Chapter 225

The monster scurried away from them, he didn't look back nor stop. He didn't process anything and focused on healing his eyes. He tightly covered his eyes as he knew that they were targeting it specifically. The Manticore stumbled upon the large debris but he didn't stop moving, he bulldozed the ground and didn't care about the place. The debris flew around as his large body scampered like a rat. 

While he was busy running away, his pursuers kept following behind him. It would be bad if they lost their vision of him. The fog was still around hindering their eyesight, they needed to stick close to the monster. The ground trembled as the giant creature galloped while hiding his eyes. 

While the Manticore was busy running away, he didn't sense that someone was in front of him. The unnoticeable Niña raised her daggers, she was faster than the creature and she easily surpassed him. Niña was wearing her mask and took a breath to calm herself, she scanned the monster and found his weak points. 

"His stomach is softer and the joints in his legs are easy to cut."

She said. Because the mask kept showing her the weak points of the monster, Niña didn't have a hard to mutilate him. Her invisible body dashed and went to target his weak points. She shot multiple daggers into the monster and simultaneously charged. The daggers hit the joints which caused the monster to lose its movement. Before he fell to the ground, Niña's figure crouched and slashed his stomach. Organs flopped out together with the main body. The blind Manticore sensed that he received greater damage this time. His stomach was burning as pain and anguish struck him.

"Guuwwaarr!!"

The salivating monster growled and understood that he would die if he remained on the ground. He recalled how Mikael electrocuted him and roast his organs. It was the most painful experience that he got in his whole life. Usually, his enemies would die with just a glance but Mikael was not affected by that. Together with his strength and black lightning, Mikael taught him that things would be pretty bad if he stayed on the ground. Thankfully, his eyes completely healed and he could see again. The deadly glint in his eyes returned.

"Gawwrtt!"

The ferocious monster opened his eyes and looked at the person who wounded him. However, he couldn't find her. There was nothing around him. The Manticore was confused, he thought that Niña was close because she just wounded him. The monster moved his vision but he couldn't locate where the person was hiding in. He was oblivious that Niña was in front of him and lifting her weapon to slice his eyes again. What a poor creature, being played by the merciless and dangerous couple. Niña swung her blade down and slashed the monster's eyes.

"Graaagghhhh!!"

His eyeballs bled, he didn't know why or how! All he realized was that a fast but unknown blade penetrated his eyes and slashed him! He closed his eyes and shed blood mixed with tears. He tossed around the ground as his vision darkened again. He was crying like a puppy that was looking for salvation.

Niña who didn't care about his suffering continued her job. She was not afraid of the monster even though she knew the consequences. She took out dozens of daggers from her pockets and played darts using the Manticore's body. She targeted all of the weak points, the joints that connected and made the monster move was cut. Now, the Manticore was paralyzed. The only thing he could move was his mouth and he kept screaming as the pain further increased. 

"Yosh!"

To make the matter worst, his archenemy appeared. Mikael's Spear stabbed him, powerful ripples of lightning erupted inside and outside of his body. 

"Waaarrrhhh!"

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"These imbeciles are making me furious. Wait till I closed this rift and I will show you hell."

Despite saying these words, layers of sweat covered Kitsune's face as she was concentrating to close the rift. The rift was now smaller but Methuselahs could still get out. Although their numbers were less since they couldn't come out simultaneously. The rift was small and only fitted to one person.

Klein and Lane were protecting her from any attack, they were panting and tired but they didn't stop. No graze or blood hit Kitsune because the two were keeping her safe. Even the eyes were safe because of their maximum defense. Still, the nonstop charging of the Methuselahs was starting to become more intense and hard to deter. They both felt that they were close to their limits. Klein was thinking if he should agree to the whisper of the Demon Dog inside him. Fenrir was spouting sweet words convincing him to switch. It would be tough if they lost here. If the eyes or Kitsune were disturbed, the rift would surely become bigger again. They didn't want to waste the time and energy they put in just because one of them hold back. Klein didn't want to hesitate and regret it later on. Fenrir was an honest but muscle-brain wolf so Klein believed that he won't do something bad... However, he knew that Fenrir would use his fists to do the talking and that's what he's afraid of. That wolf could destroy this whole city if he wanted to.

"Aargh!!"

But before he could accept the sweet condition of the Wolf, a group of people emerged and helped them. The Elves showed up and raised their weapons against the Methuselahs. Their Elements clashed against the blood bullets that were raining. 

Lane and Klein were shocked but they didn't have time to assist the situation. Protecting Kitsune and the eyes was their priority. They were confused why the Elves appeared here without any explanation. Still, they accepted their assistance since they were in a rough situation. 

'I thought the Elves hated us because we have connected to Niña? I guess they put down their resentment and help us because it would be detrimental if the rift remains open. Yup, that's the best answer I can think of. The world they just recently called home is in danger and the trauma of finding another one pushed them to help us.'

Klein looked in their eyes, they did help them but their eyes glinted with hatred. It was obvious that the  Elves still despised them, the founding members of Redemption. But because of the impending doom that was looming right in front of them, the Elves decided to assist them to close the rift. Klein's deduction was close to the real answer, although he overlooked one thing. Princess Belle was the one who commanded the Elves to help them. The woman was silently helping in the background.