Chapter 191: Absolute Power

The clouds parted and made way for the giant pillar of flame that stretched to the sky. Everyone stepped back a couple of meters away from Zieglind.

Everyone's face was confused and was trying to figure out what's going on. Zieglind's skin suddenly were being wrapped around in a flesh that we don't know of.

His form was something out of this world. Demonic, something absolutely insane.

The purple flames surrounding his sword and his body sent shivers to those who are unfortunate enough to see that form of his. His transformation ended and it sent shockwaves everywhere and was sending us flying.

All of us used our weapons just to stay on the ground. Everyone was just speechless and was in awe of that... Beautiful form.

Zieglind stomped the ground a crack appeared. We were all confused since there's no ground below us. But there's a visible crack on the ground.

It grew wider and unleash torrents of flames that surrounded us all.

Zieglind then let out a loud battle cry. His voice was different.

All of us in the Crimson Knights thought of the same thing. "Is this... really Zieglind?"

Even though all of us don't know how we're going to help. We rushed in. But instead, we were stopped by a mysterious barrier.

"My domain. My spectators." That voice of his managed to make everyone tremble. "Location select, Hell." The fiery domain that Zieglind summoned were the best depiction of hell.

Lava were spewing out everywhere and pillars of random rocks were everywhere. The intense heat that this place emits is enough to kill someone around level 40. "Heat Resistance, Cold Embrace!" I casted. To prevent any of us collapsing.

Their mage Felta, did the same. "Heat Resistance, Cold Embrace!"

"He just changed his appearance! Go! I'll support you all from behind!" Lily, the healer of their group commanded everyone.

The twins came out of hiding. It seems that they were dragged here with Zieglind's magic too. Nuerte charged in with them.

"Dark Armory, Sword!" Felta, their mage summoned a giant greatsword on Nuerte's hand.

The twins were the first to get near Zieglind.

But Zieglind was planning something different. He held out his arms as if taunting the enemy to attack him.

The twins then in unison, "Dark Revelation!" A giant dark wave in a form of an X struck Zieglind's body and passed through him.

It got to us but the barrier that Zieglind put up completely blocked it.

The twins repeated their attack on Zieglind's front and back. But Zieglind wasn't budging an inch. They went faster. And faster. And faster until none of eyes could follow it.

Nuerte finally got to Zieglind and began to strike him with his weapon. But everytime that he does, it felt like his weapon was getting repelled.

His face changed into an incredibly pissed and annoyed emotion.

His strikes were getting faster and faster. That speed was near impossible for a user who uses a greatsword to wield his weapon. "YARGHHHH!!!"

Zieglind was there, his arms still open. Waiting for something... anything.

Felta then casted, "Strength Boost! Dull Pain, Dark Damage Multiplier, Damage Stack, Fire Imbue, Dark Imbue, Bleed Imbue, Paralyze Imbue!"

The weapons of the twins and Nuerte began to emit glowing light and then it disappeared a few seconds later. It just implied that the buffs worked.

They tried once again unleashing a flurry of attacks on Zieglind.

Their hits at Zieglind creative a giant cloud of dust and flames. None of us could see what was going on in that cloud of dust.

But all we could hear were the hits of the three of them repeated bashing through Zieglind's body.

"Fallen Star!" A meteorite like star came falling down on Zieglind. Jakal, Jekal and Nuerte barely dodged it.

"HEY! You nearly got us in the blast!" Nuerte complained.

"Don't complain. Just do everything you can. That monster is underestimating us. Go make your move!"

Zieglind grabbed his weapon both of his hands and laid it in front of his face. "Pulse of Anger!" A massive shockwave came out of Zieglind's body.

Jakal, Jekal and Nuerte were blown away hundreds of meters away. As they were flying, they were leaving a trail of ashes.

"BARRIER!" Felta casted but to no avail. Zieglind's skill broke through the barrier instantly and blowing them all away.

Their bodies began to be implanted with a mark of burn. Their chests and stomachs were charred and being burnt by Zieglind's skill.

"Burn's Remedy! Great Heal! Summon Wisp, Fountain Healing, Regeneration!" Their charred bodies turned back to normal and the purple flames on their body disappeared. Lily, their healer then looked at the manticore, "Verano! Damn it! FIGHT! What are you waiting for!? We're going to die at this rate!"

"You. Say. That. But. You. Don't. Know. How. Powerful. He. Is... He's. A. Demon."

"So what Verano!? I don't care what we're fighting. If we lose this, we won't have a chance. If we lose here, our whole Serpent union will be destroyed. Even if we managed to live here, 'he' won't let it go."

"Damn. You. Lily. I. Will. Make. You. Pay. Someday. DEFINITELY. Ifrit! Cerberus! Attack!" Verano began to run at Zieglind's direction.

"You three also! We'll support you from the back!"

Everyone rushed at Zieglind at the same time.

Verano began activating countless fire spells, "Meteorite's. Fall! Explosion! Combust! HELLFIRE BLAST!"

Ifrit and Cerberus were working in harmony. Ifrit summoned up more summons of fire spirits. Those fire spirits summoned their own weapons, which were fire whips. All of them surrounded Zieglind and threw their whips at Zieglind wrapping it around his arms.

They were all restricting Zieglind's movement. But for some reason, I felt like Zieglind was just letting do their own thing. He opened his arms voluntarily as if trying to imitate being controlled by the fire spirits.

Cerberus then began breathing fire at him and small explosions were forming in Zieglind's body.

Jekal and Jakal couldn't get near because of Verano's skills. So they changed into their bows and brought out a custom arrow without a tip. They put their dagger on top of the arrow then shot it at Zieglind.

The moment it passed through Zieglind's body, they'd run to the other side to catch the arrow they shot at him and refire the arrow.

Despite their insane strength even as assassins, that arrow was faster than the speed of sound. And they're easily following it with no problem and running. It's like they're playing ping pong by themselves.

Felta's spells were all about buffing up his team mates. Even giving Verano and his summons a lot of buffs.

"We need to get out of here." I proposed. "We can't see him in that cloud of smoke they're forming but it's going to be dangerous if we just let him fight like that."

"I agree. But I've been trying to break this with my skills for the past 20 minutes and none of my skills are even leaving a scratch on it." I didn't even notice that Neco is doing that.

"I feel the same." Yefa followed up.

"I think he'll be fine. He's my darling after all." Precia's statement caught everyone off-guard.

"I think so too." Herold join in.

"I'll trust my lord in whatever thing he does." Afal also brought in another surprising statement.

They all looked at me as if they're waiting for my response. "Fine. Let's just wait. And see what today's surprise will Zieglind give us." Everyone has placed his trust on him. Even though we all know that this is an incredibly heavy burden we placed on him, he graciously took it.

To the point that he'd get this angry on just one of us even being hurt. That's why our loyalty will never faze as long as he don't abandon us. We all know it ourselves. We are all lucky to have a master like that.

"Done?" Zieglind's one word stopped everyone from moving. Everyone felt immense pressure to the point that everyone couldn't move. Even us.

He walked through the mist of dust and cleared it. He came out unharmed. Not even a single scratch was seen in his body. It was something amazing and unexpected.

"Know despair." He grabbed his sword with both of his hand and began to wind up a swing. "Heaven Destroyer!" Zieglind swung his sword with all of his might.

And for what seemed like eternity, the surrounding area turned from a bright red flaming hot environment to a black and white scenery. And as if it destroyed reality itself,the top and bottom part were sliced and slightly off-set. The other one was raised too high and the other one was too low.

That scene was out of this world. It was like a broken picture with missing pieces.

Zieglind turned around, our the black and white world returned to normal and his slash took effect.

All of their bodies were split in half. In a single slash. He eliminated enemies that none of us could take unless we used our all.

In that moment, everyone's eyes were fixated on him.

Everyone thought of one thing.

Absolute power. That's what our leader has.