Nicolaus and Jerome fight like two wild animals. Their physical and magical stregths made the whole Temple shake as if there is a huge earthqauke.
"What's that?"
Estelle thought when she felt the earthquake. She opened her eyes and weakly stand on her feet. She slowly opened the door and went outside the empty hallway. She courageously walk despite her fear on the rumbling sounds from afar.
When she heard heavy footsteps running towards her way, she decided to go back again to her room as soon as possible but she is already too weak to run that she walk as fast as she can.
"Your Highness, the Empress!"
Dwayne, one of the members of the Moonless Executioners, called her title. She immediately turned around and saw fourteen men kneeling in front of her. In the middle is a fully armoured black-haired man with tanned skin.
"Emperor Nicolaus commanded me to retrieve you, Your Highness. I am Dwayne, a member of the Moonless Executioners"
He said, waiting for the reply of the Empress.
"Rise"
Estelle said and men stand up straight.
"Bring me to him, p-please..."
She added before she loosen up her tensed muscles. Before she fell down, Dwayne was able to grab her arm in the speed of light.
"Are you alright, Your Highness?"
He asked.
"Yeah... it's just that Iam relieved that me and my child is now safe"
She said and started to walk while holding her belly despite her weak constitution.
When they arrived at the entrance of the temple, it was already in havoc that you can already see the menace night sky.
"Mister Dwayne... a-are you sure he is here?"
She asked while looking at all the large debris.
"Not here, Your Highness. There"
He replied while pointing at the night sky. To her surprise, her father, the Chief Priest, and Duke Jerome who are all heavily injured are going to attack her beloved all at once despite the terrible state of Nicolaus who is also going to launch an attack.
"S-STOP IT!"
She shouted and the four of them stopped attacking each other when they saw her emitting red electricity over her body. She is also ready to attack the three men if they are going to hurt her husband.
Nicolaus immediately went down from above and worriedly check her condition.
"You are heavily injured..."
Estelle said while worriedly caressing her husband's face.
"I am fine. Let's leave this place for now"
He replied and put an obsidian stone earring on her right ear.
"Let's go back!"
He commanded and was about to teleport back to their home when Giovanni nullified the teleportation magic that Dwayne activated.
"What happened?!"
Nicolaus shouted. He is getting more and more impatient and loses his temper.
"No one will leave this place until you bring the Crown Princess back to this Empire"
Giovanni coldly said and this shrunk the heart of Estelle.
"Why...?"
She whispered and tears fell from her eyes looking at the person that she considered her father instead of her biological father.
"Please... please let us go! Please!"
She begged but Jerome stabbed Nicolaus from the back. The trembling hand that held her hand just awhile slipped away. She saw her husband's body heavily fell down in the ground after Jerome pulled off his sword.
Estelle remembered the happy memories of them together and just wanted to continue remembering and not accepting the reality in front of her.
"I want to go home... let's go home now"
She said while holding Nicolaus' unmoving body. Then, she felt cramps in her lower belly and blood started to flow in between her legs.
"N-No... NO!"
She shouted while heavily crying that made her bleeding even worse.
Kill them. Kill all of them. They take away all your happiness, don't they? Start off with that princess whom they love the most.
A creepy voice started to rang inside her head. She stand up slowly and raised her left hand while blankly staring at Camilla. A whirlpool of dark clouds gather under Estelle.
"Estelle..?"
Jerome felt an omnious aura from her and predicted that she will attack Camilla first.
"Protect your beloved princess until you can"
Estelle coldly said in a terrifying voice then she smiled like a madwoman. As soon as she lowered her hand, five of the Ancient Evils that were sealed thousands of years ago were released by her.
Good job. Control them with your hatred. Spread all your hatred.
"Those who do not have the obsidian earring shall live. Those who do not have, feel free to satisfy your desires"
Estelle commanded. The first to move is a faceless hooded man riding a pale horse who can spread famine and death followed by an armored man riding a red horse who can break out violence. A crowned man holding a crossbow and riding a white horse also happily joined them so he can spread greed to make a larger scale of killing and deaths.
"I will handle that O' so wise Emperor"
The blindfolded man riding a black horse and holding a spear said and started to attack Emperor Victor. He let out the balance scales and removed his blindfold that made the Emperor speechless and lost his focus.
"B-Bea..."
Victor said when he saw the hallucination of Beatrice. Because of this, he got pierced on his stomach.
"Dad!"
Camilla shouted when she saw her father got injured. She run towards him but Jerome stopped her.
"Then, I will make that Holy Man cry in a bloody misery"
The man whose eyes are vertically stitched said and also started his attack. He used the blood of the dead bodies as his weapon.
Meanwhile, Estelle just blankly stared at the chaos in front of her. When she felt that Camilla will release a mass holy power to heal, she looked up in the sky and a red full moon started to appear. Stars and asteroids started to fall from the sky that made Camilla distracted and protected her belly with her trembling hands when she was almost got hit by an asteroid.
"You see. I hate it when my plans are delayed"
She said while coldly looking at Camilla and Jerome.
"You... who are you?"
Camilla asked because she felt that something is strange.
"Your beloved younger sister who hates you to the core"
Estelle simply replied.
"Y-You are not! Leave my sister's body!"
Camilla furiously shouted.
"You are no fun at all, Camilla. This is my body! It is that unknown soul who took over my precious body and life. That stinking soul even defiled my body with such a loser!"
Estelle coldly said and was about to kick Nicolaus but her reflexes were stopped. She laughed out loud when she cannot control her body again.
"Damn you stinking soul!"
She shouted and hysterically continued her screams.
"I will protect this Empire and the people I love!"
Camilla shouted and released a huge amount of holy power to heal and eliminate the evil. She was able to fully heal the injured but the Ancient Evils were not affected by it.
"Y-Your Holiness!"
Estelle shouted as she struggle to control her body from the original Estelle.
"Release the Great Seal!"
She shouted but the Chief Priest hesitated because the Caller of the Ancient Evils will receive the wrath from Althea once he released the Great Seal. The wrath of Althea will make the soul of the Caller crushed and disappear.
"No! Your soul will disappear!"
He replied while dodging the attack from the Ancient Evil.
"I know! Just hurry up or all of us will die here!"
She shouted but Giovanni is still hesitant despite the defeat of Emperor Victor as well as endangering the life of Camilla and Jerome from the man in black horse.
"I do not have a choice"
She whispered as she reached the sword of Nicolaus.
Hey! What are you planning, you stinking soul?!
Estelle silently slashed her neck. One way to stop the Ancient Evils is losing the life of their Caller.
"Your Majesty!"
Dwayne shouted as he tried to stop the bleeding from Estelle's neck.
"Tell this... to the Chief Priest... release the Great Seal...and since he owe me one... he must also perform the Eye of Betrayal to all who know me...let them forget about my existence... and... make Camilla the Empress of the Eastern Empire. Please... Mister Dwayne... I only want Nicolaus be happy..."
She managed to say all that she has to say before she peacefully closed her eyes.