Naturally, her reaction surprised the three men. Before she could act, however, Matthew was already holding her hand, pulling her towards him. She quickly realized that the reason why Matthew didn’t let her go is that he knew that she would do something hasty if this happens.
"So, you wanted a fight," Matthew said. He looked at the other Lycans, who heard the commotion. Since they made the announcement, the number of supernaturals who had been visiting this place had increased.
Naturally, everyone who heard that explosion immediately tried to check what was going on. While most of them are Lycans, there are still witches and even other shifters and the werewolves who visited earlier.
"A fight against the new King!" the man declared.
He opened his arms and slowly levitated, surprising everyone around him. Clearly, he wasn’t a witch! How could he... levitate?
"Very well— "
"I am going to fight," it was Ava. Without waiting for Matthew, she levitated too, showing everyone that she was capable of such a spell. Levitation is actually considered an advanced spell by the witches. This is because the control and precision needed for you to fly were just a lot for most witches.
Levitating a few inches from the grown can be done, but not many witches can maintain it for a few minutes. Only witches like Babaylan or the Shaman or Ulva can easily levitate and even fly. So seeing a young witch like Ava do it with ease was a surprise to everyone.
"She can — " Drigo uttered. "I know she’s powerful, but these planes have — " Drigo’s concern was pretty simple. The area around the palace used to have a really strong restriction for Magick in the past. The restriction was damaged, but this didn’t mean that it was totally gone.
Using magicks and spells inside the palace or around it is actually harder than when you are a kilometer away from it. And the witches who can do it can only manage for a limited amount of time.
"Oh?" the man lifted an eyebrow as he stared at Ava. If anything, he looked amused and excited. But how could he hide his real emotions from an empath like Ava?
The man’s lust and arousal were pretty obvious.
"I like a fighter," the man said. "I am Nero of the Nightmare Realm. What is your name?"
"Shouldn’t you already know my name?"
"Your... real name."
Ava said nothing. She had no idea what this man was talking about.
"I have never seen a witch capable of doing that. So... I am going to assume you are just like me."
"You are wrong."
"I didn’t come here to fight you, though."
"I don’t care," Ava said. Her anger was becoming more and more intense as the seconds passed. "You ruined my palace." My plane, she wanted to add.
"I wanted to fight the King," he uttered as he looked at Matthew. " The winner shall have this plane and the Queen."
"You bitch," Ava suddenly hissed.
"What did you just call me?"
"I called you a whiny bitch." Ava said, her chest raised and fell, anger was apparent in her eyes. She then smiled at the man. For some reason, something inside her felt overly protective of everything inside this plane. She immediately realized that this was because she was already this plane’s owner.
This emotion was akin to a mother’s emotion towards her child.
"I don’t think you understand, your highness," Nero frowned. "I do not fight women. I never harmed them."
"Bullshit." The more she looked at this man, the angrier she became. She knew the only thing that could remedy this rage was to kill him.
She tried to calm herself, but it was futile.
Suddenly, she realized something. This wasn’t just her anger!
It was Eve’s too!
No. This was the anger of thousands of witches who were sacrificed to create this plane!
Ava felt a large energy gather around her.
"Oh?" Nero smiled. Seeing her like this seemed to have made him want her more. "Since you insist... I will fight you instead of the King, but on one condition..."
"Hah..." Ava snorted. "Funny how you think you still have the chance to set conditions!" Ava raised an arm and a loud thunder boomed inside the plane.
Everyone flinched, surprised apparent on their faces as they started to wonder. Can a witch be this powerful? Can someone be this powerful?
Obviously, many of them didn’t know that Ava, while doing this while her magick was being restricted. They just assumed that this was a spell, and that Ava was just a powerful witch.
**BOOM**
Another thunder echoed. This time, rain followed.
"I see...." Nero smirked. "Since you insisted. Don’t blame me for being— "
**SLAP**
Nero froze when Ava’s palm met his cheeks. The loud slap seemed to wake up him from his arrogance. But this wasn’t the end of it.
**SLAP**
Nero’s eyes widened when Ava slapped his other cheek. Then humiliation rushed inside his head.
"You— "
He didn’t know how Ava was able to get close, but he immediately used his magick to get away. Luckily, it seems that Ava was distracted as well as she easily let him go.
"I was trying to stay lenient because you are a woman!" Nero said while stroking her cheek.
"Lenient?" Ava scoffed. Again, she vanished from where she was at. Nero immediately used his magick to teleport a few meters away. They were currently fighting in the air, so he needed to control flight magick and teleportation at the same time.
Obviously, this was pretty simple for someone like Nero.
However, he realized something...
This place had a restriction for Magick and spells! It was making him harder to control his own magick!
**SLAP**
Another slapping sound echoed when he was thinking about his escape.
**SLAP**
Ava slapped him for the fourth time before he could react to the third slap.
"How dare you try to destroy my palace!" Ava asked in a menacing tone. This time, Nero gave his full attention to the woman. He frowned as he realized something.
Ava Woods... isn’t just the Queen.
She was also the owner of this plane!
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