“Let the Queen go!”0

Gripping Shadow Nightmare, Wayne mentally added, Let Auston do it.0

Now standing over five meters tall with a powerful physique, Douglas heard Wayne’s exclamation and turned around, his dazed eyes glinting with madness as he lunged at the Darkness Knight with bared teeth and claws.0

Auston was delighted. He had been worried that the bandit would use the hostages as leverage, but instead, the bandit abandoned his hostages and chose to engage in close combat. What a kind demon!0

He gave Wayne a pointed look. He would deal with Douglas, while Wayne rescued the Queen and her family.0

It’s too dangerous! Wayne put Auston behind him and charged at Douglas first. Threads of Death energy surged and transformed into a massive octopus, its tentacles wrapping around Douglas. Auston shook his head with a dark look, quickly rushing to the white bones that stretched toward heaven and earth.0

Though extracted from Douglas’s body, the bones were an application of his spatial abilities. They appeared to stretch across the void, but were actually linked to Douglas’s body—the vessel for the Lord of Pride. Going further, they were connected to the Book of Hell.0

The ritual to activate the divine...0