In terms of power, Miss Lilith was clearly stronger but Beelzebub was using her power against her. Miss Lilith was breathing heavily and her speed had significantly decreased. This was probably because of the damage she took from the attack earlier.

"MISS LILITH, RONALD IS STILL ALIVE," I shouted when I reached the distance from where my voice could reach them.

My intention wasn"t just to inform Miss Lilith, I also wanted to get Beelzebub"s attention. Since my attacks didn"t work against him, I wanted to distract him and create openings for Miss Lilith to land attacks.

Both of them stopped and jumped backward when they heard me shout. Even though Beelzebub heard me, he stayed focused on Miss Lilith"s movement and said, "It"s only a matter of time before he dies. My demonic curse can"t be broken easily."

"Well, I already broke your curse. It wasn"t that hard," I replied in a confident tone.

This was just a bluff to get his attention. I had no idea how to break a normal curse so there was no way that I would know how to remove a demonic curse of an Archdemon.

"Kid, you are good for a human, but humans have their limits. I already know what you are capable of so don"t push your luck too much," said Beelzebub in an annoyed tone. He then started concentrating Miasma into another sphere like the one before.

I wasn"t going to fall for the same trick twice so I prepared myself to dodge in case he attacked me. I added more mana to my mana cloak and physically enhanced my legs.

Miss Lilith attacked him using multiple Fire Javelins one after another to avoid giving him an opportunity to attack. But he kept on dodging them using his speed while still concentrating the surrounding miasma into a "Miasma sphere".

He charged straight towards Miss Lilith so I tried hitting him with Wind-Fire javelins. But he was too fast for me to land a hit, I wasn"t even able to slow him down.

Miss Lilith tried to counter-attack but he slipped past her and attacked her from behind. This attack was from an even closer range than the one before so she had no time to dodge it. The attack sent her flying towards the ground where she crashed.

He didn"t waste any time and charged towards me. Before I could even decide how to react to that I felt a kick in my stomach. All I remember after that was the red blood that I coughed. My consciousness faded.

I then woke up in a dark s.p.a.ce. There was nothing except the complete darkness as far as I could see.

"hum... This doesn"t look like the afterlife so where am I now?"

As I was thinking that I heard a voice saying, "Haha... This is my s.p.a.ce called "The world of darkness"".

The words were spoken slow but it sounded like some old man making fun of his grandchild who did something stupid. I was surprised to hear the voice but for someone who had died and met someone who claimed to be G.o.d, the shock wasn"t that great.

"huh?! can you read my thoughts or something?"

"Hahaha... this is my s.p.a.ce where the dark summoning creatures live, I can sense anything here, even thoughts."

"I have to be careful about what I think then."

"Who are y- Wait! before that, what happened to me?" I asked.

"Hum... You are not dead yet, but you are badly injured. I pulled your consciousness here, but your body is still there," said the voice.

"Oh, so there is a chance that I will meet Bookman sooner or later."

"So, who are you?" I asked.

"I am the one they call the black dragon king. I rule over all the creatures of darkness that can be summoned," said the voice.

"You are really one of the dragon kings that I have heard so much about?" I asked in a confused tone.

"Yes. I have been watching you for a while now. I was the one sent Lilith to train you but I didn"t expect you to come across Beelzebub this soon," said the voice.

"Boo... a stalker" is what I would have thought under normal circ.u.mstances, but things were different here. We didn"t have much time so I directly asked, "Can you help us in defeating him?"

The voice hummed and said, "I can"t help you directly. But I can give you advice which can help you in defeating him - if you are lucky."

I had no choice in this situation so I said, "Okay, what should I do?"

"It"s true that humans have limited potential for growth, but that doesn"t mean they can"t get pa.s.sed that limit. What you need to know is that you are different from ordinary humans. Have you tried using mana directly from the surrounding without absorbing it in you?" said the voice.

"I have never tried that because that"s impossible. Even if I am somehow able to use it, there is no way that I will be able to control it," I replied in disbelief.

"That"s the only way you will be able to beat him. Even if he is in his weakened state, he is still an archdemon. Well, I have already given you a hint, figure out the rest yourself. We may meet again someday if you survive this. So long."

After he said that, I opened my eyes. I could feel a sharp pain in my stomach. I tried using the holy magic to heal myself and it worked. I was surprised that his demonic curse didn"t work on me, but this wasn"t the time to be surprised. Beelzebub was standing right in front of me.

"Oh, you survived that. It"s a surprise that my demonic curse doesn"t work on you, but that doesn"t matter since you will die soon," said Beelzebub when he saw me move.

I barely managed to stand up, there was a limit to how much my healing magic could do. The sharp pain in my stomach was still there, but this was no time to be laying down on the ground.

After I stood up, I closed my eyes and tried to feel the surrounding mana. I had tried this before during the training. Back then, I was able to sense the surrounding mana, but I had never tried using it directly.

I tried concentrating the surrounding mana into a sphere and when I opened my eyes, a small bright sphere was there in my hand. I wasn"t sure how to use it or what it could even do.

As I was trying to figure things out, the sphere started absorbing the surrounding mana on its own. And before I knew what was happening, the "mana sphere" changed into a red bird covered in golden flames.

Next Chapter: The bird with Golden Flames