique; it would take just a second to disperse...
But he felt a palpable presence of death as if a lightning bolt passed through his body. He just turned his eyes and saw the whale pointing his axe at him.
The power of a divine soul emerged in the world as if a god had focused their eyes and fury on him. Then, suddenly, the Manifestation of Will covered his green axe, which exploded with invincible power.
BOOM!
The whole world seemed to collapse, and in the single second the necromancer was invaded by Ruri’s stealthy mental power, it was the moment of his death. All her attacks were just for this moment.
At the instant the axe shot out, the power of faith acted, completely healing the whale from his ’injuries.’ Something he just let happen in a controlled way to make the demon drop his guard. He even pretended to use the golden power to make the demon believe it was the queen’s doing.
The whale leaped, and the necromancer simply instantly exploded, being completely sucked into the void without a trace.
Everyone in the group was frozen, unable to move a muscle in the face of that infinite power. The whale just landed on the ground gently after absorbing what was left of the necromancer, and everything returned to normal as if nothing had happened.
Ruri ran to the front of the whale and looked at him excitedly, waiting for some praise. "Good job, you did everything perfectly, and he didn’t notice a thing." They said, patting her head as she smiled radiantly.
At this moment, everyone fell to their knees. The whale just snorted, while Bruno commented mentally, ’Having so much charm is very troublesome.’