It was not just the ground, but the sky, space, and everything. Within seconds, the entire domain started falling off, and through the cracks charged a huge golden dragon that crashed against the ceiling of this place, destroying and tearing a hole through it.

The dragon was extremely fast as it appeared and disappeared like a golden falling star. Everyone outside saw a golden light streak through the skies of Aetherion before it disappeared into the vast expanse of space.

"Where are you looking at?"

A black light flashed, and a huge phantom of a black griffin appeared before the Twelfth Heavenly King.

Having lost the support of the domain and the Dragon Heart, Skarnyx was practically no longer Vaerion's match.

"Wait, don't kill me…" Before the Heavenly King could complete his sentence, with a single devastating cleave, it was bisected into two.

The dark energy imbued with the skill disintegrated the latter's body. Of course, how could it be so easy to kill a Heavenly King? Even with its body dead, its head was still intact and in the midst of running away.

Tentacles sprouted from the base of the neck and carried the head forward in a mad dash to escape.

Vaerion did not give chase instantly; instead, he released his transformation, the Man Beast state. The heavy full armor wrapping his body changed into streaks of light again and agglomerated together to become a dark black griffin once again.

"That guy is all yours, Valthor," he spoke to his partner and mount.

The black griffin screeched, its eyes glaring with hatred at the enemy. The demons were not only the nemesis of humans, but of all races. Every life in this world, no matter humans, demi huamns, or even beasts, they hated the demons for killing their kind.

What's more, given the way Valthor was looking at the Heavenly King, it seemed like it had a personal grudge with their race.

SCREECH.. The Black Griffin King screeched and swooped down. As a beast that was called the king of the skies, it was not without reason that its race was given such a title. Valthor was extremely fast, and soon it was upon Skarnyx's decapitated head.

"Kuh!! Release me, you dumb beast!" The heavenly king, who had lost all of its combat power now that it was just a head, struggled to get away. However, once grabbed by those talons, there was nothing in that world that could save him.

The black griffin tossed the head high into the sky and then came streaking from all directions, tearing it apart into blood gores.

In the end, the Lord of Maniacs, the Twelfth Heavenly King who had plunged the kingdom of Aetherion into a dark hell, was killed by a beast it looked down on.

"Good boy," Vaerion caressed his partner, who returned back to his after getting its revenge. With the domain completely collapsing by now, he could see the capital down below once again.

Although the place was in ruins, the situation was much better now. What's more, seeing that all the dignitaries from the foreign kingdoms were all safe, it relieved a big burden from his shoulders.

If something happened to them, he wouldn't be able to answer their kingdoms.

What was surprising was that even though there were so many high ranking demons and even Demon Generals heading their way to target the Kings and Queens for obvious reasons, none of them managed to get near any of them.

The reason for that was standing on top of a mountain of demon corpses so big that it looked like a small hill.

A woman with straight black hair and decked in full dark crimson armor, stood there while crushing the head of a demon with her iron soles. As she observed the chaos in the capital with one hand twisting the neck of a demon, she looked extremely heroic and beautiful.

At that moment, she sensed a stare on her from the sky and glared at the Dark Knight. T

he latter immediately shifted his eyes, not wanting to anger this short fuse of a woman who would not hesitate to attack anyone. Nevertheless, thanks to her aid, all the Kings and Queens were safe.

Of course, the other knights also worked hard; however, it was solely due to her that one of the plans of the demons was spoiled.

"That golden dragon earlier was a culmination of holy energy. As I thought, it has to be that guy. However, where is he at this moment?"

Vaerion did not stay still in one place for long. Soon, he joined the knights in clearing the demons.

As for the Divine Paladin, the latter was at this moment in an underground cellar underneath the royal palace.

The place that was masterfully concealed to look ordinary and with numerous barriers, defensive mechanisms in place, just so it could safeguard the thing that was being kept inside.

Yet when Reinhardt arrived here, the thing was already gone. One of the Seven Supreme Divine Treasures left behind by the old gods, as the last hope of humanity to give them a fighting chance against the demons, was stolen.

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Just like how all those years ago they utilized the chaos in Solaris to steal its treasure, the demons utilized a similar method to snatch the Supreme Treasure of Aetherion.

All of it, from the holy war to the demon army arriving at the borders, to the attack in all corners of the kingdom and even the capital, everything was staged just so that they could steal the treasure right under the nose of the humans.

"No, the Elventh Heavenly King clearly had no idea if there was anyone else involved. As far as he was concerned, he was working alone. Which must mean that the ones whose handiwork was this, worked their own schemes behind the scene."

Reinhardt had used the [Eyes of Divine Clarity] on the other party; as such, he couldn't be mistaken. In that case, this should be a scheme of another demon who used the chaos created by Skarnyx and Malcroth to get what they want.

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