Chapter 273: Ch-273: Kingslayer

"Heavens..." Amber said with a pale face. She had seen this attack many times, but the sheer size and power behind the axe were hundreds of times greater.

"Quickly, hop on!" Alaric shouted urgently as he brought out a flying ship, and everyone hopped on as they flew further away.

"Formations!" Alaric immediately activated all the defensive formations in the city to protect the citizens. He did not care about the buildings, as the citizens mattered more, and they could always rebuild the city.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!! Bang!!! Bang!!!

Rumble...!!!!

The earth shook and split.

The sky wept and wailed.

Everyone watched in stunned silence as the royal castle was vaporized by the attack.

BOOOOOM!

BOOOOOM!

Bang! Bang!

Following the large explosion, dozens of mini explosions enveloped the entire city as the lightning axe struck the ground.

A huge mushroom cloud formed, like the place had been struck by millions of nuclear bombs.

"This... this..." Seraphina’s body swayed as she watched from the top of the ship.

As the dust cleared, the entire city had vanished as if it had been vaporized, and in front of them was a humongous crater that could fit multiple cities.

Hiss!

Alaric, who was shrouded in guilt due to the guards he had killed in his madness, sucked in a cold breath and thought, ’At least the citizens have already evacuated... and I need a new city.’

Alaric looked at his family, who were looking at the city with heartbreak and bitterness. This was their home for decades, but now it had vanished. Did Alaric blame Victor? Not at all. Even if half of his kingdom was destroyed to kill that bastard Isaac, he would have agreed without hesitation, as building a new city would only take a few months. Compared to killing a Tier 6 enemy, it seemed insignificant.

Alaric then narrowed his eyes and cursed, "That bastard is really like a cockroach; he is still breathing."

"What? He survived that attack?" Valerie, who stopped moving and was numb by this time from fear and shock, looked at Alaric and said in disbelief. In her eyes, this kind of attack, launched by Victor in her opinion, could blow the planet Earth to smithereens.

"Yeah, he is," Rina replied with a pale face. She was also dumbfounded by her husband’s attack but even more shocked upon sensing that Isaac had survived.

"Huff... huff." Isaac panted heavily as his body was completely injured, with blood drenching him from head to toe. He looked at Victor with extreme fear and hatred. The feeling of not being able to move while sensing death approaching was a feeling he never wanted to experience again, but the next moment, his expression changed when he saw Victor pointing his palm towards him...

Rumble! Rumble!

Multiple gigantic black lightning serpents, around 1,000 meters long, shot out of his palm and charged towards him. The serpents were way larger than his normal attack, as he was Tier 5 currently, and his skills had also leveled up.

"Fuck," Isaac cursed as he took out a life-saving treasure, and his injuries and mana recovered by 70%. He did not dare dodge, as the speed was too great, and used his defensive skill.

Bang!

BOOOM!

"Ugh!" He spat out a mouthful of blood. Even though he had managed to block the majority of the attack, he still got injured.

"If I am going to die, I am taking you with me," Isaac said in a grim tone, as his body started to distort, growing larger as eight more heads appeared on his shoulders.

"What the fuck is that?" Jack, who saw this, said in a shocked voice.

"This should be a sacrificial technique some devils above Tier 5 can use, but it’s still rare," Maria said with a pale face. She had read about such techniques during the war between demons and devils.

Isaac disappeared the next second and struck Victor in the face with his fist.

Victor’s body was shaken and sent flying by the punch that struck him in the face. A thin trickle of red blood with small golden dots slipped from the corner of his mouth, but his expression did not change as he looked indifferently. Then an ancient voice came through Victor’s mouth.

"Scythe."

Victor’s voice was not loud, but it still spread far and wide as he summoned his Soul Weapon, which was covered with devil blood.

Swooooooooosh!!!

In a split second, the scythe turned into a pure flash, completing a full circle in less time than a person could complete a blink of an eye.

The eight-headed devil roared in pain as two more heads detached from their necks and fell to the ground, causing terrifying earthquakes.

"Die!!!!"

Victor turned a blind eye to both the devil’s roar and his murderous intent. His expression was like that of a non-sentient being; it was as if he were fighting a small ant as he watched a great torrent of toxic mist shoot towards him from the green head.

"Die!!!! Poison Breath!"

Victor turned a blind eye to both the devil’s roar and his murderous intent. His expression was like that of a non-sentient being; it was as if he were fighting a small ant as he watched a great torrent of toxic mist shoot towards him from the head.

Truth be told, the damage that the poisonous mist could cause was much lower than the damage of the dark beam. However, destructive power and control capability aside, the poison was the most dangerous of all.

A single breath was enough for the blood to become contaminated and the lungs to begin to rot. Two breaths was all it took for all the organs of the body to decompose.

Victor did change his expression and said in a cold tone, "Fireball."

A large blue fireball struck the poison beam, which disintegrated it. He was not done as he increased the gravity on Isaac’s body, which caused him to plummet to the ground.

Rumble!

Isaac did not get any chance to react as multiple giant black lightning serpents bit him and pinned him down.

"Ahhhhh!" Isaac screamed in pain as, during his last moments, he saw Victor appear in front of him and swing his scythe.

[You have killed a Tier 4 (Tier 6) Devil King]

"Huh, what the hell happened?" Victor, whose expression had returned to normal, looked at the giant corpse he was standing on and was confused because the last thing he remembered was that he was buried under the rubble and was getting ready to fight.

"Who are you?" Victor frowned, looking at the silhouette in front of him, which was looking at him before vanishing into thin air.

"Victor!" His head snapped around, and a smile appeared when he saw Amber and Rina rush towards him, but the next moment, he felt his vision go dark.

Thud.

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Sinthra, Luxem Kingdom, Royal Family’s New Castle.

Rina looked at the person lying in bed with a sad expression on her face.

A light gust of wind blew, and the white curtains on the large window that stretched from the floor to the ceiling on the side opposite the bed swayed gently, letting the rays of sunlight shine more brightly into the spacious room for a moment.

Rina looked up slightly, and as she saw the incredibly beautiful woman in front of her, a slight smile that was sweet but also filled with exhaustion appeared on her face.

"Amber, you’re back."

Amber looked at Victor, who was lying in the bed unconscious.

"Sigh, when will he wake up?" Amber said as she rubbed her temples. It had been one month since the fight, and Victor’s consciousness had not returned. If not for the demonic healers reassuring both women that Victor was not in any danger, as his body was recovering from exhaustion after he had pushed himself too far in the fight, both women would have gone crazy already. They had been tending to Victor this past month and did not let even the royal family near Victor without them being present.

Many things had changed over the month. First of all, the city had already been restored to how it was before the attack, and the destruction caused by the fight had been fixed.

Moreover, the other demon families had learned about the attack and were furious. Even though the various royal demon families were not too close, they all became united when opposing devils, and in retaliation, they had launched multiple attacks on devil tribes and wiped out thousands of devils. Of course, some of the devil kingdoms retaliated, and a small war broke out.

"He is waking up," Rina suddenly said.

Snap!

Amber’s head snapped towards Victor as she saw his eyelids flutter. She immediately stood beside him while holding his hand as they watched him open his eyes.

"What’s going on?" Victor opened his eyes groggily, and new notification appeared on his retina.

[Ding Dong]

[You have unlocked a partial physique]