CHAPTER 259: 259: SENSED

Felix was in Eden’s room alone. He was bored from staying there, so he found himself pacing around back and forth.

He was looking through the room to see if there was anything fun to admire and play with, when he suddenly felt something.

It was a strange rush of energy. Something that pressed against his chest. But he was certain it was a feeling that he believed he knew. Something he was strangely familiar with.

Felix held a hand against his chest while he panted softly. "What’s..." He thought for a while, his eyes shut as he panted.

And then he opened his eyes later on. "Master..." he found himself muttering as he instantly made his way out of the room.

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The priest waved his hands in Elvis’s direction, and immediately he was blown away by his green wave, sending him crashing through a table and falling into the ground.

Eden gasped, worried.

Cordelia snapped, "Don’t hurt him, you fools!" But no one listened.

The priest stared at Eden, who was still on the floor. "So, where were we?" he asked.

He summoned another wave and sent it towards Eden. Eden struggled to his feet to defend himself, but the wave brushed him off his feet and sent him flying through the air. He violently smashed himself against a table and fell, gasping in pain.

"No—!" Lysander wanted to intervene, but some guards held him down.

Queen Lea had ordered them to do so. She didn’t want him to interfere with anything anymore since he had already messed up the plan from the beginning.

"Let go!" Lysander snapped.

"Let go of me! Eden! No!" He struggled all he could but to no avail. They held him down.

Eden was struggling to his feet as the priest approached. "You’re pathetic," he said. "I wonder how did the Wizard of EL get this weak. That’s strange. Are you even sure you’re the wizard?"

He was approaching Eden and about to use his powers, when suddenly someone sent a sword flying towards the priest.

The priest caught it with his powers, and he sent the sword disappearing into dust as he turned in the direction of Adrian.

Adrian had both hands behind him, casually staring at the priest. "I wouldn’t want to interfere with your party, but I would appreciate you not laying a hand on him further."

The priest scoffed. "Another one?" He stared at Eden. "How many soldiers have you managed to summon? Or how many men have you seduced or what?"

He stared at Adrian again. "You can’t go against me. So just save yourself the trouble and stay away."

"I don’t care," Adrian said, pulling out his sword. "Just stay away from him, you old hag."

Adrian attacked with his sword, skillfully weaving his sword towards the priest. The priest only dodged, dodging every side from which Adrian’s sword came from.

They fought for a while. Adrian sending his sword at the Priest, and the priest actively dodging it. Adrian was surprised that the priest was good at dodging.

They continued for a while before the priest slid backwards. He scoffed, "Enough of this kid’s play, I have more important things to do."

He waved a hand at Adrian as green waves attacked him. Adrian stood his ground while he used his sword to shield it off.

He tried, but the wave blasted him off balance. It sent him flying through the air. But he landed on his feet, skillfully running towards the priest to attack.

But the priest snapped his fingers and had Adrian on his knees.

Adrian couldn’t see the forces that pulled him down. But the next minute, he was on his knees. Unable to move. He struggled getting up and setting himself free, but it was impossible.

"Let me go, you coward," he snapped at the priest.

But the priest smiled. "You should have known your place, young warrior. You can never defeat me no matter how hard you try," he said.

"Why?" Adrian stared up at him. "Because you’re another Wizard? A demon or something?"

The audience looked around and then stared at the scene. Another Wizard? They couldn’t help but think about it.

The priest was making use of strange powers. So it was hard not to see him as another wizard. And this was what ran through their minds as they listened.

But the priest smiled. "No. Not even close. I’m not some nasty demon. Rather, I’m a celestial vessel."

The priest continued, "A Priest with sacred powers to eliminate evil. And that’s what I’m here for, to cast away evil. So don’t stand in my way, boy," he said as he flicked his fingers through the air.

A wave violently blew Adrian off the ground and sent him crashing through another table that scattered. He was clearly hurt.

Now the priest stared at Eden, who was on the floor, holding onto his ribs in obvious pain. He smiled. "You should stop your men from disturbing me. I don’t have that much patience left. I just want to get this done, okay?"

Eden stared at him without saying anything. He was speaking with Lenny at the moment while they thought of a smart way out of this.

It was clear they couldn’t take down the priest on their own. He was powerful. More powerful than they thought. He seemed like one who knew the source of Eden’s power and thus had a countermeasure for it. So they knew they had to find a way out.

"Are you sure you’re not a wizard?" Leo asked out of the blue.

Leo had been standing there for a while now. He didn’t wish to interfere. But he couldn’t stop himself. As though he saw the need to stop the priest from ending Eden, he had to speak.

And so he convinced himself that he was just doing so the priest wouldn’t take his glory of killing Eden. He wanted to do it himself.

His eyes met with the priest. "Are you sure you don’t practice black magic? Because there’s nothing sacred about the art you use."