Right after Aries was done with his fight, he went directly toward Phobos.
"The rallying forces of the Capital earlier are in confusion but I'm sure they've prioritized defending the city. Vlad's apostles should be able to clean up the remaining domains so they can meet up in the Capital. They can't possibly defend that since we have some other Lords on our side. I'll go play with Phobos for a while."
(Greater Teleportation EX.)
While looking around to see Phobos, he also saw someone who was fighting him. He looked around more and saw that the forces of Sinistra are almost wiped out. The ones left are some holy knights in their last defense supported by mages.
Aries got closer to where Phobos was. He then shouted.
"A lvl 76 Templar Knight? I guess I got you beat, huh? I fought a stronger one while having him supported by almost equally strong people."
"It's not a battle of who gets the strongest opponent, Aries. Besides, I'm keeping him company so he won't go and destroy the forces of Iru and Zan. I'm just doing my job."
The Templar Knight looked at Aries as he was well aware that he was equally powerful as Phobos. He was hesitating if he should run or continue his battle of attrition with Phobos, but before he could do so, Aries sensed his motive.
"Oh, don't mind me. I'm just here to watch you die." He left that line with a smile.
All this time before Aries came, Phobos was just parrying the enemy attacks while dodging some that would hurt him badly. Whenever the Templar Knight wanted to escape, he would teleport in front of him. Their fight looked more like a mouse playing tag with a cat. In which the cat can control his every move.
"Look at me, Mr. Templar Knight. I hope you haven't forgotten that I'm here."
Phobos teleported behind him and looked at his face directly.
(Terrorize.)
Within that split second, he instilled fear into his mind. That skill literally terrorized his body into making his fears as vivid as possible. It was as if it was meant to break him from the inside out.
"AGGHHHHH!!! UGGHHH! AHHHHHHHH!!!"
The Templar Knight was crying out loud in pain as he imagines his fears resonating with one another. His head was messed up badly as he thought about them.
"Now for the Finale. Activate skill, Terror Incarnate!"
Dark beings started popping out of the Templar Knight, continuously attacking him. Since it was the manifestation of his fears, all he could do was nothing. His body is engulfed in darkness and even the holy aura cannot deter the monsters that have appeared. Since it was a skill that is either manifested or nullified depending on the person it was used upon, he was dealt with the former effect for his lack of resistance to such. He couldn't even muster up the courage to use a skill or fight back. All he could do was cower in fear as the monsters hiding within him slowly kill him with terror.
Phobos was deeply enthralled by the monsters that were manifested.
"Ahhhh... if only you had a bit of a resistance to such mental attacks, surely you would've put up more of a fight after I stopped playing around."
"His will to survive is being crushed by his fear of dying. So even Templar Knights are scared of something. I guess nothing can escape the darkness within, even if they are fighting for their god whom they revered."
(Phobos is scary when he fights. Even though he is quite a paranoid person sometimes, his split personality is the embodiment of great dread. Truly someone worthy of spreading the crimson holocaust into the entirety of the continent. Just like how the organization likes it. As for me, I'm not really one to do that. I only fight and follow the strong. Although I don't really think much about my actions for the organization, I am curious as to what the organization's next agenda is.)
"Are you done? Well, that surely was a show. Since this place is about to go down, let's go back to the Capital and see how Vlad is doing."
"Sure, Aries. By the way, did you get all the important relics?"
"Yeah, I've got them right here in this pouch."
(Greater Teleportation EX)
The two watched Vlad from afar as he was fighting some members of the Guild who were at around his lvl.
"Three lvl 50+ and a lvl 44 wizard. Are you sure he can win this? Even if his members help, without the Apostles beside him right now he might not make it."
"The apostles sure are taking their time to come here. Well even without them, Vlad is a sustainable fighter."
Vlad kept on getting hit but every drop of blood from his body becomes a shield to boost his overall stats and regenerative abilities.
"See that, that is a skill that can only be learned if you got vampire blood. It's scary to fight someone that is getting stronger if you cannot kill them within the time."
(Hmmm... I can't sense the presence of the other Templar Knight. Didn't the one I fought tell me there were three of them?)
"Say, Phobos. What was the name of the templar knight you fought?"
"I... forgot... or maybe he didn't even tell me..."
"Ah, forget it. Have you sensed a strong person just like him from the battlefield in Sinistra?"
"No, it was only him along with some clerics that I instantly killed."
Aries wanted to pry on it more but the other side of himself just didn't bother.
"The one I fought told me there were three of them, but I have yet to see the 3rd one."
"Maybe he ran away or something? Or I guess He escorted the Pontifex Maximus."
"Now that I think about it, that may be right. Well, it's not a problem if they ran away, we were only targeting to destroy the place so the other two nations can loot the kingdom as well as expand theirs here."
Aries was in deep thought as Phobos tapped his back.
"Vlad actually won! Should we go and congratulate him?"
"Oh, well, told you he was strong. But well, let's save the congratulations after we fully conquer the kingdom so I can give him a proper death."
"You are still saying that. Why not just recommend him for the organization, I'm sure they would love him even if he is only capped at lvl 60. We can always gather materials for his ascension."
"Arghh... I'll think about it."
(And just when I thought I can rest after this. I guess I'll save killing him for a later date.)
***
It was late in the night when the Apostles came and cleaned out the place. Bodies after bodies of the dead soldiers as well as Adventurers were scattered as fires lit up the City. Some civilians are still running away from the city as they scattered and went towards the forest. The Rebellion didn't bother searching for them since they know they will die from the monsters within the Forest.
Meanwhile, the main force of Iru and Zan had successfully taken control of the Sinistra as they march their way toward the Capital City of the Holy Kingdom.
Earlier the following day, they were met with the ruined capital that was also successfully taken by the Rebellion. No other domain is left to stand and there was none to be found from the Holy Kingdom.
A week passed, and the Existence of the Great Holy Kingdom on the Continent stood no more.
Although Seth was left clueless as to what has happened within this time, He was on his way to clear the last boss of the Demon Gate Dungeon.