Brodin snapped his fingers, a bright light appearing over his hands as he clutched an object that formed within it.
He looked at Lucian, "Take cover!" He shouted as he flung an object at the Oni
The Oni looked at what Brodin had thrown at him, unable to react in time to what was about to hit him.
Lucian widened his eyes, he was able to see what it was, "A grenade?"
An explosion hit the Oni in the face, stumbling it as smoke and flames engulfed its top half. It gave off a pained shriek as it held onto its massive club.
Brodin then ran towards Lucian, "Get ready!" He said, "That thing isn't down!"
Lucian watched as the Oni regained its composure, giving off a deep growl and emerging from the smoke, it's mask cracked and its scarred and ugly face revealed. It's milky white eyes pierced right at Lucian as he took a step back.
Lucy gave off a screech as she flapped her wings.
"Tch!" Lucian said as he narrowed his eyes, "Okay then...Lucy, you better fight back this time!"
Lucy flapped her wings, taking off into the air as the Oni charged forward to Lucian as Brodin reached him.
"Onis have incredible physical power." Brodin said as he summoned a bolt action rifle, "It won't be easy fighting one like this."
Lucian glanced at him, "Conjuration magic?" He muttered to himself
The old man scowled, "Pay attention!"
Lucian then looked back to see the Oni swinging its spiked club down at him, "Shit!" He said as he jumped away
The club hit the ground, causing a shockwave as Lucian landed a couple of feet away. He then clenched his fists and summoned flames around them, launching right at the Oni's belly and throwing a punch.
The punch hit the thick hide of the monster, causing ripples in the belly, and staggering the Oni.
It let out a loud grunt as it reached for Lucian.
Suddenly a firebolt hit its hand and caused it to jerk away.
"Huh?" Lucian said as he looked above them and saw that Lucy was flying ahead, letting out a roar, "Nice!"
Lucian didn't detonate his flames, instead, he jumped away and landed a few meters away. His punch was merely a gauge on how strong this Oni was compared to him. He wanted to see if he needed to add more power to his punches.
Brodin crouched down to his knee and took aim with his rifle, lining the shot up, "Hm..." He said under his breath, "The eye should do it..."
He pulled the trigger, firing a round towards the Oni's head. The bullet struck right in the eye, staggering the monster as blood sprayed out. A loud howl was heard as the beast clutched its eye with its left hand.
Lucian smirked, "Alright." He said as he charged at it once again, "Here I come!"
He jumped at it, rearing his fist back as he gathered more flames. But the Monster suddenly smacked him down with the club like nothing.
Lucian hit the ground, causing a shockwave and a dust cloud, blood spewing out of his mouth, "S-Shit!!" He said in pain, "What the fuck was that?!"
"Close quarters is a terrible idea for an Oni." Brodin called to him
Lucian slowly got out of the small crater and watched as the Oni shook its head violently and it howled loudly.
It then charged right at Lucian, who it had hit hard with its spiked club.
"Shut your eyes!" Brodin said as a small object appeared in front of the Oni's face
Lucian closed his eyes and covered his face as a bright flash emitted from the object, staggering the Oni once again.
"Flashbang..." Lucian said with bewilderment as he stood up
The Oni was staggering, summoning green flames on its left hand and waving it in panic, spraying flames everywhere.
"Shit." Brodin said as he avoided the flames, "Don't get hit!"
Lucian avoided the flames as well, feeling the heat of them as they detonated. He had no choice but to push forward to the Oni.
As he got right in front of it, the Oni swung its club at Lucian, which he avoided by jumping up and landing on the club as it hit the ground.
Kicking on it, Lucian jumped above it high in the air and summoned silver flames his left hand, pulling them back like a bowstring with his right, aiming right down at the Oni's head.
"Silver Arrow"
In an instant, a projectile of pure silver flames shot straight down at the Oni, hitting it in the head and combusting into a large explosion. The explosion resulted in a shockwave that hit Brodin, who braced himself, covering his face with his forearm.
"This power..." He muttered
Lucy flew towards Lucian and caught him by the back of his coat, letting out a screech as she held him in the air.
"Did that get it?" Lucian asked as he looked down at the ball of smoke and flames
The smoke suddenly dispersed and he saw a completely charred and damaged Oni, its mask fully broken and revealing a pale and disgusting face. It had no lips that covered its mouth, showing its bare and yellow crooked teeth that oozed green saliva.
It snorted through its scarred nose as if the attack angered it greatly.
"Shit." Lucian said with a frown, "I figured."
The Oni let out a roar as it raised its left hand, summoning green flames again.
Brodin frowned at this, "As I thought, this Oni is resilient. But to think that this boy is able to cause that much damage with ease." He thought to himself, "This could be a low-level Oni, however, not one of the Oni Commanders that Valkren has. It must've been sent here by Valkren's Generals.....that's the only explanation I can think of."
Brodin took aim at the Oni's face and quickly opened fire, the bullet flying right at the Oni's right eye, hitting it and causing it to stumble.
Lucian smirked as he saw flames inadvertently spew around the Oni as it stumbled to the ground, leaving it open.
He clapped his hands together as silver lightning crackled around it, "Toss me into the air, Lucy!" He said, "And fire a fireball at that thing! Together!"
Lucy screeched as she flung Lucian forwards into a flip. As he flipped, Lucian extended his hands, forming a massive spear made out of lightning.
"A lightning spear? He is adept at Sorcery..." Brodin said as he flung a grenade at the Oni, "He's doesn't have any Calamity...it's the Dragon Calamity!"
As the Grenade hit the belly of the Oni which was clutching its face, howling in pain, Lucian launched his lightning spear down. At the same time, Lucy flapped her wings and fired off a massive silver fireball straight at it.
As the spear and the fireball collided against the Oni, the grenade detonated, resulting a massive explosion that drowned out the howls of pain that the Oni was letting out.
The explosion shook the ground and caused several birds to fly away from the trees in the vicinity.
Brodin waved some dust and dirt out of the way, which flew towards him from the effects of the shockwave.
"Did that do it?" He said aloud, "I've never had an easier fight with an Oni, even a low-level one."
Lucian was being held by Lucy as she lowered him down next to the old man, letting out a screech.
"Woo!" Lucian said with a smile, "That was something! Is it dead?"
Suddenly, something fell down and landed right in front of them, completely charred and smoking.
It was the Oni's head.
"I can confidently say that it's dead." Brodin said, "But this isn't the end. It was a grunt compared to the Onis. There could be more in the area."
"Keep your guard up."