Chapter 339 11
A giant magic circle appeared in front of Ziel\'s palm and aimed at the girls. The magic circle rotated rapidly and shone brightly. Following that, gray-colored energy beams shot at them.
"Avoid the attack!" Kalya shouted, warning the other two after feeling the horror of that attack. She was sure that they couldn\'t block those energy beams.
The three girls moved as fast as possible to avoid Ziel\'s attack. But they suddenly hit something and blocked their escape route.
"What\'s this!?" Lilith asked in shock.
"This is an invisible barrier! We\'re trapped!" Azalia said seriously and looked around her. Even though she couldn\'t see the barrier, she could feel it and be sure that Ziel had trapped them.
"We can only block that attack." Kalya added.
The three girls combined their strength and formed a barrier to block the energy beams, but their struggles were in vain.
Crash!
Their barrier shattered like glass, and they could only take the attack with their bodies.
Boooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmm!
"Cough!" The three girls vomited blood and were blown away with bodies covered in wounds. But they still managed to keep their senses and try to stand up. Even though it was difficult to move in such conditions, they succeeded and immediately drank potions to recover.
"Is it done? Is this your only strength?" Ziel asked the three girls.
"We\'re not done yet!"
"We can still fight!"
"I won\'t lose that easily!"
Kalya, Azalia and Lilith answered with determination. Ziel smiled slightly and nodded. After that, his figure disappeared from their sight and suddenly appeared in front of Lilith.
Lilith didn\'t panic when she saw Ziel appear in front of her. She compressed her divine power in her spear and thrust it into the ground.
[Hell King\'s Wrath]
A pillar of purple fire emerged from the ground beneath Ziel\'s feet. Its destructive power became terrifying after Lilith mixed origin power into her attacks. Ziel easily dodged the purple flame pillar, but another pillar appeared as soon as he set foot on the ground.
[Magma Flood]
As Ziel dodged the pillars of purple fire, Lilith added another attack. A huge wave of purple magma suddenly appeared in front of Ziel and was about to drown him. But before the attack hit him, a gray fortress-shaped barrier blocked it.
"That\'s good. But still far from enough to hurt me." Ziel said indifferently, and his clones suddenly appeared to Lilith\'s right and left.
"What!?" Lilith was surprised because she didn\'t notice their presence.
Those two clones were the ones who fought Princess Freya and Queen Helena. After they finished their task, the clones scattered and hid from the three girls. The two clones pointed fingers at Lilith and condensed origin power on the tips.
[Thunder Beam]
The two clones fired two gray laser beams from Lilith\'s right and left, but she was able to overcome the situation quickly.
[Purple Orchid]
An orchid-shaped barrier enveloped Lilith\'s body, and attacks from Ziel\'s clone couldn\'t hit her. But it wasn\'t over because the real Ziel suddenly appeared before Lilith and punched her.
Smash!
The barrier shattered, and Ziel\'s fist landed on Lilith\'s stomach. No matter how cruel Ziel\'s training was, he wouldn\'t punch a woman directly in the face.
"Argh!" Lilith groaned in pain as her whole body ached and her eyes blurred. She struggled to stay on her feet, but another attack from Ziel came and took her consciousness completely.
Zie and her two clones disappeared from that place after Lilith fell and went to the location of Azalia and Kalya, who were fighting other clones.
[Void Blast]
The space around Ziel\'s clone suddenly compressed and exploded. Azalia thought that she had managed to land her attack on Ziel. But when she checked, she didn\'t find anyone there, and Ziel\'s clone had disappeared from that place.
"It is dangerous!" Azalia suddenly had a shiver down her spine and immediately left from there at full speed. Right after she left that place, a pillar of light fell where she had been standing earlier.
Boooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmm!
Azalia looked in shock at the attack and the person who released it. Not far from her, she saw Ziel\'s clone raise its hand.
[Heavenly Judgment]
A gigantic magic circle appeared in the sky above Azalia. The magic circle shone brightly and shot out a huge laser beam like a pillar that tore through the sky.
Azalia\'s face became serious because she knew she would have difficulty dodging or resisting that attack. Thus, she decided to fight it head-on. Azalia gripped her sword tightly and compressed her divine power. Then she swung it at the pillar of light above her.
[Space Destroyer]
The space above Azalia shattered and prevented the pillar of light from approaching her. She wanted to use that chance to get away from that place, but Ziel\'s figure suddenly appeared not far from her. Ziel compressed the origin power in his right hand and swung it like a sword at Azalia.
[Orbit Slash]
A gray aura blade shot out with terrifying speed and instantly appeared in front of Azalia. On the other hand, Azalia couldn\'t do anything because the attack came suddenly and took her by surprise.
Slash!
Azalia\'s stomach was slashed, and blood spurted. Ziel quickly stopped his attack before he fatally injured Azalia or killed her. Azalia fell and lost consciousness due to loss of blood.
After Azalia fainted, only Kalya was still fighting at the training ground. She fought several clones and was slowly overwhelmed.
Three clones attack Kalya simultaneously, driving her into a corner. Kalya compressed the spirit power in her arrow and fired it at Ziel\'s clone.
[Spirit King Blaster]
A huge spirit circle appeared in front of Kalya and rotated rapidly. Kalya\'s arrow sank into the spirit circle, turning it into a green laser beam with thunderstorms. The three clones were swallowed up in the attack and disappeared without a trace.
Boooooooooooooooooooooommmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
"Haa... haa..." Kalya panted heavily as she used up all her energy in that attack. She thought that one of the three people was the real Ziel. With that strike, she managed to hit Ziel, and the training was over. But before Kalya could sigh of relief, she heard a voice from behind.
"Have you forgotten that skill\'s weakness? You shouldn\'t use it when you\'re fighting alone." Ziel said, and Kalya felt a terrible pain in her back. Her vision became blurry, and then she fell unconscious.
After that, Tenku snapped her fingers and girls who had fainted or lost their mobility at various locations in the training ground appeared next to Kalya. Then they were enveloped in a gray light, and the girls opened their eyes one by one.
"Less than an hour. That is how long you have lasted in this combat training. I can\'t say it\'s a bad result because it\'s your first training, but I also can\'t say it\'s good because I didn\'t use my full strength." Ziel explained. Even though some of them still haven\'t fully regained their senses, they can hear Ziel\'s words.
"We could only last less than an hour? Are we that weak?" Princess Irene muttered sadly because she was the first to fall among the girls. She felt very weak and helpless.
"Instead of calling it, a battle, isn\'t that more child\'s play for Ziel." Kalya smiled bitterly.
"It\'s not us who are weak, but Ken who is too strong. Ever since the start of this battle, I never thought we would be able to land our attacks on him." Azalia added.
Queen Helena and the others nodded in agreement at Azalia\'s words. Even though they had attacked together, it couldn\'t reduce the overwhelming gap in strength between them and Ziel. It could be called a miracle if they could land their attacks on Ziel in that battle.
"Hmm? So you already feel pessimistic before this training begins? I admit that I never thought that you would be able to touch me on the first try. But who said this training would be finished after all of you were defeated?" Ziel smiled and said calmly.
"What do you mean, Ziel? Are we going to keep repeating this training? Wouldn\'t this be a waste of time? Wouldn\'t it be better for us to move to the next stage of training?" Princess Freya found it impossible for their attacks to hit Ziel even if they fought for one week. The difference in their strength was too great, and they were like ants trying to take down a dragon.
"You only have three stages of training and nothing more. Today you will only focus on battle training and honing your combat skills. This training will end when your attacks can hit me. But I never said that you would continue to fight against me until you can injure me. Because you will repeat the first stage of training tomorrow." Zeel explained.
He knew what Kalya and the others were thinking. The girls were worried that they would never be able to complete the drill because they were sure that they couldn\'t land their attacks on Ziel. Kyouka and the girls didn\'t know how long it would take them to do that. If they continued to have that fight with Ziel, then the training would end in a few months, and the other training would be neglected.
"Only three stages? So this training will end today regardless of whether we can land our attacks or not?" Queen Helena asked, and it represented the girls\' curiosity.
"You are right. This training will end regardless of whether you can land hits on me. But are you sure you want this training to end like that? If you attack me together and still can\'t land a single hit on me who isn\'t using his full power, you should already know what that means, right?" Ziel said seriously, and the girls trembled.
Princess Aishia and the others attacked Ziel with their full strength, and it only took less than an hour before they were defeated. It can only be described in one word.
WEAK!
The girls were very weak and helpless before Ziel. They couldn\'t even land a single hit after attacking together. Princess Cordelia and the others could only lower their heads and didn\'t dare to look at Ziel because they were embarrassed.
"I\'ll give you an hour to rest. Remember what you experienced in the first and second stages of the training. If something like this has made you dejected and lost your confidence, you will never be stronger than you are now." Ziel said, and his figure disappeared from that place.
The girls\' bodies were like being struck by lightning when they heard that statement. They raised their heads, but Ziel was already gone. Princess Iris and the others had lost their confidence many times since the early stages of the training, but they were always able to regain their resolve.
After hearing Ziel\'s words, their minds were enlightened. Their pessimism and helplessness disappeared instantly. They quickly regained their confidence and determination after getting encouragement from the words of the man they loved.
"We don\'t need to think about whether or not we can land our hits on Ziel. What we have to do is fight as best we can by putting all our strength into this training." Kalya looked at the girls and said seriously.
"You are right. It\'s wrong for us to keep thinking about ending this training but forgetting our real purpose for doing it." Azalia had the same thought as him.
"Yes. We train to get stronger, and that is the most important thing. We don\'t need to care whether this third stage of training can be completed today or not." Queen Helena added, and the girls nodded in agreement.
After that, Clara and the others rested according to Ziel\'s instructions to return their bodies to optimal conditions. An hour passed quickly, and Ziel reappeared in front of them.
The combat training was restarted but with new determination from the girls. Even so, they still couldn\'t land a single hit on Ziel. But they benefited greatly from the battle as their skills improved drastically, and the girls managed to fight Ziel for more than two hours before being defeated.