Chapter 1728 The Venerable Of Flame's Interrumption
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"DRAKE!"
Benladann and Miranda both panicked as they saw Drake being swallowed by Pandemonium's Domain, disappearing from there instantly, as if he had never been there to begin with.
It happened so soon, and before the Trial even began!
They never suspected that Pandemonium would simply snap, and no longer care about the Trial, or anything other than to kill Drake...
"He trapped Drake inside a Domain; I sense a strong dimensional distortion!" said Pekora.
"We have to tear through it!" Ruby invoked her Venerable powers. "We can't let him face that monster alone!"
"I agree!" Benladann said. "Everyone, let's break through!"
"We can't let papa fight him on his own!" Kate nodded.
"Papa! Wait for us!" Benladra said.
As everyone channeled their Divinities and were about to pierce through space to go save Drake, suddenly, a titan made of flames manifested.
"WAIT."
Suddenly, a power so strong nobody could resist washed over everyone, the owner of this entire space was someone else.
It wasn't Drake, and it wasn't Pandemonium.
It was him.
"I'll deal with them myself, no need to intervene, participants," the Venerable of Flames said. "Wait here."
His giant hands tore through the empty air, as the man shrouded in shadows watched in silence, although he smirked slightly after that.
Crack, crack...!
CRASH!
He forcefully broke through the Domain using his authority over the entirety of this space and then barged inside.
What he saw was something staggering.
Drake and Pandemonium, two monsters among monsters, fighting ferociously.
Space shattered with each of their blows, the two never giving up.
Never-endingly regenerating, and never-endingly fighting.
As someone that loved battles, the Venerable almost felt like he just wanted to sit down and watch the conclusion of this battle.
But rules were rules, and he couldn't have these two idiots ruining his inheritance, which he had set up for so long!
"ENOUGH."
And then something appeared amidst the endless darkness and demons.
It was born from everything fusing together into the face of a man.
A very tired man...
"This is not a power I asked for..."
"You...?!"
"This is not a power I ever wanted..."
"What...?"
"What you think is power... is nothing but a curse."
"...!"
The venerable then noticed something amidst the endless darkness.
A little girl with charcoal black skin, with broken fairy wings, waring only a white dress, with long silvery-white hair, and with her eyes always closed.
Her arms and legs were chained, as she constantly bleeding black blood.
Miasma.
"That's...!"
The Venerable of Flames couldn't believe it.
"Pandemonium... Just what... what are you?!"
"The only thing keeping me together is her..." Pandemonium said. "I do everything for her... I promised I would destroy the world... And I promised her... We would live together forever and ever."
"She lives within you?!"
"Only a fragment... A piece of her heart."
"Why... are you showing me this?!"
"To make you understand... That I am not something you can look down onto."
FLASH!
Then the Venerable went back to normal, back to reality.
The pressure he exerted on Pandemonium disappeared, as he patted his blazing shoulders.
"I'll let it slide for now... But if you dare stop me a second time, I will not let you go."
"Hah..."
The Venerable of Flames laughed as he saw Pandemonium walk away.
"I suppose he's not just a fool..."