Chapter 3205 Silver Key (Part 1)


    ["There''s no such thing as immunity to magic and you know it."] Kamila said, knowing that Lith wasn''t just in there. ["Don''t you remember the first thing you taught me about magic? It''s about willpower and imagination."]


    Lith was the person in front of her.


    ["Otherwise, how do you explain this?"] She asked. ["Think about it. Your spells don''t work because you can''t imagine hurting me. Because just like with Ragnaro?k, your will is to protect me. As you have always done since the day we met."]


    ["Lies!"] Feeling scared by the unknown and harassed by the parasitic voices, Derek used earth magic to carve a huge block of stone from the ground that he threw at the woman.


    ''There''s no mana involved. This is a physical rock and unless she''s immune to that as well she-'' An orange eye opened on his cheekbone, burning with mana as it glared at the boulder.


    The block of stone turned into fine dust that swirled around Kamila, forming a protective barrier.


    ["I''m not lying."] She took a step forward and this time he couldn''t move away. ["Check with Life Vision. Whose mana courses through this barrier? Whose willpower?"]


    Derek''s paranoia and the voices tried to find another possible explanation but there was no denying that simple truth. The spell was still infused with his mana and it was his will controlling it.


    ''Witch!'' ''Thief!'' ''Liar!'' The parasitic souls called upon their brethren coming from the gate, throwing them into the blue flames to burn at the ground, the grass, and the world energy.


    Everything burned.


    A second set of feathered wings erupted from Derek''s back as the four other eyes opened at once.


    A silver flame enveloped Kamila, burning the blue flames like they were dry wood and purifying them into nothingness.


    Everything burned but a silvery path connecting the Void to Kamila.


    ["I told you already and I''ll repeat it to you until you believe it. I''m your wife, Derek McCoy. I don''t like you but I know and respect you. You''ve promised me never to hurt me and if I know one thing for sure, it is that you''ve never broken your word when given freely."]


    As the Tuner started to play Unbeatable, one more memory flashed in front of Derek''s eyes. He was back in Kamila''s apartment in Belius after Meln had killed Count Lark.


    ["No. When I married you, I didn''t know any of it."] Kamila replied. ["But when you opened up to me about your past life, I decided to stay because you were a different person.


    ["Lith Verhen, the man raised on Mogar. Not Derek McCoy, the broken man from Earth."]


    ["You are crazier than I am, woman."] Derek said. ["But you have answered my questions and now you have my word. I swear on Carl''s name that I won''t hurt you and your friend."]


    Now that the situation was pacified and the Dread Flames contained the blue ones, the Guardians Warped Elysia to Kamila.


    "Mama?" The baby girl asked in confusion.


    "Yes, pumpkin." Kamila nodded while handing the baby to Derek. "Say hi to your father."


    "Dya?" Elysia turned around, sniffing at Derek like a hunting dog. "Dya! Dya!"


    She could finally sense him in all of his aspects. She extended her small arms to him, giggling.


    Elysia Verhen, daughter of man.


    Derek''s seven eyes lit up each with a different element and shed tears of their corresponding color as the baby''s human side resonated with his own. The silvery flames coming from the feathered wings burned stronger, overpowering the blue flames and insulating Derek''s body.


    "Dya!" He took Elysia in his arms and she shapeshifted into a small Voidfeather Dragon.


    Scales of six different colors burning with matching elemental power covered her small body and stumpy wings came out of her back. Derek followed suit, the pitch-black scales of the Void Demon Dragon turned red, and burning black feathers covered the membranous wings.


    Elysia, daughter of Dragon.


    ["Elysia?"] Derek asked as the Dread Flames spread forward and devoured the blue fire.


    ["Dada!"] Elysia replied, turning into a small bundle of shadows with white eyes and a set of pristine fangs.


    Elysia, daughter of Derek.


    Hearing the baby speak with an English accent, seeing her Abomination form so close to his own, broke all the barriers between the life forces that the Voidfeather Dragon had erected and that the Void had frozen in place.