Author's Notes

The Biyi Bird Tribe...

Aranya decides...

Aranya's husband and brother discover that...

Chapter 34 – Determination

"We have no choice. The formation of the two-headed flaming phoenix is our last chance."

"Aranya! Please don't do this! We can stop them!"

She looks at him and smiles sadly with a tear running down her face as she murmurs, "I love you."

She then sighs deeply, then stares at the sky as she shoots the arrows that advance on an immense radiance that draws the attention of the fighters and those who are fleeing, causing them to stop momentarily.

With the exception of Ye, the eldest prince, and the princes' uncle, no one else knew what this technique meant.

While this was happening, her companion, still with his eyes filled with tears, noticed a movement out of the corner of his eye in the place furthest from where they were.

The archmage becomes enraged when he sees his wife's uncle, who displays intense satisfaction on his face, reminding him of the happiness his uncle displayed while his people were being cruelly attacked, while at the same time he believes that his assumptions are true because this would explain how quickly their hunters found them despite the immense distance they managed to create after escaping the attacks.

After all, it would be impossible to find them so easily according to his calculations and that of his brother-in-law who also did not accept that they could be found so easily.

At the same time, in a place far from the formation where the fleeing group was, the eldest prince screamed in the distance upon seeing the scene while crying and falling to his knees on the ground because he knew that this was a technique that required a sacrifice while promising the obliteration of all of the summoner's enemies within a given range, "Sister!

Then, a cruel laugh is heard next to him, causing the other demonic birds to watch the princes' uncle cackling with pleasure as he finds himself immersed in his own intense personal satisfaction because his plan was a success.

Many looked at him with a mixture of astonishment and disbelief on his face due to the inopportune laughter and equally incomprehensible to most because it was a frightening moment facing the prospect of being overtaken by their relentless hunters.

In the place where the crown princess was, more precisely at the top of the cliffs where there was a plateau, the arrows that became immense as they flew towards the sky stuck in the ground after falling in a specific formation, thus generating a reddish golden formation incandescent.

Then, the young woman lands on the one that was central, with a red light radiating from them and pulsing frantically as she demonstrated the purest fury on her face when she saw the demon masters and their slaves attacking their subjects, being the barrier that prevented the archmage from getting closer had been undone by the power that the formation radiated at the location.

The double-headed flaming phoenix formation was a technique that could only be used by the royal family and whose requirement, in addition to life, was the unwavering determination to use it without possessing the slightest hesitation in one's heart.

When the young woman was preparing to fall on her back and finish the technique that would use her life and at the same time guarantee the end of the battle, she is caught by her brother and the unexpected act leaves her in a stupor for a few moments until she reacts trying to get out of his arms to get back into formation.

Realizing that she would not be able to free herself and fearing that the demon masters would react to break her formation, she tinges her voice with demonic power to give a real order to the bloodline of her species, making it impossible for the demon masters and their slaves to understand what the order consisted of to free her.

However, she stops speaking abruptly when she sees that Ye is bringing their uncle who is visibly confused and restrained by black chains, with her brother saying, "When I saw the satisfaction on this wretch's face upon seeing the gang being attacked, I decided to intercept him. However, my brother-in-law was faster and managed to successfully immobilize him while using a portion prepared by him beforehand while briefly telling me his plan."

Her face still showing confusion as she listened to her brother's quick explanation, she watched her relative paralyzed and looking equally disoriented.

After her husband undoes the restraints, he strikes him hard on the back of the neck to render him unconscious, and then makes her uncle fall backwards into the formation.

With the young woman still stunned by the unexpected events, they quickly move away.

Aranya recovers and speaks again with her voice tinged with demonic power as she gives the order for everyone to retreat while speaking in the language of her species, making it impossible for her enemies to understand what she is saying while her hunters prepare to counter the technique used against them.

Initially, the demon masters mistakenly believed that they would succeed when they saw their escape, making them believe that the formation was not dangerous and that they would be able to deal with it without any problem.

Then, as the attackers prepared to use their defensive techniques, the immense arrows were doused in relentless flames that violently appeared, enveloping them, and then completely disappeared as they took the form of an immense, incandescent two-headed phoenix that flew towards the attackers.

They realized too late that any attempt to defend themselves or counterattack was useless in the face of the ferocity of the voracious and equally relentless flames that obliterated everything they touched, while the scorching heat made it impossible for many to counterattack or even escape, as it reached the point of obliterating anything even at a considerable distance.

The intense flames obliterated all the enemies while the members of the flock were spared by the technique, with them finding themselves unharmed as they watched with intense satisfaction on their faces as their hunters and respective slaves were summarily reduced to smoking ashes.

Aranya continued to watch with immense happiness on her face, her attackers being brutally incinerated to death by a deadly flaming power while the two-headed flaming phoenix sang a beautiful melody that was like a song of death.

After the technique was finished, it was clear to everyone that there were no more enemies alive.

Then, everyone began to celebrate, causing an intense celebration to arise in the group, with many crying in a mixture of happiness and relief while some mourned the loss of their loved ones during the confrontation.

As relief and happiness reigned for the end of her relentless hunters, the crown princess looked at her brother with curiosity on her face, and then looked intently at her husband, asking, "Ye, how did you manage to make the formation accept him in my place? The technique is only activated with the sacrifice of a member of the royal family. Our uncle is not from the royal family although he was our mother's brother."