85 Chapter 85 - Alexios Dilemma (2)
"Archmage Adriannel!"
Alexios gasped in surprise though he had been unaware of the presence of an archmage until his transformation into a demon.
In the demon realm, everyone revered the strongest Archdemon, Evangeline, she was a living legend, her name echoing through the realm and enshrined in countless scriptures.
Her story was one of solitary conquest, where she single-handedly crushed the Saint realm and the Human realm.
In the eyes of the demon realm, only this archmage's betrayal had prevented her from achieving ultimate domination.
However, Alexios was no fool.
He knew that communities often tailored their narratives to suit their interests, so he was skeptical.
Even if there had been a betrayal, he was sure that Evangeline wasn't just any ordinary person to be just die through betrayal of some weak person.
He began his research and, through the guidance of the Present Demon Queen, Amrantha Tenebri, he uncovered the hidden truth.
Only longest-lived beings held knowledge of this hidden reality — Archmage Riannel had sealed his wife and was reborn multiple times to maintain the seal. From this information, Alexios deduced that a reincarnation of the archmage must still exist in the human realm.
After painstakingly searching through the names of powerful individuals, he finally found a name that stood out: Adriannel Riantain.
It was as clear as day that he had discovered the Archmage himself due to this name being very similar as archmage himself with minor changes like addition of Ad at the beginning of riannel.
Infront of him stood the living legend, 'I can only hold him off for three minutes' with this thought in mind Alexios calculated the interval in time will be enough for him to escape using an artifact.
He noticed Adriannel looking towards him with his cold crimson eyes.
WHOOSH
Suddenly, a massive white orb materialized in the sky.
Adriannel's hands lifted, and an unseen force started to compress the already dense mana into a smaller form at a visible pace.
The large orb steadily shrank until it resembled a mere ball, which Adriannel then clenched with tremendous strength, making it seem as though the orb had vanished into his fist.
But Alexios could still sense the super-dense, pure mana contained within his hands before he saw Adriannel's flickering his finger as a small white light orb left his hands.
DRIP
It was as if a single drop of water, a white droplet, had fallen to the ground.
'Shit'
Alexios's eyes widened as he covered his entire body in dense demonic energy, preparing for the impending impact. Flames surged from his horns and shrouded him in a fiery ball.
BOOM
A massive dome-like white light moved towards them, passing through him and obliterating all the demon elites behind him.
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After some days,
'Finally, my strength has recovered, not like before but enough to protect my sister'
Alexios came out of a cave and looked towards a certain direction as his figure vanished, moving quickly towards the Valeria Academy.
He waited for nightfall to infiltrate the academy premises, unaware that two crimson eyes were watching him.
He entered the boundaries as the sun set.
Alexios' POV
'Where is Thalia's dormitory?'
I looked around to find my sister's dormitory. After searching many places, I finally found her.
Thalia was talking to a Dariant girl looking at that girl, I recognised her,'Rihane Valhale, who was 18 years old, with a brother named Gleinder Valhale. She was always ranked last, a gossiping girl with the ability to look into people's souls'
Before coming here, I had already investigated Thalia's friend circle and who she interacted with, but I couldn't find him.
I wanted to visit Zephyr Liander as soon as possible to teach him to maintain a suitable distance from my sister.
'Here he is,' I noticed him as he arrived and greeted them both.
'!?'
'Did he just look at me? No, I am sure our eyes met. How? It should be impossible for him to detect me. I don't understand how he knew I was here'
'What the hell! Did he just smirk at me?' 'No!'
'This bastard! He's doing all this intentionally'
How dare he hug my sister like that?
Should I kill him?
'Wait, breaking his bones would be good, or maybe I can just use him to blackmail Duchess Kassidy. After getting Miss Lily, I can kill this bastard.'
I calculated everything and finally came up with the best plan — to get all my work done without breaking a sweat.