Voyage Of The Villainess

"All of you, I command you to stop her!" The hunchback man who was beside Oliver shouted. It was clearly visible in his voice that he too became extremely cautious at the sudden surge of lifa.

The witch cackled. "This is getting interesting," But before the Witch could reach Malaya's position, Kayden already blocked her way. He spread his sword and looked at everyone with a threatening gaze.

"Those who try to get close will die," Kayden warned. His serious demeanor was conveyed by his icy and deep tone. He aimed his sword towards the witch.

A burst of dark flames surged out from Kayden's left hand.

"Argh!"

"It's hot!"

The cloaked people who were trying to get closer to Malaya were taken off guard by the rapid blast of flames. They attempted to brush off the flames, but the more they did so, the more the fire moved towards them, fully engulfing them.

The witch blocked the flames with both of her hands. A more sinister smile spread on her lips. 

"I can't believe you have gotten stronger, my son. You've grown so fast. As your mother, I'm really so proud of you."

"Stop calling me your son," Kayden said in a deep cold voice. And he was giving an expression that he was not very pleased with the witch's words. "I only have one mother and killed her!" More dark flames emerged from his sword. He vanished in his spot and reappeared in front of the witch with a single swift motion. He struck the witch with his blazing sword with great force.

The witch stepped back. Two black daggers with patterns of dark vines reemerged in her hands. She used this to block Kayden's sword. A blast of wind was created when their blades collided.

"Why are you so angry with me, my son? Did I do something that you don't like? Tell me, my son." The witch said with teary eyes. She was not the very least perturbed at the force Kayden was emitting. "That woman doesn't deserve such a beautiful husband and son, that's why she needed to be gone on your way."

These words only ignited more flames within Kayden's heart.  'No. Calm down. Don't get provoked by her.'

"Firestorm." Kayden spoke and the next thing happened, waves of dark flames emerged from him. 

The dark flames spread everywhere at an incredible speed. More cloaked people got caught with the fire screamed so badly. Their skins started slowly to burn. And no matter how much they tried to remove it, it only got bigger, completely burning them now. Not only that, but the whole house was already burning as well. And some debris was already falling as well. It was like the place became more of a living inferno.

It was not only the cloaked people who got caught in the fire, the witch's eyes were horrified as the fire inches to her skin. 

"Ah! Why did you do this to me? It's hot!" With strong force dark energy surged out from her. She yanked the sword of Kayden and jumped away from him. "Ah! No! Please save me, it's hot!" The crazy shouts of the witch echoed in the place as she tried to get rid of the flames from her clothes.

However Kayden would not waste any time to let the witch go easily like that. He swayed his sword and dashed towards the witch. 'I will end you here now.'

But before he could reach the witch...

*Clash!* Two metals collided once again but it was from another enemy.

Kayden drew his sword, barring a massive ax above him.

The ax was held by the hunchback man this time. And this time one could notice that instead of his hunchback, black wings like a bat were flapping behind his back.

"I don't think that someone as strong as you would show up here, can I also fight with you?" 

Although Kayden couldn't see his face due to his clown mask, he knew too well that this new opponent was grinning inside. 'A demon?'

Kayden didn't say anything. More dark flames burst out from his sword and with a strong force, he slashed the sword against the ax. The two weapons separated and both Kayden and the since hunchback man set a distance from each other. 

But as soon as the demon man landed on the ground, he bend both of his knees and leaped towards Kayden. With both hands, he raised his ax in the air to strike Kayden. 

The witch, seeing Kayden being occupied with the demon, threw a dark energy ball towards him.

And Oliver, who was sitting calmly and enjoying himself, narrowed his eyes. He extend his left hand. A black energy bow began to emerge from his hands. When he extended the bow, a dark arrow began to form within it. He aimed it towards Kayden.

Kayden leaped out to evade both the attack of the demon and the witch. He twisted his body in the air. The demon ax passed above him and the witch's dark energy balls went through below him.

At the same time, this was the moment Oliver decided to release his dark arrow from his bow. 

However, it was not over yet. Kayden saw the incoming arrow. Since he was suspended in the air, he knew too well that he couldn't evade this one. He raised his sword, intending to slash it away. But to his surprise when he thought that the arrow would hit him, it passed through him.

Kayden glanced at the direction of the arrow. He realized it was heading in Malaya's direction.

The scene where he became human once again suddenly flashed through his mind. It was the time that Oliver launched that arrow when Malaya teleported away those unconscious people. Despite the acidic water that was surrounding Malaya and everyone at that time, the arrow still managed to go through, piercing Hyun Jae.

As soon as Kayden landed on the ground, a burst of energy erupted to all of his body. He vanished in a quick second and reached the arrow before it hit through Malaya.

He managed to stop the arrow. But...

"How easy." A sinister smile escaped Oliver's lips. 

*Tack!*

*Tack! Tack!*

Oliver fired three more arrows towards Kayden. The arrows plunged towards Kayden's back.

Kayden winced when the arrows hit his body. A small blood emerged from his lips. 'This... I was caught off guard, tsk.'

Kayden burned the arrow he was holding. Then the arrows that pierced his back also burned to ashes. 

He reached for a potion on his coat, but then he realized. All of the potions he possessed had already been applied to those people. That's what he was doing when Malaya discovered him back in the room. He utilized his potions to keep those unconscious people's pulses stable.

"Tsk," he grumbled, wiping the blood from his lips. Despite the pain in his back, he kept a cold expression on his face. In his left hand, a new sword materialized. Then he took a step back and faced his three opponents.

He slashed away another arrow that Oliver shot towards him. Kayden's gaze was now fixated on the grinning Oliver. 

"Hmm... How resilient." Oliver grinned even wider. "My bad. It seems my arrows has no effect on you. Maybe my attack was too weak for you." He jested but that was not true at all. He could see the blood dripping from Kayden clearly. 

Kayden disappeared without saying anything. He reappeared in front of Oliver.

"Is this your last move?" Oliver simply stopped Kayden's sword with a gesture on his right hand. His sword stopped just two inches away from Oliver's hands. It was as if there was a thick barrier that Kayden couldn't see, blocking between them.

"I don't know what's your relation with her, but seeing that you're a dark mage as well, why don't you join my force. Your powers will only be wasted with them. With me, your power will only be stronger."

Kayden didn't answer, instead he thrusted his other sword towards Oliver. 

Oliver felt the intense pressure Kayden put on him. 'I see. It seems there is more with his strength. But...'

A burst of dark energy erupted from Oliver's hand. Kayden didn't expect this strong force. He knew he would be thrown out at this rate. The sword on his left side disappeared and instead he plucked two small daggers out from his hilt. 

Before Kayden was thrown by the force, he put more energy towards the dagger and threw it towards Oliver in an angle that was not covered with the force.

Oliver seeing an unexpected and fast dagger flying towards him, he immediately blocked his remaining available left hand. But he didn't know that there was another one coming. Kayden threw another dagger.

It completely passed the other one and pierced right to his right shoulder.

*Slash!*

'Hoh,' Oliver removed the dagger right away and blood started to drip out from it.

Kayden, seeing that his dagger hit Oliver, smirked. But he was now completely thrown out in the air with the force.

*Boom!*

A loud and ear-piercing explosion resounded through the whole Village of Or.