While Ash was still imrsed in joy and jubilation, the door to the warehouse suddenly opened, causing him to be so startled that he almost dropped the Wooden Stick.
He imdiately turned towards the door, but then breathed a sigh of relief when he realized it was Serena.
But wait, she seed a little different than usual. The most obvious thing was that her posture was no longer as straight and confident as before, and she was leaning against the door to stand up straight.
"What's wrong, Sere..." Ash walked towards her, but then stopped in shock when he saw her current state.
Serena was not doing well at all. To put it bluntly, she looked like she was about to die.
Her body was covered in wounds, from light wounds to serious wounds that were dangerous enough to endanger her life.
Blood continuously flowed from the wounds on her face, making it look much uglier than before.
Her right arm was twisted, definitely broken. How pitiful and painful.
And worst of all, so parts of her body were no longer human skin color but black, it seed like it was the result of being hit by those laser beams.
Ash imdiately ran towards her, supporting her with all his strength. And surprisingly, she wasn't that heavy despite wearing silver armor.
Well, that was only natural, she was a girl after all.
"Serena, are you okay?"
"Ha...you can't tell by looking, my Prince?" Even getting the words out was becoming too difficult for her.
"H-Have you...found that Relic...yet...?"
"Yes. I found it. Your sacrifices were not in vain." Ash held the wooden stick in front of Serena.
"Pft... is this the Relic you talked about?"
"Stop talking, rest. Let finish this battle."
Hearing Ash's words filled with concern and worry, Serena didn't say anything more and slowly relaxed her body and closed her eyes, letting herself be swept away by sleepiness and fatigue.
She had decided to leave the outco of this battle to Ash.
***
Ash walked out of the warehouse together with the currently unconscious Serena. Then, he stared at the Abyssal Creature with resentful eyes.
He was angry that Death had killed all of his loyal soldiers, angry that it had made Serena like this, and angry that he had to use the Wooden Stick to finish it off.
'What a waste.'
But Death of course didn't care what the hell Ash was thinking. The Abyssal Creature looked at Serena - who was unconscious from severe injuries - and felt quite satisfied.
And then Death's attention turned to Ash, no, to be more exact, the wooden stick he was holding in his hand.
Death paused for a mont and then acted as if it was laughing loudly without making any sound.
And he didn't need to hear it to know that the Abyssal Creature was deliberately mocking and looking down on him. But that was very beneficial for Ash.
If Death looked down on this wooden stick because of its appearance, then of course its vigilance would also be greatly reduced. And that was his chance.
Ash gently pointed the stick at the Abyssal Creature that was floating in the air - still laughing loudly - without saying anything.
His eyes only showed one word, but it was very clear - Kill.
anwhile, the Abyssal Creature still didn't give a shit about Ash's actions and continued to laugh like a madman.
How stupid.
The tip of the staff - the part that was pointing towards Death - suddenly emitted a white light, both holy and evil.
And then, from there, a pure white beam was suddenly released and shot straight towards the Abyssal Creature at a speed even faster than sound, as if it wanted to pierce through reality.
Death had not been able to predict this.
And then, that beam pierced through Death's chest, but it still didn't stop but continued to fly further and higher, even flying through the False Horizon to reach the Abyssal Realm.
Ash also had no intention of paying attention to that beam anymore because his enemy had already been defeated.
After being pierced through the chest by that beam, Death beca completely immobile, just like how it had done to Ash's loyal soldiers.
Then, like a discarded rag, the Abyssal Creature fell straight to the ground.
But before Death's body could even touch the ground, it had completely dissipated into nothingness, completely erased from this reality.
Ash stood still for a long ti, still not really believing that he had just defeated a powerful Abyssal Creature like Death.
It was only when the system sent him a notification that Ash was able to return to normal:
[Congratulations! You have defeated a Supre Tyrant - Death. For your contribution, you will receive 10 Experiences.]
'So it was a Supre Tyrant?' Ash wasn't too surprised because he had already predicted this from the start.
But if he said that he didn't feel lucky, it would be a blatant lie. If he had accidentally encountered an Unholy Tyrant this ti, his death would have been certain.
The result of today's battle, Ash had destroyed all the remnants of the Ur Kingdom as well as defeated a Supre Tyrant.
But in return, all of his soldiers were dead and Serena was severely injured, to the point that her breathing was becoming weaker by the second.
Ash carried the still unconscious Serena towards the corpses of his loyal soldiers. He was silent for a mont, then bowed deeply, showing his sincerity and gratitude as much as possible.
"I have avenged everyone. Thank you for everything, soldiers of the Voidveil Empire. Now, please rest in peace."
With that, he imdiately detonated all the remaining collars. Ash would rather let his soldiers explode than let them be eaten by the other Abyssal Creatures.
***
A while later, Ash and Serena successfully returned to the camp, and as soon as they returned, he imdiately bandaged Serena's wounds and waited for her to wake up.
About 2 hours later, her eyes fluttered a bit before finally opening.
She slowly sat up, looking around the tent in amazent. Then, her eyes stopped when she saw Ash sitting on a chair next to her bed.
"You're awake? Are you feeling any better?" Ash asked kindly.
"I'm better, sir. Thank you for worrying about ." With that, she took out five bottles of red liquid that looked like blood from a nearby backpack, opened the lids, and instantly swallowed them all down her throat.
"What is that?"
"Animal blood. That's my Ability, sir. If I drink blood, I can recover."
And sure enough, the wounds on her body began to heal at a rapid pace. It was as if she had never been injured in the first place.
The two of them fell into absolute silence once again. But before the silence could beco uncomfortable, Ash spoke first:
"Hey Serena, you know that I'm not the real Third Prince, right?"
He had decided to ask her that question.
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