Chapter 1225 A Knot

Chapter 1225 A Knot

Kael Firebrand coughed up blood as he tried to rise, but his arm failed him. He slammed to the ground again, worsening the gaping wound on his chest.

Arthur witnessed his destruction as he looked around, seeing that he had obliterated the plains between the hills of Yalenia. Instead, he turned them into a valley.

The Red Tower was a higher realm than their world, so much so that a single day there was an hour on earth. Using the Godslayer Art there did not harm the world as his earlier attack did ­– not just the world... but space itself.

A giant fissure appeared where he struck Kael and released his powers. Arthur suspected that using the negating quality of wrath decreased the effect of the Isotox, resulting in this fissure.

"I don't think a band-aid would fix this," said Arthur while scratching his head. "Lilo! Nova! Are you guys done?" he called while looking for his dragons. Sure enough, Lilo's replicas pinned down the three Lesser Dragons.

"Too easy, Master!" said Nova as if he hadn't sat on Lilo's head the entire time. "These Lesser Dragons are minions of the Red Dragon! I don't recommend killing them."

"Red Dragon?" muttered Arthur with surprise, and Kael seemed to react to that name. Arthur turned toward him, walked over, and flipped him on his back. "You know that dragon?"

"Know?" laughed Kael with blood flowing from his mouth. His red hair sprawled on the ground, mixing with his blood. "The Ruler Guardian is the God of Lesser Lives, and the Red Dragon is his dearest tamed monster."

"Is that so?" muttered Arthur with a nod before he turned toward the wound he inflicted, running down Kael from shoulder to waist. However, it was not enough to kill him. "As an Empyrean, aren't you a little weak?"

His question was genuine. Arthur expected them to put up a little fight, but he did not even block his attack. It bothered Arthur like an itch that he couldn't scratch.

However, Kael coughed up more blood, rageful veins popping on his forehead. Then, he attempted to rise and summon his mana. Arthur frowned and waved his hand, using black lightning to strike him down.

"You bastard...!" said Kael through gritted teeth as Arthur foiled his plans to use that mana. It wasn't that Arthur was scared of him, but Kael tried a vile trick.

"You wanted to instigate a beast invasion of the Yalen Kingdom," muttered Arthur with a face devoid of emotions. "Is that how you want the world to remember you?"

"Better than being remembered as a loser!" roared Kael, but he was too wounded. "Even if I die, I am better than those cowards who still retreated when you kept offending us!"

Arthur knew that he meant the other Empyreans hovering in the sky. As he raised his eyes to meet them, they began descending toward the battlefield, sensing that the battle was over.

His eyes turned toward the sky, where the four empyreans turned into their respective forces. Kael turned into a dragon, Marius turned to elements, Saphir turned to force, and Elysia hid in the astral realm.

Arthur wondered what they were trying to do as he stood on the ground. These empyreans seemed to have lost their will to fight just moments earlier. Was it an act? But Arthur could tell that their existence did not plan on fighting him.

"Ah," uttered Arthur in realization as he grinned. "You guys still have figures backing you, huh? Figures that loath my existence."

Arthur forgot about them because he thought that they could not descend into this world. But since Lucian has defeated one of them, they must have felt threatened.

The Empyreans suddenly changed because their guardians summoned them to the astral realm, where they could grant them power or the resources to fight against Arthur.

His heart began beating in expectation. The knot in his heart was untied as he felt alive again. This feeling of danger has become his sole amusement. Arthur grinned as he looked at the sky.

"It would be too boring if it ended like that, wouldn't it?" laughed Arthur as he unleashed his lightning, summoning the dark clouds to cover the entire kingdom of Yalen. "Show me what you have, puny guardians!"

The entire world began to shake as his thunder rumbled. Arthur remembered something like this happening before against Cassius, the Sin of Pride. After being defeated by Arthur, he received one more power from Devaheim.

"Devaheim considers me worse than demons after all," remarked Arthur as he summoned his dagger, letting it cry in wrath. His kingdom of wrath appeared as well, ready for the battle.

An astra-ranker could summon an astral being, but empyreans had one more trait that made them powerful. These four became one with the universe, working together to open a gate unlike any other.

Saphir used his power to destabilize space, while Marius created the gate from his elements. Elysia connected the gate to the astral realm, and Kael was the one to open it using his abundant mana.

"As the descendant of the God of Lesser Lives," roared Kael as he used his blood as tribute. "I welcome our gods into our world again!"

Arthur did not move from his spot, staring with interest at them. He would not lose, but he wondered what the guardians told these empyreans to change their minds.

"Do these morons know... that they just wasted their only chance to survive?" Arthur muttered with a frown. It was hard to see someone throw away their lives like this.

But then, he felt it. A presence answered their calls and the gate shone bright. Something was descending from that gate, and it was a being that could threaten Arthur.

But Arthur was not afraid but instead grinned as he welcomed this fight. After all, his goal was to eradicate the entirety of Devaheim, not to mention a single god of theirs.