Chapter 210: A Clash of Royals

Chapter 210: A Clash of Royals

"Hello, Rita." With wand in hand, Bellatrix walked towards towards Skeeter.

"I had thought you'd learnt your lesson after our last session. I didn't think you'd need another one."

Rita shook in her chair, trying to back away. "Minister... I... I'm really sorry. If you'd just hear me out, I'm sure you'd understand—"

Bellatrix casually sent a cruciatus curse toward Skeeter. Rita let out a shriek so high that it made Daphne and Martina flinch. "Noisy." muttered Bellatrix, waving her wand and sealing Skeeter's mouth shut. She then proceeded to continue the torture.

"So, have you heard from Axel yet?" She asked, turning to Daphne and Martina.

Even though Daphne and Martina had never tortured anyone, they had witnessed it multiple times due to their family. So, they were able to regain their composure despite Bellatrix's brutality.

"Uh... there's no news." replied Martina.

Bellatrix frowned. "What about that girl? Akio? No, Akiko. Did she tell you something?"

The girls were confused by that question. "No. How would she even know anything?"



Bellatrix looked at the two clueless girls and burst out laughing. "You guys don't know?"

"Don't you what?" Asked Daphne.

"Akiko is in Atlantis too. Did she not tell you?"

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"....What....?"

"Is... Is that true?!"

"Of course. Atlantis is under a state of war. Her grandfather has been worried sick about her."

Daphne and Martina looked at each other, their mouths agape.

"...Traitor..."

"That BITCH!"

Then, both of them exploded together.

Both Martina and Daphne were blown away by this revelation. As far as they were aware, Akiko had just returned to Japan with the Japanese Delegation.

Just yesterday, while talking about how much they miss Axel, the girls had also admitted to missing Akiko a little bit as well. The duo had also talked about how innocent and cute Akiko is.

"It is always the quiet ones that are most dangerous." murmured Daphne, gritting her teeth. Right now, Akiko was alone with Axel in Atlantis, while they are stuck here, twiddling their thumbs.

Never in her wildest dreams had Daphne imagined that Akiko would backstab them like this. Thinking back, Akiko was awfully casual about Axel leaving for Atlantis. As if she didn't care at all.

And when they discussed ways to help Axel or go together with him, Akiko was always silent. Now she understood why. The bitch was already set to accompany Axel. While they were agonizing, she must be looking down at them from her high throne, secretly mocking them.

Meanwhile, looking at the distorted expressions of Daphne and Martina, Bellatrix chuckled, shaking her head. "You girls remind me so much of me."

She turned her attention back to Skeeter, who was a mess by now after 20 seconds of Cruciatus. Bellatrix removed the silencing charm. Then, she took out a vial of veritaserum for her pocket and made Skeeter choke on it.

As expected of Bellatrix, the torture was just for fun. The interrogation was going to be done through the truth potion.

"Now, start talking. How the hell did you find out all those things? You need to tell me everything. Don't leave anything out. I'll search your mind to confirm later," she said, pocketing the vial.

[Water Monarch + Unshackle]

Before getting engulfed, Axel barely managed to stop the water by combining his water affinity with his special skill to free the water from Aslot's control, thus managing to survive.

???

Aslot stopped and looked at Axel like looking at some rare animal. "Such high mastery.... how?"

'What the fuck?'

On the other hand, Axel clenched his molars, trying to hide his shock. What happened just now was not a casual clash. It was a clash between the affinities of the two water rulers. And Axel had lost. Even before he had the chance to resist.

'What... in the actual fuck?' Axel was shaken. To lose in terms of water affinity... and to lose with such an overwhelming difference...

[Axel, use Teleportation.]

The amount of outrage that line gave Axel could not be expressed in words. The system was telling him to run away.

'Son of a—! Then why the fuck did you give me this mission?!'

If the opponent was so strong, then why issue the mission in the first place?

The System's missions are usually within the realm of common sense. But how is he supposed to beat this guy? Axel had just thought it was some small fry using the power of the relic, but it turned out to be a legit villain with Royal Bloodline.

[It was meant to be completed by borrowing the help of the rest of the relic wielders. You should have guessed you couldn't beat him alone when it was revealed that a whole team of Relic Wielders couldn't beat him.]

The System doused cold water on his anger. He thought he could win, because... come on! This is water! Axel couldn't imagine someone beating him in this field. But faced with the reality, Axel realized that he had to make a choice. Run away or fight.

[Now that you have learnt your lesson, you can still leave. Aslot has locked the space through his water territory, but it's not enough to stop Arcane Travel]

Seeing Axel's frozen appearance, Aslot chuckled. "You know, you can't run, right? We have a lot to talk about."

Axel slowly shook his head. Facing stronger opponents is something Axel has done his whole life. He won't run away just because the opponent is stronger. A fight is not decided based on strength alone.

[Occlumency Max]

The gears of Axel's mind began spinning at a rapid speed as he thought of a million ways to win. "No... I'm not going to run," he finally said, making his decision. He was NOT going to run away.

Hearing that, the corner of Aslot's wrinkled mouth lifted. "Good. Because you need to tell me how you managed to awaken your affinity to that extent."

Axel sneered.

'By doing a 30-day 'Awaken your Bloodline' course.'

Or. 'By minding my own goddamn business.'

That's how Axel would have replied if he wasn't at such a disadvantage right now.

So, he just shrugged. "Well, if you really want to know, you'd have to beat it out of me."

Aslot grinned. "Well, I like the spirit. It's just too bad you don't have the qualifications to back it up."

Aslot was completely confident he would easily break the kid into a crying mess very soon. But still, that confidence made Aslot look forward to that time. Not more than 14, and that level of Water Control? If he knew how, he would be able to finally become more powerful.

With the Royal Trident in hand, Aslot began walking towards Axel.

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