Iands, Roselle, Risebelle, and Runebelle observed the unfolding se.

  Runebelle leaned forward with slight awe on her face. “Kael’s trolling an army. He has the numbers.”

  Risebelle crossed her arms. “Sure, but trolling that many minions must be draining his magic a lot. He’s got power, but that ’t st forever.”

  her sister noticed Roselle’s sileil the crowd focused their attention ba the arena and became hushed. Her eyes were glued to Rawna.

  “Roselle?” Risebelle called out tfo her, but Roselle remained silent. Risebelle exged a gh Runebelle, who simply shrugged.

  Rawna faced the formidable Undead Army summoned by Kael. She attempted to make her way through the frontline of warriors; however, the archers in the back began to rain arrows upon her, f her to focus on defleg and dodging the projectiles.

  The mages within the Undead Army seized the opportunity to disrupt her attacks, casting spells to create obstacles in her path. Dark magic crackled around her, hindering her progress. The relentless assault of arrows, spells, and advang skeletal left Rawna struggling to find an opening.

  Kael, with his eerie demeanor, watched the chaos unfold with a sinister grin.

  Kael, seized the opportunity created by the chaos of the Undead Army and casted, “Skull Swarm.” A torrent of skulls emerged from his outstretched hands, filling the air with a deadly rain of dark energy. These sinister skulls homed in on Rawna.

  In the face of the overwhelming Undead Army and the Skull Swarm, Rawna gathered her magical energy into her hands. She eled her power with ferocity and released the Crimson Doppelganger Bolt, a pair of devastating crimson energy energy bsts.

  The bolts streaked through the air and cut through the dark energy of the Skull Swarm and the undead warriors in their path. The ripple effect caused by the attack further amplified its destructive power, creating a devastating impact that left a trail of destru in its wake.

  Rawna’s attack cleared a path for her, allowio push through the Undead Army’s frontlines and make her way toward Kael. Her spear of destru glowed with ominous dark purple energy. She reached Kael with a swift and powerful strike; however, the female undead warrior stepped forward, raising her sword to block the attack. The csh was intense, with an ued force behind the skeletal warrior.

  Rawna’s eyes widened in disbelief. It was as if the undead warrior possessed a strength that defied reason to csh with a goddess item like this. This ued turn of events left Rawna momentarily stunned.

  Kael, a sly grin on his pale face, spoke fidently. “I see the disbelief in your eyes right now. You’re probably thinking, ‘That’s impossible.’ But my mastery of neancy allows me to rival any force, even one as formidable as your spear of destru…”

  He tinued whie juring dark energy. “Neancy grants me the power to and the forces of death, to manipute and el their energy. With this ability, I oppose even the mightiest of forces, such as your fearsome spear. My undead army, bound to my will, serves as the extent of my power.”

  Kael’s lifeless eyes glowed with an uling aura of darkness. “Now, allow me to show you even more of what I do.”

  With a swift intation and a raising of his hand, Kael cast his dark magice again.

  “Undead Giant.”

  The female skeletal warrior who had been g with Rawna was enveloped in a sinister energy, and her body began to swell and distort.

  The medium-sized Skeleton transformed into a colossal Undead Giant. The sheer force of the transformatio Rawna flying backward. Her eyes locked o monstrosity that now stood in her path.

  The Undead Giant, a hulking behemoth of dark and twisted energies, roared with an otherworldly fury, its gaze fixed on Rawna.

  Rawna locked onto the monstrous Undead Giant. She could feel the dark energy pulsating from her spear of destru. It was the power that could obliterate anything in its path.

  But before she could make a move, the Undead Giant swung its massive sword downward with incredible force. The ground quaked, and the resulting shockwave sent Rawna hurtling through the air. She collided with the barrier surrounding the arena ao the ground.

  Raushed herself up from the ground, ign a minor cut on her cheek that had caused her bck blood to trickle.

  Iands, Roselle’s eyes were fixed on the se unfolding below. She spoke barely above a whisper, “That’s impossible. Only Prince Vuldo was able to damage Rawna, and he had to use most of his magical energy to do it.”

  Risebelle, notig Roselle’s intense focus, leaned in to her. “What did you say, Roselle?”

  Runebelle, equally curious, tried to catch Roselle’s attention. “Is something wrong?”

  But Roselle didn’t respond. Her tration was unbroken towards the battle between Rawna and Kael.

  Rawna’s spear of destruanated more of it’s dark purple energy outwards, nearly coating her hand in it.

  “Spear…. Of destru!”

  With a mighty throw, the on soared through the air, shrouded in dark energy. It struck the Undead Giant with devastating force, causing the t creature to shatter and dissipate into nothingness.

  But Rawna wasn’t finished. With remarkable agility, she leaped into the air, snatg the spear before it could fall to the ground. She hurled the on downward, eling its dark energy into a massive swirling vortex around it which resulted in a massive explosion that engulfed the remaining undead army.

  When the smoke cleared, only Kael remained. A dark gri across his pale face. With a chilling tone, he remarked, “Impressive, Rawna. You’ve shattered my undead forces beyond repair. But I still have a few tricks up my sleeve.”

  Before Rawna could react, Kael ted an intation, “Undead Hands!”

  From above, a swarm of spectral hands materialized. They desded rapidly toward her.

  Rawna looked coldy towards the attad responded, “You won’t catch me that easily.”

  She leaped out of the way, narrowly avoiding the spectral hands that crashed into the ground with a deafening impact.

  Rawna’s golden eyes bzed with magical energy. She aimed one hand at Kael. A tense air filled the arena. With a powerful surge of energy, Rawna unleashed her indigo beam of noal magic which was a devastating directed straight at Kael. The darkness surrounding him appeared to hold strong initially, f a barrier to protect him.

  But Rawna delved deeper into her reserves of power. The indigo beam intensified, and the barrier that protected Kael began to waver. Then, with a final push, Rawna’s magical assault overwhelmed the dark barrier, shattering it into obscurity. The indigo beam struck Kael directly, and a powerful surge of energy enveloped him, f him bad causing the swarm of spectral hands he had summoo vanish into the ether.

  When the smoke cleared, Kael was barely standing. His appearance was disheveled and he wore a face of disbelief.

  Rawna stared at Kael with a cold gaze. Her golden eyes bore into him.

  Kael stammered, “How is this possible? My neancy... my undead army... how did you handle all of that and only end up with a scratch?”

  Rawna’s lips curled into a faint smirk. “You should sider yourself honored, Kael. To even leave a mark on me is more than most cim.”

  She raised her spear once more with the dark energy c through it, ready to finish the battle.

  Before Rawna could throw the spear, the seemed to tremble, and to her astonishment, the defeated undead warriors from before reappeared. Kael was now supplied with 10 thousand skeletal soldiers once again.

  In the midst of the undead horde, the female warrior who had defended Kael earlier stood firm, resuming her position as the guardian of the neancer.

  Kael ughed maniacally. “Did you really think you’d see of my army? We’re back for round two, Rawna!”

  Rawna gred at him. “It should be impossible for you to cast the spell to re-summon them. I destroyed them entirely, so you couldn’t regee them.”

  Kael raised one of his hands, revealing that it was now skeletal. “Ah, but Rawna, you should never say ‘impossible.’ You see, I used areme form of magic t them back. In exge for learning this spell, I had to make a sacrifice.”

  The croed. Rawna, however, remained unfazed.She tightened her grip on the spear of destru.

  Kael’s eyes held a dark satisfa within them. “This hand is but a small price for the power to defy even you, Rawna.”

  Rawna shook her head. “Your sacrifice will be in vain, Kael.”

  Risebelle had been watg the battle closely like Roselle, and the sudden reappearance of the undead army and the power dispy from Kael had raised her suspis. Her brows furrowed as she muttered to herself,

  ‘Extreme magic? Yeah right. Kael is out of magical energy. Even if he could have pulled that off, he didn’t have enough magical energy to do so. Summoning that undead army o his magical energy in half, then utilizing the undead Giant ability also takes a great deal of magi him. Kael’s not as strong as he appears to be, nor does he have that level of magic capacity. Something else is going on here.’

  Roselle turned her attention to Risebelle, her curiosity piqued. “What do you mean?” she inquired, her golden eyes focused on the ongoing battle.

  Risebelle wore a knowing smirk. “Roselle, you’re finally with us,” she said.

  Roselle looked momentarily fused. “What are you talking about?”

  Risebelle’s smirk widened. “You’ve been ign us for a while now. It’s good to see you’re actually paying attention.”

  Roselle shook her head slightly. “I’ve just been fog och. I haven’t been ign you…”

  Risebelle folded her arms and her face turned serious. “Kael isn’t as powerful as he wants others to think he is. The magical energy he uses to trol so many undead warriors at once severely cuts into his strength. Right now, Kael should have beeed here, but then he mao create the undead army again. If he had truly used areme magic, he would still need a signifit amount of magical energy to sustain it. Kael has some trick up his sleeve. He’s not using pure magic; he’s relying on something else.”

  Roselle’s eyes widened slightly. “So, you’re saying there’s more to his power than just magic?”

  Risebelle nodded. “Exactly.”

  Roselle raised one hand to her mouth. “You don’t think--”

  Risebelle cut her off. “We’ll have to wait and see. Whatever Kael’s using, it’s not just magic. He’s hiding something.”

  Rawna summohe power of her spear of destru once more. With a resolute grip on the legendary on, she hurled it at the undead army, unleashing its destructive energy.

  The spear of destru tore through the spectral ranks, shattering the undead warriors and dispersing them like smoke in a tempest.

  Rawna’s eyes locked onto Kael. She gripped the spear of destru tightly, summoning its potent energy once more. With a swift motion, she hurled the spear directly at Kael, aiming to end the battle.

  However, just when Rawna thought victory was within her grasp, the ground trembled once more. From the earth, the undead emerged again in the same vast numbers as before. Among them, the female skeletal warrior reappeared. She intercepted the spear of destru with a fluid motion, her bde defleg the on with surprising ease.

  Rawna’s eyes narrowed in frustration. She gred at Kael, who was now visibly enjoying the spectacle.

  “Something’s wrong here,” Rawna growled.

  Iands, Risebelle’s eyes narrowed. “That firms it. If he keep summoning his soldiers like that, Rawna’s going to get worn out eventually. That’s his pn. He’s relying on sheer o overwhelm her. He must be using ‘one of those’.”

  Roselle looked at Risebelle, puzzled. “One of ‘those’?”