The referee along with the entire audience was frozen in shock. Taizoo was back against the wall of the hut. "T...They really are vile!"

Howzer quickly began fighting for his arm against Drole's Golem. "You had all the time in the world, having us fooled! Why here? Why now?!" Howzer yelled in fierce anger. "Hmph. Where's the fun in doing it right away?" Zeldris replied, crossing his arms. Howzer gripped his other hand firmly, a tornado swirling. "You bastards are going to pay for what you did to her!"

He launched the tornado at the Golem, sending it flying off the Vaizel Rock. A large thud boomed from the ground.

"Speaking of which, just to show we're not playing around..." Zeldris said, then walking towards to where Estarossa had thrown Melascula off. "I'm going to turn the woman into a GIANT SERPENT!"

Zeldris's voice echoed through the air. For seconds, no one said or did anything. Only the wind filled the silence.

Howzer was lost in his thoughts. The adrenaline was too much for SDs him to stay calm. "Wait, a giant serpent? Weren't snakes supposed to be Melascula of F-"

The ground began shaking, nearly making everyone but the Commandments fall over. Near the rock arose the serpent as mentioned, towering over everyone. Its shadow covered the entire area. "... RAHHHH!!" It screeched. Multiple of the women screamed in terror.

The snake could be seen from afar, even from the Vaizel village.

"HOLY SHIT, NEVER MIND!" Howzer gasped. He then pointed to the bridge. "EVERYONE! Get as far away as you can from here!

Everyone immediately began rushing away, crossing the bridge with Howzer and Taizoo making sure everyone gets away safely. Near everyone was frantic. Men had their wives close in sight by while running, thankfully no children were around. Once the last person had crossed, only Howzer was left to give a quick glare back at the Commandments before heading off to help the citizens to safety.

"Elizabeth? Come on, where are you? She wasn't anywhere near the Commandments so the next best place would be the village, right?"

Veronica felt rumbling underneath her feet. "What the...What's going on?" She exclaimed. Multiple screams of horror bursted from the surrounding women, some immediately running far with their children in hand.

"Hey! What's going on?" She asked a passing mother, who was holding her crying baby. "There's a giant monster by the tournament area! Get out of here while you can!"

The woman took off again. Veronica then looked over to the rock, then seeing the white serpent in its full size. "WHAT IN THE WORLD?!"

Griamore, who had heard her sudden shriek, immediately charged to her location. "Princess Veronica, what's wrong?" He called out. His eyes then set on the snake. While he wasn't "Where did it come from?!"

"I don't know! There was barely any sign of that monster approaching...unless the Commandments could be behind this." Veronica suggested.

"What should we do?" Griamore asked. "We need to find Elizabeth immediately and get out of here. The Holy Knights should be enough to deal with the Commandments and the Snake!"

The five watched, all with no sudden movement until everyone was visibly out of sight.

They all then sighed with relief. Everyone had bought the act. "Great work, everyone. Now hopefully they'll get far enough away from any vast recoil." Zeldris stated. "Although, Mela, you took a bit longer than usual. What did you do with the Princess?" Gloxinia asked.

"Oh, s-she's still in my uniform. I made sure she was safe before transforming." Melascula explained. She gestured with her head, guiding their attention to the bottom of the Vaizel Rock.

Down below was Melascula's maid uniform, gently spread out on the ground. Elizabeth was still, astonished by the snake's overwhelming size.

"You think the villagers are far enough away, Captain?" Drole asked. "Hopefully by now they're at least getting everyone warned and evacuated." Zeldris explained.

"And how many Holy Knights are there again?" Drole added. "I sensed three in total. Not only that but one of them is Guila."

Melascula felt a sharp rise magic flying right towards her. "They're here!" She called out to her friends.

Everyone looked out at the horizon. Guila and the two other Holy Knights were there as said, standing tall on top of three flying creatures. Though Estarossa could see that far or feel too much of her presence, Jericho was there as well. Guila was in her usual armor while Jericho was in a whole new suit. Guila as well had a new rapier, a wider and longer weapon entirely.

Her torso, elbows, and legs were covered in pastel pink armor and the dress underneath, although roughly stuffed into the armor, was bright pink. Her chest area was lightly exposed, mainly covered by a black body suit. Her hair also was trimmed, leaving a much shorter and rougher cut.

The newcomer however was covered head to toe with orange armor, only leaving his eyes just a little exposed underneath all of it. He was carrying two maraca like weapons that were just about as big as his legs. He was shorter than both of them.

The soaring beasts were wide enough to carry four or five people in total. They were dark purple on the top of their bodies and light purple on the bottom.

Jericho was caught off guard by Melascula's snake appearance.

"What the hell is that thing?!" She exclaimed, gripping her sword tightly. Guila however was much more calm. "Hm, it matches Sir Gilthunder's description of Melascula of Faith's snake appearance. It seems we've arrived."

She held her rapier high, a much more massive bomb started to form. It was large enough to strike Melascula's top half!

Standing still with a simple smile, she pointed her rapier forward and on the attack flew right ahead.

Everyone took quick notice of the oncoming bomb. Gloxinia held up his hand. Moonrose turned to dust like magic, forming back into Basquias. "Too easy!"

He then dashed out his hand and out flew Basquias, piercing it right in the middle. The bomb exploded, the fiery magic nearly touching Melascula's face. The emerged wind blew surprisingly harshly against everyone's face. The rock below nearly started to tip.

"Odd. The bombs she had before didn't have this much energy. She must've trained." Gloxinia observed, Basquias returning to his side. "Starting things off with a bang, huh?" Estarossa stated, cracking his neck.

Despite her attack being easily dealt with, Guila wasn't at all done as she had another already made.

"Mela! Take Elizabeth back to the tavern and come back as fast as you can! Everyone else, scatter and take them out!" Zeldris ordered. And with that, Guila sent down her next bomb!

Everyone knew their orders.

Melascula immediately began shrinking down back to her human form. Once completely down at the bottom, she quickly grabbed the maid uniform where

she left it. "Melascula, will everyone be okay? Whatever happened, I heard a lot of screaming." Elizabeth said worryingly. "We just had to scare the townspeople away. Although now, things are about to get rough so I need to take you somewhere safe. ."

The four men up top turned a different direction from the other and jumped off the arena. Zeldris went north and Estarossa went west, going more towards the town. Gloxinia flew out east and Drole went south towards the outer field of grass. Zeldris hoped that this way, the Holy Knights would match their movements and split up along with them.

The bomb struck the arena right in the center. The following eruption completely destroyed the top of the Vaizel Rock, the hut and arena getting blown to pieces. Right at the center line in the middle, the top half of the rock fell backward. The bridge collapsed with the pieces falling below. Nothing of the tournament was left!

The Holy Knights jumped off their flying beasts casually with the Commandments in their sights. The hunt had now commenced!

Zeldris landed with a thud against the ground.

He looked back straight at the destroyed Vaizel tournament with sorrow. Everything the people had made was now gone. A highly competitive tournament now reduced to rubble, all because of the Commandments's presence there.

"I'm sorry, everyone. I wish it didn't have to happen like this..." He sighed.

Clack, Clack.

Zeldris's gaze turned the other way to see Guila approaching. Unfortunately for him, not everything always goes as hoped. "It's been a while, Zeldris."

"It has. Look, if you're here for revenge, let me warn you. I'm not in the mood for any of this so if you're really going to try and kill us, it's not going to end off as easy for you as last time." Zeldris explained with a glare.

"I appreciate your efforts to try and avoid having to put up any pointless resistance off but I have multiple objectives today. One of them is killing you." Guila stated bluntly, her tone and face still stoic as ever. Zeldris sighed. "Fine then. I may not have my sword with me but I'm not going to slip up like last time!"

"The thought sounds interesting but I'm afraid you're no longer going to be much of a challenge." Guila boasted, casually holding her weapon forward. Like before in the battle in the forest, multiple bombs shot out but now, they seemed more controlled. Not one immediately exploded. Each of them floating towards until about thirty surrounded him.

Zeldris slowly analyzed each of the surrounding bombs. It was unusual to him how calm they were when he felt the same explosive magic just waiting to burst. However, he knew Guila was going to be more craftier than that. He closed his eyes and waited patiently.

"Your silence suggests that you're planning on how to handle the surrounding attacks or even finding a way to dodge them. Unfortunately...Chain Explosion.".

A bomb exploded spontaneously behind Zeldris, sending him flying forward. "The explosions are random, exploding no matter how careful you are." Guila stated. Though it hurt, Zeldris needed to stay patient. One explosion after another, Zeldris felt the burning pain against his skin, tearing his clothing apart in the process. It was all until the sixth bomb.

Before it even had a chance to explode, Zeldris, in a flash, dashed out of the surrounding cage of attacks. He had waited for an opening as when enough bombs had exploded, it would make an opening! Guila didn't budge.

"I had taken the time to efficiently study all the Ten Commandments and their known abilities. Your technique, Full React, may have helped you escaped but you won't get away."

The bombs suddenly started following Zeldris, catching up to him as they began matching his speed as well.

Zeldris knew simply running couldn't keep him away from much longer. He looked around for anything he could use, then eying the rubble from the Vaizel Rock. He then had an idea!

He quickly ran over to the rock piles. He counted about seven in total and then back at the swarm of bombs. The first biggest rock he could find, he kicked it fiercely. With his sheer precision, it shot straight through five bombs, making them all the explode. The rest did the same as well, releasing a sharp blow of recoil and wind. Through the dust cloud, Zeldris couldn't see Guila but he still felt her presence.

Suddenly, a bomb emerged from the dust. Zeldris missed one. Guila was nearby, controlling the bomb's movement like a conductor with his baton.

The bomb zipped forward; Zeldris ducked quickly. The bomb turned around at a perfect hundred and eighty turn degrees. Zeldris instinctively stepped back to dodge it again. This continued on multiple times.

However, this was odd to Zeldris. Guila was able to match his speed so why not make the bomb explode when it's near him, it's an easy way to damage him. It was like she was trying to stall him purposeful-

Zeldris felt the magic underneath his feet, glowing orange and yellow through the grass. That was what was happening all along, she was trying to lead him to this very spot!

The explosion sent Zeldris flying upward.

Guila guided the bomb Zeldris had been avoiding upwards with him, stopping it near his chest. It too exploded, sending him flying towards the town. The pain wasn't over yet though as Guila sent out a bomb barrage, each one hitting Zeldris and adding more damage.

Estarossa looked around the now empty town. Doors were wide open, letting him see the inside of the homes they belonged to. "Good, seems everyone got out of Vaizel." He muttered.

He glanced to the right and then to the left. The silence was awfully deafening.

Kttt...

Estarossa heard a faint kick and then a whoosh from ahead. A tiny rock was flying towards Estarossa's face! With sharp instinct, he caught it with a quick grab. He looked down at the rock in his palm, then back to the distance it came from...

A blade was coming right towards his face with the fierce force of Jericho! Estarossa leaned and stepped backwards to dodge but Jericho's killing intent was still at large. She slashed her sword two more times mid air but Estarossa kept dodging. The tip of her toes landed quickly before she leapt in the air. "Godspeed Bone Crusher!"

"Full Counter." Estarossa quickly matched one swipe with the rock and reflected the attack with a smooth slash of his own. The attack forms into Jericho's stomach, ripping right through her clothes. She flew backwards into a house, causing the wall to crack. Debris and dust flew out.

Estarossa looked down at his body. His coat was practically destroyed and his already ripped white shirt had more tears. "These were my only clothes, I hope you're happy." He sighed. The rock crumbled to dust. "Now then, why don't you just-"

Jericho dashed out of the dust cloud, interrupting him with more attacks. Slash, slash, slash! She was relentless. "You have no idea how long I've been waiting for this!" She exclaimed. Estarossa put his arms together to block everything she gave.

"Godspeed Ten Flashes!"

As the technique's name suggested, Estarossa only saw ten flashes but simultaneously feeling almost a hundred attacks dash against his skin. Some stray hairs flew off into the wind, cut off from the attacks. Estarossa gritted his teeth, he had to do something quick. He looked down at his nearly destroyed coat. Might as well put it to use!

Jericho landed, getting ready to attack some more. Now was his chance!

Estarossa's hand quickly grabbed the coat and threw it at Jericho's face. Jericho, though surprised at the basic attack, quickly destroyed was what left of the clothing. However, those few seconds of Jericho's vision being covered was all Estarossa needed. He had vanished from sight.

Jericho's body tensed up, gripping her sword tightly. Her eyes were wide open, zooming all over the place. Her breath got heavy as her head started to match her eye movement. An enemy like Estarossa needed her vision on him at all times and now he's nowhere to be seen, anything could happen to her.

"You actually want to hide from me?! Where's the confidence you showed me at the prison, huh?! Face me, coward!"

"Oh, it's you, Jericrystal."

As she looked behind, Estarossa's hand grabbed her by the throat and slammed her against the wall. He had crept up towards her when she hadn't been looking. "How you've been? I didn't think I'd be seeing you again."

"I...It's Jericho!"

"Is it? Dang, I must've thought of so many puns, your actual name got mixed up." Estarossa said casually. Jericho struggled in his grasp. Her feet kicked against him and the wall. Her hands held onto his. "You smug...bastard."

Jericho looked deep into Estarossa's eyes, her pupils showing fully. Pitch black with almost no sign of life in them.

Estarossa's expression changed, his cheerful cockiness disappeared entirely and left a shocked and serious look. "Your eyes..." He muttered. Jericho stopped struggling for a second, curious at the sudden change in behavior. "Huh?"

He was frozen, not of fear but of a remembering realization but for what?

"Jericho, what did you do?!"

"Wha...Are you actually scared of me now?" Jericho asked, smirking casually but it almost vanished with Estarossa pulled her close to his face.

"Answer me. What did you do?! Where did you get the powers of a demon?!"

Estarossa's attention then quickly shifted to above him when he felt Zeldris's presence. Zeldris was almost engulfed in flames. "ZEL!" He exclaimed. In Jericho's shock, he didn't care about the enemy anymore. Only his brother.

He dropped her carelessly and started rushing to his brother's rescue.

BOOM! Estarossa took a bomb attack square in the face, four houses near him crumbled down in their entirety. Unfortunately for Zeldris, he trapped in one of them as he landed through the roof.

Guila had followed the airborne Zeldris closely, only attacking Estarossa once she had noticed him. "You made yourself quite vulnerable, Estarossa but I did see it coming from somewhere titled the Commandment of Love." Guila explained.

Like she had also expected, Estarossa emerged from the rubble, barely even phased by the attack. Although, unlike before, his rage was most evident. "You too, huh? Did you also get a power boost through a demon?"

"Oh, you are aware of the Demon's blood?" Guila asked. "Yeah and that confirms it for me. Listen up and listen well, that stuff isn't a toy or a tool to play around with. Whatever you Holy Knights are up to, the power of darkness will destroy all of you before we even get a chance to do it!"

Guila stood in silence, listening. She hadn't expected the Commandments to truly be aware of the Demon and its blood. Perhaps this is something to look into.

As for Estarossa though, his words wouldn't reach everybody.

Slash! Jericho dashed. She stopped herself with her feet, now standing near Guila.

Estarossa felt something on his cheek. It wasn't sweat, it was blood.

"All this...just so that you could scratch me?" Estarossa asked. "And it was worth it." Jericho answered, analyzing the blood now on her blade. She wiped it with her finger and then placing it on lips like lipstick. "You see, that day you humiliated me made me realize that this is now the time that I would be become a woman and rise in the ranks of the Holy Knights. You will take responsibility for my transformation, Estarossa."

Estarossa's glare quickly turned to a suppressed look, complimented with a chuckle. "Alright. If it's a fight you want, YOU ASKED FOR IT!"