Chapter 17 - Chapter 17

Rosetta couldn't believe this. She has never in her life seen a single person kill a group of people without fear and within a few seconds. No scratch that yes she has, The Crown Prince, and His Highness, Prince Augustus, have most definitely done this before.

She stood up, her knees were still shaky.

"Phoenix," she said calling his name.

He turns to her with a small innocent smile on his face. "Yes?" he replies. He hears a loud screech and the ground begins to split open and the mall begins to break down.

Everyone began to scream in fear. They were trapped in the barrier restricting them from escaping. The ground beneath them splits apart, shattering the barrier and everyone begins to run. The exit was too far from where they were and even they made it outside. The same thing happening inside is happening outside the mall.

Rosetta's eyes were closed, she had already accepted the fact that she was going to die. But thinking of how she has failed her family as well as Augustus. 'His Highness would be enraged to find out Phoenix died,' she thought.

Lucifer feels the negative emotions coming from everywhere. Both inside the mall and outside.

Rosetta had already accepted her fate and he couldn't just let her give up on her life. He's already lost her once when she was his mother, he won't lose her again now that she's his friend.

Time stopped and he looked at the destruction. This earthquake is going to going to bring the city here to the ground and probably kill everyone here.

His body is strong enough not to enter a coma after using this spell, but his power is going to be slightly drained. Several magic circles appear around the world. The color of the magic circles was a gradient of black and white as well as grey magic circles.

He began speaking in an ancient language. He plans on reversing what had happened and rewriting the memories of everyone on this planet at the same time.

The magic circles activate and a dark light spreads across the planet reversing the damage of everything that happened and rewriting the memories of everyone at the same time.

He's doing a lot for the race he hates. But for those he cares about this is barely a sacrifice.

Once everything had been reversed, he watched as everyone returned to the a few minutes ago.

Next is to find out what caused the earthquake, so he cuts himself and pours five droplets of blood. It's been so long since he used this skill.

Five clones were created from these blood droplets and Lucifer gave them commands. "Go and find the devices that caused the earthquake and destroy them."

These clones nodded and went to do as they were commanded.

Once they left Lucifer sat down, to take some rest. He sees someone walking toward him and he is surprised to see Augustus standing in front of him. "I'm not so tired for me to be hallucinating," he said in a daze.

"No, you are not hallucinating," Augustus replied, Lucifer's eyes widened, and began contemplating how this was possible. He froze time, rewound it, and rewrote everyone's memories, how is Augustus even here?

"What the fart?" he shouted. "How are you here?" he said tiredly.

"I have a friend who can manipulate time," Augustus replies. "So how did you manage to do all of this?"

Lucifer was stunned and didn't know how to respond. He was about to erase Augustus' memory seeing that was the safest option. "Don't erase my memories, now," Augustus said, he had this weird smile on his face.

'How does he know?' Lucifer thought in horror.

"You were talking out loud," Augustus replies. "Like you are doing right now."

Augustus then takes out a similar device to that of Rosetta's and activates it. It transforms into a small pistol and holds it against Lucifer's head.

"What do you plan on doing with that?" Lucifer asked, feeling the cold metal against his head.

"I plan on getting answers from you, my dearest fiance," Augustus replies.

Lucifer raised an eyebrow at him and shrugged. "Whatever, that won't do anything to me, if you are planning on getting an answer from me, then all you need to do is ask," he said.

Augustus blinks in surprise. "Really?"

Lucifer nodded. He mentally slaps himself. He could have just said sike and called his clones to end this fool. 'No, I can't do that, he's the prince of this Empire and if he's dead what would become of me.' Lucifer can't kill the person providing him with food and shelter.

"I can't exactly kill you and if I erase your memory, it is only a matter of time before you find out again," he explained nonchalantly. "It would be a pain to keep erasing your memories, and I don't want to keep doing this over and over again."

"How am I supposed to trust you?" Augustus asked suspiciously. He doesn't know who is in his fiance's body, but whoever this is is a very dangerous being and he is about to make a deal with him. It sounds too easy.

"Tch, I'm not like you humans, I don't enjoy lying very much," he said.

"So you are not human," Augustus said, making a mental check on that. "So what race did you come from and where is the real Phoenix?" he asked.

Lucifer sneered at Augustus. "You know that is quite rude," he said angrily pouting. "However I am going to answer you," he said. "I am Lucifer, the King of Demons from Earth," he said braggingly. His face was up and he looked incredibly proud.

"Okay," Augustus replies, uninterested in what Lucifer has to say.

Lucifer was upset that Augustus wasn't taking him seriously. "You are not going to say anything else?" he said looking a bit disappointed.

A large sword lands a few feet away from where Lucifer sat. "I missed," he heard Aiden say.

Lucifer turns around to see Aiden or Xavier standing behind him. "Xavier," Augustus said, greeting him with a nod.

"Your Highness," Xavier replies.

Then Augustus proceeds to say. "This is my friend who can manipulate time."

Lucifer's eyes were glowing red and he had this sadistic smile on his face. "Why am I not surprised?"

"Don't trust whatever he has to say, Your Highness, he is incredibly dangerous," Xavier said.

"I know, but we were just talking," Augustus said coldly.

"Yes, Mr. Hero," Lucifer said, mocking the Hero title. "We were having a peaceful conversation, I hope you haven't forgotten my little promise," he said before threatening Aiden with his aura. "Mind yourself, Aiden."

Aiden fell to his knee. "You've gotten stronger," he said.

"Still too weak," Lucifer replies. "Now, be a good little human and stay out of my business."