Chapter 964: Devour

Milan was happy to see Lucifer here since he was their ticket out of this damned place, but it didn't make sense why he would come here, despite knowing that they were here as well. Unless he was intentionally looking for them? But why would that be?

He was their enemy after all.

"Oh? You're all waiting for me already?" Even Lucifer was slightly surprised to see all three of them waiting for him as if they were expecting him.

"I support that spatial disturbance I felt when I entered the city was what alerted you?" Lucifer asked, landing on the ground not too far from the others.

"Of all the people, you were the last person I expected to see here," Licia exclaimed. "Don't tell me you came here to take us back?"

"Take you back? Are you even worthy of going back to earth?" Lucifer also asked in response. These people had almost destroyed the earth. He didn't believe that they deserved to even live, let alone live on earth.

"You came here to kill us and finish your pending job," Milan stated, taking a guess. It didn't look like a coincidence that Lucifer was here. If he wasn't here to take them back, that meant only one thing. He was here to kill.

"Kill us? The kid who had to trap us here because he wasn't even strong enough to fight us?" Licia rolled her eyes. "Don't make me laugh. This kid's arrogance knows no bounds, it seems."

"Both of you, stay silent!" Unlike the others, Jian was more eager to go back, even if it meant siding with Lucifer now. After a long time, he had a chance to go back. He wasn't going to miss it.

"Lucifer, after being trapped here for so long, we've all realized our mistakes. We were wrong. Please take us back to earth. I promise that we will behave properly. If we don't, you can send us back here!"

Even though this world was home to many, but for the people who lived on earth, which was filled with modern technology and convenience of life, this world was no different than medieval prison.

"Just imagine what you can achieve when you use our strengths combined!" He further stated, trying to convince Lucifer.

"I told you before; I'm not here to take any of you back. None of you deserve to live on earth.?I'm here to kill you. And you're right. I can do a lot of things with our strengths combined. That's another reason I'm here... To take your strength!"

"So you won't listen to us?" Jian asked one last time. He wanted to solve things peacefully, but that didn't seem to be working.

Lucifer didn't respond. Instead, he looked at his surroundings. He could feel that the spatial laws here were different. It was like a world of its own. This was quite similar to what he felt when he fought Licia for the first time.

This was something similar to her Domain. This kind of strength was something that even he wanted. This was similar to his Spatial Manipulation, but it was a larger range skill. He believed that if he could get that skill and combine it with his other skills, he could create a really nice skill.

With what he had to go through in the future, it was quite necessary for him to get stronger. He hadn't absorbed anyone's abilities since he left earth. Finally, he felt like home again.

"You really think you're invincible, don't you?" Jian asked, letting out a deep sigh. He took a few steps back. "I was hoping to solve this peacefully, but if you don't want to, then so be it."

"It doesn't matter if you agree or not. We'll be going back to earth, and we'll be using you for that! If you don't help us, we'll just have to force you to do it after we break a few of your bones." Milan stepped forward as well.

They were all ready for a battle, and they even expected to win this battle based on Lucifer's strength that they had previously seen.

The three enemies spread out, surrounding Lucifer.

"Last time you escaped death, but you won't this time," Licia stated as her control around her domain strengthened.

Even with all these threats, Lucifer didn't look concerned. They were measuring him with his past strength, not realizing that he had gotten a lot stronger since the last time they saw him.

"This should be easy," he muttered.

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Around thirty minutes later, the sound of battle stopped entirely. Licia's Domain was broken, and she was lying under Lucifer's foot.

Milan's lifeless body was already lying in the distance. As for Jian, who was said to be impossible to kill since he could come back to life, even that person was defeated. Only ashes were left behind.

Previously when decay was weaker, it could only destroy the body and not the soul... At least not entirely. However, now that he had evolved this ability, it was much better at destroying the person entirely, including their soul.

Before the evolved decay, even Jian's ability was nothing, as he realized soon after the battle began. He felt like a hopeless prey for a predator who wanted to devour him whole.

The only person alive was Licia, and even she wasn't doing good.

"It took some time to break your domain. That's a really troublesome ability you have there, you know? But the more troublesome it was, the more useful it'll be. So let me have it..."

"You... How are you this strong?" Licia asked weakly. Even her vision was blurry and her face pale. She couldn't even move her body.

She still remembered how weak Lucifer was in the past. Just how was he this strong now? This didn't make sense. How could he grow so much in such a short time?

"You should thank your king for that. If not for him, I wouldn't be this strong," Lucifer answered. "He also left quite a few good abilities behind for me to absorb after I killed him and all the other Baltics that he freed. It was like a proper feast. That man really did some good work. If not for him, I would've still been weaker."

"You... So you killed him...?" Licia could never believe this. A kid who wasn't even thirty years old killed her King? Just what kind of nonsense was it?

Unfortunately for her, Lucifer didn't care if she believed him or not. He killed her and from her Domain Ability as well, leaving behind a silent City that had seen a battle like never before.

Just to kill three people, Lucifer came here personally. But now that he was done, he could go back and continue the task at hand.

****

Time passed slowly as the youngsters kept increasing their scores before the time of the Trial was finally up.

All ten finalists were called back to the ship. Most of them looked quite rugged and tired. Since they didn't want to lose, they didn't even rest properly and just kept increasing their score since each point mattered for their future.

Even if they couldn't win, just their rank alone was going to be a criteria that could help them a lot in the future.

Out of all of them, only three people looked as if they hadn't done anything and weren't tired. Since Lucifer could absorb energy from his surroundings through decay, he didn't need much rest. His clothes were still spotless and clean.

Raayi and Ron were also in a much better condition than the others.

All ten participants were curious to see just who won the trials. It was clear that it was one of the top three, but which of them?

"I know you're all curious about your scores, but first, we still need to finish the mission," the old man calmed down the youngsters who were waiting for the revelation of their scores by shifting their attention to the world before the.

"Now that the trial is finished, there's no need to keep this World around anymore. Let it be an example for anyone who dares to go against the Star Alliance!"

On the old man's command, their ship attacked. A powerful beam of light shot out, hitting the core of the world of summons.

It was the first time that Lucifer had seen a world being destroyed. The strength of Star Alliance was just too much. If they wanted, they could've easily destroyed the earth as well.

Seeing the destruction of the world, Lucifer realized that he needed to be more careful from now on. He had to find a way to protect earth before the Star Alliance became his enemy!

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After destroying the World thoroughly and making sure that no one was left alive, the ship turned around and started going back.

The old man also gathered all the youngsters to tell them the score. Finally, it was time.