With things like this, he had the tendency to go overboard and they might not like it. He was practicing self-control right now so he needed to know to which limit he could go. His grin gave the duke creeps and it made him uncomfortable but he was not about to rescind his decision.
"Don't touch the innocent ones. Deal with those guilty ones as you see fit." Galahad relented and gave him free reign. "Just don't go overboard."
"What do you mean by overboard? Does bloody going overboard or sending them to a different dimension count as one?" He asked them with a straight face to show that he was indeed serious with his question.
Galahad did a double take at him before he covered his face with his palms. "That's fine with me. Just make sure that the innocent ones won't suffer too much."
Cygnus grinned and nodded. He stood up and bid them goodbye because he was going to see those people one by one. Galahad looked at his friend with a bitter smile and both of them silently agreed that this would be the last time that they would let that man deal with something. His way of thinking was really far from what they perceived him to be.
While the attack was happening, Ignius appeared at the shrine where the guardian was settling. He was surprised to see that the top part of the shrine was completely destroyed and that there was a large hole on the shrine's floor. Since he did not see anyone around, he followed his instincts and jumped down using the hole.
He arrived at the cavern where the guardian was resting. It was glowing a light blue color and he could see traces of a fight but there was no culprit. He started to wander around to look for them when he came to another opening and heard some noise.
The dragon took a peak and saw that there were two women battling a slightly larger snake. It was a different size than the one that appeared at the manor and he could sense it had gotten weaker to the point that it could become an ordinary snake any moment now. The women were ferocious with their attack and every stab that the other one did was aimed to kill. The other one was providing support by creating wind to distract the serpent.
Ignius was sure that the serpent would be defeated anytime now. At the corner of his eye, he saw something that was curled up in a corner. It was a small snake with black skin and golden eyes and it was looking at the fight that was happening.
The dragon immediately knew that this was the guardian deity's true body and it had gotten smaller through the course of the time as it continued to spend its power to protect its land. Ignius moved towards the serpent and casually picked it up. He wiggled it a little bit and when he looked at the serpent that was fighting, it actually stopped and slowly faded.
The women then noticed that they got company. Both of them jumped back, the moment they saw who the newcomer was. They could feel an enormous power coming from the man who was holding the serpent in his hand.
eαglesnᴏνel "Why are you backing away?" Ignius frowned when he saw their reaction. "Why don't you come and fight now, since that was what they told you to do. If you really want to kill this serpent, then come and get him."
His voice became louder as he said those words that caused the cave to shake. The sisters shivered in fear because the man was not simply somebody that they could fight head on. While they were still confused and pondering as to what they should do, a shadow appeared in front of the fan wielding sister followed by a grinning face that was a few inches away from her face.
"If you continue to stare at me like that, I might presume that you have taken a liking to me." Ignius spoke as his canines were showing. His golden-slitted eyes gave the woman shivers and her knees couldn't help but buckle.
Ignius laughed because of the woman's reaction then his gaze jumped to the other woman who looked like she was not afraid of him. This made him excited as he looked forward to what the woman could do. He waited but the woman was taking her time so he took the initiative to get near her.
At the first step that he took, the woman also took that chance to attack him. She swung her sword and aimed at his throat but the dragon easily dodged. He lightly tapped the sword to the side and yet she was flung to quite a distance.
"I came here to help the deity because the master said so. I thought that I would be facing strong opponents but I was wrong. The both of you are weak and if not for the guardian's weakening power, you would have not been able to defeat him," Ignius glared at them. He was in a good mood when he left but now his mood was ruined because his expectation was not met.
The woman with the sword slowly stood up and wiped the blood on her mouth before she held the sword tightly in her hands. The other woman who was holding her fan also recovered from the shock and was ready to fight. The woman waved her fan and it created several tornadoes that she sent towards the man.
Ignius sighed and easily disrupted the tornadoes. He used his hand to stop each of the tornado and he did that effortless. The woman with sword dashed towards him and swung her sword a couple of times but Ignius was looking bored while dodging the attacks. A series of sharp wind followed the woman in close combat as they aimed to at least wound the enemy but it did not happen. Their efforts were wasted.
"Look a that, you can't even scratch me."
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