Retaliation of Disabled Girls
Chapter 58 Defeat of the Crane

The POV Iris

King gasps. I drink potions to the King through my mouth. It's going on very short. I'll take my face away from the king. She looked at me in confusion while maintaining her protector. 

"You should be able to defeat him," I said as I ran around to the back. 

The King's wounds have healed. He pulls out a fireball to attack Derek. 

"Come," he commanded.

Derek concentration scum. I took advantage of this opportunity to escape with limping legs. That potion was the last healing potion I stored. So I had to run to safety immediately while Derek was preoccupied with the King. Just a little more I arrived inside the palace building. The building has been fitted with stronger protectors. All the potion witches had already reached there. Only I am left behind.

Derek pointed the fireball at me. Before hitting me the fireball disappeared replaced by smoke. The king launches an ice magic to kill Derek's fireball.

I have arrived at the palace building. I'll thank the King after this. Or maybe I'll be punished for snatching the King's kiss.

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POV Diana's

The Derek Ancestor disappeared into dust flakes. They had experienced death for the second time. How depressing.

Keith and I defeated them. We took a breath of rest for a moment. My head kept thinking. Derek is a man with a lot of gimmicks. It was possible that he was executing his plan behind the scenes, but his army was not particularly great. If Derek wanted to be King he should have attacked Eric directly. His army can't beat Eric. Or what if his army was just a diversion.

"Keith we have to get back in the back row."

"Why Diana?"

"It's a mere diversion. The real goal is to kill Eric directly."

Keith gasped. He immediately held my hand. I teleported to the palace gate, where Eric might be.

My sight before my eyes changed in an instant. Eric and Derek are fighting. Eric was overwhelmed. Fortunately, we were not late. We'll help Eric right away.

I made a fire tornado magic that surrounded Derek. Keith launched his magic balls. Our attack managed to hurt Derek. However, Derek smirked instead.

"It's sad that you three must unite forces to defeat me. This has proven that I am the one who deserves to be King."

"No one's gonna follow you, Derek. A ruthless person like you will only create rampant fear in the hearts of your people" Eric said.

"really? Let's see that I become king. Too bad you're gonna see it directly from Eric's afterlife." Derek drank a potion. His wounds healed immediately.

He attacked the three of us with wind magic. I almost crashed when I didn't stop time. Even though he had fought with Eric, he still had abundant strength. If not killed today he will grow stronger. We won't be able to beat him again. 

I rolled an ice needle at him in the stop time condition. However, time went back before the ice needle hit him. Something was running down my nose. I rubbed it, it turned out to be blood.

Keith came up to me after being pushed back earlier. He held tightly onto my two arms while making a protective cover to ward off Derek's counterattack. "Don't push yourself too hard."  

Eric attacked Derek with a large fireball from the side. Keith attacked him with a magic needle. The magic protector Derek created started to crack.

I watched Derek's every move. Looking for a negligence that can be used. The back side of the crane is wide open. I made an ice needle on Derek's back. When Derek's armor began to disintegrate during Keith and Eric's attack, I launched my ice needle.

Derek realized but it was too late. The ice needles began to rain down on his body. Blood dripped from each of his bodies. His death was in sight. We're winning. I finally managed to kill that crazy killer. The killers who killed me in the past and the displaced.

Derek's laughter seemed to break the victory we had. Body shines. He nodded towards Eric. Eric looked at it.

"Hurry to the palace! He was about to blow his body up!" shouting Eric.

Derek's really crazy. He intended to invite everyone here to follow him into the afterlife. I don't know how big Derek's magic was, but Eric's facial features must have been huge. When the explosive magic is activated then it cannot be undone anymore. My head turned towards the witch army. People were still fighting with corpses and some were injured. They will not enter the palace. I can't let it go. 

Keith grabbed my hand while shaking his head. "Don't Diana." He knows what's on my mind.

"I have to do it Keith. Trust me." I took his hand off.

I ran towards Derek clutching his hand, teleporting to a deserted place. His body is shining. When he was about to teleport again he didn't let me go. I had to draw a magic needle into his hand to remove me. Derek groans in pain. I threw herself with wind magic and tied her up with chains.  

He thrashed while screaming. "Fuck you Diana! Unhand me!"

The light from his body was getting more and more dazzling. He's really going to explode.

"Goodbye, Derek. Thank you for killing me." 

He kept on scolding me until he could not be heard from again because I had returned to the palace. My head feels dizzy. The blood in my nose won't stop. I think I really forced myself. Keith supported my almost unsteady body.

"We need to treat you right away, Diana."

Keith led me into the palace. I looked towards the witches who were fighting. The corpses that had originally fought with them lay. 

"Where's Derek, Diana?" ask Eric. He didn't look angry at all because Keith was carrying me.

"I left it in the woods near Rockyard's house, Eric," I replied tiredly.

"Thank you, Diana, once again you saved everyone" Eric said.

Eric immediately left the palace. I think he's gonna check whether Derek's really dead or not. It could have been that the corpses were lying around because the magician controlling them was in a distant place. Making sure with your own eyes is better.

I looked up at Keith who was full of panic. "After this what are we going to do Keith?"

"Let's know, the most important thing is your safety now, Diana." He turned towards me and forward.

I chuckle softly. Although I cannot kill my brother with my own hands, at least I have already avenged him with torture. My misunderstanding with Keith was resolved. Eric and Stella can also let us go. Derek's dead, the killer no longer roaming free. There is only one hope I have not yet fulfilled.

"Marry me, Keith."