Its seemed that the lord was finally finished, and Anna tried to make a sigh of relief, but Ina urgently shout at her: "Electric princess!! Don't let you guard down!!"
There was this unknown howl, that was coming from the pieces of demon lord remains. Soon an unnatural tornado occurred on the castle perimeter. It was not wind or dust that was flying around, but a pieces of flesh, that totally belonged to the demon's spawn's army. Those all were flying from all directions, toward the center of main action. It was obvious that the last lighting strike from matriarch, spread a shock like echo through entire population of the present demon tribe. That second, two, or three of hesitation on the swarm side, (plus lighting and thunder) acted for the coalition like a signal from leader to its soldiers, to finish off the enemies.
And they won. On all battle sites, the coalition pushed forward, putting out finishing moves to end the battles in that exact moment. One can though that somehow,-- or by some influence as if someone tell them: what to do, as if there was some plan to follow (But Bumblebee [Mental-Out] was across the bridge, to far in the city to act here. Then who orchestrated this?). It almost looked like the members of coalition... maybe,-- were stalling the battles for some reason.
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Anyway… The table of battlefield shall be cleared. All demons and spawn-lings shall be dead, and swarm shall be destroyed. But right now those parts was collecting on the center of all action. Of course some pieces was relative fine. Some were just goo at this point. Other were more a charcoal that a mass of flesh. There was even those who were on fire and some pieces were intercepted by some member of coalition in order to destroy them. That mostly applied on the body parts that was coming from the city where the demon lord reinforces called from outside regions were ambushed.
But the main cast (Accelerator, Sparkle, Dragonblood and Ina) just watched at the main scene.
The tornado, no the twister pull all that fragments into the pool of flesh goo, that was left from the demon lord. Soon as all of them were down, there was this echo of hart beat 'ba-dum' that come from it. That thing swell in five places,-- sucking up the poll mass... And five figures/ characters raised up...
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On start of this night battle, there was just one cruel and lunatic matriarch. Then there was this demon lord instead that vampire. At one point he revealed his swarm. He even pulled out another surprise from the hat, when another lord type hatched from the other matriarch. His second swarm was intercept by a armada of the third matriarch. And now, the difficulty raised even more: One can speculate, that during a fighting: both participated sides gather the XP [experience points] from the fight. But if one side are just proxy, that will return to the source because it was a detached part from the host,-- or become part of the host. Then the XP from proxy shall add to the host XP. And if this was used in right moment, to trigger the level up evolution?… Well a lot of shenanigans already happens during this night, and for now: there was a total of five giant size demon lords who was standing almighty on this battlefield. They even dared to summoned a hell-fire cutlass swords to their hands. But the centered one, somehow picked up that whip handle from Watcher to his hand. Making that pick-up the handle expand its size to fit his hand. The movable part of whip reach out from the handle once again, and was massive. But, the string was not a melt-downer, it was a hell-fire.
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A single drop of cold sweat was passing down on Anna check. "So, it's truly was never simple as if he was just a snotty, acting high and mighty. He had just that many high cards at his disposal."
Some from the audience who watch the center of event, who look at those lords, like soldiers or others vamps, had this strange feelings when the grip on they own weapons witch they hold, turned to be quite weak and their weapons quite heavy.
But a nun voice echoed into the entire area, as if she once again speaks to everyone, but this time her voice was still full of life: "You are not alone!! Just look around!! The next and true round, will begin now!!"
The demons roar a bestial battle cry as they faced they enemy.
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And truly the staring golems was the first one who marched towards the group of five. Not only theirs starring ability was annoyingly interrupting lords' hell balls spell bombarding, so the red ones will don't wipe out the field; they trowed theirs lanced type of weapons onto the demons. Those weapons become an electrically charged harpoon shots connected with the golems by magical strings or ropes. They plan or part was simple; they are going to pinned down the lords, or at last restrict they movements, that the others can attack. We must note out, that coordination and timing of golems action was just perfect.
Don't forget about the humans (mostly from Judgment), and Vamps (mostly from Watcher's flock), they charged in to attack the demon's whit anything they have. There was even a conversation between one vamp from skill-outs, and activist (extremist?) from anti-skill.
"Man! Just this evening; I got pissed-off, that only the higher ups are going to fully enjoyed this all-night party. As jealous I had been, I was wishing, that they shall not forget to entertain even us. But this lunatic everyone-in party is beyond anything I will ever dare to wish."
"Man! I feel your pain. The festivals like the harvest ones, is rarely fun to all, or not fun at all. We shall definitely figure something out, that will be safe, fun, and accessible to all."
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Those two common dreams, was nearly ended: being stomped to the ground, when a giant foot crash-drop the surface too much close to them. It was a naked giant Dianna, with quite big boooob(a)s hanging on her chest... … Wait… No! It was that plant golem (who grow into giant size) who look like it's made from a vine Liane [vines] or tendril lianas. This giant size Dianna, after arriving at the scene, dear to make a seductive sexy pose (as a signature scene entry line habit) for anyone who look up at: (What the fook just walked in?!!) Then she went to wrestle with one of the lords. If anyone ask: then the secret of this golem was:... that it had a crew of four.
Blushed Flona was freaking out: "S-- Swing san!! That was highly i-- inappropriate s-- stunt for any girl, regardless of conditions. And co-- control the golem respectably! And I am talking about tho-- those mo-- moves." [san – suffix after name that can mean mister miss]
But her partner had a big teasing grin. "It's Dianna, my dear Flona chan! And come o~on! Don't try to li~ie. If we actually have figure like this beauty-one is having, any of us will do something like that! At last once in our lives. So don't try to stop me!" As the plant golem made another unladylike move, she shout. "I am living your fantasy!!" Of course, the cleric made a panic maiden shriek, and the plant giant launched its wines on the demon. [The first 'accidental summon' plant golem was half shaped as Dianna Swing with bouncy booba. Somehow it managed to defeat wounded Sparkle.]
On other hand, Herald had a sarcasms expression on her face as she was probably reevaluating her life,-- once again. "Girls, please;-- cut that flirting! We are in middle of fight. I do understand that this combination stage magic ceremony is new thing to all of us, but… We clearly must breaking a not just taboos of our society, but some of the unspoken laws whose hold this world together." Then her mod went down. "Suddenly, I don't like the idea of visiting a church anytime soon, and I am a holly paladin dammit." Then she made empty and desperate laugh.
The fourth member of this teaming up was Jessica Armstrong with her emo face. "There is a supper way how to handle nonsense like this one. Just supper don't bother at all, and you will be surprised that you can hang out with anyone, or do any task, if you chose you priorities right. But if we just talking about it; It bothered me a little for a long time, that I can use my offense armor only on myself. But I newer though that this spell can be extended onto this freak of nature, that definitely supper triggering my jealousy. Why the damn balloons moving so supper much?!!"
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Additional to these forces a shadow raised up from a ground like it was a cloud of mass, full of dust. It was clearly a work of Kyone NightWing who stopped slacking around. This was not just any ordinary spell but more like a collection of great will, and this shadow cloud formed a figure of giant. Someone can speculate that this one character, to much resembled one of the Titans from old myths. This warrior or some kind of golem or summon, went towards another demon. No matter how much that lord tried to blast it off, cursed, or cut into pieces, this shadow giant brought an ultimate suffering to the battle between those two.
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The third demon lord suddenly got a fist slam on top of his head as someone punched him upside down from directly above. The impact of this strike was so great that this giant partially sink into the ground. The strike burrowed its feet down to the ground, up to his knees. It was like planting a tree or pushing (building base) log into soil base. The shock wave from that impact breaks the ground around him and even cause a little earthquake. Not just that, but the strike makes him to roll back his eyes to his skull. If we can make a comparison in this situation, we can just say that this lord eyes went white. But still, he was going to pass out. He was going to fall like a tall tree, but he prevents that faint-out, by shaking his head. Then he looks above him at his attacker.
The one who do this to the demon lord, was another vamp with the matriarch signs, whose were the horns on top of the head, and great wings. But to better or for a worse; this one was a well know male vampire matriarch named Bobba Hercules. This wild-black-haired man, with big self-confident grin was a meat head [idiot] obsessed with gladiators' stuff [a great Colosseum is standing in his turf], but he was freaking OP [over powered] melee beast. His point of view was beyond delusion when he hyper-actively acts as arena champion, like a super hero from story books for Entertainment purpose, who think that everyone can become a better person if they understand the power of 'Guts' [courage]. And because somehow, a destruction following him where he go, he was called a (natural disaster of OP Idiot). But for now, as he was hanging above the demon he grin in excitement. "It was a good choice to make; to check up the place where that gutless swarm was heading. Of course after I properly scolded them, when they make an un-gutsy moves. But I praise you for one thing: That was a really gutsy move, to call, all you have on the right moment; to spice up the match. And that means, that this year party finally have some guts."
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This matriarch shows to the demon his clenched fist of encouragement, but the lord dint like him or his gesture and scream back on him. He forced pulled one of his legs out of the hole, and then do it with the other one, to stand up back.
But Hercules only get more hyped with that development, as if it was a challenge toward the arena champion [him], and he chant in excitement.
"Celebrate!
The hero has arrived!
So watch close as he land!
That Super amazing punch!"
And he punched the demon lord for a second time, he buried him back to the hole to his knees level.
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The fourth demon lord had a hard time when the hydra decided to roasting him whit dragon breath. And has keeping to swapping, by which head is blasting at him to keep that lord on constant pressure.
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The fifth one with the whip had a clear defense standing, while whipping/ sweeping the golems and other attacker from their fleets. Many of them was thrown away and crashed into ground, wall or else. But they were getting back to theirs feet and returning to battle.
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Anna get a resolve that she will have to do something with him. She nearly went into attack when she stops herself because a certain figure catches her attention. From the side a suspicious shadow was approaching in her direction. When she looks directly at it, she notices that this thing is actually some kind of concealing spell, that was hiding up to two persons.
One of them was a Kyone NightWing, one of the Watcher's Artisans, but the shadowy horns on her head, the shadowy grand wings that act like a coat, and showcase of power she possessed clearly spoke, that she was indeed an another matriarch hidden on plain sight. She was leaning towards the punk looking man and she hold him dearly, refusing to let go. There even was a clear similarity between her and that shadow giant who was for now, clearly bulling one of the demons lords.
The man was a Greg Holdon who was supposed to pass long ago as a human. But as some shenanigans was made, he was back on feet. The moment he finally realizes that the Railgun girl noticed them, he revealed they presence and he shout at her: "Princess, just use that royal sword ability 'fate reconstruction' to finish him off!! Call the ancestors to summon the true blade of destiny that will sever the unseen string of fate!! But it's only on you, what shape the things, will take. Just listen to the soul of yours partner in that artifact, and you true potential will reveal itself!!" After those words, the two was concealed by the shadows once again, and withdraw from scene like a flow of dust.
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Of course, this was a bold statement towards the young matriarch. In one-way Anna was curious how that dam knife even work. It's seemed to do stuff on a whim and clearly somehow reacted to her will. And now this man from backstage, told her some fairy tale stuff from books, as if she was some kind of chosen one hero, whose arrival was predicted by prophets and written down in ancient scrolls. But as she thought about it;... back in that weapons shop, she was curious why that knife doesn't have blade, and the next moment as she swung it, the clerk table was cut in half as if there was this nonexistent blade that falls out from it. The second was the unwanted black card in card game as they practicality force the worthless two million worth piece of jewelry onto her hands. Forget the tag price for a craft-work, but if a knife cannot fulfill its base function because it doesn't have a blade, then it shall be marked useless even as accessory for show off. It was even possible that the knife shall act as some mocking reference for a pack less, toothless matriarch. [toothless matriarch – no guts, or whatever are needed, to make own pack] But if that thing is some kind of power transformer, then its only on the one who holding it, how much wort it will have. The third odd problem was actually some passages from that old book about previous adventures of team Railgun. The way those book heroes fight and do things, quite don't matched her knowledge about how spells works.
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Even now; the way how Holdon told her what to do, she got an idea. She looks up at Accelerator, who had just stand here and watch. (No seriously, he was not floating. He was standing on air. Hands still in his pocked like he seriously don't care.) It was like he was still spreading this invisible menacing aura, like he just waiting how the war will end... Only in final arc, to descent down and crush the site that will survive. Then she thought that if this thing in her hand can bend the unspoken rules of world to her will,-- and even this monster told her that she shall not have a need to follow what are supposed to be the current rules of the world,-- then she shall bend the world rules itself to what she want,-- like he told her to do.
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So, she takes that jewelry to both hands, and keep it close to her heart/ chest. She concentrates and create in her mind, her own image what she wants. And right now she need a power, that beyond the charts...
The first thing that come to her mind was; proudly wild like Thunder Bird, a giant eagle like bird, that by a legend: can drag a storm, and instead of losing a feathers from his wings, he was dropping down lighting's. She quickly shakes her head, and try to imagine a humanoid form that will boost her stats into the right direction.
The thing that she manages to imagine was herself with an angelic halo, light blue feather like wings, white fabric as clothes that revealing to much skin for her own taste, and some antic like gold accessories. This image was too much majestic to her taste, so whit 'That's not it!' she decides to tune it down.
What come next was an image of her as story book princess in some costly tailored and cake puffed clothes whose screaming: 'This one is royalty!!' She denied that idea whit 'Heck no!!' and try to imagine something more comfortable for her.
And this time it was an image of her before turning into vamp, a human (form/ race) girl dressed in something as plain dress for young woman. But then, the image changed into something like fitting tailored brown jacket, short skirt covering something like lacrosse shorts. Bare legs, but feats and calf covered with comfortable sock, and not a heavy boots but a light walk shoes. It nearly look like some kind of academic uniform. [note: In medieval case of foot wearing: if it was not been a bare feet (because the skin was thicker) or sandals like stuff (early later shoes are just sandals but instead letter straps use fabric), then it was a heavy boots from animal latter. Additionally reinforced by stuff like plate armors. Functional shoes and socks were a luxuries stuff.]
She concentrates on this image and its start to manifest itself into reality. The blue horns and wing break into particles. Those particles start to circle around her and then went to turn into those clothes she imagined. Soon she looked like a normal human girl, but instead of smelling overflowing number of smells and scents, hearing the hart beat of prey... she currently senses the flow of electricity in the entire area, and even the bio electricity echos of those around. And there was a lot of electrical charge already accumulated and ready to collect.
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So, she once again starts to controlling the iron sand. And this time, it was in so great numerical amount that one can mistake it for a sand dune in yellow dessert. This black wave was thrown on that demon lord with the whip who was sending the stare golems to fly up to sky, as if they having a flying lesson, when the rest of troops barely hold themselves. The mass of iron sand starts to claim up onto the demon, like some glue or reversed swamp, interrupting his battle movement.
Then she reaches for the mass of metal that she previously used as a lightning rod to disintegrate the previous lord. Even if it was burrowed in ground and in distance, it responds to her call and launched itself toward her. She raised the handle of that blade-less knife and the mass of metal connected to it, becoming the blade itself. (Even if it was just a crocked mass of metal.) Next, she starts calling all that electrical charge that was laying around towards her. It starts as if wind was moving tiny particles of sand above the hills of sand dunes, but this time it was like a waves of blue-white sparks and charges, that were approaching the Anna like a reverse seismic waves. As they reached her, they start curling around her in air as electrical curtains that only goes stronger and stronger. Some even hits the metal rood, and as she imagined a fine blade; that chunk start transforming into the finest alloyed blade, she or someone else were capable to ever saw. It was too much wide and long blade, which made it impossible for a normal human to wield this Claymore, but this thing was controlled by electromagnetism, denying its weight and size.
The targeted demon lord noticed what's going on and with annoyance glanced up to sky at Accelerator who was just doing nothing. Then he clicked his tongue in disgust. 'Tcsh' He snap his fingers, and the others demons on this command slightly rearrange they positions on battlefield. One can saw; that they stand up into perfect square formation, or in four side encirclement around the main one as center. Soon a ground below them start to melt in a places here and there, because those demons were once again stalling for time. They were secretly preparing for the fight with the white matriarch itself, and they had been building and charging-up, this massive hellish like spell circle hidden under surface, right under everyone feet. But now, even if the spell was not fully charged, even if that means to expose the magic circle to the nun's all-wisdom eyes, they need to use this card now, before the sparkly girl can ruined demon's efforts completely. Using the boost of that hell magic circle, the main lord sends an instant kill curse toward the matriarch. But because someone interfered in the right moment: a large piece of enchanted ruin or wall fresco, was (thrown?)/ appear between them. This sacrifice absorbed the curse, who crumbled that wall into small pieces. The demon dint waste any more time and cast a hell-fire ball, which he charges up into so large bomb, that it exceeds even his proportions. He dint bother to give it a ranged control, or aiming because it was so dam big. He dint even launched or throw it; he just push it to go. This giant ball of lava starts rolling toward Sparkle in order not just crush her under its proportions, but suck her in and dissolve her. This time no one can interfere with this lose up attack.
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But Anna was done with her preparations, and whit determination in her eyes, she shout. "They keep me calling a Railgun, as if am some locomotive that shooting pieces of rail-road tracks, as if that was my signature move!! But, you want to know what?!!-- Just this time:!!-- I show you, how it will look, when I actually do it!!" Whit her battle cry she presses the imaginary fire trigger.
The red demon actually realize that she will fire at him that (blade thing?) from where she was standing regardless what will be standing in her way. He used that giant ball as a distraction to obstruct the view of matriarch. He breaks the imprisonment of sand dune that claim on him when he charged that bomb, and drop other pest presents, by overcharging the hell-fire whip-string. Then he launched himself into the sky. But, he realizes that the flying thingy don't go as smooth as he planned. He was not flying he just jumped up, to evade the kill shot.
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But Sparkle already readjusted her aiming, because the remains of iron sand dune still connected to her target and other iron sand mixed in his body, tells her exactly what her opponent was doing.
A loud canon like explosion sound echoed when Railgun fires the Claymore from her knife handle. The shot was enveloped whit lighting's cloak. It pierced the lava ball like a balloon of hot air (or like a heated knife went through a solided butter), enveloping it in lighting web, which will prevent it to roll forward. The Claymore fly through it, and went directly at the demon. Due to the extreme high electrical curtains that propelled this shot, the alloyed blade was turning into melting glowing projectile. It even was leaving behind itself a string of electrical curtain leading back to the girl. As if this line was used to still charging the shot, as the projectile itself has been pushed forward with thunderstorm force.
The lord realizes that somehow he will not evade this attack, and he used his boost to transform the whip-string. He create some kind of suspicious hulk of energy, to hold the incoming attack with his hands as some kind of energy shield.
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The two forces collide in merciless fight... The clash was so strong, that the electrical curtains was going/ zapping around the shield, and were licking the demon's skin once again, ignoring the thickness of skin, cooking that lord into black dust slash by slash. The Claymore even started to pushing him up to the skies.
So, he calls for his brooders, which was just his other parts. For some reason this central part was so important; that by the last boost of the hellish like spell circle, others lords (standing on lava from already melted ground) were turned into liquid form. And as a stream of (water?) [demon flesh] they flow to reinforce the main core and transform all that mass, hell circle power and the collected XP.
As the mass settled and the demon lord trans-mutate into bigger and more powerful form of himself, it again no longer looks like this will be his sure end. But shits mostly happens if someone don't expect them at slightness. A certain shadow, fly up and reach the demon lord altitude. Or we can tell that some presence in the sky catches his attention.
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The Hydra was gone, and now in the sky was full sized dragon. Waving his mighty wing, that beast has his angry stare directed at the demon. A too deep dragon voice echoed through the sky:
"I told you already:
One thing will not change even in millions of years,
and these are the prolonged speeches of those who will fall hard.
I will break, that illusion of yours!"
From his mouth a (beam of light?) shot out.
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Lord tried to interfere whit instant summoned hell-flame blade to intercept the shot but it was not enough to stop or redirect the attack.
This highly compressed dragon breath pierced through the demon, piercing his new even more hardened skin,-- like a straight line going from one side to another, destroying another of his harts – cores. [#6]
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Grimace of pain show on the giant face. The attack was so powerful that it burn out a tunnel into his body, and this burn-cook out wound was not healing.
One would thought that this is the time for a finishing move from the dragon, but he was stalling.
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The demon lord gritted his teeth. This don't look good at all for him, as the loss of his hart significantly reduced his strength. But then he realizes that if this dragon moron will just a watch, then the blade that pushing him up in order to pierce his chest will take him outside of the Accelerator area spell that prevent normal (or magically enchanted flying), and he will be able to escape. But... The demon only now notices why the dragon don't attacking him anymore, and it was all because he himself was distracted. The lizard doesn't need to finish him off, after it make an insurance that his escape will be obstructed.
Because the finish blow will actually come in form of his own giant ball of lava like hell-fire that he sent early after that young vamp as a distraction move. Normally it was a bomb, and after few seconds it shall explode in massive boom spread the chaos. But that thing was still enveloped by the lighting net witch disabled the (rolling feature?). As the string, that connect the hell ball with Claymore, and the blade whit Railgun was stretching out,-- the net was pulled close and closer to the blade, and eventually will reach him out. The only thing that dragon need to do, is just a watch the demise of the lord, from the first row in this theater.
It was too late, to think about another escape plan. The hell-fire was originally the sure means to hurt another demon. But that ball was already in front of him, and he lost a precious time thinking. Somehow the electrical curtains bent the lava around the Claymore projectile like some containment field, so the hell fire will not dissolve the gloving blade. It was too late to curse that he made his bomb so dam bigger that he was, because it was clear that when it reach his force shield field, it will simply leak around it and reach him anyway. And now because of the destroyed harts/cores he lack the necessary power to do any adjustment. On that contrast, the overflowing already starting to happen and as soon it touched the demon skin he yelped in pain.
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He reached his hand at it. He tried to make push on his own shield to push himself out… out of the Claymore path.
But there was this electromagnetism scientific thing between the blade and the remains of iron sand in and on his body, that work like a curse disabling attempts to getting away, or desperate attempt to redirecting the shot that was on auto aim.
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At last resort he removes one hand from holding that shield and try to push that hell-fire ball itself. He tried to grain control over that lava, to put in a movement control. To crush it towards that blade, or at last to toss it away.
But… it was in wain…
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The moment he reduces the pressure on that shield, the exhaustion from received beating (lastly the dragon breath) call itself in, and incoming Claymore shot managed to pierce through the barrier. And it pierced not only the shield, but even the chest of the demon lord. Suddenly all that electric curtains wen inside of the body, and the demon lord light up as some light bowl from inside out, to the point that his skeleton was seen blinking. As the electricity was char-coaling him from inside, the blade actually managed to pierced him through. Last of the hart/cores has been destroyed. [#7]
As the shot fly out from his back like a rocked and a sonic boom echoed;... a Shockwave like ring of electrical bast spread through the night sky. Even the connection string between the blade and Railgun down on the ground, was disconnected when the Claymore just vaporized on its journey up to the sky.
We shall not forget that hell-fire lava like giant ball. At this point the Lord don't had the strength to hold it out and it devoured him completely. He tries to made his last jell... to cursing them all... but he dint have the strength to even properly speak, so it was nonsense when his body finally burned down to the last pieces of dust.
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All down there, was looking at that ball as it starts to shrink itself from giant size, to large. From large to medium. From medium to small, and finally disappear as lighting net break up, and all manna that hold the phenomenon together, (fueling it), finally went out.
But there was none indications for that demon lord anywhere. The sudden absence of his demoniacal presence caused an uneasy feeling in harts of those who was gathered on the castle perimeter. Or shall we say, it was a shock from the fact that they survived. The dumb-fooling felling start spreading as some of them not just smiled or make a stupid faces, but even start to laughing of relief or just desperation finally late caught them. It felled that soon a celebration will break out between the survivors.
Even the dragon landed down in front of Ina who lay her hand on tip of his big nose with 'tap, tap' gesture.
Its seemed that the peace was finally obtained.