"Wtf??? Don't you think we should fight against this purplehead???" Cian looked at Darcy and growled. "But he looks harmless..." Tiera said reluctantly. She didn't want to fight against an unarmed person.
"Man... I'm out of this shit. You guys are annoying." Cian pouted and jumped onto a tree, continuing his nap.
"Do you guys have unity...?" Rish said. He put his hands out of his pocket, and Darcy came to his senses, shouting for everyone to move. Just in another moment, Rish threw something at them, which created a huge explosion.
Hopefully, they reacted quickly. Darcy rubbed his eyes and, using wind, cleared the smoke. His eyes turned ivory-colored. As he looked towards Rish, he got shocked.
Rish was standing in a cool position, his hands holding a weapon. He had never seen a weapon like that. He came into a fighting posture, readying his hands for another shot of wind. "What is that?" he said in a cold aura.
Rish grinned. "It's a gun."
"What...?" Cian was observing Erin's fight from the tree. Tiera and the brunette were injured because of that sudden explosion.
"Hah..." Erin cleaned the blood that was spread on her face. She was huffing; her opponent was stronger than her in terms of skills and experience.
"I have to use fire to beat him..." She murmured, using the last inch of her remaining strength. Her sword started to turn red, engulfing in flames.
"Finally, this is it – the power of the red eyes." Mabel's eyes shone with the flames. He smirked. "How pathetic."
He looked at Erin's struggle. Even though Cian had healed her, she used all her strength in running and was now here, making her look pathetic.
"You shouldn't be reckless, my lady." He quickly blocked Erin's another blow. She was trying to find an opening, which was impossible for her.
"It's hot." Mabel commented while sparring with her. For now, he was struggling, but he still had the upper hand.
"Ma'am, your flames are weak and pathetic." This flared Erin's anger, and she started to attack more recklessly, giving Mabel an opening. He directly pierced through her stomach.
"AAAHHH!" She cried in pain, falling to the ground.
Meanwhile, Darcy was shocked to see this weapon. "You know what? This thing can shoot really well." By saying that, Rish shot straight at Darcy's heart.
Darcy released a lot of wind. "You can't, my lord."
Rish smirked, and just as he said that, the bullet directly struck Darcy's chest, making him fall to the ground.
Cian was observing all this from above. He saw Erin and Darcy falling to the ground, his back leaned against the tree. He looked at Tiera and the brunette, who were injured too.
"How pathetic." He jumped off and continued. "Looks like it's main character time.."
He straightened his long white hair, pursing his lips. Rish raised his brows, looking at Mabel. "Is he the Prince?"
"Maybe; he does have white hair."
"Aren't the royal family useless when it comes to combat?"
"Hey, I can hear you..." Rish and Mabel sighed at the sight of the pathetic Prince.
"Tell me, why are you here?"
"To lure you out."
"What?"
Rish pointed his gun straight towards Cian's head and continued, "Since you all are going to eliminated, I'll tell you. We're going to complete our great god's wish."
Cian raised his eyebrows. 'Is this guy really explaining his plan to me?..'
"When this empire was established, you four-eyed duke had done numerous crimes, and now it's all going to end." Rish smirked. "A revolution is going to happen, my dear prince."
"Revolution...?"
"It's the era of revolution. Soon this world is going to change as our lord has wished."
"And how is it supposed to change?" Rish got startled by that voice. It was from none other than Darcy, who woke up, cleaning his clothes.
"How are you alive?" Rish asked.
"How did you ask?" Darcy shrugged. "Your gun has a lot of potential, but ordinary air won't work on it."
Rish nodded, agreeing with his statement. "But using this air power," Darcy showed a ball of air in high speed to him, "I increased air pressure around me, creating a big layer of high-pressured air, which in turn decreased its speed. And that's how I got saved."
Rish gritted his teeth. "Truth to be told, I really underestimated you."
Darcy said, walking towards Cian. Mabel quickly tried to pull out his sword, but suddenly he saw it was grabbed by Erin. "You're still alive?" She smirked.
He looked at her injuries; the blood had already clotted. "I clearly remember I stabbed you."
"You did, but..." Erin tried to complete her sentence, but she coughed up blood. "Told you, don't be reckless," Darcy said.
"I mean, you won't know, but she was already healed by our great Prince." He continued to explain, "Once a person is healed by pure divine power, their resistance to injuries increases to a certain extent."
Erin pulled out the sword herself and jumped back, increasing the distance between them. "Though it's still a miracle she's alive. Must be because of the red eyes."
Rish gritted his teeth. Mabel tried to attack her again, but Rish stopped him. "We should back off now."
Before Mabel could respond, Rish pulled him, took something out of his pocket, burned it, and then they started to disappear into the air.
"ARE THEY RUNNING AWAY!?"
"No," Darcy said, looking at the dark glitter that appeared because of their disappearance. "THEY FOUND THE SECRET ITEM AND PASSED THE TEST."
Meanwhile, Cian felt depressed because Darcy stole all his spotlight. "I thought it was my time to do something, but the author just hates me. He didn't give me any important role. I'm the prince, so why am I not being important?"
Darcy patted his head. "You'll get your time bud."
Erin. "Did you forgot I'm the main character?"
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