"Is that it?" Derik laughed hysterically with a crazed expression on his face. His crimson red eyes remained fixed on an empty space in front of him and it seemed as if he was talking to someone else.
Half of his face and hair scorched by fire and lightning so bad that not even a piece of flesh could be seen on that part of his body. His body trembled and swayed weakly under the force of the wind and it looked like he would fall at any moment, but the crazed smile on his face never faded.
"How can he still stand after that hit?" Cyrus muttered, his eyes portrayed a mixture of fear and sorrow which he felt at this moment.
"No more holding back, everyone… Let's end it with the next strike!" Cyrus roared and threw his hand forward.
"Guardian spirit divine sword… split the heavens!"
The massive divine sword floating behind him let out a loud cry before dashing into the clouds. In mere seconds, the divine sword was already above Derik pressing down on him like a mountain.
Meanwhile,
Zaylee roared and all her lightning energy was released in an instant!
"Lightning magic: Typhoon!" She roared, spitting out a sea of black lighting which soon intertwined, taking the form of a hurricane.
"Not yet!" She roared. "Swallow!"
Instantly the size of the hurricane doubled and the aura which it released was only inferior to that of the massive divine sword which Cyrus summoned.
"Blazing fire magic: Blue flames of the creator!" Ahika roared and a sea of blue flames poured out of his hands, rolling towards Derik.
"Burst!" Ahika roared and the sea of fire enlarged even further and quickly attempted to swallow Derik, whole!
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"It's over for that kid" Isabel muttered with a bitter smile on her face.
"No… Lady Isabel we have to help him" Elsa cried out as he stared at Derik who was about to be entirely consumed by the joint power of the three hosts.
"Even if we did, do you think our team can stand against the three hosts? We will be wiped out shortly" Isabel said with a bitter smile on her face.
......…
"What the hell are you doing… Come on kid run… The gate is right behind you, just flee" Gerald muttered, unable to hide the anxiety in his heart.
He failed to understand why Derik refused to flee in the beginning even when he knew the attack was way beyond his capabilities. He suddenly had this feeling that Derik was actually trying to get himself killed.
Why hasn't he even taking off his limiters?
Gerald knew that if Derik decides to escape at this very moment, no one will be able to stop him especially since no one can actually go anywhere close to the accursed gate of the underworld due to the terrible aura which surrounds it.
.........…
…In a very dark world, void of any form of light….
"Derik… don't you think its time we act?" Demos said looking at Derik with a charming smile on his face.
"Yea, yea… the next attack will actually kill me if it hits" Derik laughed.
The Derik in this dimension also had the same injuries which the one out in the real word had. His face was covered in black blood and his skin was slowly regenerating at a visible rate.
"Its been so long that I have forgotten what it feels like to possess werewolf perks… the healing ability sure comes in handy" Derik laughed weakly.
"Why let yourself suffer this much?" Demos asked
"Well… I want to leave behind a legacy… I want people to be scared of my name when they are told the tale of what happened today…" Derik responded
"In ten years max, you plan to return to the Gyro kingdom… Of what use is this?" Demos asked
"I don't just plan to return, wipe out the royal family and some nobles and then rest… I have plans and I need a powerful reputation in this journey… a mind-blowing exit is necessary and a dramatic return is also crucial… it will make people reluctant to chase after me when this is over, that way I can cultivate earnestly… You should understand what I mean" Derik laughed
"I see… well then… let's give them something to remember!" Demos laughed.
............…
Derik's wild crimson red eyes suddenly turned calm and the darkish purple flame returned.
"Cute" He muttered and a terrifying amount of death aura burst out of his body spreading like a plague.
Boom!
Taking off his limiters, Derik's power rose rapidly, quickly entering the peak grade of the silver realm, only a step away from the gold realm but for some unknown reason, he couldn't make that step. This showed the difference between the two realms is not something that can be crossed so easily.
"Ooo power of death, grant thy servant power and lend thee thy strength… Give me the power to vanquish all those who stand against thee and by the end of this day, thy heads shall hang on the tip of thy spear! Death magic: Bone spear"
Boom!!!
Derik quickly grabbed on the spear and struck at the massive divine sword! The shockwave from the two attacks created a shockwave that sent everyone retreating by a few steps. To their greatest surprise, Derik used the tip of his glittering bone spear to stop the massive divine sword.
His eyes still remained indifferent as he waved his left hand and darkish purple aura burst out of them. Each wave of darkish purple aura emitting from each claw let out many screams and cries which made it look like they all had life in them.
"Silver level secret combat technique: Brilliant claw" Derik muttered.
Instantly the wave of claw-like attacks bombarded both the sea of blue flames and the black lightning hurricane.
Boom!
Boom!!
Boom!!!
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"Impossible, he stopped all of them… all alone" Anna muttered with a blank expression on her face.
She failed to understand how Derik was able to withstand the combined attacks of Cyrus, Ahika, and Zaylee. The eldest princess of the gyro kingdom was pretty sure that if she was the one in that position, she definitely won't be able to stop even a single attack not to talk of three.
"Amazing…" Gerald muttered with a complicated emotion in his eyes.
He could remember clearly the day he met Derik and the other members of the team guardian. Even though they were all exceptional back then, they were not this amazing. No one would have predicted that Derik and Cyrus would become this powerful in less than a year. He could only rejoice silently that he didn't make an enemy out of any of them!