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Riona didn't put Adhara's human form in her eyes.
She was holding back a lot and was still able to match Adhara in her human form easily
But all of that drastically changed when Adhara shifted into her Werewolf form.
Her confidence was washed away when she was confronted by reality—the Anti-Werewolf bloodline was stronger than she anticipated. It was not nothing when its nickname was the White Reaper or the Albino Werewolf.
Stealing a glance at the royals, the frown on Riona's face deepened.
No part of the battlefield was going in their favor.
'If the Royal Black Prince needed to be matched by three royals then perhaps I should opt for the same thing,' Riona pondered, this was no longer a duel—and using anything to win would be of the utmost importance. 'I need Milla and Erick to face her!'As opposed to fighting with honor, Riona decided to throw it all.
She would ask for help from the strongest Beta under Prince Alaric and Prince Leif's packs.
Only through that would she secure a win against Adhara.
Aoouuu!!
Riona howled, sounding an alarm to pull Milla and Erick's attention towards her. Find adventures at empire
"Did you actually call for help?" Adhara ridiculed with a chuckle.
Upon hearing this, Riona swallowed her pride and answered, "I'll do anything to win"
"Same goes here," Adhara replied, smirking.
Riona frowned at her answer—but Adhara then gestured above with her index finger, telling Riona to look above. As soon as Riona raised her gaze—she saw a rolling black thing above, spinning hard and landing in front of her.
It splattered liquid into the area where it landed.
Looking at it, Riona gasped and her heart instantly dropped to her stomach.
Reaching for the black thing that turned out to be a severed head, Riona's entire body began to tremble as she realized that it was Fiona's head, her daughter's head. Embracing the head tightly, Riona screamed at the top of her lungs.
"Aaahhhh!!!"
She was too occupied with Adhara that she didn't realize her daughter was in danger.
Now Fiona was dead, her severed head was the trophy.
Adhara tilted her head a little, her glowing white eyes observed Riona as if they were in utter confusion—Riona's reaction, confused her, "Exactly as you said, I'll do anything to win. If you don't want to lose your daughter, why bring her here?"
Having no more mood to exchange words, Riona roared and rushed to Adhara.
It was not personal for Riona earlier but now, it was personal.
Swoosh!
Reaching Adhara in a couple of steps, Riona clawed, her claws backed with her wrath.
But when her claws were about to reach Adhara, someone stopped them.
Clang!
Riona's eyes widened as Adhara didn't even flinch or move from her spot.
A figure came to her aid and blocked the attack.
Kyran blocked the attack from the side, his four predatorial eyes glaring at Riona.
In the next second, Kyran wanted to claw her back but she already leaped away, knowing full well that she wouldn't be able to do anything—even with her anger giving her strength. If she couldn't defeat Adhara alone then with the addition of Kyran, there was no chance for her.
Just as she landed, however, she inhaled sharply.
Boom!
An azure beam covered the distance between them in an instant and pierced her chest.
Riona coughed a mouthful of blood as the beam tore a gaping hole.
Lifting her gaze up she realized—that the perpetrator of this attack was Kyran, his steaming hand showed that, 'How could he condense his moonlight energy to a small beam and fire it at me like an arrow? His moonlight mastery surpassed mine or even the royals!'
Just like Adhara, Kyran was also a monster of his own.
One would need to train for thousands of years to achieve that kind of mastery.
Realizing the peril, Riona glanced over her shoulder in a hurry.
"Don't even bother," Adhara suddenly said—pulling Riona's attention back to her.
Smirking, Adhara's fire mana began to swirl around her, "Fire Sequence, Celestial Sanctum..."
Crack!
Following that chant, Adhara punched and cracked the ground.
Riona, on the other hand, was stunned when she heard the name of the spell Adhara cast.
"I... Isn't that my mo-"
Before she could finish her sentence, several totems fell from the sky, creating an arena with Riona, Kyran—and Adhara inside of it. Riona looked at these fiery totems before she gasped, it was really her moon ability! Adhara copied it and made her own version.
Swoosh!
Just like that, walls of fire erupted from the totems, encasing all three of them.
Upon seeing this, Kyran glanced at Adhara, "Was this because of that snake of yours?"
Adhara nodded in affirmation.
Back when they were still on the duel grounds, Adhara stationed her spirit outside.
It was done as a preparation for her new fire ability.
Despite the powerful usage of the Break of Sequence ability, allowing her to copy the others' abilities through sequences, she realized that it has one big weakness—and that is time. She needs time to copy the abilities, leaving her vulnerable.
However, she soon realized that her spirit inherited her ability to do that.
So as a precaution, Adhara left her spirit behind to copy an ability that she liked.
In this case, Riona's moon ability, Celestial Sanctum was the target.
"You've gotten stronger," Kyran commented.
Not expecting this praise, she smiled and also commented, "As do you, that beam of yours"
Refocusing back to Riona who was cornered, Adhara and Kyran strode ahead slowly.
"Nobody is going to come to help you," Adhara muttered, her aura beginning to climb as she got closer and closer. "Since you howled earlier—honor, is no longer here. Because of that— you're going to fight us both!"
"I'm going to enjoy this..." Kyran added, cracking his knuckles.
Gulping harshly, Riona saw no chance to escape.
Since there was no way out of this, she firmed herself and roared, preparing to fight.
Upon seeing her conviction, Adhara nodded, "Good resolve, Riona..."
Swoosh!
Riona charged ahead fearlessly and in return, Adhara also rushed for a spectacular clash.
Both of their claws collided, but Riona was the only one who got pushed back.
She stumbled backward—the momentum forced her to spin before she gasped when out of nowhere, Kyran appeared, and pierced her abdomen with his claws—infusing the burn from his moonlight energy into her body.
Viciously, he pulled his claws out and pushed Riona away.
Once again, she tumbled backward as a blurry backhand delivered a slap across her face.
Riona was sent crashing to the side, blood crawled its way out of her mouth.
Despite being the strongest within the Dancing Stripe Pack—having a King Mark of her own, without needing to rely on a Herald Mark from Princess Selene, she has no chance. She was toyed with by Kyran and Adhara.
Going against the Silverstar Pack was the wrong move, she shouldn't have accepted this.
She shouldn't let the Honey Moon's blessing spike her confidence.
Even then, the thought of Fiona made her body burn.
Riona regenerated instantly from her wounds and stood up to fight this helpless fight.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
Prince Leif went around and avoided the massive chunk of earth that Rex pulled—he tried to shatter it but realized that he couldn't do it with one attack, Rex infused it with red force and made it sturdier than normal.
Upon reaching the edge and avoiding its fall, he swept his eyes, searching for Rex.
It was only then did he caught sight of Rex manhandling Princess Selene.
Gritting his teeth, Prince Leif rushed ahead—his quick steps created thunder sounds.
Rex gripped Princess Selene by the neck, slamming her repeatedly into the earth mercilessly.
Each bone-crunching impact grew more savage, leaving her completely helpless—unable to mount any defense. Despite technically being the strongest royal at this moment other than Rex due to the Honey Moon, she couldn't do anything once caught.
"Come on! Fight back! I'm hardly being entertained!" Rex roared, laughing maniacally.
Princess Selene was trapped in a horrendous situation.
She could feel the ground beneath her splintered, with the force of each blow, and the brutal rhythm of her body striking the ground echoing in her eardrums. Having enough of this weak princess, Rex charged his fist with seething red force.
So intense it caused his hand to tremble uncontrollably.
Unleashing a guttural snarl, he drove his fist into her abdomen.
His punch shattered her bones and ruptured her organs—a sickening crunch echoed—as the princess' body folded around his fist. Before Rex could finish her off, by pulling out her heart, he turned sharply to the side.
In an instant, Prince Leif collided with him, tackling Rex off balance.
Even then, Rex's grip on Princess Selene's neck was still strong, pulling her alongside them.
All three of them tumbled across the ground, in a feral struggle, each blow meant to rip—and tear, an unending bout that tested these beings' vitalities. Princess Selene was battered, she was already weak, unhealed from her wounds, and locked in a deadly dance.
As the savage brawl raged on, Prince Leif managed to free Princess Selene.
He wasted no time in kicking her away to recover.
But doing that came with a cost as a savage swing of Rex's Executor Slash skill burned—and corrupted his insides with the banished dark moon kingly energy—causing a searing pain, "It is you and me, Storm Prince. Let's not pretend that we don't want each other's death, tonight will be you dead or me dead,"
"Whoever it is... he would give a greeting to the Lunirich Gods from the other" Rex added.
Upon hearing this, Prince Leif growled.
"I swear I'm going to rip your heart out and offer it to the Gods!" He barked back fiercely.
Following that, Rex instantly gripped Prince Leif by the muzzle and launched into the sky—he was going to let Prince Leif taste the full power of his Brutal Impulse that decimated this very place into nothing.
Just as he was about to do that, however, crimson chains wrapped around his body.
It was only then that Prince Alaric tackled him from the side.
Not sensing this coming, Rex's grip on Prince Leif slipped and caused Prince Leif to fall.
Seeing this, Rex's eyes narrowed in fury as he glared at Prince Alaric.
"Even if you won this battle, you will achieve nothing!" Prince Alaric exclaimed, still confused as to what Rex, was aspiring to achieve—from this. If he desired to kill Prince Leif, Rex didn't need to destroy the Bloodstone Crater. "Every living Werewolf would loathe you—and would swear to take revenge!"
Upon hearing this, Rex smirked mysteriously.
"That's for you to handle..."
"What...? What did you mea-"
Before Prince Alaric could finish his sentence—the air crackled with a violent surge—of black lightning, erupted from Rex's body and freezing their hurtling momentum in an instant. Shock flickered across Prince Alaric's face as he instinctively moved to strike, but Rex was faster.
Rex's fangs turned black the concentration of his banished dark moon kingly energy.
Following that, he bit Prince Alaric's flesh viciously.
It was not a simple bite, but a bite fueled with the Absolute Predominance Fangs skill.
An ability that stunned Prince Alaric in place.
Making his next move with seamless precision, Rex seized one of Prince Alaric's wings—his claws digging deep into the muscle and sinew. With a brutal yank, he tore the wing apart as the Honey Moon cast a haunting silhouette over the savage act.
A pained groan escaped Prince Alaric as he plummeted to the ground.
But Rex wasn't finished.
As Prince Alaric fell, Rex surged downward, gathering the full force of his kingly energy, into his next move. With a vicious downward swing, he unleashed Brutal Impulse. For a brief and eerie moment, gravity ceased to exist for Prince Alaric.
Rex's attack halted Prince Alaric's fall as if time itself had been suspended.
Seeing the crawling eerie runes spreading, Prince Alaric realized what it was.
He recognized Rex's attack as the same one that obliterated the Bloodstone Crater.
Almost instantly, Prince Alaric braced himself as he canceled his active abilities.
Even the chains wrapping around Rex's body disappeared.
However, as Rex drew closer, a twisted smile curled his lips.
Upon seeing this, Prince Alaric's heart sank, he realized Rex had never intended to strike him.
Rex only wanted him to cancel the crimson chains.
Blitz!
"No! Leif!" Prince Alaric shouted, warning Price Leif down below.
On the other hand, Prince Leif slowly regained his footing and heard his name being called.
As soon as he looked skyward, however, he was met with a devastating punch.
"Moon Ability, Brutal Impulse!!"
KABOOM!!
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