"Shimmering light of destruction!".
A large magic circle covering a large expanse of the cemetery within the barrier, on the ground, etched with runes and inscriptions, appears and starts to shimmer, soon it glowed brightly, then a powerful outburst of golden bright light erupts, reaching the heavens.
Outside the barrier, Dettomolian could see the bright golden light from the barrier to the sky.
"That is one powerful release of energy, i hope that boy is okay".
Back inside the barrier, Iode got down and skid across the ground, expecting to see something. Behind him, a giant long sword cuts through the air and aimed at his head.
Out of reflex and impulse, he thought of a shield, his stigma in his left wrist glowed and photons of light starts to disperse and fuse together, forming a rigid iron like shield with Valier's emblem visibly branded on it.
The shield appeared in-between the sword and Iode. Moving with the momentum it was carrying from the swing, the long sword made contact with the shield, flinging it and Iode away.
"Gah". Iode grunted as he moved through the air. He hits the wall of the barrier with his back, making him grunt even louder. He slid off the barrier wall and made contact with the ground face first.
The demon was not done with it assault, it lept, so it could land directly on Iode, killing him on the spot. Iode grits his teeth and said:
"Blink".
He teleported from the spot to the other side of the barrier, the demon landed on nothing but bare ground, creating a crater and causing slight quake.
The demon raised his right foot, but did not see any splatter of blood nor dismembered body parts. It furrowed his eyes, then looked frantically around, trying to see where his challenger went off to.
It could see a young man, who stood at the opposite side, he made an hand sign and his staff glowed.
"Sunbeam!". Iode said.
A powerful beam of purple light outbursts from a magic circle that appeared in Iode's front. While powerful, it was small and thin compared to the size of the opponent.
The demon blocked the beam with its sword and voiced out a little growl.
"Is this the might of the one who claims he'll stop me, is this all you've got? Don't make me laugh, you cannot kill a monster with this kind of mediocre power".
"You are not doing justice with Valier's powers, you are undermining it, you are not worthy to wield his power. You can't even give a decent fight to a low ranking demon like me, how pitiful, you are a disgrace to all communers". The demon said.
"You think i wanted this?! You think i asked Valier for powers?! No! I hate it and i want to do away with it, I inherited this piece of shit you call power!".
"Though i have not found a way to let go of it, stopping you will soothe my mind, knowing full well how much i dislike demons and anything related". Iode replied out loud.
"Too bad that mind soothe wouldn't come true, because you will find yourself in the underworld!" The demon yelled.
It lept explosively that Iode's eyes couldn't catch up. Appearing behind him, it attempt to slice Iode into two equal halves, but Iode's stigma glowed and a shield once again stood in-between him and it.
A loud clang sound resounded as its sword came into contact with the shield, flinging Iode and the shield away_ again. Seeing that its attack never hit, it moved at super speed to a calculated point of projection where Iode would land.
Seeing this while midair, he had no choice but to use the last resort for mages
"Mana shield!". Iode casts.
A plasma membrane covered him just few seconds before the sword of the demon contacts him. The sword hits, but all it does was to fling Iode to the opposite end of the cemetery inside the barrier.
Iode slid across floor, but before he could make any move, the demon was already upon him, slashing and thrusting as many times as it can. Fortunately, the mana shield was still active but it's only a matter of time before his mana runs dry.
"Urgh!" He grunts
' think Iode think! If my mana runs dry, I'm as good as dead, what can I do?'
From nowhere, little explosives starts to detonate around the demon, stunning it because it has no idea where they came from.
It looked around but saw nothing, but then, more explosives came raining down at it, making it step back continuously. Iode was surprised, he wasn't the one who did it, then he heard a voice behind him.
"Seems you need a hand". Dettomolian said as he walks over to him.