With pride in his heart, Colin flew towards the crab with his sword in hand, lit with dark red flames. The crab focused it's eyes on him and an invisible force was released by the crab that stopped Colin in his tracks and flattened him into the ground, causing a crater to form and blood to leak from his eyes, nose and ears.
'What the hell's going on? This thing was suppressing the entire fucking city a moment ago, how can it have this much energy left?' Colin thought as he tried to get to his feet, but the invisible force kept him down. He tried with all his might, until his veins bulged and looked like they were going to burst, and he did manage to get to his feet, but he could feel his body sinking deeper into the ground and he could hear his bones creaking under the pressure.
'Am I seriously gonna die to a fucking crab?!! No, calm down, this beast probably has some kind of Mind affinity or something, which means it's most likely using some kind of telekinesis. I should be able to see the demonic energy used with my [Demon Eyes], but even if I see it, what the fuck am i going to....no, one step at a time.' Colin thought, fighting back his rage and indignation to come up with a plan. He activated his [Demon Eyes] and he could see a giant, ethereal blue hand connected to the crab and pressing down on him. Atleast now he knew that the crabs influence didn't spread over the entire city like before, but how exactly was he going to get out of this.
"Canceliing wave." Colin heard Lily shout from behind him and a wave of red energy passed over the area. With his [Demon Eyes] activated, he could see the red energy disrupt the ethereal blue, not enough to dispel it but enough to cause it to ripple and Colin to move from under it.
"Thanks Lily." Colin said and Lily snorted before replying
"Don't you ever fucking do that again, I almost got burned by hellfire, not to mention if your subordinates got caught in that attack they'd be nothing more than ashes now." Lily reprimanded him
"Sorry, I was a..." But he never got to finish his sentence as an ethereal blue tentacle was sent at the two of them with deadly precision. He quickly grabbed Lily and jumped out the way, causing the tentacle to hit the ground, leaving a deep imprint.
"Telekinesis, huh." Lily mumbled when she saw the indentation
"Can you see it?" Colin asked
"No, but I can somewhat sense the demonic energy so I'll be fine. I have no idea how much demonic energy that thing have, but it's way more than the two of us have combined. You should kill it as quickly as possible, before something unexpected happens." Lily said and Colin nodded, he spread his wings and raced towards the crab who clacked it's claws irritatedly. It sent ethereal blue hands and tentacles towards the Demon Noble, but he was able to easily dodge them as he gained distance on the crab. Since the constructs were still attached to the crab, they were able to follow after Colin and attack him relentlessly and persistently which slowed his advance, but Lily quickly came to his rescue.
Using her whip, she sent out red waves of demonic energy, causing the constructs to ripple as they struggled to maintain their shape, which pissed off the crab even more. Colin took the opportunity to get closer to the crab and came within striking distance, he swung down his sword onto the vile crab and it blocked with it's claw, which was severely scorched, but not broken. Colin was ready to give another strike when something surprising happened. It opened it's mouth wide and jet of water was released, sending Colin flying.
"Duel affinity?" Lily mumbled to herself in shock