Chapter 33: Mercy?

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(AN: To be clear, this chapter was posted on time like always, but the notifications for it were turned off for some reason. I hope you can forgive the inconvenience.)

"...love you..."

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As Scarlet's lips once again sealed from those shocking words she had just left loose, I could do nothing...

I was aware that if Scarlet's [Aria Shot] was strong enough to become as big as 50 ft in diameter... this demon king's [Aria Destruction]... might kill both of us...

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I felt all of my joints trembling in fear as the demon king finished his chant...

From all directions... the sinister-looking dark energy began swirling all around him...

I could physically see the demonic energy gathering like a giant vortex ready to devastate an entire city...

Not even a second had passed since he finished his chant... yet the amount of energy circling him had become potent enough to destroy Litherm's entire royal palace in a single blast...

"SCARLET!!!"

I yelled instinctively as I covered her wounded form with my body...

I wasn't sure if it would work...

But I could at least try and protect her...

That's the very least I could do for her...

"HOLD ON SCARLET!!!"

Abd as i finally readied myself to receive the impact, the demon king finally began thrusting his powerful arm at us...

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I could feel the power drawing closer to my face as the demon king's wicked smirk became widened with a sick intention...

'I'll protect what I must...'

And as I held Scarlet tighter than ever before...

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"[GOD'S ARROW]!!!"

Out of nowhere, a powerful chant echoed throughout the room... And before I even had the time to even react properly to that familiar voice...

A blazing ray of light shot out with immense speed towards us... I wasn't sure how to react as I looked away in fear...

'I'm dead... I'm sooooo dead... I won't be able to protect Scarlet OR ME if I get hit by that...'

As I squinted my eyes and prepared for the inevitable...

One of the most absurd things, I have seen in my life happened before my eyes...

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The zooming arrow of light quite literally...

Turned in a 90 degree angle...

Just an inch away from my head...

I was scared to the brim by the incoming projectile, yet without warning it had changed its trajectory... aiming straight for the demon king...

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Before I knew it... the arrow had impaled him effortlessly...

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