Chapter 95
(Three days ago)
“Does that mean you’re going accept my request?” Mykel asked as he stood in the middle of a desert and stared at Zherthlsh who was in her demon form while she was spreading her massive wings.
“I will accept if you win against me, and I warn you that I have gained more and more power since the last time we met,” Zherthlsh answered with her red blood eyes staring into Mykel’s eye.
Mykel smirked and removed his blazer then threw it on the ground. He used [Telekinesis] and controlled all the throwing knives from his vest belt. “You think you’re the only one who has gained more power?” he said as the knives flew around him.
Zherthlsh pulled out her bone-like whip and whipped it in the air so that it made a rattling sound and a shockwave at the same time. Mykel flew the throwing knives at her but she blocked all of them which was quite surprising knowing how sharp the knives were.
Zherthlsh disappeared into black smoke and Mykel immediately rolled over when he noticed the whip was about to cut him into half. She kept disappearing and appearing next to or behind him and it was really annoying to deal with since she kept her distance from him.
“Are you really going to fight me like this? Is this how the strongest demon lord of Azazel fight?” Mykel asked as he moved his body to the left when the whip struck the ground the grain of sand was dangerous enough since it became like shrapnel that could pierce through the skin.
Zherthlsh appeared from Above Mykel and swung her whip at his face but he grabbed it with his hand and slammed her to the ground. She disappeared and reappeared behind him but Mykel knew her move and immediately grabbed her neck with his hand.
“Playtime is over,” Mykel said and then threw Zherthlsh as far as he could then took a giant leap to catch up on her.
Zherthlsh was being thrown away really fast that it was hard for her to spread her wings. The moment she could spread her wings, Mykel was already flying behind her and he grabbed her wings and then pulled them off from her back.
Mykel axe kicked Zherthlsh on the back and she hit the ground really hard that it made a huge crater. He landed on top of her body and he grabbed her whole face with his hand.
“How was it? Still think you can win against me?” Mykel asked as he stared down at Zherthlsh who was coughing blood after just a single kick. “You’re no longer a threat to me, Zherthlsh, you should know that by now,” he continued as he slowly removed his hand from her face.
Zherthlsh couldn’t do anything anymore since her wings were her source of power and Mykel knew that already. She didn’t even make a single groan or noise while she glared at him furiously.
“Don’t look at me like that,” Mykel said as he put his hand on her forehead. “I’m not actually your enemy, and you know that already,” he continued as he stood up and let her heal her injuries.
Mykel collected all the throwing knives and four of them back in his belt.
“Now that I have won, you’re going to accept my request, right? Or were you lying about it?” Mykel asked with his hands holding the throwing knives.
“Fine, I will accept it but with one condition,” Zherthlsh said as she tried to sit down. “I want to know why you want to do this,” she asked and stared at Mykel.
Mykel approached Zherthlsh and whispered a lot of things to her. She furrowed her eyebrows and stared at Mykel from the corner of her eyes.
“Don’t you hate them after knowing that?” Mykel asked as he leaned his head back and stared at Zherthlsh. “I don’t mind if there will be a bloodbath since you can consume them to make you stronger as well,” he continued as he raised his eyebrow and kept staring at her.
“Your ambition is similar to him,” Zherthlsh said as she stared back at Mykel.
“Really? Do you think I will fit in or do you think I’m strong enough to replace him?” Mykel asked as he stood up and put on his blazer.
Zherthlsh giggled mischievously. “I will see you again soon, Mykel Alester,” she said as she kicked him into a portal.
(Present day)
“It happens again?” Gunnar asked as he turned the volume of the TV up.
Everyone watched the government building blazing in flame and the culprit was the Demonic Cult again. It happened yesterday in the middle of the night when a bunch of people from the Demonic Cult killed the guards and burned themselves in the building with the same method.
“What are they doing? They don’t have the dagger anymore, right? What’s their purpose now if there’s no demon to serve?” Rozan asked as he sat down with a bowl of cereal in his hand.
“It doesn’t matter, isn’t it? Even though the demon lord has been defeated, as long as they still possess that pendant, they still can do something like this and maybe with them sacrificing themselves, they could summon a demon lord,” Agnez answered while she cleaned up her sword.
“Do you think we are going to hunt these people down again? I don’t think Lillith wants to use her skill anymore because of that time so it’s going to be impossible to hunt them down,” Gunnar asked and looked at Lillith who was busy playing with her phone.
“No, I don’t want to unless Mykel asked me to do it then I will,” Lillith answered.
Breaking news suddenly appeared on TV and everyone immediately looked at the TV. A reporter was standing on the side of the road where she stood in front of a crowd where they stood in front of the gate to the government building.
“The governments have received numerous reports about Awakeners killing another Awakeners. There are at least hundreds of cases already ever since the incident happened. They managed to capture one of the Awakeners who had confessed that he killed at least fourteen Awakeners in a single night,” The reporter said as she looked at the camera.
“What?! What’s going on here?!” Gunnar asked as he jolted from his seat and stared at the TV.
“Right now, the government is securing that man, and just now they brought him into the building,” The reporter said but then she looked at the road and pointed at something. “That’s the car from the Guild Association!” she said and the cameraman immediately turned the camera toward the car.
The car stopped in front of the gate and the police made a path for the car so it could enter the building. The reporter ran with the cameraman and watched the car enter the building while the police immediately blocked the path so nobody could enter.
The camera was zooming in and saw Lyneth and Mykel coming out from the car. “Wait, that’s Miss Lyneth and the boss!” Gunnar said as he pointed at the TV.
(Inside the government building)
Lyneth and Mykel were escorted into the room where the Awakener who killed a dozen of Awakeners was being held.
They entered the room and they saw Kastor and Caesar were already in there with a few people in black suits, those guys were working for the government or an Awakener that worked for the government to be precise.
“Is this him?” Lyneth asked as she looked at the guys in black suits.
“Yes, he cooperated and told us everything about the reason behind his action,” A guy with black slick hair answered as he looked at Mykel. “This is beyond our imagination, Miss Lyneth,” he continued and looked at Lyneth who sat next to Mykel at the round table.
“How bad is it?” Lyneth asked and turned her head at the guy.
“I’m not sure what to say, it’s better for Miss Lyneth to listen to him yourself,” The guy said and pointed his hand at the guy in front of them. “You can tell them everything you know now, Jared,” he said as he nodded his head.
“It happened when I was drinking with my friends, we were having a night out until a notification appeared in front of us. A weird notification that came from our own Benefactor,” Jared said as he looked at them all. “I thought I was drunk but my friends got the same message as well from their Benefactors,” he continued and then took a deep breath.
“What kind of notification that you talking about? Can you explain it to us?” Lyneth asked as she rest her arms on the table.
“Our Benefactors want us to hunt Awakeners that are associated or the recipients of the Constellations from the Tower and the Death factions. They are rewarding us with ten thousand Arcana Coins from killing them, and the reason behind why they want us to hunt them down was because those Awakeners are a part of the Demonic Cult,” Jared answered.