With the shift of his wings, they flew down, and with the monster's back facing the ground, they crashed into the ground cracking it and summoning a cloud of dust, masking their presence.
That mysterious feeling of terror faded and the girls were finally able to freely move, a challenge between 2 or more Demons, caused anything with weak spirits and minds to stay out of their ways. It hasn't happened in a few thousand years but thanks to Asmodeus being a living Devine, that rule of law came through and was applied in the battle between the 2 Demons.
As the dusk screen covered them, Asmodeus moved in to tear out the throat of the monster, and he...
...And that's exactly what he did, he ripped the Demon's throat out using his teeth, taking a chunk of flesh out of my man's the monster guy, and then he swallowed that chunk of flesh slightly restoring some of his lost energy.
As the monster/other Demon layed there dead with Asmodeus sitting on his corpse, Asmodeus reached his hand onto the chest of the monster and pulling out its soul.
A redish-black soul floated above his hand, it was small, about the size of a baseball, unlike all the other souls he devoured which were a bit smaller, this one was very similar to his own soul, but just like the others, he swallowed it, and, this time...it raised his level and power.
[Level Up 5x]
(current base and level: Stage 0 level 8)
Everything faded to black as his body tore, expanded, condensed, and all of the above as it started regenerating to a regular state.
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With Asmodeus out of the game and unconscious, the others were put in a dilemma, 1st they had no clue what the absolute fuck just occurred, 2nd something forcibly compelled everyone to not jump in on this battle, 3rd Asmodeus wasn't a simple individual as they thought.
But what they learned during this event was that Asmodeus was definitely on their side, they had a small discussion without any objections and they all thought that this had something to do with Mahiru, she somehow got him to see his own kind(other Demons) as the main enemy, and this was something they were glad about.
Also, another thing occurred, he wasn't just a weak little kid they originally saw him as, well Fila already knew his potential, but the others didn't, and now they all knew that Asmodeus's stats had already reached their limitations.
And this caused another theory to occur between them and it all lead up to Mahiru and all of what she's done...little did they all know, she only contributed 1/2, this was all just a Demon on Demon challenge/fight, for reasons which will not be said.
But thanks for her being the main cover for him, this changed Farah's opinion on Asmodeus and it wasn't for the better, sure she'd stop trying to kill him off and have the author make a new Mc, but now she's hoping to utilize him as a Demon, and his standing for the heroes benefits in the war.
Meanwhile, Serbrina had
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Fila ended up staying back since she was a Ranger and not that good at close combat like the others, plus she swore to herself to look after Asmodeus since he was visibly injured and from a human standpoint, she didn't want him to bleed out or suffer since he was considered a good friend to her, also she needed to examine the body of the Demon and try to extract any demon crystals that it may possess.
But the main reason besides her injured friend was... ... ...
Fila was a slave, she was sold by her parents for a few
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She pulled out a redish-black gemstone and it was perfectly intact and developed, she held it up as she was amazed but then as she looked over at Asmodeus, she got curious and then wiped the blood from it and put it in her pocket for later.
She had bandaged him first and as he was in nothing but briefs and bandages she decided to wipe away the blood on his skin as well as the blood coming from her nose as the sight of his almost naked body gave her a nose bleed.
And I wouldn't blame her, the incubus was hotter than a vampire, sure he was cute right now, but from her point of view, he looked way different, especially after that fight.
She also looked at his newly formed arm and it was normal, sure it was a bit swelled and it looked as if it ached in pain, but after that, it seemed all good in the hero's hood.
"You did good Asmodeus, I believed in you" she blushed his hair aside with her hand.
"For that, I'll test you another day, until them rest"
She moved him into her tent to rest while she kept guard around the base from a higher advantage point, also so she could study the crystal and hopefully find a use for it.
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The 3 dashed, hopped, leaped, and parkoured over things as they were chasing after a man who showed signs of being a Demonic entity, and apon confrontation, he ran and they've been chasing him since.
As they were getting low in stamina they had no choice left, Mia signaled the girls and stoped, Farah, jumped and as she did Mia cough her and then launched he'd into the air where she did a flip as mana surged out of her and pointing her staff at the man, fire spiked all around and going into a sphere, it shot at the man.
*BOOM*
"Fire art, exploding haka ball!"
[ Haka fireball ]
A large explosion occurred on his back as the ball hit him, it tore his clothing and scorched his back making him crash against a mallon cart.
"My mellons!!!" a man wearing a palla yelled out as his mellons were everywhere and some were split open.
The man tried getting up, but Serbrina kicked a Mellon cracking it over his head.
"Lucy!!!" the man yelled as the Mellon he named Lucy died before his very eyes to a Caucasus woman wearing a priestess outfit.
He drew a cutlass but as he did he saw a heavy armor woman with a grate-sword against the back of the man who originally ran into his cart and he slowly backed away before running.
"Sorry my mellons(¡~¡)"
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"If you tell me where the rest of the demons are and promise to leave this kingdom and not harm another human, I'll let you live"
Mia tried bargaining with the man/Demon who was under her heavy blade.
"I promise I'll tell you everything, please I have a family! I can't go yet! not yet!" this was easier than 2 of them expected.
Kinda sus if you ask them...
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It was useless, he wasn't apart of the stray group and he wasn't even a Demon, he was a Moogle, the Moogle's a race whome were children to the forgotten fey-gods, a peaceful race more human than beast and were friendly to all and this one was just misunderstood as he was using a similar [mimic] ability to get food for his children.
He was crying and as he was severely hurt to the point the little guy couldn't even fly, the 3 women were known around the town for ganging up on a super nice Moogle who was terrified of them. They took a big L and were forced to retreat...Well, those 2 did, Mia tried fixing everything with the Moogle.
But nun of them were forgiven by the people, well Mia was by the very Moogle itself but the other 2...Hell naw.
She was forgiven mainly because she compensated the Moogle with a few pieces of gold, and the Moogle was forgiving since she atleast apologized, but that was that.
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It was night and the moonlight shined bright, a full moon was upcoming for this week and making it inside the base, they regrouped and as they did, Farah punched the ground as she was aggravated, she was mad how they got nowhere and now because of that Moogle looking suspicious, they're bound to run into trouble amongst the people.
This was becoming a harder mission, Farah started punching the brick wall until her knuckles were bleeding.
"Chill Farah!"
Serbrina grabbed her shoulder but the black force 1 energy was strong in her as she headbutted Serbrina and then punched her leaving blood marks on her face.
"Don't tell me "chill" what right do you have to command me! you Angel's bitch!"
She yelled and Serbrina froze up as she was on her knee and looking down, her eyes were blanked as Farah wasn't lying and she wasn't denying it.
She was a teacher's pet, but she didn't care, if she could fulfill her goals then she'd reach what she truly desired, that desire, that greed, it was all worth it.
Slowly looking up, her eyes were dazed and they met with Farah's angry and vicious look.
"It's because I'm better than you"
Her words angered the hell out of Farah and as she gripped the staff tighter...it all faded to black as Serbrina appeared behind her and blood came flying out as she struck Farah at a sonic-like speed.
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Her eyes glew gold and her aura was that of all holy, she looked down at Farah who she attacked and she spit on her unconscious body.
"Disgusting, to think you have the nerve to talk back to your Superior, you disgrace us and the holy alliance"
Meanwhile, Fila who was somewhere above just watched as she was carving something out of wood, she decided to not stick her neck in this, after all, Serbrina was their shadow leader, and she was also a scary bitch who was many ranks above them, plus she hid her true nature, and rarely showed it. Especially around Mia.
Meanwhile, Mia wasn't even there yet, she was out on errands seeing as no one bothered to remember daily necessaries since they all thought it would be a quick mission.
Pulling out a crystal sphere, she got in communication with their sensei and she updated her on their current progress, she was given orders to continue this mission as it was necessary for the holy alliance and their academy.
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They were all great as a party for combat, but when it came to their personalities and just them in general as a group, it was full of flaws and they were a chaotic bunch, sadly they only formed a party because they were the best of the best at their academy.
No other reason
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Taking everything into account from the previous day, Farah was silent as they all ate and so were the others, well except Asmodeus who woke up, and Fila who chatted with him.
He didn't remember fighting anyone so Fila didn't speak much about it, she just said that he fought someone and won.
The two talked so much it got to the point where Farah snapped.
"WILL YOU TWO SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!!!"