Author: M_W Cancer 

After a few minutes of traveling, Leo finally saw the current status of the members of the Black organization.

At this moment, the remaining members of the Black organization were stuck in the middle of a mere 50 square meters space surrounded by nearly all the soldiers of the Mischievous Blue Sword Alliance and at their south was the rampaging Magical Beast.

Because they were not tamed or summoned Magical Beast, they of course would not recognize any ally or enemy, hence they would attack practically anyone who isn't Magical Beast. However, with Ash and Ethan handling the command of the soldiers, they of course already prepared themselves for that. Despite the Magical Beast attacking their side as well, they can hardly cause any casualties to them because they can easily be suppressed by their soldiers, especially now that the 20 Elders and 12 Zodiacs of the Mischievous Lion organization, 10 Guardians of the Sword and Magic, and Generals of the Blue Fin Kingdom were finally gathered in close proximity with each other. No matter how hard the Magical Beast tries to break through to the Mischievous Blue Sword Alliance, they can't, which then leads them to attack the members of the Black organization instead.

"Leo, we are now putting off the last bit of fire!" Ash said the moment she saw Leo landing from the top of the building.

"Great! After this, we would then be supporting Queen Olivia, Queen Maria, Madam Silva, and Elder Rain in fighting against Barbara." Leo said. This was the exact reason why he needed to conquer the Southern Fortress as fast as possible, so as to assist the fight against Barbara with no members of the Black organization disrupting them. Even if their help can only cause a little to no effect at all, he believes that even a tiny pebble can cause a ripple to a big ocean.

"Everyone, finish them off, and let's prepare for the next part of the plan!" Ash quickly relayed Leo's intention after hearing it.

"Finish them off!" Ethan relayed.

"Finish them off!" The 20 Elders relayed.

"Finish them off!" The 12 Zodiacs relayed.

"Finish them off!" The 10 Guardians relayed.

"Finish them off!" And lastly, the Generals relayed.

With that said and done, the Mischievous Blue Sword Alliance quickly began shooting Magic spells towards the last remaining members of the Black organization. And after a few minutes, that chapter of the battle finally ended and it was now time for the next part.

"Everyone, quickly man up all the cannons and crossbows on the top of the wall and also send out a signal to the wheeled cannons and wheeled crossbows outside. Let's begin shooting their leader!" Ash quickly ordered once she saw that there were no more members of the Black organization left alive.

"Okay!"

"Quickly move!"

"Don't waste any time! Let's end this fight as soon as possible!"

Immediately, rows of soldiers began moving towards the walls.

Meanwhile, the rampaging Magical Beast were quickly driven back to the Twilight Forest by Levi and Vox.

"Quickly go back to the Hundred Hills after this, we would be meeting up with each other once we finish everything here!" Leo reminded Levi and Vox.

"Okay, Leo!" Levi nodded.

"I'm also starting to get hungry, so it's time to meet up with Ahmed." Vox followed.

After that, Leo quickly followed behind the soldiers with Cassandra and the other girls by his side.

He really wants to go without Cassandra and the others following behind, but it seems like they were now pretty determined to stick close to him after he left them without saying anything awhile ago.

.....

*Booom! *Booom! *Booom!

The clouds in the sky exploded one after the other, causing a huge hole to form in their surrounding as the fight between Queen Olivia, Queen Maria, Madam Silva, and Elder Rain against Barbara continued on.

"Cough! Cough! We can't let this battle go on any longer!" Queen Olivia who has now sustained a few injuries around her body and a serious wound around her waist said. The latter wound was received when she blocked an attack for Elder Rain at that one time of the fight.

"Fortunately, Barbara seems to be in his last ounce of strength as well." Queen Maria said as she quickly moved to the side of Queen Olivia to assist her from floating.

"Just push a little bit harder!" Madam Silva encouraged.

Clang! Swong! Bang! Booom!

Right this moment, the main fighter against Barbara was Elder Rain. Both of them were swinging their weapons, causing metal hitting against metal sound every now and then.

It wasn't the intention of Queen Olivia, Queen Maria, and Madam Silva, to let Elder Rain fight against Barbara alone, but rather because they needed some breather before joining the fight once again.

Although the fight has already been going on for hours, Barbara finally noticed a very shocking truth that Elder Rain seemed to be that he doesn't run out of any energy, at all. The three women were already having a hard time keeping with the fight, even Barbara herself is no exception to that, but Elder Rain keeps on going and going with no signs of wanting to stop.

The reason was very simple, Elder Rain felt extremely bad to himself when his wife Olivia blocked an attack from Barbara for him not to get seriously injured. Although he was clearly aware of the fact that she didn't do it because she knows he was actually her long lost husband, rather because he was needed the most so as to have the chance to beat Barbara, but it still doesn't remove the fact that she blocked an attack for him. In fact, it's even worst on his part because he should be the one protecting her, not just because he was her husband, but also because he was now a lot stronger than her.

Because of that, Elder Rain didn't hold back any of his strength anymore as he began fighting with all that he has got, even to the point that he had merged with his Dark Phoenix to fight, which is something he normally wouldn't do because it would cost the Dark Phoenix to go into the process of reincarnation earlier than the given time, specifically reduce the 1,000 years time with 50 years. Although that is still considered a lot, in his opinion it is actually not, because that meant a decrease to the already few chances of merging with the Dark Phoenix.

"Are you really intending to kill me?!" Barbara can't help asking while having a hard time fending off Elder Rain's attack. The situation right now was really unbelievable for her because a mere low life was actually pushing her to the brink of death.

"Is that even a proper question? I was already intending to kill you right from the very beginning!" Elder Rain replied as he swings his sword once again.

"If that's the case, then I guess I also don't need to hold back anymore!" Barbara finally decided to not also hold back.

Whoooosh!

With a powerful gust of wind, Barbara's 1st Constellation form suddenly healed back to its full potential.

"Now, let's begin the next round!" Barbara smiled as she dives towards Elder Rain.

However, despite that, Elder Rain didn't flinch a bit or show any sign of retreating back. Instead, he released an, even more, greater power of Magic Power before he also dives down towards Barbara.

CLANNGGG!

Two Magic Swords clashed with each other, causing a powerful gust of wind to sweep throughout the entire surrounding. Holes also formed in the clouds, indicating just how powerful were their attacks.

"What?!!" Barbara was shocked beyond belief the moment she continued clashing swords with Elder Rain as she quickly realized that he was actually not the least bit of a disadvantage against her despite healing back to her full potential. That's not even the point here; Reinhart hasn't even healed himself, so how is he still able to fight against her without experiencing any disadvantage? 

"Is this all that you've got?!!!" Elder Rain mocked before he put more strength and Magic Power in his sword, causing Barbara to slowly retreat back.

With a powerful swing of Elder Rain's sword once again, Barbara was immediately sent flying down to the ground.

*BOOOOOOM!

"No matter how many times you heal yourself up, you still won't be able to beat me!" Elder Rain sneered. After saying that, he didn't stay floating up in the sky as he decided to dive down and continue his fight with Barbara, not intending to give her any time for a breather.

Noticing this, Barbara can't help vomiting blood, "You..."

"Let's end this fight once and for all!" Elder Rain exclaimed as he swings his sword.

CLAAANG!

Crack! Booom! Crack! Booom!

The ground that Barbara was standing on repeatedly cracked and destroyed as Elder Rain's strength was just too much for even the ground to handle.

However, seemingly like without any reason, Elder Rain suddenly retreated up to the sky.

"Oh, is it perhaps your time with the merge of the Dark Phoenix is coming to an end?" Barbara can't help feeling excited seeing such a change in Elder Rain's action. It seems like it was time for her revenge, "Then-"

Contrary to Barbara's thoughts though, her words were suddenly cut off when she noticed hundreds of cannonballs raining down to her location.

Booom! Booom! Booom! Boom!

It wasn't only that, arrows from crossbows and bows came raining down as well, before quickly being followed after by countless of different Elements of Magic spells.

Booom! Whooosh! Booom! Whooosh!

That wasn't the end as well, as the assault continued on for a few minutes straight before finally stopping.

When the cloud of dust finally cleared off, what revealed after was Barbara stuck inside the ground with her 1st Constellation form completely destroyed. Arrows and cannons balls lay all around her and some were even on top of her body or had penetrated her body, specifically only the arrows in the latter.

Although Barbara was a Constellation level Special Mage, she was still Human nonetheless. Moreover, with hundreds of cannons balls, arrows, and Magic spells hitting her directly, as in literally her body, even the likes of Vladimir would still sustain some injury, not to mention her. Elder Rain has also distracted her in perfect timing, so how can she have enough time to cast a Defensive Magic spell before the attack landed on her. To be honest, she was only able to cast a Defensive Magic spell at the 30-second mark.

"Cough! Cough! How..." Barbara was extremely in disbelief in her current situation right now. It was totally out of her expectations that she would lose in this battle. It was even a thorough loss because even all the members of the Black organization she had bought were obviously all killed already basing on the number of cannons that shot towards her. 

"Ah, it should be because I was the only powerful one while the rest of the people I've bought were really weak..." Barbara suddenly thought of a reasonable reason why she had lost, which was actually correct. The Mischievous Blue Sword Alliance has dozens of Galaxy level people while she only bought with her 9 Star level and below. It was because she had looked down and despised the Silver Kingdom, thinking that they are just a bunch of low lives, or maybe even garbage. After all, this was the weakest amongst all the Human territories, hence what else could she use to describe the Silver Kingdom? Moreover, with the ongoing disaster caused by their Kingdom Protection Array destroyed, would they even have enough manpower to fight against her, or even if they do, would they even have someone capable enough to contend against her? Contrary to her thoughts, they indeed do, and in fact, there are a lot of them compared to what she had estimated the least.

"You lost!" Elder Rain said as he slowly landed in front of Barbara.

"Do you really think so?" Barbara asked with a smirk as she slowly stood up from the ground after so much effort.

"Look around you, you are the only one remaining. So, what else could it meant aside from; YOU LOST!" Elder Rain said as he slowly walked towards Barbara, intending to thrust his sword at her heart to finally end her life.

However, Elder Rain suddenly stopped from his footsteps when Barbara suddenly started laughing.

"HAHAHAHAHA! Do you really think this is the end?" Barbara laughed. But suddenly, her body lightens up before vanishing from her location while only leaving the word, "I will be back!"