Entities of molten rod fire, eyes glowing red and e, with bodies emanating immense heat towards the surroundings. Such beings were marg towards the city, albeit slowly, steadily and decisively.

  The only thiweey and the flood was a wall, a few thousand people, their ons out and ready, prepared to fight until the very bitter end. Their hearts pumping wildly like a stallion galloping across a vast meadow.

  Well, them, and six more figures. Four were the massive and magnifit High Dragons which had just flown by, and the remaining two were two unassuming youths which are the closest to the horde, standing still, looking towards the distance.

  Seeing the two figures, faces covered in masks, the spectators couldn't help but tilt their heads in fusion. They had no idea why they were there nor who sent him, but they knew of ohing. It was that it would be dangerous any sed now.

  "H-Hey, you two! What are you standing there for? e back here before things get dangerous!"

  A man in the frontline shouted towards the two figures, but the tter didn't listen. Rather, they just tinued scrutinizing the enemies in front of them, turning their heads minimally as if ascertaining their positions.

  Of course, these two figures were her than Grey and Yuna. They had just finished iating with the Lord, and now that everything was settled, they are both ready to fight and wipe out the threats before them. Their eyes were shimmering a dangerous glint, ready to destroy the e a given moment.

  The man didn't know what kinds of tricks the two pulled off, riding dragons and whatnots, but he knew of ohing. It was that it was his responsibility as an adult to take care of the youngsters and stop them when they are being reckless.

  "Hey, you two, are you listeningー"

  The man tried trey's shoulders, but before the man could even touch him, he suddenly vanished into thin air. The very moment he appeared, he was already in front of the enemies, just a couple meters away.

  Rummmblleeee

  Up close with the enemies, Grey could clearly feel the rumbling of the ground, even fiercer, even more violent, and even more dangerous. Even then, he didn't budge an inch from his spot and firmly stood his ground.

  "Haap!" ［Grey］

  Without any warning, Grey raised one of his feet to the air. Not even a sed ter, he quickly phem back to the ground. Following such sudden as, the ground trembled even more like a wild sea during a stormy day.

  Along the quaking ground, a rge wall appeared befrey, rising as fast as lightning and creating a massive barricade all around the city. It was like a sed wall, but much sturdier and much more powerful. All eyes were wide open as they witnessed such a spectacle unfold.

  But the show didn't stop there. Yuna wasn't just standing still either. Just like Grey, she suddenly vanished from thin air, appearing in front of the enemies in just a fra of a sed. With an effortless leap, She op the newly created walls, her eyes glimmering coldly, unfazed by the heat.

  With a wave of her hand, dozens e icicles appeared in front of her, floating in the air freely and sharpened like that of real nces, ready to pierd annihite any obstacles on their paths, emanating ess which could freeze anything at the lightest tact.

  ??Winter Gale's Parade!?? ［Yuna］

  Yuna waved her hands once more and the icicles shot out at speeds the naked eye couldn't follow. As the icicles flew, silhouettes of horsemen bearing nces appeared out of thin air, frozen knights whose eyes were colder than ice.

  A rge band of horsemen charged towards the enemies, unfazed by the heat and unbothered by the number of enemies before them. They didn't care what obstacles were in front of them, all they knew was that they must destroy.

  Their nces, sharp as once could be, pierced through the enemies without much resistance, destroying everything in their paths and leaving the ground frozen, covered in a thi resistant yer of ice.

  Every time the nces pierced the eheir ess iheir bodies and devoured their fmes like a starving predator. At the same time, a rge hole was drilled through their torsos, spreading cracks all over as they froze into ice statues, destroying them into smithereens at the moment.

  The battlefield which looked like a living, boiling hell was turned into a cold, frozen wastend in just a matter of seds. The enemies which were ones marg were now nothing but fragments of their former selves, slowly fading away from existence as they dissipated into the air.

  It was only a few seds yet the se seemed like it had been going on for a long time. The spectators couldn't believe their eyes evehey themselves withe se unfold. It was frightening, thtening, in fact.

  In just a single moment, thousands of enemies were erased from the surface of the world. Their eyes were fixated at a single figure, all thinking of the same thing. "The Goddess of Ice has desded".

  "Yuna, you went a little overboard there." ［Grey］

  Grey's voice echoed in the cold air as he leaped atop the walls he created, standing beside Yuna whose eyes were like glowing a freezing glint. Even he, who had been Yuna for three years, was a little surprised with her power. She had clearly grown.

  "Really? I just thought of matg your performance. You know, building a massive wall and all that." ［Yuna］

  "Ah... So it's my fault, huh..." ［Grey］

  "Fufufu! You're the one who said that, not me." ［Yuna］

  Despite how precarious the situation was, Grey and Yuna were still able to have a casual versation atop the walls. There wasn't a trace of worry to be noticed on their movements, even their expressions behind the masks were calm as one be.

  "Well, anyway, sihe battle had already started... should we have a little friendly petition?" ［Grey］

  "Oh? Are we peting with how many monsters we defeat again?" ［Yuna］

  "You got it. As for the prize, the loser has to do the winner a favor." ［Grey］

  Things had just started to heat up yet the stakes were already high. Since a favor could mean from a simple treat, to something more devious and daring. It was not something one could take lightly.

  Even then, Yuna's heart did not waver at Grey's decration. Rather, she only felt even more fired up now that she has a reason to fight. She was very optimistic that she could win the petition.

  Well, rather than optimistic, Yuna just wao get back at Grey for all the losses she incurred during their card and bames. Her eyes were fming with resolve aermination to win no matter what.

  "Oh, and just a remihe ones who just finished off just now don't t. We'll have a reset." ［Grey］

  "Ehh?! Why?!" ［Yuna］

  "Well, that's because it'd just be unfair. I could have also defeated the same number if I did the wall, you know?" ［Grey］

  "Uuu... But that's that, this is this!" ［Yuna］

  Yuna tried to rebel against Grey, but her efforts were fruitless and all for naught. In the end, everything was settled the way Grey wa to, much to Yuna's immediate dissatisfa.

  Grey couldn't see her face due to the mask, but he could tell that she uffing her cheeks, pouting a little bit. His girlfriend was so adorable that before he even noticed it, his hand already moved on its oatted her head to cheer her up. A super effective move!

  "Alright, should we get started?" ［Grey］

  "Un!" ［Yuna］

  "Then at the t of three..." ［Grey］

  Preparing a little, Yuna stretched her arms towards the sky and shook her hips left and right for a bit of warm up. Grey also did the same as he rotated his shoulders and cracked his knuckles.

  "Three...! Two...! One...! And... Go!" ［Grey］

  The very moment Grey's "Go!" resouhroughout the air, a burst of wind came bursting towards the battlefield, left by Grey and Yuna at their wake as they dashed towards the e breakneck speed.

  Not wanting to interfere with one another's business, Grey headed left whilst Yuna headed towards the right, breaking the enemies' bodies the very sed they tried to get in their way.

  ??Megaton Shotgun!?? ［Grey］

  With a bst of Grey's fist, the wind howled as great force reverberated violently and fists of mana formed in the air, flying towards the enemies aroying their bodies to smithereens, sending them into the dark ay oblivion.

  In just a single punch, Grey cleared out a couple dozen enemies in front of him, turning their bodies of rod fire into fine dust and ash which scattered through the air, not leaving a single speck of their being behind.

  ??Fatal Stream!?? ［Yuna］

  Yuna wasn't being pt either. At the same time Grey's punch ected to the enemies, her torrent of sshes and cuts came biting down towards the enemies, mercilessly dig them into small pieces aroying their cores.

  Rather than power, Yuna relied on her speed to finish hundreds of her enemies as she dashed through them and not leaving a single one behind. Every time she brandished her daggers in the air, another enemy was cut down, forced to kowards the cold ground.

  Grey and Yuna's attacks were so fierd quick that, fet attag, the enemies couldn't even defend themselves. In a single sed, they were far away, at the very ohey were already past them and their bodies had already beeroyed. Such was what the enemies witnessed before their fmes were extinguished.

  Grey suddenly stopped in his tracks. He was now in the middle of the left side, all the enemies' eyes fixated on him, ready to attack him despite knowing the differen power. It was ouation others would call a predit.

  But despite being in such a dire situation, a smile formed beh Grey's mask. Soon after, the air started to tremble violently and the winds became mgressive, ready t down judgement and se the world.

  ??Tornado!?? ［Grey］

  The wind soon verged into a siity. Like a rge whirlpool swallowing ships whole, the tornado became a vortex which drew everything towards it, uprooting trees, boulders, and enemies alike. All were equal in the face of true power.

  It didn't just end there. After being lifted up in the air and experieng a couple dizzying swirls, those who were caught by the tornado were slowly ripped to shreds until there was nothi. It was a disaster, one more frightening than monsters.

  Soon enough, the tornado disappeared. But it wasn't the only ohe ehe features ierrain, and everything within range had also disappeared. They have been swallowed by the vortex known as oblivion.

  "With that, I should be at 1,932." ［Grey］

  Yet despite how chaotic the se was, Grey didn't fet to t the number of enemies he has defeated. It was more than impressive he could even t how much debris was flying during the tornado.

  Well, si was Grey we're talking about, an oddity or two should be expected. After all, he doesn't wield Divine abilities just for nothing. He should at least be this capable to prove his worth.

  "And, you'll be the 1,933rd!" ［Grey］

  Disappearing where he reviously from, Grey appeared in front of the enemies once again. With a quick jab, his fist ected towards the enemies, breaking their bodies without much problem and bsting its remains towards its kin. Grey has started to brawl yet again.

  Meanwhile, in a pot too far away, another battle was unfolding, not any less fierce than Grey's. While the pce might look calmer and less disturbed, one couldn't ighe number of frozen statues around. They were all enemies who had beeed by a siouch.

  ??Permafrost!?? ［Yuna］

  At Yuna's and, the air became frozen and the temperature dropped to the ives. Even the enemies whose bodies were literally lit abze couldn't help but shiver at the sheer power of the ess Yuna brought.

  Ruumbllleeee

  Soon after, the ground shook violently and cracks appeared all over the pce. But what emerged wasn't roor boulders but a rge yer of ice, dev the enemies whole and sending the others flying.

  Everything in front of Yuna has now been buried under a thick yer of uing ice. There wasn't a single movement to be seen as the ess slowly pierced the enemies' bodies and leaving them to freeze entirely. It was a death sentence.

  Now, all that was left were the higher variants which were far behind the flood. There were still a couple Vuls here and there but the lesser Vuls have now been thhly wiped out without mercy.

  Some were able to escape Grey and Yuna's grasps, but with the familiars standing guard behind them, not a single one ared. It was not a battle, but rather, a very one-sided massacre. One which will be engraved in history.

  "Looks like you're finished on your side. So, what's your score at?" ［Grey］

  "Nothing much, just a couple thousand." ［Yuna］

  "Oh, what a ce. I'm at a couple thousand, too." ［Grey］

  With most of the enemies cleared out, Grey and Yuna have started teasing one another. Even though they were in the middle of the battlefield, they couldn't stop themselves from flirting with one ahey really were what many would call an idiot couple.

  Thud Thud Thud

  Their bickering was only stopped when they felt the ground quake time and time again. The cause was her than the Vul King who stood more than 20 meters i. A true giant which owerful as its name suggested.

  With every step it took, the ground trembled in fear. With every swing of its arms, the surrounding air burns up from the intense heat. If there are beings which could be called the inations of hell, the Vul King was one of them.

  The ice whice covered the ground was slowly beied. Soon enough, the ground was ravaged in fmes as the Vul King drew closer and closer. With it we're the Greater Vuls who looked just as terrifying.

  "I guess it's time for the finale, huh..." ［Grey］

  "Grey, see you when I win!" ［Yuna］

  "Ah, Hey! Yuna!" ［Grey］

  Whilst Grey stood still, admiring the titan of fmes before him, Yuna already went on ahead and headed towards the enemies, a smile on her face as she thought up of what favor she should ask for.

  Gurrruuuuu

  Seeing Grey and Yuna draw closer, the Vul King opes massive maws, and in the fra of a sed, a beam of fire and va came p out, disiing everything they were to disie.

  With how hot the beam was, even the solid ground was melted and also turned into va itself. The battlefield was soon painted with patches of red and e as the Vul King tio bst the surroundings.

  The Greater Vuls weren't sitting still either. Following the boss' lead, they also opeheir mouths and shot beams trey and Yuna who were approag them. Albeit theirs were smaller, it didn't make them any less destructive.

  "Woah...! That was close!" ［Grey］

  "Grey, I'm leaving you behind～!" ［Yuna］

  "Oi, Yuna!" ［Grey］

  Well, even with how dangerous it might look, to Grey and Yuna, who were S-rankers, everything just looked like a simple game to them. No matter how many beams there were, they mao dodge them without much effort.

  Kig up their speeds even faster, Grey and Yu clouds of dust in their wake as they headed straight towards their eheir ons were ready to be swung again, thirsty for more destru.

  ??Dice!?? ［Yuna］

  ??Magnum Caliber!?? ［Grey］

  Oer anrey and Yuan's torrent of attacks rained down upon their enemies once again. With every hit eg, a rge gashing wound or a hole in the body was left. A couple more and the enemy was down.

  The enemies filed around their arms in an attempt to hit Grey and Yuna, but their movements were much too slow for the both of them. Evehey shot a volley of fireballs with their hands, Grey and Yuna simply deflected them with the use of their daggers and gaus.

  The Vul King also tried to stomp on them but they simply dodged su attack with minimal movements. The ground quaked with the Vul King's heavy step, but Grey and Yuna were still unfazed, still wearing the same expressions.

  "It's not your tur. Stay still!" ［Grey］

  Fast as lightning, Grey delivered an uppercut to the Vul King's face. Grey didn't even jump or anything of the sort. He simply stayed still and delivered a punch towards the sky. Just the shockwave from the punch was enough to deal a huge blow to the Vul King, making it fall to its back, helplessly.

  Crasshhhh

  A rge quake resouhrough the solid ground the moment the Vul King fell, making the other enemies' and the people ba the city to feel the shod lose their bance for a quient.

  Grey and Yuna didn't waste su opportunity and delivered the finishing blows to their ehe Vuls and the Greater Vuls, all were finished off in just a few seds. The two didn't even break a sweat while doing so.

  GURURUUUUUU

  In a final effort to defeat the ehe Vul King, still sprawling on the ground, amassed rge amounts of heat and mana from the surroundings inte mass over the empty and unassuming air.

  The spherical mass grew rger and rger with each passing moment and soon enough, it grew to a diameter spanning several dozeers, evehan the Vul King itself. It was like there was a sed sun on the horizon.

  The people atop the ramparts and ihe city felt fear creep iheir hearts as they saw such a se unfold. It was as if they were the end of the world. Their reas were pletely different from Grey and Yuna.

  "Waah～! Sht～!" ［Yuna］

  "Hey, Yuna, don't stare too much! You'll hurt your eyes!" ［Grey］

  "But it's just so beautiful!" ［Yuna］

  "Haah... This girl, what I am going to do with you..." ［Grey］

  There wasn't a trace of worry in their minds. While Grey might have some s, it was for airely different reason. One far more trivial and uning than the former.

  BOOOOOM

  A loud explosion resouhe air and the sphere of psma bursted into thousands upon thousands of fireballs, raining down to the ground from all sorts of dires. It was as if a myriad of meteors were heading towards the area.

  One could only feel frighte such a horrifying sight. But soon enough, that fear vanished, repced by shod disbelief from the se whifolded after it.

  ??Frost Field?? ［Yuna］

  As Yuna's gentle voice resouowards the sky, everything in sight turned blue and time seemed to stop. The only things which remained shining weren't the fireballs nor the sun above, but Yuna's deep blue eyes.

  The moment, no one knew what happened, but everything had already turo ice when they noticed. Even the fireballs which were hotter than regur fmes weren't spared and were also frozen. The impossible has bee possible.

  Crack Crack Shatter

  Soon, the sounds of gss breaking filled the air as all pieces of ice shattered into smithereens, turning into snow in just mere fragments of a sed. There was no more left to be said.

  "And this… is… goodbye!" ［Grey］

  Following such a mystical se, a loud scream filled the air as Grey jumped towards the air, log his eyes towards the Vul King which was still lying on the ground helplessly, ready to nd the finishing blow.

  ??Howling Thunder!?? ［Grey］

  The very moment Grey's punch struck the Vul King, cracks appeared immediately, spreading further throughout its whole body, apanied by the shod brute force of Grey's attack. Soon enough, its body gave in, broken into pieces. The mighty looking King was now reduced to a state resembling a pile of rubble.

  Sileuro the fields, only the sound of the gentle wind to be heard. A rge figure took a final g the man who finished him off, its eyes full e and hatred as it lost its glow. Everything was over.

  CHAPTER 135 END