The demons spread out like birds in the sky. Their numbers increasing every second that past. However, the blade in Zeke’s hands was like a death strike every time they saw a streak of silvery slash appearing here and there, and always within the areas where the number of demons were most dense. As such, it created such a stimulating scene in the sky where the silver contrasted so glaringly with the blackened areas swarming with demons.

  Everyone watching from below were anxiously holding their breaths as they could do nothing but just watch on as Zeke attacked the vortex ferociously. Would he even stand a chance against this horde? They seem to be spawning from the depths of the vortex without an end in sight. There were just too many of them!

  They watched as Zeke slayed and slayed, the blade in his hands was like an extension of him, carrying out his will, turning them into ashes. Those who were watching from the ground were blurry eyed as they watched until they could not even see him anymore due to the overwhelming number of demons surrounding him. That and also the amount of black ash that was forming like billowy clouds around him. Seeing him being shrouded and swallowed by the black mass made the rest of them looking on have a tiny grain of doubt, making them slightly afraid for Zeke even though they knew how immeasurably strong he is.

  At the same time, Alex on his part, was making sure that none of the demons could escape him. He had taken upon himself the role of becoming the impregnable barrier of the city.

  However, everyone knew the situation was not actually getting any better despite how it looks at the moment. It seemed that no matter how much Alex and Zeke were killing off the demons, the large swarm of newly spawned demons being spat out by that infernal vortex surpassed the number of deaths overwhelmingly. However, there was no sign of Zeres slowing down at all, any time soon. He was unstoppable. The look in his eyes was sharp and did not show any intention that he would be giving up anytime soon.

  Watching the fight from the ground, Alicia felt her heartbeat grow increasingly weaker by the minute. Her breaths were becoming shallower as she clenched her cloak over her c.h.e.s.t even tighter.

  Though the others were holding their breaths in anticipation of the outcome of the fight, worried to death that something would happen to Zeke, Alicia surprisingly was not thinking the same way as the others. Despite the numbers of demons blocking his way from reaching Zeres, Ezekiel was advancing, slowly but surely. And Alicia knew in her heart as clearly as she knew her own name that the moment he reached Zeres, he would kill him.

  She began to feel her heartbeat going erratic again, sometimes skipping a few beats, sometimes speeding up unbearably. But the intense look in her eyes never did fade even for a second, much less dwindle. Suddenly, she turned over to Lilith, gave her a gentle and affectionate smile and enveloped her in a warm hug.

  That very next moment, an explosion of something dark happened in the sky. The demons around Zeke seemed to have all been wiped out and turned into dust swirls all at once. The other demons that managed to stay out of the explosion zone backed up and spread out farther away from him, more cautious and vigilant of his every move.

  Ezekiel stilled himself in the air, flapping his large wings and keeping to where he was. Half of his body was now oozing with a dark miasma which was curiously undulating around him, as if it were a living entity. That same fume seemed to be the same one as that which was coming from his left eye.

  The already maddened Zeres roared incessantly, feeling the ominous danger coming from Zeke. The newly summoned demons lined up before him, creating another barrier surrounding their summoner and when Zeke began to proceed anyway, Zeres gave a snap of his fingers, and the other demons who were spread out in the sky dove and spiralled to the ground, going towards Kyle and Lucas.

  It seemed that the orders that was given from Zeres was for them to aim for those two vampires. At that moment, both Lucas and Kyle were still not quite sure if they were the sole targets of that demon horde that were headed for the ground as there were still others who were in the same vicinity as they were. However, after a few seconds and seeing that the trajectory of that horde of demons were snarling and reaching towards them, they realised that they were the ones being targeted.

  Alicia pulled away from the embrace which she had held Lilith in. "Go. They will be needing your help, Lilith. And there is no need to worry about me. The demons will not come at me." She told Lilith and reassured her before any protests could come out of Lilith about her safety and the demons attacking her.

  Lilith hesitated but upon seeing Alicia’s determined eyes as she nodded at her, Lilith could only sigh as she relented as she let go of her. Lilith then stood up before suddenly appearing right in front of Kyle and Lucas. The two vampires had already prepared themselves and were positioned for the battle they knew which would probably kill them. Though they were confident in their fighting prowess, they were not silly enough to kid themselves. They could not even kill the one demon they fought just a little while ago, how could they even survive this army of flying immortals? And that was when it was them both against one lone demon! They were not idiotic enough to lie to themselves that they had the abilities to go against this sort of demonic force.

  However, with Lilith now there with them, perhaps there was some hope that they could at least had the chance to survive this attack. Lilith started chanting as she used a powerful spell and created a barrier of silver light around them, serving as some sort of transparent but powerful light shield.