Chapter 392 Protectors of the Innocent
Every time she hit the floor, the sound echoed through the air, and the impact made her body shudder.
Blood smeared across the cracked tiles as he lifted her up again, only to smash her down for what felt like the hundredth time.
"You\'re quite durable for a woman," Reign said with a cruel chuckle, gripping her hair tighter.
Tiara struggled to breathe, her whole body hurting from the beating she had taken.
But what made it worse was the way he laughed at her, he was enjoying every second of it.
She knew he was toying with her, not just trying to win, but making sure she felt every bit of her defeat.
CRACK!
Suddenly, the floor gave way with a loud sound and they both plummeted to the level below.
Her body hit the ground first, with Reign using her as a human cushion.
CRACK!
Before she could even groan, they crashed through another floor. And another.
"Oops," Reign said with a chuckle, not even pretending to care.
Each time her back hit the ground, she spat out blood, her limbs flailing helplessly.
She couldn\'t believe what was happening. Her strong body, which had always been her pride, was now causing her more pain than ever.
Reign was practically surfing on her as they smashed through floor after floor.
"I... I\'ll kill you," she muttered between coughs, barely able to form the words.
"I can\'t hear you," Reign smirked, grabbing her by the shoulder as they crashed into yet another floor, the impact sending debris everywhere.
When they finally hit the bottom floor with a deafening thud, the building around them began to crumble.
Dust filled the air as walls buckled, and the ceiling caved in with a low rumble.
Nobu and Seki, wide-eyed and panicked, didn\'t waste a second. They escaped, barely avoiding the falling debris.
Meanwhile, Reign stood in the middle of the destruction, watching as chunks of the building crumbled around them.
He glanced down at Tiara, lying on the shattered floor. Her body was beaten and bruised, her face swollen beyond recognition.
"Still breathing, huh?" Reign said, stepping closer to her.
He crouched down, staring at her with a smirk.
"You\'re tougher than I thought. Too bad it won\'t save you now." His voice was cold, with no hint of mercy.
Tiara could barely move, her body too damaged, but her eyes—filled with anger and pain—glared up at him, full of hatred.
She hated being beaten so one-sidedly, even more than she feared dying.
Using the little strength she had left, she looked up at him, her eyes full of anger.
She hated Reign\'s personality, not just for his actions but for who his whole existence.
They were too much alike. Both cruel, both selfish. It was like two magnets with the same charge—they just repelled each other.
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But Reign\'s cruelty? It was on a whole other level.
If Tiara looked down on others, thinking she was better than everyone, Reign didn\'t even care about anyone else.
In his world, only he mattered.
"You\'ll die a dog\'s death, Demon... My family will avenge me," she spat, blood dripping from her lips.
She had already started to suspect it after he survived her surprise attack. Reign wasn\'t human—he couldn\'t be.
The way he fought, the cruelty in his eyes, his overwhelming power, it all pointed to one thing: he was a demon in disguise.
Not just any demon, but one with the power of a demon lord
"Me, a demon?" Reign pointed at himself, pretending to be surprised. "I\'m actually something else," he added, a sly smile forming on his lips.
Before she could respond, his body began to glow with bright, golden light.
A pair of radiant white wings unfolded from his back, and divine energy swirled around him.
It wasn\'t the dark, sinister power she had been used to see on demons.
The light felt pure, unlike anything she had ever encountered before. Being surrounded by it made her feel warm, and strangely, it even healed some of her superficial wounds.
"W—What are you?" she stammered, her mind struggling to make sense of what she was seeing. His glowing body shattered her understanding.
"I\'m an angel, someone who judges evil people," Reign declared with a smirk, completely messing with her mind.
He wasn\'t just trying to beat her physically; he wanted to crush her emotionally too.
Tiara\'s eyes widened in disbelief as she processed his words.
"An angel?" she muttered, her mind racing. The existence of angels had been long forgotten by the public.
But her family, one of the most powerful clan in the world, had access to ancient, well-kept knowledge.
In those old texts, she had read about beings of light—angels, the guardians of humanity. Before demons, before even the corrupted creatures, angels had once watched over the world, guiding humans and shaping their civilization.
They were said to be pure, protectors of the innocent, not… whatever Reign was.
"You\'re lying," she hissed, her voice shaky, trying to convince herself as much as him.
"You can\'t be an angel. You\'re just a demon that is using some kind of illusion! ."
Reign chuckled, his golden light glowing brighter as he took a step closer, his wing unfurling behind him.
"A Demon?" he repeated, his tone mocking. "Can\'t you feel my divine energy?"
She was stunned, unable to deny the fact that the light was filled with a positive auran/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
If her opponent was really an angel, then the stories were true.
But how could someone as heartless and cruel as him be a protector of humans?
"You can\'t be... one of them," she whispered, her voice trembling with both fear and frustration.
"Angels are supposed to be guardians... they\'re not supposed to act like you."
Reign smirked, leaning closer to her face.
"That\'s where you\'re wrong,. I\'m here to judge. And you? You\'ve failed."