Inside a large wooden house, the rough breathing of a demon resounded, plaguing the broken place to an unnerving silence.
The place was devastated and destroyed, on the floor were remains of ruined furniture beyond recognition. In the air was the revolting smell of rotting corpses behind the demon.
The demon inside was large, it stood still on the room as the veins of it's toned body pulsated. It's hands held a large stone pillar, if one looked close enough, they would see the edges of the pillar had splattered dry blood.
It turned around, making its front body known. It's body was scarlet in color. On it's face was a single large eye that observed the surroundings. It stared at the door, wariness reflected in it's pupils as it sensed movement behind it.
Behind the door, a blonde man calmly stood still as he peeked at the small hole in the house. A Cyclops, an ogre turned demon, a demon who specializes in physical prowess. This was the same as usual, getting closer meant death.
Close combat was his disadvantage and long distance was his forte. It would change in the future, but right now it was his only strategem.
"One..."
Rio muttered as he looked at the silver wand that his hand held, he grasped it tightly as he prepared himself. He had already thought of a plan when he was walking towards the village, it was time to execute it.
"Two..."
"Thre—"
Bam!
A large stone pillar suddenly shattered the walls as the house broke down in the sheer force of the attack, smoke engulfed the area as the silhoutte of the demon appeared.
"Cough, cough!" Rio coughed as he rolled away from the sudden attack. He almost had no time to react. He quickly stood up as he turned his back to look at the smoke that engulfed the area.
A large demonic figure slowly walked over the smoke, it's silhoutte became brighter and brighter, making it's terrific body more visible.
"«Agilao»." Rio, without waiting for the demon to appear, raised his hand as he pointed the silver wand to the silhoutte. In that instant, a medium sized fire conjured in mid air as it shot towards the demon.
"Graaa!!" The Cylops howled as it swung the stone pillar to the approaching flames. The stone pillar clashed with fire mid aire, dissapitating it
"So it's body is that fast.." Rio observed as he ran to a distance while his eyes were focused on the Cyclops. Slow skills were useless, he needed to use faster one's. Wind was an option, but it was far too weak. It would take a day to kill something like a Cyclops with just wind skills.
«Psyche Bolt» would be a good skill to use, but unfortunately it wouldn't be able to do anything. The essence of «Psyche Bolt» was to damage and target the mind, however a demon's mind was different from a human's.
A demon's mind is inherently chaotic and messy, It was filled with psychotic thoughts that pushes the demons to insanity making them crave for blood and despair. Making their mind more chaotic wouldn't change a single thing.
If that's the case...
"«Angel's Thread»." Rio muttered as he whirled the silver wand in his hand. It was a synchronized skill he had made during the weekend, It was time to see how it would fair againts a demon.
Woosh!
At the tip of the wand, a bright and lustrious rope suddenly appeared as it shot towards the Cyclops.
"Gruu..." The Cyclops grunted as it held the stone pillar with it's two hands. It didn't know why but it felt a tinge of danger at the bright rope that was flying towards it. The power within the rope scared it.
"There!" Rio shouted from a distance as he suddenly moved his hands to the left.
"Grwa!" The Cyclops growled as it swung the stone pillar intending to hit the flying rope mid air, however just as the stone pillar was going to smash the rope to pieces, the bright lustrious rope suddenly twisted and turned left.
Woosh!
"Encircle, and tighten it..." Rio muttered as he moved his hands while his eyes kept a close eye on the Cyclops.
The bright lustrious rope aligned with his hand movements and shot to the back of the Cyclops, encircling it's body as it tightened. It was like a serpent made of light.
"GRWAAAHHHH!" The Cyclops gnashed it's teeth as it felt pain from the bright rope that constrained its body. It had been a long time since it felt pain, and this pain differed from the pain he usually felt.
The bright rope inflicted pain that burned his entire body, not the instanenous pain, but the slow one like a lethal poison that inflicted torture to it's skin. The power was foreign in nature, it was like his entire being rejected the power of the rope. Despised and hated it. Both were incompatible like fire and water.
"The Holy Church truly is the forefront power againts the demons..." Rio commented as he watched the Cyclops suffer slowly. The skill he used originated from the Holy Church, It was a skill only distributed among their ranks.
He expected it to be useful, but not that useful. If only he had more skills that originated from the Holy Church. However, that was impossible, the Holy Church was a private organization. The organization itself was very tight-lipped about it's inner affairs, in fact, there were only few known things about them in the novel.
Even if he did get those skills in question, he wouldn't be able to use them anyways. The Holy Church's skills were mostly [Occultist] skills that required faith as medium.
"Arghhh!!!" The Cyclops suddenly screamed, it's hands struggling to break free as it's hulking body slightly tore the bright rope.
Rio snapped out of his thoughts as he shook his head. This wasn't the time to lose focus and concentration. He had to kill the Cyclops first.
He stared at the struggling Cyclops from the distance. It was tough. He had no skills that could instantly kill it, he had to wear it down. What's the best skill he had that could do that?
None, the few synchronized skills he had focused more on versatility and attacking humans. He only had a week of time synchronizing so he focused on the skills he needed the most.
However, while there was no synchronized skill that could kill the demon. There was a skill that had the ability to do so. The only problem was it's too risky, and also he had no experience on using it.
It was a foreign skill, a completely different system of magic. It also needed time to conjure but when give enough time, it was worth it. The skill even had the ability to kill the demon immediately. It was a risky venture, but it's the only skill he could use that can kill the hulking demon.
Rio took a step back as he whirled the silver wand in his hands. Accessing magic in the body. Dictating the magic. Redirecting the flow. Altering reality. Natura, alfina.
"Elés fore..." Rio muttered as he closed his eyes, chanting an unknown language. There were often some special skills that needed chanting, and those special skills were usually skills that originated from the elves.
"Halim gotria..." Rio continued as the power gathered in the silver wand. Elves magic centered around using nature as their medium. The power they unleash were directly supported by their surroundings.
Rip!
"Raa...!!" The Cyclops shouted as it's body broke free from the constraints of the rope. It stared at the human from the distance in anger. Using it's strong muscles, it grabbed the stone pillar as it ran towards the human.
"Glargha! Graghhh!" The Cyclops panted as It blitz towards the human, every second that passes it gets closer and closer. It's footsteps getting louder and louder. It's hands grasped the stone pillar tightly, preparing to swing it.
"Alás entre;" Rio said as he paused. He opened his eyes, ignoring the sounds of the closing steps of the approaching demon. He stared at the silver wand, on it's tip was a large amount of concentrated power.
Somehow, even with the large concentrated amount of power Rio felt it was not enough. The power was still lacking, at best the only thing It could do was heavily injure the demon. However, that was enough.
Rio grasped the wand tightly as the Cyclops got closer and closer in each second. He had to time it right or else the skill's damage wouldn't be maximized.
Rio intently focused on his senses as he closed his eyes, concentrating on the approaching demon.
Closer.
A little more.
There!
"..Elva Natura!" Rio shouted as he swung the silver wand. The power concentrated sharpened as it shot towards Cyclops. All elements in the surrounding converged, turning into a bright and sharp beam that instany travelled to the demon.
"Argh—" The Cyclops shouted in panic as a beam suddenly sppeared in front of it's body. It's entire being shivered from the danger it felt. It tried to react however the beam exploded before it could even move.
The village was suddenly engulfed with a bright light that was like sore thumb to the dark world.