814 The Demon God's Scheme (1)
“We have a third-party group. What do we need to do?” Yuuki aimed his ice arrows at the group of people in strange costumes.
“They are probably superheroes like the ones shown on TV and in the newspapers. Let’s ignore them for a while. We have to focus on helping Ely and the others right away.” Sylvia shrugged her shoulders and took out her father’s advanced pistol. She gave one to Evelyn too.
“Let’s move quickly. The deities here are hiding in another realm. They are very shrewd and cunning, but not when we have Ely and her master hunting them down. Now is our time to move.” Nell invited all the girls to immediately follow her as she coordinated with Elysia.
“All right. Just clear the path until we meet the final boss.” Vanessa nodded in agreement and immediately followed the Goddess of Blessings.
The other girls also followed. On their way to the dungeon, they instantly killed the demonized soldiers who were in their way, but they only knocked out the ordinary human soldiers.
At that time, Elysia had just arrived at a small warehouse room. At first glance, nothing was out of the ordinary about that room, but things were not as simple as they seemed.
The remnants of the energy thread that Elysia was tracking led to somewhere in the room. It was a dead end, but there was an entrance to another realm.
“Let’s do it?” Ai clenched her fists. She could feel a dimensional gate somewhere in the room.
“Mm, break the barrier.” Elysia nodded.
“Okay, leave it to me.” Ai approached a wall and immediately released a fist into empty air.
*Bam!* *Crack* *Crack*
Ai widened her eyes because her powerful punch only cracked the dimensional barrier. She then summoned her shadow spear. “Dimension Slash! Crumble.”
*Slash*
The barrier collapsed into small pieces, opening a dimensional hole into a vast hidden realm.
“It’s surprising that you can discover our hiding place. However, what a pity. You have entered this absolute realm where your body is no longer in your control. Come and join us. By joining-” Someone in a dark cloak came out from behind a pillar and greeted.
Unfortunately, Rhea and Ai didn’t wait for that person to finish talking. Rhea pulled the man out of the mysterious realm, and Ai tied him up before giving the man a practical lesson on suffering and pain.
“Ouch, ouch, I’m not even done talking! Stop hitting me. Gyaah! My leg is bitten by a poisonous lizard!” The battered man never thought these executioners didn’t have the etiquette to wait for someone else to finish speaking.
“You are a participant and an enemy. You will be eliminated soon. Any final words?” Rhea was ready to take the chess piece from this man, but she gave him an opportunity.
“Wait, wait, please wait! I have a leak of the information you need. Please believe me and listen to me!” The battered man exclaimed with urgency and a hint of desperation.
“Speak. You have one minute for that.” Elysia gave the man a chance to talk.
“There are six deities with their six core teams in three different realms in the triangle formation. Two deities are in this Demonic Realm, inside that black tower. Be careful of mind corrosion, or you will be controlled!” The battered man voiced his warning.
“You want to buy some time for something? But, well… Some of the information you’ve given may be true.” Elysia gazed at the black tower amidst the obscuring mist in the distance with some considerations in mind.
“Why should we believe what you say? You are one of them, putting you on the side of the guilty perpetrators.” Ai snorted as she didn’t believe any of the nonsense this man was saying.
“Is that all you wanted to say?” Rhea had already grasped the chess piece from the man’s spirit. She is ready to take it any time.
“If possible, let my sister go.” The battered man just sighed and closed his eyes.
“…” Rhea did not answer and immediately took the chess piece. She then knocked the man out.
“I detected corrosive energy that might try to take over our minds like a brainwashing parasite. We will move swiftly in caution. Let me grant you a protective blessing.” Rhea extended her hand to Elysia.
“Mm, I’ll also provide additional protection.” Elysia gave Rhea her approval.
Rhea then gave her blessings to everyone, including Cherub, so the corrosive energy couldn’t touch them. Elysia proceeded with an additional layer of magic protection.
After that, they entered the Demonic Realm and eradicated the demons they encountered along the way to the black tower. Everything was swift insta kill. They arrived at the black tower in just a matter of minutes.
“They’ve arrived here.” A man clad in a dark knight robe muttered while watching the events unfold outside the tower.
“Just send more demons to greet them. It’s only a matter of time until their minds corrode and become puppets.” The man in the shadow replied nonchalantly.
“They have armor and move quickly here. Even the powerful demons can’t stop them. All of their attacks are insta kills.” The dark knight folded his arms.
“Send our team members to greet the executioners. They have consideration for humans.” The shadow man felt so confident in his artificial realm. None of his opponents could survive the moment they entered here.
“…” The dark knight didn’t answer and just walked away.
“Let’s see where your struggle ends.” The shadow man clasped his hands and grinned widely as he watched all the events below with his monitoring abilities.
*Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Boom!*
A fierce clash has occurred on the lower floor of the tower. Ai just received a nice rifle from Elysia, and she exterminated the demons with a happy laugh. “Die, perish! Hahaha!”
“…” Elysia and Rhea looked at each other. Ai took all the spotlights as if this girl wanted to impress someone.
“Reinforcements have been sent to the bottom. I will deal with all the intruders here. Quickly go to the top of the tower and defeat the final boss right away!” Ai pointed to the top of the tower, then proceeded to mercilessly attack all the approaching demons.
“Rawr!” Cherub tore apart dozens of demons with his talon to assist his master. He then devoured some demons like they were snacks.
His dragon body size could become significantly large because he had almost recovered to his prime. Not even a powerful demon could stop his attack.
“All right.” Elysia nodded. She flew to the top of the tower with Rhea by her side.
“Enough of that! We’ll stop you here.” Someone shouted while running out from inside the tower.
“You’re a controlled human? So, not a demon.” Ai took out a laser gun and shot the man’s legs.
*Clang!*
A shot was repelled by a sword slash, but not the other one.
“Argh!” The man fell to the ground. One of his legs was shot and badly injured. He couldn’t even approach his opponent now.
“Long-range weapons are very effective and superior in a battle like this. It might be different if their deity came down to face me.” Ai shrugged her shoulders and refocused on shooting at the approaching demon horde. She left no demon alive.
“Grr!” Cherub lashed his tail at the giant demon, but it caused his opponent to bounce far away and hit the tower, causing a big hole.
*Rumble*
“Bad boy, be careful! Our comrades just entered the tower.” Ai scolded her pet as the tower shook.
“Mm…” Cherub backed away and lay down on the ground. It wasn’t on purpose, and he felt guilty.
The dark knight ambushed the two executioners who had just entered the tower’s top chamber. “Your protection is quite impressive. But, it ends here. Armor Break!”
“!?” Rhea stood in front of Elysia.
That sword slash broke her first layer of protective barrier, but she had a few more.
“Let me show you what a real Armor Break looks like.” Rhea stretched her palm forward. She took a deep breath and muttered. “Armor Break.”
*Boom!* *Swoosh!*
A concentrated super shockwave shot through the dark knight like an invisible spear of destruction.
“Ghak!” The dark knight vomited blood and fell to the floor, unconscious. His flagship dark armor crumbled to pieces right after that.
“…” Elysia just stood there in silence. Rhea beat that deity mercilessly.
The evil deity actually was not the dark knight but the little ghost who possessed the person inside that armor.
“Just stay there.” Rhea raised her finger. Hundreds of spiritual fibers popped from the floor, preventing that little ghost from escaping.
She gave an eye signal to Elysia, which indicated she would also deal with the other evil deity.
“You’re next.” Rhea stared at a shadowy figure on the throne chair in the corner of the room.
“You are much stronger than I imagined. Perhaps, you are a high-class Goddess in the Heaven Realm. Or, you are indeed a high-ranking Goddess from heaven. You may be strong, but you overlooked the most important thing.” The shadowy figure grinned widely and glanced at the other executioner.
“I am the almighty Shadow Demon. I can possess someone and take complete control. Your memories, powers, and feelings shall be mine. Let’s see if you dare to kill your own friend or not! Hahaha!” The Shadow Demon turned into dark particles and flew to the weaker executioner.
“!?” Rhea tried to stop that shadow from approaching Elysia, but she was a step too late.
“Sigh… Wrong choice. You’ve lost.” Elysia heaved a subtle sigh.
“Hahaha! This girl’s body is now mine!” The Shadow Demon laughed heartily as if he was the absolute victor.
He looked around, but he couldn’t find anything. It was utterly void.
“This is a trap? Why can’t I find her spirit, memory, or anything here!? Where am I?” The Shadow Demon felt that something was off.
A moment later, the void was suddenly illuminated by three giant shadow entities. They surrounded him and looked down on him like they stared at the weak insect.
“A fatal mistake. Divine punishment is meted out on the transgressor.” The giant shadow with gleaming golden eyes reached out to the Shadow Demon.
“Argh!!!” The Shadow Demon was unable to move. He felt his whole being was crushed to a pulp. The wound was false, but the pain was beyond real.
It was like an illusion that repeated for eternity. He was killed and crushed, then resurrected, only to be crushed again.
The other two giant shadows then punished the Shadow Demon with a different method to the point that it could traumatize him and make him question his existence.
“You are a powerful deity but abuse your powers for evil. It is a pity. Our Heretic God is friendlier than someone like you.” Elysia threw the Shadow Demon out of her body.
“No, no, not anymore. Please forgive me. That’s enough. I-” The Shadow Demon cowered in fear while muttering incoherently with a stutter. It was only a few seconds of torment, but the pain seemed to have lasted for days.
“What?” The nearby ghost deity was surprised at that sight. His comrade lost in seconds, just like him.
Rhea immediately held Elysia’s hand guiltily because she failed to stop that Shadow Demon.
‘That’s fine. Nothing can interfere with our mind, spirit, and soul because our mind is in sync. My master just traumatized this Shadow Demon. See?’ Elysia grabbed Rhea’s hand back.
‘Nice one, Ely. Two deities have fallen. However, they were not the only formation’s casters. Lifa and I are hunting them in their separated realm.’ Elena relayed her instructions.
Elysia and Rhea looked at each other. They smiled behind their shadow masks and immediately took the king pieces from the two evil deities.
Elysia also snatched away those evil deities’ life energies to ensure they didn’t try to cause any trouble. She did that to return the favor because her energy was drained quite a lot because of the trap formation.
After placing the two evil deities in a particular prison, Elysia and Rhea leave the tower.
*Crack* *Rumble*
The entire realm started to crack. It gradually collapsed as its owner had been defeated and could no longer support that separated dimension.
“This realm will soon collapse. Let’s quickly get out of here!” Rhea cried out urgently to warn Ai.
“What about these people?” Ai pointed at the prisoners. They were the participants she had just defeated.
“We’ll take them out too.” Elysia took everyone flying quickly to the exit.