Chapter 920 Approval and Vulnerable (1)
Demon Lord Mazel was the first one to reach the overbearing Female Alpha.
Coating his overly long claws with searching hellfire that is capable of burning through even those who have higher resistance against fire elements, he closed in the gaps whilst still keeping his attention on Rex.
It might be a trap for all he knows.
But even when he got close to Adhara, there was no sign of moving from Rex.
Even the Dwarven Army who was lining up behind Rex in a battle formation didn't seem to be making a move, instructed to stand by and watch the fight unfold. 'None of them looked like they were about to strike, is he really going to let us fight the Female Alpha squarely?'
'Is that how low he's looking down at us?' Demon Lord Mazel thought with a sneer.
Unlike Demon Lord Aructh who was taking this with a burning heart, he instead assessed the situation with a level head. Moreover, instead of announcing his anger for the disrespect Rex gave him, he would show it through his actions.
Taking down the Female Alpha would be a loud message.
Reaching Adhara, he engaged a powerful swipe backed by his immense strength.
Clang!
A fiery spark exploded from their clash as the attack was blocked by Adhara's sharp daggers, forcing her several steps back before she stomped the ground, stopping the momentum, her body fully transformed.
Locking eyes with her brilliant white eyes, Demon Lord Mazel frowned heavily.
'A Werewolf that could turn into a human?' He pondered, a heavy frown on his face. 'So it's true, there are these anomalies in the new era. What kind of form is this? Albino Werewolf? No, if it's true then that would mean she has to be insane, but she's not'
While he was being distracted, a circle of fire appeared on the ground beneath him.
Not intending to waste this temporary advantage that was created thanks to her shocking transformation, Adhara managed to propel Demon Lord Mazel upward with a blast, the Ring of Fire spell and positioned him for an easy follow-up attack.
However, she was not given the chance to do that.
Demon Lord Aructh emerged from the smoke with a maniacal smile, mounting a fiery shark again. Pointing his two spears forward, he gathered demonic energy on their tips and drilled them forward, straight to Adhara.
It was his favorite attack that could penetrate anything.
But his maniacal smile stiffened when he saw his two spears go past Adhara's body.
"For an old Demon, living for thousands of years..." Adhara mused, grinning wickedly at the sight of Demon Lord Aructh's expression. "You sure are reckless, attacking an opponent without knowing full well what their abilities are like this"
Using her Anti-Werewolf's powers, she shifted through the two spears like a ghost.
Pivoting her body around when she passes through the spears and Demon Lord Aructh completely, she brandished both of her daggers in a circular fiery arc, hitting the shocked Demon Lord and sending him crashing to the side.
At the sight of her fight, Rex was quite surprised.
More so than not, he underestimated Adhara who was quite powerful for her realm.
From an obvious standpoint, Rex and even the Dwarves could see that in terms of speed and overall strength, Adhara was lacking compared to the two Demon Lords. But her abilities greatly help her in this fight.
Considering that she could hold her own against two Demon Lords, it was commendable.
<nulli>Even against non-Werewolves, her abilities are still prominent.
Sometimes he had forgotten that Adhara was the one who was able to hold Flunra back then, and she did quite a phenomenal job, helping him win that fight. Now, that appreciation started to come back to him once again.
Upon managing to win the initial clash, Adhara surged with confidence.
Gazing at the two Demon Lords, one at her front and the other thrown into the flowing river, she smiled teasingly, "Demon Lord Ranath and Olgaroz put up a bad fight in front of their legions, and it was all downhill from then on for them. I hope the two of you don't make that kind of mistake"
It was a mock to Demon Lord Aructh's ears, but not to Demon Lord Mavel.
Looking over his shoulder, he grimaced at the sight of his legions already at the mouth of the forest. None of them depicted fear in their expressions, but their bodies were more honest, evidently trembling at the sight.
Additionally, their leaders being trashed was another reason for them to be fearful.
'This is planned... Now me and Aructh were forced to fight alone'
Despite the legion behind them, a combination of two legions, being overly outnumbering the Dwarven Army that was already shaved because of the previous two fights, the two of them were now forced to beat Adhara as they were seen handled by her.
Respect is everything, a crucial factor in leading an army.
Moreover, individual strength is the only thing that determines values in the Demon Race.
Observing Rex, who remained firmly in his position, Demon Lord Aructh clenched his jaw, realizing they had fallen into his trap. It was obvious that the battlefield was a meticulously prepared stage, favoring their opponents, Rex, and his allies.
Now that it has come to this, there's only one way to reverse the situation.
"Aructh, let's take this seriously..."
"About time, I'm sick of these gnats' arrogant look. Let's butcher them all!"
Crack!
Growl!
Demon Lord Aructh and Mazel unleashed a deafening roar, their demonic energies enveloping their entire beings. With another resounding bellow, their malevolent auras surged to the very peak, climbing high into the air, and amplifying their powers to the absolute limit.
A showcase of their worth for being called Demon Lords.
In response to this, Adhara lowered her stance and prepared herself to engage again.
When their auras reach their peaks, the two Demon Lords slowly exhale before raising their gaze to Adhara. A malevolent gaze that was enthralled with bloodlust, sending danger signals to her senses.
Swoosh!
A heartbeat later, Adhara blinked her eyes and saw Demon Lord Aructh right before her.
Gripping his spears tightly, he swung them at her powerfully.
Slash!
Adhara was not expecting the increase in speed and was caught off guard.
Due to that momentary shock, she got hit cleanly and sent hurtling through the air, bouncing on the river water and crashing into multiple sturdy trees that were unable to stop her propelling momentum.
Pushing herself up, she saw two burn scars on her left arm near her shoulder.
It was seething with demonic energy.
However, the Demon Lords don't want to give her a chance to recover and continue.
As if boiled from within, the ground beneath her started to bubble.
Upon seeing this, her eyes widened realizing that she needed to move. But it was too fast for her to react as a fiery shark shot out from the ground and clamped its jaw on her entire body, sending her high into the air alongside it.
Gritting her teeth, Adhara pondered, 'I need to reset this fight and recover properly'
Just as she believed she had escaped, triggering her Anti-Werewolf power to free herself from the fiery shark's grasp, she was wrong. At that very moment, as she prepared to move, her senses were jolted by a sharp metallic sound.
For a moment, her vision and mind were dazed.
Adhara looked to the side and found Demon Lord Aructh, hitting his two spears together.
Each time he did it, the same jolt happened.
Rex, his lunar light Gladiator Form activated, summoned his wings and soared into the sky with his arms crossed. From this vantage point, he observed the unfolding battle between the Demon Lords and Adhara, which was now starting to take up space.
While watching the fight, he saw this occurrence and couldn't help but frown.
<nulli>System, is that a demonic disturbance skill?
<nulli><No, it's not a skill or spell>
<nulli>Then what is it? How can that sound affect Adhara that much?
<nulli><Analyzing the sound attack...>
<Analyzing patterns...>
<Analyzing energies...>
<Completed!>
<It appears to be a raw method of infusing demonic energy into a produced sound>
<Werewolves are the Supernatural race that has the most sensitive senses, rivaled only by the Dragonman race, and Angel race. A strong enough sound attack is usually able to irritate Werewolves and Dragonman senses>
Upon reading the description from the System, Rex frowned.
<nulli>It must be a method from the Ancient Era to fight Werewolves. I'm learning something.
<nulli>Since it's not a skill or a spell, only a method infused with demonic energy, he could already assume that it's another method from the ancient era that was devised specifically for Demons to fight Werewolves and Dragonman.
But he still believes that it's not enough to take down Adhara, she's quite resilient.
Returning back to the fight, Adhara's forehead creased in irritation.
Just as her mind was irritated by the metallic sounds, Demon Lord Mazel arrived in front of her and landed a massive attack with his claws, sending her crashing onto the ground with a fiery slash, Kaboom!
creating a vast crater.
Due to the force, Adhara spat a mouthful of blood. Her back feels like shattering.
However, her regeneration ability was healing her quickly.
Kaboom!
Adhara's body suddenly exploded with purple fire, forcing out a strong enough shockwave to knock Demon Lord Mazel and Aructh who were about to attack her at the same time. At that moment, her entire aura becomes even sharper.
Combining her Werewolf form with her Gladiator Form, she displayed immense control.
Even Rex was surprised by this sight.
<nulli>I haven't trained much on combining my Gladiator Forms with my Werewolf form. I focused more on other powers, but it seems Adhara has been training to do that. Even I couldn't do that right now.
<nulli>Seeing Adhara's transformation, he couldn't help but smile in return.
Despite not having paid too much attention to her lately, she still lives up as a Female Alpha.
Swish!
Having activated her Gladiator Form, the purple serpent that hovers around her waist hisses at the two Demon Lords menacingly. Her entire aura turned sharper, like fiery fangs pushing against their skin.
Glancing over to the Demon Lords, she slowly raised her daggers.
"Since the two of you are taking this seriously, then I guess I should done the same" She uttered, her eyes as sharp as the sharpest blade. "Let's start round two, shall we?" Adhara added, an evident smile on her face.
Meanwhile, back to near the river.
Even though the fight has gone elsewhere, the two armies haven't moved from their spots.
Considering the number of them, thousands upon thousands that completely fill the riverside, it was surprising that none of them has made a move yet. It was all thanks to the display of gore that even made the Rastrikan Demons hesitate.
It was too effective that their bodies were crippled by fear.
However, amongst the Dwarven army was a dark-skin figure who seemed to be uneasy.
"Don't overthink..."
"Don't overthink..."
Ryze mutters the words that Adhara says to him repeatedly, he feels out of place due to the invisible strain between him and Rex, but he knows that if he wants to gain his approval and right to be here, then he needs to perform.
No matter what, he would need to stand out so that Rex would look at him again.
Unconsciously, this thought sparks heat to emanate from his body, and this surprises the Dwarves around him that doesn't know what he truly is aside from a person who has a connection with the Female Alpha.
Following that, his body started to be covered in red, armor-like scales.
More Dwarves started to take notice and were surprised to realize that he was a Dragonman.
Psshh...
"If I want to be accepted, I need to do something..." Ryze keeps on muttering, he raises his gaze forward and exposes his feline sharp yellow reptilian eyes. In that very second, with power, he took a hammer from a Dwarf and leaped into the air before a pair of crimson wings sprouted on his back.
Upon doing this, the Rastrikan Demons were also aware of his presence.
Glaring at the legion of Rastrikan Demons that has now turned into an opportunity in his eyes, Ryze gargles his mouth before breathing fire to the hammer, turning the regular hammer into a fiery hammer instead.
It was then that his eyes glistened violently.
"All of you... All of you will suffice"
"I'll- I'll- I'll kill you all!!"
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