Supreme Monarch

Waking in front of her, the man who could still be considered her master spoke in a soft tone, something that completely contradicts the amount of aura he was currently emitting which was, by all means, way scarier than when he had once lost his cool because of a troll.

Arriving before her, his calm voice echoed in the lab as he spoke to her in a gentle tone. "I see... They've truly put you through a lot, haven't they? Still, you were able to keep her safe till the very end, even when there was no longer any chance of winning. Your resolve has truly surprised me. So please rest now, you no longer have to worry anymore, I'll take care of everything."

Although his aura contradicted his current demeanor, for some reason Snow could feel the sincerity in his words as he stared gently at her with a faint smile on his face that didn't seem forced. He seemed he was actually pleased with her. This was something no one else had ever done since she came into existence as one would tend to only look at her with fear, hate, disgust, and apprehension. 

Even Rain would only show her an expression of worry as her existence could also be considered dangerous for Liz if she were to ever stay too long.

She could also tell that the raging aura he emitted was not aimed at her but was actively restricting the other two in the room with her. 

Was he truly angry on her behalf? She wouldn't know as it was hard for her to understand such things. Her only job up till now was to protect Liz and that was all. She didn't interact with anyone at all and thus, could not understand the emotion she felt right now or why her hatred and anger had been suddenly alleviated just by the words he spoke.

With that, a strange sense of relief washed over her from the depths of her soul, she could no longer hold on to the tight grip she had on her consciousness as her vision slowly became hazy and she passed out on the spot. Her body wobbled slightly as she fell gently into Tyler's arm while her hair slowly changed colors from white to blonde.

Her closed eyes then gently opened as the voice of Liz softly reverberated in his ears in an extremely weak tone.

"Lord Ty... You... you came... for me... is Rain okay."

"She'll be fine don't worry about it and just get some rest."

"Is that... so... I'm glad... You know... I didn't want you... to have to go... through... all this... trouble for my sake... but... I was secretly... hoping... you would still... come... I really... I'm a selfish... person... ain't I?."

"Don't be silly. Why have an ego if one can't be selfish at times like this? You just relax. I'll end this quickly and we'll be on our way."

With only a faint smile on her face as she lacked the energy to even keep her eyes open for a second longer. She had gently fallen unconscious and Tyler immediately tried his best to heal her. He didn't want any such instance where she would die before he was done here and desperately tried to stabilize her condition.

However, there was only so much he could do as he had no choice but to stop and just hope her will alone was enough to keep her alive. He then gently laid her on the floor as the ice that encased the room was rapidly melting but the ones that had frozen bodies in them had not.

Placing her body gently on the ground, the smile on his face disappeared in an instant as he stood up. His eyes were no longer as gentle as it once was as he stared coldly at the demon hiding in the corner, completely disregarding the specialized Mech golem that had defeated Snow.

"Hey you, pig! You will tell me who were the ones responsible for all this without a shred of a lie. I don't have the patience for torture so I'll just make sure you know the meaning of the word despair in the shortest time possible. Try not to die too quickly."

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Leriol on the other hand was completely dumbfounded. He was sure he had sent more than enough Mech golems after this man. Yet here he was standing in front of them in the same state he had exited the teleportation room with. That in itself was impossible, even for someone like Lady Izabel and Lady Citrus.

They may be able to defeat over 250 Mech Golems by themselves but it was impossible for them to do it in so little time and without taking any damage especially since the Mech golems had high elemental Magic resistance and high processing power with a large amount of power from the Magic crystals.

Those factors alone made them very deadly for most and thus, to be able to face 250 of such opponents and come out unscathed was ludicrous. And yet, someone had appeared before him that could do just that.

'Was this the reason why those two left in a hurry?'

Thinking about that, he instinctively denied his thoughts as there was no way that would be the case. He didn't know how this man had made it this far into the fortress alone but it didn't matter. He would just have to kill him with the aid of Vizer.

Just as he was about to order his execution, a demonic aura the likes of which he had never felt before suddenly gusted out of his body and dominated the entire room as it forced even Vizer to hesitate. A pressure that could even force an artificial life form to pause, Leriol's brain could not compute what the fuck this was.

He didn't have any skills like Magic sense or even offensive skills and spells, thus, he was unable to comprehend the gravity of the situation he was currently in right now as he desperately tried to resist this pressure that had slammed his head on the ground.

His mind worked at hyper speed as he tried his hardest to think of a way out of this when the man had just suddenly put the white-haired specimen down and faced them. He ignored Vizer and addressed him all the way from the other side of the room as though Vizer's existence was not worth his time.

What the hell was he saying? It would seem like he wanted some information out of him. However, that was truly naive if he thought a demon noble like himself would ever dare to leak information to an unknown individual like himself.

Besides, Vizer was not at the same level as all the other Mech golems and could even go toe to toe with a demon lord. This was his greatest defense against even the Brimstone family itself as his own safety was always the number one priority. He swallowed his fear as he made up his mind and ordered Vizer to kill that arrogant one-armed man.

However—

Before Vizer could even get close to the man, space itself was split open as his specialized mechanical golem was swallowed up by the void and immediately disappeared from his sight. Everything had happened in an instant as Tyler did not even consider the Mech golem as an opponent. 

A non-living being like that could not stand against the current him as even a weakling would've never charged at an unknown opponent like that without any sort of defenses active and just relaying on their built-in resistances.

He walked towards the stunned demon and spoke again, without any changes in his expression.

"I'll ask you for the last time. Who are the ones responsible for this?"

His eyes flared in an oppressive red glow as both pressure and despair beyond one imagination promptly assaulted his mind, body, and soul. His thoughts became jumbled and he couldn't even keep his body upright as he stumbled backward like a frightened cat.

As if that was not enough, a sword that wasn't there before had suddenly materialized in Tyler's hand as Leriol promptly lost an arm and blood gushed out like an open tap as even more pain threatened to drive him mad. He screamed in an agonizing wail that was also a mix of crying and confused shrieks, as he hadn't even fully comprehended what in the world was going on.

What has happened to his Vizer and why were his pants wet. His thoughts seems to only proceed so far as he couldn't even formulate a complete sentence as he tried to plead with the demon before him that looked at him with no light in his eyes as though he wasn't even being considered as a living being.

Before he could even say another word the sword was plunged into his knee as the man's eyes flashed red again and several layers of pain as complicated as the theory of the world itself assaulted him once more.

"Stwop... No more, please... I can't, I'll talk I swea I'll talk."

Although no one would consider him a man of strong will, he was still surprised at how fast this mind had broken him. For someone that delighted in torturing people for fun. He knew how hard it was to actually break a person's will completely and yet his will had been thoroughly destroyed by just the light in his eyes and two sword swings.

The man that laid on the ground crying in his own pool of blood, fesses and urine could no longer speak properly after a combination of the skill •Demon's Might• negative influence that instills fear and despair on his opponent as well as the string of pain from his missing limb and knee cap.

Yet he struggled to answer Tyler's question with all he had as he pointed at a device that was attached to the work station he was currently in. It was a spherical device that seemed to be a magic item. According to him, it contained the data on everything the research lab had achieved over the last few years and also the logs on who came and went so the last people that had entered the research facility before he would be the ones he was looking for.

Tyler simply retrieved the device and stored it in his storage space alongside his sword and any other devices he thought would prove useful. Leriol seems to feel slightly relieved but that was no longer his concern as he walked over to Liz and although he only had one arm left. 

He was able to easily pick her up using spatial manipulation as the instant he did that, they disappeared from the research lab.

Leriol sighed in relief as he managed to stand up. His mental fortitude had surprised even him as he slowly headed to one of the stations to relate this matter to Lord Malik. He needed to play this off in his favor so as to escape any further punishment.

However, he hadn't even been able to move halfway to his destination when his feet suddenly left the ground as though the pain of gravity in the room had suddenly been uttered and he was pulled back along with aid frozen lab assistants as their entire bodies were immediately contorted and ripped apart by a force beyond his understanding.

•BlackHole•

Tyler stood thousands of meters in the air above the fortress as he used warp generation and created a black hole. A gravitational singularity was created in the center of the fortress and in less than ten seconds, the entire fortress and everything within a 5-mile radius were swallowed into the black hole that spawned around the singularity, leaving behind only a vast empty crater in the wasteland.

On this day, one of the Brimstone family's most valuable research centers, the Lerantel fortress, disappeared from the surface of this world without a trace.