Chapter 568: Gaya Returns
Chapter 568: Gaya Returns
The teleportation array in the shadow realm teleported the two of them back to the island entrance. Since time was not a concept in the shadow realm, nothing had changed on the island. The dead bodies of the vampires littered the sandy shore while the ship danced with the wind on the blue sea.
"Not even a second passed here," Michael said after looking at the dead bodies. The blood on the sandy shore was just as warm as he left.
Sabrina took a deep breath, calming her mind and soul. She had gone through so many things over the last couple of weeks. Now she wanted nothing more than a good sleep on her own bed. However, the fact that Ghost was the Dark Lord and Noah might come across him worried her. She witnessed the Dark Lord in action and truly feared for Noah's life.
"I can teleport you outside the void line. From there, you can fly to Kethen," Michael quickly bought a teleportation scroll from the system and threw it at Sabrina.
"What will you do?"
"Sabrina, this is where we will depart," Michael said, Instead of answering her question.
"If I were you, I'd tell everything guardians, and the vampires did to you to your brother and sister. The far your brother is from the guardians, the better for him,"
"What about you? Will you tell him if you get the chance?" asked Sabrina bewilderedly.
"Make no mistake, Sabrina. As long as your brother is a guardian and coming after me, he'll be my foe. I don't usually show mercy to my foes. However, I always had a soft spot for you, Winstons. That's why I am giving you a chance to let your brother know the true face of the guardians, "
Sabrina trembled hearing his cold tone as he continued,
"Your brother is being used by the guardians. Now you have a chance to show him the true colors of the guardians,"
"I will tell him everything except the truth about you,"
Michael nodded, appreciating Sabrina's conviction to keep his secret safe.
"Will we meet anytime sooner?" when Michael started to descend into the air, she asked him. Although they were inside the void line, Sabrina wasn't surprised to see him using arch energy. At this point, nothing about him could surprise her.
Michael however did not give her an answer but just smiled. The next moment, he turned himself into a lightning bolt and disappeared from the island, leaving Sabrina behind. She started at the trail of golden light he left behind until he completely disappeared from her sight.
Only then did she take a deep breath and tear the scroll, activating it.
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After finally leaving the island, Michael flew towards Gisal. He could teleport to reach Gisal instantly, but Michael chose to fly because he wanted to calm his mind and soul. Flying alone always enabled him to think clearly.
Although Sabrina learned his secret, he couldn't get himself to kill her. While flying towards Gisal, Michael flicked his wrist as a vial of blood appeared in his hand. The vial contained Sabrina's blood. His hand literally shivered to hold the vial.
If his instincts were proven correct, it would shake him to the core and change his world upside down. With everything in his mind, Michael continued to fly toward Gisal. Almost after four hours, when the sun reached the center of the sky, Michael finally saw the kingdom of Gisal on the horizon.
"My lord," he was about to use the runic teleportation to reach Caius's mansion when he heard Azazel's voice in his head.
"Azazel," Michael stopped in his pace by Azazel's voice,
"My Lord, you should come to the dark forest as soon as possible,"
"What happened?" Michael creased his brows, turning around.
"Please teleport here, my lord,"
Before Michael could question him more, the connection got interrupted. Realizing something was wrong, Michael immediately activated the runic teleportation to reach the dark forest.
Back in the Dark Forest, Azazel was standing in Michael's room alone. He gawked around, waiting for Michael to appear.
Finally, when Michael appeared, he heaved a sigh of relief.
On the other hand, Michael was in his complete Lucifer form to go all out in a battle. However, unlike he expected, there were no enemies in his room except Azazel.
It took Michael a second to realize what had just happened. But it was too late as he got hit by something soft and fluffy in a blink of an eye.
"Surprise Mickey!"
Michael was on the ground, and Gaya was on top of him with the brightest smile on her face.
"Gaya," Michael was startled by Gaya's surprise appearance.
She ripped off his mask and showered him with kisses. In return, Michael hugged her and stood up, holding her tight.
Since Azazel had done his job by bringing Michael to the dark forest, he quickly left the room, leaving Michael and Gaya alone.
Gaya just pushed him to the bed and locked her lip with his like a hungry kitten.
"I missed you so much," after parting her lips from his, she panted and said.
"I missed you too,"
The smile on Gaya's face instantly vanished as she creased her brows,
"Something happened?"
With a single look at his face, Gaya knew something was bothering him.
"Tell me what happened,"
Michael knew there was no point in changing the subject or lying to her. Thus, he took a deep breath and began narrating everything that had happened since he met Sabrina on the island.
SurIt'ssingly after listening to Michael, Gaya gently patted him on the back.
"It's okay. You did the right thing. You would have been no different than the fucking guardians if you had killed her. She is a Winston. She won't break her word,"
Michael somewhat felt calmed and reassured after hearing Gaya's words.
"Besides, I am here. You don't have to face the shit alone anymore. Let's kick things up,"
Michael smiled as she pecked him on the cheek.
"You're not supposed to get out of Akilan till next week. So how did you come here?" Michael asked.
"Just got an early vacation thanks to Headmistress Kayla. Elidyr will be here by tomorrow," Michael and Gaya just lay on the door, staring at the ceiling.
"Dude, you had done some sick shit without me," Gaya sighed as she sighed in disappointment.
"It's good that you placed a Spyder in her body and gave her the blood tonic. If she tries to fuck with us, we can fuck her back by making her explode,"
The healing potion Michael made Sabrina drink was mixed with the blood tonic in case Sabrina tried to reveal his secret to Noah or anyone else. Unlike the Spyders Tanulia found in her warship, the new ones Michael placed were enhanced by Elidyr's runes and were undetectable.
So if Sabrina tried to betray him, Michael could kill her with a snap of his fingers. Besides, Michael could mess with Noah by blackmailing him if the push comes to shove.
Although Michael didn't like to use Sabrina as a pawn in a game between him and Noah, there was no harm in having many backup plans.
"So, what's our next move? Now that I am here, we can cross off some of the things on your to-do list,"
"Giving Azazel his physical body,"
Michael rose from the bed while ordering the system to take out the body pieces and merge them.
"Azazel," Gaya called out the butler when she saw the body of a half-elf appear in the room.
"Hmm," Gaya approached the body to run her fingers across the half-elf body's face.
"Well, I always imagined Azazel getting some gray-haired human body since he looks like that now,"
"My Lady," As Gaya was checking out the body, Azazel appeared in the room.
"So you were with her to prank me huh?"
Azazel looked slightly embarrassed and apologetic with a sly smile.
"It's okay. I brought you a gift," Michael gestured at the body as a glimmer of joy and surprise emerged in Azazel's eyes. He slowly floated towards the body.
"My lord,"
"Do you like it?"
"Yes yes my lord. This body, the energy, it's overwhelming…" Azazel stammered. Unlike Michael and Gaya, his demon origin enabled Azazel to sense the overwhelming energy radiating from the body.
"Now when you are ready, just get inside the body," Michael said and waited for Azazel to enter the body.
After he entered, Michael summoned the system.
"System, take the badass points and merge Azazel's soul with the body,"
[As you wish, host]
The system said and took 50,000 badass points, as it mentioned to Michael when he was in Everlight.
After the system took the required badass points, a golden light shot out from Michael to the half elf's body. The light soon enveloped the body, radiating an otherworldly whistling sound.
"We can now take him anywhere with us right?"
"Yes. That's the plan," Michae nodded, waiting for the golden light to disappear from the room.
The light almost lingered around the body for another fifteen minutes. Then after the light gradually faded away, Michael and Gaya saw Azazel slowly opening his eyes, revealing crimson red eyes.
As soon as Azazel opened his eyes, the system brought Azazel's status window before Michael's eyes.
Subordinate: Azazel Sebastian
Cultivation Level: Soul Refining Stage level 3
Race: Demon (Half Elf body)
Status: Healthy
Trait: Butler (Unique)
Loyalty towards the host: 100%
Skills :
Phantom possession
Bind Area teleportation
Blood Thirsty
Imitator
Phantom Form
Mind Dominator
[Phantom possession is the ability of Azazel to possess a weak-willed enemy for a moment]
[Azazel can bend the space around it to teleport near the host and the bound area]
[Azazel can absorb blood essence to temporarily grow stronger]
[Azazel can imitate the host's spells and skills. The imitated skills and spells will not be as powerful as the host's arsenal]
[Azazel can choose to hide from the naked eyes. Only the host and a chosen subordinate could see Azazel when he's using the Phanton form]
[Azazel's voice could dominate weak-willed enemies' bodies]
Michael noticed the change in Azazel's skills. The Phantom touch had transformed into the Phantom possession. It made sense to Michael as Azazel now had a physical form.
"Finally, I can serve my lord and my lady to the fullest of my abilities," Azazel immediately dropped to his knees and placed his hand on his chest.
"The fun is just getting started Sebastian," Gaya devilishly grinned.