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We see a demon standing near large puddles of blood, what's weird is that the horned demon is just standing and staring blankly at the sky. There are many emotions visible on his face such as fear and excitement.
"*Chuckle I was wondering why it was taking so long for him to come back. State your purpose for trespassing Vermin!"
With these words, a surge in demonic energy is felt nearby.
[James POV]
'The demonic surge seems to be coming from the front, around 350 meters ahead and the worst part is now I can sense around 10 demons near my location'.
I look at the new panel which materializes in front of my view
"Unstable surge of demonic aura, Connection Broken".
Immediately I feel lightheaded and I try to calm down my shaking hands.
'Just another massacre plus a game of hide and seek, let's see who wins.'
With these words, my perception increases while a great amount of demonic energy courses through my body.
From the corner of my eye, I spot a dark blue demon with two more monster-like demons on my right coming towards me at a fast pace. Using my Inventory I take out my Bone Shield and Der Spear, yes these are my spoils of war so I consider them mine.
I hit my spear on the shield
"Come into the clutches of Abyss".
I say this while using my taunt skill.
The eyes of the two monsters become red and they rush towards me mindlessly.
The blue demon seems unaffected but let's deal with them first. I coat the spear using my demonic energy causing the spear to glow in a lighter shade of red.
The battle starts as James attacks the first monster using the spear's range. The other monster uses this chance to pounce on him but is blocked due to the shield.
The monster uses its stinger in close range, causing the shield to crack and have a small hole. James on noticing this, gives the monster a shield bash.
The monster impaled by his spear is still alive and tries to use its mandible to sever the hand.
James twists the spear, causing shrieking sounds to come out of the monster's mouth. James then pulls the spear and stabs the head of the monster.
The monster falls down in its own greenish blood and with a spear piercing its head.
The other monster finally coming out of the 'stun', lunges at James but it's useless as James uses the shield to continuously bash the monster repeatedly.
Even after the monster stops moving, he keeps on bashing and bashing until nothing but bone pieces and brain matter remain sticking on the cold ground.
A bloodthirsty smile was there on his face and after the elimination of the second monster, James pulled out the spear from the monster's head.
He is still vigilant and is searching for something or someone.
This works out as he stops a whip attack with his shield. Looking closely, the whip is made from bones with delicate and sharp bones as spikes on the whip.
It's pretty much obvious that monster infants were used for these bones or much worse demon infants.
[Demons have a set amount of intelligence at least, which makes them the most powerful and feared in all of Abyss and some parts of the Netherworld.
Monsters on the other hand are savage creatures driven by pure instinct and can be easily manipulated. There have been cases of ranking up, making the only sin who is not a demon, Abyssal Hound.]
James tries to attack but his range is too low, causing him to take a defensive stance. Cracks are forming on the shield now, wide enough that he can see the Demon.
The blue demon inhales deeply and attacks with an ice breath while repeatedly striking with the whip. The Bone shield is now in bad shape as the top part is crumbling and a thin layer of ice covers his hands.
'Bone Manipulation'
With this thought, spikes are created in front of my shield causing his whip to entangle with my shield. He tries to swing the whip free but I won't let him. I use 'shoulder charge' and 'shield bash' on him but unfortunately, my shield hits his hands instead of his head.
The spikes impale his hands and stomach and I move the shield to intensify the pain and strike him with a spear using my other hand.
*Swoosh* *Splurt* the spear strikes his chest and a large amount of blood starts to leak onto my face. He tries to catch the spear but I am quicker than him.
I take out the spear while using my leg to kick him, his body is riddled with holes. He falls back and uses his ice breath on his wound.
'Heh, a temporary solution to his inevitable doom'.
He starts to mumble something and concentrating a little bit, the words become clear.
"I'm sorr..y… I was…not stro..ng en..ough"
Suddenly his eyes open wide and he starts screaming in pain. But the pain seems to be coming from his head.
'I'm not taking any chances',
I use my demonic energy to coat the spear and use my skill 'Precise throw'. The spear goes straight ahead and pierces through his head and stops only after 10 meters, hitting a big stone and embedding itself halfway.
'Damn, that's a bit overkill.'
I go towards his body and kick him to confirm he is dead for good. I then move down and touch his body which causes his body to disappear in a red smoke.
Trying to calm down I try to sense my surroundings only to notice demonic fluctuations coming from the same area 480 meters ahead.
Surprisingly there seems to be a fight going on as the fluctuations are way different.
'Nah, I'm out of here'
I think this while quickly going through the status panel and buying stealth skill.
Using my newfound skill, I start blending into the environment and running away.
'Fighting against a High-level demon?
F*ck this, I would be killed by the residual energies of their attacks.'
'I'll remember you Oria, and I'll take my revenge for you trying to pry on my mind'
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