Twin Reincarnation: Epics Of The Worldline-Chapter 350 Turning tides

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The dense forest around them seemed to pulse with life as Rex, his robes torn and dirtied, continued facing off against the two demonic humans...

-Ooooooooooooong!

They stood amidst the old trees, their forms cloaked in shadows that seemed to twist and writhe with malevolent energy. The newly awakened Saintess, Cathy, lay unconscious nearby, her chest rising and falling in a steady rhythm.

-Booooooooom!

The demonic humans moved with an unnatural grace, their movements fluid and sinuous unlike the mad nature of the usual demonic humans that only had partial control over their bodies.

Dark tendrils of energy snaked from their fingertips, leaving a trail of decay in their wake caused by the demonic energy that, by nature, opposed everything that belonged to nature.

-Ooooooooooooooooong!

The worn and broken prince, blooded and wounded all over, his eyes blazing with determination, raised his hands, calling upon the pure energy that coursed through his veins, later mixing it with the energy of this very nature that he gathered afterwards.

-Ooooooooooooooooong!

The fight had gone on for much longer than he ever wanted and since he had left the commanding position, the entire burden had fallen on the shoulders of Leon.

However, that side was doing much better than this one since no one was facing the strongest foes of this bunch among them.

-Oooooooooooooooooong!

With a shout, he unleashed a wave of pure energy that collided with the demonic humans’ demonic powers that they had been using since a while ago.

They were unimaginably powerful.

He had not expected them to be so strong but they were strong. And due to how they were quite literally playing around with him, he knew they did not really care about his position.

-Swiiiiiiiiiiiiiish...!

The forest echoed with the clash of energies, the very air humming with their combined force.

-Swaaaaaash...

He fought with a ferocity born of desperation, his every movement a testament to his resolve to protect his Friend.

It was like looking at a one eyed tiger fighting for survival, fighting with not blind wildness but with the most meticulously crafted plans that... sadly were of little effect against Raw, overwhelming strength.

{ "Alright. This is enough." }

-Boom!

-Dhuuuuuuuuum!

{ "Playtime is over." }

One of them managed to land a blow on him after that last attack and this time the attack did more than what any of their previous ones had managed, sending him staggering backward, a gash forming on his arm where the dark energy had grazed him.

-Ooooooooooooooong!

With a snarl, he spitted out a mouthful of blood, retaliated by unleashing a barrage of pure energy blasts that could have sent any being reeling... but not these demonic humans.

They were stronger.

So much so that his attacks that they had already understood were not going to do much to him.

-Boooooooooom!

The demonic humans had gotten serious and there was no smirk on their faces anymore, however, the crown prince of the strongest empire of the western continent was not someone that would back down in the face of absolute power.

His goal was a complete defeat of an absolute being— someone these demons blocking paths will never come even close to!

"Ughhh!"

He fought with the ferocity of a beast, giving his all for the first time in his life, in a battle that he had no reason to fight, in a fight where his life might have been on the line had this not been their academy midterm test area.

-Trrrrrrrr...!

The forest around them seemed to tremble at the intensity of their battle, the very ground beneath their feet shaking with each clash of energy.

But the great, dumb crown prince refused to back down, his resolve as strong as the roots of the ancient trees that surrounded them.

He was tired...

He has done what he can and more, much more.

So now, he wanted to rest.

Just like her... he wanted to rest.

"Alright..."

So, looking right into the dark eyes of the demonic beings that he wanted to boil alive, he smirked with his blood covered teeth.

-Ooooooooooooooooong...!

"Go... to... hell..."

And then, with a final, desperate surge of energy, he unleashed a blast so bright that it seemed to outshine the sun itself.

{ "As if this was going to work." }

But, before the boundless darkness of the demonic realm manifested through the blessing of the demonic nobles backing the two individuals... the sun-like ray of light was nothing more than the light before the densest object of the universe.

{ "Foolish bastard." }

-Thud.

Coughing up a mouthful of blood, he fell to the ground...

His eyes were red with blood covering them.

The enemy’s energy circuit throughout his body was a complete mess right now as well.

As far as the demons were concerned, he was nothing more than a breathing shell that was soon going to breath the last breaths of his entire lifetimes.

They did not care about him, they wanted to kill him as painfully as possible so they were actually planning to keep him alive for the time being and then do something to him later when they were done with the girl that their patrons were showing so much interest in.

{ "I’ll never understand the humans." }

With his body covered in blood, his bones broken, and the toxicity from the demonic energy starting to affect him from the inside, he dug his broken fingers into the ground and... somehow crawled over to his friend.

He didn’t want them to take her after all that he had done for her.

She had to repay him and he had to be around for her to repay him.

{ "Fuck off, shithead." }

-Thank!

The demonic human kicked him, and threw him away from her.

He wanted to hold her, keep her close to him and protect her till his last breath... it was irrational and dumber than the dumbest thing he was capable of doing, but... this was the only dumb thing that he was actually doing.

This was the only thing that he was capable of doing... but these demons...

They even took that away from him.

{ "According to my lord, she is something very precious.

If we use her as a sacrifice, they said we can convert this entire place into the demon realm!

Hahahaha! How amazing is that~?!" }

They gathered around her, touched her, checked her for anything useful before picking her up like she was a sack of potatoes, and were just about to walk away...

"You idiot."

When they heard a voice from behind them and, they turned around... only to find another dumb child standing before them.

"Both of you. Dumb, dumb, dumb."

She was shaking her head as if she found whatever was going on before her to be unacceptable.

There was disappointment on her face as well and it was obvious that she was not liking what was going on here either, but most of all, there was not even an ounce of fear on her face.

"Ptffff... khahaha... you’re... late."

Those were his last words before he completely fell unconscious. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

And, though he should have tuned into particles of light by this point, his body was still present right where he had passed out.

{ "Haaaa. We will have to play around with another one." }

{ "I don’t want to do it. You take care of her-." }

-Oooooooooooooooooong!

"I have no intention of playing around either."

All of a sudden, a deep red glow appeared in her eyes and the very next moment they took their eyes away from her, they were somehow covered by a strange red thread... a strange thread that didn’t break even when they used all their strength.

"You beat the shit out of my friend, the future father of my nephews and nieces. Don’t think even for a moment that your death will be painless."

A strange kind of fluid then started coming out of these threads and slowly, they felt the threads getting tighter and tighter.

"You were dumb to come here in the first place, but then you went ahead and fucked around with my cuties."

-Snap!

"That was the worst mistake of your lives."

She only flicked her finger, but that one simple action from her made the demon holding her precious friend lose his dearest right arm.

{ "KHAAAAAAAAAAA...!" }

As a demonic human, their regeneration powers were excellent and they had experienced their limbs being cut off many times in the past.

But, this was the first time in his life that a demonic human contracted with a <Count> ranked demon had felt that kind of excruciating pain.

"If I had time, I would have dealt with you better than this. But, consider yourselves lucky."

She was in a hurry right now.

These weren’t the strongest of the bunch so, she had to go and take care of the ones that were more important than these small fries.

"My little baby dragon got hurt by one of you, you know? You think I could just waste my time with shits like you?"

The red threads around them were getting tighter and tighter with each passing second and the moment they had passed through their skin, the red liquid secreting out of them touched the pale white skin of the demonic human, inducing a kind of pain that was unbearable even by the standards of pure demons.

"That bastard headmaster better pay me with a world of my own for doing all this shit. Or else his ass will be in the steak."

She had just finished the last of the trials and was out now, he was out as well and both of them were now a little different people than what they were before the they took their red test.

"Haaa... fucking bastard."

She was especially upset right now even though she had managed to clear the third test.

And all that pent up frustration was going to be released on these bastard targets.

-Booooooooooooom!

And even for Lucy, this fact was the same.