On the battlefield.
The ground was ablaze, soaked in blood and littered with corpses. It was a haunting, tragic sight—one of pure devastation.
At one corner of the war-torn land, Rin was locked in battle against a massive beast… until it suddenly stopped moving.
Rin (confused): "What's going on…?"
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Battlefield of Zalaroya and Eleria.
Zalaroya stood with a twisted smile, her eyes filled with pure evil. A cold, bloodthirsty aura radiated from her. She stared up at Eleria, who floated majestically in the sky with the full moon behind her like a crowned queen gazing down at a kneeling servant.
Zalaroya (gritting her teeth): "What's with that look of yours…?"
As usual, Eleria gave no response. She shot down like a falling meteor, crashing into the ground and forming a massive crater. Stones and dust flew everywhere.
With a piercing gaze, Eleria launched herself toward Zalaroya at terrifying speed.
Zalaroya (smirking): "Didn't I tell you? The moon has risen!"
Eleria thrust her sword toward Zalaroya's head—but Zalaroya vanished and reappeared behind her, emanating a terrifying presence.
Eleria (thinking): "What just happened?! Did she teleport?!"
Zalaroya stared up at the moon, smiling like a demon that knew nothing but malice.
"What a beautiful night… the full moon is perfect."
Eleria attacked from behind, but Zalaroya turned coldly and said in a chilling voice: "Die."
Suddenly, Eleria's head exploded into countless shards—her body remained, lifeless.
Zalaroya walked across the battlefield like a queen draped in blood, her expression deadly.
Zalaroya: "Well then… it's showtime."
Yui (collapsed to the ground, terrified): "W-What's happening?! Eleria?!"
Zalaroya glanced at Yui but dismissed her as too weak to be worth her attention.
Yui (bitterly, standing): "You think you can just leave? Just like that?"
Zalaroya (with icy calm): "Listen. I don't want to kill you. You're too weak. I pity the weak. So I'm giving you a chance—leave."
Yui (angrily): "I don't need your pity. But I want to know one thing—why? Why are you doing all this?"
Zalaroya (clenching her fist, eyes filled with hatred):
"Why?
I was only ten… when I watched my father die—enslaved, tortured, imprisoned. My mother too.
I starved for days in a dungeon inside that kingdom.
Eleria lived with joy, meals, and loving parents.
She never once looked at us. Never once cared.
I hated her. I hated everything.
I lived in hell. Watched my family die before my eyes.
I swore I'd return—not for power, but for ruin.
I will destroy the kingdom and sit on its throne as a true demon queen—embodying absolute evil."
Yui had no words. No response.
Zalaroya: "It doesn't matter what you say. You'll die here regardless!"
The clash began.
Zalaroya dashed at Yui. Yui blocked with her spear.
In a blink, Zalaroya kicked Yui high into the sky. Midair, Yui transformed her spear into a flaming arrow and shot it down. It streaked through the sky like a comet.
Zalaroya sliced it in half in an instant and slowly sheathed her sword like a seasoned swordmaster.
She launched into the sky to meet Yui. The battle ignited.
Yui summoned her spear spirit, Azu, in human form. She conjured a flaming sword—now it was two vs. one.
Zalaroya: "Two-on-one? Good. That makes it more fun! Come at me!"
Azu moved first—powerful, aggressive, pushing Zalaroya to the edge.
Yui followed with a strike to Zalaroya's abdomen, sending her flying backward.
Yui: "Taste death—Solar Swords!"
Twenty swords surrounded Yui, rotating at light speed, radiating heat enough to melt mountains—designed for both defense and attack.
Azu charged at Zalaroya with light-speed punches, landing a devastating blow to her face and smashing her deep into the ground, creating a crater 20 km wide.
Zalaroya (emerging unharmed, not even a scratch): "That was a powerful hit."
Azu was stunned—but kept fighting. He clashed with her barehanded, turning his arms into blades.
Zalaroya struggled against Azu. He had no blood—so she couldn't destroy or control his body.
Yui (yelled from above): "Azu, MOVE!"
Azu pulled back. Yui threw one of her Solar Swords—it blazed toward Zalaroya faster than light.
It pierced her hand and hit the ground—triggering an explosion larger than twenty nuclear bombs.
Yui thought it was over. She dispelled the Solar Swords.
As the dust cleared…
Zalaroya emerged, unharmed. In an instant, she appeared before Yui with bloodlust in her eyes—like a starving wolf—and drove her sword through Yui's stomach.
Yui fell from the sky.
Azu reverted to his spear form and fell beside her.
Zalaroya had lost her hand in the explosion—but regrew it using Moon Magic.
Zalaroya (whispering coldly at Yui's spear):
"If I hadn't stabbed that girl… that spear entity would've killed me.
It was stronger than me.
But it was bound to her…
I was lucky."
She left the area and flew high above the battlefield.
From the sky, she gazed down.
Only around 7 million soldiers remained from the kingdom's forces.
Zalaroya: "That's a lot of bugs… DIE!"
She raised her hand—and in a second, every single soldier exploded into pieces.
Seven million souls, gone in an instant.
Zalaroya formed a throne of blood and sat upon it in the sky. The moon loomed behind her, grand and terrifying.
The shadow army knelt before her—acknowledging her as a true Demon Queen.
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At the edge of the battlefield…
Rin had barely survived Zalaroya's attack.
He searched everywhere for Yui.
After a long search, he found her lying on the ground.
Rin (crying out, desperate): "YUI!! Answer me, please!!!"
She was unconscious.
He also carried Eleria's body.
The scene was pure horror—blood, corpses, and fire everywhere.
Even the sea had turned to blood.
Rin didn't return to the Grand Ice Kingdom.
Instead, he headed for the Great Flame Kingdom.
Using his Void Magic, he opened a portal and transported himself to the royal palace.
Rin collapsed upon arrival—exhausted, bloodied, and broken.
Infernus saw them and rushed over in panic.
Infernus: "Rin?! Yui?!"
Rin (barely conscious): "Infernus…"
He passed out.
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Back on the battlefield.
While Zalaroya sat upon her blood throne, surrounded by darkness…
Yamamoto (whispering, shocked):
"Hoo… I didn't expect her to win.
She was lucky.
But the other kingdoms are on their way…
What will you do, Zalaroya?
The war isn't over yet."
Zalaroya, sitting high above it all, declared:
"I am now the true Demon Queen.
I am death. I am evil incarnate."
To be continued…