Crimson

After Kyra heard him ask that question, only then did she turn to look at him.

"Horn of Bael." Kyra said with an outstretched hand. The Demon King is dumbfounded.

"Y- you -!" The Demon's heavy pressure magic caused the storm rumbling outside to solidify and fall on them. Heavy irregular hailstorm rain down on them, because of the poisonous and toxic atmosphere, demons usually avoid being out in the open when it rain. Because the rain corrodes the skin, burning deeper until the flesh turned black. This corrosion usually doesn't heal for a long time.

Violet, who had been watching from the side, was scared if these would hurt the Prince more. He produced an umbrella shield that stopped the rain from pouring in for the entire twenty kilometers.

This caught Kyra's attention. Her eyes bore into Violet's purple eyes, which had a lightning scar on his left eye.

"Horn of Bael." she stated simply. "Or," Kyra flexed her fingers. Almost instantly, the black thorns sprouted rapidly behind her. It crisscrossed until it gave the impression that she was standing in the depths of forbidden forest. The surrounding area was heavy with the air of death.

The danger emitted from her black deadly thorns is ten times more perilous than the Demon King. This made everyone cower in fear. Even Crimson, who was on the verge of death, felt fear for the first time.

Crimson gritted his teeth. He will die? No way. He clawed at the thorn with his fingers and tried to wiggle his way out. Kyra noticed it and deepened the stabbing of the thorns in his body.

"You fucking wench!" Crimson tried to scream. But because his throat was deeply penetrated, no sound came out of his lips.

"We will not hand the horn to you." The Demon King spat. Kyra showed no reaction whatsoever and continued to spill Crimson's blood onto the earth. The Twelve Duke's faces are pale in alarm.

One of them tried to sneak in using his shadow magic, but he could not escape from the thorn's attacks in time. He was immobilized in place. Yet, unlike Crimson, Kyra let him go. He collapsed on the ground with his blood pooling around him.

It was obvious he was already dead.

Verdant clenched his fist. This girl is strong. Does any of them have a chance? If they combined forces, there's no telling if she could overwhelm them all with those deadly thorns. What was the reason she did not reveal this deadly power earlier? Was it to test her brute strength against Crimson? Did she want to size him up? Tell which of the two is stronger? Why?

As the silence stretched on, the ground kept shaking. Sometimes it was so strong, the stone slabs shook along with it, sometimes so soft, only pebbles tumbling could be seen. The Demon King and the Twelve Dukes cannot tell what's going on. It was only when the ground cracked and a large egg shaped like black branch erupted with severe rumbling that they understood what was going on. The thick branch suddenly peeled itself to reveal a half-human sized pillar with a black transparent box at the top. Kyra stretched her finger and the black box showed signs of cracking.

The Twelve Dukes did not understand what she was trying to do at first, but when they saw the blood crystal obsidian horn peeking through the cracked surface, they froze. Immediately after, each of them leap towards Kyra. They use every attack magic they have to stop her.Yet it was useless. They should have known that this particular champion is like a faery powerhouse. Before their attacks could touch her, the thorns suddenly intercepted and struck it head on. Then the impossible happened.

Violet saw his ball of purple lightning condensed into a dangerous sphere suddenly consumed by the thorn. Not only was it not affected, even the obsidian black color of the thorn has taken on the purple shade of his magic. It was as if it absorbed his attack magic without difficulty. Violet was not the only one. Even the Demon King, with the most dangerous and annoying magic, is at a loss. Seeing his target is unaffected, even have the atrocity to absorb it as supplement, his anger rose. The Demon King has never been insulted like this!

He tried to send another black hole but was too stunned to continue.

"I received what I came for. Now it's time for the Prince to die." That was what they all heard her say.

"NO!!!"

It all happened in the blink of an eye. Those words only mean one thing. She will leave after killing Crimson. They could not accept it. They attempted to defy time and space to appear at her side and save Crimson. Yet it was too late. With a flip of her fingers, the thorns change shape into a flat sword like sharpness and cut Crimson's body into different pieces.

There's no healing from that. Crimson could no longer survive. It is known that Crimson's magic is blood manipulation. He can withstand having his four limbs cut to pieces; he can just manipulate his blood and regrow his missing limbs. However, looking at the situation now, it is impossible to hold out such hope that he will survive.

The Twelve Dukes were shocked. Is he gone?Their Prince is dead? Most of them believe in their hearts Crimson is the chosen champion of the demon realm. He was so strong that no one could lift a finger against him. Even the Demon King is cautious and tries not to have a bloody battle with his son.

And he's dead?

They won't accept it!

All of them leap at the same time to charge Kyra. They surrounded her and gave their outmost best to outdo her. Each strike was deadly, not letting her have a breather to counterattack. As lightning clashed, darkness descended, phantom spears struck, Kyra was like a deer trapped in the claws of lions. She could not move. But that doesn't mean she can't fight back.

The Twelve Dukes were at their momentum when suddenly, the thorns are back again and captured them in place, including the Demon King.