There was this tacit understanding between them when they were thinking as one and moved accordingly.
On the beast’s back, Iris created protection around her and Cane. So, he wouldn’t be affected by the poisonous miasma, while Lou and Abby created their own shield to protect Cezi, Cedric and Zale, as they worked on their newly found ability.
It felt so strange for them, but at the same time, it almost felt like they had done this before and only needed a little bit guidance to get it done, especially when Iris had summoned the Sylph, which made it easier for them to tune to their ability, since they had the same divine power from Iris.
Meanwhile, on the beast’s back, Iris felt comfortable hugging the beast’s neck, its black fur was so soft, it tickled her cheeks, as she buried her face against it. From the corner of her eyes, she saw her little lights rested on the beast’s ears.
They looked so cute. From here, they looked like they were nipping on the beast’s ears. Iris felt at ease, despite the fact that they were going to have a confrontation against Rei, while Decratic’s exact whereabout was still unknown.
However, when they reached the people from the Holy Kingdom, it was Elder Dandolf, Elder Xarex and Elder Rose, who stopped them. They didn’t look like they were under the influence, but the troubled look on their faces alerted them.
It was Elder Dandolf, who stepped forward and talked with Iris.
"Luna Iris, Rei is injured badly. Please, have a mercy on him. After all, he is one of your protectors," Elder Dandolf said. He bowed his head politely. "There is an explanation for his action. We did this for your own good, luna."
"By manipulating me and put my people in danger?" Iris talked about the warriors. They talked about explanation when they let the spider devils devoured the shifters and the people on their side, leaving only the people from the Holy Kingdom that was left untouched.
What a hypocrite bastard he was to say they did this for her own good.
"There is an explanation for it," Elder Dandolf said. From behind him, a few people, around twenty of them moved closer and Iris recognized them as part of the pure faction.
Meanwhile, Elder Xarex and Elder Rose didn’t do anything. They didn’t say a word and what made Iris narrowed her eyes was the fact Elder Rose avoided her eyes.
This showed that the two elders didn’t seem to agree with whatever the pure faction had decided, but then from the look of it and from what they learned from Abby, the pure faction had so much control over the Holy Kingdom’s people.
They were the real power and Rei was the person, who moved the Holy Kingdom from behind the scene.
"Rei didn’t mean to hurt you. You need to understand that he had gone through so much, he had gone through so many things that you might never imagine even in your nightmare. He had been waiting for you for over five centuries and..."
Elder Dandolf had not yet finished with his speech when the black beast charged forward, using his black wisp to clear the way for him and his mate, sending those people from the Holy Kingdom away from his path.
Neither Cane nor Iris had time to listen to Elder Dandolf’s speech. They had heard the same thing over and over again in the past and now, even though they didn’t want it, they had remembered the word by heart.
They only repeated the same thing over and over again, which was very annoying.
Instead, they rushed over and knocked them down. Thankfully, it was Cane that they were facing, if it was Lu, they would have been cut into half just like the spider devils.
However, what they saw next made the beast halted and Iris gasped in shock to watch Rei’s current condition.
"Wh- what is that?" Iris stuttered. She got off the beast’s back and Cane shifted back into his human form.
Right before them, they could see how Rei was sitting against a tree and spider devils surrounded them. At least, there were eight spiders around him, while Rei looked very lethargic. The wound that he got from Iris were still there.
He looked gaunt and his skin looked paler than anything that Iris had ever seen. If it was not for the conflict between them, she would feel very sorry for him.
Based on her nature, Iris would have rushed toward him and cured him.
However, at this point, no matter how he looked like, she didn’t feel an ounce of pity. She wanted him to die. If it was possible, she wanted him to die in the most horrendous way. Would this make her heart turned black? Because she felt so much hatred for this man, since he was dare enough to threaten her and her babies.
Rei lifted his head, he was breathing heavily, his green eyes looked very hollow. He was so weak and Iris could feel that.
"Na..." Rei breathed the name and his voice filled with longing, which made Cane lashed out a black wisp toward him in attempt to kill him.
However, before the black wisp could reach and harm Rei, a spider devil had jumped in front of the attack and sacrificed themselves. Its body was cut into two and blue blood pooled on the ground.
The other seven spider devils looked restless, they were going to attack Cane, but it seemed there was something that held them back, or maybe it was safe to say that there was someone, who tried to hold them back.
"I mean no harm for you, Na... I have never meant to hurt you at all..." Rei said. It was safe to say that he was delirious right now, because he was still in denial that Na was no more. Her existence in this realm had vanished, not even her soul was left for Rei to manipulate. "I only missed you so bad... I want to see you again, Na..."
Rei kept repeating the same thing, but Cane and Iris were thinking about different thing. From behind them, the elders and the pure faction people gathered together, they were alerted after witnessing what Cane had intended to do. The alpha was not playing.
"You lied," Iris said, she turned around and faced Elder Rose. "You lied when you told us about the spider devils and a way to get rid of it."
Cane had realized it too when he saw the guilt in Elder Rose’s eyes, but Iris voiced out her frustration because they were being fooled by her, thinking she finally came to her sense and chose Abby, her daughter, instead of her blind loyalty toward the Holy Kingdom, which in extent, Rei.
The relationship between Elder Rose and Rei was quite complicated because it was clear to see how much hatred she had for him for what he had done to her second daughter, but at the same time, she was unable to do any real harm to him.
Therefore, the information about the spider devils that Elder Rose told them must be something that they had planned and unfortunately, they fell into their trick.
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