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Chapter 671 - Still
Everyone was shocked at the sudden appearance of Ezekiel’s majestic wings, unable to believe what they were seeing. Those pair of long and powerful flight mechanisms were flapping elegantly in the air, maintaining Ezekiel’s position without any trouble. It seemingly felt that every slow upward and downward stroke was deliberate. Each fluttering of shiny inky black feather drove everyone looking to being dumbstruck in awe.
Kyle and Lucas were so shocked they were momentarily distracted from the fight – which was not something vampires of their calibre would ever do. But this just went to show how stunned they were with the current on-goings of their very own vampire prince. W-what was going on? Wings? My brother had wings? Since when?! How in the world... what the hell was going on?!
Even Lucas who was a close and loyal follower of the prince had absolutely no inkling of this part that apparently His Highness had concealed within himself. And conceal it well, he certainly did!
Because he was being distracted, Kyle nearly got slashed by one of the summoned demons that they were fighting. And if it were not for Lucas coming to Kyle’s aid in blocking the demon’s move, that would prove to be a fatal blow to the young vampire prince.
"Kyle! Concentrate!" Lucas roared at the young prince and Kyle could only flush in embarrassment and obey. He knew better from all the trainings he had been having, that distractions could very well mean the end of one’s life in a battle. Knowing that he could not further afford anymore moments of distraction against this monster he and Lucas were facing. Or else, he might really die – and perhaps even implicate his partner to lose his own life as well.
Letting out a small but spirited grunt, Kyle resolutely shifted his eyes away from his brother who now was looking nowhere near vampire-like as the rest of them are. Kyle determined in his heart that he must – no, he will – survive this battle so he could question the hell out of his brother on not only this matter on what the hell was he exactly, but also on other various things he was sure to be still hiding from him.
At ground level
Alicia and Lilith who were also staring up in the air at where Ezekiel was hovering, remained frozen looking at the magnificent dark wings spreading out before them. Lilith could be seen to have her mouth partially hanging open due to the shock of seeing a vampire suddenly sprouting wings. What was this?! Was sprouting wings now similar to mushrooms sprouting after the rain?! Lilith felt as if the world views she had held onto for so long are being challenged greatly at this sight that it made her head spin.
Disbelief was clearly evident in Alicia’s eyes, but she did not look to be as shocked as the other that was beside her. Instead, there was a deep look of realization that had sparked in her eyes, as if she had now finally found the answer to the puzzle that she had been unable to solve all this time, right until now. And from the look in her eyes, it seemed as if she was able to unravel and decipher that elusive answer from looking at this unbelievable scene that had unfolded in front of her.
Zeke’s body blazed with staggering power. They could not see his expression from where they were since his back was facing them. But at that moment, goosebumps prickled and covered their skin just by looking at his shockingly large, formidable, and ebony wings, making him look like he was one of those awe-inspiring fallen angels who had emerged from the depths of hell itself.
Zeres smiled at the sight of Zeke’s black wings that had finally grew from his back. It was working. He could almost not control his glee as it seemed that his plan was at long last taking shape! The real Ezekiel had finally showed up.
While everyone who were watching from the ground were still frozen shock due to utter disbelief, Zeres had already called forth another pair of demons from the underworld. But before the ninth demon could fully step out and materialize from the depths of the black vortex, it unexpectedly closed, and the vortex somehow reversed its original functions and ended up swallowing the ninth demon back to God knows where – one would have to assume it was back to the underworld. However, at that moment, no one was in the right frame of mind to bother about where the scourge ended up at. It could be sent out into the furthest reach of the universe for all they cared. Right now, what was of upmost importance was to stop the escalating of the chaos that Zeres was trying to hasten upon them all.
The next thing Zeres knew; the earth shook mightily, and he was viciously shoved and pinned down to the ground. The impact was so strong that it literally created a small crater, as if a decently sized meteorite had recently struck in the area. Blood spurted out like a small fountain from Zeres’ mouth.
When he came to his senses a couple seconds later, he realized that Zeke’s hand was outstretched, and his fingers were tightly curled around his neck – tight enough that he could feel the pressure and power exerted, but yet still not enough to completely cut off his breathing nor snap his head off to kill him right on the spot. This not only did not faze or throw Zeres off at all, but to one’s consternation, those nearby enough could actually see Zeres who kept on smiling. His eyes were brilliantly offset on his face, blazing with nothing but an intensity that is clearly emitting a dangerous thrill despite the severity of his own situation at hand.
However, his smile eventually faded after a short few minutes after seeing that nothing had changed in Ezekiel’s eyes. It was like a frigid wasteland, devoid of any living emotions whatsoever. If Zeres had hoped for something to flicker and come to life with the actions that he had been pushing with, he was to be sorely disappointed in the reactions – more aptly the lack of them – in the face of this vampire ice prince. They were dark bloody red and colder than any forms of ice, but this were still not the eyes he had wanted nor expected to see gazing at him from this familiar face.
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Chapter 672 - Darkness
A couple of seconds passed as Zeres wondered to himself before coming to the only conclusion he could. The only reasoning, he could end up with was that this man was still actually in full control of himself and his power. How on earth could that be? What would it take for him to even shake a little of that eternal frost composure Zeke had and get even a slight glimpse of him losing control over his emotions or well-made plans? Damn, what was Ezekiel made of, seriously?! It was so much harder – almost impossible – to get this vampire ice prince to crumble a little under any pressure, than for a massive block of glacier to melt.
Zeres could only gnash his teeth in utter rage. And this further angered him. Is this still not enough? Why? What more is he required to do? What other vile acts would it take for him to end this?
He wanted everything to be over and end now. Because he could not take it anymore. Though his powers are limitless and inexhaustible that he was yet to scr.a.p.e the bottom of his own source of powers, his soul was exceedingly exhausted. His spirit was drained to the point of being so fragile it would shatter with a little knock on it. He did not want to continue this any longer. He wanted death and ultimate darkness now to stop this corroding pain that was within him. Would the Gods ever be so merciful to him and grant him this one and final bliss in death which would be his eternal slumber? He begged whatever gods there was out there to just permit him this one last request.
At that moment, Zeres gaze accidebtally fell on Alicia and he saw her wobble and fall over only to end up crumbling to the hard and unforgiving ground.
Lilith only had let go of her for a few seconds just to shield her from the stray debris that were heading her way. But from Zeres’s point of view, the only scene that entered his eyes was the moment Alicia fell to the ground. And only one jarring thing blasted into his mind, that she was going to die. Now.
Zeres suddenly felt this taut string in his mind snapped at that and a rush of something surged forth and flooded every single cell in his body. His mouth opened in a silent snarl and roared out a bloodcurdling battle cry and tremendous power flared out from the depths of his soul.
His eyes were like two bright moons that were suddenly swallowed by darkness. It was as if there were a total eclipse of his consciousness that was reflected in those initially twin moons of his.
The silvery light turned to pitch black, and he struck back at Zeke with such ferocity and power – one that was far stronger than what he had at the outset of the battle until now, had shown to anyone. No, at that moment, this Zeres held no resemblance whatsoever to the original Zeres they or even he himself knew anymore. He was losing his mind. He had already lost his mind. And apparently, he had also lost his soul and spirit in the process.
The outpouring of his massive powers was consuming him. He had gone berserk. There could not be seen any finesse or clarity in the blows that he was exchanging with Ezekiel at his current state. It seemed as if he were moving only on his instinct and killing drive that had been awakened.
The intense battle before this paled in comparison to what was going on between Zeres and Zeke now. Now it was not just Alex, but also the other vampires who were distracted because of this earth-shattering fight between the two immortals. Surprisingly, even the summoned demons were affected and had paused as well by the battle aura that were flowing out in waves.
Every attack was too powerful, too fast, that it was like a choreographed dance and exchange between two gods of destruction.
An immortal going mad was so strong and beyond powerful. Yet, Ezekiel on the opposing side, was able to hold his ground against a mad immortal half dragon. This was the power of the dragon and the power of the most powerful witch combined, and its results were deadly to say the least. With this kind of power being unleashed into the world, there really was no need for Zeres to even bother with the summoning of those demons from hell. His powers itself was already a calamity of epic proportions.
Another earthquake occurred as one of them was finally hit and thrown down. But this time, it was Zeke’s turn to take the hit and ended up falling to the ground.
Casually rising from the debris as if it were only a mosquito sting that hit him, Zeke licked his bleeding lips. The expression on his face remained calm and unfathomable. Despite the situation, he remained looking unfazed though it was such a rare sight seeing him dishevelled and bloodied up in a fight.
Zeres was up there, cackling away like a real villain. He looked as though Satan had possessed him. And everyone could not help but shiver. What was going to happen now? Can anyone kill Zeres at this point? It was very hard for everyone to look at the once angel-like creature turning into such creature of destruction.
Alex and the demons were gone. He had a plan and managed to lure them all to another area, leaving only Zeres to be dealt by Zeke’s hand alone.
"Yes. This world shall be destroyed!" Zeres said, laughing. Surrounding himself with a thick wall of the black shadow.
The spinning vortex appeared again. However, this time, it was becoming bigger and bigger. It seemed he was planning to summon the army he had promised about earlier on. If that demonic army arrives in this plane of existence, that would be a whole new catastrophic event no one would be able to predict its outcome.
Zeke’s eyes seemed to gleam with a baleful fire, but his stoic face remained as unchangeable as marble. Seeing the demons that were stepping out of the vortex one after another, Ezekiel closed his eyes.
The world seemed to have halted. When he opened his eyelids again, one of his eyes were not red nor grey any longer. It had turned completely black, and it was not just his irises. Even the whites of his eyes were midnight black, gleaming with unrestrained power and utter darkness.
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Chapter 673 - Senseless
Zeres’ laughter was hysteric and villainous. His once clear and pure eyes were currently unrecognizable to all who had known him as their friend, and they were horrified at the insanity that blazed with an unholy light in those two used to be moonlit eyes. Madness had filled them, and it seemed nothing would be able to ever pull him back to sanity any longer. The Zeres that they knew and cared for is no more. Instead, in his place was this demented witch who was crazy strong and an immortal at that, going around summoning high-level demons from the underworld and doing his best to usher in the end of the world.
Nearby, the vortex he had initially created had now grown too large that its epic proportions were truly a sight in itself to behold. Though there were nothing positive nor visually attractive that could make one appreciate looking at it, however, there was still that compulsion that drew everyone’s eyes to look at that viciously spinning vortex which was like a black hole appearing at the heart of the abandoned city.
As it became larger, it seemed to have gained a certain sentient characteristic to it if one were to focus their gaze on it a little longer. The spinning of the black shadows surrounding the centre of the vortex had somehow developed a rhythmic pulse to it – not unlike the rhythmic beating of a heart. Those who realised and noticed the pattern that was being displayed by this vortex had a very bad feeling and a premonition that worse things were about to happen.
There was nothing to say that this vortex would be able to run itself without being controlled and constantly being supplied a power source from its summoner – in this case, would be Zeres – and carry out the act of summoning powerful demons from the underworld all on its own. If that were to happen, then Zeres would then be freed up. An insane and freed up Zeres was not something good at this moment in time.
It did not take long for Zeres to continuously summon more than twenty high-level demons and though the skies and the ground were already ravaged with battles caused by these newly summoned demons, there was still no sign of him stopping his chants and hand signals – which meant that more demons were on their way in crossing through the portal.
Alexander was back from wherever he had lured the first batch of demons away to fight them off, and now he was attempting to approach Zeres. But the demons who were just summoned formed a barrier surrounding Zeres and blocked Alex from approaching any closer and he ended up fighting the numbers of demons all by himself.
"Zeres!" Alex shouted at Zeres, trying to get his attention whenever he had a breathing space in between exchanging blows with the demons he was fighting against. But his shouts seem to not have made even a single impact upon the crazed witch who was hell bent on summoning as many demons as he could. Alex could be seen to be a little more frantic in fighting with the large group of demons who had now surrounded him and block his path towards Zeres. He knew that he had to somehow reach Zeres before things got even worse – not that the currently situation was not already bad enough.
"Stop what you’re doing Zeres! Damn you! Stop this madness!" he yelled as he suddenly slashed his sword out at one of the demons’ head, causing the demon to go stiff and its head rolling its shoulders the next second. Alex’s eyes were also becoming more and more severe, and his moves were getting sharper and more intense, bringing a pressurising force to the demons who were surrounding him. He too, was close to going berserk.
These demons came at Alex all at once until he was not visible to those looking on anymore. Kyle, Lucas, Alicia and Lilith who were keeping track on Zeres’ and Alex’ situation was slightly concerned when they could not see Alex any longer and continued to be swarmed by those ferocious demons for longer than expected.
Just when they had the thought that they could not stand it any longer, the next moment, all the demons swarming around Alex were thrown away as though a blast had just occurred within the centre of them all.
Alex’s torn body parts were coming together and patching itself up as he remained where he was, eyes intense and blazing like golden lava. His aura progressively darkened, and a wave of strong power exploded out all around until it even reached the ground.
He too was quickly losing his mind in this ongoing fight that seemed to have no end. He seemed to be just on the verge of fully losing himself and going on a berserker rampage.
Even the demons looked a little shaken and fearful of the powers that Alexander emitted. But like puppets, they soon regrouped and simultaneously attacked Alex again when Zeres gave out the order to them with just a wave of his hand.
Alex spread his arms wide, out to his sides, fingers splayed opened and lips smiling as he began to work the wind. There could be seen little cyclones spinning around the tips of each of his fingers and around his wrists. As he stood there, the strength of each cyclones continued to build.
"Fine! Call all the demons from here Zeres, I’ll entertain them all." Alex shouted out his challenge and the dark clouds in the sky began moving. Thunder and lightning intensified as Alex created a strong tornado with crystalized weapons.
The demons who got hit by the tornados got pierced by the crystalized ice. But like him, they too simply healed and reconnected their body parts after a while. It truly was a senseless battle where both sides were not winning nor losing. A battle that somehow would seem will be lasting for eternity. Those looking on could not help but feel helpless. Is everything lost? Is this the end?
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Chapter 674 - Nothing
On the ground, everyone could do nothing else but watch, open mouthed and pray to whatever gods there be to be on their side and help Zeres regain his sanity and stop this futile battle. The only thing that was making them from losing all hope was the sight of Alexander seemingly enjoying the fierce battle and fighting the demons like a madman. He was like a beast that had at long last being let loose from his cage and now he was enjoying the hunt.
He had tried to destroy Zeres’ vortex by calling a very strong wind lance to slash at it, but the wind was swallowed by the blackhole. He tried to reach Zeres too, but Zeres’ demons were hell bent in preventing him from coming anywhere close, much less touching their summoner.
At one point, Alexander looked down at where Zeke was standing. And as though there was a wordless communication between them, Alex stopped attacking Zeres and he concentrated on his fight against the demons.
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Everything seemed to be pointing to and just going towards one thing alone. Madness. Everyone and everything are spiralling down the rabbit hole into lunacy. Friend fighting against friend. Good guy turned into a demonic rouge. Stable environment gone haywire and on its merry way to global destruction if nothing was done to stop it.
Those on the ground seem to feel the stirrings of helplessness and hopelessness as things continued on and no progress was made with Zeres, Alex or Ezekiel. Were they supposed to lie down and accept things as it comes? Were they expected to surrender their lives just because Zeres had decided on things on his own and they had no say in the matter at all? That is so unfair! However, absolute power triumphs over all and that was how the world works.
Watching the half dragon and demons literally shook the earth as they exchanged powerful blows in the sky, it all felt like a nightmare. Unfortunately, this nightmare had moved from an imaginary thing into the real world that they cannot avoid. It was as though the world had descended into madness together with Zeres.
Kyle and Lilith could not even begin to understand and process what their eyes were seeing. It was obvious they were telling themselves that this was probably a very, very bad dream. One that they would very soon wake up from and would be able to put it behind them with a laugh. They prayed and wished that it would be so.
Clenching a handful of her cloak as she looked up, Alicia felt a deep piercing pain blooming in her c.h.e.s.t. Her entire soul ached – no, it burned and seared – realizing that things had truly gone so messed up to an insane degree. What in the world happened? Why must this happen to her? To Zeres? To this world? She could only ask herself. Which God could she bring her complaints to? Even if she found one to state her case, would it make a difference? Would their fates be reversed?
She remembered how Zeres previously had confided her that he did not want to die a villain. But just look at him now. He looked even more sinister and even more dangerous than that cold-hearted Dinah. He had become the creature he did not want to become – a creature that he had hated to his core. It was so unfair. She could not understand why such a gentle being had to end up like this.
As she looked up at him in the air, laughing up there acting for all the world as if he were ready to burn the whole world with him, Alicia’s lips trembled. She did not know if he had truly changed and really wanted this, or was he still putting on an act. If it was an act, it really was a damned good one.
The sound of flapping wings pulled her attention and her gaze fell on Ezekiel. He was still but his wings were spread out so elegantly behind him.
Staring at his back, Alicia did not know why but Ezekiel’s voice suddenly echoed in her head. "Keep him going on the right path. Because if you fail, and he ends up turning into an enemy... I’ll find a way to get him dead and stay dead the next time, too." These words from Ezekiel were so cryptic. Was he threatening her with Zeres’ eventual death?
The memory of those words elicited a bitter smile and Alicia’s eyes blurred. That was right, she had failed. No, she did not just fail to keep him from pursuing and continuing on the right path, she was probably the biggest reason why he chose to stray towards the wrong path too. Alicia’s heart squeezed even tighter as she had to fight the tears from falling from her eyes.
"Ezekiel..." she called out weakly and she knew he had heard her. "When you said those words to me back then..." she paused and swallowed, choking on the pain in her throat to stop her voice from shaking, "did you already know that one day... this would happen?"
Silence reigned supreme between them for a while. Zeke did not volunteer to speak. But to Alicia, his silence was as good as him giving her his answer. And from what she knows of this vampire prince, his answer would most probably be ’yes’.
The thought that Ezekiel was truly going to kill Zeres pained her even more. What had Zeres done to warrant himself this kind of ending? Nothing. He did not do anything. All he did was sacrifice himself for someone else. All he wanted was to die so someone else would have the chance to live. He had never asked for anything on his own behalf. Everything he had asked for, was only ... for someone else!
"Oh, Zeres...!!" Alicia gasped at the sharp lancing pain that sliced through her heart at that thought.
Numb with pain, Alicia opened her lips again. "Ezekiel," she called out his name again, "have you ever made a sacrifice for a woman?" she asked.
The world seemed to halt. The storm Alex had created from his wind controlling powers lingered heavily in the area and they were now under the eye of the storm.
Zeke remained silent. But as he spread his wings and prepared to fly off, he turned to Alicia, revealing to her his one eye that looked darker than the darkness itself.
"Never." He replied in a cold and emotionless voice and then he was gone.
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Chapter 675 - Something else
Up in the air, Alexander was fighting those demons that were surrounding him nonstop, like a killing god. His counter attacks on them were savage to the extreme and the demons kept being torn into pieces before gathering up and becoming whole again.
Alicia could only watch as Ezekiel flew off towards the dark clouds and black shadows swirling in the sky, like a dark angel, where the fierce and surreal battle was occurring.
His one-word response to her question earlier was not even a surprise to her, in fact. What shocked her to her core actually, was how his eyes looked when she caught sight of it. That one eye that was so dark, that one could not even see any trace of light or color in it anymore had caused Alicia’s heart to tremble uncontrollably. The horror that gripped her when she first saw his real face was nothing compared to what she was feeling at the moment.
Alicia’s mind simply blanked out as she processed everything. Even though as of now, she had already lost all of her witch queen’s powers, the memories and knowledge that had been passed on to her and all those that she had seen in her reign as queen still stayed on within her. And she would never, ever forget that face, those large and powerful black wings, and that single lone, dark eye. No matter how incomplete the picture was in her mind, she could no longer reason within herself that what she saw in her memories might not be the whole truth and that it was perhaps too early for her to come up with any conclusions on the matter especially when she did not see everything. She was a firm believer of only believing when seeing the whole story, especially when dealing with important matters such as this.
However, seeing that the owner of that horrifying dark eye was actually no other than Ezekiel, she could no longer make herself not believe the things she had seen.
After a long while, her trembling hands managed to clench itself into tight fists.
When she lifted her head again and looked up into the sky, the helplessness that had consumed her which had been reflected in her eyes were finally gone. A flash of silver gleamed in her eyes for a moment before it disappeared again, as if it were never there in the first place.
Suddenly, she felt out of breath. Her heartbeat literally stopped for a few moments. Alicia’s body froze and she clutched at her c.h.e.s.t painfully. She could feel that her breath was being s.u.c.k.e.d away from her body. The acute pain that kept lancing through her c.h.e.s.t area in intervals of a few seconds caused all her muscles to be paralyzed. Could it be that her time was already up? Does it mean she has to get ready to die now? Those thoughts came as a lightning bolt as she tried to juggle her tangled up feelings.
Alicia fought so desperately to draw in breath after breath. She did not know why she was so frenzied. She thought she had so much time to prepare her heart and ready her mind...did she not? Wait!!! She was screaming inside her own mind. She just needed a little bit longer. No... she only needed a few more seconds. That is all. Not yet... please... her cries and supplication sadly were outwardly unheard and all within her mind. No one could see her struggling with the chaos that were going on around them.
Between her silent battle, her heart began beating again. She was able to breathe again. Her lashes were wet with tears even as they rolled down her cheeks, her c.h.e.s.t heaving up and down as if she had just finished a marathon. She stilled for a moment before realising that it was just about to hit midnight. There must be a reason why Zeres had given them that timing as a deadline. She guessed from what had happened earlier that he had known earlier that she was going to die by midnight if Zeres was still alive by then.
She fought with all the remaining strength that she had left to rise, her eyes now blazing with pure and undiluted determination and will. However, what flared out from her eyes was not the determination to stay alive.
Lilith who finally snapped back to reality from the seemingly potent spell that had influenced her at the sight of Ezekiel’s eyes, immediately rushed over to help Alicia when she saw her trying so desperately to stand even when she seemed to already be on her last breaths. When she turned and saw the look that was shining forth from Alicia’s eyes, the young witch could only be rendered speechless. What on earth had happened within that few minutes? Why did her queen looked as if she had just received a mission so important, she looked as if she would be willing to give her very life to see it through, no matter the cost?
Despite her weakened state, the look in Alicia’s eyes even made Lilith feel the chills that crawled under her skin. She wanted to ask and dig more on it, but without knowing why, she could not do it.
Kyle and Lucas on the other hand stayed still as statues behind the two witches. Alexander had never allowed any demons to reach them again and since they could not fly, there was no way for them to join in the battle arena which had long since been moved to the sky. Kyle and Lucas could only look on as they were torn between feeling left out and relieved that they were not battling it out with those crazily powered up super demons.
And now, the two vampires were not just standing there feeling both awed and helpless at the same time but paralyzed as well due to what they had just witnessed earlier on. Their almighty pure blooded vampire prince did not just grow wings, he also had a strange eye that never belonged to a vampire.
At that moment, Kyle felt as though he did not even know this Ezekiel who was with them right now anymore. He could not help but ask himself whether if he even was actually the real Ezekiel Reign. Because no matter how he thought about it, this person was not just a vampire. No pure-blooded vampires have characteristics such as what he had displayed! He could not even call such a being a vampire anymore. Because he just was not. He was already... something else.
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Chapter 676 - Horror
As soon as Zeke managed to cross over that large black vortex, he stilled where he was in the air. His wings were flapping elegantly and steadily, keeping him right where he wanted to be as he watched the chaos with his usual calmness portrayed across his face. One of his hand then moved up and calmly covered over his one eye. The one eye that had turned entirely black not too long ago and had frightened his own companions.
His gaze was firmly fastened on Zeres who just ignored his presence there and continued summoning demons without any signs of stopping whatsoever. The demons were coming out of the vortex one after another at a rate that seemed to be increasing in speed to those who were looking on. If this continued on, there will be no guarantees that Alexander would still be able to handle all those summoned demons on his own. As it is now, Alex already has his plate full just keeping those demons at bay.
At that moment, Zeres’ gaze fell towards Zeke. And a wicked, villainous smile flashed across the silver-haired witch’s lips. That smile did not spell anything good to those who had seen it. However, for Zeke who had clearly seen that smile, it did nothing to change the poker-faced look that was still firmly pasted on his face. One had to wonder what it would take for Ezekiel to finally show some sort of emotions on that canvas he calls a face.
Zeres’ body had gone as dark as the dragon’s scale. His golden eyes were burning with hellfire and all the evil intentions that could be conceived in the world. He was now hellbent to execute the threat he had promised when he was still sane. Though insane he might be, it seemed he still had the presence of mind in remembering the words he had uttered earlier on. As if he had forgotten everything else but this one matter. It just kept on ringing in his mind, unable to let it go. It seemed that there was nothing left in him but the driving intention of summoning an army of demons and for them to go out and destroy the world.
He could not even seem to recognize Zeke anymore as their eyes met. Zeres could only see him and identify Ezekiel as a powerful foe that he needed to vanquish to attain his goals and he only smiled. However, that smile was not one that was filled with goodwill, but it was one with nothing else but bloodl.u.s.t and the excitement to kill.
Wearing that satanic smile which could freeze the hearts of all who see it, Zeres lifted his hand and simply just pointed a finger at Zeke.
Instantly, with that one movement, it made all the summoned demons turn around from where they were and looked straight at Ezekiel. And with a flick of Zeres’ hand, like mindless puppets who had received the orders from their master, the demons flew towards Zeke, all eager and willing to attack to kill. Their movements were similar to the swarm of bats frantically flying out the cave after their nap were disturbed.
Ezekiel, however, did not even move a muscle and remained in the air where he was, wings flapping steadily in the air and waited for the demons to approach.
As the swarm of demons came at him with growls and roars, a strong gust of wind came rushing from behind him suddenly and out of nowhere. It lifted the bangs of his hair that were shielding his eyes from others’ view and his frightening red eye came into full view.
All of a sudden, the demons stopped as if they could sense an immense danger that would attack them without warning, and it totally confused them. When Zeres had previously ordered the first batch of demons to attack Alexander, they had attacked Alex mindlessly even with the amount of pressure and power that was emanating from Alexander. They had attacked so carelessly, as they knew that no matter what the immortal did to them, there was not the possibility that he could kill them.
But this creature before them had made the demons instinctively stop with his frighteningly savage killing aura that was leaking from him. The demons could feel real danger oozing from him. As if this strange, red-eyed winged creature could actually kill them, the immortal demons.
The demons sudden halt in their charge made the mad Zeres’s smile fade. "Kill him!" he roared out his orders once again and the demons physically jerked before moving. However, it could be seen clearly that though they continued to advance on Ezekiel, it was clear as day that they were being forced against their wills.
But Zeke did not seem to care about the numbers of demons. He accelerated right into the first demon that came into his reach and his fist was immediately planted into the demon’s face. Before the demon could even realize it, its head had already exploded like a balloon with Zeke’s vicious and fast attack. The demon that was killed then immediately turned into a pure black ash. The pile of ash swirled for a moment in the air before returning into the vortex.
Zeke removed his hand off his dark as midnight eye and the moment his eyelid lifted, the demons freeze on the spot in horror. It actually was not just due to watching one of their own being turned into ash but at the sight of his eyes. Those ebony and fully pitch-black eye of his.
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Chapter 677 - Baseball
The sight of that purely ebony eye, without a single trace of white in it truly gave everyone who looked the jitters. Even the demons were not exempt from that same reaction.
The sight of these mighty and supreme demons that had been summoned from the lowest depths of hell, shaking so badly as though a kitten thoroughly drenched in ice cold water and were literally trembling in fear before Zeke was truly unthinkable. This just made everyone on the ground gape in utter shock, with the exception of Alicia, who had her face completely passive as if the shocking event was barely any news to her. Her mind did not seem to be focused on the happenings that were playing out before their eyes. It was as if she was lost in some other more important thoughts.
"Lucas..." Kyle said, unable to take his gaze away from the unbelievable scene that was folding out before his very eyes, "do you know about this? Did you have any idea... that my brother..." his speech was not smooth, and it petered out. It was a clear testament to how disturbed his inner thoughts and feelings were about the things he was seeing being exhibited by his very own brother.
Lucas turned slowly to face Kyle fully and could only shake his head dumbly, his mouth opening and closing but, in the end, there was not a single sound that came forth from his lips. He could not even utter a single word due to the shock in seeing his lord exhibiting such weird and powerful characteristics.
"Tell me, Lucas... that person up there could not possibly be my brother, right... ?" the young vampire prince asked again, disbelief was plainly etched on his handsome face, and denial evident in his voice. But Lucas could only give Kyle the same response he had given him a few seconds ago. There was nary a word that he could respond to the young prince.
"I mean, look. It doesn’t quite make sense, does it?" Kyle’s lips curved into a forced smile, "Why would powerful demons such as those summoned by Zeres even tremble before a vampire? It would’ve made more sense if they acted this way when they were fighting with Alexander. Alexander is not only a dragon but more importantly, he’s immortal too! As for my brother ... he’s powerful, yes, I admit that. I know that Zeke is the most powerful vampire that ever existed. But ultimately, he’s just a vampire! And yet, this... person up there could actually turn demons to dust in just one single move and make them tremble before him? The same demons, Alexander couldn’t even kill with his immense strength? It’s almost like he’s not the king of the vampires anymore but the demons!"
Shaking his head, Kyle ran his fingers through his hair and tugged them hard. His young mind just could not grasp nor understand what was going on anymore and he was utterly overwhelmed. If that scarily overpowered person up there was indeed the same brother he had and knew, then Kyle had that sinking feeling that after this, if he survived through this battle, there was no way he would be able to look at Zeke and see him as a mere pure-blooded vampire anymore. What was happening here is truly mind-blowing and could shake the beliefs in the foundations of certain things one thought was true and unchangeable.
Up in the sky, Alex had been closely observing all that was happening, and now a devilish smirk grew across his lips. His eyes were now gleaming with triumph as his face showed the look of ’as expected of Ezekiel’ as he glanced over at Zeke.
But on the other side, Zeres was expressing a totally opposite reaction. The mad witch roared menacingly and suddenly the demons spread their numbers out across the visible expanse of the sky. Even though the demons were trembling wretchedly, they were still forced to move as though they had no power at all to resist their summoner. They literally had no choice in the matter.
The world seemed to have stopped revolving as everyone held their breath, eyes locked on and attention fully on what Zeres was going to do next.
Zeres laughed hysterically and with another single snap of his fingers, the demons turned away from Ezekiel and Alexander.
Zeke and Alex seemed to immediately realize what Zeres was planning to do and in flash, as the demons began to fly away to leave the city, Alex moved forwards and attempted to block them. He grabbed at the demons closest to him and threw them as though they were like bags of rice, two at a time towards Ezekiel with overwhelming power that the demons could not even resist and ended up reaching Ezekiel at lightning speed.
Zeke who had already whipped out his sword out stilled in the middle. His fearsome weapon was suddenly enveloped with viscous, black smoke – its darkness as deep as his one aberrant eye.
That weapon he wielded it so skilfully as it flashed about, slashing so ferociously at the demons that Alexander so very helpfully threw towards him. As his sword cut through his unfortunate victims, it could be seen that those demons immediately turned into swirls of dark coloured dust – just like the one before.
Alex continued grabbing the demons and throwing them over to Zeke, getting himself into a rhythm, not letting even a single one of them leave the city. It was somewhat morbidly amusing that the way he threw them to Zeke’s direction were very similar to throwing baseballs. The duo truly looked as though they were playing a baseball game, with Alex as the pitcher and Ezekiel as the batter. Only that the balls were substituted with demons and Zeke’s bat seemed to be a demonic longsword.
"Haha. You had better not miss a pitch from me, Zeke or you’re dead!" Alex barked out in laughter, smiling so wide with much thrill and excitement brimming in his eyes. There was no more restraint left in him.
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Chapter 678 - Merciful thing
"Keep them balls coming," was all Zeke said. His face was expressionless and tone as dry as usual. Alex only grinned even wider and continued his hunt, going after the fleeing demons and returning them to the home base. The demons did not allow themselves to be easily caught and had fought back, slashing at Alex’s limb as their powerful and sharp hands attempted in piercing through Alex’s body over and over. But in the end, the immortal dragon still was able to overpower them and before they knew it, they were turned into dust swirls before being s.u.c.k.e.d through the vortex.
Seeing the battle seemingly leaning in their favour, everyone who were watching on the ground started to feel slightly relieved. Somehow, the sight of Alex and Zeke’s seemingly perfectly coordinated movements in tandem and their incredible and unbeatable power allowed hope to spark in them again. Most especially for the fact that Ezekiel could kill those demons. And it seems as though he was doing it so easily.
They finally saw a ray of hope and had a chance of winning and ending this tragic and impossible battle. Once Alex and Ezekiel turned all those demons into dust, there would only be Zeres who is left for them to deal with.
Hope and excitement bloomed inside their hearts and the urge to join in the battle became even stronger. Their fear a moment ago had subsided and their fighting spirit came surging forth.
However, before Alex and Zeke could finish killing off all the demons, the vortex suddenly expanded into an even larger size. It had grown so large that it could even swallow half of the city now.
The dark and heavy mists that surrounded the vortex seeped out ominously from the vortex itself and formed a circular barrier around it as it swirled maliciously. The darkness reigned over the area once again.
Then a silver light gleamed like moonlight next to the large blackhole and demons began stepping out of the vortex like swarms of bats.
"My goodness! What the hell is going on now? How could Zeres have summoned such number of high-level demons?!" Kyle exclaimed. He felt his heart plummet from the high he had experienced earlier when both Alex and his brother were wiping out the demons so smoothly.
"One summoned demon is supposed to cost one life, but Zeres is an immortal. Thus, his powers are infinite right now. There is no limit to the amount of summons he can cast." Alicia was the one who spoke in a weak voice. Her explanation brought chills to those who heard her words. No limit...?!
"So, you mean that the only way for us to stop this is to kill him?"
The gleam of hope dimmed in Kyle’s expressive eyes. The number of demons stepping out of the vortex this time was even more terrifying than what they had witnessed earlier. The numbers that were summoned earlier was like a drop in the bucket when compared to the multitudes being brought forth now. Even Alex and Zeke stilled in their well-coordinated movements as they watched the ever-increasing numbers of demons pouring out from that hole suspended in the sky. They all knew that at this rate, it would not take long for Zeres to gather up the army he wanted. Zeke and Alex would not be able to keep up their actions for much longer.
Zeke glanced over at Alex. Alex saw the gleam in his eyes and nodded in understanding before Zeke threw him his sword. Though a smile was still seen on Alex’s face, there was no more playfulness, no more light-heartedness that were seen reflected in that cold, cynical smile as was seen earlier in the playful banter of demon baseball that was going on between the two of them. Of course, as usual, Zeke was still with his poker face. It was almost impossible to catch a sliver of a smile on that gorgeous looking but frozen face of his.
Alex caught the sword that still had its blade shrouded with that mysterious thick, black smoke as his eyes flashed a question quickly at Zeke. The vampire prince only took a glance at Alex and understood his question.
"Make sure that no demons leave this city alive, Alex." He said and then he turned his back to Alex. "Not even one." Zeke emphasised this point. He was not a person with many words. Thus, it could be seen how important this matter is as he had uttered so many words just to emphasise that point.
"Are you going to kill him?" Alex asked, his voice quiet but carrying clearly over to Zeke. The thrill on Alex’s face was now gone, replaced by a flat, marble-like look that was devoid of emotion. However, there was that trace element of sorrow which Zeke could pick up in Alex’s tone of voice. When Zeke did not respond even after a few seconds, Alex’s jaws tightened. He glanced over at Zeres, and a trace sadness quickly flashed across his golden eyes – too fast to be seen by anyone. But Zeke still caught that look, though he did not respond to it.
Alex had to force himself to turn his back and with clenched fist he flew off farther from where he initially was. It pained him that he could do nothing to save Zeres. His heart ached for this person as he knew the feeling and could fully empathize with it. He could still remember the feeling as if he just experienced it yesterday.
Alex truly thought that if death was the only way to end Zeres’ pain, then Alex would not stop him and would respect his final decision. Because he himself knew and had already experienced it once before, that sometimes, death in fact was a merciful thing when the suffering is more than could be borne. He just felt dreadfully terrible that it had to be ended this way.
As Alex flew away, Zeke’s hand moved to his back and his fingers wrapped around a sword’s hilt. His one normal eye became so vividly red, and the blackness of his left eye seemed to ooze and black smoke began to leak from it.
With his gaze fixed on Zeres, Zeke pulled the sword out of its sheath from his back. That was the same sword that used to belong to Alex and the very same sword that Alex used to slay the last dragon thousands of years ago.
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Chapter 679 - Shield
The demons spread out like birds in the sky. Their numbers increasing every second that past. However, the blade in Zeke’s hands was like a death strike every time they saw a streak of silvery slash appearing here and there, and always within the areas where the number of demons were most dense. As such, it created such a stimulating scene in the sky where the silver contrasted so glaringly with the blackened areas swarming with demons.
Everyone watching from below were anxiously holding their breaths as they could do nothing but just watch on as Zeke attacked the vortex ferociously. Would he even stand a chance against this horde? They seem to be spawning from the depths of the vortex without an end in sight. There were just too many of them!
They watched as Zeke slayed and slayed, the blade in his hands was like an extension of him, carrying out his will, turning them into ashes. Those who were watching from the ground were blurry eyed as they watched until they could not even see him anymore due to the overwhelming number of demons surrounding him. That and also the amount of black ash that was forming like billowy clouds around him. Seeing him being shrouded and swallowed by the black mass made the rest of them looking on have a tiny grain of doubt, making them slightly afraid for Zeke even though they knew how immeasurably strong he is.
At the same time, Alex on his part, was making sure that none of the demons could escape him. He had taken upon himself the role of becoming the impregnable barrier of the city.
However, everyone knew the situation was not actually getting any better despite how it looks at the moment. It seemed that no matter how much Alex and Zeke were killing off the demons, the large swarm of newly spawned demons being spat out by that infernal vortex surpassed the number of deaths overwhelmingly. However, there was no sign of Zeres slowing down at all, any time soon. He was unstoppable. The look in his eyes was sharp and did not show any intention that he would be giving up anytime soon.
Watching the fight from the ground, Alicia felt her heartbeat grow increasingly weaker by the minute. Her breaths were becoming shallower as she clenched her cloak over her c.h.e.s.t even tighter.
Though the others were holding their breaths in anticipation of the outcome of the fight, worried to death that something would happen to Zeke, Alicia surprisingly was not thinking the same way as the others. Despite the numbers of demons blocking his way from reaching Zeres, Ezekiel was advancing, slowly but surely. And Alicia knew in her heart as clearly as she knew her own name that the moment he reached Zeres, he would kill him.
She began to feel her heartbeat going erratic again, sometimes skipping a few beats, sometimes speeding up unbearably. But the intense look in her eyes never did fade even for a second, much less dwindle. Suddenly, she turned over to Lilith, gave her a gentle and affectionate smile and enveloped her in a warm hug.
That very next moment, an explosion of something dark happened in the sky. The demons around Zeke seemed to have all been wiped out and turned into dust swirls all at once. The other demons that managed to stay out of the explosion zone backed up and spread out farther away from him, more cautious and vigilant of his every move.
Ezekiel stilled himself in the air, flapping his large wings and keeping to where he was. Half of his body was now oozing with a dark miasma which was curiously undulating around him, as if it were a living entity. That same fume seemed to be the same one as that which was coming from his left eye.
The already maddened Zeres roared incessantly, feeling the ominous danger coming from Zeke. The newly summoned demons lined up before him, creating another barrier surrounding their summoner and when Zeke began to proceed anyway, Zeres gave a snap of his fingers, and the other demons who were spread out in the sky dove and spiralled to the ground, going towards Kyle and Lucas.
It seemed that the orders that was given from Zeres was for them to aim for those two vampires. At that moment, both Lucas and Kyle were still not quite sure if they were the sole targets of that demon horde that were headed for the ground as there were still others who were in the same vicinity as they were. However, after a few seconds and seeing that the trajectory of that horde of demons were snarling and reaching towards them, they realised that they were the ones being targeted.
Alicia pulled away from the embrace which she had held Lilith in. "Go. They will be needing your help, Lilith. And there is no need to worry about me. The demons will not come at me." She told Lilith and reassured her before any protests could come out of Lilith about her safety and the demons attacking her.
Lilith hesitated but upon seeing Alicia’s determined eyes as she nodded at her, Lilith could only sigh as she relented as she let go of her. Lilith then stood up before suddenly appearing right in front of Kyle and Lucas. The two vampires had already prepared themselves and were positioned for the battle they knew which would probably kill them. Though they were confident in their fighting prowess, they were not silly enough to kid themselves. They could not even kill the one demon they fought just a little while ago, how could they even survive this army of flying immortals? And that was when it was them both against one lone demon! They were not idiotic enough to lie to themselves that they had the abilities to go against this sort of demonic force.
However, with Lilith now there with them, perhaps there was some hope that they could at least had the chance to survive this attack. Lilith started chanting as she used a powerful spell and created a barrier of silver light around them, serving as some sort of transparent but powerful light shield.
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Too late
When the marauding demons reached them and crushed against it, that seemingly light shield managed to stop their momentum. It was successful! The barrier was working. The next second, a powerful twin force of merging wind and fire, that belonged to Alexander, hit into the back of the group of demons that were pushing against Lilith's light shield and were mercilessly burned and blew the demons apart. Suddenly seeing that change in tides gave a little more cheer in their little hearts as there seemed to be some hope and light at the end of this very dark tunnel which had appeared to have been set in stone.
The few demons who were at the periphery that were blown further away by the blast managed to land on the ground, lightly singed by Alex's fire storm, now were in a feverish exchange against Lucas and Kyle who were expecting them on the ground.
The fierce terrain battle started. Lilith, who was stationed nearby, watched over the two vampire's back as they fought fiercely against the demons, ready to come to their aid whenever necessary. She also did not let up being attentive to the situation surrounding them in the case that other unexpected attacks come their way. The trio's cooperation in battle were unexpectedly incredible even though this was the first time they were fighting together.
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With the demons now scattered from the combined defence and attack of Lilith and Alex respectively, and them also aiming not only on Zeke and Alex anymore, that balance which was barely maintained earlier was slowly crumbling down.
When Alex's came to aid his comrades on the ground, the other demons which he was restraining saw that as opening and they did not waste another moment to escape from the city.
When he saw what was happening, Alex had to immediately catapult to the sky again and rushed after the escaping demons. The battle on the ground was fierce and despite Kyle and Lucas fighting with all their might, the fact was that with just their strength, they could not kill those demons which they were entangled with. And this just puts them in the hopelessly losing side by default. All they could do at that moment was to put up a strong defence as a good offence. It did not help that they had been fighting all these while with the rouge vampires that were trying to escape the bridge and had used up quite a fair bit of their stamina and strength.
But the spell that Lilith had cast was somehow working on those demons. Though she could not kill them, she could paralyze them for a while and even put them into a frenzy. She was proving to be a huge help and a valuable ally to the vampires in this fight. But even they knew that her power was not infinite nor was it inexhaustible. Not to mention that she was still so new in using the newfound powers of the witch queen that she had.
At some point, Lilith's barrier which was slowly being eroded was finally pierced by a powerful demon who had come spiralling down from the sky, catching Lilith off guard. The demon's deadly hand was outstretched and about to crush Lilith's face when the demon's arm was suddenly slashed and being cut into to two.
The next thing Lilith knew, she was pushed onto the ground with Kyle lying over her, trying to use his own body as a protective covering for her.
Lilith had her eyes wide because she could see more demons already flying in the air and about to crush into them and could barely wait to tear them all apart. It would be too late for them to even do anything to escape this attack. She could only close her eyes as she held onto Kyle tighter.
But the pain she was expecting, and the slaughter that she had thought was going to happen never did come. When she peeked with one eye opened, a dark swath of smoke welcomed her. Those attacking demons that were out for their blood had been annihilated in just a blink of an eye.
Zeke stood there, oozing with nothing but darkness as he glanced back at Kyle and Lilith. His gaze so cold and dark it was enough to freeze the youngsters in fear. And then he was gone.
He stilled in the air right across Zeres. Zeke had been wounded. A while ago, he was about to break free from the wall of demons blocking Zeres when he saw Kyle about to be killed while protecting the little witch Lilith.
He had immediately turned his back to Zeres and that was when one of the stronger demons found an opening in his defence and his arm pierced through Zeke's abdomen.
With his gaze now balefully fixed onto Zeres, Zeke licked the blood dripping from his lips.
Then the dark smoke swirled gently around him as though it had its own mind and purpose. After the dark smoke almost surround him not unlike an armour, Zeke attacked again like a lightning appearing out of nowhere. But this time, he did not attack the wall of demons directly but flew above them and the demons were forced to follow him.
Zeke slashed his sword out and turned the first demon who reached him into black dust. And the moment all the demons came at him, Zeke backed off slightly again before twirling around as if making the motion to throw a discus.
With an incredible power, Zeke suddenly released his sword.
Zeres' eyes widened and he snapped his fingers to have the demons block him from the lightning-like sword coming at him.
But it was a split second too late.
The world seemed to screech into a halt as the sword reached Zeres when out of the Alicia materialized right before Zeres and the sword thudded into her.
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