Chapter 357 - 357

"I don't think I need to state this." She said as she tried to get her balance back "but these two belong to two different people." She stated and Achlys' eyes widened in shock. 

"How?" She screamed as she stood up. 

"I will tell you how, it's simply because I am not the murderer." Allias said with a cunning smile on his face. Achlys stared at him, biting her lip annoyed as she looked around hoping to find something, think what could have gone wrong to her perfectly calculated plan. 

"You are a liar!" She said completely losing her composure. She attempted to get down of the higher place their table had been placed. She wanted to get to the elf king, struggle him with her own hands. Her rage was bubbling, like a cauldron filled with poison she was ready to explode. As she walked ready to attack him Hades stood in front of her, taller by a lot than her, looking down at the woman with his cold eyes. 

"You brought me all the way here from my kingdom just for a fraud? What is this?" he asked her, his voice so loud that for a second Allias felt like he needed to cover his ears. The demon shriveled, almost taking a step back scared and Achlys tried really hard to smile at him. 

"Excuse me your highness. This trial was not a fraud I swear he really killed him! He is trying to trap me." She said. 

"I am trying to trap you? You were the one who took my blood without me knowing. I thought your plan was perfect Achlys. Tell me, did you get confused by your own lies?" he asked her. It was amazing how Allias had managed to catch her in her own trap. He couldn't stop smiling and that was probably what annoyed her the most. Achlys couldn't take her eyes off him once again and it wasn't because of his undeniable beauty. It was simply because she was envisioning ripping his head off. 

"You fucking…"

"Enough with these games. Achlys you have disappointed us all." Rafael was heard. "Please excuse us elf king. We are very sorry for this inconvenience." The angel told him, bowing deeply in front of him. Allias shook his head, signaling him to stand up. 

"It's a shame. All of you had been fooled by this woman. Such a shame. I hope she gets punished properly." She told Rafael and without waiting for a reply, which he didn't need he turned around, looking at his people and ordering them to get out of this horrific room. When he reached the room the king spared her one last glance, winking playfully at Achlys while everyone else was focused on her. "You lose." He mouthed happily and the woman screamed as she tried to get to him. 

The moment they were finally alone, no demon's around listening to them Theseus grabbed Allias by his arm and brought him in his embrace. His heart was racing. Beating so fast Allias could easily hear it underneath his ribcage. He smiled and raised his head, meeting with his worried purple eyes as he spoke. 

"It's over. Don't worry." He tried to comfort him. 

"But how, what happened?" Ares asked him and the king chuckled. 

"Explain everything." Mark said. "I am really curious about this whole fiasco. Simply because that woman seemed so confident but you were suddenly smiles and all. For a second I believed you had lost it because you were going to die." 

"It's actually very simple." Allias said, smiling proudly. He felt like a genius while he watched everyone hanging from his lips, anticipating his every word. "Achlys found out about us resurrecting Mark through Vines and the letter Asmodeus sent him by the way." He revealed and the red haired looked at the demon who took a step back while smiling awkwardly. 

"Did you? Really?" Mark asked as he exhaled. 

"Honest mistake." Asmodeus accepted and raised his arms up in defeat. 

"Yes, but what happened with the blood?" Ea asked. He seemed really confused and Allias couldn't help but chuckle. "Was it really your blood?" 

"It was but at the same time it wasn't?" he told them making his answer sound like a riddle. "The blood on Hara's clothes was indeed mine, it had probably been splattered there while I was being tortured. The blood on the vial was also mine but there is a crucial difference to it. The stages of my awakening." He revealed.

"What the heck?" Mark asked, seeming even more confused than before. "I thought you were already you know, the elf king and all."

"I am, now. The awakening did happen a long time ago but it takes a while for me to return to my full potential and power. Meaning that back then I still had a bit of human in me all while not having all my magic back my own blood did not seem like my own. Do you get it?" Allias asked mark but the red haired boy scratched the back of his head. 

"I will simply say yes and be happy that you will leave." Mark stated. 

"When I realized it, or maybe when I figured it out I was too excited." Allias said "I trapped her in her own trap, or more like my mother did." He said, thanking his mother. If she hadn't done all that for him he wouldn't be able to escape let alone be here. The king would be dead. 

"So that means we are finally free of her." Ea said with a shy smile. 

"I think so." Allias answered. 

…..

"How could you do something like this just because of your personal grudge. You doomed your own people Achlys." Rafael told her, talking to her like a strict teacher and she shook her head, her hands in the air as she fiercely kept denying that she lied. 

"I am telling you it was him! Him!" she repeated and the angel sighed, fed up with her. 

"Enough! Stop with this nonsense. You have spoiled the council's reputation enough. I will be waiting for you at the Angelic capital in a few days. We will go through with the procedures of your punishment. Consider yourself lucky the king didn't ask for you to be killed." 

"Wait, Rafael wait I…"

"Shut up. Really your voice is so annoying." Dionysus sounded from behind her. He couldn't really hide his happiness. The outcome had been perfect and he didn't have to lift a finger for it. "Such a shame Achlys. If I were you I would hide, once your people find out on what your agreed they might kill you themselves. Allias won't have to do anything." 

The demon was left alone into the huge room. The chairs empty, her whole play had been a disaster and somehow she had been the one that had lost. She looked around, her face painted a bright red that signaled very obviously her anger. 

"Vines!" She screamed and the lion like demon appeared. 

"Well that was a failure." He told her with a bored expression on his face. 

"Do something. Do something!" She said like a stubborn child. "At this point I simply want the king and his little cocky lover to suffer. That's all I need. Do something." 

"I can't do what you're asking me dear…wait, I can do anything?" he asked her, suddenly intrigued by her words. A spark lit up his soulless eyes and he hungrily stared at her. A smile forming on his face, wide and creepy. 

"Anything, just make them suffer." She said. 

"Anything!" The demon exclaimed in a singing tone, filled with glee before he disappeared.