141 Chapter 141: Cato replies

Derik and his death avatar turned into beams of darkish purple light as they flew towards the southern gate of the kingdom of Cato with malicious intentions quite visible in their fiery eyes. As this happened, thanks to the little time the deceased blonde commander and the wingman priest of the holy church bought, the kingdom of Cato was able to rally its forces and the powerful figures of this ancient kingdom have begun to make their moves this ensure that Derik does not escape this time!

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At the center of Cato, Kingdom palace

"According to the information received from half a decade ago, he can easily open the gate of the underworld and flee… I fail to understand why he is yet to do that" A burly old man said with squinted eyes.

This man was seated on the massive glittering thrown made of numerous rare stones which made it look like it can withstand attacks from even silver realm elites. In the same room were five figures dressed in expensive clothes, staring at a map which was placed on a round table in the center of the room. These are the important officials of the kingdom!

"My king... What if he lacks the power to open the gate to the underworld? That should be the reason he is trying to flee through the gates!" A vibrant youth with fiery orange hair and glittering orange pupils said with a charming smile on his face

"Don't speak nonsense boy! Don't you dare forget that the death mage you are talking about just murdered commander Stenroff and the priest from the holy church! For him to swagger around, not trying to conceal his movement only shows that he's not afraid of us… How could he possibly not have enough power to summon the accursed gate of the underworld? I believe he has more sinister plans for us!" A lanky old man, hidden in an expensive black cloak and a black hood said with a stern voice.

According to him, anyone in Derik's situation will lay low and ultimately look for a way to flee from the kingdom but instead, Derik has decided to boldly fly over the skies of the Cato kingdom. This is enough proof that the death mage is not scared of the powers that have sustained this kingdom to date or he is just plain ignorant, but the old man was not willing to gamble.

"Don't tell me you are scared of that man because you cultivate dark magic? Hahahaha! I don't blame you, its only natural that you are scared, especially since your magic is only a lesser version of his own. Its only natural you feel inferior to him! I totally understand!" The orange-haired youth laughed.

"You!" the lanky old man was enraged by this and planned to retort but then…

Bam!

The burly old man seated on the throne suddenly slammed his hand on the armchair.

"Enough of that!..." He roared

"Kaido… do you think you can handle this?" the burly old man asked.

"Of course! Sternroff and the priest from the holy church were relatively weak if you ask me… Don't worry my king, I will definitely get this done" Kaido laughed while playing with his spikey yellow hair with his hands.

"Good… The host Zaylee and her team have been sent to delay him for a while… even though Zaylee has reached the mid-grade of the silver realm, I fear she still cannot be compared to this death mage. At most she can only delay him for a while… Go and end this farce as quickly as possible… The actions of the death mage will make Cato a laughing stock to the other kingdoms if the death mage is not killed… Don't fail me and remember… I am watching!" The burly old man said with a stern voice.

Instead of fear or rage, a smile bloomed on Kaido's face as he bowed slightly before walking out of the room.

"With Kaido taking action I don't think the death mage will find it easy to swagger around this kingdom as he pleases!" The burly old man said. The remaining four people in the room remained silent and focused their attention on the massive water globe in the room from which they observed all that was going on.

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Derik and his death avatar stopped moving as they stared at the soldiers of Cato that blocked their path. Ignoring the others around, Derik's gaze was focused on the young lady with sky blue hair and sky blue eyes. He watched the lightning energy dance around her and a charming smile appeared on his face.

"Zaylee.. It's been a while" Derik said

"Yea… the last time we met, you and Cyrus joined hands to blow me away… all you had to do is ask me to leave, I wouldn't have interfered with your battle " Zaylee said with a childish frown on her face, it was clear that she wasn't pleased with what happened five years ago.

"Ah! You still remember what happened on that day… I apologize… now step aside" Derik's smile vanished so fast that everyone was stunned.

"I apologize but I can't do that…. You should have left this place while you had the chance, yet you chose to swagger around…. Do you really think that no one here can put an end to your reign of terror?" Zaylee roared. It was clear that the lightning mage was enraged

"Hahaha! You finally have some backbone, this should be interesting!" Derik laughed hysterically as he waved his hand and the death avatar flew forward towards the soldiers that came with Zaylee.

"Kill them all… Leave this little girl to me!" Derik licked his lips as he spoke.

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"I won't let you! " Zaylee roared as she shot towards the Derik like a bolt of lightning, without fear.

Her body was clearly hidden in a massive wave surge of blue lighting as she made her way towards Derik.

Lightning magic: Wave of Despair!" Her voice resonated from the cluster of lightning and two magic arrays appeared on her palms. Lightning aura surged around her and from her palms, a massive wave of blue lightning shot forward, creeping towards Derik at a terrifying speed.

"You dare to attack me? It seems you don't value your life!" Derik laughed as he shot forward fearlessly into the wave of blue lightning.

His body trembled as he dove into the save of lightning, bulldozing his way through with sheer strength and determination why laughing hysterically, which sent a chill in the hearts of all his enemies who heard him.

Fighting magic of this level with just his body?

This guy is not human! Monster!!

There is no way we can beat this man!

This explains while commander Stenroff lost!

Bursting out of the other side of the lightning attack, Derik had shallow bloody holes all over his body coupled with numerous burns injuries yet the crazed smile on his face never faded, instead, his darkish purple fiery eyes glowed even brighter and his smile widened even more.

Derik's hand instantly lashed towards the lightning mage with malicious intentions as soon as he was in range. But to his greatest surprise, the lightning mage turned into a cluster of lightning and retreated to a safe distance.

Seeing this Derik's eyebrows were knitted together and the smile on his face vanished. He pondered on his first encounter with Zaylee and his battle with the blonde commander for a while before understanding what went wrong and why Zaylee was willing to fight him, even though she had no chance of winning.

Surprisingly, Zaylee cultivated the one path which allowed the user to become the element he or she possesses. He also realized that Zaylee's abilities were strange from the very beginning.

A hurricane made of lightning?

Why didn't he notice the strange nature of her abilities until now?

The answer became clear to Derik and he realized why this girl was willing to battle him even though she knew she couldn't win.

There must have been some sort of connection between her and the blonde commander who controlled the wind element. Mastering the one path and possessing the lightning which takes the form of wind abilities.

"Aaah! The one path… I just killed a man who possessed similar abilities a while ago... Was he your lover?" Derik sneered. He was ruthless with his words and planned to fill Zaylee with negative emotions.

"Bastard!" Zaylee roared and dark clouds gathered above their heads.

Lightning magic: Typhoon!

"Swallow!" Zaylee roared as she spat out a sea of lightning which soon took the form of a hurricane!

The injuries all over Derik's body were almost gone and his facial expression showed his excitement. Derik's aura spiked and rose as he drew power from the negative emotions of everyone around.

Derik's darkish purple eyes glowed fiercely as he roared and stormed forward. The storage ring in his hands glowed and a magic tool flew out and fell into Derik's hands.

"Come to me… Death scythe!" Derik laughed fiendishly