Sloban, which had become an empty city, could not hide its desolation at all. Even the dark green sky of the underworld during the day seems to accentuate the oppressive atmosphere here.

"Can you tell me your identity before you fight?" Atlance and Reddina confronted each other, neither of them ready to attack. Atfans was the first to break the silence.

"I'm just an ordinary resident of Tadini now, but I'm curious how you got into the position of the Demon King." In Redina's eyes, although Artevans is very strong, she doesn't feel that the person in front of her has any conditions to become a king.

If it was just because of the family name of "Berans", maybe it would be enough for the demons, but Redina wouldn't eat it.

"For Sark died at my hand." Atfans suddenly showed a wicked smile that sent chills down Redina's spine.

(This man, very dangerous.) ）

Redina frowned, staring at Atlence. As Artevans had just said that, Redina could clearly feel the evil thought that even made her feel a little suffocated.

"Judging by your age, you should be my elder, so you must know the Black Temple." Seeing that Redina didn't speak, Artevans changed the subject.

"Former Black Temple 'Observer', Redina." At this point, there was no one else around, and Redina didn't mind picking out who she was before.

"That means you were once your mother's subordinate. In that case, would you like to return to the Black Temple? Aktri, and Kaina, are there.'" Hearing Radina's previous identity, Artevans didn't seem surprised, and he tried to soften his tone a bit.

"What!?" Redina, on the contrary, was a little surprised.

What surprised her wasn't just because Atfans was Kay? , and the news of Kaina and Yaktri's return to the "Black Temple". After all, in Kay? When they were executed, both Kaina and Yaktri vanished without a trace. It was because of this that Redina left the prison in frustration.

However, the news that Redina heard not only moved her, but on the contrary, made her look at Artevans with a little more murderous intent.

"Looks like we're coming to an end." Artevans looked into Redina's eyes and said helplessly.

Artevans could clearly feel the change in Redina's mood as she said this. Relying on this alone, Artevans decided that it was impossible for Redina to return to Hell.

After all, when Artevans knew that Redina was a high-ranking member of the former "Black Temple", he didn't want Redina to return to the "Black Palace", he was just testing Redina's reaction. Artevans was reluctant to accept a man who had lived in a foreign territory for more than a decade, full of unknown uncertainties, even if it was an old acquaintance of Kaina and Actri.

And the moment Redina sent her murderous intent to herself, Artevans knew that the conversation should be over.

The two only looked at each other for a second, smiled tacitly, and then burst out with a dark aura to confront each other with the same tacit understanding.

The aura of darkness instantly enveloped half of Sloban, covering the figures of the two.

(Energy, gone?) ）

After only a moment, Artevans suddenly realized that Redina's dark aura was overshadowed by himself, and at the same time, he couldn't feel Radina's trace, and he couldn't sense the huge energy in Radina's body.

In desperation, Artevans could only wave his hand and let the dark aura here retract into his body. And when everything here reappeared in Artfans' vision, he found nothing.

Atlance looked around, seeing no suspicious Redina, and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Ring of Annihilation...... With a low groan, Athenas spread his arms, and the "Ring of Annihilation" spread out from Atvance's body.

When using a move that has never been used before and has not been "named", it requires the caster's imagination and proficiency in their own energy. However, as long as this magic has been used, on the basis of knowing the principle of magic, the move will be "named" by connecting mental power and energy through the mind. In this way, when you use this move again later, you can release it instantly by pronouncing the name of the move, which can save a lot of effort.

Atfans had tried to use the "Ring of Annihilation" in the previous battle to recover Trier, and now that his strength was fully awakened, the "Ring of Annihilation" at this time was a huge improvement from the one in Trier, and the black ring wiped out most of Sloban's everything.

Artfans felt that no matter how fast Redina escaped, she would not be able to leave Sloban in an instant, so that Reddina must be present within the range of the "Circle of Annihilation".

"Isn't it?" The bio-energy that was erased by the Ring of Annihilation returned to Artfans, but Artvance didn't get anything, which means that the Ring didn't attack Redina, or kill her.

However, Artevans did not believe that Redina would be able to survive after coming into contact with the Circle of Annihilation. Although Redina's energy is not much weaker than that of Artfans, it is still Artevans who is stronger in the end.

Just when Artevans thought that Redina might have been killed by himself, a sharp pain suddenly spread throughout his body. At the same time, multiple scars were cracked on his body, and black smoke slowly emerged from the scars.

This is no ordinary scar, nor is it any ordinary black smoke. These scars caused many cracks in Atvance's body, and his life force continued to drain away in the form of black smoke. It all came so suddenly that Artevans was unprepared.

"Lord Demon King, it seems that you are not doing well." Redina's voice sounded in Atvance's head, with a hint of banter.

No matter how much Artevans tried, he couldn't find any trace of Redina.

And Artevans couldn't find a way to make the scars on his body disappear. No matter how much you mobilize the dark power in your body, it seems that it can't cover the scar and heal the wound, but it will only exacerbate the black smoke, that is, the loss of your own life force.

Soon, Artevans weakened from his indiscriminate use of his magic, and fell to one knee, panting for air.

(Huh?) Radiance? ）

When Atfans lowered his head, he noticed something that wasn't supposed to be there.

It is impossible for the underworld to have such a strong light!

Atellance looked up and saw the circle of light above him. But unlike the usual aperture, Artevans was able to feel a strong dark energy in this aperture. In other words, this aperture is formed by the condensation of darkness.

"The pole of darkness is light, and the pole of light is darkness. The energies of these two attributes are like two opposing points on the same ring, which can be transformed under certain conditions, but forever opposite.' Atfans suddenly remembered what Siya had said. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Artevans really couldn't believe that darkness could create light.

(Why did she make this aperture, and does it have any special significance?) ）

Atfans calmed down and fell into deep thought. He let his life force slip away, but he knew that if he couldn't find Radina's location, he would fail sooner or later. He wanted to know what Redina's abilities were before he lost half of his vitality.

(Bright...... The shadow is always under the light, and the light and the darkness are always together...... ）

Artevan's mind drifted into very abstract territory, and although it didn't seem to help solve real-world problems, it made Artevans seem to understand something. That is, since he came to the underworld, he seems to have never seen his shadow outdoors in the underworld during the day.

But now, illuminated by the light emitted by this aperture, the shadow of Atvance was clearly visible.

(Redina, Shadowmancer under Kimparo.) Shadowmancer ...... Shadow...... Shadows, don't you say? ）

Atfans stared at his own shadow, he had an idea in his heart, and he wanted to confirm it, so he slowly stretched out his hand with the black mist attached to his shadow.

But his hand had not yet touched the shadow, and as if he had encountered some resistance, he stopped halfway, unable to move any further. But because of this, Artevans understood that Redina made the aperture to make Athenus appear in the shadow. Redina's ability must be related to shadows.

"Looks like I'm underestimating you, but you're pretty smart." Redina's voice came from the shadow of Artevans, "So what are you going to do? As long as I attack your shadow, I am attacking your very body. But you can't attack me by attacking your own shadow.'"

As soon as Redina's words fell, Atvance had a few more scars on his body.

Artevans must find a way to deal with Redina's abilities as soon as possible, or else his life will pass over time and eventually he will die.

Artevans tried to catch the black smoke coming out of his body, but to no avail. He looked at the blackened scar, then at his normal-looking shadow, and fell into thought.

(Her abilities are the same as Ai?) Sha is a bit similar, Ai? Sha is able to blend into the darkness, but she blends into my shadow. However, since she is a dark devil, it must not be like Ai? Sha became a completely disembodied shadow. ）

(No life can completely eliminate the matter that makes up it when it changes its way of being.) Even if she turned herself into a black mist and merged into my shadow, it would not be possible to make my shadow not strange at all, let alone make me completely unable to feel her energy. Unless...... ）

Artevans suddenly seemed to understand something, and his eyes widened as he stared at his shadow.

"You're thinking in the right direction, Master Artevans." Theo? The voice suddenly sounded in Atvance's head.

"If that's the case, I see." Atfans sneered.

As a black demon, Redina can indeed disperse her body tissues into a black mist, but it is impossible to erase her existence. The shadow of Atlance is only created by light, not entity, and Redina is not only able to merge herself into Atvance's non-physical shadow, but also makes Atvance unable to feel her energy.

To achieve this, it can only be Redina's special ability, and this ability can only allow her to integrate her body into the shadow, so that the shadow can become the carrier of her body. In other words, the shadow of Artevans is also where Redina's essence lies.

By becoming a part of the shadow, Redina connects with the shadow's owner, allowing the shadow's damage to be transmitted to the owner. But what if, is it the other way around?

"I see, before my eyes is my shadow and you. Then ...... It's easy.' As he spoke, Artevans stretched out his left arm, and the shape of the shadow changed because it would follow his master's actions, so he also stretched out his left arm.

Subsequently, Artevans turned the "Black Death Arm" into energy and dispersed, and the Shadow would not have the power of the Essence. In other words, the shadow at this time looks like it has broken off its left arm.

A scream came from the shadow of Artevans......

(End of chapter)