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Chapter 71: Warlord 3

When the group made a camp and sat down on the ground to rest, they started to discuss their next steps when the screen appeared in front of Morana once again.

{You've gathered a total of 3 allies, but that's not nearly enough to defeat the demon king. A group of potential allies are fighting demons not too far away, follow the directions to them.}

Then the text disappeared and in its stead appeared the map. It showed directions like GPS and the group decided to follow it.

Their destination was not close but It wasn't far away either. Considering that the first task helped Morana find Emily, Zole thought that this one might lead to others as well.

On their way they met demon attacks more than once, sometimes a couple in a day, and exhaustion was written all over their faces.

"We can't go like this." Said Zoel after cutting the head of the last demon.

"There are too many of them and they just keep coming." Shio also added as he fell down with exhaustion.

It wasn't the fact that demons were strong but their sheer number was too ridiculous and after sometime later, it wasn't just the weakest worm demons that attacked there were other types as well and each one had its own strengths.

"We need to find others as quickly as possible." Said Emily.

"Shhhh." Just as they were discussing while trying to catch their breath on the ground, Morana motioned them to shut up.

They instantly became vigilant but no matter how hard they tried they didn't notice anything, so they couldn't help looking at Morana puzzled.

But Morana still didn't put her guard down and didn't answer their questions. 

The next second instead of putting her weapon down she became even more serious and the trio felt her gaze becoming colder.

As she held a dagger in one hand and she started using her 'seer' ability to the max.

Not too long ago she felt a threatening presence and a very dark mana presence and she was sure it was close, spiking here and there at different places

Her reaction instantly turned others' tired expressions into vigilant.

Morana knew whatever it was that she felt threatened by was stronger than her, stronger than all four of them in strength.

And she was right, they weren't ready for what was to come. 

Just as Morana felt another spike behind her she felt something warm splash on her.

She knew this familiar sense and smell and sure enough, when she turned around she saw Emily's lifeless body split in two.

Before she managed to react, she felt something pierce her stomach and she saw the source of the ominous feeling.

It was a 3 meter tall monster with no flesh on it, only bones and very sharp and long claws and it wasn't alone.

There were four of them.

Seeing his little sister in a predicament Zoel quickly unleashed his strongest ability for the first time since coming to the lower realm.

There was a good reason why even the 12 great families of the upper realm were afraid of the de Laval family and it wasn't just because they were strong, it was because they've managed to do something even the Divine realm couldn't.

They created something that gave powers to those who were loyal members of the family, the great artifact The Arcana deck.

The deck consisted of a total of 78 cards and as many abilities. More than one card could choose the same person and before his or her death they would forever have this power just like any other affinity.

Morana's grandfather Roman was the only person in the history of the family who managed to hold 4 cards at the same time until Zoel who also managed to tame the 4 cards gaining 4 more abilities.

Those cards were: 

Ace of Swords - Strength

Three of cups - mimicry

The Chariot - Ability to tame and skillfully use any weapons upon contact

Judgment, one of the most complicated powers of Arcana. It gave Zoel the ability to punish his opponents by giving the judgment of their life.

If you weren't a living being then you needn't worry about this power but it was deadly to anyone living.

As Zoel grew stronger so did the powers. 

But as it would have it, their current opponents weren't living so, Zoel had to use the other powers that he got just like other people.

Luckily His other strongest power, Blackfire, was more than helpful against the bone demons.

They were like natural enemies and even though Zoel was unable to defeat them he was at least able to drive them away, he even managed to injure one of them.

At the same time, Shio got close to Moran who was now laying on the ground with a huge hole in her stomach and was bleeding out.

It was Shio's first time seeing Morana's blood so when he saw silver liquid pouring out of her stomach he was stupefied for a second but he managed to get a hold of himself and concentrate on the important.

After looking at her wound he saw black veins constantly appearing and disappearing near it as the body tried to heal itself but got poisoned again and again.

If it was anyone else other than Morana they would have already been dead.

At the same time as Shio and Zoel tried to think of something to help her, Morana was having a heated conversation with Jolly.

[Master, I think there is something wrong with my program.]

'What's wrong?'

[Well it clearly says that you should be very unlucky but look you clearly have been blessed in disguise.]

'Yeah, you are right there most definitely is something wrong with your program.'

[Wahhh. Master, I knew something was wrong. Am I gonna disappear soon, you must tell me the truth, master, don't hide it from me.]

'Yeah, there is clearly something wrong with your sight functions, because if you've not noticed I have just been stubbed and am now bleeding so unless there is something wrong with your program I don't know how I've been blessed.'

Feeling his master's threatening tone Jolly couldn't help but shiver from fright, and quickly tried to explain himself.

[Master, how can you misunderstand me? It's clearly your good luck to be stabbed, how can you be so mean to say that there is something wrong with my sight. It's clearly you who has sight problems.]

Not noticing that Morana's expression became colder by the minute Jolly continued to rant about how wronged he felt and how lucky she was to get stabbed.

But knowing that there was more to it, Morana decided to put things aside and concentrated on more important things.

'Explain.' This one word was enough to snap Jolly out of his fantasies and understand that he f*cked up big time.

[It's like this master before when you were injected by some unknown gods or goddesses blood you became a demigod or demigoddess. But what you were infected by now is also the poison made out of the pure blood of the demon god. They most probably use this potion to transform humans into demons, but because of your special case, you won't turn into a demon but something entirely different. You might even gain new abilities like last time and will become stronger. Even if your cultivation is lower than others you will be able to match those at the peak of the earth realm.]

Hearing Jolly's explanation, Morana's expression did ease a bit only to be poured cold water the next second.

[Well, of course, that is if you survive.]

And the last thing Morana thought before passing out was how she would kill the one who cursed her for this shitty luck.

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At the same time somewhere in the forest Samael who was also facing demons, suddenly felt Morana's predicament and couldn't help becoming worried.

He didn't take his time to deal with his enemy instead he insta-killed anything that came his way and rushed towards her direction as fast as he could.

His expression was colder than ever and he wished nothing more than to tear apart this responsible for hurting her.

He felt their connection becoming stronger and without any hesitation, his speed became faster and in about an hour he didn't need this connection in order to feel her.

He found Morana on the ground bleeding while Shio and Zoel tried to heal her wound, but nothing worked. The infection was spreading faster and her body couldn't keep up with it as well as before.

The next second, something happened. The infection stopped attacking her wounds and started to simultaneously move towards her heart gathering and taking different weird shapes. None of them knew what to do and they were running out of options.

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