Chapter 198 - 43

Ziel narrowed his eyes at the attack coming towards him. He wasn't afraid of the speed and power of that gigantic aura blade. Ziel could still dodge it even though the attack traveled at incredible speed. The problem is that Kalya and the other girls are right behind him. If Ziel dodged it, the girls would be hit by Fornius' attacks, and they would be wiped out without a trace. Fornius seems to be doing that on purpose so that Ziel doesn't dodge his attack.

Ziel sighed and replaced his black sword with his white sword, Alvha. He swung his sword vertically towards Fornius' golden aura blade.

[Space Banishment]

Ziel split the space before him. A gigantic space rift was created right in front of the aura blade. The size of the space rift was even greater than Fornius' attack.

The golden aura blade was sucked into the space rift and disappeared. After that, the space rift slowly closed, and the atmosphere in the area calmed down with the only sound of rain that could be heard.

Fornius was shocked at the sight in front of him. Although it wasn't his strongest attack, the golden aura blade was enough to split the Blue Turtle Island in the Cirlus Kingdom in half. But Ziel withstands the attack easily. The more he thought about it, the more mysterious and dangerous Ziel's existence became in his mind.

Kyouka and the other girls were just as dumbfounded as Fornius. They felt a chill run down their spine when they saw that gigantic golden aura blade. But an attack of that magnitude suddenly disappeared before their eyes.

"Did he withstand the attack head-on to protect us?" Megumi muttered subconsciously. After seeing that absurd sight, she was the first to come back to her senses. She just finished healing King Raghnall, King Redis, and Queen Triana. Currently, only Princess Irene is with the three people. While Princess Cordelia, Kyouka, and Megumi focus on watching Ziel's fight.

"You are wrong. He's not helping us. He only protects his master and the girls around him. It just so happened that we were here with them. Otherwise, he definitely won't care about our life and death." Princess Cordelia said sarcastically about Ziel. She seems still angry that Ziel doesn't want to accept her request to help her father immediately. Princess Cordelia thought that Ziel had a hand in her father's current condition.

"That is… he has protected us even if it was unintentional." Kyouka smiled bitterly in response to Princess Cordelia's words. Kyouka could feel the multitude of grievances in the sentence she spoke earlier.

When Kyouka and the girls talked about Ziel, there was a groan of pain from where Megumi had healed King Raghnall earlier. It seemed that King Raghnall had awakened from his stupor because Megumi had healed his external wounds.

"Ugh!" King Raghnall tried to get up when he just woke up from his unconscious state. Princess Cordelia and the other two girls heard the voice and quickly approached him.

"Father! Thank goodness you're awake!" Princess Cordelia ran and immediately hugged her father. She wept bitterly after seeing her father, who had woken up.

"I'm sorry if I made you worry, Lia. But if you hug me too tightly, I might lose consciousness again." King Raghnall said in a weak voice. Even though his condition has improved, his body still hasn't fully recovered.

Megumi could only give King Raghnall an initial healing action for now. It would take him a few days to fully heal King Raghnall, and that's if they could survive the hands of Fornius.

"Ah! I'm sorry, father! I was so happy that you were awake that I forgot that you had just recovered from your injury!" Princess Cordelia quickly released her arms from her father. He would feel guilty if her father fell unconscious again because of her carelessness.

"Okay. I'm feeling better now. Thanks to the hero girl who healed me." King Raghnall smiled and bowed his head to Megumi and Kyouka. He still couldn't remember the names of each hero correctly.

"You don't have to thank me like that because I was doing what I was supposed to do. After all, what I did was small and not comparable to what the soldiers of the Cirlus Kingdom have done, let alone that person." Megumi smiled shyly after receiving that compliment. She felt awkward when she saw a King bowing his head to her. Kyouka couldn't help but smile at Megumi's behavior.

"That person?" King Raghnall raised his eyebrows because he didn't know who Megumi was talking about. Then he looked to Princess Cordelia for an explanation.

"Ah, he is…" Princess Cordelia was about to explain Ziel to King Raghnall, but Kyouka quickly cut her off.

"Princess Cordelia, I don't think it would be a good idea to tell it all without the consent of the person concerned. You should at least get Clara's approval. I can't let you divulge the secrets of the people who have helped us all this time." Kyouka said seriously. Megumi nodded in agreement with Kyouka's words.

"I'm sorry, but I have to tell him. Because this is an important matter!" Princess Cordelia glared at Kyouka. She insisted on telling Ziel's secret to King Raghnall.

"It's fine if you insist on saying it. But I will ask Megumi to stop healing for you and King Raghnall." Kyouka said coldly to Princess Cordelia. She was irritated with Princess Cordelia's attitude. She didn't want Princess Cordelia to tell King Raghnall about Ziel because it also had something to do with Clara. Recently Kyouka was very close to Clara. Kyouka thought Clara would get into trouble if Ziel's identity were exposed.

"You!" Princess Cordelia was displeased with the threat from Kyouka. She wanted to say something, but King Raghnall stopped her.

"Stop it, Lia. I think what they say is true. So we shouldn't talk about this without the permission of the person concerned." King Raghnall patted Princess Cordelia's shoulder gently then looked at her. King Raghnall secretly winked at Princess Cordelia.

"I understand, father." Princess Cordelia understood her father's intentions. She quickly complied and pretended to give in.

"So, what happened after I fell unconscious? Where are we right now? I don't remember there being an island like this in the territory of the Cirlus Kingdom." King Raghnall was confused when he looked at the surroundings around him.

"Here's the story, father..." Princess Cordelia told King Raghnall everything she knew. She tells the story from when Fornius destroyed the island and then King Raghnall was thrown to where they are now. She didn't tell about Ziel because Kyouka and Megumi kept staring at her. Princess Cordelia just told the grey-haired man to help them without revealing the person's identity.

"Is that so? So we were helped by the guy again? It looks like the Piqmentia Grand academy and the Cirlus Kingdom have owed him a favor. Especially the academy because he has helped the students many times." King Raghnall sighed heavily and then looked at Ziel in the sky.

"He was probably helping the people from the academy due to having acquaintances among them. His help was not sincere at all." Princess Cordelia muttered in annoyance after hearing her father's words.

"You can't say that, Lia. Whatever the reason, we have been helped by him. You should thank him." King Raghnall scolds Princess Cordelia. He didn't want his daughter to be someone who didn't know how to return the favor. Princess Cordelia was silent and did not dare to refuse her father's words.

Meanwhile, Kyouka felt something strange about the interaction between the father and daughter. But she chose not to think about it too much and refocused on Ziel's fight with Fornius.

At this moment, Ziel chooses to attack Fornius first. He did that to keep Fornius away from Clara and the other girls. He didn't want Fornius to take the opportunity to use the girls to suppress Ziel in their fight.

Ziel got serious about his fight and changed his white sword to black. He disappeared from where he was and reappeared behind Fornius. He slashes Zetta at Fornius, but Fornius quickly turns around and slashes Goldenia at Ziel. Fornius managed to slash Ziel first, or maybe it could be said that he managed to slash his afterimage.

From the start, Ziel had no intention of attacking Fornius from behind. When Ziel was about to slash his sword at Fornius' back, he moved to Fornius' side and left an afterimage. Currently, the right side of Fornius is unguarded. Ziel slashed his black sword at Fornius and managed to hit him.

"Urgh!" Fornius tried to keep his distance from Ziel but what was chasing him was not Ziel but a red laser beam.

[Thunder Beam]

Fornius gritted his teeth and quickly aimed his palm at the red laser beam.

[Divine Lightning Beam]

The golden laser beam and the red laser beam clashed in the sky. Ziel's and Fornius' attacks pushed against each other. But the golden laser beam slowly pushed the red laser beam away.

"As I thought, one finger wouldn't be enough. What if I add one more finger?" Ziel shoots a red laser beam from his middle finger. Fornius' attack, which was initially superior, was now starting to be pushed back.

"Ugh!" Fornius felt like he was getting pushed by Ziel's attack. He increased his attack output but was still pushed back.

"How about three fingers?" Ziel added his ring finger to his attack. The red laser beam instantly pushed the golden laser beam after Ziel added another finger. A red laser beam shot through the golden laser beam and aimed at Fornius.

Fornius sensed the danger of the attack. He quickly moved to avoid it. But unfortunately, the red laser beam seemed to have a consciousness of its own and kept chasing him. Fornius gritted his teeth and kept dodging the red laser beam.

Ziel suddenly turned his three fingers controlling the red laser beam into a fist. The red laser beam chasing Fornius turned into three branches and chased Fornius from three directions.

It wasn't long before the red laser beam turned into nine and from nine to eighty-one. Fornius' face darkened after seeing Ziel's attack. Because right now, he was surrounded and could not escape anywhere. He could only withstand the attack head-on.

Boooooooooommmmmmmmmm!

Ziel's face remained flat even though he managed to hit Fornius with a bang. Because he knew Fornius wouldn't be hurt, let alone die with an attack like that. After the smoke cleared, Fornius came out of the center of the explosion unharmed. He appeared wearing golden armor gleaming all over his body. What Fornius was wearing right now was his divine dress. His armor was completely different from King Raghnall's Saint Armor. The difference is like heaven and earth. Of course, divine dress Fornius is the heaven. Fornius' armor emitted an extraordinary divine aura.

"I didn't think you would corner me like this. I think it would be a shame to have to use the divine dress against you. But I seem to have to throw that thought away since you're not human. You're a demi-god, aren't you?" Fornius can feel Ziel's power even though he doesn't show any aura seal or magic circle.

"You just found out? I thought you knew from the start of the fight." Ziel calmly said. He didn't care about seeing Fornius wearing his divine dress.

"Looks like you underestimated me just because you've managed to land a few hits on me. Do you think you can win over me just because of those attacks? I will show you that no matter how strong the humans are, they are nothing in the eyes of the divine race." Fornius narrowed his eyes and released a golden aura from his body throughout the area around him. What he released was his divine power, and the amount was enormous.

The divine power that Fornius released gathered in one place and slowly condensed into a human figure of enormous size. Fornius created a golden giant who looked at Ziel and the others like fleas. After the figure was formed, Fornius' voice echoed through the sky.

[Thunder God Incarnation]

Thousands of golden lightning struck the golden giant Fornius. The thunderbolts enveloped the giant until it was completely covered. Not long after, the golden lightning that enveloped the giant turned into a crown on its head, full armor covering its body, and a giant hammer in its hand. Sparks of golden lightning enveloped the giant's entire body.. Right now, the being that Fornius had summoned looked like a real Thunder God.