Pete was now in a difficult situation, he either have to give up the sword or save Leona,
Leona said,
"Don't give them anything... I will die with glory but not live with shame "
Pete looked at Leona then the faces of the women and the girl at the hands of the demons,
Pete said,
"What's the guarantee that you will let them go after I give you the sword "
The dark elf said,
"There's no guarantee, you just have to trust our word... and releasing them is like releasing bugs for us"
Leona said,
"Pete don't give them the holy sword, the humanity's future is far bigger than our lives "
Pete closed his eyes, took a deep breath, then opened his eyes and said,
"Nothing is more valuable then my subordinates "
He then looked at the sword and said with a smile,
"Which one of you will have this sword"
The elf and the dark elf looked at each other and smiled,
The elf then said,
"You think we would fight each other for that sword.. "
She then said to the dark elf,
"You can take the sword sister "
Pete smirked and threw the sword towards the dark elf and said,
"Have fun then "
The sword landed in front of the dark elf,
The dark elf saw the smirk on Pete's face and said,
"Why are you smirking like that... have you lost your mind? "
Pete was thinking,
'Nobody survived after touching that sword.... you will also die. '
Pete said,
"I have lost my mind "
The dark elf skeptically picked up the sword,
"hahahaha..... " Pete started laughing as the dark elf touched the sword,
The dark energy entered the body of the dark elf and started absorbing her mana,
The elf said,
"Why are you laughing "
Pete said,
"Nobody other then me can wield that sword.... whoever touches it dies "
The dark energy consumed the dark elf's mana but didn't return to the sword,
"Hahahaha... " The dark elf then started laughing manically,
The elf said with a concerned voice,
"Sister, what happened... why are you laughing like this? "
The dark elf began to shake violently as the dark energy inside her body was increasing her mana rapidly,
She said,
"This sword is increasing my power too fast... my body is barely handling it "
Pete smile vanished with a surprised look on his face,
"Why isn't she dead... and why is her strength increasing? "
After some time, the dark elf stopped shaking and began to levitate in the air,
She opened her arms and the ground began to shake,
Cracks started to appear on the ground around Pete and the demons,
The piece of ground Pete and the demons were standing started flying up with the dark elf,
The demons began to laugh and the elf has a bright smile on her face,
The dark elf said,
"I am now the grand sage "
The elf said,
"Congratulations sister on becoming the first grand sage after thousands of years "
The dark elf said,
"Now we can take this whole city with us to the demon kingdom "
She then threw the sword towards the elf while saying,
"Here, increase your power too "
Her body fell on the ground lifelessly as soon as she threw the sword towards the elf,
The Piece of land also began to fall to the ground,
The elf caught the sword and began shaking violently in the air while the demons flew away from the falling land,
Leona was released from the mana chains and she also jumped from the land,
The demons have left the women and the little girl on the falling piece of land, so Pete grabbed them with lightning speed and jumped away from the land,
The piece of land crashed on the ground, covering the area with dust,
One of the demons quickly swings his sword, generating an air slash that cleared the dust,
The dust cleared revealing the dead body of the dark elf,
The demons then looked at the elf violently shaking in the air,
Pete left the women and the little girl near the city wall and after then regrouped with Leona,
Pete said,
"Are you okay? "
Leona said,
"This is not the time for a chat.. the demons are still here "
They then saw the demons hovering in the air,
Leona said,
"Let's run away, all three of them are master rank warriors and we can't win against them "
Pete said,
"Don't underestimate me, I am also a master rank warrior now "
Leona looked at Pete with her eyes wide open,
"Really!!! if you are telling the truth then you are very talented to reach that level in your age "
A proud smile came on his face as he heard Leona's words ,
Leona said,
"But we also need weapons to fight them "
Pete said,
"I have my sword, you go and look one for yourself "
Leona said,
"Did you forget!! your sword is in the hands of that elf "
The elf women have now stopped shaking and was now a grand sage,
She smiled and said,
"Sister look, I am also a grand sage now "
She looked around but didn't see the dark elf,
The demons flew up to her, bowed down and said,
"My queen, the queen is no more "
The elf said,
"What do you mean, she is a grand sage, who can hurt her? "
The demon pointed at the dark elf's body in the ground,
The elf teleported to her and shook her as tears began to fall from her eyes,
"Noooo... wake up sister "
"Look I am now a grand sage too "
The demons also landed next to her,
Pete and Leona got close to them and Pete said,
"See, nobody survives after touching my sword "
The elf looked up with tears falling from her eyes,
"I will kill you "
Pete said,
"Not if I kill you first "
Pete then raised his hand said,
"Come back "
Wings emerged from the dark holy sword, and it flew out of the elf's hands taking her soul out of her body and leaving the elf corpse behind,
The elf's body fell on top of the dark elf's body,
One of the three demons tapped on the shoulders of the other two demons and then flew away,
The two demons rushed toward Pete with their swords ready to cut his head,
Pete jumped back while holding Leona,
He puts her near the city wall and said,
"Run, you will only hinder me "
The demons has reached up to them by now and attacked again,
Pete blocked one but the other one was able to cut down Pete's hand,
Pete's hand fell on the ground as blood gushed out from his hand,
The hand in the ground started turning into dark gooey liquid,
"Aahhhhhhh " Pete screamed with pain as he poured all of his aura in the sword,
The dark energy soared from the sword,
The demons jumped back as they have seen what his sword can do,
The demons now had a smile on their faces,
One of them said,
"It feels like he jumped from second rate to master rank without mastering the first rate"
The second demon said,
"Yeah, it must be because of that sword. "
The dark energy from the sword absorbed the hand from the ground and then created a new hand for Pete,
"Hahahaha... " Pete began to laugh maniacally as his hand regrows,
He then looked at the demons and said,
"You can only do this much "
Pete then manifested dark energy swords and shot them towards the demons,
The demons covered themselves with aura to protect themselves,
However the dark energy swords first absorbed the aura outside then penetrated them and started absorbing their aura from inside,
The demons fell on the ground after couple of seconds and the dark energy returned to the sword with their souls,
Pete smiled and then lost consciousness as he had poured all of his aura in the sword,
Leona was watching everything while hiding behind the wall,
She ran towards Pete as soon as she saw him lose consciousness,
She checked his pulse, sighed and said,
"He only lose consciousness due to exhaustion "
She then looked around,
"The knights will kill him if they saw him in this condition "
"I have to take him somewhere safe "
Her eyes then fell upon his sword and was about to pick it up but stopped as she remembered what happened to those who touched his sword,
She just picked Pete up in her arms and entered the city and entered a house,
She puts Pete in the bed and said,
"I hope Rita is fine "
In the city, the monsters have ran away but they have caused a lot of destruction before that,
Most of the houses have fallen, Thousands of lives were lost,
The knights were gathering the corpses of their comrades,
Sounds of crying could be heard throughout the city,
The remaining citizens were finding the corpses of their relatives, friends and family,
The adventurers and mercenaries were collecting monster parts,
It was their victory but none of them had the joy of the victory because of the huge losses,
Inside a palace of the demon kingdom,
The wife of the last demon lord was sitting on a luxurious chair,
Tears started falling from her eyes,
She said to a maid next to her,
"Inform the other sisters that the 9th and 10th sister also died "
The maid bowed and walked out of the room,
In the golden city,
The day passed and the knights were still collecting the bodies of their comrades,
A knight saw the demon corpses and ran up to them,
He looked around and saw the holy sword lying on the ground,
"This sword looks familiar but I can't remember where I have seen it "
He walked up to the sword and picked it up,
The dark energy entered his body as he began to shake violently,
After about a minute, he opened his eyes with a smile on his face,
He looked at the sword and said,
"I am the humanities first sword master after thousands of years "
"I can take my revenge now "
The knight then meets up with the knight captain and said,
"Sir I want a leave for two days to take my revenge "
The knight captain said,
"The demons can attack anytime, I can't give you leave now "
The knight said,
"Then I will return in two days "
The knight then ran away with lightning speed and rode his Pegasus and flew away from the city,
The knight captain's eyes were widened with a surprised look on his face,
He said,
"He was fast... too fast for a first rate warrior "
The knight captain then asked a knight,
"Do you know anything about his revenge "
The knight said,
"Sir he was a fallen noble, his family was assassinated by the neighboring noble family"
The captain nodded but didn't say anything,
Pete was still sleeping while Leona was sitting next to him in a chair,
Inside the soul space,
Morsh was absorbing souls, he stopped and opened his eyes,
"Pete should have received my gift "