Two Minutes before Mute and Toji began their battle. Megumi and Maki could be seen running next to each other, they were running through a building for they reached a flight of stairs and quickly went down it. Talking to each other.
" Hey? Did you feel that amount of cursed energy? "
" Of course, I did, that fight between Yuta, Yuki, and Mute must finally be wrapping up. "
Said Megumi, responding to Maki, Maki just nodded her head, before sighing extremely loudly and speaking in a slightly agitated voice.
" I still don't understand why. Mai went with Mute. I know he did something, Mai wouldn't just up and leave like that. And besides- "
" Hey! Stay focused, something is ahead of us. "
Said Megumi cutting Maki off, as they took the final step, entering into a skybridge. Maki glanced around confused, before Megumi suddenly brought his hands together in the shape of a wolf, and instantly a divine dog appeared next to Megumi, before it rushed towards a pillar, hiding behind this said pillar was Dagon.
Who let out a shriek as the divine dog pounced onto top of him, gruesomely biting Dagon's face. Maki and Megumi watched as this divine ruthlessly bit onto Dagon's face as he let out cries of misery, Megumi glanced over at Maki before speaking.
" My bad. I figured this curse would be stronger. "
"You're good I shouldn't have gotten distracted like that anyways- "
Before Maki could finish her sentence, in the blink of an eye, a headless divine dog flew between Maki and Megumi slamming into the stairs behind them, with such force that blood spewed everywhere. Startled, Maki and Megumi instantly snapped their heads back forward, before they glanced up. Seeing Dagon in his new form, furiously glaring down at them, while floating.
" Shit! He was just a cursed womb. Maki gets ready, he's easily special grade. "
As soon as Megumi said this, a colossal surge of water shot out of Dagon's hands engulfing the sky bridge. A monstrous wave surged towards Maki and Megumi who stared at it in shock. Megumi reacted quickly, slamming his hands together, summoning Nue to swoop down, grabbing onto Maki and Megumi before swiftly carrying them into the air, just in time to dodge the massive wave.
Megumi stared down at the water-filled room before he looked forward seeing Dagon staring at them while floating motionlessly in the air. Megumi quickly, made Nue fly down, dropping Maki and him onto the soaked ground before Megumi whispered into Maki's ear, telling her a plan.
" You fend off Dagon in close range, and I'll use his water against him, using Nue's electricity. "
" I don't know, he's probably- "
Before Maki and Megumi could finish figuring out their plan, a massive wave of cursed energy swept through the bridge engulfing Maki and Megumi's bodies. They looked up at Dagon before he spoke in an annoyed voice.
" Domain Expansion: Horizon of the Captivating Skandha "
Instantly, Megumi and Maki were transported to a sunny beach, they glanced around confused until Dagon spoke while walking out of the ocean.
" You insulted me. Sicking that mutt on me, instead of fighting me yourself. For that act, it'll be your life. "
Before Maki and Megumi could react, fish materialized next to them, striking their bodies, causing blood to spew out of their wounds. Megumi let out a grunt of pain before he brought his hands together and started to ponder. If Megumi could create a hole in this domain, they would be able to escape. However, the biggest if. Was if Dagon would give them a chance to escape using the hole.
For the time being, hundreds of cursed fish attacked Megumi and Maki's bodies causing blood to spew out their bodies as hundreds of deep cuts covered their flesh. Megumi brought his hands together and was about to use domain expansion until suddenly a massive hole appeared in the side of the domain. As a figure flew through the air before slamming into a nearby lounge chair.
Mute pushed off the lounge chair, before he glanced at Dagon who was staring at him confused until Mute suddenly shouted.
" Dagon! On your right! "
Dagon glanced to the right before a powerful fist slammed into his face sending him hurling down into the ocean causing a massive explosion of water. Toji floated in the air rapidly descending until he glanced over at the blood-covered Maki holding onto the cursed tool " Playful Cloud" Instantly his body flickered, reappearing and grabbing onto Maki's weapon. Maki's grip couldn't withstand Toji's strength, the tool was yanked out of her hand before he dashed back gaining distance away from everyone.
He came to a stop with his feet buried in the sand, he glanced around looking around at the new opponents before he looked at Mute and murmured.
" Looks like he's still the strongest, it's him or the octopus. "
As Toji observed, Dagon appeared next to Mute. Mute glanced at Dagon before he asked a question.
" Sorry, for crashing into the middle of your fight, but who caused you to use your domain expansion? "
" No one, I was just annoyed that is all. But what happened to the plan of you guarding the edge of Shibuya from strong sorcerers? "
" Yuki is dead. And Yuta has fled Shibuya with a man named Hakari. And whoever the hell he is, attacked me. So I've been battling him for a minute or two. "
" That explains why your amount of cursed energy is so low. Can you use domain expansion?"
" No. I only have 12% of my cursed energy remaining, and just a warning. That man over there might not have cursed energy but his physical prowess is quite frantically overwhelming. And do you remember what I told you about Maki? "
" Of course, I do. "
Said Dagon, on the other side of the domain, several feet away from Toji, Mute, and Dagon. Megumi and Maki could be seen standing next to each other. Maki twisted her wrist still in awe at Toji's power. Megumi glanced over at Maki before he spoke.
" They know each other? And who the hell is that? "
" Does it matter? But the burly one, physical strength is far superior to mine. "
Responded Maki, she locked eyes with Toji before she murmured just audible enough for Megumi to hear.
" Looks like this is going to be one big ass fight, between three parties. But luckily it seems that whoever the hell that is, is not on the side of Mute. But this also brings up a problem, if Mute is here. Then there's a solid chance that Yuki and Yuta were killed. "
" Yeah, that's already crossed my mind, there's nothing we can do about it, let's just hope Shoko gets to them. "
Right when Megumi said this, Dagon suddenly floated in the air hovering high above everyone else, everyone looked up at Dagon as his body covered the bright sunny sun casting a massive shadow on the beach, before he screamed out.
" It doesn't matter what you try, you impudent gnats will all die the same. "
This simple sentence marked the beginning of the battle. Mute appeared next to Toji throwing a kick that Toji blocked using both of his hands. Toji and Mute grinned at each other, as Maki rushed past them heading towards Dagon who was getting ready to activate his sure hit effect.
Maki leaped into the air, hurling towards Dagon, before Dagon clapped his hands together activating his technique. Near instantly, fish materialized around Maki slicing her skin. However, this pain didn't stop Maki, who threw a kick that slammed into Dagon's forearm and propelled him back to the ground.
Dagon violently landed on the beach on his feet, making sand erupt out into the air from the landing. Dagon let out a grunt as he waved his hands making a massive fish shoot out of the ocean hurling towards Maki. Maki stared at the incoming fish shocked, but the enormous fish didn't try to bite Maki. Instead, it slammed its gigantic scaly body into Maki causing her to violently crash towards the ground.
The impact caused Maki's body to bounce off the sand, she floated in the air disoriented before Dagon slammed his foot leg into Maki's side propelling her across the beach, rolling uncontrollably. Maki rolled past Mute, who ducked and weaved Toji who swung the nunchucks elegantly.
The red chuck narrowly missed Mute chin, before Mute slammed an overhand into Toji's chin making him stumble back, Toji regained his balance before he dashed back while grinding the nunchucks together making a deafening shriek ripple out. The shriek was so loud, that it made it sound like the air itself was screaming for mercy.
As sparks flew out from Toji grinding the nunchucks together, Maki gingerly stood back up, and wiped dry blood off her face. She shook her head trying to dull the pain, before she smirked and spoke, watching Dagon slowly approach her.
" Hey Octo-bitch, is that all you got?! "
Yelled Maki slamming a potent punch into Dagon's face, making a small shockwave ripple out from the attack. However, the punch didn't make Dagon take a single step back instead, Dagon let out a high-pitched laugh and spoke while shaking his head.
" You talk big for being the weakest one here. "
Dagon reached out snagging onto Maki's neck and lifting her off her feet, slowly choking the life out of her. Right when Maki's eyes stopped showing signs of life. Nue slammed into Dagon's body sending him flying back. Maki dropped to her knees gasping for air, as she rubbed her bruised neck.
Megumi quickly sprinted over towards Maki and spoke.
" Hey! Are you alright? "
" I'm fine. But where the hell were you? "
" I was trying to figure out why that cursed spirit wasn't using his sure hit effect, he used it on you during the beginning of your exchange but he hasn't used it since. "
" Well? What's the reason? "
" He's been focusing his effect on that man over there but for some reason, it seems to not be working. I'm guessing, Mute and that spirit's plan was to kill him. And then turn around and kill us. But it seems their strategy has failed. "
Said Megumi watching Toji and Mute exchange a volley of blows, but his attention was soon drawn back to Dagon who was walking towards Megumi clearly angry. Dagon let out an audible scoff before he yelled out to Mute.
" My sure hit effect isn't working on him, so forget about conserving your energy. You'll need to use everything to kill him. I'll handle these two, splitting my effect 90/10! "
As soon as Dagon yelled this, fish materialized next to Megumi and Maki slicing their skin open, Megumi was getting overwhelmed, as thousands of fish sliced across his body making him grit his teeth in pain, unable to withstand the barrage. Megumi quickly brought his hands together and chanted.
" Domain Expansion: Chimera Shadow Garden "
Immediately, a black oozy circle appeared underneath Megumi's feet. Dagon's eyes widened in surprise until he grunted annoyed, and dashed towards Megumi but before he could reach him, Maki cut him off throwing a kick that collided with Dagon's stomach. With Megumi using his domain expansion, it created a hole in Dagon's domain, basically removing Dagon's sure hit effect.
Dagon wants to swiftly kill Megumi to regain his sure hit effect, but with Maki keeping him at bay, there's only one person able to defeat Megumi. As Megumi glared forward at Dagon unbeknownst to him, Mute suddenly materialized behind him, throwing a powerful kick at the back of Megumi's head.
The kick sailed through the air, approaching Megumi's neck rapidly before it was abruptly intercepted by Toji. Who dashed in the way crossing his sharp nunchucks, blocking the powerful kick. Toji grinned at Mute before he asked a question.
" Why didn't you just shrink the distance between your foot and that kid's head? Don't tell me you're almost completely out of curse energy. "
" Tsk, don't act like a mastermind, didn't you just hear Dagon scream out, saying for me to stop conserving my energy? "
" I guess that's true, the octopus did say that. But did he also yell out? That you're protecting that girl over there? "
As soon as Toji said this, his body vanished, reappearing directly next to Maki shocking her. Maki watched as Toji violently slashed his sharp nunchuck at her until suddenly Mute teleported in front of Maki, letting the nunchuck pierce his shoulder.
Blood poured down Mute's shoulder as he grabbed onto the nunchuck and slowly pulled it out. Toji grinned and spoke
" Don't panic too much, you'll be joining me, when I return to death. "
" Tch, you'll be going back, alone. "...