............"Boommmn...!!""Noooooo... Lady Emilia...!!" The mourning scream echoed as the dust and debris flew around after the attack landed on Emilia. The people behind her screamed in horror, seeing their Lady Emilia getting attacked, thinking her getting injured badly pained their hearts.Clenching their fists in rage and hate, they looked toward the Plague God's Cultist who stood there with his hands still raised towards them, waiting for the dust to settle down before striking her again to finish her off for good."We failed to protect Lady Emilia, what should we say to Our Lord?" The Elandor's people, who weren't able to arrive on time to shield her from harm, blamed themselves for not following their Lord's orders."Whooosh....!!"Just then, the dust slowly settled down, revealing Emilia who stood uninjured, being protected by Aarav Veridian who had arrived at the nick of time to take the full brunt of the attack on himself and shield her with his body, enduring the injurie

............"Darius Blackthorn, farewell... Oh, Mr. Evil God, I know you have been watching us for a while now, and I also know you are connected with this body somehow. That's why I have a very special gift for you...!!" Aarav muttered the name he thought he had forgotten long ago; seeing him reminded him of how his journey had begun, from a naive, young, and broken man to his current status as a God's Heir.Aarav's eyes sharpened as he grabbed Darius’s body by the throat, keeping it locked with his Divine powers while he spoke to the entity that had been controlling the body all along."Hahaha... Good... very good, Elandor! You bastard, you sure have gotten a good Heir. What a pity he won't be able to succeed you." A deep and gruff, ancient laugh sounded from Darius’s frozen mouth as Sylvanus spoke in a sarcastic tone, looking deep into the source of Aarav’s Divine power."Huh... what the hell are you muttering about? Whatever—I don't want to get caught in your tricks again, so ge