The devil chuckled, then rose to his feet, showing no sign of being affected by all the attacks.
“Aah, it feels so ticklish.” He massaged his shoulders. “I haven’t fought like this in a long time. Unfortunately, you won’t be able to beat me, except for one person.” The figure suddenly pointed at Elise. “You have potential, woman. Maybe you can be like me. I used to be a human you know. However, I cannot resist the allure of this great power.”
Mona growled and lowered her body, still with red eyes and dark fur. Meanwhile, Elise tightened her grip on the hilt of her weapon, glaring at the enemy.
“Don’t listen to him, Elise,” Raymund warned. “He just wants to distract you. He can talk like that because of your weapon alone. You will never be like him.”
However, in reality, Elise was struggling. Apart from fighting the discomfort in her heart, she was also trying to ignore the voices in her head.
“Hey, let me take over, Elise.” The voice kept haunting the female warrior, and the others couldn’t hear it.
The devil started walking forward. “Come on, fight me again, woman. Among others, only you are worthy against me. Or do you want to come with me? I will show you how great the darkness is. You can be my wife. The two of us will become a perfect couple….”.
Suddenly he turned around, finding Yua, who had come to him. The kunoichi swung her sword, but the enemy easily caught her hand.
“It’s not that easy, woman.” The figure twisted Yua’s arm, but this time the kunoichi managed to hold on to her weapon, despite whimpering in pain. “No, no, no one should approach or attack. You don’t want her to die, do you?”
Receiving such a warning, the other party members stopped their steps.
“Let’s see. What should I do to you?” The devil gripped the kunoichi’s head with her hands that only consisted of bones. Yua screamed in pain, feeling like her skull was going to burst. “Maybe I’ll play with you for a bit.”
The snakes in the devil’s robes slithered into the kunoichi’s body. Yua floundered at the uncomfortable sensation on her skin, but the reptiles didn’t care. They then plunged their fangs into Yua’s body, making the kunoichi scream again. Even though her body was protected by a magic barrier, it was still painful for her.
“Huh! Aren’t you attracted to a splendid body like mine!?” Yua forced herself to speak. “Instead of doing something fun, you chose to treat me like this!? Why not play with my body!? This is offensive to me, you know! Aren’t you interested in me!? Or have you lost your penis from chasing after that dark power!?”
The devil was silent for a moment, then squeezed the kunoichi’s head harder. “You’re good at talking, huh?”
Suddenly, several chains made of white light appeared not far away, entangling the devil’s hands and body, creating another white smoke.
“What!?” The devil was bewildered and forced to release the kunoichi.
The chains came from papers with magic circles. The kunoichi pasted the paper some time ago when approaching the devil.
“Sorry, Yua!” Vilja adjusted her glasses. “That magic does take a long time!”
“It’s okay, Vilja! I can still endure it!” Yua inched away, still feeling the pain of the snake’s fangs all over her body. “Even though I’m not a fan of those snakes!”
The devil laughed aloud. “You think you can beat me with just this!? At best, you will only hold me for a while….”
The figure’s body jerked to the side. Henrik, Marko, and Elise were now holding the papers that were the source of the chains, tugging at them.
“I prefer to attack head-on, but I think this way is good too,” Marko commented with a satisfied smile. He and his colleagues made the devil move a few more steps.
Elise winced in pain. She felt an immeasurable heat in the palm of her hand holding the paper. And not long after, that part of her body emitted white smoke, similar to the one on the enemy’s body.
“Are you okay?” Henrik looked at the female warrior’s hands with concern.
Elise shook her head. “I’m fine…”
“Shit….” Raymund had no clue why Elise had the same reaction as the devil when she came into contact with a holy object. Was it because Elise’s body was already so contaminated with darkness? “You better just let it go, Elise. I don’t want anything bad to happen to you.”
Elise glanced at Yua, who was still struggling to get up. It was impossible to ask the kunoichi for help now. “No, sir. Without me, we wouldn’t be able to execute this plan properly.”
They managed to make the devil move a few more steps.
The devil chuckled. “This is very boring…. Argghhhh!!!”
Vilja fired a stream of white energy that hit the enemy’s back. Elise and the two men found it easier to pull their enemy.
“Sorry, it took me a long time to do this too.” Vilja stepped forward, following the devil who kept moving. “Shooting holy energy once is easy. But doing it continuously like this is almost impossible.”
“You bastards!!!” Kneeling, the devil made a sound like someone in pain. The stream of white energy was still hitting the back of his body. “You still can’t beat me with something like this! Soon it will be over! I will make sure you die a painful and slow death!”
After saying that, the devil fell into a hole covered in dirt. Elise and her two male companions let go of the paper, and Vilja stopped her stream of holy energy.
The devil screamed from inside the hole. The party members watched their enemy squirm through the vast amount of holy powder, almost reaching the height of the devil’s chest.
“Let’s get those things.” Mark shrugged. “I want this to be over quickly.”
“Well, I hope it’s worth it. I spent all my wealth on all this.” Henrik responded, then ran off with Elise and Marko.