*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*

  A huge explosion rocked the se as the monster's body, on the verge of total annihitioed. In its st desperate struggle, it overloaded the demonies within, causing the explosion that was supposed to happen mier to occur immediately.

  Although the explosion was devastating, fortunately, no one suffered any major damage. Thanks to Roxaane's earlier warning, they had mao take cover just in time. However, despite their precautions, the sheer magnitude of the explosio most of them shaken to the core.

  As they reflected on their fortunate escape, the realization dawned on them: had they been caught up in that explosion, serious injury or eveh would have been a very real possibility. Such was the terrifying power of the bst.

  As the others let out a collective sigh of relief, thankful they narrowly dodged disaster, Azrael wasted no time. She hurried toward the explosion's ter, her usually cool demeanor repced with a worried expression.

  A mother 't be calm when her daughter is caught up in such a terrifying explosion, after all. So Azrael wasted no time in rushing to che her daughter's dition.

  Soon, she spotted a colossal crater in the ground where the monster had been standing. Using her senses, she detected someone's life signal at the bottom of the crater. Without hesitation, she leaped into the depths.

  Reag the bottom, she found her daughter kneeling, covered in blood. If not for the two swords she had stabbed into the ground for support, she would have colpsed onto the floor already.

  "Roxanne!" Azrael shouted, increasing her speed. She didn't pause to wonder whether anyone heard her voice; her daughter's life was more important than a.

  Hearing her voice, Roxanne, barely scious, looked at her mother. She coughed a little before speaking. "Mother, calm down and keep your voice down. I won't be defeated just by this," she mao say weakly.

  "How the hell I calm down after seeing you like this? Wait, we'll talk about this ter. For now, we o get you healed," Azrael scolded, her voice ced with , as she tried to lift Roxao carry her to the surface.

  "Cough... Mother, although I may look like this, I am fihese are only flesh wounds. None of my vitals were injured," Roxaried to expin to her mother between coughs.

  But Azrael heard none of it as she tried to lift her. Feeling helpless Roxanne did the only thing she could do to calm her mother down. She used most of her strength to envelope Azrael in a tight hug to immobilize her.

  Feeling her movements beiricted, Azrael finally snapped back to her senses. She shouted to her daughter to let go of her. But Roxanne held her ground, refusing to let Azrael move. After a while, Azrael finally calmed down.

  Her mind then began to analyze the situation more thhly. Due to her hurry, she fot about Roxanne’s ability to heal herself. She theioned herself about the reason why her daughter hadn't healed herself yet.

  As she pohis, a crucial detail finally dawned ohe blood on Roxanne's body was not her own. Little known to many, Roxanne's blood actually had a faint golden hue, a rare araordinary trait she acquired after unlog her angel bloodlio perfe. But the blood on her body only had the usual red color with a bit of bess to it.

  "Are you finally calmed down, mother?" Roxanne asked softly, sensing Azrael's resistance fade.

  "How many are there?" Azrael asked, not immediately answering Roxanne's question. She had many other s. After seeing her daughter manipute her blood, she began to realize a crucial point—they were being spied on, and none of them had noticed a thing.

  With a wry smile, Roxanne answered, "So you finally realized, huh? Well, out of the four, three perished due to the explosion. The remaining one is barely ging to life but is still here. I'm deceiving his vision with my illusions."

  Azrael sighed as she realized her daughter had everything under trol. With a wry smile, she said, “ I’m sorry sweety. I almost ruined your pn “

  Roxanne smiled as she said, “ Don’t worry about it, Mom. I really ’t bme you for w about me “

  “ So what should I do now? Do you wa you back to the surface? “ Azrael asked.

  “ No, that wouldn’t be necessary. Soon my team will e down with a phoenix tear. Mother just o act as if you were trying to keep me scious. “Roxanne said as she let go of Azrael. She the back to her previous pose of kneeling on the ground while using her swords for support.

  And true to her words the moment numerous bck shadowy figures came down. They were the Shadow Garden girls led by Artoria and Mana. Without a sed dey, they surrounded Roxanne. Mana came near and checked her situation before quickly taking a phoenix tear from her pouch. And without any ceremony, she forcibly poured the tents into Roxann’s mouth.

  ‘ This girl sure is asking for a beating ‘Roxahought while dangerously gring at Mana.

  Mana just smirked at her. This further fueled Roxanne's anger. But even so, she didn’t do anything tana for now. Reveastes sweet when it is taken at the right time.

  Although Ma chills running down her spine seeing Roxanne's angry eyes she didn't regret her decision. As one would say when you get a ce grab it even if you will be fucked after. So she did just that. This is her small petty revenge for making her babysit.

  Artoria and Azrael who saw all this just sighed internally at their childishness. Both these girls have always been at each other's throats for the smallest details.

  Sihey don't have any malicious i none of the Shadow Garden paid much attention to it at first. But these two have been doing things like this for more than 4 years.

  This all started with Roxanne pulling a small prank on Mana. The prank was just a small harmless prank that anyone would ignore. But Mana with her vengeful nature went and had her revenge. Fag the retaliation Roxanne's petitive nature ignited and she too retaliated. This caused a ed reaarking the start of this war.

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