CHAPTER 354: She Had On A Tearful Smile

Her group watched in bewilderment at how confident she is about what she is saying to Ardel.

"You are the dark lord but you were once a knight of an empire."

Ardle's eyes went wide, "You-"

Saphira waved her hand and more attacks came rushing to Ardel's side.

"You were strong, revered by many but most feared you."

Ardel defended from her attacks but has the look of shock on his face.

"You were once known as Yohan, the strongest fire knight of the empire. But the most ruthless as well. Your strength is equivalent with how dark your heart is. You look down on others and bully the weak."

"LIES!!!"

Her group could see how disturb Ardel is with what she was saying.

"They all didn't care about my hardwork."

"You boast of your capability to improve at short span of time."

*BOOM*

"They hit me when I don't do anything right!!"

"You hit them if they disrupt your fun."

*BOOM*

"Wrong!!! They never appreciated me!!"

"YOU never appreciated anyone."

*BOOM*

"I defeated so many enemies, so many beasts but they never appreciated it."

"You defeated all those enemies and beasts without a care about your comrades, sweeping them off with your attacks. How can people appreciate you?"

"It was them who didn't care!!"

"It was YOU, Yohan."

Hunter and the rest watched as Ardel or Yohan or the dark lord tried to defend himself from Saphira's words.

He was like a child who couldn't accept what his parents are telling him that he has done wrong.

And as they exchanged words, they attacked one another causing explosions after explosions.

"You are wrong!!! You are WRONG!! YOU ARE WRONG!!!"

Ardel's attack intensified.

"Am I? You left the only person who treated you as a friend, who stayed by your side on a barage of attacks from demonic beasts, causing him to be gravely injured."

"NOOO!!! It was I who was gravely injured, it was him who just have an ionjured leg."

"It was YOU who only has an injured leg."

Their sentences were recounts about his past but each of their stement contradicts one another.

"SHUT UP!!!!! YOU ARE WRONG!!! YOU ARE LYING!!!!"

"Am I, Yohan? Am I really lying?"

"AAAAHHH!!!!"

Hunter and the rest watched in shock at how Saphira was handling him.

Was this really the person whom they have difficulties fighting with moments ago?

Was this the person who was in complete control of himself a while ago?

Saphira walked closer while defending and attacking at the same time.

The curious thing is, she does not look like she was having any difficulties at all.

Instead, it seems like Ardel's destructive power was the one that was weakening.

"He took my love away from me, he forcefully TOOK HER AWAY FROM ME!!!"

Saphira shook her head, "You forcefully took her, hurt her, violated her. You brought her darkness but he still accepted her and gave her light. It was you who did all those things, you alone."

"You are wrong!! They all left me on my own, to die on my own. As if anything I did were nothing in their eyes. I fought for our empire, fought for our people but no one sees that. And I died on my own."

"You fought for yourself, for your prestige. That is why on your death bed, in the hands of the only person who treated you as his friend. No one came for you. Because you never cared for anyone other than yourself. That is why, you yourself are on your own until your last breath."

"NOOOOO!!!!"

His anger erupted, his emotions going haywire.

And it was this moment that Saphira had been waiting for.

Once he gets lost in his own emotions.

That same emotion he had been trying to make them lose.

And she knew just what she can do to finally break him.

Using his distracted thoughts and the effect of all their attacks, she rushed forward.

Her hand that was holding the sword trembled, she gritted her teeth as the feeling of her piercing another person's flesh came to her again.

As the light ability user, she can't kill people but she can do so towards the people who was already dead and darkness was what brought them back to life.

"I'm sorry," she whispered as she pulled her sword out.

If she was not seeing things, she thought she had seen a small smile appear on Raynisha's lips.

Yes, the one she attacked was not Ardel who was distracted but instead it was Raynisha who was supporting him.

"Just a bit more, you can have your rest then," she said as her voice cracked.

"Hunter!! Drake!!!" she called out.

"NOOO!!!" Ardel rushed towards her.

But Drake and Hunter were faster.

Drake encased Raynisha's body in a metal coffin whiel Hunter allowed it to get under the ground. He made sure to get it on the other side where the heads had been.

He knew they were there, they are standing on ground after all.

Asherton covered his mouth when the metal coffin appeared and on it lay Raynisha's body. This time it no longer has anyu signs of life.

Whether it be darkness or not.

Tears fell from his eyes, "Welcome home dear child."

He cried and the others could only stand beside him and pat him on the shoulder or the back.

After a long journey, Raynisha is finally back to her family.

Meanwhile, miasma exploded around Ardel.

This explosion caused the others to remember the day where they lost the elite squad. The day they hated Raynisha to the core.

And today they remembered another thing that happened there.

It was of Raynisha looking at them before they all lost consciousness.

She had on a tearful smile, she was crying as she looked at each of them.

"I'm sorry you will surely experience a lot of painful things. But you all are wonderful children, you will get past through it and become the greatest knights of the empire. I'm sorry for leaving you all the responsibility."