During the night, in Elemental city, Drake and king Thomas floated above Elizabeth's house like two phantoms. They had been watching her for weeks, getting occasional glimpses of her in the flesh. As they knew Dorian was inside to protect her, they discussed their plans and decided to move in on her at daybreak.
"Are you ready, catboy?" Drake chuckled.
Dorian rolled his head from side to side, releasing a series of cracks and pops as he rotated his neck. His gaze shifted upward as he stretched.
"Don't you fucking call me that!" Thomas exclaimed in anger. Then he said, " Focus on the mission at hand."
"You worry too much." Drake laughed. "There's two of us. And Dorian is alone. I will keep him busy, while you pick up Elizabeth."
Thomas stared at Drake with a mix of terror and hope in his eyes. He knew all too well the kind of monstrous power Dorian possessed, and the thought of standing up to him again was utterly terrifying. Yet at the same time, he knew that he must find a way to challenge the monster and protect his kingdom. He couldn't just sit back and do nothing as the nobles' families fell.
"Well, I hope everything will go as planned," Thomas said but heard a huge explosion somewhere deep in the elemental forest.
"W-What the hell?" Thomas exclaimed and looked back.
Above the elemental forest, there was a huge fire straight from hell in the sky. Black smoke was covering the sky and the fire rained down on the trees. The whole elemental forest was burning.
"What is going on?" Thomas was shocked and looked back at Drake who was standing speechless. He asked again."What the fuck is going on?!"
Drake's gaze was transfixed on the horizon, a beautiful blend of scarlet, amber, and ebony, as the smoke billowed toward the heavens. He froze there, his expression unreadable, as the brilliant hues of fire lit up the sky.
"Drake?" Thomas quickly pushed his stunned friend's shoulder. "Not the time for daydreaming!"
"S-Sorry..." Drake's expression softened into a wistful smile as he gazed at the burning sky. "It's just reminding me of hell," he said softly.
"Get some help, dude." Thomas frowned. He couldn't understand Drake's attachment to the underworld. It was called hell for a damn reason.
"So... Are you going to check what's going on?" Drake asked while pointing his finger at the center of an unknown disaster in the forest.
"I... We..." Thomas stuttered as his gaze kept moving towards Elizabeth's house and the burning Elemental forest. "Dammit!"
"Some sort of rift might be open there and releasing a powerful monster. Or worse... A demon like us." Drake told him with a sigh. "As a king, it would be your duty to protect the kingdom from all types of disasters, not Dorian alone."
"Dammit!" Thomas shouted and a silverish-black aura engulfed him as he created a white portal toward the Elemental forest.
"Watch that house. If Dorian goes out, you know what to do." Thomas ordered telepathically.
"Okay, okay." Drake nodded a couple of times. When Drake looked in Thomas's direction, he was no longer there. "This timing though." He said as he watched the burning sky.
************
"Well, we did enough damage," Lucas said to his friend, dragon Alcides.
Lucas and Alcides were both patched up and, despite receiving some very serious damage to their bodies, they were ready to leave the forest. Their limbs regrew and they were healed.
A glowing, white light shone in the sky and an enormous portal slowly opened, revealing the enraged figure of King Thomas. His face was beet red and his eyes blazed with fury as he scanned the area. His gaze finally settled on Lucas and Alcides, who stared at him.
"You!" Thomas yelled so loudly that his cat ears twitched. He jabbed his finger in Lucas' direction, his face contorted with rage. "What the hell is your problem?!"
"Goddamit. This guy again." Lucas frowned. But soon his frown turned into a smile. "I heard you met Dorian. How was it?"
Thomas's eyes turned into dots as he took a step forward as stared at Lucas in rage. Alcides also widened his eyes from shock.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Thomas asked in disbelief and confusion.
"You really don't remember who Dorian is?" Lucas asked in a mocking tone.
"Of fucking course I do! He's that fucking weird demon, right?" Thomas asked, his eyes still full of rage. But then realization slowly sank in. "Wait... Wait... You knew what will happen if I went to assassinate him?!"
"Of course, I knew. I told you, didn't I? I was a big fan of this novel. There it happened with another demon though. Comatozed demon awoken after someone tried to assassinate him." Lucas smirked as he swept his arms out in a wide gesture around the charred remains of the forest.
"You see this? I'm responsible for this," Lucas said smugly. "The dragon gave me an idea on how to get Dorian to fight Drake on fair terms. One versus one."
Alcides' eyes widened, his mouth agape as Lucas' words sunk in. During the initial conversation, Alcides had shared with Lucas, not once had he mentioned wanting to duel; it was the other way around. 'Did he plan to burn down the forest from the very beginning and used me to speed things up?!' Alcides was dumbfounded — and a little scared.
"This angel is scary..." Alcides muttered.
Thomas's stomach dropped at the mention of Lucas's plan. Thomas knew that Drake was a formidable opponent, but Dorian's strength still gave him chills. 'Is Drake going to be alright?' he wondered. Then he gazed at Lucas with burning fury. His aura burst out, engulfing his body.
"I knew it..." Thomas said and spat on the ground. "I fucking knew that you were a danger to my kingdom."
Thomas's body started changing into a more demonic form as his silverish-black aura became even densier. Merciless crimson eyes were staring at Lucas with rage.
Lucas' gaze was intense and cold, his face emotionless. His head tilted to one side as he regarded the man, seemingly unfazed by the situation.
"You didn't change your transformation? What about your demon king form?" Lucas asked, but then he chuckled at the realization. "Oh, you can't use it, can you? Not yet at least. "
"How do you know about it?! Thomas's demonic eyes showed his surprise at Lucas's knowledge.
"You don't know how much information a reincarnated reader can have."
Thomas' eyebrows shot up and his mouth opened in disbelief. His gaze shifted from Lucas to the floor, and then back again. 'Novel? Book? What is he talking about?', he thought to himself. He shook his head, unable to comprehend what he was hearing.
"You're just a crazy full, Lucas. You have no idea what you're doing." Thomas said, but then he noticed the red dragon. "You bastard! Are you with him?!"
Elcides' mouth hung agape as Thomas roared with rage. His gaze darted between Thomas and Lucas, eyes widening in disbelief. He let out a low whistle, "That kid was right - this guy is a demon lord!"
"Speak up!" Thomas roared a command but was met with an unexpected force. A ball of fire shot from the enemy and seared through his mana-forged belly armor with ease. Thomas stumbled back, trying to regain his footing as he clutched the charred remains of his armor in disbelief.
"Did... Did you just sneak attack me you fucking bastard?!" He screamed as he launched himself at super speed toward Lucas.
"Your target is me, dumb cat." Lucas said mockingly.
Lucas was smiling, he watched Thomas's every footprint, every muscle movement in his body, waiting for him to make his move. When Thomas made his first attack, Lucas moved his left foot forward a few inches, waiting for Thomas to make his move again. As soon as he did, Lucas stepped back, waiting for the next attacking step. Lucas' movements were very subtle, only few would ever notice a difference in his expression, posture, or stance, but Thomas was sure he had seen a movement when he first stepped forward.
Thomas moved again, this time more cautiously. Lucas smiled mockingly, he looked down at his feet and then at Thomas' feet. Thomas was standing in the same place, but he had changed his angle to an attack angle. 'He's done something!', Lucas thought to himself.
Lucas' eyes narrowed, and he finally understood why Thomas was moving the way he was, he was trying to get a clear shot at him. Lucas smirked, 'You're too slow!'
Enraged Thomas launched a huge fireball toward Lucas, then he started to form a portal beside him, so he could catch him off guard.
"Stupid, he seriously thought this would work?" Lucas muttered the moment he spotted a white portal from which, Thomas's elongated hand with thin, pointed claws plunged out to try and catch him.
Lucas felt the veins in his arms bulge as his mana prepared to be unleashed. He had trained himself to control it with precision, using only enough to protect himself from harm without losing sight of his original form. But this time, he could sense danger around him and released the full strength of his mana to form a menacing black armor around him, harder than diamond and more resilient than steel. His body tensed as he felt himself becoming an unstoppable force ready to confront whatever danger lurked in the portal.
"Got you, buddy!~" Lucas's voice sounded like that of a beast of nightmares, but it was still playful. He caught Thomas's hand and squeezed it with all his might, breaking it.
"You bastard!" Thomas screamed in pain. He couldn't believe how much stronger Lucas was just in a few weeks. His biggest regret is that he never trained in Lightburn, as there was never such a threat that Drake couldn't defeat. But now there were two of them; Angel Lucas and Demon lord Dorian. "Let go of me!"
Thomas's amber eyes glimmered with anger as he released the curse magic from his palm, opening his palm fully and showing Lucas the glowing orb of coiled magic. He hurled the fireball at Lucas's face, then released all of his energy at once.
"I'll kill you! I'll kill you! I'll kill you!" Thomas growled and gritted his teeth as he removed the portal; resulting in cutting his hand off.
Lucas's eyes widened as the fireball smashed into his face. He screamed in pain and fell to the ground. Thomas was scorched with pain as well as his sight was marred by the sizzling fireball.
"N-Now you've done it." Lucas's growled as he vomited blood.
He did not receive the regular fireball; instead, he was hit by the one made of cursed magic. His face's mana armor was completely gone, and his skin was torn off in some places, revealing a black liquid that formed red eyes within his wounds. The eyes glowed with bloodlust, sending chills down both Thomas and Elcide's spines.
"W-What the hell are you?!" Thomas screamed in shock.
"I-I told you. I'm a fucking angel." Lucas's voice was no longer playful, but vicious, his tone had turned menacing and his face was distorted by dozens of eyes. Above the head, there was a weird black halo rotating. And his disfigured wings showed signs of having weird feathers.
As the sticky black liquid dropped from Lucas's wounds, it splashed onto the burnt ground and created two widening circles of darkness that flashed in the sunlight. Soon two pairs of eyes appeared in the drops, staring up at Thomas.
"Angel? You're a fucking monster!" Thomas yelled out, his mana armor became unstable and started to diminish, turning his body back to normal. "W-What?!" He couldn't believe what just happened as he stared at his own hands that turned back to normal. "What did you do?!"
Unfortunately for Thomas, angelic mana was very toxic to him and the more contact he had with it, the more damaging it was. Even worse, Lucas had caught his hand and infused that mana directly into Thomas's body.
"Y-You poisoned me?" Thomas's voice shook in despair as he lost all hope of winning.
Lucas lifted himself from the ground and glared at the two of them. He looked disfigured, something that would send shivers down anyone's spine. His hands were trembling with rage and a second halo appeared as he snarled, "You hit me in the face with cursed magic, you piece of shit! That shit doesn't heal easily!"
This was the moment of truth, this is the moment Thomas was weakened and could be killed. Lucas flapped his wings, releasing a dozen feather projectiles toward Thomas's.
"Die already you fucking asshole!"
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