Realms of Magic: Demon Invasion

32. Escape

"Idiot!" Lady Jessica bursts in fury.

"Forgive me, Lady Jessica, but surely I couldn't fight off Arctus Pompey by myself," Lady Sakurako says.

"Surely you could finish off the Twelfth by yourself, no?" Lady Jessica hisses.

"You'll be sent back to Elaise. Lady Caitlyn, Lord Eugene, you'll join our invasion of Al-Azhar alongside Lord Luke, Lord Abel, and I. Although neither the Princess of Terror nor the White Witch are capable of joining, I expect our advance to be swift."

Lady Jessica continues, "Most crucially, few of the Great Five, or the Big Five, whatever you call it, will come to Al-Azhar's assistance. Lady Sakurako, you must make sure Elaise is held back. The vampires will raid the northern nations to force them into battle."

"After that, we can focus on bringing King-wait, who is the King now?" Lady Jessica suddenly seems confused.

"Are you suffering from amnesia, Lady Jessica?" Lady Caitlyn smirks, "it's King Marengo."

"No, no!" Lady Jessica hisses, "is he not the usurper? We fought against him and his rebels!"

A short, awkward silence occurs before Lady Caitlyn breaks it. "I think you're messing up names, Lady Jessica. Yes, we fought against rebels, but their leader is named Merango."

"Oh... Right. I must have tired myself out." Lady Jessica then disappears.

An aggressive Lady Sakurako grabs a bottle of wine. "Damn it!" Lady Sakurako hisses.

"I want to fight!" She begins drinking vigorously. I can see her cheeks turning red immediately.

A cold hand grips my shoulder tightly.

The panic.

The shock.

"Blood Shockwave!" I shout at the top of my lungs. The poor maid falls backwards, her head banging onto the hard wall.

"Who's there!?" I can hear Lord Eugene's bellow. My knees tremble.

My nimble feet moves, fleeing from the wrath of the Lords. Lady Caitlyn and Lord Eugene, both going out, furiously chase me.

"That damn Violleta!" Lady Caitlyn curses, "Death Laser!"

"Blood Vortex! Blood Salvo!" Swirling blood and arrows halt Lady Caitlyn's spell.

"Endless Iron Walls!" A formidable wall of iron blocks my path.

I feel my mana concentrating on my palms. "Blood Shockwave!"

Investing one third of my mana in it, it tears the iron walls like hot knife tearing through butter. The mansion begins falling apart.

The spell stops after tearing walls after walls of iron.

"Prison Trap!" Lord Eugene waves as an iron box envelops me.

"Needle Torture!" Lord Eugene faintly shouts as iron rods penetrate my flesh from every direction.

"A-agh!" Blood flows freely from my body. Lord Eugene dispels his Prison Trap, and Lady Caitlyn rushes forward.

"Blood Lightning!" A flurry of red lightning nearly makes contact with Lady Caitlyn.

"Dark Field!" Lady Caitlyn repels the lightning.

"Cursed Hands!" Black, shadow-like hands, clenching themselves into a fist, appear.

As they advance on me, I hear a faint voice.

"Divine Halo!" John's halo smashes the hands.

"John!" I shout happily. Aelita trails behind him.

"Aelita, you too?"

"You literally destroyed half of the entire mansion. How can I not come?" Aelita smirks.

"Well, well, bastards ...," Lady Caitlyn mutters.

"Wood Fist!" Lord Eugene casually slashes it with his poleaxe.

"Looks like you're finished." Lady Caitlyn smiles horrifyingly. The same lust I saw while I was in their captivity is seen again.

"Iron Golem!" Lord Eugene raises a huge, humanoid creature made of iron.

"Hidden Weapon: Iron Pillar Crush!" The golem opens its mouth, gigantic iron pillars coming out of it.

"Nature Summon: Ent!" Aelita's ent grabs one of the pillars, using it to repel other pillars.

"Death Laser!" Lady Caitlyn's blinding darkness destroys the ent very easily.

"Four Angels Formation: Eternal Chains!" "Black Chupacabra!"

The golem, binded by John's powerful chains, is crushed by my spell.

"We can't beat them without using that phase," Lord Eugene mutters.

"Very well," Lady Caitlyn resentfully replies, "these bastards have grown, haven't they?"

"First Daemonium Stage Transformation!" Now their auras have torn apart all debris that remained from the mansion, and the barrier starts shaking.

Lady Caitlyn assumes her Grim Reapress form, while Lord Eugene's height increases twofold, and his body is covered in formidable iron armor.

"John, you got the orb?" I ask. Watching their prowess, I realise our hopeless situation if we continue to do battle.

"Affirmative."

"Blood Mist!" I bellow. "Aelita!"

"Nature Summon: Toxic Flower Fume!" Aelita's yellow gas mixes with my mist.

"Four Angels Formation: Dove Release!" John's four angelic beings vanish, a giant dove replacing them.

The dove slams itself onto the barrier, collapsing part of it. Water begins to pour in.

A giant salmon approaches us, being called by Aelita.

"Get back here, bastards!" Lady Caitlyn curses. "Dark Crescent!"

"Divine Cloak!" John waves his hand, crafting a thin cloak to protect us.

"Lady Caitlyn!" Lord Eugene shouts, "the shield!"

"Tch! Dark Field!" As our salmon swims away, I see Lady Caitlyn fixing the hole on the barrier with her Dark Field.

"We got away ... barely." I clench my wounded stomach as Aelita heals it.

Our salmon quickly swims upwards. Night has ended, but clouds block what little sunlight that exists.

"Hey! Vio, John, Aelita!" a loud, booming voice greets us.

Alarm glows in our eyes. Our heads turn around in unison.

Under the gloomy clouds, Mr Charles Moore arrives with his small boat. The bald, black man extends his hand, assisting us to get on his boat.

"Why-"

"This is not a safe place to talk, Vio," he says sternly.

Us four stay silent during our small voyage. A voyage that takes no more than a few hours.

We travel south, staying close to Francia's coasts, until we reach a small house in the middle of the sea.

"One of Ad Astra's outposts."

An elderly man opens the door quietly, allowing us entry.

And a familiar figure greets us.

"My, my. You've grown even stronger since my banishment."