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Akron felt as his horribly burn wounds were slowly healing themselves, while the burnt flesh and skin were slowly peeled over.

He glanced while gasping for air at a cute fox-kin girl with orange hair and emerald eyes and a human girl with black hair and aquamarine eyes, both of them seemed concentrated on healing him.

The fox-kin girl was healing away from the burnt flesh while the human recovered his flesh and wounds, and even rearranged broken bones purely through magic alone.

"Nngh… Why?" he asked, without even asking who they were, the biggest question in this lone wolf's mind was… Why were people he had never meet before helping him?

"Eh? He's speaking…" said Annabelle.

"We are helping you because that's what my brother wanted. He pitied you, to say it clear," said Kamei rather ruthlessly.

"Pity? Of me? …Why?" asked Akron.

"Because my brother is a good person. And he saw himself in you… he discovered you lost someone important, just like us… But I don't think the same as brother… I think we should have killed you while we had the chance," said Kamei.

"Heh… I see… You really should kill me if you're aiming for the same… thing as me…" groaned Akron.

"But my brother… is not like you. He does many questionable things, but sometimes he also does good things. I suppose he tries to balance the good with the bad and vice versa…" sighed Kamei.

"What did you lose, young lady?" asked Akron, barely maintaining his consciousness awake.

Kamei glanced back at Akron's eyes, as Akron felt a strong conviction within her eyes.

"Our parents…" she said.

"Those eyes… Ungh… I don't think I can move for now… Tell your brother that I am… thankful… I really thought I was dead… Ungh… I will make sure to pay him back by a hundred times…" muttered Akron, as he closed his eyes.

Kamei suddenly opened a portal to Frank's Divine Realm through her Divine Soul Tree Branch connected to his soul, the two girls entered the Divine Realm, moving Akron inside a small wooden house where he was attended by skeleton nurses.

"I wonder if he'll be a useful ally…" said Annabelle.

"He is certainly strong, if my brother has some plans for him, let's trust his decisions," said Kamei.

Dranya glanced at the enemy in front of her, a beautiful and voluptuous mature fox-kin woman, with bright orange hair, sharp fox-like ears atop her head, and a long and fluffy orange tail. Her eyes were emerald in color, shining brightly with blazing conviction, and releasing a fiery flame of resolve.

She wore a golden chest plate covered with flame motifs, alongside golden armor pieces over her body, but nothing too heavy, as she was a speedy fighter, her legs had thigh white stockings, covered with golden armor over her knees, and a red mini skirt.

The most notorious thing within her entire equipment was the enormous blade she wielded, which constantly flashed with many red and orange jewels incrusted over its blade, pouring an endless wave of flames.

Alongside that, she held a beautiful bracelet made of dragon scales, which created a special ward all over her body.

The rest of her items were rings that enhanced magic alongside golden earrings in the shape of half-moons, and even a bracelet of gold.

Dranya immediately noticed that such equipment was of immense quality, comparable to the one Necron had created, if not of higher quality.

In fact, the blade itself exuded such a powerful presence that it seemed to be like nothing she had ever seen before.

Dranya also had equipment of her own but preferred to fight with her bare hands by coating herself on black flames.

She glanced at Gwendolyn in front of her while squinting her eyes, trying to find some spot to attack… but the woman in front of her seemed to be in a special stance with her blade, and seemed impenetrable, however, she attacked, she would be intercepted.

"W-What is this stance?! I can't… even get through it…! No, I will simply use my fire anyways!"

Dranya smiled maliciously as she flew away and simply began to shower Gwendolyn with powerful spheres of black flames!

Flash! Flash! Flash! Flash!

The fireballs made of black flames were the size of buildings, big enough to completely decimate the entire city if Dranya were to aim correctly, but Gwendolyn raised her blade and enveloped it in her orange-red flames, alongside the emerald and slicing winds of her Storm Skill!

"HAH!" Gwendolyn roared, jumping into the air, and slashing all the flames with her blade one by one while using flames and winds below her boos to step over the air.

Slash! Slash! Slash!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The black fireballs were sliced cleanly in two, and then exploded behind her into countless fireworks above the sky!

Dranya gritted her teeth as she went more serious now, forming a large illusion of a dragon from her flames, which opened its jaws and unleashed a beam of black flames!

"I see! To be expected of a Magus of Rank 5… A few months ago I would have never thought I could fight against someone like you… but now!" roared Gwendolyn, as her flames also shapeshifted into something, her large and upgraded soul fusing with them as something… something enormous surged and coated her body!

"W-What?! You can use a Magic Beast Spell as well?!" asked Dranya, being utterly surprised, the dragon she used with her magic was but a spell she acquired from special grimoires only made by Demons, how could Gwendolyn make one of her own?!

And her Magic Beast was even bigger, with the shape of a blazing and furious fox made of orange flames and emerald winds, with nine tails and flashing crimson eyes!

"GROARR!"

The fox roared, as it attacked Dranya while blasting away the beam of black flames!

CLASH!

"Unngrraahggh…!"

Dranya struggled and used her dragon to fight back, but Gwendolyn was still there, raising her blade and unleashing a powerful slashing attack at an incredible speed!

"Blazing Storm Slash!"

SLASH!

"Nnngh?!"

The slash reached Dranya even though she had moved and tried to evade, slashing off her whole left arm!

"NNNGGGGAAAGH…!"

"GROAR!"

The Dragon roared, trying to bite Gwendolyn, but Gwendolyn used what she had named as Soul beast, to fight against the dragon, the furious nine-tailed fox clashed against Dranya's dragon, explosions of black flames and orange flames resonating through the skies, as shockwaves were made which reached the city down below and made the world tremble!

Many people began to glance with awe and fear into the skies, as two powerful Magus were battling with fire against fire!

However, Dranya was already at a clear disadvantage, and began to desperately shower Gwendolyn with black fireballs!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The fireballs exploded as they were intercepted by Gwendolyn's Soul Beast's claws or her own blade which sliced them cleanly in two!

FLASH!

Gwendolyn boosted her speed in midair through a blast of fiery winds, reaching the weakened and trembling Dranya and raising her blade!

"This is as far as you go!" she said, slashing through Dranya's head, right through her throat, chest, stomach, and nether regions!

"UNNGRRRRYYAAAAAHHH…! NECRON-SAMAAAAA…!"

SLASH!

The two halves of the demoness fell over the floor, motionlessly, as Gwendolyn sighed in relief.

"Now, I should go back to him," she said, flashing towards the underground of the territory.

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