Witch's Daughter And The Devil's Son

Yorian and Slayer were alerted by this, and even Seren sensed an evil energy approaching her. Her eyes caught the sight of the wizard, ready to unleash dark magic on her, his staff pointed towards her.

Slash!

"Ughh…"

No one could see how, but in the next moment, Erebus was standing in front of Seren like a shield, and both of his swords, coated with darkness, had pierced the wizard's body to their ends. A pair of devilishly dark eyes gazed viciously at the wizard's lifeless body viciously.

Erebus pulled out both swords and, even before the wizard's body could fall to the ground, the swords moved with speed unseen by ordinary eyes, slicing the body into several pieces midair, with the wizard's head rolling at Erebus' feet.

As if possessed by vengeance, Erebus lifted one foot and crushed the head under it like delicate ripe fruit, causing blood to spill around.

It was truly a gruesome and heart-wrenching sight to see. With that, the entire surrounding turned eerily silent, so much so that not even birds or bugs dared make a sound, as if they could sense the anger from the Devil.

Drayce—or more accurately, Erebus—sensed the woman standing to his one side, looking at him. He didn't meet her gaze and turned around to walk away, but…

"Don't leave."

He heard a voice he always found sweetest to his ears and stopped in his tracks. While Slayer and Yorian stayed back, at this moment it was Erebus they were observing.

Seren hurried towards him, not minding the blood spilled on the ground or anything else. All her focus was on the man in front of her, the one she cherished the most.

She stood in front of him, but he turned his face to the other side as if not wanting to let her see him.

"Do not leave without my permission," she said, her voice gentle and pleading.

The mysterious and unusually calm man in front of her still didn't react to her words until he heard her again.

"Look at me," she said softly, all her fears, previously heightened by those wizards, had already disappeared.

As if compelled to obey her, Erebus slowly turned his face towards her, his eyes, the deepest shade of dark, meeting her purple ones.

It was the first time Seren had seen Erebus' appearance in clear light. Every time he showed up, it was always dark; she could never see him clearly or read the emotions in his eyes. Now, as she looked into his eyes, she realized she still couldn't understand his emotions, as his eyes seemed to lack any particular expression.

She didn't know what to say to him, but she knew she was grateful to him for showing up and protecting her. Her moist gaze fell on his chest where the wizard had stabbed him, and his dark clothes were coated in his own blood.

She moved her hand towards his chest, placing it away from where he was stabbed. "It must hurt a lot," she said, tears rolling down her eyes as if she felt the pain herself, and looked back at him. "Does it hurt a lot?"

In response, he only stared at her wordlessly, his eyes and face still emotionless.

Not objecting to his lack of reaction, Seren stepped forward and hugged him; she felt his body tense up as he probably had not expected this from her.

"Thank you for coming to protect me," she mumbled against his chest, her hands wrapped around him. She didn't care about his body having blood stains all over from all the slaughter he had caused, nor did she feel anything wrong with what he did.

"I thought I lost you. Thank you for coming back to me."

Erebus didn't move a muscle as if he didn't know what to do. His hands remained down, holding those two blood dripping swords, and his mouth remained sealed as if he didn't know what or how to speak.

After a few moments of comforting herself, Seren created a little space between them, raised her head, and observed the bloodstains on his face.

She raised her hand towards his face while he stood motionlessly. "Let me wipe it," she said, her fingers gently brushing against his skin to wipe away the bloodstains. "Though you can heal on your own, we still need to treat you. I need to make sure you are not hurt anymore."

His dark eyes remained fixed on her veiled face, making Seren wonder what he must be thinking or feeling.

Just then, Yorian and Slayer, who had been waiting at a distance, decided to approach after Slayer signaled Azer to take care of the knights and servants.

Seren watched the two figures approaching and spoke when they got closer, "Lord Yorian, we need to..." Suddenly, she exclaimed, "Erebus?" as she felt his body lose its strength, leaning over her and she supported him.

Slayer and Yorian hurried to assist, and they helped Drayce sit on the ground. Seren made his head rest in her arms, her mind filling with worry. Drayce's face had returned to its usual appearance and the darkness surrounding him had vanished, indicating that Erebus was gone.

"Dray, what happened?" she asked, her voice laced with concern.

Yorian immediately held Drayce's hands and scried through his body while the other two waited to hear him.

"He is gravely hurt." They heard Yorian who had opened his eyes that passed worried gaze at Drayce.