Chapter 61

As Iden and Nocturne battled, my feeling of dread continued to grow. They were matched when it came to power, and only stopped after fighting for over an hour.

 “This is going nowhere.” Nocturne complained as she stood on the other side of the field to Iden.

 “You have gotten more powerful in the time I have been away.” Iden smirked. “I always knew you would be powerful. You are the last descendant of Ishtar, after all.”

 “And here I thought you only wanted me for my good looks.” Nocturne joked. Iden rolled his eyes at her. While they had paused in their fighting and resorted to banter, I could feel Ris’s emotions pouring out of the God Killer. I held onto the longsword as my own panic began to overwhelm me. I looked at Iden and saw as he spoke to Nocturne he was moving his hands in a strange way. It only took me a second to realize he was using magic to summon something.

 “Nocturne!” I yelled out. “He is trying to summon something!” I wa