Parallel Memory

“So you were the one to attack my parents 5 years ago?”

“Yes! Those two ants refused to listen to me so I had to show them the result of their decision.”

Xalvar casually admitted. He had no problem with making Hiro his enemy. To him, despite what the world says about Hiro’s potential, he was still a weakling not worthy of his attention.

‘How dare you?’

Hiro gritted his teeth in anger.

“HAAAAA…”

Hiro raised his sword as he attacked Xalvar. He was not mindlessly attacking like when he saw Lilith. However, Hiro was still angry to hear that Xalvar was the one leading the attack that night and also because he regards his precious parents as insignificant after what he did to them.

-WHOOSH!

–BANG!

However, Xalvar immediately disappeared and reappeared behind him and smashed Hiro onto the ground. Xalvar was too fast for Hiro to react to his moves.

Xalvar’s power was on par with Lilith’s. But with Hiro not being able to use Limit Release and System Double power, he was pretty much easy prey for Xalvar unlike with Lilith.

[ “Phoenix Flame Shot” ]

Before Xalvar could get another chance to attack Hiro, Sylvia shot an arrow toward Xalvar. Despite the fact that her attack would never be able to kill him, Xalvar nevertheless chose not to accept the attack with his bare body and instead destroyed the attack before it even got to him using Dark Energy.

However, Xalvar easily dodged those attacks. He then concentrated on taking out Sylvia as he waved his hand and sent out multiple slashes of Dark Energy at Sylvia.

[ “Icy Shadow Wall” ]

However, Zero instantly erected multiple Dark Ice walls and blocked the attack. While the attack was certainly strong, it was not on the level of his Destruction Ball.

[ “Glacier Shadow Slash” ]

I was still not healed but if I wait any longer, Hiro could be dead. The Devil didn’t have any intention of going any easier on Hiro and had almost crippled him. I understood from the devil’s behavior that he didn’t care about Hiro’s life.

Unlike other Devils, Xalvar didn’t bother to ask Hiro to join him or anything like that. He was straight away trying to kill him.

[ “Plasma Ball” ]

Since Lisa didn’t have to heal Zero anymore, she also attacked Xalvar.

However, Xalvar easily dodged our attacks.

[ “StarShatterer Style: Starfall Fracture” ]

[ “Imperial Spear Style: Swift Strike” ]

Immediately after Zero and Lisa failed in their attack, Hiro and Zion pursued Xalvar and attacked him from his blind spot.

-CLANK!

He easily caught their attacks with his hands. He twisted his hand, causing them to fall to the ground.

-THUD!

[ “Multiple Shot: Dazzling Light” ]

We were not planning to let Xalvar rest. Even with our attacks failing to injure Xalvar, we kept on attacking. Although their attacks did not have any real effect on him, at the very least, they prevented Xalvar from attacking them which was already a good thing.

-WHOOSH!

While Xalvar was defending himself from Sylvia’s barrage of attacks, Zero also attempted to strike him. Without Hiro’s System Double Power and Limit Release, Zero was the most powerful attacker.

If anyone was going to hurt Xalvar, then it was only Zero. Others could only work as a distraction.

[ “Athena Blessing: Reinforce Strength” ]

Lisa increased Zero’s strength. With new power overflowing inside him, Zero became more confident.

[ “Dual Art: Dark Ice Embodiment” ]

Zero instantly covered himself in Dark Ice. This time, it wasn’t for defense, but for attack purposes. With Dark Ice Embodiment, he would have more control over Ice and Shadow Energy, thus being able to churn out more powerful attacks.

-BANG! -BANG!

Sylvia continued to shoot arrows at Xalvar. Xalvar’s vision was taken away as he closed his eyes to avoid being blinded by the light. But he could still feel the mana in the air being able to tell the position of the people that were present there.

[ “Glacier Shadow Slash” ]

Zero put his all into that attack. Because Dark Ice Embodiment allowed Zero to control mana more and Lisa’s skill also contributed to that, the attack power of that slash had reached Rank-A.

-SLASH!

!!!

Xalvar felt an incredible power coming toward him. He opened his eyes only to be greeted by two giant slashes. He immediately tried to block the attack with his claw.

-BANG!

However, Xalvar who had underestimated the power of that attack was caught in surprise by the power of Zero’s attack. He had never expected that Zero would be able to display power close to Rank-A.

The five of them felt relieved when they saw two huge scars on Xalvar’s body. It was the first time that any of their attacks had managed to hurt him.

Xalvar had two huge scars on his body which were frozen. Because the attack was filled with Ice energy, it had been able to freeze that part of the body, inhibiting its regeneration.

“Keke… Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful! Haha…”

Xalvar, on the other hand, started laughing crazily.

It might have been the injury that made him go crazy, but all of them had serious faces because Xalvar looked like he was going to attack.

“I will give you points for cooperation.”

In contrast to what they thought, Xalvar calmed down and did not attack them. Though it didn’t mean that they were relaxed since their opponent was a Viscount Devil. You will never know what they would do.

“It didn’t seem very fair for me to fight so many of you.”

-SNAP!

Xalvar said as he snapped his finger.

-WUUUU!

Immediately a portal opened.

Zero and others immediately became more alert as they knew what that meant.

They didn’t know how strong his reinforcement was but they did know that a Devil was coming to help Xalvar. Anyway, with the current situation, any help to Xalvar will be a big disadvantage to them.

It already took all they had to keep up with Xalvar. After the new Devil entered the fray, they knew the situation was going to get worse. However, they had no choice but to accept those facts and get ready to fight them.

Both sides waited for the Devil to show up. For Hiro and others, attacking Xalvar will not help them. They could not defeat him anyways.

As for Xalvar, he didn’t care about Zero and others. With his reinforcements, he could easily take them on. Consequently, it was better for him to attack them together with his reinforcements.

-THUD!

Instantly a devil emerged from the portal.

!!!

Everybody had a big reaction when a new Devil entered the area. It is because every one of them knew who the Devil was.

Lilith, the Devil who had previously fought with Hiro and others, was the one who came out of the Devil. Though from her appearance, anyone could tell that she had gone through a rough time.

She was still fighting with Mr. Diamond before coming here. Despite Mr. Diamond being in Rank-S, he could not easily defeat Lilith who was a Viscount Devil.

However, he still was pushing her back and it seemed only a matter of time before she was defeated. However, she disappeared after some time, which was when she was summoned by Xalvar.

Even with all kinds of injuries to her body, Lilith still had that emotionless face. She didn’t seem to care or know the condition of her body.

Hiro, Zion, Sylvia, and Lisa knew about her strength and were stunned to see her. They know that Lilith is a Viscount Devil and with the addition of another Viscount Devil, it didn’t seem likely that they would be able to survive.

Although they were fearless, they were not very confident in front of two Viscount Devils. It already took all they had to escape from Lilith earlier and the reason why they were able to fight with Xalvar was that they had Zero.

“Get ready to run!”

Hiro said.

Even with the two of the Devils who attacked his parents, Hiro still calmly assessed the situation. He knows that they were not in a position to fight the two of them. He didn’t want to make wrong judgments and challenge them, only to have his friends killed.

Everybody nodded except Zero. He still seemed to be shocked by the appearance of Lilith.

“S-She…”

Zero shuttered.

Zero opened his eyes widely and was stunned by the appearance of Lilith.

Zero also had a big reaction to her entrance. It is because he also knew who she was but in a completely different sense than Hiro. He had never fought with her or seen her in battles like Lisa and Sylvia.

Zero was completely lost in thought and seemed to lose touch with reality.

“Keke… At least you seemed to remember her.”

Xalvar interrupted Zero’s thoughts.

He seemed to be amused by the whole situation. Only he seemed to know what was going on here. Hiro and his party had no idea about what Zero was thinking while Zero himself didn’t know what to make of this situation.

From how their conversation unfolded previously and how Xalvar seems to know the fact that he knows Lilith, Zero was sure that Xalvar was someone who knew him when he was a child. However, rather than focusing on that, he was still staring at Lilith.

“How?”

Zero muttered.

He still can’t believe that what he was seeing was real. It was as if everything was a dream and he was stuck in there. He slowly raised his finger while pointing toward Lilith.

“How can she be alive?”