28 Chapter 24

When the four mythological creatures were rampaging in all corners of the battlefield, Ziel was busy fighting with two people from the "God's Domain" organization. In that battle, Ziel suddenly disappeared from the sight of the two people.

"Watch out, Asbil!" Ashil screamed because he felt danger coming to Asbil. But it was too late because Ziel was already beside Asbil and slashed his black sword at him. On the other hand, Asbil quickly raised his spear after sensing the danger and intended to block Ziel's attack.

Clank!

"Ugh!" Asbil was pushed back after receiving Ziel's attack. His spear shook violently, and his hands went numb. But Ziel's attacks didn't stop there. He quickly moved behind Asbil and slashed his back.

"Aaahh!" Asbil cried out in pain.

"Asbil!" Ashil shouted worriedly at Asbil.

"Bastard!" Ashil angrily shoots hundreds of arrows at Ziel. On the other hand, Ziel calmly slashed his white sword at the attack coming at him. A space rift formed in front of Ziel and swallowed all the arrows. Then he disappeared again from their sight.

"Shit!" Ashil suddenly felt a chill down his spine and quickly moved away from his current spot. But his movement was a bit late, and Ziel was already behind him. Ziel slashed his sword and cut off his right hand.

"Aaarrghh!" Ashil screamed in pain while holding his severed arm.

"Hee... Your response was pretty quick. Previously I intended to split you in two. But since you reacted faster than I thought, I had to change the trajectory of my sword forcibly. The result is that I only get your hands." Ziel shrugged his shoulders like he didn't care about his failed attack.

"How are you!?" Asbil shouted at Ziel, but he didn't dare attack him rashly. Then he approached Ashil to check his condition.

"Quickly stop the bleeding, Ashil!" Asbil warns Asbil because he fears that Ziel will attack them when injured.

"I've stopped the bleeding. The most important thing now is finding a way to escape from this place. We have to find an opportunity to use the teleportation stone." Ashil explained his plan to Asbil while enduring the pain.

"But how? He won't give us time to activate it." Asbil has doubts about Ashil's plan.

"You're right. Then we have to create the opportunity itself. We will attack him like before. You will stop his movement, and I will attack him with full force. In that time, we will retreat and activate the teleportation stone." Ashil only had that way on his mind at the moment.

"Alright, let's do it!" Asbil quickly agreed to the plan. Then he charged towards Ziel at high speed.

"Have you finished talking about your plan?" With minimal movement, Ziel calmly dodged the spear thrust that suddenly came from behind him. Then he twisted his body and counterattacked by slashing his black sword towards Asbil's neck. But Asbil parried his sword with a spear. Unfortunately, Ziel's attacks haven't stopped. He quickly did a spinning kick to Asbil's waist after seeing Asbil parry his sword.

Asbil was blown away dozens of meters after being hit by that kick. Just as Ziel was about to chase after him, hundreds of fiery arrows suddenly came towards him.

[Fire Rain]

This time Ziel did not block the attack with his white sword. But he made a barrier in the shape of a tortoise shell similar to Princess Aishia's bracelet power. Ashil's fire arrows couldn't penetrate Ziel's barrier in the slightest. But it was according to their plan.

"Asbil! Now!" Ashil shouted, giving Asbil a signal to hurry to his side. He activated the teleportation stone in his hand. A bright light emanated from the rock, and nothing happened.

"What!? What's going on!? Why isn't the teleportation stone working!?" Ashil shouted hysterically at an unknown situation.

"Do you think I'll let you escape? I still have business with you. I've been sealing the space around here. So you can't escape using teleportation stones." Ziel said coldly to them. Then he stabbed Zetta and Alvha into their bodies.

"What!? Since when did you... Urgh!" Ashil was shocked when he saw Ziel suddenly behind them and thrusting his sword at them.

"Argh! I didn't realize it at all." Asbil tried to strike back at Ziel, but he couldn't move at all.

"You won't be able to move after I stab you with this sword. I advise you not to do anything pointless. So, who will answer my question?" Ziel said indifferently.

"You think we're going to talk!? You better kill us!!" Ashil shouted, challenging Ziel while Asbil remained silent.

"All right." Ziel answered curtly, and his white sword that stabbed Asbil's body suddenly glowed. Asbil's body disappeared in an instant. He was sucked into the space rip created by Ziel using his white sword. This is one of Alvha's abilities.

"Asbil!" Ashil shouted from the top of his lungs.

"How dare you kill him! Asshole! I will kill you!" Ashil tried to move his body with all his remaining strength until every pore of his body was bleeding. Ziel looked at him calmly and returned Alvha into the sealing magic circle. Ziel's free left hand suddenly grabbed Ashil's head.

[Memory Extraction]

"What are you going to do to me? Aaaarrrggghhh!" Ashil's scream of pain resounded in the sky of Silvast city. Princess Aishia and the others felt goosebumps after hearing that voice.

"I'm just reading your memories." Then Ziel closed his eyes and started looking at Ashil's memories.

"No!" Ashil's eyes became blank as Ziel looked at his memories. After a while, Ziel finally opened his eyes.

"Haaa... So they're looking for the World Altar fragments. They intend to use it to go to another world. It turns out that the Divine Race is not omnipotent either. However, their purpose in going to another world was not explained in his memory." Ziel pondered for a while.

"Everything related to their organization is also missing. So, in other words, they purposely erased all information about their organization from his brain. As expected of a Fallen God." Ziel sighed. Then he forcefully opened Ashil's space storage. He took a stone the size of a dinner plate from inside. It was a fragment from the world altar they had just obtained. Ziel thought at least five to six fragments were left to form a perfect world altar.

After that, Ziel injected his mana and aura into Zetta, who was still stuck in Ashil's body. His body suddenly crumbled into dust and disappeared in the wind.

Roooooaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrr!

Ziel looked at the mythological creature he had created. The four beasts returned after killing all the monsters around the Argaint Kingdom. Then Ziel canceled the spell. The four mythical beasts turned into particles of light and disappeared.

[Release]

"Then, what should I do now?" Ziel mumbled. He looked at Princess Aishia and the others. Ziel is currently unable to stay in the Argaint Kingdom anymore. He also had to search for the other World Altar fragments. Apart from that, he also had to find out the purpose of the 'God's Domain'. His eyes accidentally met Princess Aishia. Ziel descended from the sky and approached them.

When faced with Princess Aishia, Ziel was silent and didn't say anything. He felt frightened gazes from all of them except Princess Freya and Princess Aishia. But Princess Freya's gaze felt strange to Ziel, who didn't know her. Ziel decided to ignore that for now.

"Ziel, I'm sorry. At that time I... I have no other choice." Princess Aishia's cry broke the silence between them.

"..." Ziel looked at Princess Aishia nonchalantly. He was silent and didn't say anything.

"Ziel..." Princess Aishia felt a pain in her chest when she saw Ziel's indifferent gaze on her.

"Your Highness Princess Aishia." Ziel said flatly.

Princess Aishia's body trembled, and the pain in her chest grew stronger after she heard Ziel use honorifics to address her.

"You don't have to worry about it. I'm used to that kind of thing. One or two more people who betrayed me meant nothing to me. A human betrays another human to protect what he has. I understand your situation." Then Ziel turned around and left them. A space rift suddenly formed in front of him.

"Please forgive me, Ziel. Please..." Princess Aishia's heart was broken. A huge hole formed in her heart at this moment.

"Send my greetings to Anna. Thank you." Then Ziel disappeared into the space rift. Princess Aishia stretched out her hand and tried to grab Ziel. But Ziel had already vanished from her sight.

"Ziel!!" Princess Aishia screamed from the top of her lungs until she lost consciousness.