I, Yuhaka, am hungry!

Upon hearing Claire's words, Linslet and Alice also noticed something amiss with the Apostle of Purgatory. Of course, such things wouldn't normally come out of a person's wounds. At the same time, Linslet and Alice also realized that the substance flowing from Berserker's body seemed to be the same aura emanating from the black-armored swordsman who had suddenly appeared during their last duel.

"Could it be?! That huge guy is also exactly the same as the black-armored swordsman?!"

Claire didn't turn around at Linslet's surprised expression, but instead kept looking at the gradually recovering Berserker and said:

"I don't know, but it's very likely that's the case."

While Claire and the others were discussing, on Yuhaka's side, after Yuhaka pressed down the large bump on his head, Zelus suddenly spoke up in the system space and said to Yuhaka:

"Youyou! Did you notice the card inside that big guy's chest?"

Upon hearing Zelus's words, who hadn't appeared for a long time, Yhaka subconsciously looked towards the cut on Berserker's chest. From the wound, Yhaka could see something that looked like a card. Soon after Berserker's wound healed, Yhaka could no longer see the card.

"Youyou saw OwO"

Then Zelus also said to Yuhaka:

"It's good that you saw it. When the time comes, use Ester to destroy that card and remove that big guy's transformation. Otherwise, that guy called Hercules will be resurrected, and it will be troublesome to destroy that card from Hercules' body."

After hearing Zelus's explanation, Ehaka nodded in understanding. This time, Ehaka also adopted the starting stance of a special sword technique. When Hercules saw Ehaka adopt the stance of a special sword technique, he realized that Ehaka was starting to get "serious". So Hercules also adopted a hand gesture similar to some kind of martial arts.

The next instant, the two flew towards each other like rockets and collided. They then brandished their weapons and slashed at each other. Suddenly, Yhaka burst out with lightning. Hercules, who was fighting Yhaka, was caught off guard by the sudden burst of lightning and was momentarily stunned. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yhaka picked up his Demon-Slaying Sword and thrust it towards Hercules' chest.

Although Eyhaka's Demon-Slaying Sword pierced Heracles' chest, before it could fully penetrate, Heracles swung his weapon and knocked the sword away, resulting in another large gash in his chest, though it was merely a superficial wound.

After losing his chance to attack, Ehaka somersaulted into the air, transforming his Baradion into a longbow. With a tug on the bowstring, several flaming arrows flew toward Hercules. Hercules, caught off guard, was struck by the arrows and burst into flames.

However, Claire and the others were startled when a burly figure emerged from the flames. Before them stood a man with a muscular build, jet-black hair that floated like a lion's mane in the heat of the flames, and incredibly strong muscles all over his body. Most importantly, the burly figure in front of them was a man.

Claire and the others were shocked to see this, after all, what appeared in front of them was a man wearing only a skirt armor. After all, only women can become elf wielders, and it is impossible for men to do so. Well... not impossible, the only male elf wielder was the so-called Demon King Solomon back then.

Chapter 734 [The Demon King's Sword]

After Ehaka burned off Hercules' cloak, His appearance was revealed to everyone, and Claire and the others were stunned, since, as mentioned before, there were no male elf users.

The only man who could form a contract with an elf was also a terrifying being on the continent back then, namely the Demon King.

Of course, the guy we met in the Mineral City wasn't some kind of spirit user; he just sealed a spirit inside himself.

However, what puzzled Claire and the others was that the big guy in front of them did not have the mark of an elf contract, but they also could not sense any aura related to elves. He did not seem to be an elf.

This left Claire and the others puzzled. The most important question was how someone who wasn't an Elf could possibly be here. This was the Elf Sword Dance Festival, which was watched by the Elf Kings. Weren't the Purgatory Apostles afraid of angering the Elf Kings by doing such a thing?

As for Hercules and Eughaka, Hercules didn't seem to care that his cloak had been burned off.

"Hooohoooo ...

Hercules let out a loud roar at Eohaka. Eohaka was stunned for a moment after hearing Hercules roar at him, and then Eohaka took a deep breath and roared back at Hercules.

"Roar roar roar roar roar—!!"

The sound waves from Eohaka's roar spread outwards, engulfing Hercules as well. Hercules felt his body become slightly sluggish, and at that moment, Eohaka charged towards Hercules like an arrow released from a bow.

Ehaka unleashed a powerful sword strike aimed at Hercules' chest. Although Hercules' speed was slowed by Ehaka's roar, he still managed to dodge the straight attack with an extremely contorted posture, suffering only a minor scratch.

Of course, Eohaka wasn't stupid; she knew very well that this attack wouldn't hit Heracles, so she prepared a second move.

The flames wrapped around Baradion in Yhwach's other hand instantly transformed into a frost-covered sword. Yhwach swung the frost-covered sword, freezing Hercules's feet in an instant, rendering him unable to move or dodge.

Hercules was also surprised that Ehaka could suddenly conjure frost. After Ehaka conjured frost, lightning-like marks appeared on Ehaka's face, and his hair stood on end like it was on fire. At the same time, it emitted a blue-white light and made crackling sounds, clearly indicating that Ehaka had entered a super-electrified state.

As Yhaka's speed suddenly increased several times, the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword in his hand transformed from a greatsword into a large cleaver and slashed down at Hercules. Hercules, however, abandoned his stone weapon and swiftly caught Yhaka's Demon-Slaying Holy Sword with his bare hands in a clean-cut move.

Ehka wasn't surprised to see his Demon-Slaying Holy Sword captured, as he had considered the possibility of his weapon being taken. Ehka then revealed his tail, which had transformed from a velociraptor-like tail into a dragon-slaying tail blade.

Ehaka swung his sharp tail blade swiftly toward Hercules' chest. Without a doubt, if this strike landed, Hercules's class card would be pierced through by Ehaka's tail blade.

Unfortunately, Hercules did not come here alone. Just as Hercules was about to be pierced through the chest by Eughaka's tail blade, suddenly, Hercules' figure disappeared.

Suddenly, Yuhaka's poke missed, and he did a somersault in mid-air before landing hard on his backside on the grass.

"(◎_◎？) Hmm?"

Holding the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword and Baradion, Yhwach looked on in bewilderment as Heracles vanished. Claire and the others in the distance also looked puzzled, having witnessed Heracles' sudden disappearance.

But saying that, disappearing so suddenly is really too strange, isn't it?!

"Hehehe~"

Just then, a girl's laughter came from the distant forest, immediately drawing Claire and the others' attention. Soon, Yuhaka and Claire saw a girl in a black dress emerge from the forest, creating an indescribable sense of tranquility against the backdrop of the night, as if the night itself was connected to the girl.

Upon seeing the girl appear, Claire and the others assumed a defensive stance and looked at her, saying:

"who!?"

In response to Claire and the others' words, the girl, Restia, looked at everyone with a slight upturn of her lips and said:

"Good evening, Scarlett's kittens~ Are you all satisfied with my gift?"

Upon hearing Restia's words, Claire and the others realized that the black-haired elf in front of them was the burly man's accomplice.

Claire frowned and looked at Restia, saying:

"You are... an elf of the Apostle of Purgatory?"

Regarding Claire's question, Restia nodded and looked at Claire and the others, saying:

"That's right, I'm also a member of the Purgatory Apostles~"

Then, remembering something, Restia clapped her hands and said:

"Oh, right, I almost forgot to introduce myself. My name is Restia Ashdoll. It's an honor to meet you all, little kitties."

Upon hearing Restia's words, the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword in Yuhaka's hand suddenly trembled, and he spoke to the crowd:

"Restia Ashudol... I know her."

Upon hearing Estée's words, everyone's attention turned to the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword in Yuhaka's hand.

"That dark elf was once the contracted spirit of the Demon King Solomon, and also the Demon King's sword."

Upon hearing Esther's words, apart from Eughaka, Claire and the others also looked at Restia with shocked expressions and said:

"So, that dark elf named Restia is the Dark Sword that killed the Holy Maiden back then?!"

Esther didn't say anything about Claire and the others' questions, only responding with a tacit understanding: the battle between the Saintess and the Demon King back then ended in mutual destruction, with their weapons piercing each other's vitals.

Chapter 735 [An Unexpected Change During Battle]

"O-O?"

Yuhaka looked at Esther in his hand. Although he didn't know why, Yuhaka could sense that Esther was a little "angry," and there was also a similar emotion of "regret."

"Lick~OwO"

Yuhaka licked the blade of the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword, causing Esther to shudder from the sudden lick.

"Owner?"

Esther shuddered and looked quite puzzled when Ehka suddenly licked her. After Ehka sensed that Esther was no longer emitting that same emotion, he carefully examined the dark elf girl named Restia who had come out. For some reason, Ehka had a feeling that he wanted to bite her butt.

Immediately, Yuhaka narrowed his eyes and stared at Restia, while Restia, unaware of Yuhaka's gaze, spoke to Claire and the others:

"That's right, I was one of the contracted spirits of the seventy-two demons of Solomon. But I never expected that the spirit of the saintess's sword would choose a contractor again."

Hearing Restia's words, Esther replied to Restia in a very unpleasant tone:

"I didn't expect to see you here, Dark Elf."

After hearing Esther's words, Restia smiled and looked at Yuhaka and the others, saying:

"Regardless, let's continue the battle we just fought~"

As he spoke, a black mist emerged, and then Hercules appeared before everyone. Upon seeing Hercules, everyone once again assumed a battle stance. This Hercules was somewhat different from the previous one; this time, he was shrouded in an ominous black mist, and his eyes glowed with a terrifying red light, making him appear extremely frightening, like a berserker.

Restia looked at Yuhaka and the others in front of her and said:

"Alright, now it's Berserker's turn to keep you company. I'm off!"

With that, Restia gave a curtsy to Yuhaka and the others, then transformed into a flock of crows and disappeared from everyone's sight. Only Yuhaka, sucking his finger, watched the crows fly away, wondering if he could eat them.

"Roar roar roar roar roar roar——————!!"

Hercules roared and charged towards Eohaka and the others. Seeing this, Claire and the others reacted quickly. Claire said to Eohaka and the others:

"Linslet! Alice! Slow down the opponent!"

Upon hearing Claire's command, Linslet picked up her ice bow and fired several frost arrows at Hercules, while Alice unleashed a gust of wind at Hercules.

As Linslet's frost arrows struck Heracles, although they did not cause any effective damage, the arrows began to condense into ice blocks, making Heracles's limbs somewhat clumsy. At this moment, the strong wind blown by Alice also slightly slowed down Heracles's charge.

"Youyou! I'm counting on you to attack!"

Seeing that Hercules had slowed down, Claire ordered Ehaka to attack. At present, only Ehaka could hurt the unknown being that Restia called a Berserker.

Upon hearing Claire's words, Ehaka charged out like a bolt of lightning, wielding his massive Demon-Slaying Sword and slashing at Hercules. Hercules, his eyes glowing red, roared and swung his stone weapon to deflect Ehaka's attack.

Ehka, whose weapon was suddenly swung away, looked completely bewildered. After all, Ehka felt that Hercules' power had actually increased this time. After deflecting Ehka's attack, Hercules grabbed Ehka's head and slammed it hard onto the ground. With a loud "Boom!", the earth cracked open.

"Youyou—!?"

Seeing this, Claire and the others screamed in panic. However, before they could launch an attack, a bolt of lightning struck Heracles from the sky. At the same time, the lightning on Eughaka's body emitted a terrifying light and crackling sound.

Hercules, struck by lightning, took a slight step back, but despite this, he was unharmed. Eohaka also managed to stand up, and seeing Eohaka trying to get up, Hercules swung his stone weapon and slashed down at her. When Claire and the others saw Hercules about to attack Eohaka, they quickly tried to rush forward and attack him as well.

However, at this moment, Ehaka's figure suddenly disappeared from Hercules' sight. Claire and the others also saw Ehaka suddenly disappear. Hercules was stunned when he saw Ehaka disappear from his sight. The next moment, Hercules also realized something: he could not feel his right hand.

At the same time, Eohaka, who had just disappeared from Hercules' sight, appeared behind Hercules' body. Eohaka was holding the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword, which was gleaming with a cold light. At the same time, Hercules' right hand, which was holding a stone weapon, descended from the sky and pierced the ground.

Ehaka, his body crackling with lightning, turned and stared at Hercules with his crimson eyes. Hercules, unfazed by the loss of his right hand, roared and charged at Ehaka. Ehaka, however, unleashed a burst of lightning from his feet and charged at Hercules with lightning speed. Before Hercules could react, Ehaka swung the Demon-Slaying Sword, now transformed into a giant sword, and thrust it towards Hercules' chest.

As the Demon-Slaying Holy Sword pierced Hercules' chest, Yuhaka propelled it directly through his chest. Claire and the others were visibly excited at the sight, after all, Yuhaka had taken down the members of the Purgatory Apostles team who had single-handedly wiped out the other teams during the competition.

However, Claire suddenly thought of a problem: the alliance contract with Mira was supposed to end with the defeat of that Berserker, so does that mean the alliance contract between Mira's team and their team has ended?

This left Claire feeling very conflicted, but before she could finish thinking, a sudden "boom" and a strong tremor brought her back to her senses. Claire was shocked to see a Berserker in front of her who had just been pierced through the chest by Yuhaka, now standing there completely unharmed.

Yuhaka, who had just pierced Berserker's chest, was tucked upside down with his upper body buried in the ground, while his short legs struggled to get him out.

Chapter 736 [Adorable Stars Collide with the Sky]

"This...how is this possible?!"

Claire and the others were shocked to see Hercules restored to his original, unharmed state. After all, they had clearly seen that the tall man had one of his arms cut off by Eughaka and his chest pierced by the Demon-Slaying Sword. How could he have reappeared in such a completely unharmed state?

Claire and the others didn't know what was going on, but Zelus knew very well.

In the system space, Zelus watched as Hercules's class card on the screen moved from the center of his chest to the right chest area. Seeing this, Zelus felt like cursing.