Celestia's POV:
Theo's words astonished the demonic warriors. They all seemed to accept what Theo said. But the sturdy warrior with the ax was still frowning at him. It was evident by his manner that he loathed Theo.
"Silver Shadow," the sturdy warrior called out again. " I am Gorgo, and I lead my Demonic warriors. We are not going to bend our knees to you."
I found that guy very annoying. But Theo was calm, and he was still grinning at him.
The Demonic warrior Gorgo began to laugh like an insane person. " You are not worthy enough to lead us all," Gorgo laughed and showed off his big crooked teeth. " If you say that you can control the light forces, then I would have believed you. But there is no way in hell that a fragile person like you can yield the force of darkness."
Theo was glaring at him quietly, even after knowing that he was being mocked. "Answer me, Gorgo. If I am fragile, then how did I free all of you from that cave?"
Gorgo fell silent. I understood why he disagrees with Theo because he is jealous and intimidated. Gorgo pointed his ax at Theo and said, "Silver Shadow, I am calling you out for combat. You have to prove your worth to us. If you manage to defeat me, then I will be your slave forever and fight all the battles for you."
Theo climbed down from the red rock and took a step towards his rival. " I accept your challenge, and I am ready to combat you."
The rest of them cheered immediately. Gorgo did not expect such a confident answer from Theo. Even before the combat was about to begin, I knew who was going to win it! Gorgo has clearly underestimated Theo's capabilities, and he is going to pay for that.
Theo and Gorgo frowned at each other for a moment. I expected Theo to attack first, but Gorgo was the one to strike first. He raged towards Theo and raised his ax.
But Theo quickly yanked the ax from his sturdy tanned hands in a second. It all happened so fast! Gorgo lost the combat within just a second.
" My ax has been in my clan for generations, and it is entitled to obey my commands only. How were you able to control it?" Gorgo cried out.
Theo then smiled politely at him, but he didn't answer his question. After that, Gorgo knelt on the ground and bowed down to Theo. The rest of the Demonic Warriors did the same. " We all accept the Silver Shadow as our Savior," they all shouted in unison.
It was such an incredible sight. Thousands of warriors were applauding and hailing Theo. So stage four is accomplished!
Theo beamed as he received an overwhelming acknowledgment from his warrior. "You are all going to be my warriors and fight battles along with me. We all together will overpower King Oberon's light forces."
For a brief moment, I was impressed by Theo. I fell in love even more with him at that moment. I am lucky to have the mighty Silver Shadow as my lover.
Suddenly, the wind was blowing stronger around us. Theo, who was calm till now, got anxious by the sudden change of the weather. I thought it was going to rain, but the sky was clear. Soon, I got a sensation that a strong Demonic force was approaching.
On the blood-red sand, black fumes appeared out of nowhere. From that emerged a beautiful girl with dark hair and scarlet eyes. Her long black gown was designed with pure diamond stones, which were sparkling even in the darkness.
She is the Demon Princess Lilin! I have faced her once in the forest of light before. She almost defeated me, but Ember and Daviana rescued me that day.
Princess Lilin fixed her vicious gaze at me, and an evil grin formed on her wine-red lips. "So we meet again," Lilin said.
Theo immediately moved closer to me and stood in front of me. 'My love, this is the time when you stay behind me. No matter what happens, don't step forward," Theo whispered in my mind.
" Silver Shadow," Lilin shrieked in a harsh tone. " You are the biggest trickster in all three realms. I trained you to yield the Demonic force, and you are able to chant in the Enochian tongue because of me."
What??!!!! The Demonic Princess Lilin taught Theo to yield the demonic force? I wasn't able to believe what she said. She must be lying!
Lilin then stood before Theo and arched her dark and curvy eyebrows at him. "Now, you use everything that I taught you to deceive me! How dare you open the doors of the damned? What makes you think that you can get away with it?"
Theo stared back at her enthralling ruby eyes and smiled a little. For a moment, I thought he was admiring her charms. But Theo would never adore anyone other than me.
" Princess Lilin," Theo said. " You will never hurt me because you are still in love with me. I can see that in your eyes."
I felt like I was hit by thunder. What is happening here? Lilin then glanced at me and looked back at Theo.
" I don't love you anymore, Silver Shadow. And what do you even see in that blonde weakling? She seems to be very light and delicate, like a feather. And you chose her as your lover instead of me?"
I wasn't really offended by the way Lilin insulted me. But what does she mean by Theo choosing me instead of her? Does this mean that Princess Lilin was one of Theo's lady lovers in the past?
Theo had told me before that he had a lot of lady lovers from all three realms. Never did I think that it included my mortal enemy and the Princess of the Darkness Lilin! I felt betrayed by this revelation. Theo should have told me about this before.
" Princess Lilin," Theo paused and held my hand. " You were my mentor and my lady lover in the past. I am grateful for everything that you did for me. But Celestia and I are destined to be together for Eternity."
Theo's explanation reassured me. But still, I loathed the Demon Princess, who kept staring at me wickedly.