Battle War; Magic, Sword and Dragon

Dragon War VII: Alice

The sound of gunfire filled the palace hallway. A reddish spark is always present along with the sound of gunfire and explosive eruptions. The agile movements and sparks from metal objects also filled all directions. The explosion and destruction of various objects also adorned the fight between the three girls.

Laila and Charlmilia attacked relentlessly and left no room for Shadow to attack or even use his power. Survive and continue to endure. That's what Shadow did. As she prepared to use magic, her power would be instantly neutralized by the anticristal bullet shots of the two beautiful girls. Then after her magic was neutralized, the two girls attacked with their magic. Their combination and cooperation are very good as they have often fought together.

But the two girls knew, even though they looked to be cornered by the enemy, but they both knew there was not a single scratch on their enemy's body. In other words, their enemies were not injured at all.

"Khhh..."

Laila clashed the sword with Shadow with all her might. While Charlmilia eyeing from a distance using a firearm right in the head of Shadow.

Charlmilia pressed the trigger. The sound of an eruption was heard. Anticristal bullets shot towards Shadow's head at speeds exceeding the speed of sound, but Shadow dodged with minimal movement.

"Tch..."

Charlmilia twisted her tongue, but the attack was not over. Charlmilia was aiming for Shadow from a dead angle with a small plasma ball, but Charlmilia still could not hit Shadow's body which retaliated by creating a black plasma ball

Shadow pushed Laila's sword with incredible power. Laila's body even flew up to several meters, but Laila did not miss the opportunity to attack even though her body was blown away. Laila created dozens of Scarflare in the air and then attacked Shadow like a rocket almost simultaneously.

Boom!! Explosions and smoke billowed from Shadow. Laila wished for her attack to succeed and landed using her hands as a foothold while simultaneously dampening her body. Laila was finally dragged a few meters away before finally stopping.

(What an incredible power.)

Laila saw the smoke slowly disappear. Shadow's figure looked unharmed in the slightest after receiving his attack.

"Laila, are you okay?"

Charlmilia approached with a worried face. Her clothes are torn in here like Laila. His breath was also panting and the mana pressure was also less and less from Charlmilia a sign he was starting to run out of mana. Laila is not too different either.

The one who has not changed is Shadow. The mana pressure is not at all reduced or even changes in the slightest. If Shadow is called a monster, then that title is completely inappropriate. He is more suited to being called a god. Death God.

"I'm fine, but.."

"....yes, I know."

Charlmilia also knew what Laila meant. Their anticistal ammunition was just a few left. Their situation is getting worse.

The only good news they received was that Diana was fine. But the news that the Grimoire of Dragon they were protecting was bait was enough to shock them. The fact that Cross was a traitor also shocked them.

Knox radioed that he was fighting a mechanical monster named Astaroth. Now all they did was believe that Knox was able to defeat Astaroth. Knox is not weak. They know it.

But there was one problem that left them both astonished. What exactly is Shadow Incar?

Previously Shadow had wanted to take the Grimoire of Dragon because tofu was bait, in other words Shadow's goal since the beginning was gone. Is there another purpose?

Laila glanced at the bells that adorned her bracelet. The bell is now red because it is connected to Kuro. With the bell, he can communicate with Kuro in secret. But from his communication, Kuro is also not too worried about him. What the hell is going on? This battle was as if it had been arranged by someone.

Charmilia and Laila refocused on Shadow who was completely unharmed. Although they had almost unleashed all of their strength, the two of them had not been able to get Shadow injured. Now they understand why Electra can't even stop Shadow.

[Laila, do you have any ideas?]

Laila did not immediately answer Charlmilia's telepathy and gritted her teeth. No matter how you look at it, Shadow can kill them at any time. The power and speed were even the same as Kuro. Besides Shadow can also use Ki, Shadow should not need to dodge or receive attacks from both of them.

[...... I don't know, ....but.].

Laila glanced at the smiling Shadow as if she was looking down on the two of them, but that was not the reason why Laila was attracted to those reddish lips.

(I've seen that smile before. Not just once, but hundreds of times.).

But this was their first meeting, Laila should not have recognized the smile, but it really felt familiar.

"!?"

An impossible possibility is now approaching Laila's mind. That smile belonged to someone who should no longer exist in this world.

Tap tap tap. The sound of Shadow's footsteps approaching echoed throughout the hall. The two of them could only prepare for Shadow's attack.

Shadow smile.

"Do you know the difference in strength between us?"

"".....""

"Hm. you're not stupid, so you already understand that it's impossible to defeat me. So how about we just talk now."

Laila sharpened her eyes hearing something impossible heard from their enemy.

"Speaking?"

"Yes. The three of us know you can't even hurt me, but I can't hurt either of you, so let's just talk."

"Can't hurt us?"

Laila and Charlmilia were confused by Shadow's words, but if they couldn't hurt them, there was most likely a reason why Shadow couldn't hurt them or someone would forbid them.

"Don't get me wrong, even if the boy forbids me from harming you, it doesn't mean I didn't hurt you for just such trivial reasons."

The reason Shadow could accept. Other than Shadow there were many enemies that could have killed them both. One of them is Deon.

"But like I said, I can't even hurt you, and if I can't hurt you, that means they can't do it either. fufu fu.. "

"What do you mean.."

Shadow really confused them.

Just then, 2 magic circles appeared in the air and a shadow spear attacked the two of them with incredible speed. They could not escape and only prepared to die, but they felt no pain or even no injury at all. Was Shadow just playing them?

No. gabe. Their eyes widened in surprise when they saw that there was a black wall that appeared several centimeters away from their bodies and blocked the spear that attacked them. Not only that, the shadow spear was swallowed and shattered into pieces.

"What's going on?"

"Shield?" charlmilia asked with a look of astonishment.

But Shadow only smiled a little.

Charlimilia and Laila had never prepared some kind of protective magic, which was why they were shocked, but realizing Shadow knew something they didn't know, it made them think how much Shadow knew? No, the question is more appropriate if who exactly is he?

"That is, one of the strongest protective magic in the world. You guys don't know? Well this is natural, how could the boy tell you about the magic he put on Queen to protect her. Fu fu. The descendants of the Demon King cannot be underestimated.."

Laila and Charmilia could not say what. There was not a single word Shadow had they understood. But the descendants of the Demon King... Kuro's?

"Queen?"

"You don't know? It's quite surprising that you don't realize your current position, Queen."

"What are you talking about? Why do you call Laila Queen? Why do you call Kuro the descendant of the Demon King?"

Shadow just sighed.

"I have no business with outsiders."

Shadow pointed his hand forward and moved it like he was gripping something.

"!"

Charlmilia was surprised that she suddenly could not move her body. I don't know why his body feels like it's tied by a very strong rope. But he knew, this was one of Shadow's magic.

Charmilia tried to wriggle, but she still could not move her body.

"Bh.."

Charlmilia groaned in pain. Laila who saw that did not stay still and attacked Shadow with a fireball.

"Take him off!!"

But Laila's attack couldn't hurt Shadow in the least. Shadow doesn't even have to dodge.

"unleash? Alright.."

Shadow swung his hand against the wall. At the same time Charlmilia's body hit the wall violently. The wall even cracked.

"Gahh.."

Charmilia. His face was distorted by pain. His body slowly collapsed and blood flowed from his mouth.

Laila went straight to Charmilia. Laila was a little relieved when she found out Charlmilia was still conscious, but she had quite severe injuries. Thankfully, Charmilia's wounds did not appear to threaten her life.

Laila turned towards Shadow with a hateful look. A red aura also radiated from his body. Not only that, the pressure of where Laila also increased by leaps and bounds.

Laila without many words attacked Shadow with a fireball once more, but the color of the fireball was slightly redder. It was a sign that Laila was angry.

But once again Shadow did not dodge, but this time he slashed a fireball with Clocflare. The fireball received a slash and then disappeared like it had been sucked into something.

Laila who saw that was even more shocked. The power that Shadow displayed was a power that Laila was familiar with. Re;breakers. It was a Clocflare special ability capable of returning any magic back to its original origin. This magic includes very frightening magic.

"...you...who are you...?"

Shadow just smiled.

"Why are you asking that? You already know the answer."

Slowly Shadow opened the veil that covered part of his face. Soft sea blue hair unravels. Blue eyes are also compatible with her hair. Milk-white skin and a beautiful face like a doll as Laila knew it.

The beautiful girl who had always been in her dreams was now right in front of her.

"Alice..."

Alice, or Aliciana. Witches are known as time witches because they are able to manipulate time. She is a princess of the king and is also known as Shiroyasha's lover. He lived in the era before the Light War happened. In the historical record no one knows how he died or how he lived, but there is a suspicion that he is still alive.

And if that assumption is true, then the Alice in front of Laila right now is not an impossible thing.

Alice smiled. Laila could never forget the face and smile of the girl she both admired in her dreams, but Laila felt that there was something different about Alice in front of her. Compared to both are different people.

"You're one of the owners of Alice's memories, my memory. It's no wonder you know who I am."

"...."

"But in this way, we can more easily talk as fellow Queen. As the Demon King's lover. But you didn't seem too surprised to hear you were the Demon King's lover, did you already know this?"

Laila fell silent. His face did not show he was not surprised, but he seemed to be holding something back.

"The Demon King you're referring to is Kuro?"

"Yes, ..but he is more correctly referred to as the Demon King candidate. You know what that means, right? The Demon King's power also flowed in the boy's blood, only time left until the boy awakened the forbidden power, the power of the darkness."

Laila could not deny it because she also understood what Alice had meant.

Kuro is a mysterious and abnormal existence. Although she uses Ki as a substitute for magic, but when compared to witches, Kuro has an unusual power. Especially after knowing that Kuro is a descendant of Shiroyasha, then this possibility is getting bigger.

"You seem to know that the boy is abnormal, am I wrong?" added Alice.

(The power of darkness.).

Laila didn't quite understand what that power meant.

"...... Even if your words are true, Kuro is not a witch. Even though he was a descendant of the Demon King or something, he still would not be able to become a Demon King. I'm not gonna let that happen."

"Yes, that's your job as Queen."

"What?"

"You don't know, Queen is not just a Demon King lover, but a Demon King controller."

".....?"

"You know what that means? The fateful destruction or peace of the world is not the Demon King, but us, Queen."

Laila could only widen her eyes hearing that she was the fate of the world. A reality that is too strange and difficult to understand.

"That's why I didn't hurt or even kill you. If I do, there's a chance that the power residing in his body will rise up and spiral out of control......we don't want that to happen right?"

Alice smiled slightly, then continued.

"That's why I will raise the real Demon King, my lover and the only person I love. I can't wait to finally meet again after a long time without seeing. Hmm... But I'm probably gonna have sex all day with him first, you agree, right?"

"WHY ARE YOU ASKING ME!!" laila shouted with a flushed face.

"Fuf uf fu.. Don't be stupid, we both know their nature, you know it must happen right..?"

Laila's face turned red.

"A-I know he's a little perverted, ta-tap-why discuss this? Even though you are Alice who was in my dreams, I still do not believe in you completely!! So it's useless to talk about this.."

"...but I have to keep talking to you.."

Laila was shocked as Alice's face turned meek and looked so sad.

"Demon King or not they are the ones we love. No matter the whole world becomes its enemy, we will always be on their side and support them, but we both know, even if we do that they will never escape suffering."

"......"

"If you have the power to free them from suffering, what do you choose?"

Kuro always suffers. Laila knew that. Although Kuro always smiles in front of him, but after hearing Kuro's past from Yui, Laila is aware behind Kuro's smile, Kuro always hides her grief and suffering. The same thing happened to Shiroyasha.

Laila knew this.

Alice knows this.

Both of them were chosen people who were able to see and give medicine to them. That's why Laila knew, if she did have the power to free them, then Laila's answer was-

"...of course I will set them free" Laila said with a smile. "I love Kuro, that's why I'll do anything for him."

"Good answer, I look forward to what you're doing, Queen."

"Yes, but I don't understand who you really are?"

"Why are you asking? Isn't ka-"

Laila shook her head.

"Your face, your voice, your smile and your strength are the same as Alice's, but you're not Alice."

"....."

"Alice who was in my dream is dead. Died in his arms with a happy smile." Laila sharpened her gaze. "What amazes me is that what you say about you love her and everything you say about suffering is not a lie."

"..."

"But this is absurd, Alice is the only person who knows about Shiroyasha, there should be no one else but her, ....Who are you, the Immortal Witch?"

The other reason is Alice (?) have a power capable of imitating the magic of others. Imitating Alice's face and voice was definitely not something that was difficult for her.

Alice remained silent. A smile also disappeared from his face, but his calmness did not disappear even though he had been caught.

"So apparently, you seem to have all their memories."

Alice does not deny Laila's words that she is not the real Alice.

"Then is there a problem?..all my love is not fake, you say it yourself right? But what I said about us getting laid wasn't a lie either."

"......what?"

"And about me resurrecting my beloved is not a lie either. That's enough for you, right? We're both Queen's so you know I'm not lying. The question now is, what do you do after knowing that your lover will become an enemy of the world?"

Laila was silent.

"Are you going to stay with him, or are you leaving him? fu fu fu.. I can't wait to see it."

Alice's body slowly disappeared like it was burning with black flames. A smile appeared on his face.

"We'll meet again, Queen.. I'll wait for what you're gonna do...."

Alice disappeared completely without a trace. The mana pressure also disappeared without a trace. All that was left was an echoing sound.

".........."

Laila was speechless and without a word walked up to Charmilia who had almost lost consciousness. He removed Scarflare before he finally took the phoenix tear bottle from his pocket. Laila opened the bottle, then drank it to Charlmilia.

Slowly Charlmilia opened her eyes. The wounds all over his body slowly began to recover and disappeared without a trace. But the tired face was still visible.

"..Laila,..are you okay?"

Laila was completely unharmed, but she looked exhausted and her face was deathly pale. He also looked sad and was thinking about something.

"I'm fine..."

But the look on his face doesn't show he's okay. Laila must have been shocked and shocked after hearing the truth about her and Kuro.

Kuro is a descendant of Shiroyasha, but at the same time is also a descendant of the Demon King. The power of the Demon King who was able to destroy the world also flowed within Kuro's blood. The girl who imitated Alice's face said the power was just waiting for time to rise, but what caused the power to rise?

If he could find that out, then he could at least find a way to prevent that power from rising. At the same time he can change Kuro's destiny so as not to turn into the second Demon King.

The girl also says she is the Queen who determines whether the Demon King brings destruction or brings peace, but Laila doesn't know how to do all that.

Who is the girl who wears Alice's face?

Laila knew Alice was dead happily, but at the same time she died leaving Shiroyasha behind. And after that, the Demon King was born. Did the appearance of the Demon King have anything to do with Alice's death?

If yes, this still does not explain who the girl is. The girl was known as the Immortal Witch, but the identity of the Immortal Witch was also unknown. The main problem is that the girl has sincere love and calls Shiroyasha her lover. Could it be that he was an unnamed figure in history?

"...Laila?"

Laila woke up from her daydream. He realized that Charlmilia's wounds had fully recovered.

"Are you thinking about what that woman who confessed to Alice said?"

Charlmilia got up and stretched out her hand to help Laila stand up.

"Don't be swayed by his words. We don't know if what the j*lang woman said is true. Perhaps he aims to confuse us all by saying Kuro is the future Demon King."

Laila nodded. But he seems to be thinking about it.

"Now what should we do?" charlmilia said as she picked up the anticristal camouflage gun lying on the floor.

"How about we help Knox. From the last communication, he said he was fighting Astaroth. We'll help him deal with it."

Charlmilia nodded in understanding.

"I'm actually more worried about Jinn, but how else. He won't answer my question."

"But he's gonna be fine. We know he's not weak."

They both smiled at the same time. After that they ran towards the origin of the pressure where Knox was, but as they ran, they felt a huge mana pressure accompanied by a huge explosive sound. The palace even shook because of the awesomeness of the explosion.

They speed up their run. After turning the corner of the hallway, they found Diana, Knox and Louis. They also found a 30-meter-wide crater and parts of the palace that were destroyed. Among the pieces of the palace building, there are hundreds of pieces of metal and an iron head that is in shapeless condition.

"What's going on here?"

Hearing Charlmilia's cry, Knox and the others turned towards Charlmilia.

"Miss Charlmilia, Miss Laila, thank goodness you're okay. What happened to that guy?"

"He went and let us live" Charmilia replied.

Laila and Charlmilia approached Diana who was still holding Louis in blood. They were surprised and worried, but when they saw Louis who looked better, they felt better.

"We should be more worried about you guys."

Laila turned her head towards Knox and the crater that was in the middle of the park. From which pressure was left, the crater was the result of Knox's attack. Surprisingly enough, such a powerful attack should only be possible for S rank magicians to go up.

"What happened and where is the monster named Astaroth?" added Laila.

"As you can see, I've blown up that goddamn monster 100 years too early if you want to defeat me" Knox said arrogantly.

Laila and Charlmilia could not comment. They realize Knox is stronger than they expected, but they don't expect Knox to boast about it.

"Rather than bragging, you should treat your wounds first" Charlmilia said.

"It's just a small wound, now there's something more important than my wound."

Knox walked towards Louis and grabbed Louis by the collar. Not only that, Knox also pushed Louis to hit the wall.

An incident that was too fast made everyone surprised and did not have time to prevent Knox. Even Diana could only fall silent.

"Say, what is Liberia really after?..and tell me what is the relationship of the midget (Cross) with all this? You must know everything because you tried to take out that midget first, didn't you?"

The three girls were surprised, but upon seeing Louis smiling faintly with a sly expression, Knox grew even more furious.

That's when Knox, Charlmilia and Laila received a telepathy from Aldest informing him that he was on his way to Drageass. That means he's back from his investigation. But the subsequent information left them shocked and could only widen their eyes.

Louis noticed Knox's change in expression finally opened his mouth.

"It seems that one of you already knows what mer-guh is after!"

Knox could not contain his anger and pushed Louis' body against the wall.

"Why did you create such a weapon? You know what you've done?"

But Louis just smiled.

"Of course we're aware of what we did, but what's wrong with creating such a weapon?"

"Sister Louis?"

"We've created weapons of mass destruction, but compared to the thinking weapons you're making, I think we're better."

A weapon that can move and think. In other words, it is a paladin. When compared to human-made and controlled weapons, Paladins were dozens of times more dangerous. This was common knowledge and this was also the biggest reason why magic schools were established.

This was also the reason why the sheer number of paladins determined the strength of a country. This also applies to Dragon.

Dragonia has no paladins. If they don't have dragons, they're long gone.

"...Khw.."

Knox could only grit his teeth. He's angry, but he can't take it out on Louis. He knows there's no point in doing that.

He can't blame Louis. He also cannot blame Dragonia. He has no right to that.

Knox throws Louis to the floor.

Diana went straight to Louis whose body was hitting hard. Louis is still his brother.

"City, Charl. We have no choice but to kill Cross."

"But are you sure he's still here?" ask Charlmilia. "Don't you say someone took her away using teleportation magic?"

"Yes, but the Dragon Arm is still under control, it means that he is still around Drageass and is preparing his plan. We better get to Kuro's place soon."

Charlmilia and Laila nodded and immediately ran towards the real battlefield. They ignored Diana and Louis who were still lying. They don't have time to think about them right now.

They ran in the hallway at full speed and did not care about the fatigue and pain they felt. Now they live through the palace and the shield. Shapira also saw them still attacking some Hell Beasts with Laser Breath.

"We're going to the battlefield, but are we useful?"

They now saw a fierce fight between Kuro, Lionel and Deon. They knew their fight was on a different level from the scale of their strength and speed.

"It doesn't matter if we're useful or not, but if we can find that midget, we can win this fight. At the same time we can also prevent the enemy from creating that weapon" Knox replied.

"But how do we find him?" ask Laila. "We don't know where they are, do we?"

"Regarding that, I thought of a way, but we need Charl and Jinn's abilities to do all this. Then we leave the rest to them?"

"They? Isn't it just Kuro?"

"Do you not understand, we actually have a friend who is quite useful in this battle."

Looking at Knox who was smiling to himself, they both knew Knox was thinking about something, but they didn't know what.

Their first goal is to find Jinn's whereabouts. But they had trouble finding him because Jinn never answered their call. The only way to find Jinn is to feel the pressure of where Jinn is.

They ran on the charred ground burning and among the corpses of Hell Beasts. Various human corpses wearing armor and dragon corpses were also scattered where. It was their experience walking among the corpses. It's only natural that they think they're in hell.

After walking far enough and defeating the Hell Beast who had already been injured first, they finally found the origin of the pressure where Jinn was. They were shocked when all they found was the ruins of a building.

"Don't tell me Jinn's been hit by rubble?"

Charlmilia immediately panicked, but Knox precisely looked at the ruins of the building carefully.

"I think he's been hit by rubble, but I think he's fine."

"Eh?"

"I remember this place was a sanctuary, so this place must have had its basement. That's where Jinn is now....but this is a problem, if we get rid of these ruins, we have no choice but to use our Sacred Magic Art, either, but that means we'll have trouble finding that midget because it's running out of mana."

Charlmilia and Laila understood what Knox meant. That means they are also forced to make difficult decisions.

"Knox, the way you mean can we do it without Jinn?"

"No, we still need him. Our strength is needed in this plan. Tch. You fucking Siscon."

Knox looked annoyed, but his nickname to Jinn made them both smile wryly.

"""?!"""

Suddenly the ground shook. A silvery light emerged from within the crack of the ruins. The light shone brightly then a huge explosion occurred right in front of them.

Ruins shattered into pieces and shattered flying in all directions. Then from the light came Jinn who was holding a silver bracelet.

Something was different with Jinn. They know it. Something must have happened to Jinn during the battle. The new Jinn had now appeared in front of them.

"Tchh. fucking Siscon.. "

Knox gave a big laugh when he knew his plan was going to go his way. He was happy for the first time that he felt his strategy would save the world. The real fight has just begun.