"Why am I the one running? I want to fight that Noble Demon…"

Reagen murmured to himself. Just seeing the power that Aezel was displaying made his blood boil. Ever since he became a Hill Sword, he hadn't had that much of a chance to use 100% of his power, and this could have been one of those rare chances.

Lawrend and Aleshia's backs were against each other as they looked around carefully at the demons surrounding them.

"Kid, let's go."

Reagen dropped down from the air and grabbed Lawrend by the arm. He then flew into the air.

"W-Wait! Aleshia!"

Lawrend panicked when he realized that he will be the only one taken away. He won't just give up on Aleshia that easily.

"Hm? Is that maid special to you? Don't bother. There are more maids out there in the world."

Reagen noticed Lawrend panicking when he took him from Aleshia. Thus, he immediately realized what was going on.

"She's my lover!"

Lawrend shouted to Reagen with anger on his face. The words he said to Aleshia back at the inn were not just made-up flowery words. It was true, and it came from the inside his heart.

"...What?"

Reagen was taken aback, and he almost fell down to the ground. He just heard this young man call his maid his 'lover'. What has the world come to?

Sure, there are young masters out there with affairs with their maids, but he never heard someone boldly call their maid their lover.

"Whatever!"

Reagen gave up thinking as he could feel the power in the surroundings slowly accumulate to the point that the spells were about to execute. He went back down and swooped up Aleshia. He held them both by their arms as he flew away.

"Thank you, Young Master."

Aleshia's eyes were flickering with love as she looked at Lawrend. She now thought that it wasn't that bad being Lawrend's lover. In her opinion, just the fact that he was not willing to leave her behind when their relationship was still young was a good sign.

"It'd be hard for me to live without a maid as a Young Master."

Although Lawrend's words were not entirely true as he can technically live on his own with the memories he got, his intentions were still apparent. He was not going to abandon Aleshia no matter what.

"Hehe. True."

Aleshia chuckled softly at Lawrend's words. She understood his intentions. The feeling of being treasured was really something she needs to get used to.

Meanwhile, Reagen had a displeased face as he flew them into the city. He felt like a third-wheel as they created their lovey-dovey atmosphere.

Back to the port, Aezel noticed Reagen flying away with Lawrend in his arms. She sighed, knowing that it would be hard for her to catch Lawrend.

'A Grand Mage?'

Aezel suddenly looked towards the northwest. She could feel a powerful being quickly traveling towards them.

'Tch. I might as well kill this scum in front of me.'

Aezel's eyes glowed a bright red. Since she was already using her ultimate move, she might as well kill this Arch Mage in front of her.

Reon's face was scrunched up as he pointed his staff towards Aezel. His mouth was rapidly moving as he chanted his spell.

"You're too slow."

Aezel smirked. She pointed her finger towards Reon. The sky darkened immediately, and a bolt of whip-like blood-red lightning whizzed towards Reon from the clouds.

Reon knew that he was doomed if he kept holding back. He bit his tongue, and his blood flew into the air. The shoreline on the port receded as a colossal tsunami came towards them. The tsunami changed shaped and detached from the sea. It turned into a compressed arrow that went for Aezel.

This happened so fast that it looked so unnatural.

Aezel saw the water arrow coming for her, and she felt frustrated. Just how powerful are humans!? She can't even kill an Arch Mage. It was such a disgrace for her as a demon.

Aezel swung her arm and pointed her finger at Reon's attack.

The blood-red lightning changed directions and hit the water, causing it to evaporate in the blink of an eye. And what does quick water evaporation mean? A steam explosion!

BOOOOM!

A massive steam explosion occured that shook the whole port. It created a shockwave that ran for kilometers.

Reon's body was thrown into the air like a ragdoll as he was too exhausted to cast a defensive spell.

Reagen had just entered the city when the explosion occurred. Thankfully, just as the shockwave was about to hit the city, a city-wide defensive barrier appeared to cover the whole city. It protected the city from potentially irreparable damages.

"That's crazy."

Reagen looked outside the barrier. The whole area was decimated to the ground. It was like the entire port area was flattened. There were no more buildings standing, and a thick fog slowly covered everything.

"So this is the power of an Arch Mage…"

Lawrend murmured in awe. His Shock Arc spell was nowhere as powerful as what they displayed. It wasn't even a 100,000th. He thought that he was already strong with being able to melt the ground with lightning.

His power was far from the top. Lawrend couldn't even fathom how powerful a Grand Mage would be.

Far away from the explosion, a white-bearded old man was floating in the air. He massaged his chin as he overlooked the port area.

"It wouldn't be bad to take a Noble Demon as a hostage after so long…"

The mysterious old man murmured in thought before he suddenly disappeared.

"Stay here, kid! I'm going to look for Reon."

Reagen informed Lawrend before he flew to the port. The visibility was nil as the steam was yet to rise into the air.

Lawrend nodded his head and watched Reagen disappear into the thick fog caused by the steam explosion.

"Reon! Reon! Are you okay?"

Reagen shouted repeatedly.

"H-Here!"

Reon responded back with a hoarse voice. Reagen flew towards the source of the voice, and what he saw shocked him.

It looked like Reon's skin was melted as scalds were everywhere on his body. He also had a dozen broken bones. It was even a miracle that he was still alive.