Astasia and Kai stood before three overwhelming presence. The king, and the two trusted servants, powerful enough to even take on the shadows with just one member. It was bad news for both of them because they were already exhausted in the previous fight. Her mana was already drained from the excessive use of her guardians while Kai was slightly suffering from the injury Angelo did on him.
"It's nice to finally meet the infamous Queen of Titan city," the king smiled as he attacked Astasia full on. Indeed, she lived up to her reputation seeing as she managed to block a powerful attack but her usual sword shattered into pieces.
Meanwhile, Kai was ambushed by the two powerful servants. Hey may have gotten stronger after fighting more demigods, but these two were on a completely different level that Kai barely managed to keep up. Although Astasia wanted to help him, she got her hands full from the king, "If you ever lay a finger on my man... I will seriously chop your head off," she warned him but only arrogant smiles were given as a response.
"Do it," the king said as one of the mysterious servant took off her hood and kissed Kai. Her lips touched his as she shoved her tongue inside, sucking his life force out of him. Slowly but surely, Kai was beginning to lose his strength until he was unable to hold a sword anymore, "You..." Astasia clenched her fist, a shroud of mana visible to the naked eye.
It was just like last time when Astasia had gotten angry when Kai lost an arm.
"I will fucking kill you," she pointed her black sword to the woman who kissed Kai, but the king expected this, "Perfect! Keep getting angry! Drain yourself!"
As the woman continued to lock lips with Kai, the angrier Astasia got to the point where all of her mana had turned pure black and her eyes had changed to the same color as a blood, however, she was unable to fight when the king summoned a purple magic circle and enchanted words.
Startled, Astasia created distance between them but the King instantly closed it within mere seconds, "I created this power just to counter yours," he says, raising his hand, ready to stab her heart using his sharp nails, "What the- Black Magic?!" Astasia said in her thoughts, trying to break from his power.
She was paralyzed from her spot all due to the ability of the King, but before she could greet the god of death by the door, a group of humans, elves, and even Lucifer had appeared. Nora was the one who used her arrow to pierce through the arm of the King while Astasia took this chance to raise her word. However, she retreated her attack.
"You have a family, don't you?" she smiled sadly. Besides, her real target was no longer the king but the woman who dare to place her filthy lips on Kai..
"Don't you dare harm my family or I will haunt you to the depths of hell!!" He shouted to his hearts content but Astasia pinned him down the ground and placed her palm on his forehead as a bright light shone causing everyone to either look away or shut their eyes.
It was the same as earlier.
Unfortunately, using that ability consumes an excessive amount of mana yet she used it anyway despite the little mana she had left, "Astasia!!!" Nora ran to her as the two servants quickly stole the king and escaped.
"What the hell is wrong with you? Why would you use your Soul Entrapment sword and that memory wiper ability when you don't even have mana left in your body! Are you fucking crazy?!" Nora raised her voice while crying.
"Ahaha, you're ugly... when you... cry," Astasia spoke between her coughs.
"Shut up, you look even uglier than I do. Hey! don't close your eyes, hang in there!!"
"You're too loud... Use t-this on Kai. That bitch drained his life force so he m-might survive,"
"T-this is... the legendary healing orb... How did you find such a rare it- No, I don't care about his life so please save yourself first." At this point, Nora's tears were dripping on Astasia's clothes, but she only chuckled at her, "Do you really think I'll die? Now, go save my future husband, please"
Those were her last words before she completely shut her eyes.
Everything that happened was too fast and unexpected for Nora to comprehend. First, Astasia goes to the Demigods by herself then starts a war by herself. Although she's grateful that the Demigods retreated, things didn't go as she hoped for it to go. Secondly, her "please" was also shocking. Never in the years of their friendship and desperate times has she ever heard her say such word, yet just for a man, she said it.
"You better be fucking worth it," she mumbles to herself, placing the orb on top of Kai.
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It's been months ever since the Demigods were defeated, and the number of dungeons have decreased. Although, there are still some monsters from Aether that wishes to rule over the dense mana on earth, but the hunters are properly securing their world.
Meanwhile, Astasia was still at the hospital bed with Kai sitting down next to her. Things may have ended for the better of earth, but there are some people who were left with scars from the losses, "Kai, you should eat something. I'll watch Asha for now," Marie says, handing him a sandwich.
"I sincerely apologize for not protecting her well. This always happen..." Kai mumbled to himself, the dark circles becoming darker each passing day.
"Hey! If you really want to protect my sister, then just get stronger! Stop being useless here and keep training!" Luke slapped his head, a somewhat familiar feeling washing over him.
"Right, right. Ms. Marie, do you mind if I take out Luke to go eat with me?" Kai smiled while wrapping his arm around his neck like a little brother.
With a few simple words coming from the little brother of his beloved, he suddenly felt energized and encouraged, "Of course Kai. Please take care of him!" Marie smiles, allowing the two to leave the hospital room.