Chapter 295: The 5th Sin: Wrath.

Chapter 295: The 5th Sin: Wrath.

Grreeegrouuuuuuuuhhhhh! Ahraaarrrrrrrrg!

Grrrrrrrk! Urgh! Gahhhh!

A thunderclap. Black lightning shot out from my arm as I smacked the demonkin of wrath with my bulky right foreleg, sending him crashing through the forts walls to the outside. Before I destroyed the interior of this place with my size, I followed after him before using [Smokey Haze] to blanket the whole area in my shadow smoke.

[Go all out, everybody! Either we leave now or fight and kill him! Choose quickly! Ill lead the charge!] I commanded everybody.

W-What?! Where da fuck did that thing come from?!

Monster! We got a monster in the base!

Wh-What is this smoke?! I cant see! Somebody blow this shit away!

[I am for fighting!] I could hear Ellaine say telepathically before her whipsword swooped past me in the direction of where I smacked the demonkin to.

Activating my heat vision, I saw her sword being deflected by his fire sword. Thetwo of them traded blows in this darkness, purely tracking each others position with their respective [Enhanced Enemy Sense]. And, it showed, as most of their attacks were off by a good mark.

Wow! Why doesnt this damn smoke disappear? I heard the demonkin voice his annoyance. Argk, whatever. Warbringers Body! Hiiiiraaaak! Hammer of the Elements!

Ellaines sword finally managed to strike our enemy. However, it seemed he did something to protect his body as he took those hits like a tank, before turning his flame sword into a hammer. With a singular strike to the ground, an earthquake shook Ellaine and me off-balance before I noticed cracks forming around the area.

Careful!

I felt a chill around my feet seconds before a large golem made from ice materialized, picking Ellaine and me up in the air as flames burst from the ground like an eruption. The golem was instantly destroyed, but this allowed me to put Ellaine on my back and use [Air Walk] to avoid the remainder of the demonkins attack.

With an opening at hand, I channeled mana through my arms to turn them into my stygian lightning. I jumped up and let this surge of power crash right on top of the demonkins location with [Voltage Impact], breaking the ground before using [Stygian Lightning] to shoot out bolts of thunder through the smoke.

Grkk?! How?! our enemy groaned from this unavoidable attack. As long as he was in my shadow, my lightning will hit their mark thanks to the [Lightning Shadow] skill. Dammit, is this all from this damn smog? Fuck this, then!

The fire hammer transformed back its sword form and released multiple flaming waves as it slashed, forcing me to dodge around while releasing more electric bolts. Every single one was hitting him, but I noticed they werent slowing him down. He was aiming to escape the [Smokey Haze].

Wrong direction, lad!

I saw Grimnirs heat signature make a superman landing right in front of the demonkin just mere moments before he escaped. Raising his hammer up, his gauntlets suddenly let out sounds of a strong gale, accelerating his downward strike into a burst of ice spikes.

This pushed the demonkin back as he narrowly blocked it with his fire shield. Grimnir suddenly blasted forward, shouting Ellaine as he readied his sword.

[Saori, the smoke!] Ellaine called out as she jumped off my back and used [Wind Blast] to fly forward.

I did as she said, recalling the smoke back into my shadow to reveal the total state of the battlefield. Destroyed and covered in fire and ice. The moment the smoke vanished, both Grimnir and Ellaine rushed at the demonkin with their weapons ready. Unfortunately, their attacks were easily parried, not by his sword, but by two flaming wings sprouting from his back.

This is actually a surprise. You four are actually stronger than I anticipated! He announced with a wide grin, almost as if he was immersed in joy. But not strong enough. That lightning is nothing compared to Master VifiYoks!

An aura of flame bursts from his body as his arteries began to glow yellow, becoming progressively brighter as his [Excited] meter reached 80%. Ellaine and Grimnir were pushed away, and the demonkin took to the skies with his wings of fire. Turning his shield into a sword, he dove down with Grimnir in his sight.

Freeze!

Blades of ice rained down at the demonkin, forcing him to block and dodge all of them if he didnt wish to turn into a pincushion. To my right, Tasianna was floating in the air with [Aifli eir Vintral] active, looking like an angel of ice as she materialized more and more ice blades to attack with. When those didnt work, she instead chose to crush him with [Krakens Destruction].

As the giant tentacle made from water clashed against his fire, the steam it created made the field look hazy. With Tasianna covering them, Ellaine and Grimnir regrouped. Meanwhile, the bandits finally organized themselves, forming a circle around us with their melee fighters while the archers stayed behind, arrows ready.

Dont attack the fire person! Hes a VIP! from the sides of the bandit base, a man in a suit shouted as he was escorted by his guards outside. The rest are damn intruders! Kill them! Dont let them escape or our plans are ruined!

The senators!

Those fiends were escaping at this moment! I couldnt let them escape like this!

Ahrwoooooh! I turned my head around and formed a large black magic circle in front of me. I was taking them out now or never!

Hadaen Dragon Th!

I know when I see a powerful lightning attack!

The demonkins flaming hammer suddenly appeared before my eyes. I ducked, but I felt my fur singe from that attack. I didnt even have any time to breathe as [Foresight] warned me in the next two seconds that a flurry of attacks would happen.

And it did. Transitioning from sword to spear, the demonkin released a flurry of fiery strikes akin to what Hestia could do with her claws, tail, and glaive. I didnt want to take any of those hits. Luckily, I was extremely nimble despite being around the size of a house. I had my high Agility to thank.

Still

Hes level 99 alright!

In my fenrir form, I was level eight, which translated into level 88 as a wolfkin. I was eleven levels below this person and, if I had stayed in humanoid form, all my stats outside of Mana, Intelligence, and Agility would have been inferior to his.

To be honest, the Agility gap between us was huge, currently. About 7000. It showed here, as I wasnt being overwhelmed, but for some reason, the longer we traded blows and the more I damaged him with my attacks, the stronger he felt.

Hahaha! Yes, come at me with all your got! Show me your strength and I will answer in kind! Hahaha! As if he was in a berserk frenzy, he kept on attacking me despite his armor being damaged and his body being covered in wounds.

Identify.

Effects: [Excited: 95%] [Anger: 10%] [Fear: 42%]

Dammit. What am I supposed to do? I still remembered KleaHatmas warning to not increase those three emotions too high, otherwise we might put ourselves in a bad situation. The only option really was to kill him befo

Shoot!

[Foresight] and [Danger Perception] sent a chill down my spine. My head snapped around to a cannon at the side, blasting a large blue ball in my direction. There wasnt enough time to dodge due to my size nor could I [Shadow Dash] into my shadow right now. I was too big and the sun was shining into this area right now.

Humanize!

[Humanize (Moderate)] inflicted on [Young Stygian-Scaled Fenrir, Saori Segawa]

I was forced to change. The ball of mana flew right past me and drilled a hole into the mountain next to the fort. In the next moment, I felt another attack come at me, but I failed to dodge it in time.

Bloodreapers Tearing!

[Shadow Armament] protected me from the full brunt of the attack but I still felt my blood spilling from my arm. That searing hot feeling made me grit my teeth, only for something to punch me right into my stomach.

PooooWWWWWERRRRR PUNCH!

OooorUUUUUFFFF!

With incredible force, I was catapulted through the forts outer walls and right into the forest. I felt a dent in my stomach for some reason, making me want to puke. My instincts reacted, pushing my body up just as the demonkin jumped forward with his wings, about to hit me only for

[Alpha!]

Ahrwkrrrrrrr!

Grrruukraauuugh!

my shadow pack to emerge.

Krak!

Sarasa and Quatre emerged first at Unos command, grabbing the demonkin at his leg and tossing him on the ground. Uno and Song then cast [Dark Tendrils] and caught his wings, holding them down, making it hard for him to move. Finally, Varya shot out, her claws dripping Hestias toxin. As a virigress, a venomous tiger, she used her swiftness and slashed through an opening in his armor, injecting that putrid liquid.

Argh! An ambush?! He swung his sword and would have hit Varya in the process if she had [Shadow Dash] a second later. In the next moment, swords of ice rained down, only targeting his legs until they turned into a pincushion, stuck to the earth.

Uwaarrrgh!

Power Slash!

Pierce!

Shield Bash!

As the demonkin cried out in pain, the sound of people shouting out their weapon abilities came from inside the fort. Ellaine and Grimnir were fighting back to back against the swarm of bandits, immensely outnumbered by them. They were slicing and burning them down together, but the number of bodies they had to deal with was too much.

Ellaine, Im Tasianna wanted to say something but I immediately interrupted her.

Tasianna!

My warning was just in time as Tasianna conjured up a [Frozen Shield] in time to block a giant flame sword from the demon. Unlike its previous version, this swords size was larger than the forts walls. And it apparently had the strength to fully pierce through Tasianna shield and force her to tank the hit with [Frozen Armament].

Graaaaaahk! Tasianna crashed onto the ground with blood drenching her clothes.

Blood rushed to my head as I saw her hit, filling my mind with anger at the one who did this to her. After drinking one of Tasiannas health potions to heal up, I humanized back into a fenrir and used [Voltage Impact] on the demonkin. His sword turned into a shield, one large enough to block my entire paw. If it werent for my [Shadow Armament] and [Inferno Resistance Lv. 5], I most likely would have burned my hand.

Dont worry about it, Saori. Hestia noticed my worries. I know what I said before, however, dont forget that I have full trust in you. Sure, you make me worry, but it isnt as if I do that to you four as well sometimes. Saori, you are a B rank monster and you managed to take down that lich almost on your own. Its all good, at least we now knew what the fuck is going on here. Come on.

Hestia waved my worries away and pointed at the bases fort. She wanted to look around. Sighing once more and nodding to Hestias kind words, I threw away my worries for now. I could reflect on acting less and less like a responsible adult afterwards.

Inside, we started to search for any clues. Sadly, most of the fort was destroyed. The alchemists were probably involved in said destruction, as they were nowhere to be seen and their tools and papers were destroyed. The slaves they had in the basement were entirely used up to cover for their escape.

I was thankful we managed to acquire the loot they got from the Resurrection before the attack, but even then, it didnt make me smile. If we had only escaped undetected. We could have stopped them all at once in this location. I had to curse my own incompetence, but how could I have expected the demonkin to go to the woods for his toilet business?

Nevertheless, I could have hidden the tracks. I was getting better at fighting, but was my assassin training not enough? Ive been training with Muraina recently. I dont really understand how this could have happened.

At least, we got this

Quatre caressed his pelt we retrieved from the bottom. Sarasa could only look at him in envy, since she was the only one we hadnt found the pelt of. Uno was still in the Resurrections hands, but we could retrieve it at any time. We had Songs after I asked the Layavete cartels boss for it.

[Saori, dear, dont be too disheartened. A demonkin of wrath is made to fight head-on. They arent like the others who use other tricks to win battles. They are meant to be strong, but now you have experience. You know how to counter him now.]

I accepted her advice. I had to return to my roots when I used the tools Hestia made for me to win battles. Maybe I was over-relying on my stygian lightning and shadows too much. I had to reflect on this battle.

We then returned to the city, tipping off a guard about the location of the fort before going back into the RV, where a worried Daichi was waiting for us. After explaining everything, we went to the living room where I slowly pulled out the items we obtained from that Resurrection crate.

After I did so, I excused myself. I needed a shower and some time to look back on the day. I didnt like the taste of two failures in a single day.

As I was about to leave the room, Hestia and Grimnir suddenly cried out.

What the hell is this supposed to be?!

We finally found the remaining mana batteries

and what it was used for.

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Bio: Hey there, AbyssRaven here. I'm just an avid Light Novel and Fantasy story reader who randomly thought of a story and began writing about it.

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