"Who...are you?" With a wavering voice, the young assassin asked in terror as he gazed upon the eyes which stared into his soul.
The bright glowing eyes squinted, almost like it was furious with Rai.
"You dare receive aid from another one?" A dark ominous voice bellowed, it's tone echoing throughout the dark and empty space which sent chills down the spine of Rai. "Unacceptable." It's voice echoed softly.
In a flash, the darkness that surrounded him disappeared and reality returned back Rai. Along with the darkness, the Primordial Earth Raisen dissipated. "What!?" The flustered assassin staggered as he tried to comprehend what had just occurred.
"What was that just now?" Rai speaking within his thoughts placed his right hand on his eye, at first he did such to determine if he was seeing clearly. However it was too realistic to assume that it was a mere optical illusion.
Gaianox, as well as the beaten down princess of the Ronowa Empire were left flustered. The same question ran through each individuals thought 'What happened?' They had no knowledge of the shadow that anonymously reached out to Rai, all they knew was that the Primordial Earth Raisen was dispelled for an unknown reason.
"Grrr.." Malphas growled.
Utilizing the advantage of Rai distracted momentarily, the demon general arose to his feet with detest. This particular mortal had laid his hands on him more than once and it became a problem for him.
He placed his two palms over each other and exhaled. "Primordial Demon Mode." He uttered softly.
POOF!
A sudden rush of steam escaped the hardened body of Malphas followed by a large explosion which changed the landscape of the battlefield, it even destroyed majority of the paradoxes that were engaged in battle with Michael and Li. Bringing his senses back to reality, Rai placed his two hands in front of him to prevent the particles of dust from entering his eyes.
"What's going on!?" Li exclaimed as both him and Michael tried desperately to regain their balance from the sudden rush of wind which eradicated the paradoxes.
Gaianox trembled at the demon general's words, he proceeded to take a step backwards as the cloud of dust that covered Malphas settled down. What was revealed carved a strong feeling of fear in the hearts of Rai and even Gaianox.
"...." A speechless Rai couldn't help but stare at Malphas with his whole body trembling.
"This is bad, no matter how you look at it." Gaianox informed the mages.
"Primordial Demon Mode, the final form of every demon general who guards the gates of Hellius. A mere human made me use it? Unacceptable. Now you will understand first hand, the power of a demon general!" Malphas exclaimed.
His whole body changed following his primordial demon mode transformation. He grew two large pair of wings on his back, his skin darkened and hardened taking on an armored appearance adorned with menacing spikes and horns.
With each step he took, the ground trembled from his might. He had his eyes fixated on Rai. His primal instincts led him to believe that he wasn't a normal human therefore he would become a threat if left unattended to much longer.
"Gaianox, I know you might find it insultive. But I'll need your help in taking that thing down." Rai spoke addressing the Primordial Earth Essenbeast.
"As much as I hate to admit it, I'll require your aid." Gaianox with a heavy heart confessed, he detested the idea of working with a human but at this rate he had no other choice.
Rai with a nod of affirmation focused his attention back at the Primordial demon who approached them slowly. "Let's do this." He said softly as he plunged forward at Malphas.
[Skill (Neuro Echo) has been activated]
A notification popped up in the HUD window in front of Rai, he utilized his skill [Neuro Echo] as he had no idea to what level of power this new form had taken Malphas.
As he approached Malphas, he streched out his right hand and opened his palm. "It's now or never." He uttered, referring to the fact that all the times he utilized the spiraling thunder ability he's had help. His electric essence flowed through his arm and into his palm and he built up a small rotating blue ball of energy.
Blue sparks of electricity spiralled round the ball of energy hence the name 'spiraling thunder'. Fortunately for Rai, through his journey through the exams. His body grasped the concept of Essence control, he was able to build up the Raisen but only at a small size for a limited duration. Anything more than that and it would explode and leave severe injuries than last time.
"Raisen!" He cried out extending his right hand forward aiming the Raisen at Malphas.
SWOOSH!
Like a gust of wind, Malphas vanished from Rai's sight.
"Teleportation!? No! That's not it!" Within his thoughts, he contemplated swiftly. Malphas moved too fast to an extent that even the Neuro Echo could not capture his movements as the impulses were spread continuously into the ground. To Rai 's brain as the impulses returned to his body, Malphas was merely a blur.
With his facial expression displaying a series of emotions including shock and mostly fear, Rai 's eyes widened as he felt an overwhelming presence devouring him.
"ARGH!" He cried out in pain as he felt a tremendous force connecting directly with his stomach. The wind rushed past him as he was propelled backwards in the air with an explosive force that sent ripples of shockwaves out in every direction.
Gaianox stomped his right foot forward on the ground, the earth began rumbling as several layers of hardened walls emerged all around Malphas and enclosed him in a box like prison. Gaianox opened his mouth and built up a huge green ball of concentrated energy. "Earth's Beast Bellow!" He proclaimed as he fired the ball of energy at the box.
On impact, a resounding thunderclap noise occured as the box prison shattered in the forthcoming explosion that was powerful enough to blow away several mountains.
"Abigail!" Michael exclaimed as he rushed to protect her but eventually, both were caught in the shockwave that emnated from the blast and were blown away.
"Did I get him?" Gaianox who finally got involved in the battle questioned as he fixated his eyes on the rubbles of the box prison.