Arpious of the Planes

He raised it above his head before swinging down with as much force as possible.

SHING

My reaction was too slow.

I barely moved my head out of the way, but the normal sword that was being slowly coated in ice and light sliced a couple of inches down into my shoulder.

If it weren't for my hardened poison armor, then that would've lobbed my entire arm and shoulder off.

It hurt.

The pain spread from my shoulder to my arm. It hurt so bad that it didn't feel real.

The pain almost knocked me unconscious, but I planted my foot firmly on the ice, not letting myself fall over yet.

I gritted my teeth harder than ever before while grabbing the hero's head with my left hand. But, unfortunately, I couldn't even raise my right hand due to it feeling only like pins and needles continuously puncturing the inside.

It was over... I HAD FINALLY WON!

"[Poison Secret-,"

My consciousness slips, causing my hand to slide off the head of the next Light Hero. He was still shivering in fear as I dropped to the stairs below, blood gushing from every wound on my body.

The last thing I heard before fully going unconscious was…

"What a monster,"

…

(Arpious POV)

"He's about to die," I mutter, seeing Zehar charge towards the next Light Hero.

His already pale face looked deathly as he was only running on pure adrenaline. Just a smaller dose of it will knock him out immediately… if his loss of blood doesn't kill him first.

I push Yin off my lap and order her to wait here. Ava, feeding me the dragon fruit-like plant, stopped feeding me and retreated right next to my throne. But, of course, Alexa stayed in the same position even as I got up and blocked my way.

I gave her a slight kick in the gut, throwing her out of my way…

"Disgusting," I mutter as I flap my dragon wings which I hadn't pulled back yet.

Since the heroes had all of their attention fixated on the struggling Zehar, I could fly above without them noticing. Plus, [Invisible Grand Flying Sense] created an extra layer of protection from their sight and senses.

As I narrowed my eyes on the final moments of the battle, I saw the next Light Hero was very slowly coating his sword in ice and light until he swung down at Zehars head.

This is dangerous…

Zehar just barely managed to dodge a sword to the head, but he wasn't able to move the rest of his body, causing the sword to dig straight into his shoulder. He didn't have the energy left to scream, so he just whimpered before gritting his teeth.

Weakly, he reached his blood-covered hand to the quivering hero's face. Zehar muttered a skill, but it wasn't able to finish as his eyes peeled white. His body went limp as he fell straight onto the golden stair below him.

After seeing Zehar slam his face into the stair below, the next Light Hero made a well-deserved comment that made me nod my head in agreement.

"What a monster,"

Zehar is about to die, so I should probably save him… of course, that statement from earlier was to provoke the best reaction from Zehar and allow the heroes to go all out… Hopefully, Zehar should know now what he needs to work on.

[Grand Fire Magic: Ichimei]

White flames sprout from Zehars body like budding roses.

The next Light Hero looked around, still shaking, but as soon as he saw his fiances state, he immediately rushed over, ignoring the rapidly healing Zehar.

Zehars wounds were basically already healed, but the next Fire Hero noticed him. Even though he could barely stand up due to the concussion he received, he still managed to make it close to Zehar… but of course, I didn't let him come any closer.

[Grand Fire Magic: Amaterasu]

Just one snap of my fingers set him up in pitch-black flames. They coated his body and not only slowly burned his skin, but they also went down his throat, burning him from the inside out.

"AHHHHHH!" The next Fire Hero screamed in pain.

The other heroes heard his screams, but as soon as they went to try and extinguish the fire… half of his body was gone, including his head.

I snapped my fingers so that I could eat the other half of his body…

"Oh," I accidentally blurt out.

The black flames had actually melted a large chunk of the golden ice throne, causing small cracks to appear next to the melted piece as well. But it seems the remaining heroes didn't notice that as they were just visibly shocked by their friend's sudden death.

Their jaw hung open with their body shivering. I couldn't tell if it was from fear or shock.

It doesn't matter…

I land right next to Zehar's still unconscious body, causing the heroes to scurry back in fear. They could only assume that I was the one who killed their friends, filling them with different emotions… And I could see all of them just from their expressions.

Anger.

Fear.

Sadness.

Shock.

Rage.

"Y-y-y-y-y-you said you wouldn't interfere!" The next Light Hero shouts, tears running down his face as he tightly held his fiance in his arms.

"Oh… did I say that? I can't remember?" I say with a clearly fake smile.

"Y-you bitch!"

"T-Tayber, we need to get out of here now," The next Wind Hero stutters.

He immediately nods his head before deactivating his skill.

The half-light palace was gone, but my own ice palace replaced it as soon as it disappeared.

The heroes tried to scurry away somehow, but I ordered my pets to stop them.

They appeared out of nowhere, blocking their path, and when the heroes tried to push through, Alexa slammed both of their heads into the black ice below.

Both heroes were knocked unconscious…

Ah, isn't this where the villain is supposed to say, "You're not worth my time," thus letting the heroes go, giving them a new goal to grow stronger and eventually beat me… Well, who the hell cares? Why should I let potential threats go? Especially after seeing this throne world…

"D-did I do good?" Alexa asks, looking up at me with fearful and begging eyes.

"Come here," I ordered, pointing to the ice in front of me.

She immediately scampered over.

"Did I give you the order yet?"

Alexas face turns pale.

"Well… speak up,"

"N-no Master,"

BAM

I kicked Alexa in the ribs, sending her flying across the black ice floor. It seems the rest of my pets were understanding of this punishment as they just looked at the struggling Alexa with pitying eyes.

"Come here," I ordered, once again pointing to the ice in front of me.

"*cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* *cough* Y-yes Master," Alexa says, standing up with wobbly legs and then walking over to where I pointed.

She lowered her head in shame as I looked at her with cold eyes. I didn't even realize the sudden disgust and anger that slowly built up inside of me.

"Sit," I ordered.

As if her body reacted on her own, she sat down on her knees.

"Good girl… See? This is how you follow orders. Every order that I give, you shouldn't even have to think about it… You'll do it whether you hate it or not… Plus, the way you're acting right now makes me not want to let you redeem yourself for your tribe,"

Though I could see Alexa wanting to beg for mercy, she obediently kept her mouth shut.

"Do you still want to redeem yourself… I permit you to answer," I say.

"Y-yes, Master! Please let me redeem myself for not only you but for my tribe!" Alexa shouts.

"Good girl… Now, if you want to redeem yourself, then kill those heroes right there," I order.

As I finished my order, I surprisingly heard a slight bit of mutter coming from the heroes who lay next to each other…

I guess they're still awake.

"I-I'm sorry I couldn't protect you," The next Light Hero mutters, tears flowing down his face.

"Please don't cry… please don't cry," The next Wind Hero mutters back, tears also flooding down her face.

What a touching sight…

Without hesitation, Alexa stood up and flexed her hands into a knife-hand before stabbing them in the back of their heads, instantly killing them. She then scampers back over to me before getting on her knees once more.

"Wow… I thought you would've had a slight connection with them… but I guess not," I mutter.

Alexa shakes her head side to side vigorously with a smile.

I liked her response, so I pet her head a bit before walking over to the two corpses.

"Ava, get the corpse over there. Alexa and Yin stand right next to me," I order.

They all follow my orders as I bend down to the first corpse, the next Wind Heros corpse.

[Gained the following skills]

[Silent Steps]

[Pickpocket]

[Presence Eraser]

[Grand Dagger Enhancement]

…

[Gained the following title]

[Grand Assassin]

…

As I licked the blood from my lips, my face crumbled in disappointment at the number of skills and titles that I got, but I decided that it was fair after remembering her status.

"Master, I have brought the other corpses," I hear Ava say from behind.

"Place it next to this guy's corpse. I'll get to him after," I say before moving onto the next hero.