Supreme Couple In Apocalypse: Undead King & Demonic Queen

While Erix and others had started their challenge to get another Wish Reward, Korin was inside his Wish Reward.

What he asked for was a place where he could hone his skills further. He got 100 hours in exchange for 10 minutes outside in a special dimension suitable for the skills he had in mind.

'I need a skill that will allow me to escape…taking on those two is a fool's errand,' Korin narrowed his eyes. 'Especially since I don't know that guy's full capabilities.'

'There's a chance that they put a Trap-type formation around this area…I have to swiftly breakthrough it and escape,' Korin frowned.

Taking a deep breath, Korin's eyes turned serene. 'No use thinking much. All I need to do is utilize these 100 hours and hone two skills as much as I can: One that will let me break the trap formation, and a second that will let me escape.'

…

Korin spent 100 hours inside the Wish Reward's makeshift dimension to hone his skills. Ten minutes passed by outside and he emerged back into the playground of War of Thrones.

The moment he appeared, the situation was already dire as he sensed a formation in the area surrounding him, its size was 500 meters in radius.

*Crackle!*

A lightning bolt at breakneck speed shot towards him as well, but Korin turned into a beam of light, shooting away while glowing brighter and brighter.

He also immediately used his Arcane Domain and Combat Domain, going all out at once.

Since he had Mind Zone awakened, he was also ready to counter-attack, which he had to do immediately because Ragna didn't want to let him go easily!

Ragna appeared right behind Korin while Korin's attack struck the Formation.

'Damn it!' Korin cursed under his breath, his eyes glinting ruthlessly and intensely.

Ragna's both hands materialized strange lightning glaive which made a cross-slash right across Korin at lightning speed.

'He has Mind Zone…' Korin's eyes flashed as a dark brown shield with black and golden spikes appeared to block the attack, creating a loud boom.

At the same time, Korin's first attack broke the formation.

However, Korin's half-body was destroyed by Ragna's previous attack.

He recovered swiftly, but Ragna began his onslaught of attacks, forcing Korin to counter-attack and slowing down his speed of escape.

In the sky, two streaks of light zoomed in a single direction as Korin and Ragna clashed against each other.

Since both of them had Mind Zone awakened, they were swiftly creating skills and countering against each other.

'We are almost equal, but….' Ragna's face started showing a ferocious smile as his attacks started to overwhelm Korin.

Korin's face was somber and his eyes calm. 'His Awakened Element is a Super Exotic one….The innate talent he has is boosting him more too...'

Grace was chasing the duo and watching the battle. 'Ragna is overwhelming that guy….great! He shouldn't be able to escape in this fierce clash. If he does, then Ragna's attack could become fatal.'

'They haven't started pure Soul Battle…Ragna should have started it if he felt he got the upper hand, but I guess Soul Battle can make this current favorable situation into a bad one if that guy got better Soul Affixes.'

Grace wanted to help, but being a bit weaker than them in terms of pure skills, she didn't want to interfere.

But suddenly, Korin's body brightened with a brilliant golden glow like a sun, which in turn created a lot of shadows on the ground.

Ragna's eyes flashed and shook as he read Korin's intention. He immediately made a move, creating a black lightning-spinning ethereal disk with complete silence around it despite crackling with dreadful red and blue lightning.

It vanished to attack Korin, but Korin also vanished into a shadow, disappearing from their view.

Grace was shocked, "Did he escape?!"

Ragna didn't move and just stood while he gazed below. "He acted a fool and fought with me as if he couldn't afford to escape during our battle, but he did make a run for his life."

"However, it has cost him greatly," Ragna's eyes glinted ruthlessly while his body started healing rapidly.

"How was his regeneration power?" Grace asked.

"He got a Mythical Bloodline of level 5, so he would be able to heal himself," Ragna said before he grinned. "But my last attack was pure Soul-based attack. If he dies now, I'll immediately know. If he lives, we'll meet again."

…

"Cough!…"

Korin rested against a tree before he vanished into its shadow. 'He ate 13% of my soul…not bad.'

'If I hadn't rerolled my Soul Affixes in the Wish Reward dimension, this attack would have eaten over fifty percent of my soul and would have put me in a precarious situation,' Korin wryly smiled.

Out of three Soul Affixes Korin had, he had rerolled two into Defense-type ones and created Passive Skills on his soul!

His main aim was to escape, so he made preparations regarding that.

However, he wasn't about to give up now that he got this chance!

'If that guy believes that he had injured me severely, then the next couple of hours have my best chance to kill those three in his group,' Korin's eyes coldly glinted in the shadow pocket.

He closed his eyes and started recovering.

…

"I don't want to join!" Aria shouted with an angry expression. "I already finished your Trial! I want to go back!"

In a beautiful garden with an exotic cosmic sky over it glowing with stars and colorful phenomena, Aria stood in front of a middle-aged woman with long silky maroon hair wearing a red-black dress covering her voluptuous figure. The cleavage of her white breasts was visible clearly, tempting any men to jump into it.

"Your Bloodline and talent in this area will make you an Elite if you practice the arts of this House, Aria," the woman said with a smile. "Carnal Nex Pledger House rose only 300 years ago and already reached the 4th Dimension Realm."

"I don't understand all that, nor do I want to understand," Aria pouted, her cheeks red with anger. "You gave me options and I made my choice! Send me back!"

"Sigh…do you know what happens if we don't abide by your choice?" the woman sighed, her expression saddening. "I really want you, Aria…you are the next tide of this house that will make it rise further. Your Bloodline, your spirituality…you can bring out the full potential of Carnal Nex Pledger's Secret Arts."

Aria's face turned even redder! "I don't want to use your dirty secret arts! I have a family, and I will only love one man. His name is Erix!"

"It's not like you have to physically touch others to use our secret arts. You can go into their dreams and do those activities," the middle-aged woman smiled. "You can defeat even stronger opponents if you wield these Secret Arts with your talent."

"Send me back," Aria said with a deadpan expression. She was tired.

The middle-aged woman's eyes narrowed sharply, "Aria. You are just an Empyrean-order lifeform. An ant in my eyes. But if I don't send you back as per your choice, I'll have to sacrifice a life that is several times more valuable and powerful than you."

"This is the cost of keeping you here."

"And I will pay it."

Aria's eyes turned wide, "W-What?"

"You are staying here," the woman said, her eyes showing desperation and madness. "You will stay here, in my palace, in my place, after I sacrifice my life to keep you here."

"Nooo!!"