The feeling of surprise in Milcar's heart simply grows stronger as he watches little Iris in the trembling hands of Wiz.
Despite Milcar not having done anything to harm Wiz, somehow her body continues to tremble as if she's about to faint.
Wiz's mind races at a thousand miles per hour, trying to find some way out, some way to save Iris's life.
Why?
Wiz can't help but wonder within her mind, she can barely keep her head up in front of Milcar, her heart feels like it's breaking into a thousand pieces even though she doesn't have a heart.
Nevertheless, Wiz, still trembling, seems determined to protect Iris.
Behind Milcar, a person has stood up, her body swaying, legs seeming on the verge of breaking, and every move accompanied by the sound of something shattering into a thousand pieces. With bones almost breaking, boiling blood, and a resolute mind, Claire rises. Her sword feels like it weighs a thousand tons, and her body seems crushed by an unprecedented gravity.
Still, tears of determination on her face, Claire slowly lifts her sword.
The blade shimmers constantly, Claire's hands bleeding merely from attempting to raise it; it's as if her entire body is collapsing. Blood escapes her seven orifices, her eyes completely red, fixed only on Milcar's back.
"Hahaha, Is that so?, Fine, fine, I never planned to kill her from the beginning...", Milcar simply smiles, his Qi dissipating, returning everything around him to normal.
Due to inertia and remaining strength, Claire's body surges forward with great momentum as her sword swiftly rises, gleaming in the sunlight. Clash
Claire's sword collides with Milcar's body, the sharp sound of metal hitting something hard echoing, and a second later, the sword shatters into a thousand brilliant pieces.
Her mind collapses, her body can't take any more, boiling blood scalds her veins, and her bones break into pieces. In just a moment, Claire's body suffers severe damage, with only seconds separating her from death.
Yet even so, a small white light enters Claire's body, a light that begins to heal her despite her physical state.
Claire's body falls to the ground the next moment, her body makes a noise like a giant piece of meat pulp hitting the ground, yet no one, not even the royal knights, move their heads to look at her, and then nothing happens. Silence begins to prevail; the various royal knights who were previously subdued less severely do not dare to raise their heads.
After all, their hearts and minds cannot withstand the mental damage caused by Milcar using his Qi to suppress everyone present.
It's as if a fear has been implanted in their hearts, a new fear that did not previously exist; each of the royal knights simply has no desire to rush to aid Claire, each only concerned for their own lives.
In contrast, the city guards of Axel are in a completely different state; each of their hearts beats with fierceness, joy escaping with every breath, and just looking at their half-closed eyes reveals the happiness that fills them.
After all, Milcar has proven to be an existence far above such things; the guards of Axel couldn't be happier or prouder.
Still, none of them make a sound; only Dust raises his head slightly to glance at Milcar's back for a moment before opening his mouth in surprise.
Why?
Dust can't help but wonder in his mind; after all, the magnificent Milcar whom he holds in high regard is currently petting Wiz's head.
Dust doesn't understand it; just a moment ago, Wiz opposed Milcar. Shouldn't Milcar be killing her?
Dust doesn't seem to have heard Milcar's previous words correctly and simply gazes at Milcar with confused eyes as Milcar pets Wiz's head and talks about some fish sausage, or maybe chicken.
"Hahaha, it's been a while since I could do this; sitting there like a damn Qi cultivator is boring, can you understand that, damn it, Wiz, I had no form of entertainment aside from my own thoughts..." Milcar complains while grabbing Wiz's cheeks to play with them.
"Hmph... I... I'm sorry... sir...", Wiz stammers, her cheeks completely flushed and her body relaxed.
She never thought things would end like this; Wiz was ready to fight to the death, but it turns out Milcar was just playing with her.
Thinking of this, a sense of grievance spreads throughout Wiz's body; after all, Milcar did the same to her using a fish sausage.
Remembering that scene where she was willing to do whatever it took to fulfill her punishment, Wiz couldn't help but grit her teeth in some anger.
"Why are you biting my fingers?", Milcar, who had inserted one of his thumbs into Wiz's mouth, asks with a furrowed brow before simply smiling.
"By the way, what I said about divinity wasn't a lie; my Qi can become more powerful as it absorbs more divinity. However, if I had wanted divinity enough to bind a little loli, I would have killed Eris long ago; after all, she's... um, a goddess, Right?", Milcar's casual words cause Wiz to slightly widen her eyes.
A goddess?
Wiz can't help but furrow her brow; Why?, Wiz doesn't understand, but since those words came from Milcar's mouth, they must be true.
Is Eris that white-haired girl who seems quite friendly, A goddess?
"In fact, her name is similar to the name of the goddess Eris", Wiz thinks to herself before stopping biting Milcar's thumb.
"The boys here have trained well; I've already spread a large part of my Qi to merge with each of the members of Axel City. For now, it's necessary to wait until these people level up in cultivation; although, of course, not much is expected from these people before attacking the demon king, we need to create a small strategy..." Milcar stops playing with Wiz and begins to think to himself.
Looking around, Milcar can think of several plans on how to use Qi to invade demon territory; however, all these plans require Milcar to have an army of Qi cultivators ready to die at any moment.
Thinking about this, Milcar simply shakes his head; time is something he cannot modify, at least not for the moment.
Although there is the divine plane where all the gods and goddesses live, Milcar does not want to think about it for the moment; who knows what powerful existences there are in the divine plane.
"Still, if Aqua and Eris help me, it should be enough for me to reach a level where I can enter the divine plane and start attacking those gods...", Milcar thinks before simply touching his chin.
"Hmph... sir... Sir Milcar, what will happen to Iris?", suddenly, Wiz beside Milcar asks with a timid tone of voice.