Chapter 235 (2/2)

Dawn’s Ballad flashed in a purple crescent The very fabric of space seeh the scythe, leaving a large, hollow gash

The scythe’s look of indifference turned sour as he grunted in pain He clasped his chest which soon burst out blood

With that one attack,pain radiated from my mana core, but I was able to lift my sword just in time to block a strike fro on ReadReadNovelFullonlinecoripped the blade ofhand while his eyes lost all trace of leisure

I tried to pry th to use aether again, and even if I did, I wasn’t confident that I could replicate what I had just done

The bright teal blade of my sword dulled as the black fire spread from the scythe’s hand onto Dawn’s Ballad

‘Arthur!’ Sylvie screa th, but it didn’tas the black flarasp

“That is for the injury,” he said quietly, his voice dripping with anger

I stepped away, putting soripped the broken hilt of my beloved sword

To my surprise, however, the scythe didn’t pursue Instead, he turned to where Sylvie, Bairon, and Virion were “Your aether arts aren’t strong enough to heal their wounds yet, Lady Sylvie”

“Shut up!” I snapped, conjuring and condensing multiple layers of ice to craft a sword

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“While I’m confident that I’ll be able to defeat you, I fear this flying castle will collapse in the process of doing so,” he stated, glancing sideways at me “Relinquish this fortress and I will retrieve the soulfire currently eating away at their lives”

My body tensed, unwilling to believe hio?”

I was confident to be able to hold ainst him with Sylvie, but not while Virion and Bairon were here

“I have already co tied to wound ht I can’t heal the to save Elder Buhnd’

Despite uard With Realnited and my sword poised to strike at the scythe, I asked him the question I had been too afraid to hear the answer to “Are Princess Tessia Eralith, Alice Leywin, and Eleanor Leywin still alive?”

The scythe revealed a s with your mother and sister are safe You’ll find out more later on if you choose to accept my offer”

The ice sword dissipated in my hand while I released Realht of his words and th I had left was used to keep

My greatest fear had cootten close to anyone in my past life was for this reason “W-Where are they? What have you done to them?!”

“It’s not my place to tell you,” he said as he made his way over to Virion and Bairon

I flew in silence next to Sylvie as carrying Virion and Bairon on her scaled back The Castle got smaller and smaller behind us as we headed back in defeat

‘Arthur Your faently

I clenchedI have to save them, Sylv No matter what, I can’t let what happened toto do everything we can’

We made camp in a remote area a few miles northeast of Etistin by the Sehz River I knew that if the sight of two lances and the very coainst the Alacryans were spotted in the state ere in, it would createto work, I built a fire and conjured a stone tent for us while Sylvie began healing Virion and Bairon again After about an hour or so, both of their breathing had becoular until they were simply asleep Sylvie and I sat next to each other in front of the fire, lost in the fla tiled to keep cal made me restless, but ere both at a loss

Neither of us said anything for a long tiht I prodded at it with a stick, not because I had to, but because I would go crazy if I wasn’t doing so

“What do we do now?” hts

“Find Tess, Ellie and ht topaz eyes reflecting the light from the fire I could feel her uncertainty and despite her best efforts in keeping her thoughts fro, I could hear the question she wanted to ask: ‘Is the war over?’

There was aeverything she could fro roan stirred our attentions, turning our heads back towards the tent

It was Virion He rubbed his head for aup to his feet A sinister aura enveloped hinited

“Virion! Virion! It’s okay!” I consoled, holding up my arms

Disoriented, the cos before finally realizing eren’t at the Castle

“What… what happen—the scythe!” he gasped “My son! Tessia! Buhnd! We have to help theht He struggled, trying to break free fro o back

And once he had calmed down, Virion wept The Commander of this war and the very pillar of Dicathen, broke down

I thought about Sylvie’s unasked question as I e my eyes as well

If it wasn’t over, it sure felt like it was It felt like the Alacryans had won Not only did it feel like they had won, it felt like Agrona had us practically running into the palant

What was a mere two mortal lifetimes of experience compared to an ancient asura’s lifetime of intellect and wisdom?