Azrael and Eros just watched the dark soul as his laughter echoed in the forest.

Azrael brought out his weapon. On his left hand, he was holding a golden rope. This was a divine golden rope that could bind any soul. Azrael would use this to catch the dark soul.

"It is not too late! Surrender yourself! Come back with me to the Netherworld! I promise I will not hurt you. Don't create more trouble in this world," Azrael tried to negotiate again.

Eros had a worried look in his eyes. He hoped the dark soul would surrender already. He would vanish forever if ever Azrael would use the scythe against this soul.

If this soul was related to Selene, Eros didn't want that to happen.

"Why did you come back here? Are you worried about Selene? Was she the reason why you escaped from the Netherworld?" Eros also threw him a question.

They couldn't see the dark soul's eyes but they could tell that he was observing Eros and Azrael right now. The dark mist was still floating in the air.

With his dark gray color, Azrael could tell that he didn't fully transform yet to an evil spirit. But his soul was already tainted with darkness as he killed a human.

"I can't leave just yet…" the dark soul had finally spoken.

"Why?" Eros probed.

"I should eliminate them! The people who are trying to hurt Selene!" The Dark Soul responded.

"Who are those people? Just tell me! I will protect Selene from them. Just go back to the Netherworld. The longer you stay here the faster you will lose yourself." Eros was also trying to convince the dark soul to leave.

"Some of your memories are vanishing and you will eventually become an evil spirit. If that happens, you will forget Selene. And you might end up hurting her," Eros warned the dark soul.

But the dark soul refused to listen. "You are lying! I will never ever forget, Selene!"

After saying that, the dark soul tried to move again, escaping from them. Azrael and Eros started to move in his direction.

Azrael flew faster and he was able to catch up with the dark soul. Eros flew in different directions to block the dark soul's path.

He raised both hands and bright lights came out of his palm. He created a light ball, throwing it at the sky. After a while, the light ball exploded and several bright lights scattered in different directions.

As if the lights had their mind of their own, they surrounded the forest, creating a giant wall of lights enclosing the area.

This wall of lights around the forest would serve as a barrier. It enclosed a one-kilometer radius from their current spot.

"Give up, already! You can't escape here. The angel of love has already trapped you inside this forest." Azrael said as his last warning.

Eros was still concentrating while releasing his magical energy to strengthen the barrier. Once the dark soul touched those lights, it would hurt him as if electricity would be running throughout his body.

He couldn't pass through that unless he could stand the pain of touching those lights. The feeling would be like he was being hit by a bolt of lightning.

The dark soul looked trapped but he was not worried at all. He continued flying, searching for a clear path to leave the forest. But Azrael was right, Eros had already enclosed the area using his magical power.

Azrael was still following the dark soul. He was already prepared to catch him using the golden rope.

Azrael was amazed by his speed. He was moving around the forest very fast. No wonder, eight elite grim reapers were sent just to catch this soul.

"Damn! How could he move so fast?" Azrael lamented to himself. He looked back and saw Eros remained in his spot. He was still controlling the barrier.

"Argh! I need to catch him soon or else Eros will exhaust lots of magical powers just maintaining the barrier."

The dark soul had already check every direction and he couldn't see a path to escape aside from passing through the lights created by Eros.

However, the moment he touched it, he was electrocuted. He looked back, observing Eros.

'There is only one way to remove this barrier! I have to attack him,' the dark soul thought to himself.

Azrael was still on his tail. He had to move quickly before the other grim reapers would arrive.

"Stop running already!" Azrael shouted.

The dark soul ignored him. He flew away going to Eros's spot. The dark soul stopped just a few steps away from Eros.

Eros felt his presence so he turned around. Since he was occupied with maintaining the barrier, Eros left himself defenseless.

It was too late when he saw the dark spear coming his way.

"Eros, watch out!" Azrael warned him as he saw the dark soul throw a dark spear toward Eros.

His eyes widened in horror as he saw the dark spear. It was one of the weapons hidden in the Netherworld. This dark soul managed to steal it.

Now he understood how he was able to escape the Netherworld! The dark spear was one of the keys in opening the gates of the Netherworld.

Zaki was aware that the dark spear was missing. No wonder he assigned eight grim reapers to catch this escaped soul. No wonder this soul was strong and fast. The dark spear was the source of his power.

"Argh!" Eros grunted as he was hit by the dark spear on his stomach.

"Damn!" Azrael cursed under his breath as he flew toward Eros.

Azrael caught him on his arm before he fell to the ground. With his wound, Eros couldn't maintain the barrier. The lights were now slowly fading.

"Don't mind me… just catch him," Eros said to Azrael.

Azrael put Eros down and made him lean on the tree trunk.

"Wait for me! I'll come back." Azrael said, before leaving him.

Eros just nodded his head as he didn't want to burden Azrael.

Eros watched Azrael's retreating back. He was badly hurt. He felt so weak right now. And before he lost consciousness, he called the name of the woman who was important to him.

"Selene…"