148 Chapter 148: Real fun

A smile played along his lips as he observed the humans.

"So weak... it was fun to catch you guys off-guard"

His eyes flashed as a bloody grin spread across his face, "The fun of watching you struggle in my hands..." His grin faded as he narrowed his eyes and tutted, "Tch! you just ruined my fun. How are you planning to compensate me?"

The demon stomped on the body in front of him and numerous crack echoed in the silent night as the bones broke from the still body, making everyone gulp hard. The soldiers who had escaped the blood bath luckily slowly withdrew their steps with their swords shaking.

Usui scanned his people and clutched his sword harder. The demon had wiped out half of their people, leaving the ones who escaped, shaking in fear.

"So, do you guys have plans to entertain me?"

Usui pursed his lips as he pointed his sword at the demon, making the latter grin widely.

The demon flew into the air with both his hands raised. As soon as his foot left the ground, the dead soldiers revived as they arose from the ground. The soldier who was crushed by the demon was slowly getting up to his feet. 

The demon smirked as he pointed his finger at the crowd and proclaimed, "Come, my death slaves, heed to this lord's call, Sirius, and flood this castle with blood." 

At once, the dead soldiers turned towards them, their eyes blank and blood flowing profusely. Even though their bodies were twisted in many ways, still they heeded their lord's call and rushed towards Usui's group.

The soldiers gaped at the incoming bunch and turned to Usui in fright. Usui bit his lips as he stared at the familiar soldiers rushing towards them madly. 

He was familiar with few as they greeted him by the corridors and walked with them. He looked at the soldiers who were looking at him in fear. 

He wouldn't be able to fathom the amount of guilt these people would have, these people who have lived with them and bantered with the dead soldiers frequently. Their hearts must be bleeding now in the coming order.

He inhaled deeply before he glanced up and said frostily, "Take your positions"

The soldier's gritted their teeth as they stood up collectively, dragging their swords as they looked at the mass in anger. They wanted to kill him... wanted to kill that bloody demon for not letting them rest even when they were dead.

They stood up firmly looking at the familiar faces and vowed to let them take quick rest.

To them, these dead soldiers were enemies, their friends were long gone and now some dark souls are using their bodies. So they took it in them to do the job to end their struggle so that they can rest easy.

He battled one of the generals who was throwing ice attacks at him recklessly. No matter how hard he tried to injure him, the general didn't stop as it continued attacking him. Usui was beginning to understand something as the general didn't die even after his sword pierced his chest. 

Suddenly, someone took his place and pushed him away. Usui staggered on his feet before he looked at the woman who pushed him away.

She glanced at him and said smoothly, "I will deal with him" and she immediately went into full battle mode. At that moment, he saw her eyes were red as if she were crying just before she joined them. Then he remembered the rumor he heard when he arrived. 

The two generals in the same squad were planning on getting married. His eyes shifted to the woman who was battling the guy with tears flowing down her face.

Usui bit his lips as he could understand the pain she was going through.

"Brother!!!"

Zelal's shout diverted him from his thoughts just in time to see a soldier jump at him. But before the soldier could attack him, a wall formed around him, and a sudden cry was heard.

Usui stood up within the earth wall and saw Stella and Zelal standing beside him when the wall collapsed.

Zelal panted as he looked around, "What should we do?"

Usui looked up in the sky and saw the demon watching the events with a grin.

"We need to get him down and defeat him."

Stella looked at him worriedly and asked, "How will we defeat him?"

"Leave him to me" 

A stern voice sounded from beside them and before they could reject it, they saw the king flying towards the demon.

Usui wanted to stop him but was held back by General Kim.

He looked at him and said, "Don't belittle our king, Crown Prince Usui"

Usui turned towards the sky and widened his eyes in shock.

Julian stood in the middle of the storm as his eyes flashed in anger at the demon. Sirius chuckled when he saw someone daring to come up and play with him.

"At least someone dared to fight me."

Sirius's eyes flashed as he smirked, "Let's make this fun, old man"

Julian snorted as he attacked the demon with his storm but to his surprise, he saw black vines growing out from the demon who was laughing wickedly in the air.

Sirius directed his vines to attack the storm and breaking it in half. His attacks continued to Julian who quickly summoned a windshield in front of him.

The force of the vines attacking the shield made the shield vibrate. 

"That's some strong shield you have there"

Julian narrowed his eyes as the green wind gathered around him. His robes flew in the sky as he dashed towards the demon with his sword. His sword gleamed in bright green light as it clashed against the black sword covered in darkness. 

The bright light sparkled in the sky and the force of their collision spread quite a distance. Julian mustered a giant ball of wind and attacked the demon who cut the ball into half but was taken by surprise by his next attack.

As soon as he cut the ball in half, Sirius raised his eyebrows when he saw a huge spear coming at him. He wrapped his vines around him and cocooned himself into a black ball that protected him from the attack.

Julian landed on the ground near Usui and said, "He is hiding his true strength" He glanced at him and said, "He is playing with me"

Usui frowned as he watched the darkness surround the cocoon, "Give me some time"

Julian looked at him for a second before nodding. He appeared behind the black cocoon and attacked it with his sword. His eyes widened in surprise when his blade formed a crack.

Julian fell back and watched as Sirius loosen his ball, smirking at him.

"Aren't you naughty?"

"It's my turn now" and Sirius raised his hand as he laughed madly, "Enjoy old man"

Suddenly the dark mist started to form around him. Julian tried to use the wind to thwart it away but the mist was immovable this time.

"That's pointless" he heard a cold whisper behind him making Julian slash towards that direction. He heard an eerie chuckle echo amidst the mist, "You can't win, old man" 

Julian coughed blood when he was attacked from behind, leaving a bloody gash on his back. He raised his eyes to look around but the damn mist was obstructing his view.

Before he could make another move, he felt a force come at him from his right, making him dodge, his head at the last second. His eyes widened when he saw the black vine in front of him, inches away from his head.

"Tch... missed. You are lucky, old man but only by a little."

This time, he heard him whisper close to him and by the time he turned around, the black vine pierced through his abdomen making the king cough blood out.

Sirius's face appeared in front of him as he smirked before withdrawing his vine. Julian watched as the vines absorbed his blood into the demon making him gape in shock.

Julian waved his hands and suddenly a huge blast of wind attacked Sirius taking him off guard. Sirius laughed evilly as he saw the numerous cuts on his body. He narrowed his eyes as he glanced at the human in front of him. 

Sirius wiped the blood off his cheek as he watched the human. His wounds began to heal as he laughed and disappeared again in the mist. Julian gripped his abdomen as he scanned his surroundings warily. 

Julian suddenly stopped scanning and took a deep breath. He closed his eyes and perked his ears up, listening intensely.

He knitted his brows when he felt a slight disturbance behind him and suddenly turned around, meeting with his attack. His sword clashed with the vines taking the demon by surprise.

Sirius had a look of surprise on his face before the excitement took over.

"We are really going to have some fun now, old man"