Revenge

"What shall I do with you?" Nero cracked his fists as he approached Darius.

Darius grabbed his sword and threw it at Sophia. 

Nero dashed at Sophia and grabbed the sword before it could hit Sophia.

Normally, he wouldn't have bothered to stop the sword as he had already cast a barrier around Sophia, but as Darius' sword was coated with Emilia's blood, there was a chance that it might have broken the barrier.

He didn't want to take an unwanted risk and regret it later. 

After stopping the sword from hitting Sophia, Nero threw the sword at at Darius; it penetrated him and pushed him out of the chamber through the door behind him. 

After throwing the sword at Sophia, Darius tried to escape, but Nero managed to pierced the sword on his chest. However, he passed through the border of the door, and his body shined as he disappeared into thin air.

"Tch! "Nero clicked his tongue and muttered, "The route of prison realm was cleared and this was the last chamber."

THUD!

Nero heard a thud and when he looked back, he saw Emilia on her knees.

'Is she tired after walking all that?'

Nero and Emilia had passed through all the chambers in a short amount of time, and Emilia ran all the way to keep up with Nero's pace.

"Are you okay?" Nero asked.

Emilia nodded and tried to stand up, but her legs gave out and she fell again.

Nero grabbed Emilia's hand and pulled her close to him to help her get up.

Emilia's face flushed as she closed her eyes: "You are too close."

Nero exhaled sharply and walked to the center of the chamber.

"Why didn't you snap?" Emilia asked.

Nero didn't reply and glanced at the angel lying on the ground.

"If you had snapped, then you could have killed him… right?"

Nero took a deep breath and looked at Emilia.

"He and…" Nero pointed his gaze at Brax's headless body and said, "They both had drank your blood. Even if you are half-angel, your blood can make a normal human invulnerable and strong for a certain period of time."

Emilia looked at Nero with a puzzled but calm face.

"In other words, they were as strong as you for some time. I have already said that my snap doesn't do anything. It's just a trigger to unleash my power. The stronger the enemy, the harder I need to snap. There is nothing I can't defeat; there never was… and I don't think there is one now who can rival me."

Nero's snap doesn't direct to a certain individual, but it directs to a certain limit of power the individual consists. So far, Nero was snapping according to the power level of the demons, who were the weakest in Nero's opinion. He was too powerful to control his power, and currently, his powers were unstable because of his dead cores.

But Darius and Brax had drank Emilia's blood, which made them more powerful than a normal human, so Nero would have needed to snap harder according to Darius' power level. But if Nero had snapped, it would have endangered not only Emilia's life but also Sophia's.

Sophia's body and powers were in a weak state as she had just been unsealed, and there was a chance that she might have ended up getting caught in the snap if Nero had snapped harder.

Emilia slowly walked to Nero and held his hand.

Nero raised his brows and asked, "What are you doing?" 

"What… what would have happened if you had snapped?" Emilia asked.

"You might have also died. And besides…" Nero looked at the angel and said with a gentle smile on his face, "I can't let Sophi's life be in danger."

"I would have died?"

"You would have been wiped out from existence," Nero shot a bitter smile at Emilia and noticed she looked sad and disappointed.

'Is this because I let that mortal go?' Nero was convinced that Emilia was no different than the people who used Nero and then betrayed him.

"If it weren't for me,  he wouldn't have run away."

Nero's eyes widened in surprise as he chuckled and patted Emilia's head.

"It wasn't your fault. Even if I had—"

The chamber started rumbling.

"What's happening?" Emilia questioned.

After some seconds, the rumbling stopped.

"Even if I had chased him, or tried to risk yours and Sophi's life by snapping, he would have survived because of the prison realm. The route was cleared as soon as Sophi's seal broke, and the guards were awakened."

"So we can't find him now?"

"Of course we can. But first, we need to get out of here."

Nero closed his eyes and raised his hands in the air.

"Are you trying to open some portal?" Emilia asked curiously.

"No, I am trying to reset my soul cores. Can you keep an eye on Sophi?"

Emilia watched Nero as he began muttering something.

After about some seconds, Nero opened his eyes and found Emilia still standing on the same spot and staring at him.

'Idiot.' Nero walked to the angel and picked her up as he carried her in his arms.

"Let's go now."

They left the chamber and walked forward. But suddenly, the scenery changed, and it turned into a giant arena.

"Are we out?" Emilia asked.

"No," Nero shook his head as he let out a big sigh.

"What's this place?"

"Two seals were broken from the prison realm. So that means…." Nero glanced at the right and saw a colossal titan standing. Then Nero looked to his left and saw a colossal statue holding a huge spear and a gigantic sword.

"... two guards to fight." Nero sighed.

Nero would have easily chase after Darius, but he couldn't. Darius wasn't sealed in the prison realm, so he could leave just by passing through the door.

While Nero was sealed in the prison realm, he had to defeat the guards to leave this place. So chasing after Darius was pointless as he was transported to the entry of the dungeon soon as he passed through the chamber's door.