ANOTHER POOL ANOTHER WOLF
The Hellriders charged toward us in a battle frenzy.
Kanvook thought that defeating us was easy and certain because they outnumbered us. But something surprising greeted the Hellriders when they reached us.
Suddenly, hands and claws and even demon horns emerged from the ground as Greater Demons climbed out from the lava plains to attack Kanzovok's army.
"Realm of Suffering Souls"
Eirot rose into the air with her hands opened. She looked like a blinding cross in the air that glowed with a demonic aura that illuminated and ruled the battlefield.
These demons who emerged from the ground were the demons that harbored in Eirot's demonic soul realm, and they were finally called to join the fight.
The Kanzovok army's advantage of numeral superiority was at this moment gone.
The Kanzovok army was shocked by the sudden appearance of enemy reinforcements and were now faced with an army of superior number and quality.
"Slash…Swoosh…Swissh"
"Infernal Beams of Suffering"
The battlefield erupted in flames and explosions as our armies clashed.
Despite fighting valiantly, the battle wasn't going well for Kanzovok's army. They exhausted themselves to reach our position and many of them were also wounded.
Our demons on the other hand were well rested and full of vigor.
"Retreat", Kanzovok commanded his army as they were being devastated by our army.
But it was too late to run for Kanzovok's army. Before they could return to the lava plains, more than half of their forces were killed, and destroyed.
Then recognition came to Kanzovok.
"We stand and fight", Kanzovok suddenly shouted to his demon army in an about turn.
Kanzovok realized it was futile running.
This was the day his army would be destroyed, so he might as well fight to the end. There was still a chance for the Demonlord.
Kanzovok rushed toward Eirot, thinking by killing her, he would end the battle in his favor.
With opened wings, Kanzovok swooped toward Eirot like an eagle grabbing its prey. But Kanzovok wasn't an eagle in her eyes, and neither was she, his prey.
Suddenly, a powerful beam of energy struck Kanzovok, freezing his body in ice. Before the ice completely melted, Kanzovok was struck again by another beam, a wrathful and fiery beam that wounded his chest.
But that injury wouldn't harm Kanzovok much.
The Demonlord Kanzovok was a powerful demon, the strongest among the Hellriders. It would take a dozen Demonlords to defeat Kanvozok and even then, it may not be possible to kill him.
Suddenly, a shining armored knight appeared before Kanzovok and pierced a long lance into his chest which struck his heart.
"Arrggghhhhhh"
Kanzovok screamed as his heart was pierced by the long, Mithrium lance.
"How can you breach my armor so easily?" Kanzovok screamed at the shining knight.
Mithrium was the bane of the demons, and their armor was weak to the metal.
"Argggghhhhh"
Before Kanzovok could respond to it, the knight in shining armor who struck him dashed into him, punching his hand through the chest wound created by his Mithrium lance.
"Your hands will not kill me", Kanzovok screamed at the shining knight, but the shining knight was shining no more.
The knight transformed into a shadow that seeped into Kanzovok's body.
"What in Hell are you?" Kanzovok asked the shadow knight.
"Alpha", the shadow knight replied to him before Kanzovok was gone.
Kanzovok's heart and magic was taken by Alpha, my Malevolent Slave, that I summoned to fight the demonlord.
Seizing on the death of Kanzovok, Eirot rose into the air and shouted to the Hellriders.
"Surrender and submit to me otherwise you shall face the same fate as him", Eirot said to the Hellriders.
With the death of Kanzovok, the Hellriders no longer had the will to fight any longer. They were no match for the opponent who could kill their strongest champion almost in an instant without much strain.
They had no intention of avenging their master and lord but instead they quickly surrendered to us. This was the nature of allegiance in the Realm of Suffering, the strong would lead the weak.
"Crucifix of Damnation"
Eirot cast open a blinding realm formed in the shape of a crucifix in the dark sky of Hell to absorb the souls of the fallen demons in the battlefield.
There were more than a thousand demon souls taken in by the Crucifix.
The Hellrider clan who surrendered were marked by Eirot. They too submitted to Eirot's salvation and were taken into her realm of Suffering soul.
Then Eirot's Crucifix of Damnation reached out to the fiery plains and called to the Hellhounds that ran before the battle. They too gravitated to the Crucifix and became a part of her realm.
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We marched into Kanzovok's Castle without obstacles, and Eirot became its new owner.
The castle was built around a large volcano in the stepped mountain in Elis where Eirot defeated the Xerrus Incarnate. We went down the volcano to the Pool of Suffering of the castle immediately.
"It's time to claim this Pool of Suffering", Eirot said to us.
It was a simple thing to lay claim to the Pool of Suffering as Eirot laid her hand over the pool and proclaimed to the pool, "You shall be mine".
Suddenly, as if the pool could hear her, a creature emerged from the pool that charged toward her.
The creature was an enormous three-headed wolf, and he made a loud scream as he approached Eirot. He looked just like the twin of the Incarnate of Xerrus we killed in Elis.
"Rawwwrrrrrr"
"Hey, stop it, the lady is our Savior. Save the struggle and submit to her", Alfred rose to inform the Xerrus Incarnate.
"You, how did this woman pass your Trial of Killings?" Xerrus asked Alfred.
"It is in the past now, submit to us", Alfred told Xerrus but this Xerrus was stubborn.
After making another loud roar, the creature said to Eirot, "I am an Incarnate of Xerrus, the guardian of this pool. To claim this pool, you must pass the Trial of Killings".
"Understood", Eirot replied to the pool guardian.