Chapter 721: Don’t you remember me?
Onicuss paced in front of the magnificent throne, wearing a grim expression.
The twin divine-rank demons clad in dark robes and a supreme-rank individual he had just summoned knelt before him.
"This is the worse..."
His dark eyes glowed ominously in the dimly lit space. If it had been only James who had successfully intruded upon his domain, he would have fought the man until reinforcements arrived; but the issue was that nature's favorite, who had killed the third shadow general, was also with him!
Onicuss waved his hand, and the space behind him began to fracture, creating a path for him to leave the planet. He wasn't foolish enough to confront two powerful individuals head-on; while he was arrogant and proud of his strength, he valued his life above all else. If he were dead, then what was the point of all this anyway?
He glanced at the twin demons, but knowing that their only usefulness lay in their ability to extract the skills of others and that they were ineffective in combat, he tsked and shifted his attention to the older man kneeling beside the duo.
"You, I bestow upon you the authority to command everyone on this planet. Every individual here is bound to me. You can act as you see fit; I only require that you ensure James and the nature's favorite remain on this planet until Damien arrives. At that point, Damien will take over."
The middle-aged man nodded. His slit pupils and a pair of fox ears on his head revealed his identity as a demi-human. A mocking sneer briefly crossed his lips as he noticed Onicuss preparing to flee, but his eyes were dull, weighed down by the dark flower glowing on the back of his neck.
The very dark flower that compelled him to bow his head before Onicuss. He clenched his fists, but he had no other choice.
His planet had been conquered, and everyone he held dear was dead; no one had come to help -not even when the last of his comrades fell to the fifth shadow general. Now, he was merely a slave to the shadow general, forced to obey Onicuss like a puppet, bound by a dark mark.
That doesn't mean he harbored any affection for those fighting against the darkness; he despised them just as much as he loathed the dark side itself. After all, his people had never received help as they died or were enslaved by the dark side. So why for what reason should he side with those battling the dark side?
"I will do my best."
His eyes glowed with a dark glint. He had no idea who had arrived on the planet and instigated such chaos for the fifth shadow general, but he definitely wanted to see Onicuss ripped apart by them.
However, since that wasn't possible, he would do as Onicuss had instructed. Just as he had planned, he would wait-wait until he became strong enough to destroy the enslavement mark on his body and kill the fifth shadow general with his own hands to avenge his people. 'I'm at the first stage of supreme rank, so I know I am valuable. Onicuss would never eliminate me. I just need to stay alive until the day I can exact my revenge.'
Hearing his response, Onicuss turned around and stepped into the crack that had formed behind him, his jaw clenched.
'I will remember this day, nature's favorite! I had no feud with you, but today you have made yourself my greatest enemy! I will make sure you face a very brutal fate!'
The crack was swallowed by the space after he vanished from sight. In that very moment, the twin divine-rank demons, who were in a state of panic since Onicuss did not take them with him, and the older man beside them suddenly turned their heads as a large portal illuminated behind them.
Kyle stepped out of the portal with Bia, finding himself in a grand hall bathed in soft, dim lighting. It didn't take him long to find Onicuss's exact location, as the instant he expanded his senses, they screamed at him that the prey he was searching for was right here in this place.
He scanned the surroundings, his gaze briefly resting on the twin demons and the supreme- rank demi-human, who stared at him solemnly, before shifting to the throne in the center of the hall.
The throne was empty, and he could no longer sense Onicuss's presence.
"Where is he?"
Kyle's voice was heavy with menace, bordering on murderous, as a powerful pressure erupted from his body.
Due to the immense pressure, the twin demons were forcefully slammed to the ground, crying out in pain and shock.
The demi-human also froze in place, astonished by the intensity of the force radiating from the human's body, even though the latter looked so young.
His gaze was captivated by Kyle's green eyes, reminiscent of nature's hue, yet they carried a chilling promise of destruction if his question remained unanswered.
'He is dangerous...'
He admitted, steeling himself for a brutal battle. He could not fall now-not until he had killed Onicuss with his own hands. In that moment, Bia cursed under her breath.
-"We are late! He escaped!"
Kyle snickered, a dark glint flickering in his eyes as he reached behind him and grasped the fabric of space with his hand.
"No, he is not allowed to escape. I didn't give him permission."
The supreme-rank demi-human who had charged at him despite the pressure on his body gasped when the young human's eyes suddenly turned entirely white. Immediately, everything around him came to a standstill before time began to reverse.
A thunderous crackling of electricity reverberated outside their location, and blood began to ooze from Kyle's eyes, as if nature itself was warning him to stop what he was doing; but he
didn't.
His lips curled upward into a sneer as the space before the throne began to swirl in front of him. The demi-human and the twin demons' eyes widened in utter shock as the crack from which Onicuss had escaped started to regain its shape.
A chill ran down their spines as they watched Onicuss emerge from the crack, just as he had stepped in a few seconds earlier, wearing a bewildered expression.
Their eyes darted toward Kyle just as they heard the sound of his footsteps. He let out a melodic hum, causing Onicuss to glance back with a pale expression.
"How...?"
Kyle chuckled and wiped the blood from below his eyes. Bia silently rolled her eyes at his recklessness, but he had achieved what he wanted, so he didn't care.
"How, you ask? I forced the space before me to obey my command, along with time."
"It was excruciatingly painful and challenging enough to overwhelm my mind, but I did it— that's what matters."
He tightened his fist, and the crack behind Onicuss was swallowed by the surrounding space, startling the fifth shadow general.
"After all, if it's space you manipulated to escape, then I can manipulate it as well to force you
to come back."
Kyle titled his head with a dark gaze.
"Anyway, don't you remember me? It's been a long, long time, but I believe you wouldn't have forgotten this face so easily. Or have you already forgotten me?"