Chapter 57- Self Proclaimed Kings

Damien grinned and then laughed. It was a laugh that gave everyone chills. The aura he was emitting drastically changed and became more powerful that it can be seen by the naked eye.

Usually, aura can only be seen by infusing magic to the eyes. An aura that can be seen by the naked eye will damage the eyes infused with magic because in order for aura to be seen, magic needs to enter the eyes. If a person already has magic infused to his eyes, the aura will clash with that magic and damage the eyes. In some cases, it is the cause of blindness.

Damien formed a magic circle under him and magic armor started covering his body. It was a black armor with a golden crown attached to the helmet. His true form [king of darkness] was unleashed.

Azrael smacked his head and whispered "he never holds back does he?"

Argus also made the same magic circle as Damien but it was gray armor that covered his body with a silver crown.

New information started to flow through Kazuki's head. He learned that elementals have crowns and their crowns represent their ranks. Silver for normal elementals and gold for those who surpass the power of two elementals combined.

Dread and Tori also did the same but with purple and greed armor and silver crowns.

(Note: Elementals often call themselves Kings or rulers of a certain element. As time passed by, people often call them "self proclaimed Kings")

Damien raised a giant sword and Argus prepared his large silver shield. The impact of the sword and shield clashing cracked the ground. Dread took out a bow made out of wood and vines and started shooting at Damien. Even if the arrows missed, vines would grow from where the fell and strangled around Damien's legs.

Damien fell to the ground but it was no laughing matter. Dark flames burst out of his eyes and engulfed his armor.

"He's serious" Azrael muttered.

Tori took out a katana with lightning spark that looks like the one Brim wields but a hundred times stronger. They were preparing to fight when Damien's armor cracked. No one saw what happened except for Azrael, Damien and Kazuki. In that split second, Tori ran towards Damien, sliced his armor, ran back and act as if nothing happened. It took her about 10 milliseconds to do all that which consumed a lot of power so her legs felt weak for a while.

Argus made a barrier while Dread focused his magic on his bow and pulled the string. It was aiming for Damien's head and with that much power infused to the bow, the arrow will surely pierce his helmet.

Damien summoned two dark knights beside him which were more powerful than the ones Kazuki encountered on the entrance.

"Thank God Sakura and the others aren't here" Kazuki secretly thought once again.