Log of September 17, 1945.
The morning had arrived, a few minutes after arriving at the port of Raion no okoku, we all packed up our things and waited patiently to arrive. I went to the bow to be sure I saw land and as that old man approached.
Old man: Young adventurers, you have a very important role, you must defeat strong enemies, you may have losses along the way ... but never give up, I'm sure you will achieve great things.
Giorgio: I thank you very much sir, not only for the motivation but because you received us without thinking twice.
Old man: It's nothing, helping others is an ordinary act.
The man returned to the helm with a satisfied look, there really are good people in this world, this allows me to think more and more about fighting. Tokage and the others were talking with their things in hand while the boat was already a few seconds from reaching the mainland ... however, something hit the boat and it began to deviate wildly while the waves did not do more than make it lose balance.
The old man tried to regain control of the situation by frenziedly moving the rudder, this was of little use because within seconds of arriving it was almost certain to crash with the entire dock ...
Old man: Hold on to what you can! this boat will not withstand the impact!
It was almost instantaneous like lightning, the ship collided heavily with the dock, completely destroying the bow and the sails, we almost catapulted out and fell on the ship and dock wreckage. I looked up quickly looking for everyone, the old man was well and completely safe, little by little I found the rest ...
Asmodeus: Right where I wanted them!
The big and intimidating demon came out from among the ruins of the port where there were multiple corpses with dying faces, he knew we would be here and he set up an ambush!
Asmodeus: Your journey will not go beyond here! I'll see to it myself to bring their heads before my master and here will end Gingetsu's last hope!
The demon used his staff and summoned creatures with crooked faces that looked just like that survivor told us they were. Gray beings, with dentures in many places, some sprouted extra arms or extra feet and all of them had white eyes.
The creatures lunged at us, Takamoto used his weapon to cut them in half, I used ammunition against them and when they were close enough I would hit them with my weapon. Hekima used magic to keep the crystal from eternal fire while Tokage created rocks to throw and created stone spikes that impaled enemies.
Asmodeus threw himself onto the battlefield and with one blow he sent Shigeru flying and crashing into the now destroyed ship, I tried to fight but he shot me with his staff and caused a wound to my right arm. Hekima had no choice and took out the eternal fire crystal to counterattack, Tokage made a reinforcement so that Asmodeus did not approach, just like the strategies we had planned ... although the servant was here, she was only static looking at the ground. ..
Asmodeus: Shiro Hannya, come here and fight the two humans while I take care of the two of them.
The servant didn't seem to respond, she was just statically watching the combat. I got up and enduring the pain I took aim and fired at Asmodeus but my ammunition seemed to have no effect. I heard the ghoulish laugh, he turned around and put a face on his arm right where I shot and this face spat out my bullet with more force than it had fired it and hit close to me causing an explosion that would send me flying... I fell right in front of the servant of Asmodeus, she stared at me... She raised her mask a little and looked at me with her crimson eyes that for a split second were blue.
Shiro: Why are you fighting? Can't you see that it's useless?
I looked in the direction of the battlefield, Asmodeus was getting closer and closer to Tokage, my body was so tired, it was hard work to move but the instant Asmodeus hit Tokage a force ran through my body and allowed me to get up.
Giorgio: I'm not going to sit idly by, I'm not going to let him get away with it!
I ran back to the battlefield and grabbed the weapon that Shigeru left on the ground and started hitting the demon's back hard, making it bleed. Hekima took this chance to use a flare and throw it away.
Asmodeus: Argh!
The demon turned towards his servant in anger and drawing several grotesque faces from his body, he exclaimed:
Asmodeus: I order you to attack! You will not see your beloved again if you do not help me!
Shiro: I won't help you anymore.
Asmodeus: What!?
Shiro: I said... I WILL NOT HELP YOU ANYMORE!
The servant lunged at Asmodeus, began to strike him swiftly as she dodged his blows with great agility.
Shiro: You ruined my life! You offered me something that you would not fulfill right !? Damn persuasive demon!
The servant's mask changed to a reddish color and her appearance became more macabre ... Asmodeus vaguely dodged a blow before being hit by another, to the point that his right horn broke ...
Asmodeus: Enough!
Asmodeus pulled multiple arms out of his body that frantically clawed at the servant, who backed away from Asmodeus' grasping range. The servant turned towards us and used a serious and partially demonic voice...
Shiro: Don't stand still!
We joined the fight once more, the demon Asmodeus grew into a fat creature with upright teeth and emitted a bestial roar resembling a lion's growl, with a goat's cry and the hiss of a snake. Without a doubt, the mythologies that describe him as a very dangerous being were true, he had a large red eye in which rare writings could be seen in an unknown language that, from what I believe, were spells ... He summoned more face creatures crooked that started attacking us ...
Giorgio: You three go! Shigeru and I take care of the creatures!
I returned his weapon to Shigeru, I grabbed my weapon again and we ran in the direction of the creatures starting to attack. Meanwhile, Tokage, Hekima, and the servant began to attack Asmodeu with all their powers. The battle intensified as Asmodeus did not stop summoning creatures that as time passed, they began to outnumber us, the situation worsened little by little until an army of natives arrived who brought swords, spears, bows. and shields, and they began to fight the creatures. One of them, large and with a bident in hand, who seemed to be the commander of the troop, came towards us and after bowing he looked at us seriously.
Commander: You are Queen Margareth's envoys?
Shigeru: Of course.
Commander: We will help you with this! Give us instructions!
Giorgio: Fight with the creatures, set up a perimeter near those girls so that none of those creatures come near them!
Commander: Understood!
The commander walked away and reorganized the troops as fast as he could, the fighting was even now so I left Shigeru along with the commander to assist the girls.
Giorgio: Does he has any weak points?
Shiro: His eye! But it is not possible to get close while we are barely controlling it!
Giorgio: I'll go! Hekima uses your resistance spell on me and give me the eternal fire crystal, at my signal I need you to make him focus on you so that I can destroy the eye with the crystal!
Hekima laid her staff on me and recited a few things to activate the resistance spell and then handed me the crystal. I got into an athlete's running position and looked at the girls.
Giorgio: Ready !? One two. THREE!
I started running as fast as I could while the girls deflected each Asmodeus attack. Tokage also took it upon himself to create stone platforms for me to draw closer and closer to the eye ... once close enough I firmly grasped the eternal fire crystal and was ready to strike.
Giorgio: Flare!!!
The crystal began to create fire with which the eye began to be destroyed, it melted, but it was not enough...
Giorgio: Oh crystal of eternal fire, use your flare to annihilate the enemy!
The fire was coming out with intensity but I felt how part of it was burning me... the pain was a strange sensation, since it was as if it was draining my energy with each attack...
The power of the flare completely struck Asmodeus' eye, who returned to his normal form, dying and slowly falling apart... his crooked-faced creatures immediately disappeared as he seemed to be deforming...
Asmodeus: Damn! You won... you will kill me ... but let it be clear to you, the other demons will kill you! hahaha and if you have the strange luck to fight with my master, Behemoth... you will die! Hahaha...
The demon cackled until it finally disappeared. Almost immediately the mask of the servant broke and she fell to the ground... I held her in my arms and when she opened her eyes, she was looking at me, those eyes had a truly beautiful blue color...
Shiro: Thank you adventurers... now I'm free...
She closed her eyes and fell asleep, fatigue had consumed her very quickly... I did not stay up long afterwards, since I ended up exhausted anyway...
From what Tokage and the others told me, they regrouped with those natives who took me and the girl on a stretcher to their town, I will detail this in my next log.
End of the log.
To be continued...