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Boom! Boom! Boom!
A multitude of explosions occurred within the caged battlefield, leaving fierce aftershocks. The Humans and Sin Demons clashed intent to kill, with each party determined to never let the others see the light of tomorrow.
Due to the bountiful well of power these Sin Demons could tap into, the humans found it difficult to truly leave a lasting injury on any of them since they could just heal it on the next second. The energy reserves of humans weren't that shabby to begin with, but compared to how much there is in those insignia of sins, it's truly lacking.
This, in addition to the unique properties of each sin demon, made it very challenging to slay them, especially now that they're wary of humans after they killed Big Sloth. The concept of mortality being forced upon them made them very careful when dealing with humans, which in turn made them harder to kill.
However, this doesn't mean that the humans weren't making any progress. They've already slain one of the sin demons earlier, which is to be considered their first win in this raid. Despite lacking in terms of energy sources and reserves, the humans made up for it with creativity.
Bang! Crackle! Thump!
Cassandra summoned a fearsome storm. A city-destroying tornado appeared with her at the center, accompanied by thick pythons of lightning. Raven flew along with the cycle of the tornado, leaving behind pitch black feathers containing darkness laws. This was also enhanced by Lissandra's moonlight sorcery.
This storm ravaged the battlefield. The darkness numbed the senses of the sin demons, and the storm made it difficult for them to freely move. This storm isn't something they could casually shrug off because it contains profound concept laws that bypass the durability of their flesh. Even Gluttony has to be wary of it.
Greed actually has some tools to counter this storm. He could theoretically neutralize this if it weren't for the fact that both Old Man Jin and Garrick weren't there to consistently harass him and prevent him from taking out his items.
Lust, Gluttony, and Envy were caught up inside the storm, doing their best to resist its rage through various means available to them. Filius did his best to restrain them from doing so by summoning thick vines that wrapped tightly around their bodies, which also grew thorns and barbs. Anthony was also there to release sharpnels of metal shards to pierce their bodies in more ways than one.
The sin demons were being injured each second that passed. It was as infuriating as it was frightening. They've never suffered as much as they have today since they became the Sin Demons.
All of the injuries being inflicted upon them needed to be healed. And they were, instantly, even. However, this came with a cost, which is the drain on their energy supply sealed within their respective insignia.
Usually, none of them would even bat an eye to this. After all, none of them have been injured this much since their creation; they could just simply forget about the negligible drain on their energy supply since it will recover in the next moment anyway. It's this point that drove many of their previous victims to despair.
But this isn't their usual operation. Every single one of them could feel the alarming drain on their energy supply. They all knew that this can't continue, or else they will truly die here, and this death will be permanent. Humans already made sure of that when they dealt with Big Sloth earlier.
Lust and Gluttony saw this and were apaled.
"What are you doing!? Get up!" Gluttony did his best to pick her up, but the pain of being constantly pierced with holes prevented him from doing so.
"Don't give up on me, Bitch! I swear to the Demon God if you do, I will fuck Rom'er!" Lust roared in despair as she continuously tried defending herself from her injuries.
Usually, her words would've provoked her into action right away. But right now, it only made her more disheartened.
'Resistance is futile.' She thought to herself, her smile turning even more bitter.
'We have given them too much time.'
'Their hatred against our kind made negotiations impossible.'
'All of you looked down on them despite my warnings. You never took them seriously. You all underestimated the amount of hatred they held towards us. How can you understand what I feel? '
'Right from the get-go, they never entertained any thoughts of letting us go.'
'As for the possibility of receiving reinforcements from the Grand Fleet? If they could, they would've done so by now. They could send millions of our troops here in a snap of a finger. How can they not be aware of what's happening to this place? '
'The humans have prepared against this as well. They've been waiting for this moment since forever; they've endured for so long; how can they be careless? '
Lady Envy looked bitterly at the sky. She could feel her dwindling energy supply. She could also feel her body collapsing from the physical trauma she had to endure so far.
As she felt her death approaching, she felt regret for only one thing. And that's the idea of betraying her promise to her beloved. Aside from that, she's at peace.
'End it then. I'm tired, anyway.'
'If there's any merciful gods out there who can hear my thoughts. I don't wish for much. Just please, spare Rom'er. If you can, don't let him reincarnate as a demon again. I don't care what happens to me. Just let him know peace.'
She didn't place too much hope in this. But unbeknownst to her, someone was, in fact, listening.