The presence of Ilyss flooded the entire place, and as she looked at Dannep, injured, the pressure grew even stronger.
"Hey, hey that thing is a dragon, right? Then this woman is—!!!" Eva exclaimed in fear as she looked at Ilyss.
"The Demon Queen Ilyss Dracoryth, it seems the payment for this job just went up a bit more," Drake replied while watching her cautiously.
"Hey, are you telling me you're planning to fight that thing? Isn't it obvious we're going to lose?" Zarek said, but contrary to his words he began charging energy into his staff.
"Yes, but I don't think she'll let us escape either. Apparently that girl is important to her. Besides, I don't think she's completely invincible."
"That I'm not completely invincible? The last king who said that lost his kingdom," Ilyss replied with a cold expression.
"Yes, but some rumors have started spreading, ones that say you have a weakness. We don't know where those rumors come from, but it means even demons can die."
Ilyss frowned even more as she listened to them, but kept her tone relaxed.
"Oh wow, it seems the dogs only have fun talking about me behind my back. How about we test your theory? Come on, kill me!"
After saying that, Ilyss began walking slowly toward the Black Hyenas, each step she took spreading a proud expression across her chest.
"Zarek, aim at the girl!" Drake shouted, while his companion did exactly as he said and aimed at Dannep.
STRoijk!
A bolt of electricity was fired at her, and with her muscles still aching she couldn't move.
Ilyss simply looked toward the attack and moved her hands; instantly the bolt of electricity was absorbed by a ball of fire that materialized in front of Dannep.
"Jjajajja, are you serious? Using her to distract me, how amusing!" Ilyss smiled sadistically before spreading her arms in a dominant pose.
Everything around her began to burn in purple flames while her eyes turned golden.
The dragon behind her rose slightly upward, giving the demoness an intimidating presence.
"NO, I was just buying time," Drake replied, as behind him three three-headed dogs rose up.
The dogs rushed toward the queen, ready to kill her.
"Oh, spectral magic, it's been a long time since I've seen that," Ilyss replied while the fire around her moved toward the creatures.
"Not so fast, miss," Eva shouted proudly.
But the impact was absorbed by a giant sand golem. There wasn't just one—there were five golems surrounding Ilyss.
The queen ran her eyes over each of them.
"Alright, spectral magic, the girl has earth magic. I still have two left..." While thinking, the woman instinctively dodged a dagger that passed by her neck.
When she turned her gaze, she saw Varg on top of a tree; he quickly dropped from the tree and disappeared into the shadows.
One of Eva's golems approached to punch her, but she caught the blow with her hand.
But as soon as she took her stance, a lightning bolt struck toward her, which she quickly deflected with her hands.
"Wow, she really is strong," Zarek said while charging another bolt.
"Damn, they're that kind of group," Ilyss thought while looking more seriously at them.
Ilyss had understood what made the Black Hyenas so strong— their coordination.
They had grown used to fighting in a synergy where each one reduced the others' weaknesses.
"Do you think we can win?" Eva asked while watching Ilyss remain still.
"Is Ilyss going to lose? No… can she even lose?" Dannep was filled with doubts as she watched the scene.
But to everyone's surprise, Ilyss smiled—she smiled in a sinister way as she swiftly grabbed the neck of one of Drake's specters that had come from behind.
Without hesitation, she squeezed the creature's neck, crushing it in her hands.
"Jaajja, oh little things… did you really think—"
Ilyss suddenly appeared in front of Eva. Eva tried to pull out her wand, but Ilyss responded by throwing fire, burning her entire hand.
"Ahhh!!!" Eva couldn't help but scream, but Ilyss gave her no time; instantly she grabbed her neck and began burning her in front of everyone.
In just a few seconds Eva was nothing more than a charred corpse.
"Did you really think you could defeat me?" Ilyss looked at them with a satisfied smile.
Drake realized it then—this whole time that woman had only been playing with them. She had allowed them to attack just to see if they knew about her weakness or not.
"Run!!" shouted the leader of the Hyenas, but the moment he turned around, Ilyss was behind him.
"Knock, knock, death is at the door," the demoness said, turning her nails into claws with which she quickly tore Drake into several pieces.
"Shit, shit. This is bad," Varg said while they ran, but he ended up crashing into Blueryth.
The dragon didn't hesitate to lower its head and make him its dinner; it wasn't even worth screaming.
This left Varg, who, knowing he couldn't escape, went for another strategy.
"Let me go!" the man shouted before grabbing Dannep and pressing one of his daggers against her neck.
"IF you don't let me go I'll kill her, I'll kill her!" the man said in fear.
"No Ilyss, it's a trap, I'm not worth anything, leave me," Dannep thought to herself while feeling the blade against her neck.
The queen reduced the fire around her and lowered her hands.
"Okay, let her go and I'll let you live," she said with a smile.
"No, you must wait until I leave the kingdom with a carriage. I won't believe you until you do that," Varg replied nervously.
"God, I don't understand why they do these things!"
Ilyss growled and in seconds she was behind the man.
"Die!"
Slaph!
Before he could attack, Varg's arm flew away from his body— Ilyss had cut it off.
"Ahhh!!"
At her opponent's scream, Ilyss shoved her hand into his mouth and ripped out his tongue, then with her other hand cut his throat.
The Black Hyenas had been annihilated.
"It's a demon, it's a demon."
Dannep was scared, scared of Ilyss. She had never seen a death in her life, but four? It was something she struggled to process.
Ilyss's golden dress and face became dirty with blood; she looked like a complete murderer.
She walked toward Dannep, who was terrified by what she had just seen.
Without paying attention to her fear, she held Dannep's face with her blood-covered hands and smiled like a psychopath before kissing her.
Dannep felt a wave of heat before Ilyss pulled away from her, maintaining her smile which, together with her blood-covered face, looked disturbingly macabre.
"Are you okay, darling?"