HPDBC Chapter 266 Talisman? So sudden!
Chapter 266 Talisman? So sudden!
Chapter 266 Talisman? So sudden!
Chapter 266 @@@@
The intensity of the flames continued to rise as Oliver tapped into his terrifyingly vast reserves of espera.
The ground crackled and the air whistled.
The surrounding demons recoiled as the sea of pitch-black flames inched closer to them. It was as though the fire was alive, trying to devour everything in its path.
These flames were extremely dangerous to demon-kind, a fact they all knew too well. Even from a distance, they could feel their skin prickling, a deep-rooted instinct screaming at them to flee. They had just seen their captain bring out a special container to capture a sample of the flame.
If even she handled the flames with care, who were they to dare resist?
The moment they came into contact, they would be reduced to ashes.
Suddenly, the previously orderly formation of the demonic soldiers dissolved into chaos. Their rigid discipline fractured like brittle glass, panic surging through their ranks as the flames crept ever closer. They scrambled to retreat before the flames reached them.
What had once been a battlefield of strategic positioning had now devolved into a frantic stampede, demons pushing and shoving to get away from the cursed fire.
They had no other choice. Their captain was fully engaged with the human, and it was clear she saw him as her prey.
As soldiers, their role was to obey. They fell back, knowing they could not act without her orders. Her focus remained entirely on the human.
Had she issued the command, they would have captured him without hesitation. It would have been swift, but none of them were bold—or foolish—enough to challenge her authority.
Their fear of the flames was eclipsed only by their fear of her.
Among the crowd stood Vasoth, watching the battle unfold with a calm expression.
Unlike the others, he did not retreat. He stood motionless, hands clasped behind his back, his sharp features betraying no emotion.
His arms were crossed, his sharp features impassive, but his eyes betrayed a flicker of unease.
It was a girl, a little human girl. She had emerged from the cracks behind her.
The girl had an expression of hatred and determination on her face as she looked at them.
But Sera did not care about her; the child was insignificant. Her gaze was focused on something that the girl was clutching in her hand.
It was a piece of paper, a simple and ordinary paper strip.
But Sera, who could see the unseen, clearly noticed a purple glow coming out of the paper.
Her pupils contracted.
She instantly recognized it as a talisman, a special paper with magical properties used frequently by those human exorcists.
But her mind was occupied with something else at this moment.
She had not sensed her.
How come she didn't sense that little girl until this point when she deliberately revealed herself?
How did she not find her when she previously scanned the area?
Even before she faced Oliver, the moment the demon soldiers surrounded the premises to trap the human inside, she had used her senses to cover the whole mountain region, covering everything in her perception.
She had a very sharp sense of perception; it was ridiculous that she was not able to sense a powerless human girl.
Her instincts screamed that this was no mere coincidence.
It was not her abilities that were lacking but the humans she was not able to detect; this wasn't the first time. It was the same last time at the ritual temple as well when she was not able to find Oliver despite him being hidden in the same space.
It was most likely related to that only; there were only two possible scenarios here that could have made this happen.
Her gaze deepened.