In Time And Memories

Chapter Sixty-Seven

Heavy pants, beads of sweat, and visions that are starting to blur. Urus grunted as he almost stumbled down while watching Frizella trembles and lost her mind with her overwhelming thoughts. 

Urus' left eye glows as he uses his black magic on Frizella; he manipulating her memories, all of what she is seeing right now in her mind was nothing but Urus' manipulation.

It's been a while since Urus is using his memory manipulation and it is starting to strain his body. Fortunately, this is only a small consequences for him. What matters to him that it is successful. He can manipulate Frizella's mind to make a chance to kill her. 

Only a little bit...

A sword appeared on his hand to strike Frizella. He was ready to stab Frizella through her chest when a force field pushed him back. 

"So that's how it is!" 

Urus grunts after his body got slammed on a wall. It looks like Frizella has broke his memory manipulation. A blood flowed out of her nose, a sign of her fighting back the manipulation. 

"That is a very powerful magic, Urus, but it looks like you can't handle it too." Urus has started to cough blood and he can feel his body weakened. He used too much energy that made his body strained. And it seems like he is not the only one.

Frizella also grunts when she felt the pain on her head. Since she used her magic to break Urus' memory manipulation, it also drained her energy. 

At this point, both of them are weak. 

However, none of the wants to give up. 

They both rushed to each other and landed an attack. Urus is using his weapons while Frizella is using her soul magic. Both of them couldn't use their black magics since it will only worsen their condition. 

The walls of Ytrius' chambers has broken down and Urus fell on the ground after blocking Frizella's attack

"Your imperial highness!" A knight was shocked by the sudden appearance of Urus. 

The knight was about to help him but Frizella sucked his soul. The knight's body fell on the ground, lifeless. Another knight saw Urus but it ended up in the same situation with the first one. 

Frizella sighs. "This is what will happen to every person you treasures if you won't give the throne to me peacefully, Urus." 

Urus is already on his knees while there are some blood flowing out of his wound. Frizella raised her eyebrow since she can't see Urus' face. His head is hanging low and only his pants can be be heard. When Urus didn't speak, Frizella harshly grabbed his face. 

"But since you brought this up to yourself, then I guess all of them will die." 

Urus chuckled. "Then kill them," he said nonchalantly. "That is, if you survived this." He is grinning from ear to ear. 

Frizella looked up with a confused expression but it turned into a horror after seeing thousands or different weapons floating in the sky. Her eyes are wide while she stares at the sky full of weapons. 

"When did you...?" Her words were cutted off. 

When Urus fell on the ground, he didn't do anything and just stayed down. Even when Frizella killed those knights, he didn't do anything. He was already preparing those weapons in the sky while waiting for Frizella. 

"Urus!" She exclaimed and was ready to attack Urus but the weapons fell from the sky. Those weapons rained down on her and won't let Frizella escape those blades. 

After the commotion, the battalion of knights has run towards Urus. They were surprised to see how their emperor is beaten up. "Your imperial highness!" They all gathered around Urus but his eyes are scanning the crowd to see Azelaine. 

"Damn it," he muttered to himself. 

"Your imperial highness!" The commander of Canary Rushvel, Klementine hurried went to Urus. 

"Where's Azelaine?" That is the first thing he asks. 

Klementine's lips gaped. "We haven't seen the empress, Your imperial highness." Urus' teeth gritted. He wants to get angry that no one kept an eye on Azelaine but his anger will do no good at all. Urus calmed himself first. 

"If you saw Queen Frizella, never hesitate to kill. That is an imperial order." 

All of the knights are shocked to hear his imperial order but none of them said a thing. They just bowed and acknowledge his words. No one can oppose him since he is the emperor. 

Urus walked out even though he can feel his muscles aches everywhere. He even barely step but he has to find Azelaine and warn her. 

He doesn't know if Frizella did or did not survived his rain of blades. He can't be certain, not until he saw her lifeless body. Another thing, he has to find his father and Pierre. If he needs to kill Pierre then he will. Mercilessly. 

He searched every corner of the Therilian Palace but Azelaine is not there. The next place he went to is in his office but he was shocked to see that Azelaine is also not there.

Urus is starting panic after seeing that Azelaine is no where to be found. His heart is beating so fast and his hands and feet are starting to feel cold. 

Azelaine, where are you?

The imperial palace is massive and he might just missed her somewhere here. But to think that Frizella might already got her, he will lose his mind. 

Urus stopped on his track after arriving in front of the throne room. With his remaining strength, he opened the door and saw Azelaine there. He was so relieved to see her there that he didn't even noticed that there is a snake wrapped around her. 

And when he did, coldness rushed through his body. 

Azelaine is unconscious and there is a pool of blood where she is sitting. 

"Azelaine..." 

The snake hissed at him, to warn him to never come closer. Urus made his bow and arrow then shoot the snake. When it was hit on its head, it disappeared like a smoke. 

After that, Urus stepped closer to Azelaine but a cold and sharp blade threatened his neck. 

"Another step and you will lose your neck..." Urus' jaw clenched after hearing that voice. His slowly glanced at the back. 

"Brother," Pierre continued his sentence. He smirked after seeing the angry expression on Urus face.

---