"It's you! So you came to Earth too!"

When I heard that, my face turned dark. Talk about bad luck! I've dealt with her many times before, so I couldn't forget her easily!

This succubus was Camille, the one I met in the Dark Continent! Even though it was too dark to see her face clearly, and her dark element energy was much weaker than before for some reason, I could still recognize her voice right away.

They say Camille was always very "trusted" by Michelle, so it's possible she brought her along in the last fight for the Cycle of Rebirth.

When the portal connecting the two worlds opened, Sheryl did mention that a few monsters got sucked into it too. Looks like Camille got lucky - not only did she dodge Reed's forbidden spell, she also snuck into Earth.

Nobody on Earth can sense dark element energy. If she just hid quietly, no one would've found her. But for some reason, she decided to come make trouble for me instead.

"What happened? Was there a gas explosion?"

"Look, that woman has wings on her back!"

"What's that weird thing standing on the wall?"

"Is someone going through a heavenly tribulation?"

"Looks like they can't hide what happened in 1999 anymore..."

...

The thing I didn't want to happen most still happened. The big commotion here quickly caught the attention of the neighborhood. Lots of residents came out of the buildings nearby. When they saw me and Camille, everyone started gathering around to watch. My parents, who just escaped from the stairway, were among them too.

Since Camille destroyed the floors where they lived, the people in that building felt something was wrong right away and all ran out.

"What do you want?"

This situation was giving me a headache. My power has grown a lot, so I'm not afraid of Camille anymore. But this area has lots of people, and there are many civilians in the buildings. Plus, I don't have much outside element energy to use. If she causes too much trouble, it'll be hard to clean up.

"Of course I want to fight you!"

To my surprise, she boldly challenged me, looking weirdly excited. "Bet you didn't expect this, huh? At first, even I couldn't believe it. After landing in this strange place, my power got way stronger! And then you, the one I can't stand, showed up. Perfect timing for me to test my new powers!"

"Her power got stronger?"

I looked at Adrian, confused. Judging by her current energy, Camille's power should have gotten weaker, right? She seems to be barely at level 4 now. But why does she look more confident?

But just one second later, I got slapped in the face...

The dark element energy coming from Camille suddenly jumped up at least 4 or 5 times! Her power seemed to be cheating, quickly passing the level 5 I saw before, and rushing towards even higher levels!

"Can monsters hide their power?"

I've never heard of such a thing! Or is it really like she said, that she got new abilities on Earth? Adrian and I watched in surprise. Then we were shocked to see Camille surrounded by black smoke, charging at me!

"Alright then..."

At this point, I couldn't care about being low-key anymore. I snapped my fingers right away.

To be safe, I started with my strongest move! A huge, blinding pillar of light came down from the sky, swallowing Camille's whole body in an instant.

The most effective way to deal with monsters is to use light magic. Plus, after I upgraded to eight wings, the power of my "Paradise Lost Shockwave" is even stronger!

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"Ahhh—"

Camille, who was only halfway through her charge, got blasted to the ground hard by this attack. She kept screaming in pain. After the strong light slowly faded, the black smoke around her was completely gone, burned away by the huge amount of light element. Her energy suddenly dropped to only 10-20% left.

"She's not dead?"

Seeing her lying on the ground, barely breathing, I still didn't let my guard down. Something felt off.

"Be careful!"

Adrian suddenly warned me. Clearly, he noticed something strange too. He carefully pulled me behind him.

Sure enough, it wasn't that simple. Camille, who should've been totally exhausted, actually stumbled back up.

"Hehehe! As expected of an eight-winged angel's power, it really hurts! Looks like since we last met in the Dark Continent, your power has grown a lot too! But too bad, it seems like this magic doesn't work anymore!"

Camille raised her head, laughing lightly with a "mocking" look on her face. I was shocked to see that those seemingly serious injuries from falling didn't affect her movement at all. And the dark element energy around her started slowly rising again!

"What's going on?"

I really couldn't understand! When monsters have enough magic power, they can heal quickly to some degree. But that has limits!

Unlike angels who can quickly refill magic through their wings, monsters' power is usually fixed for a short time. It's unheard of for one to almost die, then revive with low health on the spot, and keep getting stronger.

"If this goes on, she might end up stronger than before! I feel like it's because she's using Battle Qi..."

Adrian guessed, sounding unsure. In his view, it seems easier to build up Battle Qi in Earth. But for monsters, they shouldn't be able to awaken Battle Qi at all, let alone use it.

"No, that's not right! Those Battle Qi don't seem to be used directly by her. It's more like they're being digested!"

Adrian changed his mind again, like he found some new problem. But to me, it sounded strange.

What does he mean by digested? What can Battle Qi turn into after being digested? Could it be dark element energy?

"Uh..."

Suddenly I noticed this point too! If we're talking about dark element energy, that would explain the increasing dark element energy around Camille right now.

"Hahaha, come on, hit me again!"

Soon after Camille recovered her power, she excitedly charged at us again. Seeing this, I could only back up a bit. At the same time, I waved my finger and threw out another high-level magic spell, "Holy Judgment".

This time, the succubus got blasted sideways into a far wall. She crashed through three buildings on the way, finally landing in a crater over three meters wide.

But it seemed like she didn't take much deadly damage from this. From far away, we could still hear her shouting from under the rubble:

"Is that all you've got? Keep going, you're not trying hard enough!"

"As expected, when a monster's power grows too fast, it's hard to control their mind from being corrupted by the dark element's side effects. They become aggressive and lose the ability to judge things correctly. That's why high-level monsters are usually very rare!"

Adrian shook his head. Even though Camille got some cheat-like recovery ability, she's still far from being a match for us. She's just getting beaten up.

Plus, we could see that although her power kept rising, after reaching a certain point, it clearly started slowing down.

"We can't keep going like this forever. This isn't working!"

I could guess she'd come after us again soon. I was out of ideas too, so I decided not to hold back anymore next time.

If magic doesn't work, then I'll use physical attacks! Even though my magic power grew a lot after upgrading to eight wings, it's not good to keep using big moves like this. Especially in this world where it's super hard to refill magic. Once I use up all my magic power, there's no way to recover.

Luckily, for some unknown reason, after fighting with Camille these two times, I suddenly felt like there was a lot more light and water element energy in the area. Not only did this help me recover a bit of magic power, but with water element around, I can easily change into my blue wing form.

As for the exact reason, if we ignore the part that leaked out when I used magic, there seems to be more light element in the air than I expected. Plus, I didn't use any water magic in between, so I couldn't figure out what was going on.

"Come on, don't run!"

As expected, Camille stood up again soon. She didn't come back the same way, but attacked from a higher place. Now she was flying fast towards us, passing over the top of the apartment building.

"Watch out, here she comes again!"

Adrian took out his weapon, looking helpless. This time, he decided to fight too.

But who could've guessed the unexpected thing that happened next!

"Die, you damn demon!"

Suddenly, a loud shout came from the night sky above. We saw a bright white light rush out from somewhere, clashing with Camille who was still in the air. Caught off guard, they started fighting fiercely.

"Hey, isn't that Cyra?"

The residents watching from outside might not see clearly, but Adrian and I could easily spot who came - six pure white wings on her back, golden long hair, and that familiar voice. Who else could it be but Cyra?

The only difference was that she seemed to be holding a familiar-looking long sword. The whole sword was glowing slightly white. I felt like I'd seen it somewhere before.

Talk about finding what you want without even trying! Wasn't Cyra our target for coming to Earth?

Too bad she was busy fighting and focused all her attention on Camille. So she didn't notice me and Adrian down on the ground.