Chapter 90 - 88

The already pale face of Rhash paled even further. It was like all color from his body was drained from him

At his peak, these people wouldn't be able to do much to him. Unfortunately, the injuries he has accumulated over the course of a year have piled up too much already

The impact from blocking alone have already worsened his internal injury

Rhash flapped his wings again as he moved away from the strongest Paladin. However, he wasn't even able to move that far when more Paladins have attacked him

4 Paladins and once turned to attack Rhash. Two of them attack from the front and the remaining two attacked from behind him

Facing these 4 pronged attacks, Rhash has no choice but to use a great deal amount of power

He spreads his arm in his side and the blood fire have appeared in his palms. It didn't take that long before a dome of fire appeared with Rhash as the center

The blood fire even exploded and tongues of flames landed into the Paladins bodies

"AAAAHHHHH !!"

The bone curling pained cries of the Paladins rang loudly as the blood fire brought them immense suffering

Rhash's blood fire is feared by many for a reason. Not only does it bring great suffering to the victim, but even a spark of it would also be big as soon as it landed on a living creature

It has the ability to use the victim's blood as fuel to make itself bigger and stronger. It was extremely hard to get rid of the blood fire once it already made physical contact with someone

Not to mention, the more blood and life force a certain creature has, the stronger it would be

That means that if an enemy is strong, the blood fire would also be strong. It was a fire deserving of its reputation

Even the Paladins blessed by the God of Light soon turned into dehydrated corpses thanks to the blood fire

Their bodies start falling into the ground but they weren't able to land as they broke down into ashes

"This demon!" The strongest Paladin around cursed as he channeled more power into his back, particularly to his wings

His golden light wings expanded in size and Rhash braced himself as he already knew that this paladin's speed and power would explode

However, before Rhash could block the Paladin, several debuffing magic was already inflicted on him

The priests have used their divine magic and Rhash can feel how heavy his body becomes

It feels as if he was shouldering an entire mountain and even the circulation of mana in his body was disrupted

The Church really has it all. The Paladins are at the forefront of the battles using their swords to fight. As for the priest, they are either 'cannons' that have destructive powers or great supporters that can heal and cast buffs or debuffs

"DIE YOU DEMON!" The paladin shouted loudly as his figure cuts through the air

His speed was nowhere near the speed he has earlier and Rhash gritted his teeth

In his hand, several solidified blood appeared. These blood aren't from Reif as he has a limited supply of that

But even then, he could still use this blood to receive greater power but because of his current condition, no doubt that his injuries would worsen even further

In anger, Rhash crushed the solidified balls of blood and he set them on fire using the blood fire

Blood is the most effective supplement for the blood fire. Not to mention, the blood balls that Rhash has might look small but they are extremely condensed

Everyone would surely not expect that those little balls would have contained a large amount of blood

"It's not me that will die but you and all the people in your Church" Rhash rebuked as he incinerated the mistified blood

BOOM!!

A large bloody explosion soon followed. Rhash's fire uses the blood mist as fuel and a large raging fire appeared in the air

It was like a whole bomb has exploded due to the large range that it has. It was such a deafening explosion that even the people far from the explosion would hear the sound

The blood fire fell from the skies, burning everything below. It was like an apocalypse have descended as blood fire swallowed everything in their path

What was left after the explosion was only Rhash. Both the Paladins and Priests were turned into ashes as the blood fire exterminated their bodies

As the user, Rhash isn't affected by the blood fire but even then, he was still heavily affected

His mouth threw up a large amount of blood along with the pieces of his internal organs ranging from small to large pieces

On earth, even if a vampire has all their internal organs crushed, they would still not die. Rhash is in a similar state as them

His body would not let him die even if all the organs were destroyed. But even then, this would use up a lot of time and blood to heal

Rhash already has a low amount of Reif's blood but a lot of them would be used for him to quickly restore his health

He doesn't have the luxury to take a long time before healing and Rhash was literally shortening his life. After all, without Reif's blood, he would die

Even if Reif is with him, he still couldn't take any blood

The Shard of Brilliance is the only thing keeping Reif alive while he was being killed from the inside

Because of the curse, the shard doesn't have the ability to recover everything. It could only preserve his life but it wouldn't go on for long

Reif's health was also in jeopardy especially after a whole year have passed

If Rhash were to take more of Reif's body, that might ultimately lead the latter into his death

"D-damn cough! Church!" Rhash cursed as he swallowed some balls of blood to cure himself

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1 year later

Yet another year have passed and Reif still wasn't awakening. He was already only a sock of skin and bones

His health and even spirit have been deteriorating already. Even in Rhash's dreams, Reif only suffered from the curse for around a few weeks before the chaos power inside him went berserk and help him

This time, Reif has been suffering from the curse for two years. Rhash can't even imagine how painful that was

The pain that Reif is going through every second is surely greater than the pain that Rhash inflicted to his enemies using the blood fire

The blood fire alone is already extremely painful, what more for the curse that Reif has?

"M-master... p-please drink Master Reif's blood! At this rate, you would really die!" Khaknur urged and Agui seconded

Currently, they were yet in another cave. Their group have been in the run for years already and they stayed in a lot of places already

However, no matter how much they hide, the church still managed to find them

Two years is a really really long time because of their current condition

Rhash was literally on the floor coughing out blood. His body has already started to break down due to the luck of Reif's blood

Rhash was in great pain, especially in his stomach area. He was extremely thirsty right now and he wanted nothing else but to drink the blood of Reif

He already runs out of the blood he stored. A large reason for that was that he needed a lot of Reif's blood to ensure their survival

Currently, Rhash is the one that holds the greatest power. If it was just Khaknur and Agui, they would have died already

However, constant fighting has continuously injured Rhash. He can easily recover but that was at the cost of Reif's blood

"H-how can I-I!" Rhash answered while throwing up yet more blood

His insides feel empty already. His body condition was not that different from Reif

He also looks like a humanoid sock of skin and bones. His lifeforce was continuously leaking out, a sign that he was dying every second

His body was already breaking down and Rhash don't know how much more time he has

In the past, Rhash was happy that he only needs Reif's blood to survive. It made him feel like the two of them are destined to be together

But now that they are in this situation, the thing that once brought him joy turned into a curse

Rhash could still continue fighting for their sake if his body could continue living even without Reif's blood

"But master, you will die at this rate!" Khaknur insisted and his master immediately glared at him

"T-then are y-you cough! S-saying that I k-kill R-Reif to s-survive ?!" Rhash forced out those words angrily

With Reif's condition, he might die Rhash were to drink even a single drop of blood from him

Rhash would rather die from starvation than be the cause of Reif's death!