"Have you heard about the "Order of the Void?""
"Order of the Void...?" Edle's brows furrowed.
With the poison continously spreading slowly and sending tremendous pain inside his body, Ordeus asks Castile, "You... where in the world... did you learn about that name...?"
"It's not that hard to gain information about something only a few people know about. Especially if you marry one of them." Castile responded with a confident smirk.
"Marry..." Said, Ordeus. He thought Castile was regarding to Elena. But later realized that it was the late Queen of Kruule who he thought is supposedly dead at the end of the war between all countries. "...The late Queen of Kruule... it can't be."
"That's right. She kept something very important even to his own King. But after Celestine was born, that gave her the chance to tell me everything. And she did." Castile replied to Ordeus. He continue his speech. "The "Order of the Void". An order only a few people know. An order that foretells something that will happen in the near future."
"Order of the Void..." Edle cuts across the two Kings. "...Tell me, what is this order you're talking about?"
"I see. So you're still not aware about it. And here I thought I found the key towards my other goal." Castile answers Edle, followed with a look of disappointment. "Ah, well, I'll atleast give you a little bit of knowledge."
"The creatures you encountered during this past month. The ones who possessed a unique purple-crystal like skins aren't just beings that have been summoned or just came out of nowhere. They're always been in this world, hiding from the shadows and watching us all the time. All the people with the royal blood knows it all. That includes your Father."
"My Father...?"
Castile's vague words sparked questions in Edle's head. What are the purple creatures' connection to the Order of the Void he was talking about? Why only his Father and a few people with royal blood knows about it? And what does he mean about Edle being a key towards his other goal? He was about to ask Castile the same questions he has in his mind. But Ordeus calls to him.
"That's enough! Edle, saving your Mother and the country is your first priority! Don't worry about me! Don't hesitate to fight them!"
Edle forgot why he was there confronting the King and the Princess of Kruule. But thanks to Ordeus's words, it became clear to him that he needs to protect the Kingdom against the enemy in front of him.
"That's right. This order thing or something quickly gets into my head that I forgot my purpose standing in front of the enemy. There's a lot of questions that needs to be answered. But for now, kicking you both out of our country will go first!"
Edle's fire heats up around him and prepares to attack.
He jumps up high and charges towards Celestine. But Castile goes in his way and did the same thing.
"Haa!!"
Edle's fiery fist and Castile's clashes against each other. The impact causes to blow the wind around them. Edle was the first one to retract his arm and quickly circles around Castile to perform an axe kick. But same as Ordeus quick reflexes, Castile easily reads the Prince's movement and blocks his kick effortlessly with a single arm.
"What?!"
With a villainous smile, Castile performs his own powerful axe kick and hits Edle directly right at his head. Sending him down back to the ground with great force.
"Edle!!"
Ordeus watched Edle lying on the ground without moving a single inch. A second later, his body twitch as he regained his senses. He tries to get up on all fours.
His eyes flickered a few times while trying to open it. After he does, the view of his left eye turned red. It was because of the blood draining down from his head and goes into his left black eye.
"D-damn..." Said, Edle in frustration.
The prince got back up on his feet, but Castile's attack is making his balance staggered. He can barely stand up. At this moment, Edle realized how weak he still is. Despite practicing martial arts every single day and gaining an ability to use magic, he suffered a great damage with only a single counter-attack.
"No... this ain't over...!" With the feeling of desperation in his words, Edle creates a giant red magic circle. He points his palm at Castile. "Burn to ashes! Burst Fire!!"
A giant wave of fire bursts out of the magic circle and engulfed Castile. The fire that engulfed the King lets out a powerful explosion while Castile is still inside.
Edle and Ordeus awaits cautiously at the black smoke to dissipate while Celestine is still looking down on them with a rather calm expression on her face.
Edle looks intently, waiting for the black smoke that's obscuring what happened to dissipate. But, the cloud of smoke did not disappear, instead it suddenly turned into a spinning sphere.
"What?!"
Then, an ominous black flames emerged from the spinning ball of fumes. And it's center is Castile. Surrounded in the pitch black fire, without any evident damage he took from Edle's attack. It is more accurate to say that he took the attack head-on and gets away with it scot free.
"I can feel your anger through your flames. You hate yourself for avoiding the things you could have done to stop everything that is happening until now."
"Tch...!" Edle glowers at Castile.
"Forgive me. Compare to your anger, my hatred towards you and everyone with a royal blood is far greater!!"
Castile did the same as Edle. With his hand, he summoned a dark magic circle, pointing at Edle.
"Be incinerated with the flames of hatred..."
The injury Edle took in his head causes him to lose his balance once again. Because of that, he couldn't make a move to avoid or defend himself against the incoming attack.
"...Dark Burst!"
Pretty similar to Edle's Burst Fire, a burst of dark flames comes out of the magic circle, shooting down on Edle.
"Edle! Get out of there!"
Ordeus shouts at Edle to move away. But Edle couldn't help himself to do so. The black flame is almost at his reach, until a voice comes from his side and said, "With my power bestowed by the tree of life, protect my friend from the encroaching evil flame! Leaf Storm!!"