I Know The Secret To Surpass Level 100

Charging, the five of them rushed around Malice. Elliot held the end of the white rope while Ed was holding the end of the black rope.

Hope and Connor was distracting Malice while the other two would run around Malice, forming a circle which they will pull later on to trap her.

Seeing this, Malice smirked and blasted a powerful wave of black energy, blowing Hope and Connor away from her. Elliot and Ed pierced their swords on the floor to keep themselves at place. If they would be blown away, it would be even harder to trap Malice.

"Our distractions aren't enough," Connor gasped. "Infernal Ring of Fire!"

Hope clenched his fist and sighed. "Whatever. True Form: Supreme Dragon Emperor!"

Form shifted into his dragon form, destroying the room and creating a large explosion from their side of the castle. The guards ran to the Pleasure Chamber, hearing the loud explosion and seeing the destruction.

"I told you there was something wrong," one of the guards said. "We heard an explosion earlier!"

"I thought Lord Damian was just having fun," the guard said. "I didn't realize it was this serious."

Malice pouted, seeing the dragon hovering over her. She clicked her tongue and raised her finger, pointing it at Hope.

"Demonic Cyclone–"

"Now!" Elliot yelled and Ed nodded. They pulled their ropes that were around Malice, the ropes coiling around her and binding her.

"W-What?!" Malice growled. "This petty little– urgh!"

Malice blasted another wave of black energy. The white rope was neutralize, making her smirk but the black rope only thickened, absorbing her magical input.

"This f*ckin– argh!" Malice screamed in pain, Ed who was holding the black rope, pulled it with the help of Connor. Elliot came to Lance and pulled the other end of the rope. "It's so– argh!"

Malice, who was still in Lord Damian's body, looked up, her eyes rolling to the back of her head. Hope reverted back into his human form and assisted Connor in pulling the rope while Ed brandished his sword and blasted himself to Malice.

He pointed the tip of his sword at the woman and lit his arms aflame, finding another means of using the Curse's power without removing he sleeve. The dark purple light trailed from his arm into the sword, slowly coating Malice's body with it.

"Nullify!"

Malice screamed, the dark purple light swallowing her body. Her mouth slowly crept open, a black shadow mist going out of it. The black shadow smoke started to enlarge, forming another humanoid shape.

"You really think you can defeat me just like–"

"Hasty Aspire!" Elliot suddenly appeared in front of the shadow. He smirked before thrusting his sword through it, twisting it like a knob to create a larger hole.

"Bye b*tch," Elliot said and flipped over, kicking the shadow into the air where Lance was pointing at.

"White Annihilation!"

His white beam fully engulfed the shadow with power, Malice screaming silently while she was being swallowed by it. The light from Lance's attack lit the night sky with a bright white light. 

After his attack, the skies returned to their dark colors, the guards slamming down the door as they surrounded people inside.

"Hope, let go of the lord!" Ed said in panic. "He can't breathe!"

Hope heard this and immediately let go of the rope, making Lord Damian falling to the floor with a thud. Their eyes widened after seeing the passed out lord on the floor, all unconscious.

The sight made the commander of the guards' nose flare, he closed his eyes and grit his teeth in anger.

"Guards! Seize them!" he commanded. He raised his arms that signaled all his men to surround the boys, spears pointing to the Adventurers. "You have made a great mess in this castle and you have hurt our lord. You shall pay with your–"

"Wait!" Corey walked to the guard, head held high. "I can vouch for their innocence."

"B-But sir, we saw it with our own eyes. They hurt Lord Damian, rendering him unconscious," the commander said. "I don't mean to question you sir, but how will you explain this mess?"

"I gave them a quest," Corey replied. "I made them investigate my father since I've been seeing him… not acting like himself for these couple of years. These Adventurers told me that he was possessed by a powerful being outside our Realm. So I hired them to come here so I can see the being with my own eyes."

"Sir, are you telling the truth?" the commander asked. He lowered his hand that made all the other guards lower their weapons. "Your father's life is at stake here, sir. They might come back."

Corey rolled his eyes and looked behind the commander. "Oh, look. The healer is here."

"Good evening," a young maiden bowed and was escorted by two guards to where the lord was.

Corey turned to the commander and quirked his brow up. "What are you still doing. Tell them to back off now."

"Y-Yes sir," the commander said and raised his hand once more. "Guards, stand back. Guard the perimeter and call the mages. We need to fix this castle soon. Healers bring…"

Elliot crept up to Corey and bowed. "Thank you."

Corey shook his head and pulled Elliot's shoulders up. "No, I should be the one thanking you. Thanking everyone. My father was indeed possessed and I couldn't have dealt with the problem on my own."

"Brother…" Florencia walked over to Corey, playing with her fingertips and trying to hide the blush on her face. "Can I still call you that?"

The surprise in Corey's eyes were obvious. It took him a while to recover from the shock before he smiled at Florencia. "You'll always be my younger sister."

"I've been meaning to ask you this…" Elliot trailed off and cleared his throat. "Lord Damian actually took a friend of ours here. But we don't see him here. His grandmother is so worried, she might charge in here herself if we don't get back to her soon. Can we at least talk to him?"

"You mean Viper?" Corey tilted his head. Upon hearing this, Elliot's face lit up and he nodded vigorously. "Well, he told me that he would renounce the Lordship–"

"That's right," Elliot cut him off. "Oh, sorry. Forgive me."

"Well, since he really doesn't want it like Florencia, our uncle from the village wants to have the Lordship back," Corey said. "He said he wanted to bring House Garant to its original home. All I need now is the approval of the king and we'll all be good."

"Leave that to me," Lance said with a wide grin. "I have a few connections here and there."

"That would be great," Corey said with a smile on his face. "Thank you, Prince Lance. Viper can leave the castle as soon as possible."

"Does this mean Viper and I can continue with our training now?" Florencia asked, her sassy attitude seemed to have gone off somewhere.

Elliot ruffled her hair and smiled, "Yes.. Viper can come back home."