" What did you say?" Abaddon paused in his stride as he turned to look at the puny low rank demon who was daring enough to glare at him. He turned on his heels and then glared at the demon who was daring enough to look him in the eyes and scoffed haughtily, " Did you just talk to me, you pest?"
Damien gritted his teeth, fine he was a pest. He was weak and maybe he was annoying to his demon but he didn't ask to be brought here all right? He has been trying to stay cordial and trying to tolerate these demon's antics but now it was getting too freaking crazy.
All of a sudden he was dragged to this world all because of his heartless parents who would rather have the money than their son and then he was pushed to become the groom of a demon female he met when he was like ten. He didn't even remember her!
Those two he can handle given that they had his life in their hands but now the water was rising way above his head all right!
" Yes, I did!" Damien narrowed his eyes as he looked straight at Abaddon. " So, what if I am a pest? In your eyes, I might be just a weak hu…weak low rank demon but guess who bagged the woman that you desire? That's right it's me. So if you call me a loserthenn what are you huh?"
He instantly knew that he has gone too far when Abaddon raised his hand with eyes brimming with anger but boy did that feel good.
" You bastard!" Abaddon clenched his fists and aimed them at Damien's face but the latter deflected it with ease. Having lived with a bunch of mobsters for six months he was used to such moves that were used in street fights.
When he deflected Abaddon's fist, the latter raised his hand again and aimed for his abdomen but maybe it was because he was a young master who wasn't used to fighting with his hands but Damien was able to defend against his fists with ease.
Abaddon must have sensed this as well because after missing his second hit, he didn't rush to punch Damien instead he raised his hand and took off the white glove that he was wearing in his hand and threw it at Damien. " Because of you, my beautiful lady Sierra has been tainted. So I will make sure to put you in your place for the sake of washing away that stain clinging to Lady Sierra! I challenge you to a duel, you lowly demon!"
Damien didn't even get a chance to say anything as the patrolling teacher rushed towards them, he was hoping for the teacher to call off whatever bullshit Abaddon was sprouting but instead, he heard the teacher raise his hand and say, " Abaddon Bell, level two demon challenges Damien Vivi, a demon of unidentified rank for a duel! Whoever loses the duel will have to submit to the winner and in case of defeat their ranks will be lowered!"
As the teacher spoke, the crowd broke into roars and then Damien felt the entire space quiver as the ground slumped and then rose in the air. A fighting ring enclosed between a circular building with seating arrangements appeared.
" What is going on?" Was there something that Sierra didn't tell him about?
" Hah? You don't even know what a demon duel is?" Abaddon pushed his hair back as the girls around them broke into cheers. "It's just as I expected you are not worthy of lady Sierra. But do not fear, I am a fair demon … " he paused as if realising the irony of his sentence and then shrugged. " I mean as fair as a demon can be, I will explain the rules of this duel to you. Demons survive on a simple rule and that is —— if it's not the strongest demon then they will not survive. That is the same case in this academy, demons rise in ranks through academics and finishing tasks but at the same time there is one more way to raise their ranks and that is by duelling. Of course, if the one who pushes forth a duel loses he will drop in ranks but …" he lit his fingers with fire and narrowed his gaze as he snickered. " I don't think that I will have to worry about that with you…so now before everyone's eyes prove that you are worthy of lady Sierra. Show me what you got!"
With that, he aimed the five ropes of fire towards Damien whose eyes widened.
…
" This is a really interesting match, I will have to say!"
" Guess who will die?"
" I bet it is the low-ranking one!"
" Of course," said a demon as he peered at the fighting ring that has been magically formed. " There is no way Abaddon would not be living up to the legacy of the Bell family."
The crowd watched as Damien dodged the attacks that were aimed at him and jeered.
" This low-rank demon that Lady Sierra fancies is really weak, see how he is being cornered by Abaddon. He is not even getting a place to hide!"
" Haha, Abaddon challenged the low rank to show everyone who is the boss here! I bet the low-rank demon will surely run away from the academy with his tail between his legs."
" That's true but…" a female demon pointed at Damien who was dodging Abaddon's attack with ease and said, " Don't you think that the low-rank demon is taking master Abaddon lightly, he hasn't attacked him at all and is simply dodging."
Only then did the crowd turn to look at Damien who was escaping Abaddon's attacks with ease.
" Is he ..is he preparing for some sort of master stroke?" asked a demon as the entire crowd fell silent.
Damien was indeed planning a masterstroke, he could feel the difference in the strengths between the two of them, and he knew that if he was to drag this any longer, he will be the one on the losing end. So, he kept an eye on Abaddon, he has worked with all sorts of people and one of them included a mafia Godfather who taught Damien to aim for the weakness of his opponent.
After careful observation, Damien realised Abaddon's weakness. The man was slow when it came to close-range attacks, what was more there was a lapse of a few seconds before he could summon another big attack!!
With that in his mind, Damien's mind raced and then he waited for Abaddon to attack him again and then instead of dodging, he charged at the demon after he missed his latest attack that he aimed at Damien. Taking advantage of the small lapse when Abaddon was summoning more fire, Damien whipped past him and then came to rest behind him.
" I only got this one chance," he murmured as he placed his arms around Abaddon's waist and then lifted him high in the air.
" What are you——" Abaddon was so surprised by such a move that he forgot to attack but then pain shot through his crotch when Damien smashed Abaddon on the ground and his words were caught in his throat!