"Roar!"

Mink was about to rip its wings when it changed its shape once again, transforming into the giant earth golem.

When I saw it, this giant golem, it reminded me of my undead warrior. A giant two-horned burning demon stepped out from the hellfire behind the rock golem, his burning claws clutched its head.

The Golem reacted quickly, its hands grabbing the undead warrior’s head as it bent its knees, slamming the undead warrior into debris.

Mink wasn’t going to lose easily, as his tiny body appeared right above the golem’s head. His obsidian claws were slashing straight at its head.

Boom!

A long claw mark appeared on the ground, from Mink’s slash, but the golem had already changed into a black cat, vanishing between the debris.

I was shocked by Mink’s growing strength specially that claw move, I too wanted something like that. When I looked for that shapeshifting beast, it had already vanished, with Mink and an undead warrior following behind it.

"Is that the demon behind the curse?" Emi asked, looking in the direction of the undead warrior, which had vanished within the broken rocks and debris.

"Not a chance," I lifted her into my arms and flew towards the top of the mountain, leaving behind Mink and the undead warrior to fight the shapeshifter.

As the black wings flapped behind my back, all the ghostly figures rose behind me, heading towards the mountain peak. 𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

We were flying through the stormy weather, towards the mountain top. A long beam of crimson light was hitting the sky, creating a hollow crater between the clouds.

"What is that?" Emi asked with curiosity. I looked down at her face, her hair was flowing over her face, her eyes locked at the sky. There was no fear in her eyes, only curiosity. I had felt previously that she had been asking a lot of questions.

"By now, you should be able to guess it," I said. She didn’t even look at me and said, "That demon is ascending there."

"Yup," we came above the mountain top, and saw some familiar faces already there.

I was looking down at the people down below, with hundreds of thousands of ghostly figures floating behind me.

On the ground, Alex and Selina were lying on the ground, unconscious. Ron was sitting on his knees within a crimson rune. A lady wearing a black dress was standing in front of Ron, looking down at him. I looked around to search for Adrine and found another girl lying in the corner, but I didn’t find Adrine.

"Wing of the Dead, and Hellfire, appearing at the same time, this place is really special." The lady in black spoke, her voice ringing into our ears clearly.

She lifted her head to look at us; her beauty caught me off guard for a moment. She had exceptionally pale skin, with a red circle around her pupils, highlighting her strangeness. Her hair was incredibly long, reaching the ground. Her black lips were looking at me with a smile. Even her body was perfect, her chest protruding from her robe.

"Rick!"

Emi’s sharp voice woke me up. I looked back at the lady down there, this time, using hellfire numb these emotional distractions. I somehow had gotten addicted to using this hellfire as a drug to avoid pain and distraction.

I pointed my fingers at her, commanding my ghost army to attack with a menacing pose. As I did so, every single ghost that was following behind me throughout the city lunged at her like a hungry wolf. I didn’t know how strong these ghosts are, but having them with me means they must come in use. This way, I will also get a rough understanding of her strength. I was sure that an overlord that even great clans fear couldn’t be killed by some wandering souls.

She was the one who cast the spell to destroy an entire city; there was no chance she would be dying like that. As I expected, all the souls before they could even reach her had to pause in their tracks. Her single stare was enough to freeze the entire ghost army.

She just smiled at me, as all the ghosts turned around, going towards the crimson hollow sky above the mountain, becoming the offering for her ritual. I could do nothing as they weren’t following my order, or maybe the authority of the Wing of the Dead was lower than hers. I didn’t know exactly what the cause was, but she was strong.

"How long are you going to stay there? Come down, or lightning might strike you down." She said, casually, and lightning followed her words. The lightning fell straight above my head, which I barely avoided.

I was ready for the next strike, with my two wings protecting Emi while four supported our flight. With my Wind element joining the league, it was rather easy for me to maintain a fast enough speed to avoid these lightning strikes.

But they didn’t come, she was calmly looking at me in the sky. Despite the Hellfire suppressing my emotions, I wanted to get down and see her from a close distance.

I landed in front of her. She was looking beautiful in her attire, but I didn’t praise her and began closing the distance between us like a fool. I didn’t know what the hell I was doing as my mind thought this was the right thing to do.

As I was just a half metre away from her, I felt a strange warmth in my chest, and my Wings spread open, as I tried to get back into the air. I met with an invisible wall in the air. I was unable to fly.

When I looked down, a crimson rune had appeared right below my feet, just like Ron. I checked on Emi; she was hugging me, a strange golden glow coming from her body. This golden was the thing that woke me up to that demoness charm. Now, here we were caught in her trap, with no escape.