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Chapter 105 Reinforcement?

[Chapter 104 Comments]

[Aryan_Srivastav_3324: Something is about to happen. Asnother is acting like all of this is supposed to happen. Be on your toes.]

[Vanadhi_Lucia: When one mention Halloween, don't forget about Jack 'o' Lantern!]

[Amelia_Gladhis: Anstor: "Keikaku intensifies"]

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"There are too many of them." The twins voiced their concern as the number of enemies gradually overwhelmed them.

"We can't let them get very close." Jayden shouted while punching forward, creating a shock wave that launched a lot of people back.

"Aaaahhhh!"

"Aaahhhh!"

The bandits screamed in agony, defenseless against Jayden's formidable power.

In addition, they were rained on by arrows that Aurora released. Most of the bandits seemed to have a hard time blocking it and eventually succumbed to their injuries. And surprisingly, the remaining bandits seemed to be hesitant when they needed to walk over their comrades' dead bodies, as though they had an attachment that couldn't be described.

"Move!" Jeff's elites urged them, reminding them of their necessity to press forward despite their clear disgust for the act.

They had no choice but to continue, even though they were clearly disgusted by such an act.

Aurora frowned as she tried to understand their actions. She had assumed the bandits to be more callous and barbaric.

However, she couldn't observe them any further as the other elites had reached their positions. The twins hurriedly blocked them with their shields while looking at each other.

'The lesson from the teacher…' Luca seemed to have understood the content and wondered if Lucas managed to comprehend it too.

Lucas nodded his head as if telling her, 'Yes. You and I are twins, but we have our own strengths and weaknesses.'

Luca suddenly grabbed Lucas's shoulder before pouring all her essence into his body. After that, Lucas took this chance to form a giant barrier with multiple spikes.

The incoming elites had to halt their steps for a second, trying to comprehend this new ability.

However, before they had the chance to actually understand anything, Lucas had poured the remaining energy back into Luca.

All of a sudden, the spikes were extended, almost piercing the elites.

"!!!" They had to jump away to avoid all that attack, never thinking that Luca and Lucas still had another trump card.

Luca smiled as if she had expected this movement. The spikes began to lose their hardness and started moving like a snake, following the elites and forcing them to get away from them. Find exclusive stories on empire

"Huh? Luca, Lucas…" Jayden noticed the change in their power and tried to confirm it since they still had some time.

"Teacher has taught us that we might be twins, but we are still two different individuals. Even if we can combine our energy, we still have our own strengths and weaknesses." Luca explained.

"I'm good at forming or shaping the essence." Lucas nodded, confirming Luca's explanation.

"While I'm good at controlling the essence," Luca admitted that she was the one controlling the snake-like spikes that granted them a precious moment to catch some breaths.

Both of them reached an agreement and said the same thing, "All we have to do is pour our energy into each other depending on our goal."

"Without her, I can't do anything."

"Without him, I'll be hurt."

"But together, we're invincible."

"I see." Jayden smiled while Aurora pulled her bow again. "In that case, let's buy more time until our teacher defeats his opponent."

…

On the other side, Theo had taken down the cube user and the wire user

Theo looked at Jeff with a serious expression. He was clearly taken aback to find his subordinates falling into Theo's hands so easily.

Originally, they were supposed to hold on until the others captured the students. However, after Christina's appearance, it was clear that the objective had changed.

They split their groups into two so that they could see which one Christina would help.

But because they were expecting something, they began to worry about Christina's true goal because she hadn't done anything other than glare at them from above.

It was like Christina's arrow was ready to shoot at any moment they lowered their guard down.

Now that his subordinates had gone down, it was clear that Theo was going to defeat him soon.

"Kh!" Jeff gritted his teeth, wondering what he should do next.

Meanwhile, Theo glanced at the comments and let out a sigh. "I knew it."

Theo couldn't help but raise his scythe while saying, "Jeff Faewillow. I shall put you down now as a villain."

After that declaration, Theo rushed forward while numerous roots emerged in his way, creating a wall. Then, another wave of roots suddenly broke through the walls.

Jeff's target was to use that wall to cover his eyes. And the broken splinters would definitely reach his eyes, unless Theo jumped into the air.

Theo would have a hard time avoiding his attacks in the air, so Jeff had actually baited Theo to jump because there were a few more roots coming toward him. This time, the roots were covered in black energy that turned them into steel.

To Jeff's surprise, the reaper appeared again and used its body to hug these roots, preventing it from reaching Theo.

At the same time, Theo waved his scythe toward the remaining roots, releasing a pale gray-colored energy.

When the energy reached the steel roots, they actually crumbled as if the entire steel structure had become brittle.

Theo finally used the other power, Regret. Instead of the overwhelming power of Resentment, the Regret corroded Jeff's ability and let it crumble.

Since he had been utilizing the Resentment a lot, he didn't have much of it left, so it was better to begin using the other one.

After seeing how ineffective his power was against Theo, Jeff clapped his hands. Two roots formed a giant palm each and started moving toward Theo, trying to squeeze him to death.

Instead of covering them with the black-colored energy, Jeff shot that energy himself, trying to influence Theo with madness.

When the black energy was about to reach Theo, he actually didn't do anything as if he wanted to feel the madness.

Jeff thought Theo was foolish and that his goal might be achieved this time. However, Theo actually slapped the energy with his bare hand, causing the energy to turn into black ink instead of energy, flowing down like a river toward Jeff.

After that, Theo used the scythe to stop the two palms from squeezing him until the reaper grabbed these two arms.

"This is an illusion." Jeff realized it a second too late, as the energy had been completely turned into ink. He ended up needing to redirect the ink to the side with his roots.

Theo took this opportunity to close his distance with Jeff and sent forth the remaining resentment stored inside the scythe.

The red-colored energy was destroying the roots, and Jeff was powerless to stop it. The ink used that gap to flow and overwhelm him, so Jeff tried to jump back to regain some distance, only to find his back touching something.

There was actually a board behind him. He instinctively summoned two roots to push away the board, but those two seconds allowed Theo to finally reach him.

"It's over," Theo said with a sorrowful tone while swinging his scythe.

"No!" Jeff shot out the black energy again, which surprisingly managed to stop Theo's scythe. Jeff thought he was lucky that he managed to predict that the scythe remained as a soul instead of a physical object.

But that black energy had to fight against the 'Regret' from the scythe, causing the energy to be corroded.

Eventually, the corrosion moved and reached Jeff's hand, causing the energy inside his body to be corroded as well.

"!!!" Jeff was surprised that it could affect the energy inside of him. He used the remaining energy to slow down the corrosion process, but it just gave Theo more chances to strike him.

Theo struck Jeff with the scythe, but the latter threw himself to the side in the last struggle, causing the scythe to only pass through his entire right arm.

Theo's face darkened even further. Another steel root emerged from the ground to push him back, but Theo used the remaining 'Regret' to corrode the roots around him before kicking Jeff from the side, stopping his momentum.

After that, he spun his body and let the scythe rotate until it eventually struck Jeff's heart.

Theo closed his eyes, knowing that the battle was over. The Soul Scythe transmitted Jeff's soul.

Like Aurora claimed, madness had tainted his soul. What Theo found in other souls was that their color was blue. Yet Jeff's soul was actually half-red, half-blue.

When Aurora told him that the people who had been affected by madness couldn't be cured, it gave him a hint as to what happened to Jeff.

And that was the exact reason why Theo's facial expression contained a lot of anger and sorrow.

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Royal Palace.

"I have been waiting for you, Your Majesty." Ansthor smirked as if everything had gone according to plan.

The king couldn't help but notice something was wrong. However, he didn't know what was happening because there was too little information.

"I'm going to ask this one last time. What are you planning to do? Your Shadow Division has been working for the royal family for a long time, so why do you betray the kingdom?!"

The smile on Ansthor's face became even bigger as he corrected the king. "You're definitely wrong on that one, Your Majesty. The Duke was the one who created us, not the kingdom. He picked us up, trained us, and turned us into an elite that became the pride of the kingdom."

"…" The king remained silent. The Duke in his mouth was none other than his brother, Aurora's uncle, Jeff Faewillow. That was why he couldn't help but understand why these people still treated Jeff as that kind of leader when he had actually fallen into madness.

But when he connected the information as well as Ansthor's expression, a portion of the vague answer was cleared up.

His brother was an extremely loyal and kind man. So he felt so much grief knowing that his brother had been affected by the darkness.

However, seeing the loyalty of the Shadow Division made him notice there might be another reason for their absolute loyalty. The Duke never did anything detrimental to the kingdom, so his people should have done the same as long as they remained loyal.

His heart sank upon that realization as he asked one last question. "Ansthor! Where does your loyalty truly belong?"

There wasn't a single doubt or hesitation as Ansthor replied, "It never changes. My loyalty always belongs to the greatest duke of the Helvenia Kingdom, Duke Jeff Faewillow!"

The king clenched his fists as he hurriedly rushed outside the jail while shouting, "I need a report about the movement of all our nobles! And we're departing for Duchess Christina's territory right now!"

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While the king rushed to the battlefield, Theo and the others had finally encountered the real mastermind of the entire chaos.

There were a total of one thousand people rushing toward the bandit stronghold.

The first one to notice them was Christina, who was watching the entire area from a hill.

"They are…" Christina gasped, looking at them closely and recognizing each of their leaders. There were a total of ten important people among them. "Are you kidding me? The Crown Prince, Marquis Elenesta, Count Hargeon, Guardian Knight Rexion…"

She simply couldn't believe that all of those people actually gathered in one place when they were neither in the first prince's faction nor had a common goal.

"How… No, why would they come here? Are they actually trying to subjugate Jeff? No, if they were trying to do that, only a few of them would come. So, what is the reason?" The more Christina thought about it, the more she realized the sinister truth that was hidden the whole time.

She realized that they actually had one common ground, and that was why she couldn't believe it.