Struggling as a Villain

Chapter 60: Chapter 59- Chaos (4)

"Fuccckkk!" An annoyed and distressed old man who was tired of running around in the horror of meeting his demise, finally turned around, holding his walking stick, and intended to hit the cause of horror.

However, the moment the old man struck his stick on the headless demon, it...disintegrated.

"Huh?"

"Grandpa? You got superpowers?"

"What the-" The people around also paused and couldn't believe their eyes. The old man just caused the extermination of that terrifying being with just a simple stick swing?

However, it wasn't the case with this Headling but every single one of them spread across the town.

The ground was, once again, rumbling under the titanic weight of the demon who had been silent ever since. The chaos in the town came to a standstill, upon seeing the main perpetrator of this invasion in motion.

However, unlike before, the source of every citizen's attention was not the Headless demon...rather that blazing figure suspended in the air and currently confronting the demon.

No one was able to discern the person hidden at the core of those flames except for a few individuals.

"It's surprising..." Hearing Lilia's words, Richard asked with a smirk never leaving his face,

"That Mother arrived so soon?" He asked since it had been only an hour since the battle began.

However, Lilia shook her head and with her eyes never leaving the sky, she said, "That it took her this long to come here."

Richard raised his brows. Was Lilia estimating his mother better than him? Might be possible.

But Richard was slightly confused seeing the Headless Puppet not doing anything. Surely, Bellarine was strong and exceeded any rankings, but the Headless Puppet was also Monarch-rank. If anyone then it should have been the Minx who got flustered by her appearance.

"Why isn't that thing moving...." Richard's question was met by Lilia's suggestion,

"Young master, you shouldn't see with your physical eyes to discern the Duchess' capabilities."

Richard blinked in confusion for some seconds before realizing what she was speaking.

Instantly, he closed his eyes and used 'Detection'...

....only to nearly trip over and fall on his butt.

"W-What the hell are those things?!" He couldn't help but ask, witnessing a cluster of huge arms, in more than hundreds in quantity, currently holding the Headless Puppet from head to toe—rendering it motionless.

With a helpless smile, Lilia uttered, "While we can conjure threads in the name of Telekinesis, Madame Duchess have remoulded her mental strings to her desire. Truly a feat which an anomaly could achieve."

Richard gulped and marvelled at the prowess of the renowned witch.

Unfazed, Bellarine continued her chant, a cage of flames erupting around her, deflecting every blow.

The Bate's assaults grew frantic, each one more desperate than the last, but nothing could penetrate her fiery barrier.

The citizens of Awsperg watched in awe and hope, their despair turning to belief as they witnessed the Bate, once an unstoppable force, now rendered powerless by Bellarine's overwhelming might.

A guttural growl escaped the Headless demon as it finally recognized the threat before it. The realization dawned too late; Bellarine was a force to be feared.

A reddish-purple portal flickered above the Bate as it attempted to escape, but it was swiftly snuffed out.

"Running away?" Bellarine's voice dripped with dark amusement, her grin widening as she conjured more magic circles around herself and the Bate. The air grew so dense with ether that it felt like the sky itself was being pulled toward the impending destruction.

Panic set in as the Bate turned to flee, but Bellarine's telekinetic grip tightened, holding it in place.

She made sure Richard was watching before she released the full force of her spell.

With a terrifying roar, a colossal dragon of flames burst from the spell circles, its serpentine body coiling around the Bate with blinding speed.

The inferno dragon engulfed the Headless demon, its fiery jaws snapping shut as it squeezed the creature in a merciless vice of searing heat. The Bate's roars of pain echoed across the city, its rocky skin bubbling and cracking under the relentless assault.

The dragon's claws raked across the Bate's body, tearing through its tough exterior as if it were paper, leaving molten trails in its wake. The flames consumed the demon from within, turning its very essence into a blinding, hellish blaze.

The Bate thrashed wildly, but the dragon's flames only burned hotter, until all that remained was a grotesque statue of ashes, crumbling into nothingness.

Bellarine surveyed the destruction with a satisfied nod, her eyes gleaming with the knowledge that she had not just defeated the creature, but utterly annihilated it.

The once fearsome Bate was now nothing more than a smoldering memory, and the people of Awsperg had witnessed true power in its most terrifying form.

She slowly got back down on the ground and upon reaching Richard, she suddenly began to fall.

"Mom!" Richard exclaimed and caught her in his arms.

Seeing how she looked pale and sweaty, he deemed that she must have pushed herself too hard.

However, the brunette maid standing near them could only roll her eyes at the performance of the Duchess.

'Seriously, this war goddess turns into a spoiled lady in no time...'

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A/N:- A monarch rank Bate is extremely powerful. Take an example: the Headlings were merely D-B rank, yet they were able to give Lilia and Richard a hard time.

It was just...Bellarine is extremely overpowered and there is a reason for that. I hope you will all stick with the story to know all her backstory.