Chapter 222: Protect
Then, Natalia took a deep breath, conjured a long sharp sword filled with pure lawful ice power, and disappeared from there.
But unlike before, Charles sensed a strange yet eerie, chilling power that came out from the sword.
'I need to distract him for two seconds and create an opportunity.' He steeled his heart and muttered to himself.
While he was in muse, Natalia reappeared in front of Elder and thrust the ice sword towards his heart.
At the exact moment, Charles locked his gaze on Elder and cast [Burning Thoughts], [Fire Seed], and [Knowledge Absorber] spells at the same time.
Not only that, but he also touched the red-gem embedded black ring and curled his lips upward as he waited for an opportunity to cast [Insanity Mind] spell.
Just when Natalia's sword was about to pass through the eerie black smoke, Elder suddenly forgot how to control the black smoke!
No, he even forgot how to hold grip the weapons and dropped both scythes!
In a blink, the chaotic black smoke became illusionary and gave Natalia a perfect opportunity.
Curling her lips upward, she concentrated her full lawful power towards the tip of the sword and lunged forward!
The next second, a flesh-stabbing sound echoed in the gloomy night as the sharp icy sword pierced through Elder's chest, tore through his heart, and appeared on the other side.
Then, the icy sword trembled for a moment and exploded while sending law-infused ice elemental energy deep into his body parts!
By the time Elder regained his sense, he felt a sharp pain in his chest!
No, he felt that some icy energy started to invade his body.
Although Elder was wounded, he didn't even make a painful noise and sharpened his gaze towards the young black-haired woman, who stood in front of him.
Comparing to his body size, she appeared very tiny!
'She destroyed my first heart.'
A ruthless expression appeared on his face as he gripped the scythe handles-
His grey eyes widened all of a sudden.
He suddenly noticed that there was no weapon appeared in his hands at all!
'It's the Memory erasing spell.' Elder subconsciously shifted his gaze towards Charles, glared at him, and soon retracted his gaze.
On the other hand, Natalia stood there with a cold face and was about to cast [Fate Shift] skill!
But she cast [Fate Vision] skill instead!
It was another [Sinful Demon] Class skill, Chaotic Thinking!
It was a spell that could cause the opponent to make mistakes.
The next instant, her face turned gloomy.
"You are dead." Saying so, Elder raised his right hand and moved it towards her head.
Upon noticing the monstrous hands, Natalia frowned a little, retracted her hand, and muttered.
"Crystal Shield."
Just as she finished her words, two rectangular ice blocks appeared beside her left side and blocked Elder's fist.
Simultaneously, she took a step forward, raised her delicate, smooth hand, placed it on Elder's left-side chest, and spoke casually.
"Icy Grasp."
For a moment, shock and alarm appeared on Elder's face as he realized what she was doing and instantly cast his sub-class skill.
The next instant, his body turned into a dark shadow, disappeared from there, and soon reappeared twenty meters away from her!
On the other hand, the corner of Natalia's lips rose upward.
"So, you are a Dual-Class Mystic, huh. Phantom Devil?" She tilted her head with a cold smile on her face.
Although she appeared calm and relaxed outside, her heart began to beat faster.
'He has a connection with both Divine Order and Demonic Church! Moreover, he hasn't revealed his sub-class skills other than Shadow Teleportation.' Her thoughts raced.
Meanwhile, Elder stared at her for a moment and sighed.
"It seems I underestimated your strength." He paused for a moment before he raised his hand, pointed it towards Charles, and curled his eerie black lips upward.
"Shadow Possession."
As he spoke, a bolt of dark ray came out from his finger, moved towards Charles, and soon appeared in front of his forehead.
Then, the ray entered his head, seeped into his dark space, and soon invaded his Inner World.
Once it arrived in the Inner World, the dark ray turned into an eerie reddish-black cloud and soon formed into a black humanoid figure.
This skill was similar to [Consciousness Invade], but an inferior one.
Unlike the other one, Elder's shadow consciousness could only leave after completely taking complete control of the other person.
Moreover, the shadow consciousness's connection would also cut off once it enters one's Inner World.
If not for the shadow seed in Elder's mind, he wouldn't even know that his consciousness was still alive or not.
At that moment, the humanoid shadow soon looked around the lava-filled world and got utterly stunned.
"He already entered the Inner-World?" It couldn't help but mutter out loud in shock.
Then, it hurriedly landed on the ground and thought of looking for the Soul Core.
But just when it landed on the ground, a white-haired old man appeared in front of it, raised his hand, and completely grasped its neck area!
"W-What?" It couldn't even understand where this mysterious white-haired man came from and shouted.
"You are a mere shadow of a consciousness, but you have some nerve to walk into my domain." An old man's voice echoed in the Inner World.
The next instant, the whole surroundings ignited suddenly and turned into a reddish flame while burning the shadow in a second.
Meanwhile, Elder retracted his gaze from Charles, then stared viciously at Natalia for a second and let out a wicked laugh.
"What are you going to do now? I will turn him into my puppet within a few seconds-"
Before he could even finish his sentence, his grey eyes widened!
In a moment, he noticed that the shadow seed in his mind suddenly got broken into pieces!
'My shadow consciousness died?' Confusion appeared on his face.
He soon turned his vicious face into a grave one and sighed.
"Chaos Chains." His voice turned sinister.
The next instant, tens of eerie reddish-black chains popped up from the ground and moved towards Charles and Natalia quickly.
On the other hand, Natalia dismissed her shield spell, tapped her foot on the ground, disappeared from there, and soon appeared next to Charles.
At that moment, Charles also cast [Sun's Shell] spell on himself and spoke.
"I have a way to make him insane for a short moment. Use that opportunity and destroy his other heart." His eyes turned resolute.
A surprise flashed on Natalia's face for the first time.
But soon, she frowned while casting a crystalline ice shield to cover them and asked.
"What if he has three hearts? I heard that Phantom Devils are hard to kill."
She couldn't help but show concern on her face.
Meanwhile, Charles also frowned for a moment and asked.
"Why not take his head instead?"
"Nope. Devils can grow multiple heads as long as they have given enough time." Natalia shook her head.
Meanwhile, Charles suddenly turned his gaze towards Elder and raised his eyebrows.
"As long as you decapitate his head, I can destroy his other heart." A confident smile appeared on his oval face, which even surprised Natalia for a moment.
She soon returned to her cold self, thought for a moment, and nodded.
'I refused to die here. Wait for me, Joel. I'm coming for you.' A firm resolution appeared in her scarlet eyes as she glanced at Charles and spoke.
"I'm going to use a powerful spell to decapitate his head. Once I cast that spell, I might lose consciousness and enter into a coma stage for some time." She paused for a moment and added with a smile.
"Protect me."
Although she had another trump card that could save her life in an unconscious state, she didn't dare to bet her life on it.
Meanwhile, Charles's heart thumped faster than ever like a machine!
