The Devil's Cursed Witch

Draven looked at his hands in shock. It was as if he was some powerless being and he was being delusional to think he had powers. Taking a step back, he found a broken stone pillar a few feet away from him and after hitting it with a blast, that stone pillar turned into dust.

'Is this the difference between the purity of divinity? Because I'm a mere beast while she's a deity?'

"Ember! Stop this!" he called out, despite knowing that his voice could not possibly reach her because of the barrier. "Ember! Morph!"

It was shocking how he could not do anything despite seeing the situation in front of him. He thought he had forgotten how fear and desperation felt, that he had grown numb to emotions, but he realized he was merely lying to himself.

The King of Agartha was powerless in front of destiny once more.

The sounds of wings flapping caused him to get back to his senses.

Headed by Chief Agraleus, the leaders and warriors who were first to respond to the explosion were arriving one by one at the palace. Various expressions, from grim to horrified, were on their faces. They were all weaker than Draven, that was why they were more affected by the terrifying strength coming from within the barrier.

To worsen the situation, Draven's appearance was extremely terrible, as if he had gone through a fierce battle, his clothes dirty and burned at some parts. And also they could not see blood on him due to his all black attire, they could smell the strong stench of blood on him.

Was the King attacked?!

"Your Majesty!"

"What happened—"

"Where are the enemies—"

"Morpheus! Where is he?"

Agraleus had already lost his calm upon seeing Draven. In his mind, if even the King was in this awful situation, then wouldn't it be worse for his nephew?  He panicked as he searched for his nephew.

Thanks to Draven's earlier efforts, most of the flames outside the barrier had been extinguished, allowing those outside to somewhat see the situation inside despite the raging flames, the sharp winds and the bolts of lightning obstructing most of their vision.

They saw the King's mate domineeringly covered in flames, the strangled female shapeshifters, as well as the bleeding Commander of Warriors on the ground with a female shapeshifter crying over his body.

"Commander Morpheus is inside!"

"Commander! Commander!"

"He's still alive, right—"

Few started to call for him, but there was no response.

"The King's mate put up this barrier, right? How can a human be so strong?"

"Lady Ember, please remove this barrier!"

Only then did they realize that the barrier isolated the outside world from those within the dome-shaped barrier. They also tried to break the barrier, but their efforts yielded no results.

"That female…isn't that Young Lady Isa next to the Commander?" someone said.

"Aren't those ladies from the Divine Fox Clan?" another commented when they recognized the  three shapeshifters being strangled by Ember's power, struggling for their lives.

More people had arrived by then, and one of them was High Elder Halifax from the Moon Elf Clan. "Your Majesty! You need to find a way to stop your mate or she will kill everyone inside."

"Your Majesty, please break the barrier and save the Commander!"

"Your Majesty—"

Among them, Draven was the most desperate to destroy the damned barrier, but he was helpless in front of Ember's power. He could not help but get angry at himself—he could not figure out why his powers were not working when he needed them the most.

Was this destiny playing tricks on him, acting up in order to ensure the future seen in the vision stays true?

He could not accept this!

Someone dear to him was dying! Wasn't he the one destined to die? Then he should be the one lying there, not Morpheus!

How could he tolerate helplessly watching as a bystander as life fades away from his friend?

Gasps of horror rang out.

"She…She killed them…"

"A human killed—"

"Your Majesty, I beseech you! Break the barrier!"

"We must save the Commander and Lady Isa!"

"How could she do this—"

Everyone was frightened after seeing Ember mercilessly kill the three captured shapeshifters, and they panicked at the thought of what the human girl would do next. These people were not blind and had realized that Ember had gone berserk, and was no longer rational. The only way to stop her rampage was to overpower her.

Draven finally opened his mouth. "Use your powers together to break this barrier."

"What—"

"Use your most destructive offensive skills and focus on this spot," he ordered, his tone like a general ordering his people.

Those who had come to the palace were all experienced warriors. They didn't question him and simply executed the King's orders.

After they all controlled their emotions, they each launched their strongest ranged spells, and for the next seconds, it was as if fireworks of the five elements had erupted above the palace, causing blasts upon blasts to hit the barrier, the shockwaves further causing ruin to the surroundings.

The beings gathered in front of the barrier were council members, leaders and active warriors representing the strongest firepower available in their respective clans and races, yet despite trying their best, nothing happened. They could only stop after they exhausted the energies in their cores.

It was as if that barrier was absorbing their powers instead of getting affected by it.

"Your Majesty, I believe you should attack together with us," Halifax said after seeing the most powerful being with them not participating.

Draven decided to be honest. "My magic dissipates before it can even touch the barrier."

The King's answer  shocked everyone. At first they looked down on the King's human mate, thinking her unworthy of the Dragon's noble bloodline, but now, many of them began to fear what would happen if such a tyrannically powerful human ruled them, so powerful that even their king could not affect her.

"T-Then, what about the people inside? Are we only able to wait and watch them die?"

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A/N- The third book of "Devil and Witch" series has been launched today on webnovel app. It is a story of Dragon and a new queen of witches- A black witch, who I have mentioned before in this novel.

Title- The Devil's Betrothed.

It is the entry for WSA 2023 contest. I wish all of your support once again as this can be the last WSA I am participating in. Let's get a Gold this time, I believe we can. <3<3

You can find the novel in my webnovel author profile or you can simply search the title in webnovel app.