Aurora's POV
"Aurora, what are you thinking about?? And what're you exactly staring at??" Tristan tilted his head waving his right hands in front of my eyes to snap back from the conversation in my mind.
I touched the necklace, it started to grow weaker and weaker. And when I clenched my hand, the strength didn't feel the sa anymore.
Defeating the demon faster, the better. And in order to defeat him, I had to drink his blood...
He didn't shed a single drop of blood fighting against over ten people, just how should I...
Hm? Tristan wasn't even the slightest injured either.
What should I do in this situation? With my strength alone, I won't be able to injure him.
Using a sword is off limit for . I wounded myself using it once.
Hmm...
Wait...
Who said we needed a weapon from the real world?? This realm is also mixed with illusion and reality. So as long as it was in this realm, anything is possible.
Think, think, Eun-Kyung, think. Which weapon will be perfect to go against him??
The demon charged at right when I was thinking, I barely dodged it and he spread the smoke again. I inhaled it and got inside the illusion.
"Eun-Kyung, here's my howork."
I couldn't believe I thought this was the reality once.
I sighed and rushed out of the classroom to the sidewalk. As I got into the illusion often, I knew how to manage the ti here. Ti flows differently.
I got barely an hour before the demon's sword reached my neck in the real world.
Which weapon?? Which weapon will allow to draw out the demon's blood easily??
Suddenly, the tree fell down right in front of when I crossed the road. The light bulb appeared over my head as I ran to the man with the chainsaw.
I smirked and grabbed the chainsaw with . The smirk didn't last long when I had to do the sa thing again.
"Good luck, Eun-Kyung..." but that ti, instead of driving over her, I hit the brake right before I hit her.
I got down from the car and walked to Sun-hee in the middle of the road.
I always wanted to know why she always said that when I almost killed her. I knew she wasn't the real Sun-hee but...she was the Sun-hee I spent many years with in the world of illusion.
"Why did you keep saying that??"
"Why did you stop the car??? You should've driven over ."
"Not until you answer my question. Who are you???!!"
She looked at with her pitiful eyes, she murmured to as the rain fell down over us, "I'm the one who made sure you stayed here, Eun-Kyung."
"As expected. Then why do you want to leave this illusion??"
"I'm tired of all of this...I'm not the real Sun-hee...but you're a friend to ...Eun-Kyung. I want you to leave this fake world..."
I get it now...
I walked back in the car and drove backward then stepped on the gas pedal toward that woman.
It's nice knowing you. And I won't co back to this fake world again, I promise.
"You're my friend too, whatever your na is!!!!"
"...yeah..."
!!!!
Bang
Urghhh
"Eun-Kyung!!! Look out!!!!" my hand was wounded by the demon sword as my super strength couldn't hold his sword any longer. I bit my lip and took many steps away from the demon as the soldiers and Tristan stepped up to protect .
Here goes nothing...
I raised the chainsaw I got from the fake earth and shouted to everyone to move.
"Tristan, immobolize him!!!"
"I trust you, Eun-Kyung."
Death Roses Magic: Roses Vine
Sothing was off...
The rose vine really immobilized the demon, and I succeed in cutting off the demon's arm but not a single drop of blood was on the floor.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
My eyes widen hearing the laughing voice in the room full of mirrors.
"You coward, where are you???"
The demon we were fighting for many hours turned to the broken mirror then fell to the ground. The mirror had the face of one soldier in it.
"I'm not a coward, I'm a man of tactic."
Tactic?? You clearly had the upper hand. Now that explained why all those fras disappeared. All the soldiers who were trapped in the illusion turned to his minion.
We rescued ten to fifteen of them, that ant...we had to do again and again with all these mirrors???
It was endless.
I felt the cold sweat behind my back when the mirror started turning into the demon, I walked slowly to Tristan and whispered, "You, deal with them. I'll deal with the real one."
"Are you sure you'll be okay??"
"The worst could've happened is dying."
"Yeah, that's the worst. So stay alive, okay??"
I was surprised hearing that even though I said it jokingly to him. When did he beco so soft??
I shook the thought distracting from my head and followed the voice inside the maze of mirrors I was in before.
"Co and find ."
"I'll find you, Lucas, or whatever."
"What's that in your hand?? A sword??"
"Poor demon, there were many things like this in my world illusion~I bet this is the first ti you see sothing like this."
"That's ridiculous. Why would I be interested in sothing useless like that??"
"In my illusion, we have a thing which allows us to talk to soone far away...I could bring it in this realm...but I couldn't give it to you...since you're a coward."
"Such an obvious trap, only idiots fall for that."
His voice was echoing from all directions, and all the thing I could see was the mirror. It was really annoying especially running with the heavy chainsaw.
Running around really drained out my stamina, I destroyed the mirror in my path one by one till there was no mirror left in the room.
The smoke at that ti ca out from the wall, as soon as I see it, I covered my nose and then walked to the wall which emit the smoke and destroy it in one punch.
There was the magical orb at the other side of the wall I destroyed, without hesitation, I destroyed that orb, and the smoke disappeared all at once.
All that was left was the demon's hideout.
"Oh no, I inhaled the smoke..."
I closed my eyes trying to fool the demon with the stupid lie. I opened my eyes a little waiting for that demon to co out.
I knew clearly that demons won't fall into such a trap but I want to know what was he doing when the soldier was trapped in his illusion and what was the process of turning them into the mirror.
I dropped my chainsaw on the floor then fell on the ground to make it seem realistic.
Just as I expected, when I laid down on the floor, the pieces of mirror levitated in the air and gathered to a mirror again.
A person who ca out of the mirror was none other than the demon.
I couldn't even gulp in that situation, my hands were urging to grab the chainsaw and wounded him to get his blood.
But that demon wasn't a fool to believe in my little trap, he destroyed my chainsaw first and then he summoned many mirrors surrounding .
"This is a trap, isn't it??" he whispered into my ears, I no longer pretend to close my eyes. There was red light shining on both of us. The white floor was covered in red blood as that demon grinned at .
"That necklace...isn't that from the southern empire?? Your super strength should be gone many years ago, I never expect to see such power again."
I glanced at the red blood on the floor, my jaw dropped when seeing his face without any trace of pain even after slicing his own arm.
"Are you confident in defeating ?? Here's my blood, drink it!! Then we'll see who will win in the battle of illusion."
"If I win, what's my prize??" I gulped and asked him as my hands already touched his cold blood.
"I will release all of the soldiers. But if I win...you'll have to beco my slave and go back to the demon realm with ."
That was such a ridiculous bet, but let's see...you're only the ancient demon, and I'm the girl from the modern world...in terms of illusion, I clearly have the upper hand but...
Anyway, there's no opportunity like this ever again, let's bet my life on this!
"Deal!"
"On the behalf of the demon king, if one of us betrayed the condition, they will die."
He summoned the portal with the purple smoke, we walked in it together.
And what awaited on the other side of the portal was sothing I never expected...
Marinette's POV
When the dawn arrived, I got out of the bed and woke Valencia who slept next to up.
"I'm still sleepy..."
"Let's go et Lucas. Let's get out of this empire."
"But Unnie, didn't you say you lost sothing here??? Don't you want to find it first?"
"It doesn't matter."
I've been thinking all night, the body swapping process could wait, and as long as Diana was in Marinette's body, that emperor won't hurt her.
I needed to save Tristan first, he is the duke right now. If he ever dies, it will be a problem for my future plan.
I put on the dress for Valencia, she was at my height but she behaved like a child. With the white hair wig and glasses, I took Valencia's hands and made our way to Victor's room.
Knock knock
"Victor!! Victor!!! Wake up!!!" there wasn't any response coming from the other side of the wooden door. So I used the death roses magic and opened the door from the inside.
The room had nobody in it.
Where is he???
Don't tell ...
I had a guess of where he should be, so I rushed to the alley full of trashes imdiately. What I saw was the man still wearing the sa clothes as yesterday with the bag under his eyes.
"Marinette!!! I...I finally found it!!!!"
"Victor, are you finding it all night?? I told you to get so rest...why don't you listen to ??" I took off my jacket and brought out the handkerchief to wipe the stain on his face.
He didn't even wear the jacket in the cold weather, his face was pale.
I put on the jacket and glared at him. I was glad he could find the antidote but he turned really weak, it will be bad for him to travel on the mountain crossing the border.
His face was saying like praising him, he was sulking since I scolded him instead of praising him for searching for it all night.
"You did a good job, but don't overdo it next ti, okay??"
"As long as you're happy..." he replied with the dimple on his cheek.
"Did he find it, Unnie??"
"Yes, Valencia. We finally found it." I replied to the woman who was still rubbing his eyes.
Seeing both of them didn't get enough sleep, I let them sleep in the inn for one or two more hours as I walked around the empire.
There were posters of Diana's face and Victor's face. The difference was on top of Diana's face, they wrote the word missing. And On Victor's, they wrote Dead Or Alive.
I have already cast the death roses magic barrier surrounding the inn, if anything happened, I will know imdiately.
Kwack Kwack
When I was walking around the remote alley, the purple phoenix I saw back at the mountain ca to and rest on my shoulder.
I was frozen when such a majestic animal sat on my shoulder like that, its feather was glowing beautifully.
'Long ti no see, lady Marinette.'
I was no longer surprised at that point when the bird talked to .
'Who are you???'
I felt like I caught a gleam of this phoenix once in Marinette's past life's mories.
Who was that phoenix??
To be continued....!
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