Gordon tried to convince Auriel, but sadly all of his attempts were unsuccessful. He was about to raise another argument, but the fiends that they were waiting for arrived and ran towards them on all four.
In front was a red-skinned Monstrosity that was a little bit bigger than the Monstrosity that Gordon killed before. Hence Auriel concluded that this fiend wasn't a Shapeshifter, because every Shapeshifter was smaller than its kind, which makes it possible to change form.
As for the other fiends, they were normal other than one of the red-skinned Devolved, as it was apparent that it was a Shapeshifter because of its small physique.
"Can you make the Devolveds and Changelings sleep before they arrive?" Auriel asked quickly while slapping Sebastian to wake him up.
"I can but I won't. If I make them sleep, I won't be able to focus on the Monstrosity. But worry not, I will still make them slower for you, Young Master Auriel." Gordon said reassuringly and turned to the fiends that were about to arrive while lifting his spear towards the Monstrosity.
Gradually, the speed of the fiends slowed down. Monstrosity's speed was the least affected while the Changelings' speed lowered to barely above normal humans, as for Devolveds, their speed was slowed down almost a half.
This was Auriel's first time participating in a fight and he was pretty anxious about it, but there was a certain feeling of freedom in him. He was free after being under the pressure of bored Gods and this gave him a particular ecstasy. lf he wanted now, he could just die and it would be his fault, not the dull deities but solely his fault.
A warped smile appeared on his slightly fat face as he felt the freedom of choosing the fate of his own life.
Suddenly, a black metallic string appeared in Auriel's hand, and this metallic string shot through the Devolved fiends without waiting any second.
The metallic string penetrated the skull of the normal red-skinned fiend, killing it in an instant, and turned to the other one.
But before the metallic string broke the other Devolved fiend's skull, it turned to a puddle of blood and slithered towards Auriel.
Without sparing a glance at the puddle of blood, Auriel's string whistled through the air, piercing the skulls or hearts of the Changelings and killing them instantly.
Even before the corpses of the red-skinned Changelings fell to the floor, the red puddle of blood lunged toward Auriel, giving him a sense of deja vu.
The puddle of blood transformed into its original red-skinned form in the air and swung its black claws to Auriel.
But Auriel was waiting for this moment. With a finger movement, he pulled Sebastian to in front of him and used him as a meat shield.
Like before, Sebastian created an invisible barrier in front of him with a scared expression, and the red-skinned Devolved crashed into it.
The metal string cut through the air as it was about to penetrate the red-skinned fiend's skull, but its speed wasn't enough. The red-skinned fiend melted into the blackish blood, effectively escaping from the deathly attack.
Then it slithered on the floor and climbed into Sebastian's pants like a snake. Sebastian's already pale face became white as paper and began to punch himself several times, trying to injure the Devolved fiend that was in his pants, but it was futile.
Auriel didn't even lift his finger to this sight as he didn't have any attack method to injure something in liquid form. But he also knew that this red-skinned Shapeshifter was tiring itself while moving in that form. Hence he just watched what was going to happen.
The red-skinned fiend that was in the form of a puddle of blood climbed to Sebastian's back and after that his neck. Then it transformed to its original shape while its claws were around Sebastian's throat.
With a wicked smile that showed its razor like teeth, it cut Sebastian's throat, turning him into a fountain of blood.
But this was the moment Auriel hoped
With a single thought of Auriel, the blackish metal string flew towards the Shapeshifter, who lunged towards Auriel by using Sebastian as a foothold, penetrating its head in the air. Its lifeless body fell to the floor like trash, smearing it around with black blood.
Auriel released a sigh of relief and sat on the bloody floor without caring about the blood and the flesh parts. As the hard to deal opponent was finally dead, he was very much relaxed.
After collecting his breath, he turned to Gordon and nodded to himself after seeing Gordon's slow but stable fight against the red-skinned Monstrosity.
'It would be better if I learn how to fight like him instead of waiting for a chance to kill while sacrificing Sebastian.' Auriel thought and turned to Sebastian.
Sebastian was laying on the floor and holding his throat with his hands. It was apparent that he was trying to stop the bleeding, but failing miserably.
As an Awakened, Sebastian had stronger vitality than normal humans. That was the reason it was taking a bit long for him to die even with a wound like that, but it was impossible for him to live, and was going to eventually die.
Hence Auriel decided to end Sebastian's suffering as Sebastian was holding a special place in his heart. He was Aurel's first puppet and if he wasn't a coward, Auriel wouldn't even care about his previous crime, but unfortunately, Auriel wasn't going to trust his back to someone who was a coward.
The black string flew like an arrow and penetrated Sebastian's skull, precisely between his brows, killing him painlessly. Or Auriel thought like this, as there was a slight smile on Sebastian's pale face.