Untamed Torrent II

"You're persistent, I'll give you that," the cardinal said to Kies. "Now then, I guess I have fooled around enough." The cardinal tossed his chalice onto the ground behind him. The priests quickly ran to where the precious object rolled to and picked up the holy relic.

Kies didn't understand why he threw away the relic like it was some sort of trash, but it didn't matter to him. "Throwing away your weapon, is that really a good idea?" he asked him.

"A weapon? Please, it's nothing more than a toy. I'll show you what a weapon is." The cardinal raised his hand to the sky and a beam of light shot down onto him. After the light cleared, he was standing there with a sword in his hand.

"Isn't that just another one of those swords that you tried to throw at me?" It looked no different from the ones that go sucked in the vortex.

"It might look the same, but believe me when I say that it's special." The cardinal spun it around a few times in his hand before suddenly flying at Kies at a speed so quick that to the naked eye, it looked like he teleported.

"Watch out!" Falte warned him.

Kies casually put his hand in front of his chest and grabbed the sword with the winds before it could hit him. "Not fast enough."

"Really now?"

Kies staggered backward as a big gash suddenly appeared on his chest. "What?"

"Nothing is faster than light. If you have anything to blame, blame your ignorance for going against God!" The cardinal slashed down with his sword while Kies was still stunned and cut off his arm.

"D*mn it! You idiot, what are you doing!?" Falte shouted at him. He even wanted him to not be so cocky and now here he was paying the price for his arrogance.

"May God forgive your sins." The cardinal raised his sword again and was about to bring it down and finish Kies when something hit him on his side. "Hm?" The attack didn't do much damage to him but it did get his attention. He looked over to the person who shot it.

Messa fired another purple bolt of magic at him and the cardinal took the attack in the face without caring. There was a layer of light surrounding him and protecting him from any attacks so it had no effect on him.

"Actually, I think I will kill these demons first. I want you to witness your folly of standing against me." The cardinal changed his target from Kies to the demons and began walking to them. "I'll start with you," he glared at Messa, causing her to shiver in fear just by meeting his gaze.

"F*ck, we need to move! Falte began running away but stopped when he saw that the other three were just standing there. "What are you all doing!? We need to bolt!"

But it wasn't their fault. The cardinal's magic aura had them suppressed to the point where they couldn't move their feet from the spot. It was unknown how Falte was the only one who was able to move.

"J-just go!" Ammine shouted at him to leave them. They couldn't move their feet so they were screwed. At the very least, someone had to go back and send a message to Tornon that the humans still had someone like this on their side.

"D*mn it! I knew this was a bad idea and we shouldn't have done this!" Falte took out a piece of cloth and scribbled something on it before setting it on fire and tossing it aside.

"What are you doing!?" Ammine asked him. The cardinal was almost on top of them and yet Falte was still here instead of running.

"I already sent the message back. I'm not leaving you all. I'll fight to the end." Falte knew that they stood no chance even with their combined might but he couldn't escape even if he wanted to. There was no way for him to get out of the multiple layers of barriers that were surrounding them. And even if he did, he wouldn't be able to escape the cardinal who could fly several times faster than him.

"How touching. In that case, I pray that you all meet again in h*ll, where you can suffer for all of eternity for your sins," the cardinal said. He walked over to Messa and raised his sword. The demon tried her best to move her arms and legs but her body wouldn't respond to her. The same went for Ammine and Jasyeu. They could only watch as they were going to be slaughtered. The priests cheered as they saw that their cardinal came out on top and was about to slaughter all of them.

Ammine shot a glance at Kies, giving him a hateful look for getting them all killed. They should've listened to Falte and ran but it was too late now. He had been acting so high and mighty just a moment ago and here he was kneeling on the ground with his arm cut off.

"Farewell." The cardinal brought his sword down and Messa shut her eyes, but at that very moment, a loud noise pierced the air.

"Hm?" The cardinal turned and looked up. The barrier that he had created was broken. Every single layer had been destroyed. He looked over to Kies who was still kneeling with his head facing the dirt. It wasn't him. He looked to Falte who was the only person who could have done it but found that he was just as surprised as him.

If it wasn't him either then... "What destroyed my barrier?" The cardinal continued to look around for the culprit but suddenly felt a surge of magic power behind him. Before he had the chance to dodge or defend himself, a gust of wind slammed into him, tearing apart his barrier and ripping all six wings off his body.

"Aaah!" The cardinal screamed in pain as his wings were pulling from his body by the winds.

"Now you've really done it."

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