At the very boundary or edge of the defoliated area at the very top floor, a motionless Ramiel was lying on the cold cracked marble tiles, and even from a distance, Ya Zuo and Ms Lin could see a summoning circle painted on the ground, and a man stood a few feet away holding something they felt was filled with dark malice, so they started to circle him.
October 12, 4:05 pm
With each step they took, they were watching him like tigers encircling prey, the man was wearing a military design hooded jacket, and he was carrying the same assault rifle that those already dead mercenaries were equipped with, he just stood still looking down and mumbling something repeatedly but he was too far to understand, Ms Lin while staring at her target she took out two throwings knife from her back pocket, the man suddenly raised his head and began to move unnaturally, his voice became louder and clearer, the two finally understood what the man was saying, they were both at a striking distance when he just opens his hand and let the key drop on the floor that was soaked in his blood hits the floor,
the moment the key lay on the floor it starts to disintegrate into fine metallic dust as sparks from the dust started to generate, Ms Lin gazed at Ramiels body for a second when the man dashed toward her pointing his rifle and opened fire with no hesitation, she threw the two knives as it hits the incoming bullets giving her half a second to defend herself as the man emptied his M4-WAC-47 assault rifles magazine,
Ms Ln was being bombarded with bullets but she deflect all of them, as the man walked forward with the intention of killing her within time before he ran out of bullets and reload, Ya Zuo was about to help Ms Lin on the opposite side, as he turned his body toward her the moment he was her eyes he understood what he needs to do, Ya Zuo lowered his body while in full running speed toward Ramiel.
3 feet from Ramiel's left side, a 2-meter diameter gate opened, and then something suddenly emerged and attacked Ya Zuo. throwing him toward one of the eight rundown pillars smashing to beak in half and falling down the floor, as he pierced the wall and fall outside the building and fall from the top floor landing on the concrete street pavement.
October 12, 4:09 pm
Ms Lin saw her partner smash and fell off the building toward the street, as she continued to swing her short sword to block the bullets, the clicking sound came from the man's assault rifle as it no longer has ammunition, with this he released the magazine and took out a new cartridge, Ms Lin sprints toward to stabs the man multiple times, but to her surprise, he was able to use his gun to shield his body from her sword fetal thrust, seeing this she changes her pattern and combines her attack with a hook kick she was able to hit the man's head he twists and his body following the Inertia of her kick and finally stop when he got pummeled and fell on the floor.
October 12, 4:11 pm
as soon as the man fell Ms Lin ran toward Ramiel and was able to grab his arm and move his body out of the summoning circle, Ya Zuo stood up from the attack like it was nothing, dusted his clothes and then threw both of his blade axes on both sides in a curve trajectory at his attacker behind a broken car the was left to rust a meter from the gold meadow building, but the blade axe got deflected as Cambions scout came out from its hiding place and directly stared at Ya Zuo seeing this made Ya Zuo blood boil in mixed emotions of anger and excitement,
meanwhile, 6 Haxil Beasts crawled out of the same dimensional gate Ms Lin hug Ramiel in her arms while dragging him into the corner where half of the upper wall was gone and you can see the street down below as she continues to point her sword forward at the Haxil Beasts saw them as they cross over from their world.
The cambions scout spoke in demon tongue, commanding the attack to proceed as the 6 Haxil Beasts heard this they began to move, when the man who opened the gateway finally gain consciousness he scream calling out Amelias' name in vain, one of the Haxil Beasts who was near the man pulled out its sword and aimed at the man's head, the man laughs so hard the Haxil Beasts didn't expect what he planned, so he activated the summoning circle and look into the Haxil Beasts and mention releasing them into this world was not part of the plan, something made him do it...but opening this summoning was the plan.
With the summoning circle open, countless tentacles as thick as oak tree branches emerged from the summoning circle and attacked anything that moved, including the 6 Haxil Beasts. This took the demons by surprise, as the Akkorokamui monster grabbed and attacked them, diverting their attention to the hungry Akkorokamui as they abandoned their first target, the man press something on the floor then a small explosion occurred under him, and the floor area that he was standing on crumble away making a hole big enough for him to escape.
After finding out who the man was, Ms Lin realized he was Samuel Garcia Amelia's ex-husband. So many things were happening all at the same time, Ya Zuo was already facing off with the Cambions scout and from what she could hear the demon was having difficulty gaining the upper hand and its expression showed frustration.
Ms Lin stood guard as the Akkorokamui is known as a gluttonous monster but blind and smelling as its primary way of identifying its meal, and it has the characteristics of having a woman's upper body as a lure for human sea travellers and uses its tentacles to capture its pray but the manner of the way it eats was disturbing because its mouth is located on the female lure belly as it can expand with rows of serrated teeth,
as Akkorokamui continue to strangle and ripped the Haxil limb from limb before consuming it in its mouth it ingested the severed body parts, and the last remaining Haxil felt pain as it was cut in half and its lower half was eaten and chewed, the upper body was still alive it screamed and roar as it slowly bleeds out.
sounds of clashing metal could still be heard when a Haxil flesh hits Cambions scout's face, as it falls from above making the lesser demon mad but wasn't able to do anything while in the middle of a fight with a formidable enemy because the Akkorokamui was still hungry and still in a feeding frenzy, Ms Lin knew the only way to kill the Akkorokamui was to destroy its core but she was protecting Ramiels Body at the same time cutting any tentacles that get too close to them.
October 12, 4:15 pm
sadly Ya Zuo was overwhelmed and became too submerged in his fight with the Cambions demon and forgot their real goal as their battle wages on Ms Lin was already getting tired of defending as the Akkorokamui body can regenerate, so the creatures attack was relentless as each swing of her short sword becomes heavier and slower soon fatigue and lack of rest was taking a huge toll on her body, suddenly it was about to grab her the Akkorokamui movement just stop and was no longer moving as if time stops to save them, she fell down on her knees but the grip on her weapon was still there her eyes she was slowly giving in to her tired body until she saw grandma Mao walked toward her location and told her,
"child we have been watching both and carrying all this burden is a grave mistake and now you have personally faced and learned from!"
"but do not worry, nobody is immune to this, because I too have my fair share of guilt."
then grandpa tang and Zixuan Xú suddenly appeared and each of them took the unconscious Ramiel and exhausted Lin. the Akkorokamui was trying to break the tread that stop its movement, as grandma, Mao stood in the front now facing the monster's growling mouth and with a flick of her index finger, thin lines became visible to the naked human eye and in a heartbeat, everything on the 6 floors, even concrete, wood, steel get slice into tiny bits.
Ya Zuo was unaware of the things that just occurred on the 6 floors, he has even forgotten how many attacks he made, he could see that the demon was out of breath and he can also see its hand were already shaking, with a smile on his face Ya Zuo knew it was his victory he ran toward the enemy seeing a counter from the demon he jumps over his enemy's head and landed at its back with a clear and open path to his victory when everything went wrong as he just lost energy and was helpless to do anything, the demon saw this and took advantage of this opportunity, Ya Zuo could already feel the cold sharp blade of his enemy touching his skin, he could only close his eyes and accept his fate.
like any battle, this mistake could have been avoided, blood flowed from its body as its head rolled clean off. Ya Zuo saw that his enemy was the one who fell dead, Mrs. Sersi was already talking to Gua Yu with Hao-Yu when he realize he was saved, feeling ashamed he remain in a kneeling position, Mrs. Sersi walked toward Ya Zuo and tap his shoulders and said
"Now you know how important to focus on the task at hand and not waste time flexing your skill to the enemy''
" remember killing your enemy must be swift and sharp!"
Hao-Yu grab Ya Zuo by the arm and help him to stand and aid him to walk, he asks Hao-Yu what happened to him, it was a sure win but how come he lost, Hao-Yu explained that is because of the accumulated fatigue in his body, there are many unpredictable scenarios that could happen during a fight so you should conserve your energy and always plan your attacks and it must be precise and balance on both defence and attack and never get carried away with the battle fever just like he did now because his mind and body still lack experience but these things can easily be corrected and even before Ya Zuo could ask Mrs Sersi was a few steps from them told him that Ms Lin and Ramiel and currently on the way to the hospital.