Close Calls

Dick walks through the smoke and I decide to taunt him.

"So Dick. What's your plan here? Beat me up then what?" I say and he stops to answer.

"Pretty much. And It's the Devil of Rage not Dick. Now shut up. It's time to die." He says before he rushes me. I wait and get ready to block and counter. He raises his left hand to attack me and I raise my right to block it. I'm about to punch with my left when I see his fist go through my arm. It doesn't hurt though. I don't even feel it. It just travels through my arm like air and connects with my face.

-391 Dmg

I recoil and see him lining up another attack. I Blink right behind him and turn around. I immediately get punched in the gut and look down. His arm is sticking out of his chest and punching me in my gut.

-371 Dmg

I Blink away and see him take it out of his side. I see it faintly glowing a green color and emitting a fog that immediately disappears and he smirks.

"Surprised? That's a Nuru." He says smugly and before I can ask what that is he charges me. I'm about to block before deciding to dodge instead. I duck under his punch and swing my leg at his. I watch as my leg travels through his. I Blink away as he punches the ground. "You didn't think it was just when I attacked did you?" He taunts again. I start thinking of what to do when an idea hits me. It's bad but it will work. I Observe him again and am pleased to see he's used a considerable amount of mana. I charge him again and raise my fist. He smiles smugly and doesn't try to block. Instead he spreads his arms out. My fist goes through his chest as I hoped. "Do you see now!" He says grabbing my shoulder. "You can't touch me with this power. I am a God! You hear me loser. A GOD!" He shouts and I smile, my arm still in his chest.

"Oh really? I happen to think your an overconfident weakling whose just lost." I feel his hand tighten on my shoulder, but only for a moment. He lets go to grab my arm that I've covered in Annihilation Energy.

-1039 Dmg

He screams in pain and I wrap the energy around his chest, carful not to let it touch him, and pull my arm out. He looks up at me in fear.

"You shouldn't have said that about Myla." I say coldly before making the energy squeeze him. He screams again but quickly stops.

-824 Dmg

Devil Of Rage Slain +5000 Exp, +3013$

Epic Item Drop

I sigh and my Draconic Rage subsides. I take a deep breath and quickly store the small metallic item he dropped away. I do this by walking up and making it look like I'm inspecting the now glowing corpse. I look at the Devils and see Temptation clapping.

"Very impressive Eric. I must say I'm very impressed. I never thought I'd see that magic again." He says and I sigh. I wasn't planning on using this magic but Draconic Rage makes it hard to think of anything other than killing my opponent.

"Yeah, yeah. Let's just get this over with." I say and the Golden Devil laughs.

"Really? What about the people you were stalling for?" He says and I smile.

"They're already here. You've been watching me this whole time haven't you?" I shout out and turn to my left. My gramps walks out of a spot hidden by some bushes and trees. he doesn't have his armor or mask on, just his normal casual clothes.

"How'd you know? My Stigma should've prevented you from sensing me." He asks and suddenly appears at my side. I see the Devils are stunned that they didn't notice him.

"I have a skill that lets me know when people are watching me. I noticed someone else and realized it had to be you." I say and he laughs.

"Well Eric, you did good." He says and starts rubbing his hand on my head.

"Who are you?" The Devil of Strength shouts at him. My gramps just raises one finger in the air and disappears. He appears a moment later with Hino and Myla. The two shout and he steps forward. He pulls out a scroll and unrolls it. A blue fire consumes his body and he answers while it wraps around him.

"I am this idiot's grandfather. My name is Zack and I'm the Starry Nights Guildmaster." He says as the fire extinguishes itself. He's wearing a shiny metal armor with sturdy gauntlets and boots. He has a blood red cloak on and his chest has a picture of a red lion looking up at the stars.

"LARION!" The Devil of Strength shouts. His voice is filled with anger and rage and he rushes my gramps. I barely see him move before he's in front of my gramps. The two suddenly disappear and I hear something loud crash into the building behind me.

"So it's a two vs three." The Golden Devil says cracking his knuckles.

"No, It's six vs two." I hear Kallen say before the Golden Devil gets knocked back by a bright ball of light.

"Are you three okay?" Sugano asks as she, Kallen and Kagiyama appear next to us. I see the air behind them is distorted and disformed, like someone mashed a paintbrush against a finished wet painting.

"We can talk later." Myla says as the Golden Devil rushes Kallen. Kallen blocks, with a vine decorated shield I haven't seen before, and gets pushed back. Kagiyama goes to help him and I turn to Sugano.

"Sugano, go help them. Leave Temptation to us." I say and she looks at me worried before nodding and running off.

"Well, this is unexpected. I didn't think they'd be able to break in like that. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to improvise." The Devil of Temptation says with a shrug. He bares his claws and spread his wings.