Kahayag's eyes were currently locked on Elric's back where blood is spilling out of the incision from her stab. 

Those blood. She could not help her tears flowing down as she watched them flow out of Elric's body.

She could hear it. Lapu-Lapu's voice has been shouting in her ears. From the blood of the young man, Lapu-Lapu's will had been reawakened. 

She could not help but see an image of the handsome warrior whom she missed a lot. His wavy hair moved according to the rhythm of the wind. His eyes glowed with the same sharp orange-brown edges in his iris.

She could tell it. And she could not help but cry.

Those were the eyes of disappointment. 

Her hands stopped moving. She could not take it anymore.

Meanwhile seeing that the mad lady suddenly stopped exerting force on the blade, the King suddenly transformed into his ma.s.sive Shadow form.

"Let me do it instead of you useless woman!"

The King forcefully slammed the small marble in her stomach and followed up with a forceful push that sent Kahayag flying a good five meters away.

Then the King took over, stepping over Elric's twitching body, ready to do the finis.h.i.+ng push and the start of his take over!

Kahayag was sent far and was feeling incredible pain, both in her physical and mental state. 

Lapu-Lapu's eyes were just too beautiful yet mysterious. It sent a message that far surpa.s.ses the limits of realms and gave her his unexpected message.

"I hate you."

It was loud and clear in that image. She could only cry bitterly as her fingers slowly slid down her stomach, held the small marble, and pulled it closer in her face so she could see.

Then it was finally revealed to her. 

The eyes of Lapu-Lapu's soul was pitch black and lifeless.

Her hands started to shake further at the unexplainable feeling of rage and regret.

What she saw inside the marble was a sure sign of spiritual death. And she was too late.

The deal was done but it was not what she expected. No wonder the b.a.s.t.a.r.d King gave it to her so casually. He was just pa.s.sing a dead fish after all!

"NOOOOOOO! HUHUHU!~"

Kahayag's voice wailed with great sadness. She can't bother about everything else in the world right now. Who cares about Elric? Who cares about the King that was about to take over the most perfect body!? 

Who cares when all her effort was in vain!?

CRAs.h.!.+~

With deep anger and regret, Kahayag ended up shattering the marble in her bare hands. The pieces of marble shards landed in her face and created small wounds that she could barely careabout. 

The pain was just too much. Her eyes could see the soul of the man she loved the most slowly evaporating into thin air. Like a white smoke, he faded into nothingness.

"Lapu... I am sorry." Kahayag closed her eyes. She did everything. She was too tired. 

She tried her best, to recover from her past mistake. If not for her recklessness during the past, all of this could have been avoided.

She was once warned by a certain being from the Realm of Light, that attaching yourself to anything that produces shadow would incure attachments. She ignored it. 

But now she understands. She should have never loved a mortal. She should have never fallen to the temptation of temporary. All this, started with the feeling of wanting. That feeling the she taught was freedom, was actually the snare of her downfall.

Even Lapu-Lapu told her so. To get back to her realm before it's too late but she refused.

She was in love. But now, the world is at stake because of that feeling of love. She didn't want to lose him so she did everything. 

She fought over time and waited. She fought over her real ident.i.ty and rebelled. She fought over her fate and eventually lost. She fought over love and ended up in regret. She gave up everything for one. 

Did she make a mistake? Was she wrong? 

All questions poured out and ultimately disabled her overwhelming powers. The essence of light slowly flowed out of her body as a realization finally came down to her.

She failed as a being of Light and now, the heavens are taking her powers away from her.

And she could only watch the enerfy go away helplessly and regretfully as she resigned herself to her defeat.

She once lived a glorious life, all it takes is one wrong decision and everything crumbled. All her plans, dreams and hopes. All gone.

A few meters away from her, the King from the Dark Realm is currently rejoicing. 

His sensitive senses had been warning him for quite a while about the incoming intruders. 

From the north, west, and south, he could feel the ma.s.sive congregation of thousands of Dragons, from various ranks and tribes. With haste and agitation, they are just minutes away from reaching his location.

A hundred kilometers away from his spot, he could also hear the continuous rumbling of earth-shaking explosions from the battle currently ongoing between the Arkhans and the Guardians.

While not far from him, he could feel the faint traces of invisible creatures warily watching him.

They were the hidden Ancient Humans, who also happens to save Arkhoz a while ago, and we're trying to find an opportunity to move and steal Elric's body, however, as smart as they are, they knew that they didn't have the strength to escape him nor even hide from his detection. He was a King from the Dark Realm after all!

"HAHAHA! G.o.ds and Kings of all realms! Heed my shout!" 

The King suddenly raised his voice with wide-open arms towards the heaven while his body, starting from his feet, started to slowly crumble into tiny speck of dust, slowly moving and covered Elric's laying body. Like black ants, these black dust crawled into Elric's body using all the body orifices they could pa.s.s through.

He was on the process of taking over Elric's body for good.

"I, Katimo! One of the Twelve Kings of the Dark Realm is now about to step to the peak of my existence! Prepare your golden carpets! Prepare your doors to meet me! With this young man's vessel, the stage for the Emperor of Dark Realm is now in my hands!"

And as he said so, Katimo kneeled down and unhesitantly held the cursed knife tightly.

WOOOM!~

The moment his dark hands made contact with the knife, his body even started to dissolve into dust, only with the superior powers that he remained barely intact. 

Pumping his dark spiritual energy into his hands, he pressed the cursed knife even deeper only to realize something.

"This..."

With another surge of spiritual energy, he tried to press the cursed knife even harder but to no avail.

The knife won't go through!

Elric is barely alive with his consciousness sealed by the curse and his body barely keeping up from the wounds that even his crazy recovery cant make up.

But for some reason, the young man is hanging up to the smallest strength left behind. As if his body was reacting on its own, not letting death fully embrace it!

"No! Die! Die! Die!"

With his strength getting sapped each second pa.s.sing, the King even tried to pull the knife and stabbed them back only to realize an even stronger force coming from inside, repelling the cursed knife from penetrating!

"No! Impossible! Die! Your body should be mine!" 

He tried harder and harder, stabbing with all his force, but Elric's body continued to harden like lifeless water suddenly turning to a block of indestructible ice. All he did but to no use.

Seeing his chances of obtaining the perfect vessel getting dimmer, the King finally let go of the knife.

"Then I will just force my self through!"

Not minding of the possible soul backlash, the King's body suddenly expanded into a ma.s.sive black Bat, ten times the size of the previous snake transformation of the Envoy! Quickly, his ma.s.sive and lengthy body flew upward with great haste, looking like a black winged-genie coming out of the lamp.

The sheer power it possessed instantly created shocking tremors throughout the area. The clouds it touched instantly evaporated and powerful sparks started to pulsate out of its humungous body.

The true form of the King from the Dark Realm, the Bat of Destruction!

From kilometers away, one could see the black serpent sprinting into the sky, before diving back, gaining momentum, and preparing to force itself in taking over Elric's body!

SWOOOOOOs.h.!.+~

And like a black blur, it started to dive down towards the ground while leaving shockwaves behind, with Elric at the center of its landing!

Its dark beady eyes reflected the young man's body and a confident smile slowly emerged out of its fanged mouth.

"You are mine!" 

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ROOAR!

ROOOAR!~

BOOOOOM!~

BOOOOOOOOOM!~

Barely just three meters away from reaching Elric, suddenly two powerful bursts of green and red fire managed to hit the giant black bat, sending it a good hundred meters away from Elric and setting it off into a barrage to an explosion of green and red fire while painfully skidding to the hard ground.

It was a concentrated Dragon breath that hit him.

Lesse and Long, came out from the unceasing ball of fire, revealing a renewed, domineering Eastern Dragon body and aura.

The two last remaining Eastern Dragons have successfully reached the King Dragon stage!