A Demon's Journey

Instead of a single Sonic Blast, Peter's flute released three consecutive sonic blasts, each one of them further split into three sonic blasts, covering a wide range.

This time, Azaroth couldn't wholly dodge these attacks, and one of them struck his body, throwing it away.

The smile on Peter's face widened as he felt his attack strike Azaroth.

"Time to capture you!" Peter jumped in Azaroth's direction, planning to hold him as a prisoner.

Suddenly, three dark spheres targeted Peter, and he had to stop for a moment to dodge them.

A frown appeared on his face as he turned his head to look at that Abyssal Hound that had opened its eyes and was intensely staring at Peter.

Despite the severe injuries, it stood on its feet and was ready for battle once again.

"It seems I ignored you for too long. I won't make such a mistake again." Peter spoke with a solemn tone as he got ready to battle the Abyssal Hound.

"Green Jade Son-" Just as Peter was about to sing the Green Jade Song and deal with the Abyssal Hound once and for all, he suddenly felt an attack strike his back.

These were three dark bullets shot by Azaroth in a hurry.

Even though they weren't strong enough to significantly damage Peter, Azaroth focused more on the speed part than the power.

It did shake Peter's body and prevented him from singing the Green Jade Song.

This was all the time the Abyssal Hound needed as it pounced at Peter with a ferocious expression.

"Ominous Dark Domain!"

Demonic Ardor spread in a 200 meters radius of the Abyssal Hound as it pressurized the beasts, humans alike.

Peter stumbled for a second as he was near the center of this domain, where the pressure was maximum.

"Wild Claw!"

The Abyssal Hound's claws were covered with dense demonic ardor as he slashed at Peter.

Peter immediately raised his flute and blocked that attack. However, once he stopped that attack, he understood just how foolish it was to do so.

The ground underneath him cracked as he felt the boost in Abyssal Hound's strength within this domain.

'This Hound isn't my only enemy, though.' Peter thought as he felt some dark bullets strike his back once again.

He was honestly surprised that he was having so much trouble against just two opponents. One of them was only a 4 Star Warrior…

Also, it wasn't as if he was taking it easy on either of them. But their coordination was truly worrisome for him.

When he was about to attack one of them, the other would interrupt him and prevent him from utilizing a move.

He just needed a small bit of time to deal with one of them. The other one should fall pretty quickly.

"Dark Webs!"

Suddenly, he felt strong demonic threads grabbing his arms and legs. Moreover, as he used more energy to free them, those threads continued to get tighter.

Peter understood that he had to suddenly increase his force or else these threads would continue to tighten while absorbing his energy.

"Blast him open now!" These were the first words that Azaroth spoke which Peter heard.

Even though Peter vaguely recognized Azaroth's voice, he didn't have the time to even think or comment on it.

This was because he saw the Abyssal Hound charging up a dense quantity of Demonic Ardor in its mouth.

"Demonic Cannon!" The Abyssal Hound spoke to himself as it launched that attack at a point-blank range.

Meanwhile, dense Violet Flame Spheres were thrown at Peter's back.

These were none other than the Hell Flame Bombs created by Azaroth. He combined them with the Dark Bullet attack so that they possessed an incredible amount of explosive power and impressive speed.

As Peter was bombarded with both these attacks on his body, it hurt him this time.

As the smoke rose in the air, Azaroth and the Abyssal Hound had a slight smile on their faces. It was because their adversary should have taken some heavy damage from their attacks.

As Azaroth used his Mystic Eyes of Perception, his pupils widened with shock as he saw a faint figure standing within that smoke.

He saw the posture, and a grim expression appeared on his face. Knowing what was about to occur, he immediately lit up his own body on Hell Flames.

A second later, a faint sound could be heard. This sound seemed to be sung rhythmically as it continued to resound in the area.

As Azaroth heard that song, the grim expression on his face converted to that of shock and horror. He realized that even with his preparations, he was still late.

This was not the Green Jade Song. Instead, it was something much stronger than that song…

Azaroth's body was immediately suppressed and fixed against the ground.

Soon, the dust cloud began to settle, and Azaroth saw Peter walking towards himself, "To think I would be using my Submission Song against you, Edwin Rhodes. The fact that you have joined hands with the demons would break Miss Sophie's heart."

Azaroth was suppressed to the ground, and he couldn't even open his mouth because of the effects of the Submission Song.

He now understood that, unlike the Green Jade Song that affected his body externally, this song targeted his mind.

With the Ardor of a 5 Star Warrior, it was easy for Peter to suppress Azaroth.

Not just Azaroth, though. Even the Abyssal Hound was in a state where it could no longer move its body.

Its Demonic Domain had dispersed as well.

Azaroth could only move his pupils as he stared at Peter, who was slowly nearing him.

"What do you have to say in your defense?" Peter asked Azaroth as he lowered the pressure on him to let him talk.

Azaroth continued to stare at Peter even as he gained the ability to open his mouth, "I have nothing to say. You can think whatever you want."

Peter didn't seem impressed by his answer as he impassively asked him, "Really? But I am not satisfied. I don't understand just why a Noble Family Heir would join hands with some lowly demons. Did they promise you some extravagant reward? I wonder what it was."

From his tone, Peter only seemed mildly curious and amused.

He seemed pretty surprised to have caught Azaroth here, assisting this Abyssal Hound.

"It doesn't seem as if speaking will help me at all. So I would prefer to not give you the satisfaction to know my reasons for joining hands with demons." Azaroth spoke with a slight smirk on his face.

Peter replied to him just as impassively, "Do you really think I care about your reasons? I was just asking them as a Royal Guard since you are a Noble Family Heir. If your family comes asking me for an explanation why I killed you, I can tell them it wasn't my fault that you didn't open your mouth."

Suddenly, they heard an angry growl, and without even turning his head, Peter just shook his flute.

An intense blade of energy was released from the flute, which sliced the Abyssal Hound's head, killing it instantly.

"Now, no one can save you," Peter spoke as he stared at Azaroth with a serious look.

However, he was surprised to see that Azaroth was smiling at this time.

"Why are you smiling? Don't you see the situation we are in?" Peter asked him, somewhat puzzled by his expression.

"The tables have turned. You just haven't realized it yet." Azaroth spoke as he suddenly got up from the ground.

It was as if he had freed himself from the effects of the submission song.

And Peter finally noticed what Azaroth was talking about. He looked at the ground and saw how the red-colored blood was shinning.

"I see now… You activated an array?!" Peter looked utterly shocked as he stared at Azaroth.

"This is a 5 Point Array. I am sure even you should know what this means." Azaroth calmly explained as he suddenly utilized the array's energy and created thousands of swords in it.

"What were you saying? No one can save me? I think you should worry more about yourself, Mister Peter." Azaroth spoke this with a grin on his face as the blood trickled down from his abdomen.

The thousands of blades in the air suddenly fell on Peter.

Peter didn't even have the time to curse before he was forced to jump away and dodge these swords.

However, these blades were not under the effect of gravity. They were in Azaroth's complete control.

They immediately turned and attacked Peter while he was in mid-air.

Their speed was so quick that before Peter could place his flute on his lips, they had already reached his body.

He moved the flute and tried to deflect these blades. Peter successfully deflected a few of those blades, but the majority of them still pierced his body.

As Azaroth saw Peter being pierced by so many blades, there was no sign of happiness on his face. Instead, there was a grim look as he thought 'One-Third of the death energy has already been utilized to deal with this guy.'

Moreover, one of his loyal subordinates in the form of the Abyssal Hound had already died. This meant he could no longer effectively control the beasts…

This was bad news even for him.

He controlled the blades and attacked Peter's body again, breaking his flute to make sure he had no chances to counter-attack.

Because of his previous injuries from those blades, Peter's movements were sluggish, and he could hardly deflect these blades.

They pierced his head soon enough, killing him instantly.

Once Peter had died, Azaroth dispersed the Array Formation immediately so that it wouldn't absorb any more death energy.

Azaroth went forward and collected Peter's body along with the Abyssal Hound's corpse. He carried them in a spatial ring before evacuating from the area.

He wasn't returning back to the encampment. Instead, Azaroth went even deeper within Kloras Town.

He was trying to find a place where he could peacefully absorb the Death Energy spread all over this location.

Soon enough, he found such a location and created a field around himself that concealed his presence even from a beast's sharp senses.