Beast King's Crippled Mate-Chapter 317: Wrath Crystal (I)

"And I... Swan Asmara, shall deliver judgment to you, witch," Swan stated calmly, but her tone was frigid, void of any emotion or pity befitting of a Goddess.

Though Aria was drunk in power, she knew when to pick her fight and when to flee. Currently, Swan was NOT an opponent she could win against.

Thus, she quickly created a thick mist around her and dashed away as fast as possible.

She was so scared that Swan would kill her permanently and tossed her into the fiery pit of hell.

Meanwhile, Madam Harsetti laughed as she found this very entertaining, ’I have to say, little witch, your fear is far more interesting than your arrogance and madness. You hold ALL of my powers and two deadly sins crystals, but you’re still running away from the angel.’

’Shut up! This is also because you refused to help me, do you understand?’ Aria snapped at Madam Harsetti. ’Had you helped me by telling me what to do, we would’ve won this!’

’Oh, I can do that, of course. But where is the fun?’ Madam Harsetti chuckled. ’Don’t worry, I won’t lie, you die too easily. I still want you to win this war, but for now, you’re on your own, little witch.’

Aria wanted to curse Madam Harsetti for her arrogance. She made it sound like this was all just entertainment for her, while for Aria, it was a matter of life and death.

’Argh! Fuck it! I will find a way out first. I’m sure Swan wouldn’t be able to track me down if I—’

"Found you."

Aria gasped when Swan suddenly appeared right in front of her with Gale.

She fell on the ground due to shock, and stared at Swan in disbelief, "H-how could you—"

Swan pointed at her chest, and the greed crystal began to shine.

"It’s not hard to find you as long as you have any of those sin crystals embedded in your body," Swan said. "You have been marked as the sinner, and I shall send you to where you belong. Hell."

The halo on top of Swan’s head began to shine, and she muttered, "Heaven, smite my enemy with holy light. Let her burn to pay for her sin."

Nothing happened for the first five seconds, so Aria thought Swan had failed her incantations. Thus, she decided to get up and run for her life once more.

But right before she left, a light suddenly came from the sky, and Aria was attacked by the light beam from above.

"ARGH!!" Aria screamed in agony as the light made her drop to the ground, unable to even lift a finger. Her entire body was burning in so much pain, but she was still alive and felt everything for a good ten seconds until the holy light disappeared.

Aria was barely breathing at this point. Her body had been charred to the point that she was unrecognizable, but she was still alive.

Just when she thought her torture was finally over, Swan slowly approached her and forcibly extracted the greed crystal from her body, which would kill her as the greed crystal had basically become her beating heart at this point.

Aria couldn’t speak, let alone do anything to fight back at this point. All she could think of was Madam Harsetti, the only one who could help her.

Madam Harsetti was living inside her brain and often conjured an image of herself to talk with Aria. With a faint hope within her, she closed her eyes and thought of the Great Witch.

Madam Harsetti appeared in her vision, and said, ’It seems this will be your end, little witch.’

’Madam, please, save me! I-I will do anything as long as you can save me!’ Aria begged. ’I don’t want to die here! I will die in vain!’

’Well, usually, I would’ve just abandoned a failed witch like you. But you are quite special because I’ve never seen someone so ridden with rottenness,’ Madam Harsetti commented. ’I will give you one last chance to prove yourself. I will activate the wrath crystal for you, and embed it with my power. You should be able to fight toe-to-toe with the angel using the wrath crystal. But before I do that, I have one simple request from you.’

’I am ready for anything! Just save me this time!’

Madam Harsetti smiled menacingly and said, ’That is good because what I want is your soul. You will live in eternal torment in the deepest pit of hell once you die. That is my only request.’

’Oh, don’t worry about companionship. Both your mother and father are already there. I just want to make sure that you agree before signing up for this since you might live for centuries to come and repent,’ Madam Harsetti added. ’Take this as a mere devil’s contract with me.’

’I take it! I take it, so please save me!’ Aria agreed without thinking too much because she could feel that her soul was being pulled out of her body right now.

’It’s a deal then.’

Madam Harsetti tapped her cane, and the red crystal hidden inside Aria’s body was activated. She also added her own power to make sure that the wrath crystal would be ten times more potent on Aria.

Meanwhile, Swan was trying to extract the greed crystal out of Aria’s body. It was proven to be a bit difficult because Aria stubbornly refused to die.

Right when she was about to take the crystal out, a burst of energy suddenly emerged from Aria’s body, causing an explosion that pushed Swan away.

"AH!"

"Swan!" Gale caught his wife right before she hit the ground, and asked, "Are you alright, Sweetheart?"

"I-I’m alright," Swan replied. She turned her head towards Aria, who slowly stood on her two legs while being covered with an ominous blood-red aura. She glared at Swan with eyes that had no pupils. Swan frowned as she sensed such an enormous malicious aura coming from her, "But that thing... is not Aria anymore."