The Two Empresses
Trouble

"Ha, great. We can leave this place without waiting for long. Let's.." The sentence was interrupted when a knife stuck to his neck. Several masked men did the same to the party except Saciel. A figure of an old lady advancing walked over with a triumphant smile.

"Have not seen each other in a long time, Erika. I see your skin getting wrinkled, "Saciel said. Erika immediately slapped her face until she fell out of her chair.

"How dare a despicable woman like you call me that. It's not polite," despise Erika. Saciel just stared ferociously at the middle-aged woman. "It's lucky someone reported your whereabouts."

"Oh? Great also that person," Saciel replied. The guests immediately ran out, leaving the place without any intention of helping. Erika took the knife from under her cloak and pointed it at the red-haired girl's eyes.

"Honey your journey only ends here. Guillotine's waiting for you at Careol."

"Just boy. I don't want to" he said, kicking Erika and binding the guards with magic. "Run!"

"Nee, lookout!" jeremy Kezia. Before realizing it, he had been wrapped by various weapons that were ready to penetrate his body. "Nee!"

"Don't come here! Run, hurry!" saciel's Saut. Before the others managed to escape, Erika sealed all access with a single flick. "Dam."

"You won't be able to escape. This place is isolated. Stay on the spot or die" threatened Erika. No one dared to move, even just improving posture.

"Oi, old bitch. Can't we just have a casual discussion over tea? I'm thirsty" chirped Max.

"That's rude. How dare you call me old bitch!" maki Erika's. Max quickly took out his scythe and put away the weapon circling Saciel with a single swing. Some hit Erika and her bodyguards to the liquid of life littering the clothes.

"Come on, we're civilized. What time should you fight anyway?" ask Max while yawning.

"You forgot we're still in a war mood?" chirps Phillip.

"Be quiet, I'm talking to that old bitch" Max replied. He advanced towards Erika and pulled his collar with a single jolt. "You can talk, right?"

"Kh! Off!" erika Sahut.

"Stop, nii! Release her!" jeremy Kezia. Max turned with a stiff expression, looking at the frightened Kezia. "We're leaving now. They're here."

"They're who?" chirps Phillip. Before Kezia could make a sound, someone jumped in and broke a large window beside Erika. The large, well-built body helped Erika to her feet, then turned her scarred face at the party.

"Who is he?" ask Nero.

"I don't know" Saciel replied.

"I don't know either" said Nero.

"Jeek! So riled!" max shut his nose. Kezia and Nero immediately covered his nose, his face starting to pale.

"Well! Are you also a necromancer?" ask Saciel.

"No, I'm not a necromancer. I used another technique in this experiment" Erika said. "This big subject is hard to come by, even in illegal auctions."

"...what do you mean?" ask Phillip. Erika shook her hideous smile and held onto the person.

"They are extinct! How could you possibly get it!" sahut Phillip's.

"Nii, they're a lot outside" chirped Kezia in fear. Nero ran to the window and found a squad full of titans ready to storm.

"Suckers! What's their number?" ask Nero to panic. "It's impossible for us to defeat them."

"Civilized!" saciel Maki. Erika laughed out loud, to the point that the chandelier swung a little.

"Erika, you're mentally ill!" phillip maki.

"No no, I can still understand you, Phillip. Unlike the necromancers who used corpses, what I did was just use their ashes."

"...what? Dead ashes?" ask Phillip in wonder. "DID YOU TAKE THEIR ASHES AFTER THE MASSACRE?"

"Cangolin, Phillip. So they are not entirely corpses" Erika chirped. He slapped the titan and slowly his face shattered into ashes, then returned to its original form.

"It's going to be hard" Saciel murmured. "My magic is not able to fight it."

"Frost is not an option either" Nero said as he looked out the window. "We're surrounded."

"Nee? Nii?" great-grandson Kezia.

"Just trouble. Move over!" max sahut. He again swung his scythe and a great wind struck the titan, turning it into a grain of dust. But it only lasted a little while. Slowly the dust rearranges itself to its original form.

"Free, I can't destroy it" Max said. "Can't you do something?"

"If only I could say yes" Saciel grumbled. "This dark magic is just troublesome."

"It's not dark magic. It's ancient magic" Phillip said. "Only a few people can use it."

"Is there an alternative way to this?" ask Kezia.

"The only way is teleportation, but I'm sure Erika will do the same" Phillip said.

"Well! I hate this situation!" max Maki. Saciel was silent, but his eyes were looking for a gap to be able to fight Erika. His hands were trembling, yet he was trying to look tough. He did not realize the titan was already in front of him and was ready to launch an attack. "Oi, bitch! Move over!"

"Eh? Kh!" Saciel jumped back, but he could not dodge the attack completely. His head was bleeding, his vision began to blur. The trembling started to weaken him.

"Nee!"

"Kezia, don't be rash! Our position is unfavorable" said Max. "Damn, how's this?"

"Well, this place will be your grave. Get ready," said Erika with a triumphant tone. The Titan attacked again, this time he managed to hit Saciel's ribs to break. But with magic he was able to reduce fatal injuries.

"Hah~ actually I don't want to do it, but I owe you my life. Unseal. Come, Undine," said Nero.