
Lilia and Zemus who were carrying thousands of troops with them continued to move towards the ancient tribal hideout. After traveling for more than an hour, Lilia noticed that along the way, Zemus's facial features seemed agitated.
“What's wrong with you, Zemus? Are you worried about meeting Hex?” Lilia laughed mockingly but Zemus just silently could not tell the truth that he was worried about was a combat tiger that might now still be with the ancient tribe.
Not getting a response, Lilia resumed her words.
“Do not worry, Zemus. You don't have to deal with him because he's my part. You're enough to take care of a bunch of losers who lead the primeval tribe.”
“And, I think you should eliminate your excessive anxiety. It would be a shame for one of the strongest tribal leaders like you to put on a miserable look at a time like this.”
Zemus clucked in annoyance, “I understand. Don't keep lecturing me.”
Despite being annoyed at the woman, Zemus felt that what he said was right. It should be that in leading the troops like this he should not show a pitiful look. Zemus took a breath and exhaled slowly so that his worries quickly subsided.
Lilia smiled seeing Zemus listening to her suggestion.
“Good. Since you're listening to me, as a gift I'll give you the head of the man you've been afraid of all this time. You can make his head as a decoration of your house.”
Zemus only glanced at Lilia in annoyance from talking too much.
Not long after Zemus sat in his heart, ‘I hope neither Hex nor the tiger are with the ancient tribe so that everything goes easily. Hopefully there are not both there. Just fighting one of them alone would be very troublesome, if there were both... we would have no chance at all to win this battle.’
***
“You just need to do it without needing to ask anything. Creatures like you don't deserve to know.”
The Dark Side's words made the papu tribe leader not dare to ask any further. He immediately bowed his respect to the tiger.
“Please ignore my question, Papu. I promise I won't ask about anything like this again.”
The leader of the papu tribe did not want to anger the Dark Side, he needed the tiger's overwhelming strength that could defeat Zemus easily.
Although it made his degree as a leader questionable, the leader of the papu tribe did not care because the most important thing to him right now was the power of the Dark Side. He desperately needed the power of the tiger to fight against Astaroth.
The Dark Side looked at him for a while before asking, “Is there anything important that makes you call me now?”
“This ... about the war against Astaroth. You asked me to start after Yuna managed to absorb the spirits of the tribe leaders and waited until all your comrades came here. I've been thinking about it for a few days and I really don't doubt you, Papu. It was just that Astaroth was not a figure that could be defeated so easily. Are you sure this will be okay if we hurry, Papu? Can't we do it when all the tribe members are getting stronger?”
The Dark Side laughed softly.
“Just because I told you how to effectively get your army to grow quickly, you became quite confident. Do you think most of your troops still in Sky Energy will become ascetics in no time? The ascetic is not a path that ordinary beings like your army can easily walk. My guess is that even the most talented among them should at least spend a few years. Did you ask me to wait that long? You need to know I don't want to spend too long in this place.”
“And, for the last time I tell you not to doubt me. The reason I asked you to hasten the war after my comrades came here is because among them there is someone who will take the role to face Astaroth.”
DEG! DEG!
Suddenly a huge radiance of power emerged from outside, bringing their conversation to a halt.
‘What kind of strength is this, Papu?’
The leader of the papu tribe was goosebumps due to the pressure generated by the force. The strange power that contained demonic power mixed with foreign power that he never even knew about. For the first time he felt such power during his hundreds of years of life in the Continent of Light.
“I'll check it out, Papu.”
The leader of the papu tribe immediately moved from the place to ascertain what was going on outside.
While the Dark Side whose two eyes enlarged after feeling the radiance of power suddenly smiled.
“I didn't expect you to be an Xora in this short time. You've always been outside my expectations, Mr.”
And on the other hand, the movements of Lilia and Zemus had to come to a halt after feeling such overwhelming pressure. Even more than twenty percent of their troops who were not strong to deal with the pressure had to lose consciousness.
‘What kind of power pressure is this?!’
Lilia and Zemus bathed in unison with shocked expressions.
Lilia, Zemus and his entire army simultaneously looked up which was the place where the radiance of power had appeared. They could see that there were two giant eyes that had black and white colors in the sky.
DEG! DEG!
Lilia's heart, Zemus and his entire army were racing faster and faster. They could feel the monstrous and terrifying power emanating from those eyes. Just looking at it alone made most of them feel almost killed.
“Everything! Distract your eyes from those eyes!” Lilia gave the order because she was aware of the level of danger that would be caused if she looked at the two eyes for longer. Quickly everything followed his orders with a lowered look down with a trembling body.
The radiance of power coming from those eyes had apparently spread widely to all directions until it reached one continent. All life on the Continent of Light faced tremendous pressure, not a few of those who were weak collided after being exposed to such pressure.
Astaroth, who felt the pressure, laughed out of the darkness.
“A ability that is like the devil but also like the gods. It turns out that there is someone who has a unique power like this.”
The darkness that had always enveloped his room suddenly emitted light. The figure of Astaroth who had two large black wings as well as holding a sword came into view.
“Pretty interesting. Finally after hundreds of years, there is someone who can revive my passion. I can't wait to see him soon.”