Upon bidding farewell to Juricia and Stailor, Iliana locked the front door and ran up the stairs to lock herself in her room.

With tears of joy raining down her cheeks, she continued the chat with Eluya and Abel.

Iliana: The judgement was in our favour.

Eluya: Yeah, that's to be expected. It's Geppie afterall.

Abel: It's Geppie afterall.

Iliana: I know that you two are Proxy and High Priest. But how exactly do you know Supreme Judge Gerald? And close enough to call him by a nickname..

Abel: Long story but I recruited him.

Iliana: Oh and btw, Iliana, can you stock up on some Eggless Blueberry Cheesecake?

Abel: Make sure it is eggless and the blueberries are plenty.

Iliana: ❓❓❓Are we expecting a guest?

Abel: Yes, Geppie.

Iliana: 😱😱

Abel: We'll be home by tomorrow morning. Geppie won't be coming before that.

Eluya: And my dear Iliana, please don't cry.

Iliana: Can't help myself now, can I?

Abel: 😢

Eluya: Oh.. Iliana, wait a second.

Then a few seconds pass in an awkward silence for Iliana, only for it to be broken by a photo sent by Eluya.

Eluya: Sent an attachment.

Iliana: Seriously? That's the photo you want to send. 🙄.

Iliana said sighing. The image contained Abel and Eluya posing with the dead bodies of Barbarians.

Abel: Well, I told Eluya to not send images like these..

Iliana: I know.. Eluya finds punishing barbarians and Uncouths 'funny'.

Eluya: Don't be a killjoy. I find satisfaction in watching the vitality leave their eyes.

Abel: I can't find a proper emoji for it.

Iliana: Colour me surprised. You made my tears stop, Eluya.

Abel: Iliana... I love you so so so so much.

Iliana: Stop hijacking Abel's phone, Eluya.

Abel: 😝

Iliana: Thanks. I'm a bit better now.

Eluya: My pleasure. Btw, I hope Abel can say those 3 magical words to our faces. Oh and don't worry, he can't see our chats atm, he is focused on driving.

Iliana: I wish.. Btw, I will buy some of those fragrant candles. What smell do you like?

Eluya: I like the smell of burnt Sandalwood.

Iliana: Well, that's manageable. I'll go shopping for now.

Eluya: 'Bye Bye' said by Abel and my side. Don't sleep on an empty stomach unless you want to be overfed by Abel and don't sleep late unless you want me to read you some scriptures.

Iliana: I didn't ask for a threat 😭 but okay.

Then Iliana put down her phone as the room went silent once again. Her tears had now dried, with her lips curled up in a smile.

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But now, she felt empty. For almost 6 years, she had lived her life for this very day. To bring justice to her family and maid. But with that very motivation gone, she found herself to be 'empty'.

But she didn't let this cloud her mind. She got up from the bed and changed into a more casual attire, fit for going out to shop.

Her list was simple:-

1. Burnt Sandalwood Fragrance Candles

2. Rose Fragrance Candles

3. Cheesecake

After getting dressed, Iliana locked her room and stepped out of the house-cum-office, locking the front door before leaving for the Central District.

Meanwhile for Eluya and Abel, the drive that should have taken them 6 hours was going to take much longer.

"Hey, Eluya. Are you sure Arbor wouldn't mind us, not joining him in search of 10?" Abel said as he turned the steering from extreme left to extreme right.

"Oh, I'm pretty sure. He left with Elfana and only said 'To stay in touch.' and we do need to survive, unless you wanna use 'that'." Eluya said with a sigh as the sound of a thousand barbarians chasing them on foot through the forest could be heard loud and clear.

"If I use that then the car won't even survive.. I'll just drive the longway around, you can just relax." Abel said as he drove in a reckless manner through the trees and the uneven terrain, making sure the car doesn't get a single scratch.

"Or we can just stop and hunt these Barbarians.. They are like what, thousand? We can kill a thousand easily." Eluya said calmly, looking out the window at the waves of Barbarians some distance away from them.

"We could fight.. But we can't risk damaging this beautiful specimen." Abel said calmly, continuing to drive until finally reaching a highway. That's when he throttles the car and drives as fast as the car is physically able to.

Eluya held the car seat tightly as Abel drove on the highway just below the speed limit. "I can't believe we didn't get out to kill them. Bringing those Barbarians to Luminae is a threat though."

"Who said we won't kill them?" Abel said with a sigh as he stopped the car and sighed in relief. The sound of raging Barbarians was distant but it was obvious that they were still there.

"Ooh, I like how you think. Well, the car won't be damaged now." Eluya said with a smile as she got out of the car and stretched herself. Her clothes hugged her body, accentuating her shoulder and thighs.

"Limit yourself to Blessings only. We will destroy this hordes fast.. Iliana is waiting." Abel said as he took a deep breath before releasing it slowly. At that instant, his hair started glowing red, sclera turned black as a thousand Blood Swords manifest themselves into reality.

Eluya smiled, as a Black Bow manifested in her hands, adorned with Gold and Silver Lining as she strung the bowstring. "Hmm. As crisp as ever. Abel, wanna have a contest?" Eluya spoke with a hint of Mischief in her eyes as she got into stance, aiming towards the horizon, at the Barbarians.

"Why not.. Afterall.." Abel said calmly before the two of them spoke in sync.

"All barbarians must die."

Then in a bright flash, arrows flew out as Eluya seemingly fired an empty now and the Blood Swords flew towards the barbarians approaching, alongside Abel who massacred them left and right. He wore a twisted smile as he ripped their limbs apart with nothing but his bare hands.

Eluya smiled as she continued to shoot the barbarians. "Looks like Mr. Swordsman isn't using his sword.. This'll be an easy win for me."

Then Eluya raised her bow high, firing an empty string only for hundreds of bright flashes to appear amidst the crowd of Barbarians who had now stopped in their tracks. More than 60% of their forces had been torn apart in less than a minute.

"What happened.. Skardie (Scared)." Abel spoke in the Language of Berserkers, who were the mortal enemies of Barbarians. This made the group of Barbarians run in the opposite direction as they no longer cared to avenge the death of their comrades.

But for them, it was the wrong day and the wrong target. They did not survive. All 1146 Barbarians died in less than 10 minutes.

After the contest of killing Barbarians was over, Eluya sighed, "Well, It seems we've tied. 573 each." her voice filled with contempt as she hands a spare cloth to Abel, who wipes the excess blood from his hands.

"Let's leave before anyone sees us." He said calmly before walking up to the car with Eluya following closely behind. Then they drove away.

As for the bodies of the Barbarians, they were soon discovered by people who were driving their way to Luminae. And this incident was reported to the media and this was labelled as one of the biggest invasions by Barbarians in a long time.

Was it due to the presence of Supreme Judge Gerald in Luminae? What group could've killed this many barbarians without alerting authorities in both Necroma and Luminae? Why were the Barbarians attacking?

These were questions that no person could answer with full confidence but the news of this reached far and wide that Barbarians were on the move.

AND THE BERSERKER KING WAS CURIOUS.

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