The Damned Demon-Chapter 877: Sent By The Damned Entity

Asher watched, feeling the blood in his veins chill as Ravina cautiously approached the unconscious, chained Cedric.

He struggled to comprehend what he was witnessing. His daughter, barely weeks old in his reality, was somehow standing before him, grown, powerful, and fierce. It made no sense—Cedric hadn't died here, had never risen as Asher, and had never even met Rowena. How could Ravina possibly exist?

His thoughts splintered, but before he could piece them together, Ravina knelt beside Cedric.

Her voice was soft yet determined as she reached gently towards his bindings, her dark golden eyes full of concern and warmth. "Don't worry, Papa. I'm going to get you out of here, and then we will handle—"

A blinding flash of radiant white mana tore through the air and slammed violently into Ravina's body.

"Ravina!" Asher instinctively called out in shock and worry but he couldn't even reach out to help her.

Blood exploded from her mouth as she hurtled backward, crashing brutally into the thick, reinforced steel wall. She hit the ground hard, landing on all fours as blood dripped from her lips, her breath ragged from the unexpected strike.

"I knew it," came the chilling voice from the shadows.

Aira stepped forward into the faint glow of the chamber's dim lights, her appearance almost monstrous. Her hair and dress were drenched and caked with dried blood.

In one hand, she clutched a radiant bracelet pulsing with potent mana, and in the other, a bag overflowing with Deviars. Asher's heart sank into a pit of despair as he realized she must have successfully completed the Final Reckoning quest. His soul shuddered at the grim truth: she had wiped out all the demons in this reality—every last one, including his people.

Even though he tried to take relief in the fact that this wasn't his reality, it still shattered his soul since all this felt too real and that Aira was the one who did it.

Aira's eyes narrowed dangerously, a cold smirk tugging at her pale, twisted lips. "I don't know how you managed to get in here, but a demon like you should have known better than to trespass. Funny, I never encountered a Peak Soul Tyrant like you during my quest earlier, other than that dragon. Looks like my quest isn't truly over yet." freёnovelkiss.com

Ravina slowly rose, steadying herself as determination blazed fiercely in her eyes. She wiped away the blood from her lips, meeting Aira's gaze without hesitation. "I can't believe you turned into such a monster," she said bitterly yet without malice. "But I know this isn't entirely your fault. I have no interest in fighting you. I'm actually here to—"

"Who sent you?" Aira sharply interrupted, stepping closer, the air around her thickening ominously. Her radiant white eyes gleamed dangerously. "You speak as though you know me, but if you truly did, you'd already be running."

Ravina shook her head slowly, maintaining her composed demeanor. "I'm not going to run. My brother and all my loved ones sacrificed everything to send me here, and I won't leave until I save my father and…" she hesitated, eyes momentarily softening, "and you."

Aira's eyes widened briefly in disbelief before she threw her head back, erupting in hysterical laughter. "Your father?" she sneered mockingly, shaking her head as her laughter echoed disturbingly. "Cedric is your father?"

Asher sighed deeply, feeling the pain of Ravina's impossible situation. Even he struggled to believe her existence here. But he couldn't help but wonder Ravina where came from. He was just as puzzled as Aira was.

Ravina raised her hand carefully, desperation creeping into her tone. "I know how absurd this sounds, but it's true. I'm his daughter—or at least, I will be. It's complicated. Let's just sit down and talk it out. I came here so that we could finally save him and everyone—together. You don't have to suffer like this anymore."

"Shhh," Aira's expression abruptly hardened, her voice icy and severe. "You amuse me, little demon. I admit, I can't understand how you got here or how you've grown this strong at such a young age. But you've wasted enough of my time. I returned, prepared to shed my mortality and I won't let you waste another second."

"Wait, wa—" Ravina tried desperately, but suddenly, the entire chamber froze. Everything around her halted mid-motion, suspended in an unnatural stillness.

Aira walked calmly forward, her expression indifferent as she plunged her hand straight through Ravina's chest, piercing her heart.

"Aira, NO!!!" Asher tried screaming, his voice echoing helplessly inside his mind. He yearned to intervene, to do anything at all, but he was trapped, unable even to make a sound. He watched in agony as Ravina, frozen helplessly in time, was brutally killed by Aira.

Pulling her bloodied hand back, Aira stepped past Ravina's frozen figure and snapped her fingers dismissively. The flow of time immediately resumed, but—

*BOOOM!*

Instead of Ravina collapsing lifelessly, a devastating burst of dark green energy erupted violently from her body.

The chamber was engulfed in eerie, emerald flames that consumed everything in their path except the unconscious Cedric as the flames bounded off a translucent dark green barrier around him.

Aira, caught completely off guard, was blasted fiercely away, smashing violently against the steel wall and sliding down to the ground in stunned agony.

Flames licked hungrily at her flesh, rapidly burning it to ashes before her unnatural regenerative powers began restoring her ravaged body.

Asher felt a surge of grim understanding rather than surprise as Ravina emerged from the dark green inferno, now a charred skeleton cloaked in blazing emerald flames. Her bony fangs gleamed sharply, and the black armor adorning her skeletal form glowed ominously. It was undeniable—she had transformed into the Hellbringer form, just like him.

But it wasn't Ravina's transformation that shook Aira. It was the familiar aura, the haunting dark green flames, and the chilling, otherworldly presence emanating from Ravina. Her hollow eye sockets burned intensely with a familiar dark green glow—exactly like the evil entity that relentlessly pursued to damn Cedric's soul.

Ravina tilted her head side-to-side, producing a sickening crunch of bones cracking back into place. Her voice echoed eerily from her skeletal mouth, mocking yet calm. "That was such a dirty move, freezing time to try and kill me like that."

Aira rose shakily, her entire being trembling as a blend of horror, rage, and shock twisted her blood-stained features.

Her brilliant white eyes widened, her voice barely audible, quivering with fury, "You…it sent you…didn't it?"

The dark green flames blazing fiercely over Ravina's skeletal body began to flicker and dim until they were completely extinguished, leaving her once again in her original form. Her dark golden eyes were wide with confusion as she stared at Aira's trembling figure.

"Huh? What are you talking about?" Ravina asked cautiously, her tone sincere yet deeply puzzled.

Aira's face darkened as her radiant white eyes narrowed into sharp slits. "That damned entity who wants to take Cedric away from me," she murmured, her voice trembling with suppressed rage. "Your aura—it's too similar to that thing. You even escaped death after I crushed your heart. No demon I know is this powerful."

Ravina blinked, her expression shifting quickly from confusion to shocked realization. She shook her head vehemently, urgently trying to clarify, "Oh no, no. I wasn't sent here by any damned entity. I was sent here by my brother, and he is—"

"Hahahaha!" Aira suddenly burst into manic laughter, cutting Ravina's explanation short. She threw her head back, placing a trembling hand over her face before slowly lowering it, revealing a twisted, chilling smile. Her eyes, however, were still empty—haunted by endless torment.

"I see it all now," Aira said slowly, her voice dripping with cold venom. "The moment I finished the Final Reckoning quest and returned with enough Radems and Deviars to finally shed my mortality, it must have gotten anxious. That's why it sent you to stop me."

Ravina's expression filled with distress and disbelief. "No, wait—listen! You're misunderstanding this whole thing. I'm not here to kill you!" she cried out desperately, extending her hands pleadingly. "We want the same thing! Why don't you just calm down for a moment and hear me out?"

Aira didn't even seem to register Ravina's words as she continued, her voice a low, deadly whisper. "Like I guessed, it's bound by rules. It can't intervene directly—not yet. Cedric still has a few more years before he must die, and it sent you to kill me before I grow too strong." Her voice rose with a frantic sense of triumph and despair. "That means I'm truly getting close—this is it, this is the sign I've waited for all this time!"

Ravina took another cautious step forward, her voice thick with emotion, "Please, just listen! I know how much you suffered—decades, centuries, millennia—you watched him die again and again. But you weren't the only one suffering. I'm here because we can finally—"

Aira's cold voice sliced through her words, her tone devoid of mercy, as if she hadn't heard a single word Ravina uttered. "That's why this time—after finally getting so close…" A brilliant white staff manifested in her hand, its radiant stone blazing furiously, illuminating the darkened chamber with a blinding intensity. Killing intent surged from her very being, freezing the air around her. "Anyone who tries to stop me, including you...had better make peace with oblivion."

"Aira, don't!" Ravina cried out, desperately shielding her eyes as the overwhelming brilliance from Aira's staff surged forward like a tidal wave, drowning everything in its path.