Akana was levitating! And her already pale skin has gotten paler.
"Now let me test my power. Fire can't hurt your body. How about lightning?" As she directs the lightning towards Casmir.
At first he was able to absorbed its power but the lightning attack didn't stop until his whole body could no longer take it and he start to lose consciousness.
"Let's retreat," Nagid shouted.
"You think I'll let you get away."
Tornados suddenly appear from nowhere and start to surround the mercenaries. Nagid tried to use his power to escape but Akana easily captured him using vines that somehow came to life.
"If you try to move, that vine will choke you to death. And if you try to escape I will take away your friend's ability to breathe." she threatened.
"You win. Please dont hurt them." he begged. I sensed the defeat in his voice.
"Good decision." she took the key from Doyle and destroyed it.
She also took the doll from Nagid. "Turn them back to normal," she commanded Janus, who followed her immediately. He poured sand on the dolls and in just a second it turned back into Kai and an unknown woman.
"Welcome back Kai." the ghost inside Akana greeted him.
"Thank you for saving me."
"And who is that girl?" The ghost suspiciously asked.
"Please dont hurt her. She doesn't have any power. She's my sister." Doyle begged.
"Why did you turn her into a doll then?"
"She's sick and she's dying. I turned her into a doll so that she won't die until I find a cure to her illness."
Akana approached his dying sister. And studied her. Then she looked at both of them.
"You're not even blood related. You lied."
I have no idea how she knew by just looking at them but the reaction of Doyle told us everything.
"I'm not lying. She's my step sister. And we grew up together."
"You're not lying about her illness, so you're right she's dying. Maybe I should turn her back." Akana said.
"Please don't turn me back. I have already accepted my fate. Doyle has done a lot of despicable things just to protect me and lengthen my life. I'm not gonna let that happen again."
"If that's what you want."
Akana just decided to let her be. But just to be safe she still restrained all the mercenaries. They're not the most trustworthy bunch after all.
I was about to try to pick myself up when we heard a loud noise coming out of the cave. That got me scared. The angel and the devil are still inside. What's taking them so long?
But my fear evaporated quickly when I saw both of them came out of the cave unscathed.
"What the fuck is going on here?" The angel asked. Confused as to what he is seeing at the moment. He was looking at the dead bodies. We would need to bury them later. They are enemies but they still deserve some respect.
"Nothing. You're just late to the party." Akana answered him.
The devil looked around.
"This must be one hell of a party. I'm glad you had fun. So who are these gate crashers?" the devil asked as she was looking intently at Nagid and his group.
"As expected the council sent them. And we almost didn't make it. They are very strong, we just got lucky,'' Kai admitted.
"What should we do with them?" The angel asked while giving the eagle eye to the tied up mercenaries.
"Kill them." Janus smugly suggested. "They are still dangerous and could go after your group if you let them go."
"You do realize that your suggestion also applies to you, right?" Kai asked Janus. He's quite disappointed and infuriated at him.
"You have no reason to kill me. And do you honestly want that to happen Kai? You know the consequence of a key holder's death." he reminded him.
"What does he mean?" Akana asked the devil.
Margareth already left her body and aside from being a little fatigued she looks completely fine. I'm also getting my strength back.
"In our world When a key holder dies a new one is born." the devil informed her.
"And so? Isn't that a good thing?"
"Not really. Key holders are rarity. They also need to be trained and mentored by another key holder. Once a key holder is born and powerful kingdoms or beings find out about it, the baby is immediately taken away from the parents. They are basically turned into high end slaves. Pampered and maybe spoiled yes, like that Janus over there but still they're slaves."
"Is that what happened to Kai?"
"Possibly." Answered the devil but didn't elaborate further.
Akana knows not to push too hard when it comes to her line of questioning. So she stopped asking.
"Maybe we should vote." The angel suggested. "Those who are in favor of sending them to hell raise your hands."
"You don't have to do that. We don't care what you'll do to us. Once the council found out what happened we're as good as dead anyway. Might as well perish in your hand at least the council would spare our family and loved ones. So yeah I agree with Janus just kill us all." Nagid said. As he seems to have already accepted his fate.