She Belongs To The Devil

Theodore and Lilith had been fighting for a while now.

Theodore was being defensive while Lilith had been throwing constant attacks at him. But since they were getting nowhere near concluding their fight that way, Theodore felt like he needed to take this battle seriously.

"Let me ask this again, Lilith. Do we really have to do this? Can't you just call quits and return back to Hell?" Theodore flapped his wings to clear the smoke attack from the Demoness and asked while exuding a menacing aura.

All of the soldiers, regardless of what they were had steered clear of the area where the two of the most powerful beings from Hell were clashing against each other.

"Why?" Lilith also flapped out her brown wings and scoffed in a derogatory tone, "The Prince is scared?"

Theodore curled his upper lips in disdain. He now had that look on his face, which told his opponent that she was in great trouble. "Oh, well… I was trying to give you the last chance to back out from this fight. But you just lost that chance."

"I don't need your mercy, Theodore. Don't try to act as if you are a benevolent Prince when I am clearly winning this battle." Lilith aggressively pulled out her sword, making it clear that she wasn't taking this battle lightly anymore.

She flew right at Theodore and swung out her arm to slice open Theodore's chest.

Theodore flew outward and easily dodged that attack from that inferior sword.

"If you are so hellbent on making me the villain then…" Theodore held out his left palm and said in a soul-crushing voice, "…so be it."

His fearsome aura now engulfed the whole battlefield.

Even those who were at the far end of the battlefield suddenly felt goosebumps all over their bodies.

They had no idea why but suddenly, all of them were terrified of something that they couldn't quite put their fingers on. Their senses were screaming at them to desert the battlefield and run as far away from there as possible.

Even Lilith felt a chill in her heart upon seeing his domineering aura.

And what she saw next made her question whether she did the right thing by taking out her sword and further provoking Theodore.

A sword had magically appeared on Theodore's left palm. It was still inside its extravagant scabbard.

However, the immense power that it was giving off while it was still inside its cover was enough for Lilith to realize that the sword that Theodore was holding was not some random sword used for parlor tricks.

"I hope you are ready to die, Lilith. I'm not playing any games with you anymore." Theodore stared right into Lilith's soul and slowly pulled out the sword from its casing.

As he did that, the whole sky was filled with lightning. Deadly thunder echoed far and wide. The Earth even shook for a few seconds as though the Earth and Hell were about to merge into one.

And as Lilith had suspected, it was no ordinary sword. Her eyes were left wide open when she saw the red flames enveloping Theodore's sword.

It was the flame that no being from Hell could forget.

"How is this even possible? How can your sword wield the hellfire… that also here on Earth?" Lilith subconsciously took a step back and asked while defensively pointing her sword at Theodore.

"I had tried to warn you before, Lilith. Now get ready for the worse." Theodore swung around his wrist, displaying his sword skill.

The hellfire lit up terrifyingly.

But instead of going straight for the kill, Theodore asked Lilith, "Why don't you come at me? I will at least give you the chance to strike me first. Try to live, if you can."

However, Lilith was still stunned as though she was frozen in time. She was even contemplating running back to Hell.

Out of nowhere, Reginald appeared behind Lilith and then shouted an order, startling the already petrified demoness, "Why are you standing still, Lilith? Kill him already!"

Reginald could also obviously feel the intense aura that Theodore was giving off and he could also see the flaming sword. He was scared that if Lilith wouldn't finish him off soon then that Devil would sure shred him into pieces, along with all of his soldiers.

However, his words just irritated Lilith who was already in a pinch. She grabbed Reginald by his neck and tried to hide her fear by scolding Reginald, "I don't remember us being on a first-name basis, sweet boy! And don't you dare boss me around! Now get the hell away from here before I kill you myself."

Theodore was tapping his toes on the ground and was seriously considering snatching Reginald from Lilith's hold and slicing off his arms and legs. "He will technically still be alive, won't he?"

"But we even…" Reginald was still trying to defend himself even when Lilith was choking him.

But rather than listening to that vampire rambling on about some pointless thing, Lilith threw him away as if he was some ragdoll.

Lilith sighed and thought to herself, "I wouldn't have come here if I hadn't already taken the payment. And had I known before that Theodore possessed that damned sword then I would have prepared myself better. But it's too late for all that. Let's just get this battle over and done with. I don't want to be indebted to that bastard."

"But I have to be very careful." Lilith glanced at the flaming sword in Theodore's hand and thought, "I don't want to die when I am so close to fulfilling my dream."

She tightened her hold on her sword and was thankful that Theodore at least kept his word of giving her the chance to strike first and didn't wipe her whole existence when that fool of a King was disturbing her mid-battle.

Without wasting any further time, Lilith released a dangerously great deal of smoke in order to conceal herself from Theodore's direct sight.

"I knew she wouldn't play fair," Theodore scoffed and stayed alert for any attempt at sneak attacks from his nemesis.

As he had thought, Lilith swooped in from behind him with her sword aimed in the middle of his wings.

Theodore, in turn, teleported behind Lilith and grabbed her by her wings.

In the very next second, he lay out a dome-shaped barrier with only the two of them inside so that the others wouldn't be caught in their battle.

Before Lilith could escape from his clutch, he dug his claws into her wing and slashed it, tearing her wing into shreds.

Lilith screamed in pain and reverted back to her normal form. She wouldn't be able to fight when one of her wings was hurting and useless at the moment.

"I bet you are regretting not going back to Hell when I gave you the chance," Theodore smugly smirked and readied his sword for a sword duel.

Lilith was breathing heavily and was glaring at Theodore wondering why he didn't kill her when he could have easily done so instead of just hurting her wing. The thought of running away was constantly staying in her mind.

But she couldn't give up now, especially after pushing Theodore to the point where he had to summon that flaming sword.

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Adeline and Team Beta were marching towards the other side of the battlefield where the Vampire King was being guarded by his ruthless Royal Guards.

Those vampires weren't moving from where they were because they were also guarding the witch who was channeling dark energy through her body and was allowing Lilith to stay on Earth for a prolonged time and fight the Devil.

The wolves of Team Beta were now running in their wolf form. Agnes was riding a horse alongside Adeline.

Adeline was not so sure about leading Agnes right to the epicenter of the most fierce battle that was about to happen though.

When Team Beta was formed, Theodore had suggested keeping Agnes in the team because she was the only one who had mastered to channel just enough energy that was required in healing the changeling if she were to get injured in the battle.

"Agnes," Adeline turned to look at the witch and asked her, "Don't follow us and get too near to the Royal Guards, alright? I don't want you to get caught in the middle."

Agnes thought differently though, "Adeline, you are forgetting that I am not just a healer. I don't fight as well as the High Priestess or Sybil but I do know how to defend myself. You don't have to get worried about me."

Adeline was still worried about her. So she took a different approach to make Agnes agree with her, "Still, what if I get hurt and you are stuck in a fight? Or what if you are too tired to channel any energy when I'm hurt?"

It sure worked on Agnes when Adeline put it that way. "Alright. I will stay close but won't get involved in the battle."

"Oka–" Adeline was thrown out of Arion out of nowhere.

For a second, Adeline didn't even know what attacked her.

She quickly picked herself up from the ground and looked around to see something which she had least expected.

"A ravager?"