Hero of Darkness

Ceril gave a dubious smile at Edna who was already pissed off as it is with a mundane and roundabout talk. The words 'Song of the Dead' clearly signified his true intentions. In simple words, Ceril implied that Edna was already good as dead and then the song of the dead would be sung at her funeral. 

Edna who had long white hair and two large black horns of the succubus species was currently adorning purple revealing robes that exposed her cleavage, her belly and her long slender thighs. Behind her back were two bat-like wings. To anyone of the opposite sex… she would appear incredibly alluring and entrancing. 

In her right hand was a long scepter with a ram's head at the top that leaked blue fire through its eye sockets. 

But by just looking at Edna; Many would feel the popular phrase that went like this… 

'Something is definitely rising. And it isn't the Shield Hero.' 

However, to an undead like Ceril… he couldn't care less if Edna was a desirable female or a shining skeleton. He'd rather get intrigued by the latter. 

As Edna charged her scepter and summoned five 300 meters wide magic formations, Ceril let out a grin as he held his new scepter in hand that was named Anubis. 

It was a golden scepter with a circular curve of a half-moon. And along the curve were three golden spherical runes that shone brightly. 

[Following are the effects of the Anubis scepter : 

Feather of Maat :

Grant general Ceril an ability to corrupt the enemy spells and attacks, breaking them from the inside and decreasing their total attack damage and effectiveness by 30%. 

Ammit's Judgment : 

General Ceril can now create wormholes of dark magic and darkness element that can devour and restructure the enemy's elemental spells and attacks to either use as mana or world energy supply for himself or use it to counter the attacker instead.] revealed the system. 

"Ha ha ha ha! 

Great! No wonder master sent me to fight her. 

I'm basically invincible now." spoke Ceril as he let out a diabolical laugh. 

Both the Hades Armor and now the Anubis Scepter gave Ceril plenty of long-term boost that will also increase with his ranks and levels as they increase with his stats. 

Anubis scepter itself would be extremely useful in this fight for many reasons. 

Kahn sent Ceril to face Edna simply for two main reasons. 

One, they had already seen how Edna was a master in using magic formations. Among their group… Only Ceril had the understanding of them and could counterattack properly unlike others who were solely weapon-related job classes… except for Armin of course. 

Second, it was because Edna excelled in Light magic. It was the only element that was not only rare even among saints but also the biggest weakness of dark magic. 

On top of it, Ceril also had most of the dark magic and darkness elemental skills that Kahn had. 

So Kahn simply sent Ceril to collect data for the future and check how disadvantageous it would be for them to face someone with light element affinity. Thus, Ceril was the best choice to face Edna in this battle.

"Alright, horny woman. I shall test your limits." declared Ceril as he licked his lips. 

Edna's mind short-circuited on the spot because not only did Ceril call her a horny woman because of her appearance but also said he'd test her mettle while still being a rank lower than hers. No saint with self-pride would let such a remark pass. 

Little did she know that Ceril called her horny because of the two black horns on her forehead and said he'd test her limits because he was looking for a thorough assessment of an enemy with Light elemental affinity. 

But because of his twisted choice of words and that smirk which made him look like a lecherous man… Edna felt like she was being sexually harassed. 

Swoosh!! 

Swoosh!! 

Five different elemental beans of attacks charged from Edna's side who was constantly chanting her spells. 

Ceril quickly cast the Darkness Barrier which now had double the defense and range because of Hades armor set. 

He quickly used Anubis to use Feathers of Maat and Ammit's Judgement to decrease his spell casting time and create wormholes outside of the barrier that started engulfing the varying elemental beams of world energy that incessantly bombarded his barrier. 

Through those wormholes, he started absorbing the attacks and used them as an auxiliary source of world energy for his own use. 

Little did Edna know that she was empowering her enemy with her relentless and furious attacks while thinking of ways to kill the opponent who disrespected her just now. 

Soon, without adding any dramatic effects or battle strategies… Ceril was simply chipping down Edna's world energy reserves and from time to time, he used Shadow Blades Barrage skill and launched over a thousand blades made of dark magic that forced her to focus on defense from time to time. 

Because she was already infuriated due to Ceril's constant banters and declarations on how he was going to perform experiments on her corpse… or how he was going to cut off her limbs and mix them with different species and stuff… she was losing her temperament. 

And finally… Edna came to her senses and started using light elemental attacks. 

A volley of beams and barrage of weapons made of Light element clashed and quickly broke the darkness barrier despite the reinforcing Ceril had done and now he was completely exposed to Edna's attacks. 

However… there was one key and decisive difference between their situation. 

Edna had barely 15% world energy left while Ceril was still at 100% because of his new personal hack called Anubis scepter. 

He let Edna attack him again and again as he was conducting tests about damage received from her light element spells and attacks. Like how one collects data in a research lab. 

"This should be enough." spoke Ceril and put away the book he was writing all the data in. 

However, the next second… Ceril summoned another book. Contrary to the previous one, this was 10 meters in height and floated beside him. 

Ceril just summoned Book of the Damned and activated its effect. His mana and world energy capacity instantly rose by 600% and the effectiveness of all of his attacks and spells increased by 300% for a short time. 

Without giving a moment of respite to already tired Edna, Ceril summoned Chains of Judgment. 

BOOM!! 

Hundreds of black chains arose from the ground below and quickly stabbed Edna's body in multiple places as she was already on her last straw. 

"Lord Axel, save me!!" screamed Edna as she pleaded and wailed in agony. 

Axel, who was currently facing a man in a black longcoat clearly heard her voice. He glanced at her from afar but then looked away, completely ignoring her plight. 

Edna's expression turned gloomy. Because everyone in the hero's party already knew that Edna had fallen in love with Axel a long time ago. However… the man she wanted to be with didn't even bother to look at her when she was at death's door. 

Rip!! 

Rip!! 

Ceril commanded the chains of judgement and tore Edna into 7 different pieces. The succubus enchantress didn't even get a final chance to scream in pain because her head and lungs were already torn apart. 

"Hehe he he!!" laughed Ceril as he gazed at the falling pieces of Edna's body, a goddamn 2nd stage saint at that and spoke in an ominous voice… 

"Congratulations! You have been a great test subject."