Chapter 267: Ch-267: Devil Invasion (04)

Swoosh.

"Shit, defend!" the leader of the Royal Guards shouted as he noticed this, and they all hurriedly drew their weapons in the nick of time.

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Present Timeline

"That traitor." Maria clenched her fist as she was disappointed and angry at her brother.

BOOOOOM!

A huge explosion rang out as everyone looked outside and saw a small mushroom cloud.

"Damn, if I don’t go, they will destroy the city." Alaric vanished from his place the next moment, followed by everyone.

Bang

Crash

The Royal Family, who had just stepped onto the pavement, froze when they saw the statue of the founder of the Luxem Family reduced to smithereens.

There was a brief pause, and then everyone was enveloped by overwhelming anger, as this was a grave insult to their Bloodline.

"Everyone, quickly help the civilians, and I will—" King Alaric looked at the guards and was about to instruct them when his words were halted by the interruption of a voice.

"Brother-in-law, you finally came."

Alaric’s face turned grim when he heard the familiar voice, but he frowned as he felt the aura was different. When he turned to look at Mark, not only he but every member of the royal family froze in shock.

"Brother, what happened to you? Why is your skin red like the devils?" Maria asked in a shaky and uneasy voice as she looked at her brother, who resembled devils more than demons.

"And you, Silent Reaper. Just a few minutes ago, you looked normal. Why do you all look like devils?" Prince Jack asked with a frown as he looked at the escaped criminals who had red skin and horns like devils. When he escaped from their encirclement, they looked completely normal, but now...

"What have you done?" King Alaric asked as alarm bells were ringing inside his head.

"It’s exactly what you think... I have turned into a devil," Mark said with a malicious grin, which caused everyone’s eyes to widen in disbelief.

"IMPOSSIBLE!" Seraphina shouted, as this was not possible because it went against the laws of nature itself.

’What the heck?’ Even Victor was dumbfounded, as this was the first time he was hearing of such a thing. Even in his last life, he had never heard about such a thing. Sure, humans could turn into their Holy Beasts through evolution, but turning into devils was a first even for him.

"How did you even accomplish this?" King Alaric added with a frown.

"Of course, it’s thanks to the Primordial Heart your ancestor kept in the treasury, and King Issac turned me into a devil," Mark said with a proud grin.

’Damn, if I knew it had this kind of function, I would have destroyed it.’ Many of the records involving Primordials had been destroyed after the Great War, so he did not have much knowledge and thought with a grim tone, ’As expected, that bastard Issas is also here... I need to finish these two quickly.’

Alaric looked at Mark and the Silent Reaper, who were radiating a Tier 5 aura.

"I will turn everyone here into devils and turn this kingdom into another devil kingdom," Mark said with a maniacal grin, already imagining himself as king.

"You..." Maria looked at her brother with increasing horror, and Seraphina beside her also turned pale upon hearing his words. She shivered in fright just thinking about the scenario he had mentioned.

"I knew you were always ambitious and wanted a kingdom of your own... but I never expected you to fall this low. I will kill both of you," Alaric said in a grim tone as mana started circulating through his body.

’This is bad... Can he deal with two Tier 5s? It might be too much for him,’ Victor thought with a small frown on his face.

"So what if I become a devil? Power is the only thing that matters," Mark scoffed.

Whoosh.

Rumble.

Mana erupted from Alaric’s body as pitch-black armor appeared on his body, and the devils felt a wave of threat from him.

"Oi, you didn’t say he had a trump card?" the Silent Reaper shot a glare at Mark, whose expression darkened and then calmed down. "Stop complaining. Every royal family has a trump card... Attack together."

Whoosh.

Bang! Bang!

Both of them vanished from their places and then lunged towards Alaric, who blocked their attacks with a cold look.

"Maria, I will deal with these two. You take the army and slaughter the devils," Alaric said as he vanished from his place and started exchanging blows with the devils.

Bang! Bang!

Shockwaves were created as their weapons and fists collided with each other.

"Attack!" Maria said in a cold voice, and every soldier rushed forward.

"You two stay behind me. They are too much for you... Amber, you guard them," Victor said seriously, looking at Amber, who nodded as she summoned her Soul Weapon, and then at Rina and Valerie, who nodded reluctantly as they knew they were weak.

Victor watched the devils charging towards him and immediately summoned his Soul Weapon, "Eternal Night Nemesis."

The scythe appeared in Victor’s hand, and sensing its ominous aura, many devils paused, feeling a sense of dread, and were about to change their target, but Victor did not give them any time and used his skill.

"Torment Chains!"

Clang!

Multiple chains shot out from the scythe and immediately wrapped around the bodies of the devils.

"AHHHHHHH!"

"AHHHHHHH!"

"SO PAINFUL!"

"IT FEELS LIKE MY SOUL IS IN AGONY!"

"PLEASE STOP!"

Anguished screams rang out across the battlefield like a pig being slaughtered, and everyone who was engaged in combat stopped what they were doing. Especially the devils, who looked at their companions with pale faces.

"This technique is so vicious," Maria said as she wiped the cold sweat off her forehead. She felt she would be in the same state as them if the chains touched her.

"Amazing," Seraphina said with amazement as she watched him kill a devil.

Even Mark and the Silent Reaper, who looked at Alaric with grim expressions, as even both of them together could not overpower him, paused and looked at the battlefield with a frown.

"What the fuck are those chains? My instincts as a devil are warning me not to touch them," Skeleton Reaper said with a frown.

’Hmm, are these the humans that I heard about?’ Mark had also naturally heard about them, but he did not pay much attention and was only shocked as he was busy with the plan.

Then suddenly, Mark’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when he saw the devils turning to stone and shouted, "Impossible! That’s the power of a Night Slayer!"

"What Night Slayer? Fucking hell!" The Silent Reaper was also startled and looked at Victor.

"Are you surprised? Indeed, he is a Night Slayer, but that’s not all. Look at that female," Alaric said with a smug look on his face, seeing the nervous looks on Mark and the Silent Reaper, and pointed towards Amber. They followed his gesture, and this time, the Silent Reaper’s eyes nearly popped out of his sockets.

"Holy... this Bloodline, it could only belong to a Primordial," the Silent Reaper said as he felt the aura around Amber and looked at Mark and asked, "Hey, should we retreat? I have a very bad feeling for some reason."

Mark did not say anything as he was feeling the same silent dread. ’Damn, why now of all times? Is this karma?’

"Heh, you wish. I am ending you today," Alaric scoffed and charged towards them with killing intent.

Back at the battlefield, Victor looked at the corpses of the devils and then looked into the distance, where he could feel more devils, before looking at his girls and saying, "Let’s go there."

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"Lord Vicious, we have killed everyone in this area." A devil knelt in front of a devil. If Victor were here, he would have recognized him, as this was Vicious, the same devil who had run away to this world.

"Tch." Vicious clicked his tongue. After escaping from that despicable Night Slayer, he had arrived in Sinthra, but the moment he came, he was caught by the royal family, as he was a tribe leader under the Ingril Royal Family who had rebelled and escaped to the other planet. What made him feel the most despair was that King Issas had forcibly formed a slave contract with him, and he could kill him with a single thought.

"Someone is coming," Vicious said as he felt a somewhat familiar aura closing in on him. He frowned as he could recognize it, as it did not belong to devils or demons, and then a sudden thought struck him as he said with a horrified smile, "No way, they couldn’t have chased me here, could they?"

But when he saw the group running towards him, his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as if he had seen a ghost.

In front of him were Victor, Amber, and Rina, and especially Victor, who still gave him nightmares in his sleep.