They got to the city and saw how everyone looked at them suspiciously. They looked away and kept on moving.
The thick silence among them could be cut with a knife. Guards could be seen at every nook and cranny of the street. They wore chain mail armor and swords could be seen sheated on the scabbards on their hips.
Crash!
A young boy was running fast and crashed into Tsuoma, he fell down upon colliding on Tsuoma. He looked up, his bloodshot eyes glowing angrily.
"Watch where you are going man." He yelled at Tsuoma, he was about to run again.
Slash! Crack!
A whip materialized from nowhere onto the boy's back. A crack sound was heard as the whip cracked into bone. The boy howled in pain and agony. Tsuoma looked in shock and grabbed the man's hand. "Hey, he's just a kid, let him alone." Natael said concerned.
The guard's stare alone could have melted a frozen lake breaking it apart completely, not to talk of his burly muscular physique. His abs could be seen from his mail coat of armor. "Is there a problem, aye mister." Natael looked up at the man and began to shake in fear.
The man towered above all of them,he had an unearthly aura surrounding him, his presence posed a threat to the team and they began to shiver in fear. Tsuoma checked out the man's status.
STATS
Name: Beson Srodki
Specie: Human,
Occupation Holy knight (unclear)
Talent: Mage (unclear)
Rank: Level 80, B class
Health: 1000/1000
Agility: 500/500
Speed: 500/500
Strength: 700/700
Stamina: 400/400
Mana: 5000/5000
Magic & Skills Used: sword magic, lightning magic, earth magic.
"I might be stronger than him but man he's sure damn fast. He is just like me except for the speed, not bad for an holy knight but what do the unclear mean."
Tsuoma stood between the two of them, his face impassive and devoid of emotion. "Whaddaya want little man?" "Leave the kid, what has he done to deserve such treatment." Tsuoma said in an irritated voice filled with anger and malice. Teruki had never seen him get so angry before.
The big man licked his lips and touched the big scabbard at his back and removed a maul. Tsuoma was shocked at the destructive power of the maul. It was 400, the man was carrying something that heavy, was it not draining his strength and stamina. He aimed and slashed.
Whoosh! Crack!
Air escaped from Tsuoma's mouth as he carefully evaded the heavy hammer. The maul touched the ground and broke it apart causing a mini crater on the ceramic floor.
"That mustn't touch me." He said as he began sweating heavily. The rest of the team were occupied fighting some of the man's soldiers. "Shit, it's the both of us."
The man chortled loudly. "It's time for you to get beaten, trash."
Tsuoma threw punches backed with super strength but the man casually evaded it like child's play, instead he threw his own punch which Tsuoma barely evaded as it touched his chest.
Crack!
Sound of bone breaking could be heard as the punch touched his chest. The punch sent him off his feet and sent him a few metres backwards causing a small crater on the floor. Most people on the street began to run and marketers began closing their stalls.
"Uh, what's going on? Why are they all running away?" Teruki asked in shock. "I should have noticed, these are Demon Knights, they work for the evil empress." Natael said as he fell down weakly. Tsuoma weakly stood up and looked shocked. "What's going on?" Teruki asked seeing the bewildered look on Tsuoma's face.
"Goddess, what's going on, I checked his status and it gave me… "He used a fake out skill to hide his stats. Check them again." The goddess replied to Tsuoma.
Tsuoma obliged and checked out the stats. The unclear are gone, he did use a hide skill.
STATS
Name: Beson Srodki
Specie: Demonkind
Occupation: Leader of demons
Talent: Sword demon
Rank: level 90, A class
Health: 2000/2000
Agility: 1000/1000
Speed: 1500/1500
Strength: 3000
Stamina: 1500/1500
Mana: 3000/3000
Magic & Skills used: Transmogrification, theurgy, thaw, fake out, sword magic, lightning magic, earth magic.
"You will die by my hands, you puny humans." Beson said growing madly.
Whoosh!
Tsuoma dodged the punch coming at him and used a bit of speed to move back. His stamina and speed were draining as he focused on evading the bone crushing punches coming at him. He tried dodging the next but it was a trick as the half demon twisted his hand and the punch met Tsuoma hard on his stomach.
Crack!
The sound of crushing bone. "Gah!" Tsuoma howled in pain as he keeled down and vomited blood. "Tsuoma!" Teruki yelled as she pushed the demon atop her away. She was about to run to him when Beson dashed to her and smacked her neck emitting a cracking sound and a howl from her. Tsuoma grew angry, he gripped his sword so hard from the sheath making his palms bleed. Suddenly he saw some numbers floating in his eyes. A panel which only he could see appeared.
[ Would you like to improve your status? ]
Tsuoma eyes roved around the panel. He saw seven skill sets but he could only pick four of the seven, as he hadn't earned much credits to earn all at once. He needed to get many credits before he could upgrade. These credits came from killing the Drake Gustof and the Basilisk. He saw the seven new skills.
Curse magic (life draining curse), level 1/10.
Death glare, level 1/10.
Healing magic, level 1/10.
Synthesis, level 1/10.
Theurgy, level 1/10.
Magic resistance, level 1/10.
Photographic reflexes, level 1/10.
"They are all in level one." He groaned inwardly as he barely evaded a punch from Beson who was throwing punches with speed.
"I can only choose four right now, that means I need one that can help in winning this fight and help me in the future. So I will go for, healing, theurgy, photographic reflexes and synthesis. The rest I will use my points to get." Tsuoma felt powers rushing through him and his wounds began to heal up. Mustering all his strength he punched the demon knight hard and he flew backwards crashing into stands and food stalls breaking the fruits and making them scatter around. Tsuoma had also gotten a bit of blood from the demon knight. "Now, what can this do when I mix it with my sword. He removed his sword and used his synthesis powers to mix the blood with the sword. The sword changed color and glowed like an Excalibur. The sword had special writings on it and Tsuoma read it with his appraisal eyes.
Weapon Stats
Name: Decabur
Attributes: Demon slaying sword.
Special skills: grants wielder the ability to kill demons and all demon born. Can boost user's strength and speed by ten percent.
Sword rank: level max. Takes fifty percent strength and mana from non and grants to wielder. Takes away forty health points from those struck with the sword. Grants nigh invulnerability to user.
"Wow, all this from just mixing a demon born's blood with my sword, it is so cool."
He held the sword and it got accustomed to him. The sword took ten points from of his mana to initiate him.
"Okay, time to finish this."
The demon knight smiled. He swung his maul but Tsuoma evaded it casually. He sped and he was a blur attacking the demon.
Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!
The sound of two metals clashing into each other could be heard. They were so fast none could keep up with their movements. The maul broke into pieces, the next time it touched the sword. Beson was as shocked as a woman who was told the news of her child dying in the womb.
"I am going to show you a cool move, which will shatter your dreams. Tsuoma's Sword Technique: twentieth form, Dragon Slash."
Tsuoma dashed to Beson and cut hard into him severing his waist from his body.
Drip! Drip!
Sound of blood dripping could be heard coming from both upper and lower parts of Beson's body. He coughed out blood, by the next time he looked up, his men were already dead. "IMPOSSIBLE! NO ONE CAN DEFEAT ME!" He yelled as his body tried to fix itself. Tsuoma raised his sword again. "Tsuoma's Sword Technique: new form, Fantastic Fury."
Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!
Blade cut into the severed body slashing it into several pieces. The damage from the sword was too much for the demon's innate power to regenerate. Tsuoma hacked it completely and destroyed the core, leaving nothing but blood and gore. Tsuoma began breathing heavily as the rest came to meet him.
Suddenly space cracked behind them and they jumped back drawing out their weapons and shielding Tsuoma.
"Be on alert, it might be a demon."
Agnolia said as she stood near the princess.
A man on a horrible looking mask, wearing only a black cloak came out of the rippling portal. Two others came out after him wearing the same. He looked at all of them staring at him and he chuckled. The mask didn't muffle his sound, rather it gave his voice a more scary tone.
"Agnolia, Emile, it's been a while since I troubled you, did you miss me." The unknown figure said in the scary voice and Agnolia began shaking in fear. Teruki became concerned. The figure moved to Tsuoma. He was so fast it was like he teleported. "This must be the hero I have heard about, he sure handled Urea's goons well, that's why I said he should allow my followers do it." He kept on rambling. "Uh, Agnolia, who is this man?" "Pardon my manners, well not really, I am Trezona, the second high ranking demon, also the strongest demon and I will advise you, do not point your weapons at me." His voice came out leeringly. "Do what he says, no one has to die." Agnolia said weakly. "Anyway, the hero is weak right now, it won't be fun attacking him, I will wait till you are ready, and I assure you boy, you will be dead if you are not. Just an advice for my new toy." He winked and a massive fire circle appeared behind them and obliterated the entire city in one blow. "Till we meet again, hero, if you're still alive." He entered the portal and it zapped close immediately.