The power of the devil

As they continued walking, the queen hugged the princess gently in her arms and was supported by the king.

The knight is leading the way, while the mage provides help from behind.

With the help and support of Dillon and Alaunos. The king, queen, and princess exited the palace safely and unharmed. Just as they believed they were safe, they heard a laugh from the dark alley, making them feel uneasy.

"Do you think you can run away so easily, Your Majesty?" A man's silhouette appeared in front of them. The man was difficult to see since he was positioned in an area where the moon did not reach his face, and the blowing chilly wind made the royal family quiver.

"Your Highness, go behind Alaunos!" Dillon requested, releasing his sword to defend the royalty. Alaunos stood in front of the royal family, ready to support the knight with his power.

The man laughed.

"You think you can kill me?" he questioned, smirking.

The man approached the knight, who stood in front of everyone and showed no fear.

He was unaffected or intimidated by the presence of the knight, Dillon, a skilled and outstanding swordsman known as the undefeated knight. And the mage behind them, who is a master of magic and the most powerful magician in Basilia.

"Don't come near us; I am the king of this kingdom. If you-" The king stopped as he was interrupted by the man giggling psychopathically.

Hearing this man's wicked laugh makes the four feel that something unpleasant might happen while the king is stunned as if he had seen a ghost.

"The king?" the man paused and continued walking toward them. When the streetlight reaches the man, it reveals his black hair and ruby eyes.

The eye of the devil.

Dillon, without a second thought, attacks him with his sword.

The man named Casimir effortlessly avoided the assault, and he then grinned making Dillon glance at him, annoyed.

"I can't die with your sword, undefeated knight," the man remarked sarcastically.

"I can only die by the hand of a person who resurrected me" he went on to say.

The knight continues to strike Casimir, but he easily avoids all his attacks.

"You're full of energy for your age. How old are you, knight?" he said mockingly, to piss off the knight.

Even with the assistance of Alaunos, Dillon may travel as quickly as possible, yet his strike never reaches Casimir.

"This is boring; should I show you how it should be done?" Casimir asked as he sat on the roof, bored. He then struck at the speed of light, leaving the knight, Dillon, bleeding.

This is the power of the devil.

The king and queen were astonished by what they saw. The attack is so fast that even the most powerful magician and undefeated knight cannot keep up.

The bleeding knight rose to his feet after Alaunos quickly healed him.

"That was cool. I've never seen a strike like that before," Dillon remarked sarcastically while he was wiping the blood that came out of his mouth. He then smirks at the devil in front of him, acknowledging his skills. 

Casimir sneered back and continued to exchange attacks with Dillon. The knight receives numerous strikes, injuring himself, yet his attack never reaches the devil, Casimir.

The support that Alaunos provided to Dillon, as well as his faster recuperation, makes the fight unhuman.

The enraged knight is gasping for air, and Alaunos's healing is no longer working because the body has taken too many hits.

"I'll fight," Alaunos said, but Dillon looked at him displeased.

The mage is aware that his efforts to heal the injured knight are hopeless and Dillon would not survive if he took another lethal blow.

"But you are already worn out, you need to-"

"No," the knight replied, interrupting the mage. Recognizing that Alaunos is an extraordinary magician who must be kept alive.

Seeing his brother, Dillon is having difficulty taking down Casimir. The queen then embraced the princess and kissed her forehead.

She handed the princess to the king, who was shocked by her Highness's decision.

"Please, keep her safe," the queen appealed to the king with a smile, although her eyes never lied.

She was terrified.

She was sad.

She didn't want it.

She still wishes to hold her daughter, but she has no choice.

I must protect you, my princess.

Queen Dera walked towards the knight and the mage, prepared to fight and die with his brother and Alaunos for the sake of her daughter.

Dillon and Alaunos were surprised to see Her Majesty at their side.

"Don't stop me," the queen ordered.

" I was a Dame before I became a Queen. A dame must protect royalty, even if it costs their lives." She declared with conviction.

The queen is a former dame who excels in magic and combat, standing beside the knights and the mage.

Dera glanced in his highness's direction and smiled. "Please, run," she whispered, staring directly at him.

"I can't!" he opposed, demented.

"For the sake of our daughter, you cannot die" replied the queen, enraged.

"If there is a person who needs to be on Dillon and Alaunos's side, it will be me. Don't put your life on the line, Dera!" said the furious king, not wanting to let his wife fight.

"Please go, Your Highness!" the knight exclaimed, knowing that his sister would protect and die for her loved ones.

No one can stop a queen who was once a dame.

"We will protect the Queen," he continued and smiled at the king's direction.

"Are you guys done?" Casimir asked, bored watching the three exchanging moving remarks.

"I don't want to kill all three of you," he added, Implying to Dera, Dillon, and Alaunos.

"I only want that brat you're holding, Themis," Casimir cracked a smile before delivering a hard strike in the princess' direction. The king's quick instincts shielded the princess.

Dera then attacks Casimir without hesitation. Casimir dodges her Highness's blow and strikes her back, but the knight, Dillon, is there to protect his sister. He protected her highness before Casimir's attack could reach her. While Alaunos continues to help the two with its magic.

"Go!" Dera yelled to His Highness in an agitated tone.

Themis has no choice but to flee the scene.

"Just focus on assisting me and Dillon" The queen gestures to Alaunos.

The queen continues, inevitably striking Casimir alongside Dillon. Alaunos had no choice but to observe and assist the two.

"Your Highness!" Alaunos and Dillon yelled in disbelief.