Angel Monarch-Chapter 359: ’Prince’

Everyone backed away from the cage as the shadow below the raven expanded.

The shadows left the cage, growing in size, forming into a humanoid body. At first it looked like a blob of darkness, but soon its limbs became apparent.

From her legs upward, a black armor began covering the shadowy woman. In only seconds, she stood full clad in intricate black armor, which hugged her voluptuous body.

Her beautiful, pale face formed as well, with two terrifying wells of darkness serving as her eyes. The woman's pupils were the only white part of her eyes, making her even scarier.

From her head, long shadowy hair flowed down to her mid-back, gently shining below the sunlight.

The woman rolled her shoulders, while making a face of discomfort. Suddenly, with a grunt, two large, dark wings made of shadows grew out of her back.

The kidnappers took more steps back as their eyes filled with terror. They all recognized the woman, even though the mission briefing hadn't included her… Faith, the Angel's Shadow!

Seraphine's most loyal subordinate. Many believed her existence was nothing but a myth, yet she stood before them, furious.

Faith contemptuously eyed the many enemies, then glanced behind at Vicky's raven form with questioning eyes.

"Now tell me…" Asked Faith while turning back towards the small crowd.

"Which one of you knows how to turn my Lady's daughter back to human? Anyone kind enough to show me gets to keep their lives!"

A twisted smile appeared on the shadowy woman's lips. It seemed like she wanted them to deny answering, so she wouldn't need to leave anyone alive!

While Xinya's brain overworked itself, trying to find a viable solution, Chang seemed to leave him at home… Or maybe he never had one to begin with!

The tall, thin man took a step forward and pulled his two revolvers out of their holsters. A wide smile spread across his face, as his blood-red eyes stared out from below his wide-brimmed leather hat.

"Now lady, that's not how one introduces themselves! Have your mother never taught you how to converse with strangers?… Guess I just have to help you learn!"

The tall idiot pointed both revolvers at Faith and pulled the trigger on each. The bullets travelled much faster and stronger, while glowing red.

Chang was extremely strong when it came to killing enemies. Caught off-guard, he can even take out Stellars!

However, the Angel's Shadow was his power's bane. Not something his bullets can solve!

The two bullets hit Faith straight in the chest, or more like they passed through her. They didn't even slow after leaving her body, like nothing physical was there.

The Shadow chuckled at their useless attempt.

"Really? That's all you have? I expected better from you! Kidnapping the Princess must've been hard, so why can't you kill me?"

This annoyed Chang even more. He began shooting bullet after bullet, but they all passed through her without doing any harm.

Even though his revolver's chambers spun with each shot, Chang never seemed to run out of bullets. The reason was fairly simple; he didn't use bullets!

Chang just shot out his concentrated essence. In reality, he doesn't need weapons to shoot, but he enjoys carrying them around, like one of those cowboys from old movies!

He always loved watching those as a child or an adult. Throughout his childhood, he felt a strong bond with the western world, despite clearly having Asian features.

In Xinya's opinion, he looked quite dumb, always wearing cowboy hats and stupidly colored ponchos!

It would've been fine if Chang didn't have the intelligence of a rotting apple, but unfortunately, this gunslinger wasn't too bright.

After shooting a few dozen bullets, he finally stopped and stared at Faith with wide eyes.

The woman just stood there, arms crossed, with a small, satisfied smile.

"Any more attempts? Come now, don't be shy!"

Her words finally sparked something in Xinya's mind. Out of curiosity, she summoned her dao sword and cut the air. Reality broke where Faith stood, creating a portal which closed a few seconds later.

Nothing happened to Faith, which was exactly what Xinya expected.

A knowing smile grew on Faith's lips, as Xinya began to laugh.

"So you figured it out! Good! Sadly, I was quite busy so couldn't send my actual body! But my illusions were enough it seems!… Good luck fighting my friends! You'll need it!"

Xinya's laughter abruptly halted as Faith's form regressed into the shadows.

From above, the sound of heavy wingbeats echoed, and soon loud screeching filled the air.

Through the trees, gigantic beasts flew, dozens of them! They landed around the kidnappers, and the soldiers sitting atop began to dismount.

Chang turned towards the nearest group and pull the revolvers' trigger a few times. The red bullets flew through the air, faster than even an Evolved eye could track.

They nearly hit a hippogryph and its rider when a blur appeared. All the bullets shot by Chang suddenly fell to the grassy ground, each cut into pieces.

A shiver went down Xinya's spine as a bad feeling came over her. A reflexive action, or maybe premonition, caused her to react swiftly, raising her sword just in time.

Sparks flew off her sword, as its blade met with Henry's signature glowing white warscythe.

The fifteen-year-old boy stood a head taller than Xinya, a situation that should've been amusing, yet she wasn't laughing.

At that instant, their gaze met, making Xinya remember her mentor's words regarding Henry prior to the mission.

'Prince: Don't underestimate him! Even I don't know the full extent of his abilities! It seems he can manipulate time to a much greater extent than Time Snake! He's also amazing in martial arts and has a great strategic mind! I suggest not engaging him without at least a Stellar backing you up!'

As she looked into the Prince's dark blue eyes, a smirk appeared on his face. With a powerful push, he separated from Xinya and ran towards her comrades.

"Well, fuck… We need to leave right now!" Said Xinya before grabbing Tai, saving his life from an arrow aimed at his head.

Near to them, a cloud of blood appeared as Henry pushed a terrorist into the other. He placed one a moment further in time, then when they made him reappear once they shared physical space.

Lucy and Leslie also joined the fight, and the kidnappers began falling asleep.

Xinya didn't even register these events. With her weapon, she cut a hole into space, then tossed Tai through.

Chang was still shooting at the enemy. One of his bullets managed to graze a hippogryph, triggering a horrible, painful death for the beast.

As blood began flowing from the wound, the surrounding cells began exploding. This caused a chain reaction, until a few seconds later, only a bloody mist remained from the creature.

Upon seeing this, Prince put in more effort to defend his subordinates, not letting even a single bullet hit anyone.

Slowly, Chang backed towards the portal, and eventually jumped in as well. Xinya went after him, but paused momentarily.

A short distance off, the Princess's cage lay overturned, with the white-eyed raven desperately croaking inside.

That was her mission. She only needed to grab the cage and get it through the portal… It sounded so simple…

Her comrades continued dying, and using them as distraction, she ran towards the cage. She grabbed it with one hand, tossing it through the portal.

Without thinking, she ran after it and closed the entry before anyone could follow.

The three kidnappers landed in a lavish room. Both Tai and Chang sat in a nearby crouch, breathing heavily with exhaustion.

Xinya wasn't faring much better, but the smile stayed persistent on her face.

She walked towards the cage, which seemed awfully silent. At first she assumed the Princess was knocked out, but soon her eyes widened and filled with anger.

"FUCK! That stupid motherfucking Prince! I will kill you and your whore lover!"

The cage laid empty on its side, with no sign of the Princess.

The Asian woman continued to curse while repeatedly smashing the cage into pieces with her bare fists.

Leslie and a few soldiers in the killing field moved the surviving kidnappers to the hippogryphs. They were still under Lilith's spell, and when she gained every information they knew, she would personally execute them.

Lucy walked around in confusion, looking for Vicky. Anger and desperation crept back onto her face when Henry motioned from behind a tree.

A deadly aura cloaked the woman as she rushed toward Henry, curiosity in her gaze.

"Did you find her?" She asked with little patience.

Henry looked at the soldiers nearby, then whispered so nobody else could hear.

"I did, but she isn't in her usual form, and I don't want rumors to spread!"

The concern on Lucy's face got replaced with pure confusion. That's when Henry slowly raised his hands, revealing a raven sitting in his palm.

"What the fuck is this?… That's Vicky?"

Before Henry could've answered, the raven croaked while nodding, clearly understanding Lucy's words.

She even winked, bringing attention to her beautiful white eyes with dark blue dots.

Lucy just stared at her with mouth agape, then reached out and gently rubbed the raven's head. Her eyes turned teary as the raven leaned into the scratches.

"I'm so sorry… If I didn't leave you alone… If we were smarter… If…"

Lucy tried holding back her sobs while continuing to rub the raven's face. Vicky let out a gentle croak, then turned towards Henry and narrowed her eyes.

The tall boy nodded, as if understanding the bird just by one look.

"You shouldn't blame yourself… This Order of the Raven seems very strong and secretive! We could've never anticipated an attack like this… It's worthless to brood about the past! Let's focus on the future instead!"

Lucy wiped away her tears and nodded. Together they moved towards their hippogryphs, while hiding Vicky's raven form from everybody.