Chronicles of the Red Sovereign

Just as I was about to charge at where I felt the familiar presence of the demon whom I believed to have killed the original Luna, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked at its owner and eyed him questionably.

“What are you doing Kai?”

“Where are you going? Are you seriously going to face him right now? Alone?” he growled at me, his hold tightening after he finished his question.

“This problem is mine to bear alone Kai, so let me go.”

“Why do you have to go alone?” he questioned. “You have people willing to help you with whatever you’re dealing with and yet you want to charge alone? Do you not value your life?”

I couldn’t help but scoff at his statement. Well the irony of it anyway.

-Is he serious?

“Kai, don’t be a hypocrite.” I firmly stated, prying his hand off my shoulder. “Don’t you think you should follow your own advice?”

It came out rather harsh, but I was annoyed.

I left him before he could even answer. Well, he wouldn’t be even able to answer immediately since he looked very surprised and I took that chance to slip past everyone. I turned one last time to Freya and the rest of our teammates from the Grand Academy Games and gave me worried looks.

-Why are they looking at me like I’m about to charge to my death?

‘Aren’t you?’ questioned one part of me, which I knew made sense.

Besides, I had no plans of dying. I was merely going to take a look, maybe throw a few attacks and see what he was capable of. From his aural presence already, I could tell that demon was strong, stronger than the current me. But I had to see the guy who wiped out the Lyxi Clan, even if it’s just to appease all the dead members of that clan.

-Original Luna and her family included.

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Dealing with the low-level demons was easy. Most of the foot soldiers of the army sent to attack from the center of Azte were mindless who only had one goal in mind; destroy. These kinds of demons were always the easiest to face but it’s not ideal to actually face an entire army of it. It was the stronger and the more intelligent demons that one had to be wary of, just like the one back in Mt. Tala Island.

Just as I was cleaving my own path amongst the demons with the use of my fire and ice ‘magic’, I was suddenly grabbed on the arm and was whisked away from the battlefield.

I found myself on top of a roof. I almost lost my balance, but I immediately regained my footing and let energy gather at the soles of my feet so I would no longer slip and fall to my death.

My eyes widened when I gazed at the figure in front of me…

-It’s him.

Bright yellow eyes bore unto my jade-colored ones. Hate and anger immediately welled up inside of me and I could feel my energy try to escape from my control. I tightened my grip on my swords to reign in my emotions.

-Strange. Why do I feel this much hate and anger? I know I’m trying to avenge the real Luna, but why do I feel like what happened to Luna, actually happened to me?

I was very confused at the situation, but I squashed down that feeling and stood even more firmly in front of the demon. I eyed the spiked mace he had on his hand as well as the smirk on his face that remembered that of a maniac.

“You’ve grown.” he said, his smile suddenly becoming grim. “And here I thought you actually died that day.”

“I have unfinished business.” I growled. “You will not be killing me easily. What is your name?”

He huffed, “I don’t think you deserve to know my name yet. Anyway, you were the person we wanted to get rid the most that time, and yet you lived. I guess the Fates really do like screwing with us when they don’t want the destiny they weaved altered. When I learned of your awakening, I immediately went into action and searched for you.”

“Why?”

“I want to finish what I started. I will kill you.”

His aura suddenly spiked and the energy around him became dark and sickening. I couldn’t help but stare at the dark red aura oozing out of him, and cringe at how malevolent it was.

From what I learned, energy is free-flowing. It’s found everywhere and in everyone. Those who practiced the Mystic Arts like me (though I think I’m just still the one who does) could manipulate that energy-freely. And if I’m strong enough, I can even manipulate the energy inside people, but let’s talk about that later.

The yellow-eyed demon’s aura, the energy in him, looked like it would lash out at anyone who would try to bend it against its master’s will. It felt very negative and very evil. It was scary and it was the trademark of the demon clan.

The demon before me would probably be at least a demon noble or something. He was strong and I wasn’t sure if I could face him with the way I was.

-But I have to try.

Bluish-white flames burst out of my swords and I parried the incoming spiky mace. I tried to return it to its owner, but the mace suddenly shrunk and then extended. It wrapped around my blades, locking it in place. I felt myself get pulled and before I knew it, I was slammed to another roof, making a small explosion as I landed.

I immediately wrapped an energy barrier around my body, lessening the effects of the harsh landing but it did not prevent the slight pain though, especially from the side where I landed.

“Damn demon.”

I jumped to the roof and faced the demon once again. I threw balls of fox fire towards him, causing explosions on where it landed. I even managed to throw into the army of demons, helping the soldiers on our side cut down the number of enemies.

The two of us exchanged blows for nearly two minutes. Our movements were fast and our strikes were either parried or dodged. I could feel a few cuts stung my skin, but my Auto-Healing fixed that. Although…

-Why do I feel like he’s not really fighting at his best?

I delivered an energy-infused kick to his side and he was thrown on a few roofs, causing even more damage to the surrounding buildings. But all of a sudden, he leapt out of the cloud of dust that hindered my vision and he came at me with a ball of dark red energy on his hand.

I managed to evade and swing my swords, but he changed his position midair and blasted me with the damn thing straight to the face!

I felt myself go weightless and my surroundings blur. I felt weak, like all strength I had within me vanished, no drained, and I couldn’t move a finger.

-What was that? This is my own doing, and I guess I will be paying for it now.

I realized I was losing. No, perhaps, I actually lost and I might actually end up dead. But suddenly, I felt arms wrap around my waist and I stopped falling. I felt myself being pushed against a hard chest and I could hear my savior’s heartbeat.

“Leave her alone Abbadon.” I heard my savior say, his voice was unmistakably Kai’s. “Not even this clone of yours can actually kill her.”

I did not hear the rest of their conversation since I blacked out.