Chapter 434 - Bet

Azriel wrinkled his brows and replied in a confused voice, "I thought you knew already. Didn't you hear anything that we said while… oh, right! You were in a trance when mother showed us your soul."

"She showed you my soul?" Adeline was impressed to hear that because she had no idea it was even possible to separate a soul from its body... while a person was still alive. But then again, it was the Goddess that Azriel was talking about. What could be impossible for her?

"Yes, she did. And she asked me to release your demonic power that I had sealed inside of you. You are now a stronger vessel to hold that power so there is no need to keep it sealed anymore." Azriel flashed an awkward smile to Adeline.

Adeline's happiness was beyond measure. The power that she had wanted very badly was now finally at her disposal. "I am back to my old self!" she wanted to stand on top of the mountain and scream at the top of her lungs.

She glanced at Azriel with a bright smile. She wanted to thank him. But then she saw a hint of guilt in his eyes.

And she felt bad that she hadn't yet told him that she had already forgiven him for everything. "Umm… Azriel…" she was going to bring up that topic but Azriel interrupted her.

He got up on his feet and asked, "You said you aren't in pain, right? Then shall we check the extent of your power? I bet you want to feel that power that is coursing through your veins again."

He held out his hand for Adeline and said with a challenging grin, "Shall we have a duel until Theodore comes back? Let's see how many seconds you can last against me."

Adeline took his hand and accepted his challenge with a wide smile. "If my old powers are back again, then I bet that I will last more than some seconds. I will say that I will at least last for two minutes."

Azriel flicked one of his brows and helped her out of the bed. "We'll see about that. If you last for two minutes then I am going to dance for you."

Adeline chortled and playfully said, "You better be ready to dance then."

Azriel then swiftly created a domain in the world of his illusion. He pulled both himself and Adeline inside that domain which looked like a fighting arena that he had created when testing the strength of the children of Dragomir.

Adeline instantly felt literal chills running down her spine when she looked around the familiar illusion. She wondered if she still had that power and courage in her that she had displayed in her test. "I hope I have not rusted," she thought to herself.

She took a deep breath in and looked at her opponent. Azriel was already standing at the far end of that large fighting arena and was ready to attack. She could clearly see his smug smirk while he was looking at her and asking, "Are you ready?"

Adeline gave an equally smug smirk and nodded her head. "Ready."

The second her word dropped on the floor, Azriel whooshed forward at a speed faster than the lightning.

However, unlike in her test, Adeline was able to clearly see Azriel and could even tell that he was going to strike her with his right hand.

Adeline bent both of her knees and prepared herself for old tactics – defending herself. She had yet to know if she could take a direct hit from the fallen angel or not, and she didn't wish to find that out that early in the fight. So, she pushed herself off from the ground and jumped backward.

She had thought that she would just cover a short distance with that jump. However, to her and Azriel's utter surprise, she happened to fly all the way across that arena, only to be stopped by the padded wall.

"Argh!" Adeline grunted and landed head down on the floor.

And she was even more surprised when she didn't feel that much pain from that little accident.

Azriel raised his brows in amusement and said, "Well, well, what do we know… Looks like your power has increased from before." He went and gave hand to Adeline while saying, "Theodore's evolved power might have boosted yours as well."

Adeline grabbed Azriel's hand tightly and gave a sinister smirk, "We are still fighting, remember?"

Taking advantage of that distracted opponent, Adeline swiftly pulled him and at the same time, kicked him hard on his gut.

Azriel tried to suppress his groans but he couldn't hide how he was feeling. He held his stomach and almost fell down on his knees.

Adeline grinned and came in with a hammer kick, aiming at his head.

Azriel was already on his guard by now so he disappeared and reappeared behind Adeline. And he immediately threw a powerful kick on Adeline's back, making her flop down on her face.

Adeline let out a series of painful moans and lay flat on her back. She saw Azriel preparing to punch her and she shouted, "Hey! Not fair! You can't use your teleportation powers like that! That's cheating!"

"It's not cheating if I make the rule." Azriel came at her with a deadly glare. He seriously looked like he was going to finish Adeline off.

But that didn't faze Adeline. She rolled over from his direct line of sight and ran.

Azriel focused his attention on Adeline. He was stunned to see again that she was running around the arena at an extremely fast pace. He could tell where she was, obviously, but he was sure that the humans wouldn't be able to detect her exact location if she ran like this.

Adeline was charging herself up to give a huge blow to Azriel. She ran on the wall and then catapulted herself towards her brother-in-law with a pointed heel aiming at his chest.

Azriel was loving seeing her display of powers.. "But I have to win. I don't want to dance!"