Amati's Sacrifice

As Amati came to view as she ascended to the roof I saw that she hasn't recovered much from her fight with her wounds only being covered by amateurish bandaging. She also seemed to have discarded the destroyed outfit she wore before and put on the maid outfit she used to wear before she left the castle after my 16th birthday. "Princess Sonya! I finally found you... As well as the demon king it seems." She said between pants of effort showing how weakened she was.

Maou only laughed as he looked upon the injured form of Amati. "Hahahaha, it looked like you and your companions rushed to the final dungeon long before you reached the required level." Maou said in a cackling voice that showcased his true vile. "No matter, this just makes it easier for me to destroy-" Before he could finish a knife was thrown from the former **** that cut into Maou's cheek causing some drops of blood to flow from it.

In anger, Maou lashed out a powerful spell that engulfed the heroine in an infernal tornado that burned away at her outfit and **** her to fall on the floor in naked defeat, knocked down for the count. "Not only did you clearly miss your target but your pitiful human knives failed to do any real damage to me! Why do you humans always waste my time!?" He screamed in anger before he heard the sound of a body hitting the floor or more accurately my body freed from his trap. "W-what!? How did you escape!?"

As I got to my feet after falling several feet I answered his question. "That knife she threw wasn't aiming to hurt you, it was aimed to free me." I said before grabbing the other thing Amati threw at me. "She has asked for me to finish what she couldn't, and slay you where you stand!" I shouted as I pointed Amati's sword at the foul demon who had thrown the sword through Maou's legs while he was focused on the knife.

Maou didn't show his surprise or even anger anymore instead, he looked amused at my declaration. "Do you truly think you can harm me nonetheless defeat me? The fated heroine only knicked me! What chances do you think you have!?" Maou shouted in full confidence as he began to strut towards me as if I hadn't just declared my intent to kill him. "Now lay down your sword and I may spare you and make good on my word."

Instead of answering I used the magic knowledge I learned, however, limited in combat it was, to amplify the sword I wielded before slicing it at Maou causing a sword beam to shoot out of it. The beam stopped Maou's advance and sliced past his clothes and into his demon skin. "H-how in the hells did you cause me to bleed!? You are not the fated hero, you are just the princess that the winner takes as their reward after the fated duel! You aren't meant to even GRAZE ME!?" Maou's amusement had turned back to anger as he shredded off his clothes to reveal his true demonic form as he began to grow much larger than before.

Unphased by this I rushed forward to meet the changing demon head-on and unleashed another magically enhanced sword strike at the demon. The slice cut into the demon once more and caused him to stumble for a second yet he found his grounding just as quickly and finished his transformation into his true form. "TREMBLE AND DESPAIR FOR THIS BATTLE IS OVER!" Maou said calmly yet his form was so huge and powerful his voice seemed to reverberate into loud shouting. "NOW, FALL AND BURN IN MY INFERNAL FLAMES!"

Still defiant I didn't allow myself to show fear against the true form of the Demon King Maou. "Bring it!" I taunted him as I readied myself for the battle to come.