"This... this can't be real," Alera muttered, her Living Shadows flickering erratically around her in defense.
Her eyes darted between the two sets of Pyris, Zara, and Nysa, desperately trying to make sense of what was happening.
They acted instinctively to make a distance from the first pair trio of Pyris, Zara and Nysa, they didn't know who was real and who wasn't.
Before they could say another move, the trio they thought they had hurt—the ones calling themselves Pyris, Zara, and Nysa—began to shift grotesquely.
Their forms twisted and contorted, revealing monstrous creatures with glowing, malicious eyes and razor-sharp claws. Their jaws unhinged, revealing rows of jagged teeth, as they snarled at the girls.
The young girls staggered back, weapons raised, but the creatures were faster betraying their first impression of being weak monsters.
Their claws struck with precision, slicing through their defenses and leaving deep, bleeding wounds. Seren, Lyra, and Alera cried out, clutching their injuries as they staggered further away.
"We've been fooled," Seren gasped, her breath labored. Blood dripped from her lips as she glared at the creatures. "This... this is why they felt so weak before."
"They lured us in," Alera said through gritted teeth, her knees buckling. Her Living Shadows flickered in a desperate attempt to shield her, but her strength was waning.
Lyra, her light elent dimming, spat blood as she steadied herself. "They're... too fast."
From the other side of the chamber, the real Pyris's expression twisted in fury. His aura flared, a maelstrom of power radiating from his body as he took in the scene. The sight of his companions injured and bleeding ignited sothing primal within him.
"Leave those bastards to !" Pyris roared, his voice thunderous and filled with authority. His elental aura surged around him, crackling with intensity. His golden eyes burned with determination as he turned to Zara and Nysa. "No one touches them!"
Without hesitation, Pyris activated his mana, pulling the three injured girls toward Zara with a swift wave of energy. They landed gently near her, their bleeding forms imdiately enveloped in Zara's glowing healing magic.
"You're safe now," Zara said softly, her hands steady as she worked to close their wounds.
Pyris didn't wait for their gratitude.
His golden eyes locked onto the monsters with a deadly resolve.
"These bastards are mine."
With a burst of superspeed, Pyris closed the distance between him and the creatures in an instant. Before they could react, he raised his hand, summoning a pillar of sand from the ground. It slamd into the first creature, throwing it into the chamber wall with a deafening crash.
The second creature lunged at him from the side, but Pyris was already onto it. He turned sharply, his hand wreathed in darkness as he thrust it forward. The darkness coalesced into tendrils, wrapping around the creature and pinning it to the floor.
"You think you can just hurt them and walk away?" Pyris hissed, his voice low and nacing. The tendrils tightened, eliciting a guttural roar from the creature as it thrashed against its bindings.
The third creature, seeing its chance, leapt into the air, aiming for Pyris's exposed back. But he vanished in a blur of motion, reappearing above it with a wicked grin.
"Gotcha," he said, summoning his ti elent. A bubble of distorted energy ford around the creature, freezing it mid-air. Pyris hovered above it, his eyes glowing with malice.
He realized these creatures had a high intelligence of at least of a twelve year human with their cruelty and cunning strategy could only compare with a real adult, since they had so good intelligence...
"I'm going to make this slow," he muttered, snapping his fingers. The ti bubble dissipated, and the creature plumted to the ground, only to be caught in a swirling vortex of sand that Pyris summoned below it.
Pyris landed gracefully, his aura crackling with power as he faced the immobilized creatures. He walked slowly toward the first one, which was still pinned against the wall by the sand pillar.
"Let's start with you," he said, his tone calm yet chilling. He raised his hand, summoning a shard of ice. It hovered in the air, sharp and gleaming, before shooting forward and embedding itself in the creature's leg.
The beast howled in agony, its cries echoing through the chamber. Pyris tilted his head, feigning curiosity. "Oh? Does that hurt? Good. That's just the beginning."
He turned to the second creature, which was still struggling against the tendrils of darkness.
With a wave of his hand, he summoned a sphere of water, encasing the creature's head. It clawed desperately at the sphere, its muffled screams growing weaker as it began to suffocate.
"Breathe, why don't you?" Pyris taunted, his voice laced with mockery.
The third creature, still trapped in the sand vortex, growled and writhed, its glowing eyes filled with fear. Pyris's grin widened. "Don't worry, I haven't forgotten about you."
He snapped his fingers, and the vortex tightened, the sand grinding against the creature's body like a relentless vice.
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"Brutal, say Alera, does your boyfriend has a sadistic side on him?" Zara muttered a question, leaning against the wall as she finished healing Alera's wounds.
"Well, everyone does and it seems like, his has just been triggered." Seren answered weakly while Alera chose to be quiet.
Nysa smirked faintly, her arms crossed as she observed Pyris's calculated tornt. "He doth show no rcy when those he careth for art threatened. Such a mortal is… intriguing."
"He's not exactly a mortal, though, is he?" Zara quipped, her tone lighter but her eyes sharp.
Nysa tilted her head, an enigmatic smile on her lips. "Mayhap not. He beareth the potential of sothing far greater."
Lyra stirred, groaning as she sat up. Her dark eyes flickered with gratitude and a hint of worry as she watched Pyris. "He's… going too far." Lyra was starting to get sothing she didn't understand, stirring storms in her heart the ti she has spent with Pyris who she knows as Petne.
"He'll stop," Alera said firmly. "He always does… eventually."
Pyris stood amidst the cries of monsters he had tortured, his aura radiating dominance as the creatures lay broken and battered before him. He looked down at the third creature, which was barely clinging to life, its glowing eyes dimming.
"You're lucky I don't have ti to play with you longer, but guys like you are intelligent and knew exactly what you were doing, you don't deserve a one-off killing." Pyris said, his voice cold.
"But I don't have ti to play anymore, I will send you to your creator!" The monsters shivered they opened their mouth as if to say sothing?
But he raised his hand stopping them, "No need to thank !"
Summoning a swirling mass of wind. With a flick of his wrist, the wind slamd into the creature, sending it flying across the chamber and into the far wall.
The other two creatures, now barely alive, whimpered weakly. With a slice of his claws, he severed their necks with no hesitation.
Pyris turned his back on them, his aura fading as he walked toward Zara.
As Pyris returned to the group, Zara's healing magic was still flowing into Seren, Lyra, and Alera, closing their wounds completely. They looked up at him with a mix of gratitude and awe.
"You didn't have to go that far," Seren said softly, her voice tinged with guilt.
"They hurt you," Pyris replied, his tone firm. "That's reason enough."
Lyra managed a weak smile. "Remind never to get on your bad side."
Pyris smirked, crossing his arms. "Just don't get hurt, and you'll be fine." He chuckled at her cautious voice.
Alera reached out, her hand brushing against his arm. "Thank you, Pyris." Experience tales at My Virtual Library Empire
He looked at her, his gaze softening for a mont before he nodded, he hugged his woman in a gentle squeeze, he was separated from her and the monsters.had tricked her to near death.
"I am sorry lovebug, I will never lose a sight of you again!" He kissed her forehead softly.
"Mmm~" Alera lted in slowly.
"Let's keep moving. We've wasted enough ti here." Nysa called out seeing their affectionate display.
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