Ataraxia Abyss
Chapter 64: Mouth and Taring

Regal and the others had arrived in Tartarus, there were currently 5 people in the meeting room, but only Eleanor and Alvise were sitting in chairs while the others were preparing for the worst possible.

"So, the first topic we will discuss is of course the increase in attacks carried out by Devils outside Tartarus. The demons have done a lot of damage since long ago, destruction of fields, looting to murder has become commonplace. But in recent years we have found that Satan has become increasingly aggressive and even moves in groups, Devils are creatures who do not like to cooperate if no one commands.

There is always something like that in this world, boy and king... Without orders or leaders, it would be impossible for Devils to attack in groups. So can you explain what really happened...?"

Eleanor who asked started to get a response from Alvise. "It is true that Devils have been aggressive lately. It was all caused by a single order approved by all the Demon Lords... A command intended to set aside the weak Devils and leave only the strong. The order may sound very brutal and destructive, but it's all for a very good cause..." Eleanor began to look at Alvise seriously and asked. "What purpose is that?"

Alvise closed her eyes for a moment and answered very clearly. "To prepare for a great war..." After saying that, Alvise opened her eyes and showed her eye color that changed from black to blood red. Regal clearly knew what it was, it was one of the Mystic Eye which was the same magic eye as his. And the moment he activated it, the pressure in the room felt extremely heavy, Kallen who had coated his body with Mana suddenly spewed blood from his mouth. Eleanor also felt the same feeling but she did not suffer the same injuries as Regal because she knew about what happened. "Kallen, turn off where yours is..." Kallen who heard the words of her husband immediately obeyed her, when she stopped flowing with Mana, where she immediately improved even though her body felt very heavy.

Alvise who saw Eleanor and Kallen depressed but not Regal clearly amazed him. "Oh... It turns out you're used to it." Regal who became the only person who could move now pulled out his sword, he split the table that separated them in half and tried to stab Alvise in the eye, he said,but the sword was held by Fontaine who grasped the blade with his iron hand. When Regal had trouble pulling his sword, Regal immediately put up the horses and swung Fontaine until the giant was thrown for trying to hold the sword. As he was thrown, Fontaine landed perfectly and launched his iron fist at Regal, but Regal quickly pulled a cloak from his dimension storage and instantly covered himself with the robe.

Regal bounced around very hard, the cloth-only cloak shattered like glass while Regal was thrown until he almost hit the wall but luckily he managed to land on that wall. "Coating the cloak with magic energy in order to dampen the power from my attack like a shield. Hmm, you're smarter than I thought." It was not only a compliment to his quick decision-making, he also praised Regal's analytical skills that could measure the strength of his attacks with just a little bit of information at hand. But after receiving the fist he was also aware, he would not defend against the two of them.

Alvise clapped her hands after seeing the small show.

"You Warriors really like to solve problems with power well? But that was not the main purpose of the meeting. I've confirmed it to Her Majesty Eleanor... We are gathering strength to attack, and that is still not enough. So, we offer a deal. We Devils will ask for the cooperation of the Dragons to attack the Humans, and once they are destroyed, then Belterre will reach its glory..." Eleanor who heard that clearly denied. "I came here because I expected peace. And now you're asking me to attack the Humans and other races? What makes you think I'd approve of this?"

The eyes were shining again, the pressure felt by Eleanor and Kallen became heavier than before, but at that moment Alvise realized that Regal's power was increasing. "Hmm, is that so? You guys brought a pretty troublesome person." Regal now recovered himself and advanced to the center of the room. "That eye, I don't know what the magic eye is or what it is. But clearly I know the trick you're doing, you're not mentally suppressing using your pure power. You change the atmosphere of this room, you turn this Mana into negative Mana, a source of strength as well as weakness of other beings besides the Devil himself... But if you think that just by controlling the negative Mana and making this whole room into your battleground, then you're wrong..."

Before the people there noticed it, Regal moved and placed the suitcase he had been holding at a speed that no one could see there. "You're getting into my trap you fool..." The suitcase gave off a very bright light to the point that everyone was blinded by the light. And when the light disappeared, the whole meeting room disappeared along with Kallen and his mother. Now Regal, Fontaine and Alvise are falling to the floor below the meeting room. And when those Devils lost their footing, Regal quickly stopped time. When all things ceased, he did horses with walls as his footing. The horses were very strong, both in perfection and in energy gathering, and with them Regal darted away after time had returned. Even as time went back to normal, he shot up at an incredible speed until time seemed to still stop for the two Devils who fell together with him.

Very quickly, both Devils saw the footing used by Regal was destroyed, but the footing was destroyed slower than Regal's movement. And in the blink of an eye Alvise lost his head, Fontaine who saw it could do nothing because his body was slower than his eyes, and he realized that the young man was now eyeing his head,but in an instant he clenched his iron fist, Regal who was still darting at a speed that was constantly increasing like a lightning, like a lightning bolt,now seeing Fontaine's body can follow his eyes and now his sword collides with Regal's sword blade.

The two fighters now pitted each other against their powers until Regal was thrown far down due to Fontaine's fist that threw a sword and also his body. However, when he landed on the ground, he landed perfectly and did not do the slightest damage to the floor where he stood,in contrast to Fontaine who landed very hard and damaged the ground that he side even with a simple move. Regal who had resisted the attack instantly broke his right hand while Fontaine was not even scratched in the slightest. Regal realized that the two of them were now in the vast hall of the castle.

But when the two of them looked at each other, Regal saw Alvise's body that fell to hit the floor very hard. But strangely Alvise stood back up again, Regal who saw it was clearly in disbelief, the creature killed by Balmung then his soul will be consumed and can not live or regenerate again, but why is Alvise's body still alive? He then saw a crow carrying Alvise's head, Alvise's body then took the head and reconnected it with her body as before.

"As I said earlier. You're a hassle..." Hard to believe that someone managed to live again after being killed by Balmung, he was convinced that Balmung absorbed the soul of the person to the end once his head was cut off. Regal who saw himself outnumbered clearly knew the risk, initially he tried to target Alvise who was clearly a Caster instead of Warrior so that he could fight freely, but in the end this plan failed miserably.

"Seeing from the way you act, startling your opponents and comrades in order to kill me a Caster huh? Your plan is too easy for young people to read..." Regal clearly felt the danger, if Fontaine was the one who was able to rival Regal in fighting, at that time he was sure that there would be no plan that would work if Alvise also fought against him. But when Regal was trying to figure out how to win, Alvise started talking. "Good... You want to fight us one on one huh? If that's what you want, eat it, please." Alvise then advanced while Fontaine went leaning against the wall while crossing her arms.

"You see, we see if this fight can satisfy the people we serve today..."