The explosion engulfed a wide area and the flame made by it raised high to the sky. Hades and Azuma are sure that such an explosion will kill Ben. Even Hades isn't sure he can take it, not to mention Ben, so they walk away to leave. But then, they hear Ben's voice.
"That's a nice explosion, must be the biggest that I've ever seen. Of course, apart from the one that I ever made," says Ben from the explosion site.
Hades & Azuma widen their eyes and they look back. They see the flame is moving to the center of the explosion site. Ben is sucking the flame caused by the explosion, it's a free meal, after all.
"What the! How can you be fine?!" asks Hades with a shocked expression when he sees Ben uninjured even though his clothes are destroyed.
"How? Of course, because the flame-based explosion isn't going to work on me. Even if it used the plant as a medium, it is still flame and explosion. Did you know that explosions happen very often in the sun? If I, someone who holds the power of the sun can't handle it, then who will?" asks Ben while grinning.
Hades & Azuma get ready to fight again. They need to be very serious now because Ben's magic is too ridiculous.
"You know, I've ever said that I still can't defeat Gildarts even if I use my full power. Well, it's not entirely true. What makes him scary is his magic that can destroy other magic. But if I can utilize all my power well, then I'm sure I can defeat him. Especially when my magic is overflowing like this after I ate a lot of magic power," says Ben as his fangs grow a little longer.
The 2 Dark Mages gets more shocked when Ben's body starts to get covered by black substance. It is his devil slayer mark that spread all over his body because he has too much magic power in his storage now.
His forearms get a little larger and his fingers turn into black claws. His legs also turn black with some spikes appearing on the side which also appears on his forearms. Then the sides of his body and face are also covered in black color.
The black substance also covers half of his upper face and becomes like a batman's mask and his eyes glow red. Ben's ears also become black and grow a little longer. Then lastly, his blonde hair turns fiery red with red flame appearing on its tip.
"Haaa, I never thought I will need to use this form to handle the overflowing magic power. But it's good to let loose for once in a while. Devil Force: Sun Devil Mode!" says Ben while grinning.
Hades & Azuma can see a silhouette of a sinister demon with red eyes on Ben's back. Ben's magic power that raises to a whole new level also can be sensed by all Mages on Tenrou Island.
"His magic power skyrocketed. It's almost twice what he has before," says Azuma with a very serious tone.
"It seems I can't hold back anymore. He is too dangerous," says Hades.
"Eh!? Will you use that?" asks Azuma in surprise.
"There's no other choice," says Hades as he takes off the eyepatch on his right eye.
Hades opens his right eye slowly and a red glow can be seen from it. Then when he opens it fully, massive surges of magic power come out of his body. Ben can sense it clearly and he grins because Hades finally uses his full power.
"Demon's Eye," says Azuma while trembling slightly.
Ben's & Hades' magic power clash and cause a storm that sways the trees. Hades orders Azuma to leave even though the guy wants to fight too. But it's his Guild Master's order, so he can't refuse it.
Azuma wants to leave by merging with the tree but suddenly Ben appears in front of him. Ben's sinister smile horrified Azuma who tries to get away immediately. But Ben won't let him go and Ben swipes his left hand from below to Azuma's stomach.
*BAM*
Ben's claws hit Azuma's stomach and make him bend like a bow. Azuma gets fling back very fast and crashes onto trees until he crashes onto a cliff. The impact makes the cliff cave in and a big portion of it is destroyed.
Hades widens his eyes in surprise because he couldn't see Ben's movement at all. He looks at Ben who grins at him and seems to not care about Azuma. Ben doesn't care whether Azuma is defeated or not, it's just payback for Azuma's last attack.
"Demon's Eye, is it? What interesting magic. Do you want to be half-demon or something? Well, if you want to be a demon, then you are a good opponent for me, a Devil Slayer," says Ben.
"Hmph, don't be too full of yourself just because you gained a massive boost," says Hades.
Hades then uses his magical eye and his body is covered in a dark aura. It spreads all over the place and suddenly broken trees & ground glows darkly. Slowly, the objects transform into different creatures with dark colors.
"Hmm? Demons? No, more like Etheriouses. This must be Living Magic, a form of Black Art," says Ben as he looks at the Etheriouses.
"Ho, so you know this magic and Black Arts. But that won't help you at all, HAHAHA!" says Hades as he makes the Etheriouses grow tendrils on their bodies.
"Sigh, I don't know what makes you happy. But Etherious is a type of demon and I am a Devil Slayer. I am the worst enemy for them," says Ben.
"Hah, that will just happen if you are stronger than my demons," says Hades confidently.
"That's true. Then let's see who's stronger here," says Ben while smirking.
Hades commands his demons to attack Ben who just stands in his place. As the demons approach him, Ben raises his right arm to the side. Then he covers his right arm with red solar energy which is the trait of Sun Devil Slayer.
When the demons get closer to him, Ben chants a spell, "Great Demon's Claw: Red Solar Blades!"
Ben swings his claws horizontally and also spins his to the left. 5 sharp red solar slashing energy come out of his 5 claws as he swings his right hand and spins. The slashes become a circle as they expand and spread everywhere.
The 5 slashes hit the demons and the weaker ones immediately get cut. The smart ones jump to avoid the slashes while the tougher ones block the slashes although they get injured in the process.
Hades uses some demons to defend him from the slash. It gives him time to jump and avoid the slashes that cut through most of his demons. The defeated demons return to their original forms which are wood & stones.
The defeat of so many demons that he created makes Hades rather angry. He never thought that Ben would be able to kill most of his demons in one attack. It's just a bad strategy to make demons fight against a Devil Slayer. They are bad match-ups.
There are still some demons left, but Ben can defeat them easily. He shows it immediately by using Bullet Magic but powered by Sun Devil Slayer Magic's solar energy. Ben uses both hands and he shaped his fingers like pistols.
"Sun Demon's Solar Bullets: Double Pistols!" says Ben as red solar energy appears on the tips of his finger pistols.
Ben aims at the demons and shoots them one by one with precise aiming. The solar energy bullets hit the demons and explode upon contact. The explosions are quite big and strong, enough to destroy the demons.
It takes him 6 minutes to kill the remaining demons. He can do it faster if not for Hades' interruption using Chain Magic and the attacks if the demons. Now, there are only Ben & Hades, just like how it started.
Ben looks at Hades and grins, "Your magic power doesn't reduce at all. It seems you have a secret, something that gives you a supply of magic power."
Hades smirks and thinks, 'What a sharp sense.'
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