Chapter 189: Descent of the Demons

'She' begins by swinging that sword with everything that 'she's' got. Waves come out as 'her' pure strength manages to rival even Precia. 'She' turned around, "Hey! What are y'all going to do? Just let me fight this monster on my own?"

Yefa and Neco looked at each other and nodded and rushed.

Yefa rushed in and swung a giant right hook.

"Poise." The manticore casted and this time he wasn't sent flying away by her punch. "Argh..." But the destructive power of her punch was seen as the manticore's skin rippled from one side to another.

Neco followed up by jumping in the air and cloning himself with his skill. As if light froze wherever he moved and his clones move. His speed was to the point that none of us could see what's going on. After a few seconds, he reappeared in the ground but no physical wounds were seen. Then half a second later, the manticore roared in pain.

The flashes of light frozen in the sky moved as if retracing back what Neco did. Hundreds of shallow wounds appeared on the manticore's body.

"His body is... tough. I can't penetrate through. I can only deal minor damage. And I'm already discovered so all of my skills for damage burst are all disabled..." Neco tried again, so we followed.

"Every. Single. One. Of. You. Are. All. ANNOYING! Summon. Lightning. Spirit! Summon. Wind. Spirit!"

"Two of those things again..? Just the Wind Spirit took out Helga and Feran... Argh... This is annoying. And I'm pretty sure he'll target those three... Hey Neco!" 'she' then looked over to Neco, "Get those three out of here!"

He looked back at the three of them and the two Spirits the manticore spawned in. "Sure." He disappeared and Feran's body is already missing in the blink of an eye.

"Let's do this!" Without warning, 'she' threw her sword like a spear at the manticore's head.

The manticore was so caught off-guard, he barely dodged it with his left eye being grazed by it. "Damn. It. I. Was. Going. To. Show. Mercy. But. No. More. Waiting. For. You. To. Give. Me. Back. What's. Mine. GO. ELEMENTALS! KILL. THEM. ALL!"

The two spirits began to lit up the sky with a dark cloud. Lightning strikes came out everywhere and as it hit the ground, it began to spread in hundreds of meters.

"Attract Magic!" It seems that 'she' thought the same thing I was thinking. All the lightning strikes became focused on 'her.' 'She' knows that if those lightning spreading on the ground, they'll be dangerous for the population. "Now! Yefa!"

Yefa stomped her feet on the ground and jumped as high as she can to completely kill the Spirits.But the Wind Spirit simply waved its hand and Yefa's momentum as she jumped. She was hovering mid air. She then began to fall down. "Damn it!" Yefa landed on the ground creating a large crack.

"Break!" The weapon that 'she' threw at the manticore suddenly came back but not in the form of a weapon. But a giant red crystal. "Reform!" the crystal then turned into a bow with a single arrow attached to it. 'She' then carefully aimed at the Lightning Spirit who keeps summoning lightning everywhere. 'She' let go of the bow and the arrow came flying at lightspeed. A giant laser of red trail was left that stretched out to the skies. As soon as it hit the elemental, red veins was seen from its body.

It started from its chest then goes incredibly fast as the red veins were taking over its body.

"What. Is. This. Nonsense. I've. Lost. Control. Of. My. Lightning. Elemental." The manticore spoke.

"GO!" 'She' ordered the Lightning Spirit. It then began to strike the Wind elemental which killed it in a couple of seconds. It was powerful.

"Grr..." The manticore was growing angry and impatient. "Hmm..?" Flickers of flame appeared on the manticore's body. "I CAN FEEL IT! MUAHAHA! The flames of hell... I CAN FEEl IT!"

"What!?" Both me and Yefa were shocked. "What about Rize's spell?"

"Rize collapsed. She tried to stay awake. But soon collapsed after exhausting her mana pool." Neco finally came back. "He's not on our level if he uses flames against us. We will not engage in battle. We will hold out until Zieglind and the others will come back here."

"What are you saying?"

"We're not fighting it to kill it. We're fighting it to defend our city. Killing it is impossible with just ourselves. Just focus on defense. Don't even try to attack."

"YOU. THINK. I'LL. LET. YOU. DEFILE. OUR. BATTLE. LIKE. THAT? I. THOUGHT. YOU. WERE. ALL. ENJOYING. DRAGGING. ME. AROUND!? HAHAHA!" The manticore then stopped his laugh and stomped the ground. "Fine. I'll. End. This. I. Don't. Have. Time. To. Play with. Hell's Guardian!"

A gigantic portal opened out of nowhere next to the manticore. A foot came out. Was it a dog? But either way it was gigantic and huge. A head came out and our suspicions were right. It is a dog. As it breathe, fire came out of its mouth. But the next thing that came was something that we didn't expect.

Another head came out... and another one. It was the guardian of hell itself. "Cerberus! My. Dear. Pet. This. Is. My. Gift. To. You. Ravage. Everything. That. You. See. LET! LOOSE!" The both of them roared and everyone was being blown away by their roars. "Good... GOOD! NOW! COME. TO. ME! IFRIT!"

Another portal opened. But this it was far smaller than the portal that was used to summon Cerberus. But all of us. Could feel that.

That absolute power.

Absolute concentration of mana in one entity.

Like it was about to burst if nothing was let out.

An arm came out with a dark spiky bracelet. And then his foot with a bracelet with the same design around his feet. The demon named Ifrit came out of the portal. Long hair, face like a human and the form of a human but has the characteristics of a demon. Twin horns, giant pair of wings. And the most unique of all... An eye arranged vertically in the middle of his chest.

It was menacing and frightening.

"Go. Kill. Them. All." The manticore commanded and those two summons of him rushed.

With just the three of us, we all knew how powerful the spirits were. But these other monsters are on another level.

"Damn it!" 'She' shouted. "Let's just do this! Break!" 'Her' bow weapon was suddenly destroyed and turned into a giant piece of red crystal. "Reform!" Changing back into 'her' sword and shield.

Yefa and Neco followed 'her' and rushed at the enemies. When suddenly, something from the sky fell down which stopped all of our movements.

The dust cloud dispersed and it revealed Zieglind.

"Why... are you he-" Yefa was about to ask something but someone interrupted.

It was none other than 'her.' "Darling! You've come to save us didn't you?"

"Where's the other three? Feran, Helga and Rize?" Zieglind suddenly asked.

"They're in the castle." Neco was the one to reply. "They've been unconscious for a while."

"Will they be fine?"

"Yeah. I think so. Helga casted a spell that we don't even know and it miraculously healed everyone. So their health is at maximum. But their mana are depleted and they're fully unconscious."

"I see." Zieglind's face turned into a silent anger. It has been a while since we saw that face. That same face that he showed when Rize nearly died two years ago when we were conquering Polk.

The atmosphere turned silent and the manticore was the first to break the ice. "Zieglind. Reysh. Give. Me. The. Book."

"I told you many times. We don't have it." Zieglind replied.

"Then. You've. Forced. My. Hand."

"Are you done running now?" More people came. "Zieglind... Reysh?" We don't know who they were.

"Zieglind!" Zeta, Herold, Afal, and Greta shouted as they landed next to Zieglind.

"Are these your friends?" Herold followed up as he descended from the sky.

One of the woman with the crucifix as a weapon walked over to the manticore. "Oh! Is that you Verano? It has been a while."

"Lily... Why. Are. You. Here. Are. You. Also. Going. To. Fight. Me?" The manticore asked.

"Absolutely not. I was going to ask why you're here."

"They. Stole. It. My. Deep. Dark. Skills. And. The. Twin. Daggers.They're. Soul. Bound. So. I. Can't. Get. It. I. Don't. Mind. It. Getting. Stolen. But. The. Other. Book... The. Book. Of. Resurrection. Was. The. Other. Book. They. Stole."

"...Hmm... That book was given to you by Lord Ouroboros himself. So that means they're offending Lord Ouroboros. That gives us more reasons to kill Zieglind Reysh right here. Right now."

"I see. Haha... HAHAHA!" Zieglind began to laugh uncontrollably. It was incredibly unexpected. "I wonder why I'm getting in these kind of situations every time... Well... It doesn't matter. You're the pawns of Ouroboros? Well then. More reason to kill you."

"How. Arrogant. For. Someone. Who. Lost. To. Me." The manticore replied.

"That's because you haven't seen my full power. Demon King's Domain."

Suddenly, the world around us collapsed. And then has been reconstructed into another place. Somewhere that none of us know where.

"Come to me, Demon Sword, Acabar!" Zieglind summoned a small flame was summoned until it formed itself into a sword. "Demon King's Form."