PHANTASOS'S(COREY) POV:-
After the explosion the surrounding turned dark and fights broke out everywhere.
'Devils,' I mumble slightly panicking.
The last time we met devils wasn't really a good experience.
I start running back to the inn where we were staying.
'Let's catch up with Miss Lucy and Icelos to decide our next move from there,'
As I was running towards miss Lucy, I felt someone running towards me.
'Someone is there.'
I use my [Nature's Sense] to scan the area and find a devil hiding and running through the battlefield.
'Why is he hiding? Wait, that's!' I exclaim as I observe him closely.
He is carrying someone on his shoulder. On closer look, she matches the description of the Elven Princess...almost.
She looks like a sack of bone right now. My eyes turn furious as I look at him.
'These devils, how can they be this cruel?' My anger slowly takes over me.
"Can you stop hiding and running while carrying a princess like a sack?" I ask the devil with a serious expression.
The more I look at the Princess, the more my head throbs with anger.
'What if it had been mother? Or Anna? Or Amanda?'
Those thoughts start consuming my mind.
I channel mana into the floor and roots start growing all around me.
He stops as he looks at me then starts running in my direction.
"Children shouldn't poke their noses in adults' business," he speaks with a smile on his face as he attacks me.
His smile makes me even more irritated.
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I jump left leaving a clone behind that gets punched and destroyed into woods.
Spores blast out of the clone as it is destroyed.
The roots in the area start binding the devil but he easily breaks free.
'He is strong but...'
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"[Wood Arts: Devouring Hallows]" I chant and 30 dark wooden branches start coming out of the floor and attack the devil from all sides.
The devils start circling around dodging the attacks.
He dodges each attack skillfully and reaches closer to me.
"Naive," he speaks with a grin on his face.
His arm almost reaches my face.
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A smile forms on my face,
"[Invert: Burn]" I chant a high-level spell, and the spores that entered into his body when he destroyed my clone, starts burning him from the inside.
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"Aaaaa...I WILL KILL YOU," the devil shouts as he is burning but...
'The spores didn't penetrate that deep, huh,'
Only his skin is burning.
I kick him away creating a distance between us.
He throws the princess away and runs toward me with madness in his eyes.
'Looks like it wasn't enough.'
"[Wood Arts: Shallow forest]" I speak as I leave a clone behind at my original position and create a forest in an area of 100metres around me.
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"[Devil Stance: Chameleon]" he chants a spell and turns invisible.
I use one of the branches to grab and hide the princess.
I start moving outside the forest.
The devil completely erases his presence.
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My clone is destroyed.
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The forest is being destroyed.
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The forest is destroyed completely.
His presence comes back.
He sensed me and started moving towards me.
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As he was about to reach me,
-Boom
Someone kicks the devil back.
"Looks like you might need some help brother," Chase speaks as he enters the battle.
He looks at the devil with a serious expression as he points his sword at the devil.
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The devil gets up and starts shouting.
He then looks at Chase and jumps at him.
Chase blocks his attack but it looks like he is hurt in doing so.
His arms have blood on them.
'[Heal]' I instantly heal him.
I then focus on healing both him and the Princess.
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I start healing the Princess, also buffing up my brother.
Chase is on a defensive stance.
He looks like he is having difficulty parrying the devil.
As the fight is progressing, they are getting closer to us.
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The distance has decreased considerably.
'Just hold on for a few more minutes, Chase.' I mumble in low voice as I heal the Princess.
And then...
"[First Circle Open]," Chants Chase as he opens the first circle at his back.
'This idiot! it's not for fighting,' I mumble.
'That's not how I want you to create time, you moron' I mumble irritatingly.
Even though I fully understand that he has no choice but to do it.
'But still...'
Light asked us to use it specifically for running away.
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Their powers are almost equal right now.
'He needs one more push, huh,'
The devil must be shocked right now.
'Anyone would be shocked if their enemy had a sudden power surge out of nowhere,'
I put my focus on healing the Princess.
'Sorry but we need all the help we can,' I mumble as I look at the Princess.
Looks like she will have to fight with us too.
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Some colour starts returning to her face.
She opens her eyes and looks at the battle.
"Please help us or we all will die," I urge her to help us.
Even if she is not in a condition to fight, she needs to do it.
She looks at me then slowly sits up by herself.
Her eyes are tired.
She points her hand towards Chase.
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"[Flowers of Wisdom:...
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...Spores of Decay: Heal my...
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...Friends: Burn else in the fray...
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...: Blossoming decay]" She chants a spell.
Starting from our location to the fighting area flowers starts blooming all around.
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Chase's speed increases more and my mana is also slightly increasing.
Even the devil is on a debuff now.
This puts us at slight advantage.
'Her mana isn't just for show, huh,' I am genuinely surprised by her mana capacity.
I look at the battle again,
Chase's power is slowly depleting.
'Looks like I don't have any other choice,'
"Sigh...[First circle Open]," I open my first circle too.
Mana bursts into my body.
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Princess looks like she is a bit shocked.
A small smile forms on my face as I look at her.
'Cute,'
I look at the devil again.
"[Wooden Arts: Deep Rainforest]," I chant a spell and turn 1km around me into a forest.
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I saw a glimpse of something getting closer to Chase.
A new devil is entering the fight but...
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He is burnt in a purple fire.
'Miss Lucy,' I sigh in relief at our saviour.
'I'll make sure to buy you some sweets after this is over.'
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I concentrate at the devil.
'[Wither and Decay]'
I support Chase with an all-out attack.
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The devil starts getting trapped into the forest.
Chase is using his sword to cut him left and right.
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Soon
The devil dies with a shock on his face as Chase deals the finishing blow.
But...
Another devil came in front of us...
A female devil with a scythe in her hand.
Lucy is shocked to see her.
"I am here only for the Elf Princess, everyone else leave," she speaks in a robotic voice as she throws someone's head in front of Chase.
It is Zwain's head.