*Boom!*
*Boom!*
*Boom!*
Time soon passed, and with the activation of all his abilities, Damien soon launched his fierce attack against Isabelle
Unfortunately, just like he had expected, the current Isabelle was out of his league
*Bang!*
Slashing his sword toward her waist, it was directly blocked by her arm covered in flames.
It seemed her new demon form had also improved her defence
"Kill…all…thosee…oposse…young…master…" she said, as she sent a hit directly at Damien's stomach, punching him through multiple trees
*Bang!*
"Damn Isabelle, kill those who oppose the young master!? How does that translate to you killing me!?"
Cursing angrily, Damien felt the temperature on her body begin to rise
It seemed the longer the fight lasted, the stronger Isabelle became
"However, it doesn't look like this strength is without a price. At this rate, I don't even need to do anything, and she'll burn herself to death."
Looking at Isabelle in the distance, slowly approaching him, Damien saw that her skin had begun to show signs of cracks
Small streaks of blood dripped from her eyes, and her veins began to protrude
Obviously, her untrained body could not handle this level of power; in fact, had she not been practically unconscious at the moment, Damien wondered if she would have passed out from the pain
"Tch… it seems I can't let this go on."
"Not only are we near the town already, so I can't afford to attract unnecessary attention, but I can't afford to let Isabelle's body get any more damage than this!"
Gritting his teeth, Damien took out the midnight tome from the void gem
"4th order, a watershed in cultivation, if I decide to abandon my aura, I can use this breakthrough fourth order"
"Once I do that, I should be able to deal with her."
Muttering under his breath, Damien's eyes flashed with struggle.
Although he said this, only he knew that once he decided to do this, his chances of surviving to the end would have gradually reduced
In this era, when the protagonist hadn't been born, he had to make the most of his advantage; otherwise, the road ahead would be more hopeless than now
Thinking of this, he also knew that using the midnight tome would be like drinking poison to cure a headache.
Sure, it might work, but a worse fate awaited him when the poison kicked in.
"Damn! But I can't afford to lose Isabelle!"
"Arghh!"
Cursing angrily, Damien slowly stood up, unwilling to give up
"third order magic: Shadow armour!"
Pouring out almost all his mana, Damien completely covered his body in a black, shadowy armour
This was a peak third-order technique, one that turned ninety percent of his mana into a complete shadow armour set, improving his strength, speed and durability
And in his hand, his flame sword and gravity field still active.
"Isabelle! Snap out of it!"
"Remember who you are! Remember who I am!"
Urging the power and connection of the contract gem between both of them, Damien yelled, his eyes slowly reddening under his shadow armour
*Bang!*
Soon, both of them clashed again, only this time neither of them stepped back
With his sword striking down, and Isabelle using her two flame-covered arms to block, they both remained in a stalemate for a while
"kill…all…thosee…oposse…young…master…" still repeating the same words with her emotionless red eyes bleeding more and more
Damien, hearing this, began to get angry
"Isabelle! Didn't you promise to protect me?"
"Didn't you promise to get strong to pay back my mum? Didn't you promise to protect the Voss family?"
Yelling angrily, Damien's aura and mana, which had begun to deplete slowly, began to rise.
The surrounding wind howled, and the sky turned dark.
"Isabelle!"
"How dare you break your promise!!"
"Isabelle! Snap out of it!"
*BOOM!*
Shouting to the sky, his gravity ability pushed Isabelle to her knees, cracking the ground in the process.
"Isabelle!"
"How dare you lose consciousness?"
"Aren't you the one who said you'd follow me to get revenge on the void demon god?"
"How can you lose to a mere remnant demon lord!"
As he spoke, Isabelle, who had been emotionless, slowly began to show emotion.
Her red eyes slowly began to show a familiar shade of green.
Her emotionless expression began to warm up as her lips began to quiver
A change that made Damien ecstatic
"That's it, Isabelle! Snap out of it! Fight it!"
"You are to control your power, not be controlled by it!
"Isabelle! Do it and prove that you can follow me to the end!" said Damien, his aura rising into the sky!
At this moment, the faint figure of Theron seemed to overlap with him
A scene that helped Isabelle slowly regain control
"Young master…?"
She muttered; however, her body was still actively fighting against Damien
"Young master.. I can't hold on!"
"Kill me! I don't want to hurt the young master!"
With tears in her eyes, Isabelle, who had barely managed to gain control, instantly burst into tears.
Although she was not able to speak all this time, she was able to see what she was doing
Especially when she sent that last punch into Damien, sending him flying
She felt her heart was about to break
As a maid, hurting her master was the worst thing she could ever do.
However, Damien, hearing her say this, finally stopped shouting.
Not only that, but he stopped resisting altogether, letting Isabelle's flame burn the side of his face.
"Wait! Young ma-!"
Before she could say anything, Damien just hugged her, enduring her flames and gravity with a smile on his face.
"Isabelle, it's okay"
"I know you didn't mean to hurt me, and I know you wish you didn't"
"However, do you really think I could kill you even if you did?"
He paused, dispersing the helm of his shadow armour
"Ever since I was born, only you have been by my side 24/7"
"more than mum, more than dad"
"Even though you were also a kid then, you also took care of me"
As he spoke, Isabelle's back began to sizzle, tears from Damien's face falling from time to time
"When I wanted to sneak out of my crib to play, you played with me and didn't tell mum anything"
"When I accidentally broke a vase, you lied and said it was you"
"When even back when father came injured, although I was a baby, I remember you crying for days, saying how would I cope growing up without a dad if anything happened to father"
The more he spoke, the faster tears began to fall; even Isabelle, who still had her arms raised, slowly began to let them drop
Her flames slowly being extinguished
"Isabelle, you are my family!"
"How dare you ask me to kill my family!"
Yelling angrily, Damien dragged her face in front of him.
And Isabelle, seeing her young master, like this, suddenly burst into a bright smile
"Haha, young master, you're already twelve, aren't you a bit too old to cry?"
However, Damien, hearing this, just smiled
"When is one ever too old to cry for the one they love?"
As he said this, his body seemed to be losing all his strength
With mana and aura emptied, Damien fainted on the spot, landing in Isabel's hands
"My dear young master, I'm sorry, and thank you for considering me as family"
"I promise to master this power and use it to protect you"
Touching her head, Isabelle noticed that at some point in time, her horns had disappeared.