Chapter One Hundred Eighty-Six:
Underworld
Hell Palace
I never expected the answer that the King of Hell would give. And before we could answer suddenly a powerful blast disturbs us all from a far.
"Another pair of battle." The King of Hell seriously answered. "Anyway, I can't do anything about what's going on here. So, I think I should go." He suddenly decided that surprised us.
"Wait!" I stop him. "We haven't gotten Manu's soul yet." I said.
"As I said earlier, you're not a maiden anymore." He said and turned his back on us.
"What!" I surprisingly answered and was about to say something when suddenly a surprised attack happened inside the Hell Palace.
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"Shu, are you alright?" Navina immediately asked me after she created a shield that protects us.
"I-I am fine." I replied and try to find out what just happened.
"As kaswa! Toririna an koa!" A voice suddenly spoke behind the smoke.
"Dihin koa langwanipakama sokpakana ak tori ngan nonga an ngal." The King of Hell answered and finally the smoke had gone and I was surprised when I saw my dear husband.
"Haimon!" I called out loud that Haimon quickly turned his gaze at me but because his mouth was sealed, he couldn't say a word and he just stare at me.
The man that was beside laughs before he said. "So, here you are Shirina." He said while looking at me intently.
"Wh-who are you?"
"No!" suddenly Navina blocks my vision to whoever that man is. "You don't have to know!" She said and because she turned her back on me, I could not see what was reflected on her face.
"Uhm, you are Navina Ryuu and…" He turned his gaze to Rishna. "Rishna Ryuu. I am surprised seeing you both here. Oh, well! I know what you came here for. But I will not let you take Manu's soul!" he furiously said and once again he attacks us but someone dispose it. "The hell!" He madly shouted.
"Yes, you are already in hell, Khawar." Suddenly the King of Hell answered.
"Oh, I forgot about you, my nephew." Khawar answered.
"Yeah! And you ruin my palace." He replied. "You even pass through the gates of Hell and even my Cerberus didn't notice your coming."
"I am powerful than them, my dear nephew. And ruining your palace isn't the important thing right now!"
"If you come here just to know if I handed the soul of Manu, then I don't."
"What! Really?!"
"You clearly heard it. I haven't given Manu's soul yet."
"Oh, that's great! Then, can I have it?"
"No." He firmly answered.
"Why?!" Khawar furiously asked.
"You are not the one who made an agreement with me so no negotiations will happen with you."
A loud explosion suddenly happened fortunately Navina was still in front of me so I was still protected from the explosion. And when the smoke finally disappeared from the explosion that happened, we immediately saw a large creature protecting the King of Hell.
A large dark, demonic hyena-like, with red eyes, draconic ears and flaming back to its tail creature was standing at the front of the King. He looks like a dog but a very dangerous dog, more dangerous than those three headed dogs, Cerberus.
"A Hellhound." Khawar said. "As always, your creatures are still protecting you."
"I'm a King, there's no question about it."
Khawar smirk. "But you still can't beat me! And I will be able to get Manu's soul."
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"Wait!" I stop Navina before we could get away from the palace.
Navina stopped and then turned to me and asked. "What?"
"Are we just leaving like that?"
"Yes," Rishna answered. "Because the attack that Khawar is making on the King of Hell cannot be simply prevented. That is the reason why we need to stay away for a while."
"But I need to save Haimon!"
"I know what you feel right now but, as you can see, the Hellhound and the Void Drake were fighting and we cannot interfere with them because we are not that strong and powerful to fight with them." Navina answered.
She was right, the two creatures are too strong to fight and we have no strength to face them so it is better if we stay away for now.
"And you don't have to worry about Haimon, because Khawar put him into a tight sealed and not even me can break it." Rishna answered.
A deep breath I took and just quietly looked at the fighting going on between Khawar and the King of Hell. And even though I feel so nervous because of Haimon's condition, I still can't do anything because as Rishna and Navina said we don't have the ability to fight Khawar. So, all I can do is to hope that it will end soon.
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"Kaslama ak ang, my dear nephew. Rope dihin om ap nir koa wanggagama lotama." Khawar said after Void Drake, a dragon like creature with a solid void serpent body, eyes clear as a crystal, a tail of solidify shadow smoke and a single pointed to its head, finally stop attacking the Hellhound.
"And yet, your creature couldn't defeat my Hellhound." He answered.
Khawar laughs so much before he answered. "No worries my dear nephew. I am just starting."
"Yeah! You just ruin my entire palace." He spoke.
"Of course. It is inevitable." He answered before he ordered Void Drake to attack once again but to his surprised someone came and attack him from behind.
Because the attack was unexpected, Khawar flew into the boulder and so did the Void Drake that strongly hit the terrain of the underworld that shook the whole place.
"My King." Goddess Vive immediately kneeled to his front. "I'm sorry for being late."
"I understand." He said before turning his gaze to her creature. "You two, as the Judge of all living and non-living, now you are here, finish what was supposed to do from the very beginning." The King of Hell commanded before he goes to Shu Tokino.
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