Katherine stretched out her hand. A blast of light erupts in her palm. It was a ball of fire with a center core brimming with life at the center. Kennedick frowned at it.
"What are you trying to do?"
"I'm asking you to step away from the gate and give me the portal key.
The King also created a dark ball of black mist in his palm. Circling lines rotated, and the dark ball appeared one by one. This was the big difference between the two. Light magic produces balls of light that are ten times brighter and deadlier than the sun. Whoever gets hit will be sliced into halves.
The curse magic, however, works like a curse. Once a skin has been branded by the unreadable words that make up the circling lines, that skin will begin to rot by the second. And in thirty seconds, the skin's owner will die.
"Are you trying to threaten me?"
Katherine shook her head. "I'm commanding you." It was she who made the first move. The white light blast like erupting volcano. The horizontal waves slice the nearby trees into halves, the pillars, and even the Elven Croft Tower nearby crumbles. The upper part of the tower slanted and rumbled, making the ground quake when it collapsed.
The four hundred royal guards and the other faery personnel not living in the palace immediately crouched down and went out of the Fairy King and Queen's way. They scrambled to the nearest wall, ensuring they were at least a hundred meters away from the fight.
The portal key retracted into Kennedick's neck. He turned to look at his wife.
"Then let me warn you. Don't try to get involved in a business that does not concern you. You and your daughter are far better off living in this castle without doing anything to get in my way. " Kennedick spat.
Katherine sent another blast. But this time, Kennedick countered it with his own. Sparks of contrasting light lit up, and high pressure shook off branches and dust.
"How bold of you to say that after you use Kyra to handle your dirty work."
Kennedick froze for a second. Katherine uses this chance to smack him with her light wave. Kennedick's guard was lowered. But he was strong enough to withstand the impact. He took five steps backward before stabilizing himself again.
"Use her? Ha! Do you know how incompetent your daughter is? She's a shame to our Elven family! "
"Then why did you use her to capture mortals and demons?" Kennedick's face darkened at Katherine's words.
"Let's not continue to fool ourselves Kennedick. You and I both know our powers are useless when we step foot into other realms. Fighting demons in their own world is suicide for us. Because we wield superior fairy magic. The law of traversing limits the mana of faeries who travel between realms. The stronger the power, the bigger the restrictions."
Katherine recharge the light ball in her hands. "But Kyra is different. For some reason, she was exempted from this rule, making her unbeatable in other realms Giving her higher chances to capture your demon targets. "
Kennedick knew what she was trying to do. Before she got the chance, he lunged towards her. Both of his hands are heavily imbued with curse magic. Katherine change the shape of her light ball. It stretched into a gauntlet.
Now it was a battle of curse and light magic blows. Contrary to what everyone expected. The King and Queen get more physical rather than challenging each other in who can last longer with light vs curse mana waves.
Kennedick raised his fist for a punch, but Katherine blocked it with her elbow. Both are superior in fighting skills. Not a single move wasted, each blow is deadly and dangerous when it hits vital spots.
"Kennedick," Katherine said as she ducked to escape Kennedick's knee kick.
"You will never get to enter the Tower of Erase."
There was shock, horror, and rage that made Kennedick's expression even more dangerous.
"What did you say?!"
"You think I didn't know? The reason why you keep kidnapping mortals at random is because of their prior knowledge of the Tower of Erase. The demons as well. You heard from one of the mortals that a portion of one of the demon city was successfully acquired by the Tower of Erase. "
Kennedick's mood was affected by this. His moves became reckless and aggressive. He's no longer in his best condition to fight. Katherine predicted some of his movements and deflect it back to him.
Kennedick was hit twice in the chest. Light rays were painful and could tear flesh downright to the bone.
"If there was someone who was worthy of the Tower of Erase, that's our daughter."
This statement made Kennedick's eyes turn red. His face completely transformed out of rage.
"I am worthy!" His curse magic went haywire and missed Katherine. It bends and turns towards the nearest tree.
Kennedick's magic was dangerous the more his emotions went out of control. In a span of twenty seconds, the tree died instantly. The ground was emitting the dark crisscross of cursed words.
The land was turned into cursed ground. It spreads dangerously fast, killing the nearby trees and small plants. The healthy flowers that bloom in walls and pavements instantly dry up.
"Who says she is more worthy than me?! I have the power to control the life and death of all living things! Without me, the whole fairy realm will die! Who do you think will stand a chance against the Ice Demon?! That proud daughter of yours? She never did! It was me! All me! I fought the Ice Demon when he sent an attack to the High Court! I dispatch royal guards and provide them a portion of my power to face their allies. Your daughter?! She did nothing of those! It was all me!! "
It was obvious something had snapped. It looks like he finally lost it. Katherine is having a hard time overcoming his attacks. Even though the majority missed her, it was still dangerous, especially when the cursed mana balls would seek living things to manifest in.
She was too preoccupied she did not notice Kennedick had his legs ready to kick her in the face. There was no restraining his power. Katherine did not manage to project a light shield to protect her. As a result, she was blasted off a few feet from the ground.