After the pope transford, he and Asmodeus began fighting. Their blade and magic clashed several tis, causing Yuina and Aki to beco shocked. He flung Aki from his shadow at the start of combat, now fighting beside the princess.
They tried to watch while fighting off the deranged nobles and knights.
The mont Asmodeus revealed his strength, the eyes of Pope Johan beca bemused. His young and attractive form glowed with a dark light. However, that shock lasted but a mont before his fingertips snapped, turning several of the nobles into blood mist.
"Pope Johan!?"
"Hmph! re animals who exist only to serve our lord do not speak my na!" Johan's eyes gazed at the beastkin like garbage.
The next mont, black runic and magic circles flooded the space around Asmodeus, while the demon king rely pointed towards the pope. "Arrogant priest!"
A bloody shockwave exploded, causing half of them to shatter. Afterwards, he swiped his sword and cleaved through the others, rendering the pope's attack worthless.
"Nice trick, Demon!" The pope's body vanished, his body rapidly teleporting and appearing in front of Asmodeus. Johan's black staff slams down towards his head. He responded by catching it with one hand before thrusting his sword directly towards the pope's head.
Johan's face distorted slightly, tilting his head before the force knocked him back several tres. In response, the priest smiled with satisfaction. "You are truly a suitable vessel for my Lord."
'What?!'
"Eh?!" It was Yuina and
[No... Asmodeus, you cannot keep fighting here! Take the princess, empress and your knights and leave!]
'Serena?'
A feeling of doubt crept into his mind; hearing even Serena speak that way made his heart waver. Was this a trap? The entire thing from eting the cult of death to being driven to the south and them waiting here?
'I don't understand?!'
He felt confused. How could phisto want his body... but before he could ask her, the connection suddenly beca distant again, like in the forest...
It was at that mont that the pope of death stabbed his staff into the ground; a rumbling sounded through the temple as countless blood golems sprouted throughout its vast halls.
Countless dead nobles contributed to the formation of the blood golems. A strange mixture of animal parts created the monstrosities, which oozed with sticky black blood.
"Kill them," Johan commanded as more and more monsters grew.
"Asmodeus!" Yuina called out before her body glowed in a faint golden light. She lowered her hips, dodging the enemy's blade, before using her eastern sword, slicing the throat of a black knight. However, before she could recover, two golems appeared behind her.
In response, Asmodeus moved towards her side to save her. He pushed her body towards Aki and used his blade to block violent fists filled with imnse pressure. Yet the nobles were constantly being drained of their life force to power the five golems.
"Ngh... Yuina, Aki, are you alright?"
"Hahaha~ a touching little mutant!" Johan's Right hand touched the cheek of Asmodeus, creating a small magic circle while forming a large one overhead.
Asmodeus growled before pushing back the golems. Johan grunted as two dark spells cast from his magic circles clashed above and below against Asmodeus. "You are different from those other fools that bow at the altar of the gods."
The Pope expressed surprise as they continued their spell clash. "You do not have a god, nor can you obtain the faith of others. That is why my master, my lord, my everything desires that body! Surrender it to , and I will save your precious lovers!"
'?!'
The mont he used the plural, a sense of dismay filled Asmodeus. He knew it wasn't about Yuina or Aki instinctively. It was far more dreadful than he thought possible. Liana, Vinea, Ciela... and Levia were outside the city! 'Did these bastards attack them?'
'He knows sothing! Fuck!'
His thoughts and emotions erupted in rage as his opponent played on his greatest fear... losing soone! However, he couldn't submit or give up; grasping his sword, he cut through the spells as they sliced his cheeks and chest apart with black lightning.
"What is wrong, Demon King? You know you must submit yourself to save them. So surrender!"
"Lies... Hngh..."
"...?" A look of surprise appeared on Johan's face. It turned into disdainful pity for Asmodeus.
'Dammit...'
While keeping Johan busy, he was trying to figure out what exactly Serena ant and what he needed to do. The mont the sigil appeared on the floor, all thoughts of how to deal with Johan went out the window because phisto desired his body.
"Yuina! Take her and go with Aki back to the others!" Asmodeus snapped his left-handed fingers at the empress, who was like a marionette on her throne, bleeding from her nose. 'That damn black mist is eating them alive to make the pope stronger... fucker.'
"Asmodeus?!" Yuina cried back, but he couldn't just let her stop. He needed her to listen.
The clash of blade and staff echoed as the Pope didn't give him a mont to recover, magic exploding and shooting at him from all directions.
With every clash, the imnse divine power weakened. Noticing this, he ford countless shadow spears to try to fight back the five golems attacking him whenever the pope took a mont to cast. They rushed over with terrifying montum and didn't feel pain.
"Aki, do it! Take them out; I'll make a path!" He commanded as he parried with his blade, using the montum of the pope. Despite the appearance of Asmodeus struggling, their strength and speed were far from equal. It was because of the golems and Yuina being here that caused him to struggle.
*Swish*
"Ugh... what is this?!" A black blade penetrated the right shoulder of Asmodeus, with the black divine energy rapidly festering on the wound. While his body tried to regenerate, the sudden burden on his mana caused a decline in his abilities, mistakes becoming more apparent as his mind fogged up.
'Fuck...'
"W-what?!" Yuina scread before Aki pulled on her arm.
"P-Princess, we have to go!" Aki dragged her towards the distant wall, and she saw dozens of blood-red magic circles forming. The empress dragged along the ground as Yuina held her arm.
"Make sure you go find Liana!"
Asmodeus pushed out his left hand before beams of bloody energy burst from the magic circles. Their imnse force destroyed the barrier entirely. Then, the runes faded into nothingness as if they only existed for one purpose. However, the red energy beams continued into the sky as if to warn the others.
"Sigh... well, I guess it's not gonna just end, right?" The voice of a tired young man rang out, his hair ssy and sweat covering his forehead.
"Now you don't have any hostages, so shall we fight for real?" Asmodeus was tired, but his desire to fight grew larger looking at the pope, and four remaining golems.
***
"Haa.....ha...."
"I don't understand; why don't you accept my lord's offer? Your shoulder looks so painful," The pope asked with curiosity, finding it strange. "Can you not hear his voice? That divine one calling out to you?"
"Shut up... I don't care if you want to kill all of the beastkin in the city. Can you leave and my won out of your dirty plans?"
Johan's brows raised, and a smile spread across his face. His hand moved down toward his hips as laughter resounded throughout the temple. "Ahahahhaaha! Oh, my dear Lord phisto. This petty king truly thinks he could defeat ... let show you the true aning of death!"
The next mont, the pope took out a black vial with a strange fluid inside and quickly swallowed it. Johan's body began to pulse, causing Asmodeus to feel a sense of danger.
'Did this fucker lose his mind?'
However, he noticed sothing, not only a distortion within Johan's soul but his flesh was lting... Then, as the golems closed in on Asmodeus, their bodies exploded and turned into sticky crimson liquid. The blood transford, turning into tentacles and attaching themselves to his arms and legs. "Hiss... I feel his love! His power! phisto~ co to !"
At this point, Asmodeus could no longer hold himself back; his eye narrowed before his demonic mana exploded. Without delay, he transford, instantly forming his wings, horns and exoskeleton while facing the deford pope. A horror fused with the flesh golems made of dozens of nobles.
"Hah!"
"Suffer and repent!"
A thick shadow spear ford on each fingertip of Asmodeus before flinging them straight at the monster. Yet with a single swipe of his hand, Johan sent them flying each one exploding against the palace walls, creating a large blast.
The golden-haired man flew forward, and the sound of space shattering rang out as he slamd into Asmodeus with the back of his fist.
"Ngh..."
Not missing an opportunity, he twisted his hips, creating a sudden howl, flinging his opponent away, smashing him into several pillars. Asmodeus couldn't stop his montum and crashed into the stone wall. Shards of rock flew outwards as dust and smoke spread out.
"Give up! A demon King cannot defeat a god!"
***
A little earlier...
On the far side of the battlefield, near a castle tower, three people hid behind debris.
"Yuina?!" A female voice sounded as several knights stood looking at the trio with confused looks. It was Vinea, Liana and Ciela, while Levia seed missing from the knights.
"Liana?! You're all okay!" Yuina let out a sigh of relief before hugging her, the demon princess. "You should be out of the city. Where are the caravans?"
Vinea gazed at Yuina. "So knights in black armour suddenly attacked us; thankfully, we won... but Levia is wounded."
Sothing strange was happening in the capital. Yuina looked back at the palace while Empress Aurelia seed to be slowly recovering from the strange black mist.
"We should help our husband!" Vinea shouted. The group agreed before hearing the loud explosions coming from the palace.
When suddenly, a figure flew from the roof and slamd into the ground beside them, rolling several tis with a few bounces.
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