Chapter 178: Let Me Show You Something
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Ravel Phenex, wreathed in Phoenix flames, stood before Makihisa Tohno.
Makihisa felt the searing heat of the flames, a 'mortal threat' that even stirred the Oni blood within him, and gulped.
'Had he just heard her say—Phenex? Those wings, radiating horrifying flames, the overwhelming demonic aura...'
"Damn it—a shapeshifting Demonic Beast? No, she called herself a Phenex—a Phoenix. one of the legendary, immortal birds? But those are supposed to be extinct..." Makihisa stared at Ravel in horror.
He wanted to 'strangle' his informants. A legendary Phoenix, reappearing after millennia? Such vital information, and he hadn't received a whisper of it.
And now—he'd stumbled right into its path.
Even the weakest Phoenix was an immensely powerful being, a High-Tier supernatural entity that only the most powerful Magicians—the Twelve Lords: Monarchs or the monstrous beings of the Twenty-seven Dead Apostle Ancestors—could handle.
He, Makihisa Tohno, was just a Half-Demon, a mortal with Oni blood. While stronger than ordinary humans, he was no match for a Phoenix. Perhaps someone like Shiki Tohno could stand a chance, but he...
"This is a misunderstanding! A misunderstanding, Phenex-sama!" Makihisa raised his hands in surrender, backing away slowly.