The defense meeting ended. They made a plan that could actually yield victory with minimal loss. The only thing left was to execute.


    Bea was surprised by Seraphine''s leadership capabilities. She was like a born leader, even better then Bea herself.


    ''It'' s good to have another reliable person here in case I die or something.''


    That was one of Bea''s biggest fears, because if she dies there is no other person who could lead. Yeah, there are the others and they would try their best, but they weren''t like Seraphine or Bea herself.


    The two of them were like magnets attracting everyone''s attention. This was especially obvious during the planning. Seraphine thought out the main part of it, but Bea filled in the blanks and now they are going to execute it.


    Everyone was in their place, they were only waiting for the enemy to arrive. They chose the place of engagement to be a wide street close to the police station. The enemy will definitely pass through this area and there was no cover in sight. The place was as good as it gets.


    The sunrise is still 2 hours away which means it was still dark out. Bea didn''t have optics on, in fact none of them had. The signal will be obvious without it anyway.


    Bea was in a building on street level, while Seraphine was waiting on a roof. They didn''t have to wait long for the enemy, in 10 minutes they were already coming towards the ambush site, judging by the sound of dozens of feet scraping against the ground.


    ''It''s time!''


    Indeed it was, in a couple of seconds the sounds the feet were making stopped and the priming of weapons started.


    "Identify yourself!" Called a male voice from the crowd.


    ''That wasn''t Deathbringer''s voice. Something is not right here.''


    ''Her Essence is probably running low as well. It will make this pretty hard.''


    The soldiers weren''t shooting in their direction, instead there was a separate war between the two groups. Lucy and Will joined the fighting as well, they were running amok between the enemy, killing everyone they could. Which meant Bea and Seraphine were on their own.


    "Ah, Bea. It''s good of you to show up, I was starting to think you let your partner do all the heavy lifting. Who is this winged friend of yours anyway, she is even hotter than you."


    The voice was an awful rasp, like the voice of death or the bringer of it.


    "Deathbringer, you came out of hiding finally? The great killer of Nightmare hiding in someone else''s shadow, literally."


    Deathbringer didn''t rose to her provocation.


    "I wonder how your friend''s wings will look above my fireplace, I will even be able to fuck you under it. Wouldn''t that be romantic."


    Bea knew he was just trying to get a rise out of her, but gods be damned it was working. She summoned her sword and was ready to attack any moment.


    "Oh my, I''m so rude, not even introducing myself? Very unlike me, but allow me to correct that error. My name is Angel Monarch, the last survivor of Newber, the killer of the Archangel of Despair and the one who massacred your little patrol. I hope this elevates some confusion around me, and I also sorry for the killing that''s about to go down, right about now."


    Seraphine finishing her monologue moved attacking and killing one of the Evolved with her bloody glaive.


    ''Well, this is one way to end a conversation.''


    "Kill the ''Angel Monarch'' and only her! Bea is mine!" He said with a wicked smile.