Red Demon and Smiling Demon acted like guards patrolling the halls of the palace looking for the dining room. They turned and saw a large number of guards stationed outside double doors. Guards flooded the halls. "Guess we just go at them head on?" Smiling Demon suggested. Red Demon nodded at this suggestion. They then approached three guards and then wretched the lances from their grasps impaling one and slashing another. The guards all then sprang into action. They began attacking the spears pointed forward. Smiling Demon controlled the metal armor making them float up and then slammed them into a wall. He then threw the spear with such force it caused a large gust of wind to shoot through the hall throwing the guards off their feet. "Go!" He shouted at Red Demon. He understood jumping into a shadow focusing on the dining room. He stepped out all staring at him as the light of the magic circle dimmed.
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Red Demon was then blocked and parried away by Con Man that now stood in front of the king. He landed back and kept himself vigilante. All stared at him till finally one of Chirp's men was gestured to attack. Red Demon dodged each attack easily till he decapitated him. He then stared at Chirp, "I would sit this out if I were you? Keep your dogs on their leash!" He demanded. Chirp seemed unphased staring back with his eagle eyes. Red Demon looked at anyone else wanting to make a decision to join in the melee. Everyone looked weak as their life force drained. Red Demon then stared at Con Man. "Step aside" he demanded. Con Man said nothing as he duplicated into multiples of himself. 'Duplication is his ability? That would explain our last fight' he thought looking at all the multiple Con Man. "Kill him! Protect me!" Emerald King shouted. "Shut your mouth!" One clone told him. They then ran at Red Demon all at once. He manifested multiple blades around him shooting at the clones. Each that was killed disappeared from sight. Red Demon was locked in battle on all sides moving about dodging attacks, killing clones, and parrying saber swipes. The battle was a pure frenzy between one man and multiple opponents. He jumped on tables and pushed guests out of the way trying to thwart each attack. "Even under these circumstances your gonna worry about these weaklings around us? How touching!" He said kicking a guest into Red Demon before making a swipe of his sword. Red Demon grabbed the elderly bird and threw him to the side taking a full of slash through his armor. He parried the next attack and decapitated the clone that disappeared afterwards.
The green breast plate then crumbled and fell to the floor showing a a skin tight suit underneath that was black and red. He had a long wound down his right side. It quickly started to heal using the abilities taken from the Forest King. The skin tight suit even repaired itself slowly stitching back together and then started to glow becoming hardening. 'New get up from the World is amazing. The enchantment of defense rises with each damage' he thought.
He then dissipated the two crimson katanas. He then pulled Sun Shard and Moon Ray from his belt. He unsheathed them and sighed, "Now you've gone and done it. You pissed me off!" He shot forward in a sprint slashing the air. An arc of light erupted from the blade of Sun Shard slashing through a large portion of clones and sending the real Con Man on the defensive jumping to the side. Red Demon kept his eyes fixed on the real Con Man. He came at him bringing Moon Ray down. He blocked at the last second and rolled away into the wall. He got to his feet quickly side stepping the stab from Sun Shard that then ignited the walls in flames. Red Demon directed the flames at Con Man. He was lit by fire on his back his cape burning fast. He unclasped the cape and threw it to the ground. He backed away readying for the next attack. Looking at Red Demon surrounded by fire his glowing crimson eyes made his skin crawl. A ball of flames shot from his mouth at Con Man exploding in his face. He was then blown back hitting the stairs. The Emerald King waddled past him heading up for assistance from Dexter. "DEXTER PROTECT YOUR KING!" He shouted before his eyes landed on the dead knight. 'Curses!' He thought. Con Man laughed getting up, "Yeah your little errand boy didn't put up much of a fight like you hoped?" He taunted the king. His body smoking from the fire ball. Red Demon stared at his opponent as he then split into multiple clones. 'I grow tired of this fucking game!' He thought slashing another arc of light wiping them out. Light balls formed all behind him turning into butterflies. They then swarmed at Con Man and the Emerald King. They burst into flames as the butterflies exploded as they landed on them.
Con Man rolled on the ground and then ran towards the shadows to escape. He jumped into the dark corner disappearing. Shadows then began to flow down the walls creating a box around Red Demon. He used his own abilities to repel it before it closed all around him. His body then started to glow as it formed a crimson and black yoroi like armor around his body. A full demonic looking helmet formed around his head. He embued it with shadow chi and the box finally closed around him only to burst into black orbs that shot at the walls like spikes. Con Man jumped from a shadow coming down with one of his sabers.
Red Demon's focus seem to slow down time as he saw the blade coming at him. He slashed upward then blew a fire ball from his mouth. He held the blades together making for a powerful attack cutting through Con Man's body. For a moment it lingered before it finally disappeared. Red Demon used his chi senses remaining still predicting the next attack. He waited calmly Con Man stepped out from the corner of the room impaling a noble. He was now attacking guests. The panic started as the guests started to run for the exit. They pushed Red Demon slamming into him.
He grabbed one guest throwing them to the side. He then had to move quickly and block a saber attack. Multiple clones weaved in and out of the crowd only to attack him when he was distracted by the panicked crowd. He ended up killing a few till he became overwhelmed by the crazed crowd. It pushed one aside stepping into a guest's shadows. He moved about the darkness and could feel Con Man still inside. His body burnt and scarred. He then dove at the fellow shadow user. They then came out of the shadows falling from the dining room ceiling. They landed on tables with a groan. Red Demon sat up recovering from the impact quickly. He looked through the crowd and saw Con Man still lying on the broken table. His body jerked as he slowly sat up. Red Demon jumped over the crowd bringing his two swords down on him. He impaled his chest pinning him down. The body then disappeared, 'Son of a bitch!' He thought angrily. Movement from the corner of his eye caught his attention.
The Emerald King got to his feet shaking. His body smoldering with burnt feathers. He used his staff to steady himself. His bones could be seen with ruined muscle. He limped further into the balcony probably looking for an escape hatch. Red Demon couldn't sense Con Man anywhere. 'He must of have escaped and waiting. His wounds looked severe from my fire blast. He'll need a minute or medical attention to continue our fight. Sword King will be a problem? But right now…it's this fat bird that has to go' he then levitated and he soared towards the King. He slammed into his back feet first sending him into a wall. The big bird bounced off the wall sprawled out face first upon the ground. The people all watched as he casually walked towards the King. The King sat up lying against the wall. "My plan…it would of worked!" He shouted breathing heavily. Red Demon said nothing as he looked through the king enhancing his eyes. He could see the chi circuits flowing through his body. His soul core had a crack right down the middle and looked to be a wound from his estimates a year. 'This king is delusional? His soul core wouldn't of survived anything after today. He's slowly loosing chi poisoning his body?' He then realized that his big size wasn't from food. Or being a glutton he was merely filled with chi. Red Demon's mind became infected with the need to feed. He then shot forward thrusting a glowing hand on his stomach. He then extracted the chi forcefully. King's body slowly began to thin. "What…is happening…ugh!" He groaned. Red Demon then explained himself, "Your little dream was a delusional one! You were never going to ascend today! Your core has been damaged for what looks like a year now! From what I can tell you are not a master cultivator and lack the skill to repair it. All this pain! All this death! Feeding on your people causing chaos has been for nothing! It was all meaningless!" He shouted. All now stared at the scene. 'Good now I have their attention!' He thought keeping his gaze forward at the king. "Impossible! I was assured I would be cured! No one would lie to me! See this?" He pointed to his mask. "Dreamer Mask! Allows me to access any mind! No one can lie to me! I know the ones in this room who have conspired with the Sword King! Nobles getting higher ups to stage a coup! Dexter over there hated his position and was disgusted to serve me! All in this kingdom are not who they say they are! You on the other hand are nothing but a mystery! So don't tell me I've been a fool?!" He said coughing up blood. "No. You are that fool. You missed one thing? You can't read those who's Mind Palace is higher rank than yours cause your own mind is nothing but a Rank one! Without that crown you are nothing. All that time in power and you wasted it! You aren't utilizing that potential power of your crown. Your unworthy to be king! No one here is worthy" he then pressed his hand harder speeding up the process. The king screamed in pain.
All in attendance were in shock seeing this execution slowly take place. The King's body was beginning to shrivel. The palace shook from a projectile impact making all to shudder. "Seems those you enslaved have come for revenge. Your Green Brigade has fallen!" Red Demon stated to the king. He looked down seeing the King's body continued to shrivel.