Chapter 56 - Lack of Inspiration Again

While in a semi conscious state, Sal heard the conversation between Dark Prince and Number 4...

"Sal, get hold of yourself please...Damn! He had totally lost control of himself. Number 4, what have you done?!"

"I did nothing, he failed to control his own emotions."

"You know that his mentality is unstable!"

"Well, that was not my concern, why should I care about it? Moreover, I don't think that I'm your main concern right now."

"Tsk..."

Dark Prince gives Number 4 a fierce leer before blocking another attack from Sal with Athena in his Hand, Number 4 is just standing there as if it has nothing to do with him. Dark Prince sighed before putting down Athena at his side and bound Sal with his *Shadow bind.

"This should be able to keep him still until His Majesty gets here." Then he looks at Sal with a slightly worried look.

"Sorry, if only I had paid more attention to you. I know you don't like to been bound like this, but please just bear with it just this one time." said Dark Prince and Sal actually heard it in his subconscious and slightly calmed down a bit with the help of Dark Prince's bind. However, there is a person there who doesn't like this kind of peaceful result.

*Shadow Bind - One of Dark Prince's binding skills aside from the poison smoke which he used on Harold. Shadow Bind is a more 'friendly' bind that only constricts the movement of the target (Compare with poison smoke). Although the name is Shadow Bind, it actually is in a form of Black Chains.

While Dark Prince is focused on maintaining the bind on Sal, Number 4 is preparing a forbidden magic spell without getting noticed by Dark Prince. That Forbidden magic is able to drain off all the magic or even life force of the target and that magic spell cannot be blocked by normal barriers. Number 4's target is no other but Athena who is still in an unconscious state and probably lacks of magic force due to the previous spell from Number 4 that put her unconscious, which means if she gets hit by that forbidden magic, she might lose her life. Dark Prince noticed the danger just before it reaches Athena, knowing the nature of that magic he once again protected her with his own body...

Dark Prince's bind on Sal slowly disappearing due to his magic force getting drained by the forbidden skill, Dark Prince half kneeled on the ground with his hand still holding tight on Athena. As the bind fully disappeared, Sal starts causing some rampage, just this time more violent than before. Dark Prince who is too weak to even stand up because of the forbidden spell can only shield Athena with his body while staring fiercely at Number 4 who is smiling and preparing to leave the place, but suddenly both Sal and Number 4 became static as if the time had stopped by itself or rather, someone placed a really strong bind on them. Dark Prince turns his head, he saw the King.

"Your Majesty..." The moment Dark Prince saw the King, he felt relieved while Number 4 is surprised at the same time shocked as he gets bind by the King.

"Are you still able to stand up?" said the King while checking on Dark Prince's condition.

"That doesn't look so good." Said so he put his hand on Dark Prince's shoulder, then Dark Prince felt that his body is filled with a different but strong magic force, the King had shared part of his magic with him.

"As for you..." The King look at Number 4 and hesitated for a while, then he raises his right hand, Number 4 torso suddenly get pierced by some light pole, then the King drew a pentagonal star pattern, the ground around Number 4 'melted' and 'devoured' him.

"Let's keep him in there first, I will deal with him later after this mess. Terence, you bring Athena back to the HQ first, I have opened a portal for you there."

"But what about Sal?" Dark Prince asks.

"His condition is really bad right now, apparently, Number 4 had placed another weird spell on him too. It will be quite risky to forcefully bring him back through the portal, I don't think his body could take it, and even with my magic, I wouldn't be able to hold him too long without harming his body." Said so, he pointed at Sal's body which seems to be shaking vigorously indicating he is struggling to break from the bind.

"What should we do about that, Your Majesty?"

"I'll figure out a way, right now, bring Athena to the HQ and see Benjamin, her condition is not good either." said The King. Dark Prince hesitate a while before bowing to the King and headed to the portal.

"Now, what should I do about you..." said The King while releasing Sal from his bind...