It was a quiet alleyway and we found ourselves a boy who just help us by exploding a ghost. Who is this boy? Why would he be here?
"thank you!" Lupus hugged the boy while crying.
"huh?! Are you guys okay?" the boy asked us.
"please don't worry, we're just escaped from a haunted house," Pyxis explained the situation to the boy.
[master, there is something wrong with that boy]
Yeah, I know that.
"Hello child, why are you here?" Cygnus crouch at the boy.
"hehe, I was just playing around at church at found myself here." the boy smiled.
Pyxis, get ready to teleport all of us to the beach and not the kid.
[alright master] Pyxis replied.
We teleported near a stall.
"where is the kid?" Auriga asked.
"That boy is very suspicious," I answered Auriga.
"What do you mean master?" Cygnus asked me.
"How does a boy that was from church playing into the alleyway? Second, the priest is supposed to purify the ghost but he explodes her." I explained to Cygnus about the situation.
"maybe he is one of the Constellation?" Pyxis suggested.
"no, I never heard of a Constellation that can make things explode that serve the demon lord of sloth before," Auriga replied.
"is... Is he a ghost too?!" Lupus screamed.
"no, you doofus! What is he actually?" Auriga shouted to Lupus.
"I think we better get out of this town." I continue as I still think about the boy.
"where are you going?" a boy voice coming from behind. I rotate my head and saw the blonde boy that was wearing the white church uniform.
"Who are you?!" I asked the boy while transforming into my Lupus form.
"well, my name is Cody." the boy said while a scythe comes out of nowhere. he grabs it and pointing at us.
"ready everyone to attack!" I shouted while looking around to find any civilian and luckily there isn't a soul except us.
The boy jumps and swings his scythe towards me but luckily my shadow hands caught his scythe but he jumped back behind and Cygnus attacks him using her feathers but he reflects using his scythe. Berenice enters my head and uses her telepathy and analyze the boy. Auriga tries to control the boy but it was unable to cause the boy's power is stronger than him. In this situation, only me, Cygnus, and Lupus can attack the boy.
[analyzing is complete!]
What is he?
[the boy is not a human but a phantom.]
What is a phantom?
Phantom is a species that live where there is much miasma. They are considered immortal but they can be killed. It always gets attracted by powerful mana and killed its prey.
What?! No wonder he can find us but the question is how to kill him?
[Phnatom has only three weaknesses.]
What is it?
[first, too much mana or power consumption. Second, holy magic, and third, kill themselves by their two own hands.]
How can we do that?
[other phantoms can kill phantoms while humans or other species can't.]
Suddenly, the phantom's scythe cut one of my cheeks and a few drops of blood has lost. Luckily, Cygnus healed it before it can make any scar on my face.
"Pyxis teleport us far away!" I shouted and we found ourselves in a forest. We took a break and start to strategize before the phantom came back to finish us.
Berenice said that phantoms can transform themselves into humans and float. Their species are very rare to see among humans cause humans didn't have powerful mana. However, the phantom loves to eat other monsters and elves that have too much mana. They lived in dark places and were full of miasma to get more power and leave it if they get too much power and come back when they exhausted themselves.
"I have an idea!" I shouted. I explained the plan to all of my team and they agree that it can work. After a few minutes, the phantom finally found us but he looked different. He was floating and wearing a black cloak with a hood that covers his face like a dead ripper that I love to watch an anime. That must be his true form. Cygnus attacks from behind with her feathers and the feathers destroy the cloak's hood and reveal its face but it was empty.
[phantom was made out of a combination of miasma and mana. They don't have a true face but they really have intelligence and feelings like ordinary beings.]
The phantom looks back at Cygnus and swings his scythe at Cygnus's chest. There was so much blood coming from Cygnus but Cygnus can heal herself.
From behind, lupus attacks the phantom with his shadow and it works! Only a phantom can hurt others phantom, and another phantom was made out of miasma and darkness. Shadow is part of darkness, so it can damage the phantom! The phantom was shocked that I finally found out about their little secret and continued to attack us, but I reflected on his attack with my lupus form.
From behind, Cygnus continues to attack the phantom while Lupus and I touch each other and get ready to use the new skills that Berenice thought me. We focused on our mana and use the special skills.
"Shadow Purgatory!" we screamed. Many shadows from the nearby tree and rocks come to the phantom and surround it. The phantom screech from the shadow consumption and the shadow eats the phantom. The shadow suddenly disappears and the phantom was nowhere to be found.
We celebrate the winning by eating some chicken Karaage and playing some volleyball. We played till we were exhausted and finally check into a motel to stay in. Goodbye money that I was saving. I will miss you soon.
Meanwhile,
Where am I? The human beat me huh? This must be the afterlife.
"Hello there phantom." a deep voice said to me.
Who is it? I look at him and am quickly terrified. He has so much mana that even I can consume.
"Hello phantom, my name is Andromeda and in front of you is my master the demon Lords of sloth, Belphegor." a woman standing beside the terrifying man said. That man is the demon lord? I heard of their stories before in my childhood.
"What do you want with me?" I asked him. What does he want with me?
"Hello, I'm the demon lord and I want to recruit you to be in my army. I will give you so much power that even you can't imagine," he said while grasping his hand.
"power? How many are we talking about?" I asked the demon lord.
"How dare you!" the woman angered but was blocked by the demon lord's hand.
"I will give you power until you didn't have to need anymore mana and power. How about it? Are you in?" he said seriously while giving his hand to me.
I took his hand and stand up in front of him. "I will be gladly joining you," I said while looking at his face.
"good." he smiled at me with a wicked smile and serious eyes.