The beast who had his hammer blocked by a halberd widened his eyes as he glared at Azane.

Eline had her eyes firmly closed as she yelled.

Peutoa staggered for a second as she glanced at Azane who protected Shin.

Kali, on the other hand, didn’t slow down at all, she even kicked harder on the ground and reached Shin.

She grabbed Shin and jumped back.

After she secured Shin, she glanced at the beast and Azane with a slightly surprised expression.

“Don’t worry, I won’t harm that kid until I know what’s happening.”

Azane said with a smile as she took a step forward.

The halberd in her hands was large, she casually swung it and hit the hammer.

The beast was pushed back a couple of steps back by the clash. He looked unhappy at Azane, they were doing fine until an outsider appeared.

“Humph!”

“How dare you to stand in the path of the ‘hunters’!?”

“Ooh?”

Azane glanced at the beast with an indifferent gaze while speaking.

“I don’t care who your organization is.”

“Nor do I care about who you are going to hunt.”

“But…”

She raised her hand and pointed at the unconscious Shin.

“Until I find out who he is, I will not allow any of you to harm him.”

“This, I do promise you as the Valkyrie of the Red Moon clan!”

Azane’s voice which was cheerful turned serious as she said her last line.

Valkyrie?

Red Moon?

What? There has to be something I know…

Kali was in deep thought when she heard Azane speak about her origins.

She stared at Azane’s head, her two curved horns. Kali’s eyes widened as she thought of something.

Demons of the Red Circle!?

But, weren’t they annihilated by the Gods?

Kali frowned as she stared at Azane.

“Let me finish this here first…”

Azane glanced at Kali and said without any worry on her face.

She slowly stepped in between Shin’s group and the beasts. Azane faced the group of red-clothed beasts in human disguise.

Azane held the halberd in her right hand and extended both her arms wide open, she spoke with a loud and clear voice.

“Come at me!”

“Roar!”

Several beasts roared their lungs out because of Azane’s provocation.

Some leapt forward, others kicked the air and flew like a cannonball towards Azane.

Before any of those attacks reached, a red arrow fell from above the sky and headed right towards Azane’s head.

“Ha!”

Azane breathed out roughly as she extended her left arm towards the arrow.

The arrow descended with a speed which could rival a Half-Divinity Stage cultivator.

It split the air around it and it was right above Azane in no time.

But, it suddenly stopped.

An arm was holding the shaft.

Azane held the arrow in her arm and threw it away.

Azane smirked as she thought she could easily win the battle if their battle plan was to try and take her out like this.

She widened her eyes as she found her thoughts naïve.

A leg appeared in front of Azane, kicking her in the stomach.

Azane stepped back two steps and a line of blood appeared on her lips.

“Huh, you are a sturdy bitch.”

The person in front of Azane was slim and had green hair. He licked his lips, showing his sharp canine teeth while glaring at Azane with his deep green eyes.

“Ooh, I get it now!”

Azane didn’t care about the beast in front of her as she thought of why the arrow she stopped was so weak. She mumbled once again while ignoring the beasts in front of her.

“So they are doing it like this, ah…”

Azane shook her head and then glared at the beasts while snickering.

“A tooth for a tooth…”

“An eye for an eye…”

“It’s finally going to be a fair fight!”

Azane’s dark eyes shined brightly as she gazed at the beasts like a mad demon!

She stepped on the ground with her heel and imbued her halberd with her aura.

The ground she stepped on split into two and cracked.

The green-haired beast had equipped metal gloves and met Azane’s halberd with his right fist.

“Bang!”

The clash made the air tremble and send a blast wave which destroyed several buildings near them.

The one to step back was the green-haired beast.

In terms of fighting power, Azane was the strongest.

Sadly enough, this wasn’t a one versus one battle.

Before Azane could even react, a brown-haired beast appeared right beside Azane and slashed out with his sword.

Azane held her halberd with her right hand and swiftly blocked the oncoming sword with her left hand.

“Come at me!”

Azane roared out loudly as she raised her halberd high up and smashed it heavily down at the brown-haired beast, leaving the brown-haired beast split into two from the middle.

Most of the beasts which were watching had their eyes widened up widely as they had never thought of that young girl would be this ruthless!

They calmed themselves down quickly and rushed forward with angry expressions and cold eyes.

“Hold him.”

Kali threw Shin’s body towards Peutoa while quickly rushing towards Azane and the beasts.

Peutoa caught Shin easily and stood in front of Eline to guard her, she gazed at the battle between Azane and the beasts with an indifferent look.

Eline was shaking like a leaf, but she tried her best to not make any noise.

Kali moved swiftly, a scythe appeared in her arms and hundreds of needles floating around her.

She glanced at Azane, seeing that she didn’t need any help before she rushed forward towards the beasts like a sharp knife who was about to claim their lives.

“Humph!”

Kali was already enraged since the moment Shin had to fight for her sake.

She, who was one of the strongest beings on the continent, had to let a child protect her.

But, that wasn’t the main reason she was enraged to the point of boiling up all her pent-up emotions.

Why did he do something like this!?

Shin’s body is weak and fragile.

In what way did he get his power this time?

What does he have to sacrifice just to protect me?

I’M TOO WEAK!!!

I NEED TO BECOME STRONGER!!!

Kali rushed in the midst of the enemies, waving her scythe, taking several lives each time, like a Death God.

Her eyes were golden like the sun, tears of blood ran down her cheeks as she focused on murdering each and every beast in front of her!

Azane flashed in front of the green-haired beast, making a grabbing motion with her left hand towards his neck.

The green-haired beast was a beat too late and could only curse in his heart.

Azane grabbed his neck and ripped his head off from the rest of his body.

A fountain of blood gushed out of the severed neck of the green-haired beast before the corpse landed on the ground.

Azane’s black eyes were filled with bloodlust as she gazed at the beasts in front of her.

“Hahahahahahaha.”

A wicked smile appeared on her face as she laughed out manically.

“COME!!!”

She bashed the ground with the tips of her toes and arrived in front of more beasts before either ripping their heads off or slicing them into two with her halberd.

The whole scene was a bloodbath, on one side, Kali was going all out to wipe the beasts out with her scythe and her needles rotating around her, guarding her against attacks.

And, on the other side, Azane was welcoming the bloodfest as she was ripping their heads off with her bare hand or splitting them into pieces.

Eline closed her eyes as she didn’t manage to withstand the bloody scene.

Her heart was beating quickly, she couldn’t control her emotions as tears slowly emerged from the corner of her eyes.

Peutoa, on the other hand, was firmly watching the fight, she would watch out for any potential threat to Shin and Eline.

As she glanced at Azane and Kali continuing their massacre, a cold light appeared in her shiny brown eyes as she murmured.

“A well-deserved payback!”

She gripped her dagger firmly until her hands turned pale, she stared at the whole battlefield, trying not to miss a single detail.

“Humph!”

Kali’s purple dress was drenched in blood, her purple hair had blood dripping from the tips.

She stood there and gazed coldly at the remaining beasts.

Those who saw her gaze trembled and didn’t dare to do any rash movements.

On one side, was the Death God Kali and on the other side, was the Crazy Demon Azane.

But, even with those two as their enemies, they had to push forward. They glared behind Kali and Azane, towards the unconscious Shin with hateful glares.

“You’re courting death!”

Kali roared out when she saw their hateful gazes towards Shin.

She didn’t have enough time to breathe before she rushed into action again. Her scythe never stopped reaping a life and her needles guarded her against simple attacks.

Azane wasn’t much different from Kali, she had sweat running down her face as she kept on massacring. She smiled wider as more blood soaked her whole body.

In a faraway place

Muir glanced at the body of Leo Lenan drooping down on the ground.

“Humph!”

“A mere human dared to injure me!”

She had lost her arm during the battle with Leo.

Muir closed her eyes as her consciousness connected to the ‘Hunters’, seeing what they saw.

She frowned slightly when she saw Kali and Azane slaughtering her ‘Hunters’

“Don’t hold back, attack them!”

Muir roared as she gazed deeply into the horizon.

She slowly floated from the ground, sweat was dripping from her face.

“Let’s see how long you two can fight!”

Muir spoke slowly in a cold tone as she disappeared.

On the ground, Leo Lenan’s body had his eyes open widely, no light was seen from them.

After a whole minute, his eyes gave a weak green and red shine.

The Kingdom of Alizad

The capital

The remaining beasts which were holding back attacked all of a sudden. Azane and Kali got pressured slowly backwards as they faced more beasts.

Peutoa worriedly glanced everywhere.

She turned around swiftly when she felt someone approaching them from behind.

Peutoa was about to throw her dagger until when she was the person arriving from the shadows.

A lady in green slowly walked out from the shadows, her green hair waved in the wind as she coldly gazed at the battle in front of her.

“What are you doing here?”

Peutoa glanced at her and said indifferently.

“I’m here for two reasons.”

She raised a finger before speaking.

“One is for my daughter – Eline.”

Susan raised another finger while glancing at Shin.

“The second is for that boy, I can’t let him die for now.”

She glanced at Peutoa before towards the battlefield.

“Give the children to me.”

“Your fighting power should be in the Half-Divinity Stage, I at Emperor Stage can’t do as much against like you, but I can protect these children.”

Peutoa narrowed her eyes for a second before widening it.

She saw another female with green hair appearing right behind Susan, but she was in a rougher state, her clothes were tattered and her hair was messy.

Peutoa saw the newly arriving female cutting Susan’s head.

“Humph!”

The newly arrived green-haired female spoke in a cold voice.

“You actually dared to ambush me! And, tried to take my child as a hostage!”

“Susan?”

Peutoa stared at the messy state of the newly arrived Susan. Before she glanced at the fallen ‘Susan’ on the ground transforming into a scaled human.

“Beast?”

Peutoa murmured lightly while her eyes shined coldly.

“Can you still protect Shin and Eline?”

She asked with an annoyed tone.

Even when Susan was in a bad state, she nodded with a confident expression.

“Leave it up to me!”

“Eline, come with me.”

Susan held Shin carefully in her embrace while holding Eline’s hand and lead them away from the battlefield.

Eline didn’t open her eyes as she kept hugging Susan’s arm.

Susan, on the other hand, was beyond shocked. She saw that Shin was unconscious and did a swift check on his body, only to find out that most of his bones had been smashed into pieces!

“How did he end up like this?”

Susan asked in a low voice.

“Eline, answer me!”

Her tone turned serious as she held Eline and Shin.

Tears gushed out of Eline’s eyes as she stuttered.

“He, he, fought to, to protect us!”

“Waaah, he, he ended up like this because of us!!!”

Eline cried out as she tried to explain.

He fought them off?!

Susan glanced at Shin weirdly.

This should be linked to the war which happened 12 years ago…

They knew about his potential, wanting to kill him before he grew older.

No matter what, his strength should be a good thing for our Kingdom if he survives.

Susan gazed at Eline who couldn’t manage to stop crying.

Besides, it seems like she has a thing for that boy. Hehe…

Peutoa eyes turned light-yellow as she rushed towards the beasts with full force.

She nimbly moved her body between each gap she could find and cut off pieces of their bodies.

A monstrous bloody aura covered the whole battlefield, even shocking Azane and Kali as they quickly sent a glance towards Peutoa ruthlessly cutting the beasts’ bodies up into pieces!

Peutoa ice-cold eyes penetrated right through her enemies as they all were frozen on the spot and couldn’t even move a single muscle out of fear!

She didn’t utter a single word as she kept on cutting their limbs. Blood spread around the air, but not a single drop hit Peutoa as she moved to the next target before the blood even gushed out of their bodies.

With the three of them, the beasts became less and less until none was left alive.

Peutoa stood in the middle, standing tall while her whole body oozed out a bloody aura.

It was even heavier than Kali’s and Azane’s, they could only stay in her shadow based on their air of blood.

Truly, the one who wanted to slaughter the beasts the most was Peutoa.

She, a Guardian couldn’t do her job properly… Peutoa could only release her anger on the enemy.

“Haha, now that was fun!”

Azane laughed out like she had just finished plaid a game.

“Now, let me see that kid.”

Her words turned slightly serious as she glanced at Kali and Peutoa.

They were only allies for a single battle, if they refused, she would fight them on without a second thought.

Peutoa glared coldly at Azane as she held her daggers firmly.

Kali, on the other hand, asked a question while staring at Azane.

“Aren’t the Valkyries of Red Circle supposed to be wiped out of existence?”

Kali raised her eyebrows as she asked frankly.

“Humph!”

Azane stared at Kali in displeasure.

“You think we would fall that easily?”

Azane raised her voice in respect as she continued on speaking.

“We, the Valkyries of the Red Moon shall continue on! Even when facing Gods, we don’t back down!”

“Humph!”

“Why do you call it ‘Red Moon’ and not Red Circle?”

Kali asked another question as she kept her eyes on Azane. Truthfully, she didn’t want to make Azane her enemy.

“It’s called Red Moon and not ‘Red Circle’!”

Azane said coldly before her tone turned normal again.

“In the Ancient Era, we, the Valkyries of Red Moon, was given a prophecy…”

“I am currently the only remaining Valkyrie of Red Moon.”

Azane continued on speaking carefreely as she didn’t bother hiding these small things.

“And, based on what I was told by my mother. That kid has something to do with the prophecy which was given to our Red Moon clan in the Ancient Era.”

Kali narrowed her eyes as she asked her last question.

“What’s the prophecy?”

Kali sneered as she glanced at Azane.

“Killing him?!”

Kali’s and Peutoa’s aura turned bloody as they glared at Azane.

Peutoa would immediately rush forward if Azane answered yes.

Kali thought the same thing as she prepared for another fight!

The whole capital was under the pressure of Kali’s and Peutoa’s auras. No one was able to breathe normally, even Susan who was at the Emperor Stage staggered slightly when she felt Kali’s and Peutoa’s auras explode out.

Azane shook her head, she wasn’t even feeling pressured by Kali and Peutoa.

“No, if my mission was that, I would have killed him personally when I had time earlier.”

She glanced at Kali and said indifferently.

“I wouldn’t have let you get close to him at that time to take him away…”

Kali nodded slightly as her bloodlust dissipated.

But, Peutoa was still glaring at Azane, still being vigilant…

“The reason we, the Valkyries of Red Moon clan exist, is to slaughter anyone who disturbs the path of the one who shall rule us in the future!”

Azane raised her voice as she spoke respectfully.

She was born as a Valkyrie; her mother was a Valkyrie and her mother before.

Her ancestors had been living solemnly, preparing for when the time would arrive for their ruler to be born.

“Now, do tell me…”

Azane’s tone turned serious again as she gazed towards where Susan, Eline and Shin were hiding at.

“Has that kid been through years of solitude and years of pain just to arrive back from a world of hell?”

Azane words were spoken clearly, stating the words the prophet once told her ancestors.