Rize goes from underneath while John attack from above by flying around Ramza from above. Rize attacks the foot and try to make Ramza immobile, But Rize was knocked back from a with kick from it. John was stabbing one the heads with his sword.
"Rize, in one attack!" yelled John.
"Right," said Rize.
They both go for an attack at Ramza's torso and are able to land a cross slash on his stomach which make Ramza fall down on to his back.
"Is it over?" questioned Rize.
"No," said John.
They watched as Ramza body starts to morph into a new form. He had a humanoid body. His skin was black and full of scales. He had no face only his eye which were yellow and dragon-like. He had two horns. He pops out a blade from his left wrist. He would then pull out his scythe from his back.
"I will kill you," said Ramza.
"You need help, give up before it too late for you," said John.
"I rather die a monster then go back to what I was," said Ramza.
Ramza lunges at them especially at John. But before he could strike, Rize step over stabs Ramza in the torso.
"I'm sorry," said Rize. "Ignite."
Excalibur gets engulfed in flames and Ramza starts to melt until he was a puddle of goo on the ground. It began to rain which washed it away into the sewers in the town. Rize looked upset as he felt things could be resolved another way.
"Are we the bad guys?" asked Rize.
"I can not answer that my friend, only thing is now is that the people from this town can now rest in peace because what we did today," said John.
Later that day, John and Cyrus were in their office at there base talking.
"Have you gathered everything from the factory?" asked John.
"Yeah, I got everything I could before the DHO came to collect," said Cyrus.
"Good, we can use what we found to finally get the drugs out of demon hunter's hands," said John.
"Yeah, but Rize. He seems a bit down after what happened," said Cyrus.
"I do not blame him, I have questions too. I wonder what the DHO are going to say about Hotham," said John. "Ramza was responsible for what happened to that village."
"Are you saying the DHO might sweep it under the rug?" asked John.
"Probably, it would make them look bad if one of there captains have failed to do the one thing they are meant to do and that is protect the people they serve," said John.
"Damn, now it feels like we are powerless," said Cyrus.
A few days would go by and DHO would come out with a statement that demons have attacked and Ramza would die protecting them. This was a big lie to hide the real truth of what happened. The only one who know the truth was the ones who seen what happened but life would resume. John and Cyrus would come up with a case that would make the DHO ban the demon drugs in order to keep them quiet. An for Rize he seemed very unsure of what to do.
Rize was in his causal clothes sitting on a dock in a harbor in New Gotham looking at the horizon. Judas was walking up on him.
"Hey, little brother. How you doing?" asked Judas.
"Hey, Judas. It been a bit," said Rize.
"I heard what happened by Cyrus," said Judas.
He goes and sits down next to Rize.
"I was a bit shocked what came out from it," said Rize. "I would never expect the DHO would be like this. What would gramps think?"
"I know, this was never what he vision what would become of the DHO. But there are some good people and some bad people. Just try to find the good people," said Judas. "that is the best I can tell you."
"Thanks, Judas. I need that," said Rize.
"Anytime, it my job as the older brother to keep you guys in line," said Judas.
"So, who keeps you in line?" asked Rize.
"Hey that is for me to know," said Judas.
They both laugh as they keep gazing at the horizon.
Meanwhile, Cyrus and John were finishing up paper work at the office.
"Man, I hate this part of the day," said John.
"Well, we get through it," said Cyrus.
He looks and sees that there are two letters in there mail basket. He goes over and looks at them. It was addressed to both John and Rize as they been invited to take part of a tournament called the Celestial Tree which is one of the biggest in the DHO.
"Whoa, boss man check this out," said Cyrus.
He hands them over to John and he looks at them.
"Oh, now this might be the best thing we got all week," said John. "I expect this might cheer Rize up."
"But think, this could be a good way to position you for a promotion," said Cyrus.
"Indeed, only those the DHO find worthy are invited. If one of us win this could be great for our chances to win people to our side for our case to be published," said John. (to be continued in Volume 2)