The capital of Alizad

Everyone ran for their lives as Peutoa and Spider clashed blades.

Even the arrogant Franc Lazar and cool-minded Leonin Flaken were flabbergasted as they hurried towards their Family houses, they would never have thought a battle of this scale would ever happen in the capital.

“You have no right to hear my answer.”

Peutoa calmly spoke with a hint of disdain as she stared at Spider.

“Even Half-Divinity cultivators shall fall in the path of flaming swords!”

Spider roared out loudly as his body expanded, his 1,8-meter-tall body turned into a giant of 3,6 meters high.

A tornado of flaming specks of dust rotated around Spider’s humongous body.

At the same time, Kali wrinkled her nose as she stepped in front of Shin and Eline.

But, she didn’t move any further than that, she could only stay behind and watch the fight between Peutoa and Spider. She wasn’t stupid enough to leave Shin and Eline without any protection against enemies which has the strength of at least Emperor Stage.

Peutoa narrowed her eyes as they turned ice-cold, she grabbed her daggers tighter as she held it in front of her body.

Spider’s hands pushed forward, and the small specks of flaming dust shoot towards Peutoa.

Peutoa raised her eyebrows slightly as she mumbled.

“Do I have to use it now?”

She didn’t consider it for long before she mumbled another word.

“Domain!”

The air around Peutoa suddenly froze, the surrounding ten meters around her turned light-yellow in colour.

The flaming red specks of dust quickly entered the ten-meter radius of Peutoa.

A light-yellow glow forced the flaming specks of dust to die out and fall from the air.

Domain?

I would never have thought that she would hide something like this.

Kali stared at Peutoa for a second before calming herself down and kept guarding Shin and Eline.

But, the thing was, even Peutoa didn’t know she had a domain until when her soul bonded with Shin’s.

Eline stood right beside Shin, holding his arm tightly.

Her face was showing different expressions, but she wasn’t afraid at all.

The one they were trying to protect; Shin, had his eyes closed as he was frowning and he leaked out a dark aura which couldn’t be sensed by anyone!

Humph!

Let’s see how far this goes!

Shin opened his eyes, his previous hollow eyes had attained its dark colour once again which shined like the night sky, he glanced far towards the horizon behind Spider with a hint of contempt.

Before anyone could see this, he closed his eyes once again and kept on releasing his aura.

Peutoa didn’t hold back anymore and rushed forward towards Spider.

She swept past Spider and sped around him, leaving several afterimages.

Small scars appeared on Spider’s body as he tried to wave his hands around.

Even if he got larger, his speed and agility didn’t increase.

He had no way to stop Peutoa which was cutting without any break.

“Roar!”

Spider let out a roar as he raised his head towards the sky.

On his back, his skin crawled and split, another six arms appeared on his back.

Peutoa tried to rush in again without batting an eye at the disgusting arms on Spider’s back.

Kali couldn’t resist and spoke in a voice that only Peutoa could hear, while slightly narrowing her eyes.

“We need to deal with it quickly, more should appear.”

“I will distract him, finish him in one blow!”

At the same time, she raised her finger and a purple streak of light soared towards Spider.

Spider wasn’t that weak enough to be taken down by these simple things either, he turned around and threw a punch at the purple light.

But his expression became ashen as he miscalculated the strength of the purple light and his arm got split into two.

At the same time, Peutoa stood right behind Spider without any expression and stabbed her dagger through his neck.

Spider’s lifeless body slowly fell from the sky as his body turned small again.

Peutoa slowly descended from the sky and landed in front of Kali, she didn’t even glance at Kali nor Eline, only keeping her eyes on Shin.

“Shin, it’s over now.”

Her usual indifferent tone had a hint of warmness as she spoke.

“No one will be able to hurt you as long as we are here.”

Kali laughed when she heard what Peutoa said.

“Hihi.”

“She’s not wrong, Peutoa has grown stronger in a short time and I’m not that weak either.”

Shin didn’t answer them, he had his face directed towards the horizon with a slight frown on his face.

Peutoa and Kali didn’t know why, but they felt their backs covered in sweat.

The two of them hurriedly turned around and looked in the same direction as Shin.

Kali frowned as her pupils turned golden.

Peutoa’s body shined light-yellow as her eyes narrowed.

“Peutoa!”

Kali spoke in a deep voice as she glanced at the shadows which were nearing them at a rapid speed.

“Stay back and protect them!”

She didn’t finish speaking as her body rose from the ground.

“Domain…”

Peutoa spoke the single word once again, her face turned slightly pale as the light-yellow domain turned brighter.

“Of a Guardian!”

Her tone was cold as the domain strengthened and covered a radius of one hundred meters!

This time, Eline didn’t stand still.

She raised her right hand and her whole body was covered in a golden armour with a shield appearing on her arm, she stood in front of Shin while she was staring at the shadows approaching.

Her arms and feet were trembling, but she stood planted on the ground like a boulder!

This won’t do.

Shin shook his head slightly as he lifted his head towards Kali, then down towards Eline and Peutoa.

A bitter smile appeared on Shin’s face as he sighed in his heart.

I must finish preparing before it’s too late.

I will prove it to them that this isn’t a lost cause!

The dark aura kept on leaking as Shin’s body grew stronger.

Shin’s cultivation broke through from the shackles of the Mortal Stage and entered the Cultivation Warrior Stage.

He didn’t notice this as he remembered the talk he had with his Guardians not long ago.

A couple of minutes earlier

“Old man, what did you just say now!?”

Shin roared out.

Ker’Vrak shook his head and said it once again with a calm voice.

“You have to leave, you have to sacrifice them so you can survive.”

“We won’t be able to help you much right now without injuring your body, let Glarius take over your body for a second so that he can teleport you away.”

“Master.”

A white light appeared in front of Shin and spoke respectfully.

“Allow me to take you to safety.”

“NO!”

Shin raised his voice, space shook because of Shin’s anger.

“Why will you not protect those with me?!”

“Master, let me answer that for you.”

Ker’Vrak’s grey light appeared near Gladius’s white light.

“From the east, shadows are approaching swiftly, even if those girls; Kali and Peutoa do their best, they will not be able to win.”

“Use this chance to escape, it will become harder if we wait.”

Shin shook his head.

“No, I will not allow something like this happen.”

Shin raised his voice as he opened his eyelids, showing his hollow eyes.

“GUARDIANS! From this moment, do not interfere with anything I do.”

His hollow eyes slowly regained its black colour as he was roaring out determinedly.

“I’m just a weakling right now and I can’t do much, but I will protect them!”

“And, if you guys won’t do it, then that’s fine, just watch me.”

Ker’Vrak’s mouth opened and he couldn’t utter a single noise.

“Old man, I know that you Guardians are going to protect me with your lives. But, please understand that I will never sacrifice anyone!”

Shin closed his eyes once again and spoke with a bright smile.

“I will never let mother, Kali, Peutoa, Laura and Eline die without me trying my best.”

He paused for a second before continuing in a low voice.

“The same goes for you Guardians.”

Gladius was shocked as he had a sad smile on his face, his white light faded.

Ker’Vrak was already dismayed, but he let out a faint smile as he disappeared too.

Present time

Shin’s already white skin became paler as his whole body was twitching.

But, no matter what, he didn’t stop leaking out his aura.

Kali floated two hundred meters above Shin and the rest, frowning while glaring at the approaching shadows. Her pupils were golden, being able to easily see how they looked like.

Each of the shadows was a beast in human disguise; Evil fox, Demonic wolf, Crimson bear, Fire spirits and a lot of other type of beasts.

They were all wearing human skin and wearing red robes covering their whole bodies.

Kali showcased disdain towards those wild beasts, she extended both of her arms widely.

From the ring on her finger, a glint of light appeared.

Surrounding Kali, thousands of small needles appeared. They were each made of a golden material and the tips were sharp.

Kali opened her eyes widely as she spun around.

Following her movements, the needles spun around too with an unimaginable speed.

When the shadows were fifty kilometres away, Kali stopped rotating and pushed her arms towards the shadows.

The needles shot out towards the shadows, not even a second later, tens of the shadows fell from the sky.

The rest of the shadows managed to protect themselves with their thick skins and protective barriers.

“Humph!”

“Come at me!”

Kali’s deep voice sounded out, even reaching the enemy.

They all bared their sharp teeth as they locked their eyes on Kali and roared out for revenge for their fallen allies.

They took out axes, swords, claws and fangs, they wanted to pounce on Kali and devour her.

Peutoa and Eline could see clearly as they came closer, there were hundreds of shadows flying towards them.

Peutoa widened her eyes slightly while gripping her daggers tighter.

Eline trembled while still standing in front of Shin.

Kali moved her arms and the golden needles followed her movements and slaughtered more and more beasts.

At the same time, a purple scythe appeared in her arms.

The purple scythe was deep in colour and it was larger than Kali’s body. She swept it forth and back, sending purple pulse attacks towards the approaching beasts, slashing them into several pieces.

As the beasts came closer, the weaker ones fell and the stronger ones didn’t stop pouncing on Kali.

Kali movements were like of a dance, the beasts who wanted to bite her to death only passed her afterimage and the swords and axes missed their marks.

Kali swept the scythe in her hands, cutting the beasts into pieces.

But, not all the beasts were weak. Many of them managed to block the scythe and counter-attack. Slowly but steadily, Kali's purple gothic dress got sliced by the sharp edges of their weapons.

A line of sweat appeared on Kali’s forehead as she continued to fight without any rest. She was being surrounded tens of red-clothed beasts and she had barely a second to glance towards Peutoa, Eline and Shin.

Kali saw that Peutoa controlled a hundred-meter radius in her domain and could slaughter the beasts, but she was slowly pushed back.

“Come at me!”

Kali roared out and increased her speed.

Thousands of kilometres to the south of the Kingdom of Alizad

A girl in her late teens gazed into the horizon, to the north.

She was slim and she was wearing a combat armour, covering the most important places on her body.

She had black eyes and her face was showing a hint of excitement.

She mumbled in a low voice.

“Mother, you were right!”

“The time of Valkyries is just beginning.”

Her hair was bloody red and reached down to her waist.

The only thing that differed her from others, was her curved horns on her head.

She wore a smile as she spoke once again.

“It’s time for me, the last Valkyrie of the God Clan; Azane, to find the chosen one!”

“When the sky turns red and the aura of Death leaks out, then the last of the Valkyries will show themselves to the world!”

Azane mumbled once again the words she has heard her mother speaking every night before sleeping.

She stepped on the ground and left towards the north, from where she could feel the aura coming from.

The ground she stepped on, blasted open, leaving a crater of meters deep.

The capital of Alizad

Peutoa stood in front of Shin and Eline, taking one blow after another.

She was getting tired after using her Domain for such a long time, it was even her first time using it today.

Eline stood behind Peutoa, still trembling and shivering from the pure leakage of the aura from the battle.

But, even so, she didn’t turn around and flee.

Even if she knew that she could live a couple of seconds longer or even survive this battle by fleeing, she didn’t think of that option once.

Kali was getting exhausted by the sheer amount of enemies. She has been trying to reduce their numbers, but more and more appeared. Kali was blocking a stream of endless beasts with the power of Emperor Stage.

Kali knows that she can easily leave behind Shin at the rest for her own survival.

But, Kali had finally met someone who deserved her heart and protection. She wouldn’t leave him behind for her own survival, Kali had already guessed that if Shin dies, her heart would lock itself and she lose her emotions.

She turned a glance at Shin one more time.

Kali’s eyes widened widely.

Before she could even think of what happened, she heard Shin’s loud cry.

“Uwaaa!”

Shin fell on the ground, bleeding from his pores.

“Waaaaa!”

Eline turned around in a shock and saw the bloody Shin on the ground, she was panicking as she had no idea what happened.

The same was for Peutoa, it felt like her heart skipped a beat when she heard Shin’s cries of agony.

Even the beasts stopped up for a second, baffled by the change of Shin.

Shin’s bloody body ascended from the ground while he was still roaring out in pain.

A dark aura gushed out from Shin’s body, shocking everyone on the scene.

Thousands of kilometres to the south of the Kingdom of Alizad

Azane narrowed her eyes as she felt the pure aura of Death turning stronger and wilder.

“Humph!”

Azane kicked harder in mid-air, surpassing her previous speed of multiple times.

The capital of Alizad

Kali and Peutoa exhaustedly stood in front of Shin as they were glaring at the hundreds of beasts in front of them.

Behind them, was the screaming Shin, they had no idea what was going on, but they should protect him first.

Shin continued to yell out in agony, his voice which was filled with dread shocked everyone and no one dared to do anything.

Their ears hurt as their thoughts lead them to see illusions of a young body being twisted and crushed. They all shivered at the thought and cold-sweat ran down their backs.

Eline couldn’t take it anymore and tears started to form from her eyes, even with shaking legs, she stood in front of Shin.

All of a sudden, the screaming stopped.

Everyone glanced towards Shin, seeing him in the air with his face looking down.

Shin’s face slowly rose, the surrounding air was suppressed by his aura.

Shin’s dark aura forced every beast to take several steps back.

But, Shin knew he didn’t have time to stand idle. He kicked the air and appeared in front of the strongest beast which was a cultivator of the Half-Divinity Stage.

In Shin’s hands, two blades appeared one katana and a short dagger.

Shin swept his right hand which was holding the katana through the beast’s body and cut him into two.

He didn’t wait before targeting another strong target.

One after another, the beasts fell from the sky cut into two as they tried to suppress Shin.

No matter what they tried, Shin didn’t stop his killing.

As time passed by, a hundred beasts lost their lives. And during that time, Shin also suffered some small injuries, but they weren’t what really damaged him.

His body slowly but steadily turned paler. His lips were blue and his hair was dishevelled.

Shin was panting heavily as he stood in the middle of hundreds of beasts.

He found out after a time that there were more and more shadows approaching them by the second.

Kali and Peutoa couldn’t move as they were exhausted, they took this chance to rest while keeping an eye on Shin, they would rush out the second Shin might lose.

Shin’s previous purple robe was tattered and coloured in the blood of the enemy.

His katana and dagger had blood dripping from the edge.

Shin opened his eyes slowly, showing his eyes, which looked just like the night sky.

Peutoa, Kali and Eline were shocked and didn’t know when Shin had regained his eyes.

Eline and Peutoa were just happy that Shin could see again.

The most curious one was Kali, she narrowed her eyes while staring deeply into Shin’s eyes.

At the same time, a beast appeared right behind Shin, smacking Shin’s body down with a hammer!

Shin coughed up blood as he landed on the ground with most of his bones broken.

Kali and Peutoa rushed forward as they saw the same beast flying down at Shin, intending to crush Shin’s body!

But, Kali and Peutoa was a beat too late.

They could only watch the hammer descending towards Shin’s head with bloodshot eyes.

Right before the hammer hit Shin’s head, a halberd blocked the hammer away and a girl’s voice sounded out throughout the whole capital.

“Ooh, I barely made it, haha!”

“You want to kill that kid?”

“Over my dead body!”

A red-haired girl appeared right beside Shin, she had horns sticking out of her head and she held a black halberd.