Chapter 59: Battle to Death
Power surges through my veins and the feeling of bloodlust almost overwhelms me. If I was not disciplined enough to handle the bloodlust, I would have been consumed by it, luckily, my discipline training from doing hand to hand combat in the past, I managed to keep a hold of myself and keep a hold of the reality. Still, this is one of the hardest sh*t to handle in my whole life.
The demon woman grinned and unleashed her demonic aura more stronger than before. "Whose bloodlust is stronger, mine or yours?"
"Shut up woman! Yuto, Yuri, can you defeat her?" I looked at my familiars while still trying to hold the bloodlust coming from the Skull Knuckles.
"N-no master. Even if we get the power of your mana, her power is much more stronger and dangerous. If we ever try to fight against her, we would be killed instead!" Yuri said as she looked warily to the female demon.
"Heh, looks like your petty familiars are all afraid of me. They have more brains than you."
I didn't react to her statement, instead, I just gave her a stare and issued a command to my familiars. "Return guys. I will handle this alone."
The two looked at each other before they returned. But they apologized before they disappeared, "Sorry master, we can't help you on this one."
The female demon looked at me in surprise. "Oh? You are going to face me alone? That is interesting. But aren't you just foolish?"
Responding to her taunts are not really something I have to do. But I have to attack and defeat her alongside the other demons surrounding me. This may be idiotic without any support to help you with the battle but I don't want anyone, including my familiars to suffer death. Me alone is enough to deal with her. This is not overconfidence but what I believe.
"Blazing in the world across the land and sea, cover the wheels of fury and bring flames to my path! Blaze! Blazing Shoes!"
Flames engulf the whole shoes I am wearing. Before, when I got the shoes and gloves, there are two chants that appeared in my mind after I managed to touch the two items. I didn't really take them to heart at first until now. These spells will unleash their hidden power that can be used once a month. Although it is only usable once a month, this is enough for me to give doom to the demons.
"I don't care what you are planning to do. Your own option only is to die and that's it! Deal with him!" the demon shouted as she ordered the big demons to attack me.
Without faltering, I move my feet which is now engulfed in flames. The demons might be some force to reckon with but that doesn't mean they can just give their attacks and kill me. With my movements giving me a little bit of speed, and the trail of flames were left behind. The club's of the demons all miss as I slide around. When I saw a chance, I tap my shoe to the ground before I made a leap and landed on the arm of the striking demon. I never made a movement like this before but I started running on his big arm towards his big head. And without giving the demon to grab, I leap from his arm and raised my fist.
"Come and taste my anger! Bloodbath Rampage!"
The Skull Knuckle's glow red and increase its big spikes. I brought down my fists to the demon's eyes and pierce it with my fists. The very warm blood spurts out of the eye of the demon and the demon started scratching his face. However, I don't intend to get caught by that and activated the special attack of the Skull Knuckles.
BANG!
In just a single punch, the demon explodes to pieces and his flesh started raining from the sky. I quickly left the demon and landed on the next demon just next to the demon who just exploded. The demon was startled by my action that he raised his weapon up and smashed his shoulder with it. Of course, I am not an idiot that will stay there and get squashed. With the help of my shoes, I glide to his body and before the club smash his shoulders, I already changed my position and occupied his neck area. While he was still writhing in pain, I grab the chance to punch his nape. With the piercing damage of the Skull Knuckles, it isn't a problem for me to tear the nape area of the demon. I continue to punch and tear the flesh of the demon's nape with the sharp points of the Skull Knuckle. I finished my series of attacks with a blast of flames on his nape, burning the remains of his nape fleshes. The flames spread out to his body and his insides suddenly catch flames without any reason. However, I don't need to think too much about it.
"Fools! What are you all doing?! You let this guy just kill all of you? Fools! Lend me all of your lifespan and I will finish this guy by myself!" the female demon shouted in anger and raised her hands and pointed them to the big demons.
The demons were not expecting this to happen and were about to run away but the female demon's hands started to suck the surrounding demons into her. I just realized that she was not sucking the demons but their life force. Her aura is starting to overwhelm too and her body seems to be getting stronger. The big demons fell one by one with all of their life force taken from them while the female demon grinned and stares at me while licking her fingers.
"Good thing that only works on demons and not on humans isn't it? If that would have worked..."
Before I can react, she darted from where she is standing towards me and attacked me. I quickly blocked her attacks using the Skull Knuckles but who would have thought that I would be sent flying. I landed on the wall and spurt out blood.
"...you will be dead too, right?" I looked up and saw her standing in front of me. The bloodlust in my body disappeared all of a sudden when she grabbed my neck.
"Your power came from the bloodlust of yours, right? And from your stance of fighting, you are not yet a good magician. Perhaps, you are still a newbie? Fufufufu... Then this will be worthwhile..."
I am running out of air and the pain from my neck is getting unbearable for me. I am almost about to pass out but I have to defeat her or else, the bastard students would be dead and I don't want to see them in the afterlife after my death. I am also running out of mana from my continuous use of the Blazing Shoes but the remaining mana is enough for me to release one last magic. I aimed my hands to her chest and before she can notice, I released the torrent of water out of my hands, causing the female demon to release her grip and fall back.
"Bastard...You still struggle despite the inevitable?" she raised her arm and about to strike me. I can't move anymore and was about to collapse when...
ZAAAAPPPP!
"What?!" the female demon looked around and saw a guy standing on the wall while his left hand is still stretched out and his palm is still emitting smoke. I can't see his face because I barely can open my eyes.
"His life can still be saved, but yours is already hopeless..."