Chapter 193 - Brutal King, Merciless Queen (2/3)
While the mages and wizards of the adventurers" group stepped back a few meters to drink mana potions and prepare their next attack, the archers did their part, firing a rain of arrows over their vanguard towards Lucien"s troops.
Marie and Lena had done something incredible, blocking all of the magic attacks, and they still had a lot of energy to keep using their ice walls.
Still, they had to manage the amount of mana they use well because they couldn"t count on Lucien to help them recover their mana in the middle of the battlefield. Of course, they would like it he did.
That"s why they stopped using their ice walls while Rose and Angela made theirs, to block the enemy arrows.
Angela and Rose can create magic walls out of ice and stone in various sizes and in different places, but everything has a limit, and due to the number of enemies, they had to make a big magic wall to protect all Lucien"s troops from the arrow rain.
Because of that, the walls that held the Black Hand group stopped getting repaired, and they started to open pa.s.sages in it to escape.
Scarlett could order the mercenaries under her command to block their escape, but Lucien would rather deal with them with his own hands.
Ca.s.sidy knew that and quickly spoke to him mentally. "You can focus on Black Hand if you want, and I can deal with Ivan."
"OK, I will be quick. "Lucien responded.
As the Black Hand group was much weaker and smaller than the adventurers, Lucien ordered all of his troops to help Ca.s.sidy and face the vanguard of the adventurers.
After the girls blocked the rain of arrows, Lucien"s troops arrived at Ca.s.sidy"s position at the same time as they faced the adventurers" vanguard who is mainly led by Karl, while Ivan was still stunned by the mighty blow he received from Ca.s.sidy.
Archers, mages, wizards, and other adventurers with a wide range of skills and abilities could no longer use area attacks on Lucien"s troops because of the groups" proximity, so melee combat began while archers and mages used flanks to make precise attacks.
Astrid and Kylee led the two main front groups of the troops alongside Ca.s.sidy while Lucien"s other wives were leading their groups.
Jeanne was on the wall with Lord Larousse, protecting the people who would serve as witnesses of Ca.s.sidy"s power and exploits. But Jeanne did not want to stand still and was already running towards the battlefield to fight alongside Lucien.
On a different section of the wall, Ghilanna was arriving with some members of the L secret group, who wanted to watch the battle. Of course, she was not interested in watching but in fighting alongside with Lucien.
Even Aria and Ella were on the battlefield. Because it is their first time fighting real enemies, they remained in the middle of the group, with the troops in charge of defending the archers and wizards.
So, all of Lucien"s wives were there, except for little Kara, who still didn"t have combat skills.
Moved by anger because of Leo"s death and to defend Ivan, the adventurers attacked Lucien"s troops with no intention of leaving survivors.
Despite the vanguard being the strongest group out of all the other adventurers, they still couldn"t compare themselves with Lucien"s boosted troops.
An adventurer from Ivan"s group, who had achieved S-rank, attacked Astrid with a long sword made of reinforced steel. But because she is wearing her big black steel gauntlets, she broke the poor man"s sword with a single punch.
Before the adventurer understood what was going on, his lifeless body was already flying through the air after he being attacked in the chest by Astrid"s mighty punch.
Kylee had her naginata in her storage ring while using a great ax first. Her main attribute is also strength, just like Ca.s.sidy. Both were literally cutting the adventurers" bodies in half.
Anne was also fighting alongside the infantry. The fox-girl has always been agile. But now, being in the Mortal Realm, she was like a blur among adventurers, killing them quickly with her super sharp saber.
Lucien couldn"t help but smile, and be proud of his girls for being so incredible.
Then Oya ran towards Mia. Although the mama tigress is large and heavy in her increased size, her speed is still only comparable to Lucien"s speed.
Quick as the wind, Oya soon arrived at Mia"s side, and Lucien held out his hand to her.
Mia took Lucien"s arm, and he placed her in front of him while Oya ran towards the Black Hand"s group.
*ROAR*
Oya"s powerful roar caused all of Lucien"s enemies and even the people outside of the battle, to tremble in fear of the brutal tigress, as their fear of her crept into their hearts.
The Black Hand group was running into the forest and did not want to look back, but some of them noticed that the sound of that scary roar was very close to them.
"AAAOOHHH!!!" Some of those who looked up only had time to see the big tigress falling from the sky before they died.
Oya can easily jump more than fifty meters even with Lucien and Mia on top of her. She jumped again, while the mercenaries beside them panicked.
Every jump she always killed some of the mercenaries she landed on top of, After a few more jumps Oya landed in front of Black Hand.
Black Hand was shocked to see the big tigress fall from the sky, but soon his eyes shone with hatred when he saw Mia in Lucien"s arms.
"SHADOW, YOUR BIT-" Black Hand tried to yell.
*PAH*
But a loud noise was heard as L.u.s.t"s whip cut his mouth. The blade on the whip"s tip, cut his skin, and reached his tongue, and cutting it off.
"MMMRRRHHHH!!!" Black Hand groaned in pain like a wounded beast, unable to utter a word without his tongue.
Lucien gently stroked L.u.s.t"s face, who had materialized beside him.
She appreciated his grat.i.tude, but he didn"t need to show his grat.i.tude because they will always help each other as lovers, so she turned her body in to purple dust as she returned inside of him to wait for the next time she could help him.
Lucien and Mia dismounted Oya while she began to slaughter the mercenaries loyal to Black Hand.
As he m.o.a.ned in pain, Black Hand quickly took a healing potion out of his storage ring, but before he could pour it in his mouth, he found himself flying backwards from Lucien kicking him in the belly.
"You did not manage to harm us." He heard Lucien"s calm voice.
Before he fell to the ground, Mia quickly ran in front of him and kicked him in the back, breaking many of his bones and throwing him back towards Lucien.
"But, you could have caused us serious problems when you chased us." Then Mia completed Lucien"s words.
Black Hand"s body flew through the air like a loose kite. Any normal person would have been split in half by Lucien and Mia"s kicks, but Black Hand was very tough S-rank, so his body remained whole while he was a toy in Lucien and Mia"s brutal game.
*BAM*
Lucien kicked him again, breaking more of his bones. "Attacking me would not be such a big offense if your goal didn"t have anything to do with my wife."
"You disgusting pig!! I was forced to protect your disgusting brother to help my mother, but I always hated you." Mia kicked him back to Lucien.
This time Lucien let Black Hand fall on the ground and then stomped his head, pressing his already wounded face to the ground.
"If we think about it, it was an incredible coincidence. You were part of the group that attacked Ca.s.sidy, but her daughter was always in front of you, and you didn"t even notice it."
Black Hand was severely hurt, but he was still conscious and listening to everything. He was surprised to find that Mia is actually the princess. But he wasn"t really expected to know that before, as Mia spent all the time in the castle and was not seen in public.
Even if he knew that he wouldn"t have said anything. After all, he really loves her and wanted her to be his wife willingly.
But that didn"t matter now as Lucien would kill him. But the question he couldn"t stop thinking about was: "Why did she choose this devil and not me?"
Mia walked towards Lucien while L.u.s.t and Oya killed all the mercenaries who tried to attack them.
"I had to spend a year feeling your disgusting eyes looking at me! And even after what you did to my mother, did you expect me to be your wife?" She spoke mockingly.
Then she approached Black Hand and kicked him again. "I can"t imagine how disgusting my life would be with you... But I found a genuine man. Someone who didn"t attack my mother with dirty tricks..."
Then she smiled at Lucien. "... but who protected us and will continue to protect my mother and me."
Lucien moved his hand toward Mia"s waist while they both had one foot on Black Hand"s back.
She stroked his hand, so he pulled her body close to his in a warm embrace.
Lucien touched Mia"s forehead with his forehead as their lips slowly began to rub. She loves that kind of teasing and tenderness at the same time.
As Lucien hugged Mia with his left arm, the golden naginata appeared in his right hand, Its blade was already touching Black Hand"s back, pointed at his heart.
"Together," Lucien whispered as he slowly bit Mia"s sweet lips.
Mia held the shaft of the naginata along with Lucien while he kissed her, and both pierced Black Hand"s heart.
When the blade of the naginata took Black Hand"s life, Lucien felt a sensation he had never felt before. That was similar to the excitement he felt in battles before, but it was also different…
Lucien didn"t know how to explain that feeling, but he knew it has something to do with Aylin"s soul in the naginata.
He also didn"t know what that meant, but killing his enemies seemed to be a lot more pleasurable, and pleasure is what make him generate demonic energy, so that was very good.
While Lucien felt the incredible pleasure of taking Black Hand"s life and kissing Mia, she could also feel that same pleasure entering her in the form of his demonic energy and making her feel better and more powerful.
The naginata disappeared in a cloud of golden dust as Lucien ended the kiss with Mia and spoke loudly for every one of the Black Hand group to hear.
"You had a chance to choose another path. I"m not merciless, but you could have followed Red Lady and stayed out of it..."
"But you have chosen to remain loyal to this stupid pig. Staying loyal to your leader even in a dangerous situation is an honorable att.i.tude, but because you are still loyal to him, I cannot take any risks by leaving you alive."
Hearing Lucien talking about loyalty and honor could make the mercenaries think he is someone cool, but actually, he was saying he would kill them all without mercy, and after the way he killed Black Hand, and of course, his appearance with that scary horns, everyone was sure he is the devil himself.
*ROAR*
Oya roared after tearing off the head of another mercenary. She loves to make them tremble in fear. Then she jumped on her next victim while preventing any of the mercenaries from the Black Hand group to escape the battlefield.
Mia stroked Lucien"s hand once more before taking her daggers from her storage ring and started killing the mercenaries.
L.u.s.t materialized beside Lucien to kiss him before continuing to fight.
Lucien materialized his golden naginata again and looked at it as he thought of Aylin. "Dragon Queen of War... Well, let"s do it your way."
He could not jump hundreds of meters like Alyin because his wings are not fully grown yet, but Lucien jumped forty meters and landed in the middle of the mercenaries with his naginata ready to take lives.
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