Chapter 221: Kyro
Chapter 221: Kyro
LUNA was glad when she arrived at the young lords' room when she did.
As soon as she saw Lord Winter and Lord Julian about to leave the room, she used her magic to shut all the doors and the windows in the room. Then, she created a powerful barrier around the chamber to make sure that no one could enter and leave the place.
"Aunt Luna!" Winter complained. "Please let us out."
Julian nodded in agreement. "A god must be too much for Mother to handle on her own."
"Even if that's the case, I still won't allow you to leave the room, young masters," Luna said firmly. "The Supreme clearly ordered me to protect you, Lord Winter and Lord Julian."
The two young lords obviously didn't like what she said.
But it seemed like they understood that they needed to follow their mother's order.
"What happened to dad, Aunt Luna?" Winter asked nervously. "I can barely feel Dad's presence."
"And it's corrupted," Julian added. "Father's presence is being corrupted by something else, Miss Luna. Just what is happening to our father?"
"Duke Nystrom is currently being overpowered by his father," Luna informed the children the truth about their father's condition. The young lords weren't really kids and they deserved to know what was going on. They would only get worried even more if she tried to keep them in the dark. "Lord Winter, Lord Julian, let's just hope that your mother can kick the Moon God out of your father's physical body."
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AS SOON as Roarke spotted Elis Ripperton flying towards his direction, he prepared a transportation spell. He went to the rooftop after the Supreme ordered him to 'welcome' the Blue Dragon. He knew that the Beast God would came flying like he used to do in the past.
It was still raining outside, and the rain brought by the Moon God would weaken the flame of the Fire Mages. Thankfully, he was 'created' after his mother the Moon Priestess. That meant out of all the Keepers, he was the one who could use spells well.
If I can't kill the Blue Dragon, I should at least send him to somewhere far.
He didn't want to waste too much time on Elis Ripperton when the Supreme was alone with the White Snake and the Moon God.
"Ah, the Keeper with the weird eyes," Elis Ripperton said while looking down at him as he floated above him. "As far as I remember, you're the youngest one, the last Keeper that Winchell created before he left his clan." The Blue Dragon smirked as if he remembered something funny to him. "I heard you were Winchell's 'son' or something."
"Shut up," Roake said, then he got down on one knee and planted his palms on the wet roof. The puddle from the Moon God's rain prickled his skin but he ignored it. "Nobody told me that the Blue Dragon is this talkative."
"Only to people I want on my side," Elis Ripperton said. Obviously, he knew that he was about to attack because he started his defense. And the Blue Dragon's infamous defense was his ability to turn his skin into blue scales that were as hard as steel. "Roarke, do you want to play a game with me?" he asked, his light gray eyes glowing menacingly. "If you lose to me, you'll help me win Tilly over."
"I hate to do this but I guess I need to borrow Crawford's words," Roarke said, his palms getting warmer by the second. That meant his transportation spell was finally complete. "F*ck off, f*cking Blue Dragon."
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"AH, I should seriously stop calling you 'Father' because you don't deserve the title," Tilly said, trying to find the Moon God's soul or any trace inside Kiho's body. That was the reason why she stabbed her husband's physical body. "I'd call you by your name, but unfortunately, I lost Soleil Rosenberg's memories again."
She just knew that the presence inside Kiho now was her father-in-law because Yumi once again called for her 'darling.' Second and the most obvious reason was when the presence called her 'daughter-in-law.'
Of course, she didn't have to be a genius to figure that out.
"I am Kyro," the Moon God said as he pulled his hand out of her bleeding stomach. "Only people who are close to me are allowed to call me by my name. But since you're my precious son's wife, I should give you that honor, shouldn't I?"
"How generous of you, Kyro," she said sarcastically when she pulled her hand out of Kiho's stomach. She wouldn't kill Kiho just to drive away the Moon God inside him. That wouldn't kill Kyro anyway. "I'm sure you're not only here to help Yumi."
"I wonder about that," Kyro said, then he put his hand on top of Kiho's stomach.
In just a few seconds, it stopped bleeding and the wound closed on its own.
She was relieved that the injury she caused Kiho's physical body was easily healed. Of course, it was disadvantageous for her to know that he could heal right away.
Don't worry about me, Kiho.
She assured her husband because she knew that he would get worried once he came back to his senses.
I'm fine.
It took a few seconds longer than the Moon God's regeneration ability. But the flaming red feathers that covered the wound on her stomach was enough to heal her. Unfortunately, her healing ability only worked for light wounds. Since Kyro didn't damage her vital organs, she was able to heal it easily.
"You've changed a lot, daughter-in-law," Kyro said in amusement. "In the past, you couldn't even scratch Kalel. But now, you didn't even blink when you stabbed my son's body. You know that even if you killed him, I still won't disappear. Don't you?"
"Well, I know that. But I don't want to die and I'm sure Kiho wouldn't want to end my life by his hands either," she said. "I won't hesitate to beat the daylights out of my husband's body to bring him back to his senses though."
He laughed softly, his red eyes glowing in amusement. "Harsh."
"Kiho is partly at fault for this so he deserves the beating," she said while summoning her flaming red wings. "If he's too weak to be taken over by his father just like that, then how can he protect our family?"
"Hey, cut my son some slack," he said in an amused tone. "In his defense, how can he protect himself from a god?"
"God, my foot," she said. "Gods are supposed to watch over humans and other weak beings. But in this life, the only thing I've seen the likes of you do is corruption." She moved her shoulders and her flaming red wings appeared. When she opened her left hand, the ancient dagger appeared. She grasped it as soon as it manifested. And then, when she opened her right hand, her beloved flaming iron crab mallet appeared. Of course, she also grabbed it tight. She knew that her fight with the Moon God would be a close combat one so she didn't choose her flaming bow and arrow this time. "I think it's better if we talk like this, right?"
Kyro laughed and it was annoying that he was using her Kiho's voice to act like a lunatic. "Red flame? You must be kidding yourself if you think you can kill me with that puny red flame, my dear daughter-in-law," he said while shaking his head. "Where's your Black Flame, Daughter of the Sun?"
She knew that she shouldn't trust anything an enemy say during a fight. But she couldn't help but get confused by the Moon God's words. That was the first time she heard about the 'Black Flame.'
Nobody mentioned the Black Flame to me before, not even Solaris.
"The children of the Rosenbergs have hair colors that match the color of their flame. Winchell's flame is red, and so is his hair color," the Moon God continued. "You have jet-black hair, my dear daughter-in-law. Why do you think so?"
He let out an exaggerated sigh. "The Rosenbergs have sheltered you too much."
Okay, that piqued her curiosity.
But she didn't want to get distracted so she made the first attack instead.
It wasn't her goal to kill the Moon God because she wasn't that arrogant to think that she could kill a god that easily. Plus, her priority was to kick Kyro out of her husband's body. And she just had come up with a plan to do so.
I hope it works.
As soon as she reached Kyro, she put her dagger on his chest on the very part where Kiho's heart was. Then, faster than lightning, she used her flaming iron crab mallet to hit the tip of the dagger's handle.
But alas.
The dagger didn't pierce through Kiho's body because it turned into water.
So, Kyro's dominant Mana is water, huh?
When she felt Kyro's presence behind her, she used her wings to hit him. But much to her shock, he felt him grab her wings instead.
No!
She made the flames of her red wings grow bigger and hotter but it didn't work.
When Kyro grasped her wings tighter, she felt his cold hands turn into water successfully extinguishing her flame so easily.
"Why are you imitating Winchell's puny red wings?" Kyro asked in a disappointed voice. "You have your own black wings, Daughter of the Sun."
Then, without further ado, Kyro clipped her wings as if he was just breaking a twig into two.
Tilly screamed in pain.
The flame of her red wings were like a tree's roots and her body was its soil. So getting her red wings clipped so mercilessly like that hurt like hell. No wonder she fell on the floor in a weakened state.
She wanted to catch her breath and quickly get up. But all of a sudden, she found herself locked inside a giant water sphere. It was filled with water with the suffocating energy of the Moon God. In short, in just a few seconds of being trapped inside the water sphere, she was already drowning.
Worse, she couldn't even summon her flames.
Kiho, Tilly called out to her husband while looking at his physical body. She knew that Kyro was still the one in control because of the red eyes that were staring back at her. But at that moment, she knew that she just had to have faith that her voice would reach Kiho's heart. Wake up or I'm getting a divorce once I survived this.
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LUNA was surprised when all of a sudden, Winter and Julian both dropped on the floor while clutching their throats as if they couldn't breathe.
"Lord Winter, Lord Julian," Luna said in a panic once she knelt between the two young lords. She put one hand on each of the boys' shoulders. Julian's body was unnaturally cold while Winter's body was colder than usual. That made her nervous. "What's happening, young masters?"
"M-Mommy," Winter said in a weak voice. "She's in a critical state"
"Please help her, Miss Luna," Julian begged her in a weak voice like Winter's. It seemed like the young lords really couldn't breathe. "Mother's flame is dying"
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ROARKE was watching the black hole he created swallow up Elis Ripperton's lower body when all of a sudden, his breath was literally knocked out of him.
He dropped on the roof while trying to catch her breath. But it was to no avail. Worse, he felt his flame slowly leave his body that instantly turned cold. For the first time in a while, he remembered what fear felt like.
But he wasn't scared for himself.
The Supreme's flame is dying, Roarke said to himself while trying to get up to save her. But his body refused to listen to him. Move! The Supreme needs me!
"Keeper, what's happening?" Elis Ripperton, now free from the black hole, hovered above him. His furrowed brows told him that he was confused of what was happening. Until realization dawned on his face. "If you're suffering like that" The Blue Dragon's eyes widened in shock. "Tilly!"
***
FORRESTER, ready to prostrate in front of Solenn Rosenberg, was surprised when all of a sudden, the little princess dropped on the snow-covered ground while clutching her throat. But it wasn't only Solenn.
Jameson Crawford, the Keeper with a dirty mouth, stopped cursing at him as he dropped on the ground the same way as the little princess.
And then, all the Fire Mages around him started to drop one by one.
"The Supreme's life is in danger," Ainsworth, the Golden Tiger, snarled beside him. His teeth was clenched so hard that he thought they would break. "If the flame of the Supreme died, all the Fire Mages in the world will become powerless."
"Only one being could extinguish the Supreme's fire like this," Forrester said in a worried voice. "The Supreme must have fought the Moon God."
***
SOLARIS felt like someone kicked him on the chest.
It seemed like Maddox and Braxton felt it too because they dropped on the floor while clutching their chests tight. If he didn't manage to grab on the table, he would have dropped on the floor as well.
Thankfully, only the three of them were in the conference room right now. He didn't want their people to worry about them.
"The Supreme's flame is dying," Maddox said in a cracked voice. "Our Supreme's life is in danger"
"F*ck the Black Serpent," Braxton snarled. "I knew we couldn't trust him to protect the Supreme!"
"The Black Serpent isn't important right now, twins," Solaris said while trying to catch his breath. "We can't fall here," he said firmly. "If the three of us lose our flame, the Solarium will literally fall from the sky!"
***
KELSI dropped on the dry and hot ground when her breath was suddenly stolen from her by a strong force. She wanted to help Faline fight Drake but she couldn't even move a muscle. But she wasn't worried about herself.
If she was suddenly rendered that weak, it only meant that the Supreme's flame was dying.
"Lady Nystrom our beloved Supreme" Kelsi whispered to herself. "Please don't die on us again"
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WONG was angry.
He fell on the crater's hot ground a while ago when his strength escaped him.
The fact that he couldn't breathe and move right now only meant that their Supreme's life was in danger. Her flame was dying, so she must be suffering right now. He knew he shouldn't have let her leave the island without him.
Damn you, Black Serpent! What the hell are you doing?! Did you let your cursed family hurt our Supreme again?!
Fueled by anger, he managed to stand up straight even though his whole body hurt. He looked down at the boiling lava below. Sentinel hadn't come up from there for a while now. It seemed like it was hard for the spirit guardian to rescue Lord Wixx alone.
I have to help them.
He was ready to jump in the boiling lava when all of a sudden, a bright and huge ball of fire came out and shot up to the sky. The presence that the 'meteor' emitted was so pure and so heavy that he found himself kneeling on the ground while looking up at it.
"Lord Wixx," Wong whispered to himself with a faint smile. "Welcome back."
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KYRO had no intention to kill his daughter-in-law.
He needed her alive because of the deal that Aku Moonchester made with Elis Ripperton. The Blue Dragon was a loyal disciple of his so he wanted him to get what he wanted. Even if it was stealing his only son's wife.
I'm sorry, son, he said to the sleeping Kiho inside him. Just give up on the Daughter of the Sun and let Elis have her, hmm?
When he noticed that the Supreme already lost consciousness inside the water sphere, he raised his hand to free her. As soon as he did, the water didn't make a mess on the floor because it returned to him as his Mana. Only the Supreme hit the floor with a loud bang.
He was about to walk towards his daughter-in-law to rip out her heart when all of a sudden, he stopped moving.
And a thin but powerful layer of ice literally froze his legs up to his waist.
"Kiho!" Kyro snarled at his son. "How did you wake up?!"
"Get out," Kiho snarled back at him in his mind. "I will never divorce my wife so you better get out of my body now, old man."
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