Edward’s Pride

The demon leader joined the fight and attacked Deion with the dragon leader. Deion was extremely overwhelmed as he fought the two leaders. For some reason, his strength was weakening the more he fought the demon.

The Demon race is the only race in the world that can use devil energy. Characteristics of the devil energy are similar to those of the darkness element. Except that devil energy can also sap the strength of one's opponents. Making the target weaker and the user stronger. Not all demons can use devil energy because only those who have the bloodline of the devil god can use it.

The dragon leader blasted a giant fire breath at Deion while the demon leader shot a dark beam at him. The only thing Deion could do at that moment was to dodge and run. Unfortunately for the duo, if they targeted the group instead of Deion, Deion would definitely attack them.

It was frustrating for the duo to be slower than Deion. They were the pride of their races and yet, they couldn't outspeed a human.

"Shit, Deion's storm is weakening!" Edward said.

"It can't be helped. He needs all his energy to fight the two leaders" Chelsey sighed as she watched her love struggling against the two leaders of the other races.

"They're coming now!" Meredith screamed as she saw the demons and dragons finally escaped the storm. She tried her best to freeze the enemies, but it wasn't as effective as she had hoped.

Luckily, through Sophia's light deterioration energy, Meredith managed to slow down the weakened enemies.

"Hmph, they want to touch me? Dream on!" Sophia pulled out a golden staff from her storage ring and raised it to the sky.

"Goddess of Light, please grant me your powers to cleanse those who are impure"

The symbol on Sophia's forehead shined brightly as she chanted the spell.

The staff sent out a bright light that covered the entire surrounding. Everyone that Sophia sees as enemies began to burn up from the inside as they got covered by the light.

"AHHH IT HURTS" The dragons and demons began to scream out loud.

"Are you shitting me? That human bitch has a connection to the goddess of light?" Never would the dragon leader imagine that the group of humans that he looked down on can have such terrifying backgrounds.

"Everyone, shoot at that bitch in the air!" The dragon leader consumed his blood essences for a temporary power boost. He cried internally because it'd take hundreds of years for his blood essences to be regenerated.

He smacked Deion to the side and aimed a fire blast at Sophia. The demon leader also unlocked his taboo technique, and a dark energy ball began to charge up above his horns.

"Fire!"

The demon leader and dragon leader fired at Sophia. Sophia saw the blast coming and went pale. She couldn't dodge the blast in time, and she was completely open.

BOOOOOOOOM

After the explosion happened, Sophia surprisingly found herself to be completely unharmed. When the dust settled, she saw Meredith on the ground puking blood.

"You… Why did you save me?" Sophia asked.

Meredith didn't say anything and looked at Sophia one last time before fainting.

"Meredith!" Chelsey screamed out when she saw Meredith fainted.

Edward saw what happened and turned enraged. He was the sole heir to the Phantom Kingdom and yet he was being protected by his peers this entire time.

The only thing he could do was block the enemies from reaching Sophia. His pride refused to let this be his only contribution to the battle.

Edward charged at the demons and dragons who were struggling under Sophia's spell with his sword. He didn't care if he died in the battle. He would rather die on the battlefield than hide behind someone.

"Stupid human" One of the dragons saw Edward charging them.

Thus far, the battle has been entirely fought from far range. The dragons and demons never had a chance for close combat against the group. Seeing that a human suddenly decided to offer himself up to them. The dragons smiled.

Edward covered his entire body with dark flames and jumped straight into the middle of the dragons and demons.

"Kill this human!" The dragons screamed.

The dragons and demons attacked Edward despite the dark flames because their study bodies can endure it. Edward skillfully dodged the attacks and slashed his sword toward them. The battle didn't last long as Edward got overwhelmed quickly. Seeing that his enemies were about to surround him, he screamed.

"Come on you assholes!"

The demons and dragons gladly took Edward's challenge and threw their claws at him. Just as they were about to hit Edward, something hit their powerful souls so hard that all of them began to struggle to breathe. Instead of seeing Edward, all they saw was a castle in front of them. They couldn't move, talk, or hear anything.

"Phantom Illusion!" Edward clasped his hands together and created an illusion that intends to trap his enemies for eternity.

This technique is considered to be taboo in his family due to its harsh requirement. Furthermore, he should not attempt to use the technique until his soul was powerful enough. Fortunately, Edward managed to splendidly use the technique. Unfortunately, his body and soul were not ready for it.

Blood began to spew out of Edward's mouth and eyes. Edward looked at Deion with his remaining strengths before fainting.

"Now we're even"

The dragon and demon leaders could not believe that their men fell to an attack by a human. Now that the battle is between them and Sophia and Deion, their chances of winning were no longer high.

"Hey angels, don't you want a piece of the Worldly Supreme inheritance" The dragon leader began to panic and seek out help from the angels.

The angel leader ignored the request of the dragon leader because his group would never work with the demons. Furthermore, he was as shocked as the other leaders after seeing how powerful the humans are contrary to those on his continent.

He was afraid that if he made any rash move, Bruce could come out of the trial and eliminate his entire group.

The dragon leader turned grim after receiving no response from the angel leader. Thankfully, Sophia stopped casting her spell as she could no longer channel the energy of the Goddess of Light through her body. She panted heavily as she reached the group.

"Perfect, let's kill this bastard and the girl before the other guy gets out!" The demon leader stared at Deion maliciously.

The two began to overwhelm Deion even further. Due to the demon leader's constant absorption of Deion's energy, the fight was no longer even. Deion struggled as he dodged the attacks. His energy was running extremely low, and he could no longer hold on.

The dragon leader managed to knock Deion's spear away from his hand and cornered him.

"Looks like this is your last moment monkey!" The dragon leader laughed splendidly as the battle was over.

"Kill this guy quick and the other girl. We don't have time!" The demon leader reminded the dragon.

"You're right. I wanted to enjoy torturing this monkey before killing him, but time is not on our side" The dragon leader stabbed his claws toward Deion's head.

CLANK

The dragon leader and demon leader looked in surprise as the claws got stopped by a silver gauntlet.

Sophia looked up at the person who saved Deion to only find a strange man. Snow white hair and dark blue eyes. For some reason, she felt very familiar with the man.

"Sorry buddy, I'm late" Bruce looked back at Deion.

Deion looked up at the strange man to only find his best friend's voice. Bruce no longer looked the same. His black hair turned to snowy white. His brown eyes are now blue. His facial features no longer looked mediocre as his face was extremely handsome. Recalling how Bruce always bragged about his face, Deion laughed.

"Yeah you asshole, you're pretty fucking late" Deion fell to the ground and started to rest. With Bruce here, everything will be alright.

The dragon leader and demon leader looked closely at Bruce to only find nothing but rage in his eyes. They gulped as their primal instincts were telling them to run away from him.

Bruce turned back his attention to the dragon and the demon. His voice was calm which contradicted the feelings he had at that moment.

"Since you dragons and demons like to torture so much. I'd love to show you two how torture is done"