"You should have taken out the head entirely" Donald said with a frown on his face. Most of his injuries had already been healed, all thanks to Cyrus' life magic.

"I wish I could but that black scythe of his has a mind of its own… if I reacted a second later I probably would have lost my life" Daemon stuck out her tongue as she spoke.

"It's alright, we will surely get another chance" Cyrus said with a calm smile on his face

The fury in Derik's expression could not be hidden at all, not only did they try to deal a death blow on him, but they laughed about it and claimed they will get another chance. His visage turned cold and his murderous aura poured out like a raging tidal wave, forcing Daemon to retreat a bit further.

"I can a.s.sure you, there won't be a next time…" Derik hissed.

He waved his hand and the death scythe flew into his hand. Wielding his divine weapon, his already terrifying aura rose even more.

The smile on Cyrus' face darkened as he noticed tiny black spheres emerging from the thousands of people below and flying towards Derik's body.

This was Derik's ability to draw power from negative emotion!

To think he would try to use it at a time like this!

Who would have thought their little joke would enrage the prince of darkness?

Even though Cyrus possessed the 'Child of life' ability which lets him draw life energy from people's life force, there is a limited amount he can take, or else his target will die off. But Derik's case was different, he could draw power from the negative emotions of all those present with no limit, at a time like this where tens of thousands of warriors and mages battled each other to the death filled with malicious intentions, at a time where chaos prevailed and even those hiding in their homes, who were not involved in the conflict felt great fear and pain in their hearts, Derik's power was terrifying!

This is the best condition for Derik to fight and the worst condition to battle Derik!

Gyro was a relatively small kingdom that lacked quality and quant.i.ty! The only reason it has been able to stand for centuries is simply due to the presence of the spatial magician, Kalos! Who has been the most powerful figure in Gyro for over more than a century.

As the news of the battle at the capital spread to the other parts of the kingdom, fear gripped the heart of everyone in the kingdom and because of this their negative emotions flowed like a cl.u.s.ter of dark clouds towards the man battling the royal guards of the kingdom at the capital.

He is drawing power from all the negative emotions in the heart of the citizens of Gyro!

Under the effects of his ability, Derik's power level rose and soon reached the low grade of the gold realm. His body was filled with so many dark symbols, which kept moving around his body restlessly. When his lips yanked open a cl.u.s.ter of dark clouds flew out of it and instantly blocked the sun.

" You will never get that chance again, you are still as sloppy as always…" Derik said with his hands folded around his chest as he slowly and casually approached the barrier with a vicious smile on his face.

"Come at me!" Derik threw his hands open as if he was running into the embrace of a very close friend!

Roar!

Donald roared like a terrifying beast and dashed forward, turning into a dazzling beam of silver light! His broadsword trembled greatly as he quickly covered the small gap between them in just a second.

"Silver level combat technique: Lightning strike!" Donald roared and his eyes turned blue!

His body released terrifying streaks of blue lightning, which surrounded the silver blade, making it release terrifying aura that made people feel like this attack could split the heavens. Even though Donald was at the low grade of the silver realm, his attack had enough power to severely damage mid-grade silver realm warriors and mages if they are caught off guard! This is an outstanding achievement for people who do not possess guardian spirits, this showed how talented the guardian knight is!

Bam!

A ma.s.sive shockwave occurred which caused everyone's jaws to drop. They were not shocked by the ma.s.sive shock wave caused by the attack, instead, they were shocked by the fact that Derik used his hands to catch the blade.

His hands were pitch black, surrounded by a cloud of darkish purple aura. His blazing fiery eyes flashed and a sinister smile appeared on his face.

His death aura spread forth from his hands and before Donald could react, Derik crushed his silver level magic sword with just brute strength.

"Too late!" Derik said indifferently when he saw Donald trying to retreat. With a single swing of the death scythe, a ma.s.sive gash appeared across Donald's chest and he spat out a mouthful of blood before falling off the sky like a log of wood.

"Too Fast!" everyone gasped

All this happened in just three seconds at most. So fast that Cyrus and Gin were not able to cast their defensive spells to help lessen the damage Donald sustained.

"Donald!" Daemon screamed in fright, das.h.i.+ng down like a comet in a bid to catch up to her boyfriend.

Seeing the fright in the girl's eyes, Derik could tell that these two were in a relations.h.i.+p and his vicious smile widened even more.

"Where do you think you're going? s.n.a.t.c.h!" Derik laughed and a streak of dark energy flew out of his hands and took the shape of a dark claw, grabbing on to Daemon before she could react.

"Such control!" Cyrus gasped.

As one rises to a higher realm, their control over their element and abilities rises as well. While they were still recruits, yet to undergo refinement, mages always needed to use incantations and scream the name of the spell as well just to activate it. At the bronze realm, mages could ignore the incantations of most spells but as a result, the spell's overall destructive capabilities are greatly reduced. At the silver realm, as long as the user's proficiency in casting a particular spell is high enough, they can totally ignore the incantations without fear of any adverse effects.

This is the first time Cyrus viewing an enemy who possessed the power level of the low level of the gold realm act. To his greatest surprise, Derik did not cast a spell, instead, he just released his energy and controlled it skilfully, making him capable of acting against his opponents with just a thought!

"Light protection!" Cyrus roared and a streak of golden energy left his body and surrounded Daemon and Donald thereby making it difficult for Derik's devilish aura to harm Daemon while the golden energy around the free-falling Donald just reduced the damage he will sustain from the fall.

"Cute…" Derik muttered and he punched out.

Another streak of death aura shot out and took the form of a fist, shattering the golden barrier while sending her flying hundreds of meters away while leaving behind trails of red blood which she spat out as she flew away uncontrollably.

'Hahahahahahaahahaha!" Derik laughed out loud as he ascended further into the sky, looking down on the other members of team guardians. His cold gaze was fixed on the only person who can challenge him directly here and a soft chuckle escaped his lips.

"I will say it again… come at me with all you've got!" Derik declared!