Chapter 158 - a little trouble
We came to the front gate of the Secret Realm, where we could see the barrier separating us from the outside world.
I looked around and saw many people gathered together in their respective teams. However, there were far fewer people than before.
Many of them had died.
Then I noticed a commotion nearby.
Eithen and Chloe were in the middle of it as well.
What’s with those two? They never give me a good feeling, and now this...
They were arguing with several demons. I listened for a moment and heard them shouting.
"You filthy human! How dare you steal our loot? Do you have a death wish?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? Those are our loot! Just because you couldn’t rob us, do you think they belong to you?"
A wide grin appeared on the demon’s face.
"You’re already heading toward the exit, where the others can protect you. Hand over everything, or else..."
Chloe looked at him and asked,
"Or else what? Do you think we’re afraid of you or something?"
The demon’s grin widened.
"You will be."
Then he ordered his companions,
"Go and capture the humans and get their loot."
He then looked toward us.
"Go for that group as well. They seem to be high rank. Rob them. They must have good stuff."
Chloe and Eithen immediately got into battle stance.
The massive group they had gathered earlier was now less than half its original size.
I simply watched the situation with amusement.
Then I looked at Luna and said,
"Hey, Luna. Let’s stay here, but if even one of those demons comes toward us, let’s kill them."
She nodded.
Amy looked at me and said,
"Don’t worry. As long as your amazing big sister is here, no one will touch either of you. I’ll make sure of that."
Her eyes narrowed as she looked at the demons.
Elena’s expression became cold as well.
Then the fight broke out.
The other races simply watched.
None of them had any intention of getting involved. They looked at the situation with cold calculation.
They didn’t care what happened unless it affected them.
But I wasn’t any different.
I looked at the situation, then at Luna and the others, and suggested,
"Let’s go. I miss Mom. We haven’t met her in a long time."
Amy smiled warmly and nodded.
"Hmm. Mom must be missing us too."
"Let’s go, Gray."
I nodded, and we began walking toward the exit.
The others looked at us as if we were doing something insane.
Even when the demons came toward us, we didn’t flinch.
We simply continued walking.
Luna happily followed behind Elena.
Amy and Elena took the front, while Luna and I followed behind them.
Then a demon blocked our path.
"Where do you think you’re going, beauty?"
His eyes flashed with lust.
I had originally planned to ignore him, but after seeing his expression, I frowned and looked at him with narrowed eyes.
Amy said,
"Move out of the way or die."
Her voice carried no hesitation, as if she wouldn’t hesitate to strike him down if he dared to stay in her way.
The demon’s smile widened.
"Oh? A feisty one, aren’t you? I like it."
"I’ll count to three. If you don’t move, prepare to die."
The demon’s amusement grew, and he pointed a finger at Amy.
"You... kill me? Are you delusional?"
Amy didn’t respond.
She simply looked at him with cold disdain.
"One..."
"Two..."
"Three."
With the final number, her sword materialized in her hand, and she launched an attack at the demon with lightning speed.
If the attack landed, the demon would definitely die.
Amy didn’t care.
To her, the demon was nothing more than another annoying creature standing in her way.
At the last moment, another powerful demon rushed forward and blocked the attack.
But before he even had time to look at Amy, a sword tip was already pressed against his throat.
It was Elena.
"Do you want a fight? We can give you one. Killing pests like you is nothing."
Her gaze was like a glacier as she looked down at the demon who had stopped Amy’s attack.
Although he had managed to block Amy’s attack, if Amy had used her full strength, it was questionable whether even this demon could have stopped it.
Behind Amy, I leaned toward Luna and whispered,
"Hey, if this fight really happens, let’s rob the demons."
An evil smile spread across my face.
Luna’s eyes lit up as well, and an equally frightening smile appeared on her face.
"That sounds fun."
Amy and Elena heard that and rolled their eyes.
They sighed internally.
What happened to our innocent little brother and sister?
The demon looked at the sword pointed at his throat.
His killing intent spread out as he glared at Elena.
Elena didn’t hesitate.
She swung her sword.
The demon tried to avoid it, but a clean line appeared across his neck, and blood flowed out.
However, he quickly drank a healing potion and recovered.
More demons came forward.
There were only about six of them, and three had already gone to fight Eithen’s group.
So I looked at Amy and asked,
"So, are we going to kill them?"
Amy nodded.
"They came in our way, so yeah."
The demons’ eyes widened.
We were talking about their lives as casually as if we were discussing taking out the trash.
I grinned.
"I did have time to use my new abilities as well."
Amy nodded.
"We’ll take care of these two. You guys go and take care of the other one."
I nodded.
Luna immediately sprang into action and attacked the other demon.
Before I even had time to process it, she had already moved.
She knew that if she waited, I would steal the kill.
I was tempted to teleport over and kill the demon myself, but seeing Luna’s excitement, I couldn’t do it.
Amy and Elena also moved to deal with the two demons who had come to stop us.
And just as Amy was about to deliver the final blow—
A massive pressure suddenly descended upon us.
It felt as if something was crushing our bodies.
All the fighting stopped.
Most of the people around us collapsed to the ground.
The pressure was coming from outside the barrier.
A powerful demon elder—or someone of a similar level—had released it.
I saw Luna fall to the ground as well.
Amy also dropped slightly but managed to remain standing.
Luna and I were still only D Rank, while Amy and Elena could use their Aura to resist the tremendous pressure.
Even then, they were barely holding on.
But in that exact moment, another pressure suddenly descended.
It was the Empress.
Her presence was vast and bright.
I could feel my mother’s presence as well.
Both of them were enraged because that demon had dared to threaten us.
My mother’s presence was just as vast as the Empress’s, but fundamentally different.
To us, it felt like a gentle breeze.
To everyone else, it was like a frozen blizzard ready to freeze them to death.
Her presence swept through everyone.
For a moment, I felt the immense pressure as well.
But then my body began to react.
The power of my newly awakened physique surged through me and began to negate the pressure.
I immediately teleported to Luna’s side and checked on her.
Then I helped her up.
I looked at the others who had fallen.
This isn’t going well.
Fuck it. I’ll kill them all.
My cold gaze shifted toward the demons.
But then I remembered Luna.
She was here with me.
I couldn’t simply leave her here and go around killing them.
So I placed a hand on her and stabilized her before giving her a high-tier healing potion.
She looked at me and asked,
"How are you fine?"
I smiled.
Then I focused.
There was something I had thought about for a long time, but in the past, I had been too weak to try it.
I used Space to its maximum.
A barrier formed around Luna, completely separating her from the surrounding space.
It was as if I had solidified Space itself, creating a wall around her and isolating her from the pressure.
I had never been able to do something like this before.
But now, with the enhancement from my class and the empowerment of my Abyssal energy, I could finally do it.
The barrier stabilized.
Luna visibly relaxed.
I then teleported Elara inside it as well.
Amy and Elena saw what I had done, so they came over and examined the new spatial barrier.
Amy praised me.
"Hmm... This is some complicated spatial manipulation. Ah, you used most of your mana and energy to create it."
Then she looked toward the demons.
She thought about killing them but quickly abandoned the idea.
If we killed them now, those old demons wouldn’t simply let us leave.
Even with Mom and the Empress protecting us, they could still find a way to kill us later.
So letting them go was the most logical choice.
Amy looked at me and said,
"Good thing, Gray. It’s good you didn’t kill them."
I looked at her with confusion.
"Ah? What do you mean? I was just going to kill them. I didn’t because I can’t let Luna stay like this."
Her eyes widened.
She sighed and think what I expected from my younger brother then she immediately stopped me.
"No. Don’t kill them now. If we kill them, the situation will escalate."
