“I’m not here to give you mercy. All the lives you have taken away and tortured, I will make you pay for it. I know that my fire can kill you. But you’re going to be stuck in this rotting corpse until the end of time. You will wish that I ended your life today.” The emperor chuckled cynically, his mind only focused on Audrey. Because Audrey was kind hearted, she would want to kill the monster in Debbie today and remove its existence from the world. However, Kohtaro did not want to follow her preferred plan, for he had his own. She had to pay for making Audrey go through such a tragic past. He also wanted to bring justice to his fallen brother, along with all of Audrey’s loved ones.
“You can see my army. You can see through my secrets and you know how to kill me.” Debbie stated, its evil face showing a slight hint of fear at that realization. “How did you find out? Why are you only defeating me now after I killed your people?” The anger within itself seemed to explode internally, although it was easily suppressed by Kohtaro’s menacing aura.
“I had to wait until it was finished.” He stepped closer, making the concubine flinch in response. How pathetic. “Until your death bed was finished, that is.”
The emperor’s eyes flashed like a bright flame, ignited by its own power. He was suddenly overflowing with a strong aura, one that made Debbie tremble like a child. His eyes glowed, gleaming brilliantly until his pale skin also seemed to glisten. He seemed to see right through Debbie, who realized she couldn’t escape. As he spoke, his words weren’t his own. “Don’t forget your place in this world. Your power is below us. Even when you think you have won, we can easily turn back time to defeat you. You will never win. ”
Debbie released an appalling sound, not bothering to speak as she was overwhelmed with absolute terror. She squirmed and thrashed around, as if his presence was worse than death itself. She glared at him hatefully, as if she was experiencing extreme injustice.
The thundering voice also made Debbie’s invisible army cower in fear. Its commanding presence scared them senselessly, and they abandoned their leader to escape far away from the scene as they could.
Audrey wanted to fall against Caleb in exhaustion, yet she was confused by the sudden change in force. The tension surrounding the army disappeared, and the feeling of being suppressed lifted up. It seemed as if the invisible army had retreated, and she searched for Kohtaro with newfound hope.
Did we win?
The men also began to look around, realizing that the horror had finally passed.
Audrey was dumbstruck as she found Kohtaro, who didn’t look like himself. His ethereal beauty had exceeded human standards as he stood with a certain presence that reminded her of a deity. The entire army was mute as they became entranced by the scene before them.
The emperor used a dragon’s fang to stab the evil woman’s heart. She shrieked and wailed hideously, the pain coursing through her body became perilous. Debbie whipped her head towards Audrey, as if asking for mercy. Audrey frowned and looked away, holding onto Aaron as they shivered at such a sight. Everyone expectantly anticipated for her death.
No one except the emperor and the screeching body knew that the evil being could only die through Red’s blessed fire, nor was anyone aware that Kohtaro had no intention on letting her die. The emperor’s men tied her up with the hair from Emperor August’s familiar. The lion had passed away soon after its master, and Kohtaro had cut its hair for this purpose. Nothing could harm or tie Debbie up as efficiently as a piece from the gods’ blessing. The dragon’s tooth was from Red himself, and even the casket that his men brought over was marked by the individual scales Red had lost through his injuries.
The evil being would forever be stuck in Debbie’s body within the casket, constantly suffering from the eternal wound. She would finally be in the dark, engulfed by the flames she had wanted the world to suffer through.
Then, the emperor whispered quietly, chanting spells to fully seal the casket. No one would ever know how Emperor Kohtaro sealed the casket, nor the reason for this complicated process. Everyone would come to believe that Debbie was invincible and couldn’t be killed.
However, Kohtaro had condemned Debbie to suffer infinitely. This was her divine punishment.
After the emperor finished his chants, he released his hold on the casket and stepped away. He looked around and found armies gathered around, watching him with a look of daze.
Audrey carefully approached the emperor and slowly kneeled before him. The other soldiers followed in suit, bowing their head low in reverence to their savior.
“Long live Emperor Kohtaro!”
The war was finally over.