Chapter 201 - 46

The previously dark sky filled with lightning suddenly turned into a spectacular sight. The beautiful and mysterious light of the aurora stretched across the sky. King Raghnall and Princess Cordelia opened their mouths wide after seeing the amazing scenery. But the father and daughter quickly came back to their senses.

"Beautiful..." Princess Cordelia said in awe of the aurora in the sky. She was also subconsciously fascinated by Ziel, who was wearing his new armor and had already forgotten her hatred for him.

"Was it his divine dress? I've seen him fight from afar while in the Alba Mountain Range, and I'm sure that's not what he was wearing at the time. Does he have two divine dresses? Or did he make a new divine dress? If so, who exactly can make it in this day and age?" King Raghnall muttered in a trembling voice.

King Raghnall is still King Raghnall. When Princess Cordelia and the other girls were amazed by the phenomenon in the sky, he focused more on the armor with the aurora light that Ziel was wearing.

"Isn't this phenomenon similar to what happened in the Elven Kingdom?" Princess Aishia saw when Ziel fought the Nine-headed Imperial Dragon. She used an artifact to hide and followed Princess Freya. She was sure the current phenomenon was the same as she saw back then.

"You are right. This phenomenon is indeed the same as what happened in the Elven Kingdom. Weren't you there too?" Kalya smiled jokingly at Princess Aishia. Ziel had told her about Princess Aishia, who was secretly hiding and watching his fight in the Elven Kingdom.

Princess Aishia's face turned red with embarrassment. She turned her face away and didn't want to answer Kalya's question. She didn't think that there would be someone else who knew she was there apart from Ziel. But she quickly understood that it was probably Ziel who had told Kalya.

But then Kalya frowned after seeing the armor that Ziel was wearing. She felt familiar with the aura and armor transformation that Ziel had done.

(Silphy, what Ziel is wearing is... his contracted spirit, isn't it?)

Kalya asked Silphy in her mind. She felt that the armor was a spirit, but she wasn't sure because Ziel never told her anything about him having contracted with a spirit.

(You're right. It's a spirit and not a random spirit)

Silphy answered Kalya's question confidently. She was also shocked when she felt the aura emanating from Ziel's armor. She could already guess what kind of spirit had made a contract with Ziel judging from the tremendous pressure released by that spirit and the phenomena happening in the sky.

(Eh? Do you mean that Ziel has made a contract with a spirit? But how is that possible? Doesn't he need the help of a high elf to make a contract with a spirit? He never asked me about it. Jasmine and her daughter didn't say anything to me either. After all, when did he make that contract?)

Silphy's answer made Kalya even more confused. As Kalya remembers, only 4 people in the Elven Kingdom can help Ziel make a contract. First, of course, is Kalya. The second and third are Quen Jasmine and her daughter, but they never said anything to her. And the last one is his brother, Zenoa. But that's not possible. Because at that time, he was not in the Elven Kingdom, and it was unknown when he would return.

(Ooh? Did you forget about  Queen Dryad, Leya? She must be more than willing to help your fiancé to make a contract with a spirit)

Silphy's voice sounded like she was teasing Kalya. He knew that Kalya didn't like seeing the closeness between Ziel and Dryad. Kalya pouted after hearing Silphy's words.

(I forgot about that woman. She must have been the one who helped Ziel make the contract. Besides, why didn't Ziel ask me for help and instead go to that woman!)

Kalya doesn't usually express her emotions like that. Usually, she wouldn't be jealous like that if a girl tried to get close to Ziel. But somehow, she felt jealous if that woman was a Dryad.

(Leya, You can't call Queen Dryad 'that woman')

Silphy warned Kalya. After all, Dryad is the queen of the spirits, and Silphy doesn't like Kalya's disrespectful attitude to their queen.

(I understand. I'm sorry. But please don't bring that name here again. I'll ask for an explanation about this from Ziel later)

Kalya feels jealous of Dryad because she feels a deep bond between Ziel and Dryad. She also feels Dryad can be very natural when approaching Ziel and making skin contact. Ziel also seems to be treating her a bit special. For that reason, Dryad was the only woman who could make Kalya jealous.

(Alright. Fine. You'd better ask your fiancé for an explanation after he fought those two divine races)

Silphy couldn't help but sigh heavily at Kalya's attitude. But she likes to tease her a bit because Kalya looks cute when she's jealous. Even though Kalya was talking with Silphy in her mind, her eyes never lost their focus on Ziel. She was sure that Ziel would win that fight.

Meanwhile, Fornius and Aghares became extremely alert after seeing the aurora covering the sky. They both felt pressured by the power released by Ziel or rather the Nine-headed Imperial Dragon.

"What is it!? How can a human being have that kind of pressure!?" Fornius spoke frantically. He felt even more depressed knowing that previously Ziel had not done his best to fight them.

Ziel pointed the fingers in both hands at Fornius and Aghares. Aurora's light gathered at his fingertips and formed a dragon's head. The aurora's light gathered in front of the dragon's mouth and formed a ball of energy.

[Dragonic Cannon]

The aurora laser beam shot across space and suddenly appeared before Fornius and Aghares. They had no time to escape or defend themselves. They didn't even have time to think when the attack hit them.

The attack pierced the chests of Fornius and Aghares. Even though it didn't hit their heart, the wound was quite fatal.

"Hmm... it's amazing. As expected of a Guardian of the continent, his strength even surpassed that of Azael back then." Ziel said with a straight face even though he praised his newfound power.

"What the hell is that attack!? I can't even feel it's coming. That attack seemed to appear out of thin air without being noticed." Aghares' face darkened because in the hundreds of years he had lived, this was the first time he had received such a serious wound.

"You don't need to know that." Ziel's crimson eyes turned blue. At the same time, a blue light enveloped his white sword. Ziel swung his sword at Fornius. After that, space rips open right in front of Fornius, and a giant Tsunami comes out, drowning him.

Ziel's eyes turned red again. Not red like his original eye color but yellowish red. His black sword was shrouded in a red glow the same color as his eyes. He slashed it towards Aghares.

Aghares sensed the danger and quickly resisted the attack. He didn't expect that after Ziel put on his armor, his strength became many times stronger than before.

[Space Bending]

Aghares tried to bend the space around the sword's trajectory. But he still underestimated Ziel's power. His slash not only burned solid objects but also burned the space bent by the Aghares. The slash went straight and hit Aghares' shoulder.

"Ugh!" Aghares held his scorched shoulder. If he was too late to dodge even a little bit, he might have been reduced to ashes from Ziel's attack.

"Aghares! What should we do!? His strength went insane after he put on that armor!" Fornius breathed heavily after being drowned by the Tsunami. His body was still not completely dry even though he had used his strength to speed up the drying.

"We will attack him the way we did at the beginning of the fight with him. Never give him a chance to attack!" Aghares also started to panic about their situation. He thinks he can still keep up with Ziel if he and Fornius team up using their full strength. But he did not expect that the result would be otherwise. They can't move at all in front of Ziel.

"I understand!" Fornius nodded in agreement with Aghares' words. They must not allow Ziel to attack no matter what because every attack he made became very difficult to resist or dodge once he put on that armor. In addition, the damage of his attacks had also become many times greater than before.

Aghares and Fornius disappeared from Ziel's sight again. They reappeared on his right and left. They carried out the same cooperative attack they did at the start of the fight. Ziel's eyes turned golden, and a spirit circle appeared behind his back. The spirit circle rotates in a clockwise direction. And suddenly, Fornius and Aghares' movements stopped for a split second. But it was enough for Ziel to attack them.

"Ugh!" Aghares and Fornius got fatal blows to their chests. Luckily Aghares quickly teleported and got away from Ziel. Otherwise, they would have died.

"Hmm… so I can't keep you in time prison for too long. As expected of the divine race, or maybe I haven't fully mastered this power." Ziel muttered while looking at the golden aura that enveloped him. Every time his eyes changed color, his aura changed too. Right now, he could only use one imperial dragon ability at a time. He might be able to use several abilities at once in the future.

"Damn! The wound cannot be healed! What the hell was that attack just now!" Fornius was shocked because the large gaping wound on his chest showed no signs of healing even though he had tried to treat it with his power.

"Stop healing the wound because what you're doing is useless. He uses the time element when slashing at us to stop the time on this wound. We can't cure it other than kill him." Aghares face becomes serious. He feels pain and keeps holding his chest.

"But, how could a human have many such abilities within him. This is so impossible!" Fornius was depressed about their situation.

"I will give you the answer as long as you will answer my question. You seem to be a high-ranking person in the organization so that you might know the answer." Ziel suddenly interrupted their conversation and made a suggestion. This made them both confused and wary of him.

"What do you want to ask?" Aghares asked Ziel doubtfully.

"For what reason did you collect the World Altar fragments?" Ziel wanted to know the organization's true purpose, or rather he wanted to know why the people of the divine race were on the clorius continent. He didn't find out when he was summoned to that world hundreds of years ago, and he didn't have time to ask Azael either. He thought there was something hidden behind the reason for their coming to the Clorius continent.

Aghares face became tense, and his body trembled. Very few people know about world altars in this day and age. The people who knew it were also old monsters that had lived for hundreds of years. At this moment, he looked at Ziel with horror in his eyes.

"Fornius! We will fight to the death with him!" Aghares had no intention of answering Ziel's question because it was the greatest secret of the divine race. Fornius just nodded and understood what Aghares' words meant. It seemed that the person they were fighting already knew some secrets about the divine race that shouldn't be known.

"So you know that but choose not to answer? Okay. I might ask someone who has a higher position than you in the organization." Ziel shrugged his shoulders like he didn't care about Aghares' refusal. Ziel didn't think it was important. He asked just out of curiosity and nothing more.

Aghares' face darkened after Ziel said he would ask someone from the divine race with a higher rank in the organization. There is only one person who has a higher position than him. That person is his lady, Azalia.

Aghares didn't think that Azalia would lose if she fought against Ziel. But he didn't want an unknown person to bring potential danger to his lady, so he decided to fight Ziel with all he had.

[Space Portals]

From within the portal suddenly appeared a monster skull head with an extraordinary size. Only the head came out of the portal and not the whole body. It was unimaginable the true size of that monster. The entire space in the area trembled violently. Ziel's face became serious after seeing the monster's appearance. The monster's eyes slowly opened and roared after seeing the surroundings.

Roaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrr!

"Space Beasts.." Ziel tightened his grip on his sword.