Chapter 221:
Elincia's Point of View
The Island
Many things concerned at the mont. However, the major one was Arthur roaring as he swatted the Demon known as Pestilence away from us. His animalistic howls made shiver as he looked about wildly. Arthur had always been so composed. Seeing him like this was sothing I had never considered. It appeared as though he had lost all reason.
"Arthur!" Cassidy shouted.
However, he ignored her as another voice cut in. "Arthur," Credo began as Pestilence appeared back over to his Demonic compatriot. "Forgive my brother. He should never have targeted them. This is rely to be a test to prove your strength. We're not here for a fight to the death."
In response, Arthur opened a portal and appeared in front of him. The two Demons scattered as Arthur pursued vehently. Shockwaves slamd into our group as many of our soldiers had issues withstanding the force. Sand blew from beneath our feet which made it difficult to see at tis. Arthur seed to ignore Pestilence and focus on Credo, which was surprising. However, when I paid closer attention, I figured out why.
Credo was skilled in spell casting and was obviously rather dexterous with his magic. Pestilence was suited more towards close combat. Arthur was keeping on their long-range hitter on the run while he deflected Pestilence. The two were being pressed as Arthur was clearly overpowering them.
"Enough!" Credo shouted as his magic flared out and wrapped around Arthur, which was quickly dispersed. "Pestilence made a mistake!"
"I warned both of you. Pestilence made his choice." Arthur said coldly.
Pestilence was grinning madly as they were on the run. "Fine. Then I suppose we have no choice but to make you listen." Credo stated as the three stared each other down. "It would seem Pestilence had the right idea to get you motivated. Apparently, letting our hostages go free was the wrong move in motivating you."
Ice shot through my veins as the two Demons began to change. Shadows wrapped around both of them as their features beca hidden. The two looked like cutouts in reality as they turned to black masses that moved in the light. Shadows danced in the sand and around their bodies as the two Demons growled in reply to Arthur's violent behavior.
How could I bla him, though? Pestilence moved to kill Cassidy. Even Arceana and I were powerless to react in ti. From what I could tell, the Demon planned on following through as well. The fact that Arthur was able to respond just proved how much he was holding back. Unfortunately, the fight seed to turn in the two Demon's favor.
Arceana's Point of View
The Island
"We need to help him!" Ayda shouted.
"How!?" Typhon responded.
"Nobody moves!" Kheri quickly ordered. "Stay put right where you are!"
Elincia and I shared a look. "How can ya expect us ta just sit here! There must be sothin we can do!" Our student looked at us. "Why haven't ya gone out there!?"
With a sigh, I spoke as my attention turned back to the battle. "As much as it pains to say it, this battle is beyond my sister and I. We must have faith in Sir Arthur to drive these Demons away."
The Zugal General likely frowned at that. "We wait for our orders. Until then, everyone stays put." She reaffird while Elincia shuffled closer to .
"What do we do?" She inquired in a whisper.
"Pray our Knight is stronger than either of us ever dread." Was my soft reply.
"I am getting flashes of Rudnurth and Elias."
I frowned at that. "As am I, Elincia. As am I."
As much as it pained to admit, Arthur far surpassed . Rudnurth was a problem. One that I thought was dealt with because he was still weakened, but this opened my eyes. Arthur was unnaturally powerful, just like Rudnurth and Elias were during the war against Klasteris. Whatever the case was, I would need to be careful moving forward. If he was able to fight like this in his weakened state, there was no telling how powerful he really was. Seeing was believing, and after this, I had no choice but to believe.
Arthur's Point of View
The Island
The two Demons were well coordinated. Almost perfect synchronicity between the two made it impossible to get a hit in. That, and their transford states, were even stronger than Elincia's Demonic Clone. They were definitely Demon Lords and powerful ones at that. My body was sustaining injuries from my energy alone since I was putting out more energy than my body could handle without transforming. Given that I had just earned a lot of trust and respect, I didn't want to throw it all away by showing my transford state.
Both were faster and stronger than as my blood began to flow faster than I could heal. As if dancing around , I tried my best to hold them off. Credo would stay in my blind spot and launch spells at while Pestilence ensured I didn't have a chance to turn away from him. Jumping and twisting over a spell, Pestilence read my movent and grabbed my foot before pulling back down into it.
My body was tossed through the sand as the magic pierced a hole through my lower abdon. It was slowly healing, but given it was Demonic Magic, it healed at a slower pace than most other wounds. Standing, I looked it over before I turned back to the two Demons. They waited for a mont before charging back at . Swatting Pestilence to the side, for only a mont, I tried rushing towards Credo, but he would quickly teleport away while shadows muddled down in the sand.
Not long after, the two started teleporting at the sa ti. Appearing and disappearing simultaneously, it was impossible for to defend against in my current form. A cut along my back tore through my shirt and a shadow pierced through my arm. Credo sent more shadows to pierce my limbs as my wounds struggled to close while Pestilence appeared in front of and slashed along my chest.
Roaring in anger, I forced my limbs out of the shadows, which tore through bone and muscle alike. Imdiately after, I summoned a Gravity Pillar above my head and slamd it into the sand around . Thus, I created a smokescreen out of the sand and used my own energy to manipulate it into staying in the air longer. Going after Credo yielded little results, so I focused far too much energy into my arms and Defiance as I appeared in front of a surprised Pestilence.
He put both arms forward as Defiance slamd into his blades. Even with his shadowed-over eyes, I could see him struggling. Pestilence was being pushed back as my sword slowly cracked his. Magic surrounded his blades as Credo teleported behind him, and I felt his magic quickly wrap around . Both Demons were struggling to push back as my form began to flicker. I could see the shock in their eyes as my arms changed for a mont before switching back.
Credo cast a much stronger spell and launched it at instead of trying to pry away from his brother. In response, Defiance shifted in my hand, and I turned to put Pestilence's back in the way. The spell slamd into him, which caused an explosion of rampant Demonic Magic to run wild across the beach. Pestilence's legs gave out from the sudden attack, and I sent him flying into the water before charging at Credo.
Naturally, he quickly teleported away as Pestilence shot out of the water and into the air. Both of them hovered above as the sand fell back to the ground and stopped covering for from the Lestranian group. They probably thought I was dying with how much blood was dripping down my body and how heavily I was breathing. With the two Demon brothers overhead, studying , they were unaware that I had sowhat successfully pushed them back and gave them a warning at the sa ti.
"What are you?" Credo inquired in a cautious tone.
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