Due to the explosion caused by the alien’s attack, both Phylex and Draga were blasted away for several meters before they managed to withstand the force, which was right before they reached the other side of the wall. They landed on the ground and turned to see the ground collapsing in front of them and the side walls falling away as they lost their support to stay upright.

“What was he thinking using such an attack in this kind of place?!” Phylex demanded furiously.

“I don’t know, but we aren’t exactly a match for him right now as weak as we are right now,” replied Draga, looking annoyed.

They turned their attention to their enemy and saw that he had begun engaging in battle against the Royal Guards. This gave them an idea, and they exchanged it at the same time.

“Let’s take mistress and get out of here!”

A moment later, they became surprised with each responding in their own way.

“Oh,” said the Spirit Dragon in amazement.

“Ah,” said the Eternal Phoenix with a light chuckle.

Without another word sad between them, they flapped their wings and soared into the air before flying towards the only room in that corridor. Strangely, it appeared undamaged despite the destruction that had taken place all around the surroundings.

“Some sort of magic must be keeping this place from getting destroyed,” commented Draga thoughtfully.

“Well, mistress is not safe in there anymore, not from him,” said Phylex as his eyes landed on the alien.

Mike, who was the alien in disguise, was fighting fiercely against the Royal Guards in a three on one battle. They waved their spears and shot fire out of their hands with the attack being pre-set beforehand. The alien retaliated fiercely by dodging their spears, catching one and using it to swing the body of the Royal Guards across and smash into his comrades before blasting a few others away with his wind blast attack.

Just then, he sensed something approaching them from behind and glanced over his shoulders to see the two familiars of the Solaris Hero flying towards him. At first, he thought they were going to get into battle with him, but when they diverted their flight and flew into the room, he realised what they were about to do.

“No, you don’t!” He shouted angrily.

He faced towards the Royal Guards and aimed both of his hands at them before shouting, “Stand Down!”

It was not the shout of his magic spell, rather it was the shout of a command as he activated his mind control magic and placed every one of them under his spell. They staggered as they felt their mind going numb and some even fell down the side where the explosion had caused the side wall to collapse.

He whirled around and ran towards the room, leaping over the spot where the floor was no longer there and entered the room to find both monsters grabbing the girl by each hand and trying to raise her to her feet. It appeared as though her impact against the window from his attack had knocked her out, which was convenient for him.

“Like hell I’ll let you take her away!” He snarled at them.

As he leaped into the air, Phylex let go of the hand he was holding onto and surrounded himself with fiery flames.

“Take her and go, Draga!” He ordered the Spirit Dragon before flying towards the alien and smashing against his chest.

“What?!” The alien shouted in alarm, being pushed back by his feet and thrown off the side wall.

Draga did not hesitate as he quickly flapped his wings quickly while saying, “Spirit Wind!”

In an instant, both he and the girl were surrounded by a barrier of wind that let them soar easily into the air. As they soared out of the window, Alestor watched in shock as he saw the monster that was seen during Lakshman’s trial when he was discovered to have summoned monsters from another world.

“What in the—?!” He began in amazement.

“Human!” He suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice speaking directly into his head and startled him. As he glanced around, he heard the voice speak again and say, “Dammit! I’m right here, carrying this girl away!”

Alestor turned and felt amazement surge within him at the sight of the monster that appeared to be both intelligent and powerful as it was able to speak directly into his head.

“My name is Draga, and I plan to take the mistress to safety! Can you help?” Draga asked, going right to the point.

The older man was surprised at first before he nodded and said, “Alright, but let’s land first!”

Seeming to nod in agreement, the monster slowly descended together with Raze while being surrounded by the barrier of wind. Alestor was amazed before he clicked the buttons on his M.E.D. a few times before aimed it down at the ground as he said the magic spell name out loud.

“Wind Fall.”

He let go of the window sill and appeared to land on an invisible barrier of wind before he landed gently on the ground. At the same time, he saw the monster and Raze land neatly before Draga began to struggle to keep her up by holding onto one of her hand.

“Give her to me,” said Alestor, and took told of the hand and held the girl firmly in his arms. Then he looked at the monster and commented, “Seriously, though, considering how strong your master is, I thought you’d be stronger or something.”

“I’d be if it weren’t for the fact that your civilisation destroyed mother nature!” Draga complained, glaring menacingly at him and causing the older man to flinch with fright. Then he shook his head and said, “Doesn’t matter now, and besides, master is already on his way. I can feel him coming.”

At that piece of news, Alestor smiled with great happiness and asked, “Really?”

Just as Draga nodded his head, the Eternal Phoenix got blasted out of the window, and he flew through the air before landing heavily on the ground. At the same time, the alien arrived to stand on the window sill and looked down furiously at the small group composed of two monsters and two humans.

“Can’t get away now!” He commented with an arrogant smile forming on his face.

“Dammit!” Draga shouted, flapping his wings and moving to hover between him and them. “Human! Take the mistress and leave! Quickly!”

Alestor was alarmed by the sound of fear in the little dragon’s voice, but he knew he was no match for the alien. So, he lifted Raze into the air and placed her over his shoulders before sprinting away. The alien watched him go with mounting anger and leaped into the air, but he was shocked when an icy blast arrived from right below and froze him completely solid.

The ice block, with him encased in it, fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. Draga, who had attacked the alien with it, sighed with annoyance at how weakened his magic power had become due to the lack of Elemental Spirits around.

While Phylex slowly recovered from his fall, Draga glared at their enemy and opened its mouth to shoot ice blast at him. However, the alien guessed his actions just by watching his movements and aimed his hand at him before unleashing a strong billowing wind, which blasted him off the air and sent him flying past Alestor and smashing into the ground heavily.

“Honestly, I can’t believe a weak bunch of idiots are getting in my way!” The alien said and smirked while Alestor slowly turned and glared at him.

With each step that the alien took to move forward, Alestor did the same by moving away from him. There was the sound of moving armour from within the castle as the Royal Guards stationed in different places heard the commotion and were headed towards the courtyard. However, Alestor feared that they might not make it in time, and knew full well that they would not stand a chance against this powerful enemy.

Just then he remembered the monster’s words of “…master is already on his way,” so he knew Lakshman must be close by. He lacked the ability to sense energy levels and feel when someone is close by, let alone detect when danger was approaching them. However, with those words alone, he got hope and decided to stall for time.

“Why do you want her?!” He demanded the alien to answer him.

The alien smirked and asked, “And you expect me to answer? Especially, when he’s coming?”

“He knows!” The older man thought, looking shocked and frustrated. “How? How can he know? Or rather, why not? Maybe, he’s well versed in sensing energies that he can sense him coming right now.”

“I suppose I am!” Alestor shouted at him. He quickly pressed one single button on his M.E.D. and aimed it at front and said, “Earth Shell!”

In an instant, the ground rose from all around him and encased him and Raze like a shell, putting them in total darkness. The reason Alestor chose to use this method instead of teleportation was because he first had to input the destination code into his M.E.D. and time was not a luxury he had on his side. Before he could press another button, the alien would be on top of him and that would be the end of that, so he decided to shield himself with the only defensive spell he was able to install into his M.E.D. for emergency cases.

“Good thing, it came in handy now,” he muttered to himself seeing as the only other person in there was fast asleep. He looked towards where the enemy was moments before and muttered, “Hopefully, this should buy enough times until Asura comes.”

As he sighed with a small smile, he felt his surroundings shake violently and made him exclaim, “What?!”

On the outside, the alien had charged at the shell made from the ground, boosted the strength in his arm with his magic and smashed it into it. This caused an explosion of small debris from the rock to go flying everywhere while causing the ground to shake violently.

“Damn! This is one sturdy rock!” He complained in annoyance.

He leaped away and aimed his hand at it, causing multiple stone pillars to rise out of the ground at an angle and smashed into the middle portion of each side of the rock. The plan was to break the rock by applying as much force as he could, so that the shell breaks and let him have what he desired which was hidden away in its insides. However, he did not count on the shell being so sturdy against his attempts to break it open.

“Dammit!”

As he cursed, he sensed something and looked up to see a powerful energy blast headed his way. Before it could hit, however, he leaped out of the way and it smashed exactly where he stood moments before. A moment later, a figure flew down from the sky at high speed and landed with a strong impact, causing the ground to crack beneath him and send the cracks spreading everywhere.

The alien landed on his feet and glared at the figure surrounded by the smoke, who rose to his feet and was revealed to be none other than Lakshman once the smoke cleared. He was staring at his enemy with the utmost seriousness on his face.

“We meet again, alien,” he said in a quiet voice.

“Ha! So, you’re back!” The alien said and snorted. “Too bad for you, I’m inches away from achieving my victory!”

“You say that, but it’s not easy, when I’m here, is it?”

“You think you’re powerful enough to stop me? You don’t even have your Hero Weapon, and I know how those things work in acting as the mediator to let you channel your power through! Right now, I’m at full strength, and if you fight me with the kind of power like you did against the Royal Guards, then I’m afraid you’re not going to win!”

As the alien proclaimed his bold statement, Lakshman vanished from the spot and appeared right before his enemy. Time seemed to move slowly as the Solaris Hero looked at his enemy slowly reacting to him and moved his hand to grab his enemy’s face firmly, which shocked the alien completely.

A moment later, he pulled him back with a strong grip over his face and threw the alien into the air as forcefully as he could while saying, “Get lost.”

The moment he released him, the alien flew away like a rocket that was moving at an incredible speed, and within seconds, he vanished from sight. For a second, time seemed to stand still at the incredible action he had conducted before the fairy girl exclaimed in a voice filled with amazement.

“Wow! You threw him up into the air like he was some kind of stone! That was brilliant!”

She started to laugh and made him smile. Then he turned and aimed his hand towards the rocks to activate Maga Distrab using the Voiceless Incantation, causing the shell to break apart and fall away to reveal the people standing inside.

“Asura!” Alestor said the moment he saw who it was and smiled with relief. Then he saw the enemy nowhere to be seen and asked, “Where’s he?”

“I sent him flying,” he commented, and he heard the fairy girl laughing even harder in his mind. Smiling a little, he continued to say, “He’s strong, so he’ll recover soon. I’ll go after him and do what I can against him. In the meantime, you please take Erza to safety before anything else happens.”

Alestor nodded and asked, “Okay, but I’ll inform the other Nine Heroes of Legends.”

His words made Lakshman hesitate before replying, “Okay, but please tell them to be on standby to guard her, just in case I wasn’t able to stop him on my own.”

“What? Isn’t it better if they support you? You’re a team, right?”

“Yes, we are, but they aren’t at the strength where I could fully rely on their help. Maybe Natsu, Gram, and Vikra, but even they aren’t fully trained like I wanted them to be. So, it’s better they act as the backup.”

“They aren’t going to like it.”

“Like it or lump it, I don’t care; this is a battlefield, and I prefer to fight together with those whom I know I can trust my back to, and they aren’t strong enough for me to feel confident about relying on them. Do you understand what I mean?”

Alestor nodded and looked towards the monsters moaning softly while lying on the ground and asked, “What about them? Your monsters. Want me to take them with me?”

Lakshman looked at Phylex and Draga lying around and appeared to be sad before he said, “Please do that for me, but make sure they are hidden. Otherwise, the Royal Guards, or the other Nine Heroes of Legends, or someone idiotic might attack them when they are in their weakened state.”

“Fair point,” replied the older man, and he nodded in agreement.

He nodded once at the older man and turned to face the sky with his fists clenched tightly. Then he surged with power and kicked off the ground to rocket into the sky and began flying after the enemy had sent flying several seconds ago.