98 To Be Cruel

Raising up from my throne I appear in front of Erida, the sudden speed in which I arrived at her caused her to jump back.

Now with a large distance between us she shows a smile on her face.

"Not bad! You are not weak after all! I could not even tell you were about to move, if you attacked just now you would have heavily injure me. You should have taken advantage of that one chance, now that I know you are strong I won't go easy on you."

Erida's skin then shines a bright color making her red skin look as if she is bathed in flames. The fire then starts to expand in size, not waiting for Erida to engulf the throne room in flames I shift the space we are in into a wide open area were nothing but mountains and desert can be seen.

Those few Elders who rushed to watch the fight entered the throne room just in time to see the landscape change before their very eyes. Looking behind them they notice those who were just a step to slow are nowhere in sight, they were rejoicing that they were fast enough not to miss this major event.

Everyone else that was shifted saw the flames around Erida spread until it encased both fighters within it, the young group of female demons could all be seen with shock and disbelief in their eyes when the location changed as Erida attacked.

They have long since forgot that Erida attacked the Emperor that they were seeking aid from, they had worry, fear and deep regret in their eyes as they look on at the two about to engage in close combat.

Tezrian had of look of extreme fear in her eyes as she gazed at the young Emperor before her, she came along with Erida knowing that she would challenge the Emperor and if he was weak then they would beat some sense into him.

But if he was truly strong like Elder Elwin had promised them, then the two of them should be enough to fight him to a draw.

She knew for a fact that even if their entire group worked together they would all be completely destroyed in mere moments.

No Void realm expert she has ever fought could transport so many people to a different place, and as those who entered the Void realm they already discovered that they were no longer on the same planet.

He the Emperor moved them all onto a different planet that was unknown to them, just to ensure no damage was done to his Palace. She then moved closer toward the two hoping he would not be too hard on Erida because of hot headed nature.

.....

Within the Flame Domain Erida's heart was beating hard enough to cause her pain, she knew the person in front of her was beyond her current abilities.

She was regretting her choice to rush ahead of her mother as she looked into the eyes of the Emperor before her, both his eyes were shining despite both of them being pitch black she did not understand what caused such odd beauty.

As she held onto her sword she was trying to think of a way to come out of this situation she created without being too heavily injured.

She was well aware that she would be defeated but how Dashnell would go about it she was unsure of, she hoped when her mother came here the problem she created could be fixed.

For this she was willing to let him let out his frustrations on her body with a light beating.

He had to remember that she would become one of his wives right? He won't kill her that fact she was sure of but what state would she be left in.

She was thinking of this as her body was being dragged through the desert at a speed so fast that everyone still believed the two had yet to clash, even she had yet to realize her current plight.

She only felt a hand grip her by the neck before she was thrusted into the hard dried up dirt that was once beneath her feet.

No matter how hard she struggled, her arms flailed about doing nothing to stop her from being treated like a rag doll, as she was dragged for an untold amount of miles with her body still beneath the earth.

Due to the blinding speed he was moving at it made it hard for her figure out how much time of this 'fight' had actually past.

As she was going numb to the pain and just before she fainted from it she was lifted out of the ground.

"So which of the two of us is the weak one again, I am waiting for the beating you were dreaming of giving me. The images that were in your mind are the ones I am going to help you match, with that said at least you know when this will stop."

The Emperor's voice was heard in her head as she was flung through the air heading straight for a mountain in the distance.

...

A loud explosion was heard as Tezrian got closer to the Flame Domain setup by Erida but it soon collapsed as it shattered, setting the desert region on fire.

Everyone was confused at the sudden explosion but the domain shattering before them caused them to avert their attention as they once again tried to find the two fighters within.

Valara and Verena were two of the more experienced of all those gathered and they both failed to keep up with the fight, all they knew is that they had to stop Dashnell before he created a trama for the young Demon Princess Eride.

The two of them then messaged everyone else and began to move towards the fallen Flame Domain to aid Eride.

Tezrian saw the army of the Emperors wives also moving near and dread filled her heart, as she was not sure what they were up too.

Were they here to stop her from aiding Eride? She had no clue, all she could do was cast everything aside and rushed towards the center of the Flame Domain hoping to prevent the fight from continuing on.

"Girl! We are going to be helping that young Demon Princess can you find a way to locate her, the fight is no longer here. Do your best to find her fast!" Verena's words echoed inside Tezrian's mind.

She knew they were powerful but as she moved closer to these women she could feel that they were all in the Void realm or extremely close just about to enter it.

What caused her to panic was not this but the fact that they too noticed that the fight was no longer here within the domain Erida created. If not here were had the two gone? She began to search for Erida, holding onto a horn that has clearly been cleanly cut, her hands glow with a bright yellow light that shines in the direction of the explosion.

If they at the Void realm could not even keep up with the fight then how much of a monster was this Emperor?

At the same time they all remembered the explosion that was heard before the domain collapsed.

A loud sounding sonic boom echoed out in the vast desert.

Bearing witness everyone then saw the after images of the Emperor grabbing hold of Erida's neck as the slammed her into the earth, before he began to drag her into the distance. As everyone was shocked at the scene before them Dashnell lifted the battered and bruised girl up before launching her far into the distant mountains.

"Dashnell!! Don't you hurt her anymore than you already have! Stop what you are doing and come back here right now! I know you can hear me!"

Valara shouted out loud and within her mind knowing that with the bond he would hear one of the two and responded to her enraged emotions.

What then caused everyone to panic even more was the fact that the ground where she was dragged trailed on farther than what they were able to see even with their incredible eyesight.

Far off in the distance more than half the length of the planet away Dashnell can be seen staring at the beaten and bloody Princess Erida as she crawls out of the center of the collapsed mountain looking like blood pulp dressed incrumbling armor.

As I move over to her once more her eyes show both respect and fear as I can tell from her thoughts she expects me to kill her.

"Even if I am to die for offending you Dragon Emperor, I ask you to take care of Tezrian for me. She might hate you for a long time for killing me but she will be a great wife I can promise you that.

Please don't turn your back on the Demon Clan for my sins I don't regret my actions, as it proves you can indeed help our people regain our freedom. My mother will do what must be done for the Demon Clan even if you have killed me, let any resentment die with me."

Laughing at her works the shock in her eyes can be seen clearly.

"No one is going to kill you, I just wanted to let you know your place. Also I can see into the future, your mother would have tried her best to kill me if I truly took your life. As for Tezrian yes she will become a great wife and so will you! Now rest for a bit, you let me down I expected you to at least get one hit in as I beat you senseless."

I then move forward towards the stunned Princess as she can barely move, she then breaths relieved that she would be able to keep her life.

She faints in my hands after knowing that I plan to spare her life, feeling the rage of my wives I know not to delay things anymore even if only mere seconds have past since I left were we came from.

Catching the body of the unconscious Princess I hold her in my right hand as I teleport to the girls who have finally found my location.

Appearing before them right as they were about to teleport after me, they look at me as if I killed someone.

In my right hand they see that I am holding Erida by her neck, as she looks like a blood red rag.

Planting the Princess fimly into the earth once more created an after shock that causes the mountains to shutter, they had looks of terror on their faces thinking I just delivered a corpse back to them.

Tezrian fainted right there once she seen the state Erida was in.

That was when the bloody pulp lifted a hand out of the crater and punched my leg before going completely limp once more.

"One hit! Look did I make you proud now. Husband."