The two titans didn’t care about the little soul that had just fled. They fought on and on, injuring each other more heavily the longer they battled. At some point they parted from clashing and eyed another with wary.

“You can’t kill me, warden! Have you not understood that by now?!” the evil entity spoke arrogantly as he observed the once pristine black knight. The warden’s armor now dented, blood leaking out between the plates. One arm hanging powerlessly down on his side.

Even so, its complexion wasn’t any better, half of its robe and arm was gone, green blood everywhere, it panted heavily.

“A sentence has been spoken and must be carried out! You won’t stop me from doing my duty, demon!”

“Ha, you are no match for me alone! Pet of the word will!”

“Who said that I came alone?”

“Wha-?!”

Before the devil could react, something speared through its back.

“H-How?!” It looked down onto its chest where a spike poked out of the center where its heart should have been.

Realizing its error, the monster immediately lifted its head again. But it was too late. The monster only saw the edge of the mighty claymore directly in front of its eyes.

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It didn’t have a chance to evade it. With no resistance, the sword cut through its neck, beheading the former wizard cleanly.

Behind the dead demon, a monster slowly materialized out of thin air. A pitch black manticore, The tail with its sting still speared through the corpse.

“You allowed yourself plenty of time, young warden.”

“Well, you were having so much fun, I thought I left you to it.”

“Yeah…” he examined his broken armor. “So much fun…”

The beast ripped its tail out of the devil and sauntered over to the knight.

“What do we do with the soul that has escaped?”

The knight didn’t answer immediately; He turned and looked into the direction the soul had fled to.

“Leave him be. He is only one soul. He had had enough trouble for a lifetime. Maybe something good will come out of it.

The manticore wanted to protest at first but the older warden had always steered them right. Even though not rule conform, it would allow it this once.