Extra's Perfect Ending

Chapter 151: Finding out

"Do you have God’s Judgment ready?"

"We do, sir, but this location would be buried... with us in it, sir."

The tunnels were far too narrow for them to escape. Moreover, the God’s Judgment they possessed could level an entire city. There was no way they would survive in such a confined space.

"Hold it off until we evacuate," the leading priest commanded. He then turned to the bride, drenched in blood. "Are you alright, miss?"

"I’m... fine," the bride replied weakly, partly acting, partly expressing the reality. The blood tendrils that attacked her had nearly killed her. If the priest hadn’t intervened, she would have perished.

"Don’t worry, miss. We’ll take care of you from now on."

Confident in their power, the priests pushed the bride back, into the safety of their ranks. On the other side of the room, Hilda was still drenched in blood. Her monstrous face now reflected pure rage.

The fact that someone had pulled the bride out only fueled her fury, but more than that, her domain had been disturbed. The sea of blood that filled the entire room had been disrupted; a clear circle of untainted ground surrounded the entrance where the priests had arrived.

And she didn’t like that one bit.

Her blood tendrils grew more ferocious. What had once been like piranhas swarming their prey was now more akin to sharks, savagely tearing at the survivors.

Reeva, still within Hilda’s domain, was struggling to stay on his feet. Even though he wasn’t her main target, being in a demon’s domain made her far more dangerous. A demon within its domain gained a tremendous power boost and had the advantage of the environment. The only real way to deal with a domain was to counter it with one of your own.

That’s what the heretic-hunting priests had in their arsenal. One divine charm, given to every priest assigned to hunt demons, allowed them to create a counter-domain. However, it required faith to activate since it drew power from a higher being.

Reeva wished for something similar to help deal with Hilda’s domain. The blood tendrils lashed at him relentlessly, and Reeva, armed only with a knife, could barely hold them off. Many of the tendrils broke through his defense, though his demon skin was tough enough to endure the worst of it. Still, he needed to find a way out—fast.

Hilda was completely out of control. The only way to save her was to either drain her power or suppress it, both of which were incredibly difficult. It required a potent mystic force to counter the power of a demon.

At that point, why not just kill the demon altogether?

Draining a demon’s power was a near-impossible task. Being half-demon himself, Reeva knew how much mystic energy they could generate. And Hilda, as a third-circle mystic before she became a demon, was much stronger than him.

Unless... the white demon’s power could help...

Wait.

If Reeva could harness the white demon’s power, he might be able to drain other mystic forces and convert them into the white demon’s belief. Realizing this, he decided to try it.

His hand pressed against the bloody floor, and instinctively, he activated his power. The red liquid stirred, creating a small vortex as it began absorbing the mystic force around it. A moment later, Reeva understood what his power could do.

It was the effect of the white demon’s belief, but with his own twist. It transformed other mystic powers into happiness. Reeva’s eyes widened with the realization—he could save Hilda now. However, reaching her was nearly impossible... unless he had help.

"Priest help me!" Reeva shouts to the priest who looks his way after hearing his cry. seeing a normal person standing in the blood the priest immediately came to help, cutting through the blood pool with ease.

Splitting from the group the priest came over, looking at Reeva he decided to exercise a bit of caution. A guy that standing in the blood pool with no issue is likely a mystic.

"Who are you"

"I’m Penu, now help me," Reeva said, hurriedly. "That demon will kill me at this rate."

The priest eyed Reeva warily, clearly suspicious of his presence in the middle of the blood-soaked domain. But the situation was dire, and hesitation could cost them all their lives. The blood tendrils were growing fiercer by the second, lashing out with increasing speed and strength.

"I’m no ally of demons," Reeva added, gritting his teeth as another blood tendril whipped past him. He has to lie a bit to gain the priest’s trust. "If you help me, we can stop her before it’s too late!"

The priest narrowed his eyes but seemed to sense some truth in Reeva’s words. "What do you need?" he asked, still cautious but willing to cooperate.

"I need to get close to her," Reeva explained. "If I can touch her, I can drain the power out of her and stop the transformation. But I can’t get there alone."

The priest glanced over at Hilda, who was now thrashing violently, her demonic form contorted and twisted with power. Blood poured from her in torrents, flooding the room even more. It was clear that if she wasn’t stopped soon, she would destroy everything—and everyone—in her path.

"You’re a mystic," the priest said, his voice tense. "You have some kind of power to stop her?"

Reeva nodded. "It’s complicated, but I can turn her mystic energy into something else—something harmless. But I need time, and I need you to keep her off me while I do it."

The priest frowned but didn’t have time to debate. "Fine," he said, gripping his sword tighter. "But if you turn, or do something stupid. I’ll kill you myself."

"Deal," Reeva replied, trying to hide his relief. "Also, I’m not the person you should be worrying about."

It only takes the head priest a second before he realizes what Reeva meant, being in this room is a hazard in itself, and the person who got attacked by a demon is the biggest threat, like the group of priests.

Looking at Reeva, the guy only has some blood on him while the priest has an ocean of blood going after them.

All this is to say that the person that they rescue might not be an innocent girl who got caught up in this. They’ve got caught in the heat of the moment.