Chapter 24 - The Saint vs The Hero

"I won't let you kill them!"

Edgar and Frederick recognized that it was Anna who saved them.

Multiple small magic circles started to appear one by one behind Anna.

"While the strength of the saint can't be equal to that of the hero's, involving magic however is a different story! Holy Arrow!"

As Anna called out her magic attack, arrows make out of light shoot out of the small magic circles and fly toward Roy at a quick speed.

"Hahaha! This is fate!", Roy laughs maniacally as he dodging the incoming arrows.

"What a fate that you turn out to be the saint of all people! Can you see that we are meant to be together? The hero and Saint are a pair! We are a pair! Fate wanted us to be together! Anna, we are destined to be together!", Roy call out to Anna as he continuing to dodges the arrows.

"I told you, the one that I love is not you!"

Anna reach out one of her hand toward Roy and then close it, light gathers around Roy at a increasing rate. it continue to gather until it encased him completely in a sphere shape object. She then reach out her other hand toward the light sphere and close it slowly, tightly. The light sphere as if were in the palm of her closed hand, shrinks down in size violently, squeezing Roy who was trapped in it.

Before the sphere could completely crushed him, cracks started to appeared and eventually Roy broke out.

"Hehe, that was a cruel one Anna. If I am just a regular human I would had been killed. How could you do that to your childhood friend?"

"You are no longer the childhood friend that I knew!"

Now multiple larger magic circles appear behind her.

Roy can sense the large amount of magic power gathering from the large magic circles.

"Are you really gonna defy me, defy fate!?", he asked in a stern voice.

"I told you, we won't be together!", she answered back.

The gathered magic power unleashed, multiple beams of light bursted toward Roy.

(Kaboom!)

That day, a tremor was felt throughout the town of Asberg.

A large crater now appeared where Roy originally were.

Anna hurried toward Edgar and Frederick, with a wave of her hand the binding casted by Roy on them is removed and as well as healed Edgar's injuries.

"Thanks"

Edgar get himself off the ground and look at the current Anna.

(She looks different now...)

Just as Edgar about to ask Anna about her awakening. A voice can be hear from the sky.

"Anna!"

The three look up and saw Roy in a bad state.

His clothing was in tatters and injuries can be seem all over the body.

"You slut! Don't think I won't go hard on you!"

In a instant he appeared in front of the three, with a fast kick he knocked Frederick distances away. He then turned toward Edgar.

"You dare!", Anna threaten.

Barely reacted in time to casts a barrier around Edgar as Roy grabs him by the face and throws him to a tree.

Roy then throw punches and kicks toward Anna. Each punches and kicks were delivered masterfully as if he was a natural at close combat fighting. Each attacks become fiercer and quicker, Anna can barely shielded herself with her magic as she struggles to keep up.

"Just as you said, my magic might not compared to you but if it close quarter fighting you will be the one in my mercy!"

Roy's attacks become even more faster and strike different parts of Anna's body. Until finally a kick went through and hit her in the back.

Anna was knocked to ground, though the kick was hard Roy didn't put that much strength in it. After awakened as a saint, her body become more tougher compared to her former self so that kick didn't deal much damage.

"You will be coming with me!"

He walked over to Anna and attempt to carry her away. He's now completely annoying Edgar, as long as Anna submit to him, he will be satisfied. With the saint at hero's side, they can accomplish anything, that what the legend foretold. Roy now wanted the whole world to be beneath him!

"Anna?", Edgar said as he look toward her from the ground.

Edgar felt helpless throughout this events.

(Gods! Why am I so useless!?)

Just he thought this a voice appeared in his head.

(Do you desires the power to oppose the false hero?)

"Huh?"

(Do you desires the power to oppose the false hero?)

Edgar confirmed the voice was indeed coming from his head.

(Do you desires the power to oppose the false hero?)

"If I can save my loved one! Then give me that power!", Edgar shouted.

(The legacy of the black mage will be bestowed on you.)

Ominous dark light gathers around Edgar.

In this small town of Asberg, the hero, the saint and the so-called demon lord all three awakened.