Chapter 378: He'll understand

"What are you trying to say? Are you implying Raia manipulated his memories? And that's why he's helping us? Aren't you conveniently forgetting what he went through in his life? This was what he wanted after what he faced! No one manipulated him!"

Kellian clarified their stance. Lucifer was doing everything of his own volition.

"And I should believe you because...?" Salazar asked, staring at Kellian. 

"I know he had a rough childhood. Because of some stupid people, he suffered so much. But it's all because he didn't have someone to guide him! He would certainly have wanted his revenge which he got when he destroyed the facility!" 

"That was where he should have been done, but you dragged him into a deeper mess. And you say you didn't manipulate him? He's the son of Zale Azarel! He deserves a better life than this mess!" Salazar stated firmly. 

"As long as you all exist, he won't have the peaceful life that I want him to have. The conflict will keep following him as long as he's with you. So I just have to take you all out. And I'll start that with you," he added as he casually started walking towards Kellian. 

An invisible domain spread in his surroundings which no one but him could see. Time slowed down inside the domain. 

Even Kellian was affected by this domain. His movements became slow. He could see Salazar stepping closer to him, but his speed was too fast. 

Kellian knew he couldn't stop Salazar like this. First, he needed to protect himself. Without thinking twice, he turned to shadow. It was a process that was much faster, even in the domain where time was slowed down. 

Kellian appeared five meters away from Salazar, who seemed surprised. Even in his domain, Kellian had managed to disappear. 

The other Warlocks weren't so lucky though. 

Salazar brought a golden knife, prepared to take out other Warlocks that were still in the domain. 

As Kellian appeared five meters away from Salazar, he was able to see more clearly. He could see that Salazar wasn't moving fast. It was everyone else who was moving extremely slowly. 

"So that's what it was. He isn't fast at all. Since I'm not affected by this now, it must be a range thing. From what I can see, it doesn't work five meters away at least," Kellian muttered. "If I got closer, I would be affected again, but if I don't, he'll kill everyone else."

He couldn't just watch Salazar killing his teammates. He sent his Shadow to attack Salazar while staying far away from that guy himself. 

The Warlocks that were stuck inside the domain only saw the after images of Salazar since he was too fast. 

Some of them managed to attack despite all the limitations. One of the Warlocks fired a powerful energy wall, attacking Salazar. 

Unfortunately, even that energy wall was affected by the domain. It moved so slowly that Salazar didn't even have to put much effort into dodging the energy ball. 

He appeared in front of a Warlock. Using his knife, he slid the throat of the dark-haired Warlock before moving on to the next. 

Kellian was accompanied by four Warlocks. One of those four was already dead when his shadow entered the domain of Salazar Lucifer, only to be affected by the domain again. The speed of the shadow became that of a snail. 

By the time this shadow reached Kellian, he had killed another Uprising Warlock, moving on to the third. He was showing why he was called the best assassin in the world. 

Kellian's shadow came out of the ground with a shadow sword in his hand, hackling it towards Salazar. 

Salazar lazily stepped aside, dodging the attack of the shadow sword. His knife started shining brightly as he swung it towards the shadow, cutting it in half. The shadow was destroyed. 

Salazar looked in the direction of Kellian, who was standing outside his domain. A smirk rested on his face. He was in control of everything at the moment. 

He appeared in front of the Third Warlock, killing him as well. 

Within ten seconds, he killed four Uprising Warlocks that were accompanying Kellian. 

Finished with the distraction, he turned to look at Kellian, who was the only one left on the terrace. 

"Why are you standing so far away? Come closer, I don't bite," Salazar said, smiling innocently. 

"You're making a really big mistake," Kellian reminded Salazar. "You'll regret it."

"I won't regret anything. I'm only killing criminals that aren't needed in this world. I mean, did you really expect me to buy into your whole charade of you guys being the saviors?" Salazar asked, shaking his head. 

He stepped closer to Kellian, leaving all the bleeding bodies behind. 

"APF killed Hunter Union and attacked the city? You came to save them? Seriously? That's the best story you could've made?"

"You think everyone would be stupid enough to believe that? I never took an interest in joining any organization. You know why?" he asked. 

"Why?" Kellian asked, stepping back, thinking of a plan. Facing a Warlock King was certainly not easy, especially the one who could decrease the speed of everything in his surroundings. 

No matter how a person attacked, it could easily be dodged by Salazar because time moved extremely slowly for him in his surroundings. 

"Because there was a balance. APF was here, Uprising was here, and Hunter Union was here. Each organization had a Warlock King. They were all in a stalemate, and I don't want to top the scale in someone's favor," Salazar said. 

"But if I had no choice, I would have chosen the side which was against the Uprising. I can bear anyone ruling Elisium. I don't care much about such things, but I won't let you play around with no one to keep you in check," he added as he continued stepping closer. 

Kellian was already at the edge of the roof by now. 

"So you have a prejudice against us?" Kellian asked. 

"Not really. It's just that I know what kind of people you are. And I don't want Lucifer to grow up with you. He won't understand as long as you're all here. So you need to go. Human government will be reestablished, and I'll leave with Lucifer."

"And what if he doesn't want to come? You know, he'll hate you for what you're doing!"

"Don't worry. I'm sure he'll understand. Just like you made up a story, I'll also make up a story about what happened here."

"Since he's not here, he won't know either. It's all for his own good. I didn't know about him before, so I couldn't protect him. But now that I'm here, I won't repeat the same mistake."