Chapter 148 - Guardian II

The wind rushed past the falling Irunmole. In the hands of the Irunmole who was Sunday, was the demon, hands clutching to the frame of the growling demon. 

He had been hit, pretty badly earlier. When he had first sighted the demon, he knew what he was going to be up to. Seeing that the demon was still in the same vicinity of the praying human girl, Bolu , had hinted to him about the power level it was. 

He had gone on to challenge. No, not challenge, to attack it and stop its charge to the human girl, Bolu, had so, the battle had begun. It had seemed so easy. 

Just take advantage of it since Bane's howl had destabilized it. It had surprised him then, that the demon was still standing, even after it had been howled at. But then again, that went only to prove how strong the demon was. Still, he had charged it then, willing to take the advantage the situation presented to turn the tables around. 

After all, he was working on a time schedule. He had to be sure they was no really threat around that could end up being a jeopardy to the human girl. And then, once he was sure about that, he could go ahead to see what could be done about the second human girl, Iyanu, who happened to be the best friend of this human girl Bolu. 

Even though, he had brought it upon himself by telling Bolu then that her friend was recovered, a lie he had to make right of, he could not help but sigh at how complex it was. Even Maerius had envisaged it which was why he had given him two of the cleansing orbs, one of which he had used then. 

If only, he had been perceptive enough. 

Or perhaps, if he had ended up going to the Arlan of the High Council Deployment Zone in Ilu Obatala that Maerius had sent him to but he had gone to Thunder, on the words of Niniola. She had been right, he wanted to believe so, that the Deployment Zone in Ilu Obatala would have been full of moles waiting to get their eyes on them and then get about capturing and arresting them. 

However, the deed had been done. And now, now was not the place to pass blames or anything. 

Now was the place to make his mark and not be humiliated to Bane. The demon was his. And his alone to destroy.

"Nnnrgh.." Sunday growled just as claws raked into his b.a.r.e back. 

The demon was making its move now. With the upper body of the demon over his back and his hands at the waist of the demon, the ground began to come in closer than before. 

"Aaaagahhh!" Two fists pounded into his back and searing pain exploded from the impacts. 

For a second, his sight blurred as a bleary form of dizziness hovered about him. His grip loosened just as another slamming of fists rippled into his back, increasing the hurt in the initial impact zone. He gasped for air, his entire frame racked with ache. 

"MMmmgh!" He grunted and then ground his teeth. 

He had come this close now. Letting go of the demon was not going to be of any benefit if he was this close to slamming it down and then failed to do so. Even more, if he let his grip loosen any more, the demon would be free and surely would twist itself out of the way and then, he, Sunday, would be the only to impact against the ground. 

He knew the risk when he had gone on the dive. It was a gamble, one that included him having to hold fast, no matter what the demon threw at him.

"Aaaaaagagghhhhh!" The demon howled over Sunday, sharp points of pain suddenly bursting out in his inner ear. 

Sunday's shoulder squeezed together almost immediately at this, desperately aching to scratch his ears. Just then, several pounds of fists slammed against his back, ach one as unbearable as what he coudl not imagine. 

"Almossssssttttttttttttttt...." Sunday yelled out, using his cream as a distraction against the several points of pain that rose and subsided almost immediately in the various points of his back and insides.

"Theerreee...." He yelled finally as he loosened his hands, baring the whole back of the demon for the inevitable impact with the concrete floor. Simultaneously, he pushed his legs down to pull him down to the ground and as that happened, he swiftly leaned over, preparing his hands to aid his legs, thus negating the impacts. And almost immediately, he rolled forward.

"Aaafggggg!" The demon roared in fright and then....

GBAMMMMMM!

The body of the foul creature ricocheted off the ground, bouncing back after the bone wrenching smash earlier on. 

Just as its form bounced back into the air, Bane's form flickered past in the air, his wings stretching for wide as he opened his jaws. 

And then, 

"AAAHAHHHHHHHHHHH..." The demon roared.

And Bane's jaws snapped, his enormous fangs tearing into the insides of the demon and shearing it into half. 

The upper half and the lower that had been chopped cleanly and dismembered fell off he sides of Bane's mouth even as the Prickled Bane Winged Wolf stretched out its wings as it prepped its limbs for landing.

Sunday heaved at the sight, getting to his feet. As he did, his back ached and he had to lower his body to rest his hands on his knees, wincing. The damage he ad received from the demon was not just something he could just overlook. He had actually been pretty beat up. 

And as a result, he really did not care that Bane had swooped in lastly to end the demon. Right now, he did not care. He only needed to be sue he could get back on his feet nd quickly. Earth was not that much of the paradise he had been really looking to and so, being in this state that he was now, he was sure it would end up being bad.