The Four Hounds jumped into battle the moment their master gave the order, and while watching him fight a tremendously strong foe like never before, they quickly divided and targeted the dragon king's allies, aiming to weaken his morally by ripping them apart from his life.

The four went on their own paths as they disliked fighting together as a team, their powers were overwhelming and their magic very strong, so they often got in the way of the other, only causing one another unnecessary harm, and pissing each other even more.

It was very clear that the Flame Emperor never really guided his servants to cooperate together, and the only thing tying them together was that they were all pretty much his slaves, made submissive after he almost killed them Some have gained an insane obsession with him, others admired his power and wanted to follow him to gain such power themselves, and some just wanted to have fun.

"That monster seems to be quite powerful, to fight so evenly against my Master" Thought the annoyed Purgatory Witch, floating in midair as she conjured all matter of flames in different shapes. "Huh? Oh I might as well kill that kid over there. I am sure my lord would be pleased."

Blaze's eyes quickly gazed far away while she effortlessly killed dozens of divine beasts coming from Drake's Divine Realm, a young Fire Giant boy with a red jewel on his forehead could be seen channeling divine powers to help his comrades, at his side, an older fire giant woman slashed apart monsters with her mighty sword and used her magic for support.

"Only a little girl as his guard? You fools~" She laughed, flying like a meteor towards Agni and landing right in front of him.

BAAAAM!

"Hello children." She smiled, her fiery eyes glowing bright red as her Divine Aura of someone within Rank 9 exuded strongly. All four Hounds were within varied stages of Rank 9, while their Master was beyond Rank 10, perhaps in the middle, or even at the peak. "Care to give me that jewel of yours, dear? And your life if you don't mind?"

Blaze didn't even let them speak as she summoned hundreds of spears made of flames around her body, which emerged out of her very Divine Aura. The projectiles instantly flying towards the two!

"Agni!" Leona cried, running in front of Agni, and summoning a wall of flames which shaped as a ferocious chimera with the head of a lion, a goat, and a salamander.

"ROOAARR!"

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

However, the projectiles easily pierced through the wall-shaped flame beast but gave enough time for Leona to grab her younger brother and escape from the attacks, only for them to stumble upon a spiraling, coiling wall made of flames.

"Where are you going?" Asked Blaze with a giggle, walking towards the two. "You're so weak Did you thought you'll ever had a chance? Your brother can at most conjure some supporting spells but-"

"Well, they're not exactly alone."

FLAAASH!

A flash of bright light descended, in the shape of a spear, piercing through Blaze's barrier of flames as it shattered it into pieces like glass. A young human wearing golden armor while holding a spear of light emerged, the spiting image of an angel as he even had wings made of white light.

"A human?!" Asked Blaze. "What is a lower race like a human doing here?! Isn't it too hot for you around?" The witch laughed as she conjured several serpents made of flames, attacking the young man.

"Name's Hector by the way." Said the young man, his spear light shining like the sun as he moved at an incredibly fast speed. "[Celestial Light Divine Spear Arts]: [Ascending Slash]!"

With a single slash of his spear of light, a huge wave of light emerged from within, impacting the powerful swarm of blazing snakes and slicing them apart, a huge explosion followed!

BOOOOOMMM!!

FLASH!

Hector didn't lose momentum as he rushed towards Blaze, piercing her entire body with his spear multiple times, leaving several holes across her beautiful and huge body compared to his.

"[Celestial Strikes]!"

CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!

"AAARRRGGHH!"

Blaze screamed in agony as her body started to dissipate into flames only to simply disappear! Her body reappearing as a mass of flames right behind Agni and Leona.

"Did you thought I would die from such a pitiful display of strength?! You are not even as strong a Sol! Don't make me laugh, human!" She laughed. "I'll get serious now. [Infernal Snake Cradle]!"

FLUOOOSH!

Her flames gathered into dozens of huge snakes made of fire, fusing, and shaping together into a cradle, trapping Agni and Leona inside! The snakes jaws quickly pointed towards them, attempting to bite and burn them!

"Agni, stay behind!" Leona cried, slashing the snake heads with her sword desperately while Agni conjured defensive barriers and support magic.

"Ugh!" Agni started growing a bit tired already, as the flames encompassing them were not exactly killing them right away, they were draining their Mana.

"Feeling tired, dear? How about taking a nap?" Laughed Blaze, as she pointed her fingers at Hector a second after, firing hundreds of spear-shaped flame projectiles towards his direction. "Begone!"

"[Valkyrie's Battalion]!" Hector roared, hitting the floor as he suddenly summoned a huge magic circle below him, several entities, pseudo spirits, emerged one after another, made of holy light and in the shape of angelic women wearing armor made of light.

"Onwards!" A Valkyrie roared, leading her army of over twenty sisters, as they put up their shields in front and charged, resisting the bombardment of hundreds of flame projectiles as they neared towards Blaze.

"Tch." Blaze quickly grabbed the cradle and started flying away. "I'll just blast you all to pieces. [Jormungandr's Infernal Breath]!" The Witch of Purgatory laughed.

Her divine aura shaped into a gigantic snake's head, as huge as over a hundred meters of height, which opened its jaws and unleashed a devastating breath made of poisonous, purple flames, engulfing everything!

BOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!