She Belongs To The Devil

Azriel had the ability to clone himself. That was how he was able to test all of the Princes and Princesses in the first level simultaneously. Actually, he was slacking off in the first level. He let his clones do all the work while he rested in his own chamber.

And in the second level, the original Azriel was fighting against Adeline while his clones were fighting against the remaining 11 Princes and Princesses.

Nigel also found himself in the fighting arena that was identical to the one that Adeline was in. He closed his eyes and sighed in relief. He lay flat on the mat and took some time to calm himself down from that traumatizing experience just a while ago. It was the worst nightmare that he ever had. And he was thankful that none of it was real.

Then after a while, he finally opened his eyes and looked around him again. And he worriedly whispered to himself, "What is this place? Don't tell me I am still in the nightmare! Am I going to see something like earlier? Even though it was not real, I cannot take any of that terrifying experience anymore."

Adeline was the only one to know that she was in the test already. All the others were as confused as Nigel. They had just lived their worst fear and instead of waking up in their bed or something like that, they were now in a huge fighting arena. And they were unable to make sense of anything that was happening to them.

Nigel abruptly got up on his feet when he sensed some kind of presence in the arena. He was able to see the golden aura that was mixed with the dark red aura, looming all over the arena. He had seen the massive aura similar to this when Theodore had kicked him on top of the mountain during the full moon.

Nigel scanned the area to search for the source of that aura and thought to himself, "Theodore? No… his aura is dark. This is someone else but is as powerful as him, maybe even more powerful than him."

Out of thin air, the clone of the deity revealed himself. He hovered in the air for some time and even Nigel was unable to resist staring at him. For a moment, he forgot how to blink. He was that captivated by the Deity.

Azriel slowly stepped down on the floor and slowly approached Nigel. Nigel was trying to smell the Deity to know his intention. But he just couldn't do that for some reason. And when the Deity was close enough to him, he suddenly shouted, "Who are you? What do you want? And where am I? Where have you trapped me?"

There was no change in Azriel's facial expression when Nigel shouted at him like that. He had that serene look on him that would calm down anyone's anger. He smiled and said, "I can understand your confusion. Let me explain everything to you."

Nigel's anger vanished once he heard Azriel's voice. And he attentively listened to the Deity.

Azriel started by saying, "Yes, I have indeed trapped you. You are currently inside my virtual domain, meaning you are in an illusion that I have created."

Nigel didn't seem to mind when Azriel said that he had trapped Nigel. He was gazing at Azriel's beautiful face and was lost.

Azriel coughed twice sensing that Nigel was not being attentive. And he asked, "Are you listening to what I am saying?"

Nigel put his arms behind his back and nodded like a disciplined soldier.

And Azriel continued, "You are currently being tested for your worthiness of the throne of Wyverndale. Whatever happened to you before you appeared here was also a part of the test. And I would like to congratulate you for passing the first level of the test and advancing to the second level."

Nigel came out of his daze when he heard that he was actually on the test and he had somehow managed to pass a level. And he thought, "I had to fail the test. And here I am, passing a level without even realizing it… I have to fail no matter what."

Azriel finally introduced himself, "I would like to introduce myself. I am your Deity, the Dragon Immortal. And I will be personally testing you in this level."

Nigel was not expecting to hear the last part at all. Yes, he had seen the massive aura all over the arena but he had not imagined that he was in the presence of the Deity himself. He instantly bowed to the Deity and offered his greetings, "I am honored by your presence, Dragon Immortal. And please forgive me for my behavior earlier."

Azriel touched Nigel's head and said, "I forgive you. I had put you through a lot, so I deserved that much."

Then almost instantly, Azriel's face turned serious and he asked, "So, are you ready for the next level to start?"

Nigel was visibly confused as to what this next level was. He was in a fighting arena but he didn't see any other Princes or Princesses or his opponents. So he asked, "What do I have to do in this next level?"

"Fight me." And without even waiting for those words to enter Nigel's ears, Azriel kicked Nigel on the stomach really hard. Like Adeline, Nigel also went flying and banged on the wall. Then fell down on his face.

Azriel had a satisfied grin on his face and he whispered, "This always feels so good. To gain their trust and then kicking them on their gut when they least expect it."

He playfully swayed his hips and thought, "I wonder if this wolf-boy can sense me when I do my famous invisible attack. Let's check that." And then he vanished into thin air.

Nigel was just up on his feet when he sensed something whooshing in his direction. He focused his gaze and saw that there was a tight clustering of the aura a little further away from him. And that was coming towards him at a great speed.

Nigel thought to himself, "He must be the Deity. The aura looks really aggressive. Can I even face him? I think I better dodge the attack. I have to fail the test, not die in the test."

And when that cluster of aura was almost near him, Nigel leaped out of the way.. There was a huge hole in the padding of the wall and Nigel was thankful that he had decided to dodge the attack instead of facing it head-on.