Desperate Fight

Capiro laughed madly as the four hands grew out of his back it was a rather grotesque view as two of the hands dissolved themself and formed many smaller hands that got into the form of some kind of armor

"Hahahahhahaha so this is it! This is how it feels to have such power!!" he laughed

, I have to kill him before the demon kings encroachment skill levels further, I thought, He isn´t someone I can defeat anymore I need to find another way to kill him,

"Now give up Dhampir kneel before me and let me kill you as cruelly as possible" Capiro shouted out loud and the hands formed a massive amount of magic between them which should be impossible but I had no time to think about that

"GET BEHIND ME!!!!" I ordered Neria and she took the weakened saint with her and got behind me some of the priests did the same apparently they believed I was confident in blocking that attack but to be honest I would be happy to survive it

The ball of magic released itself as a beam and I used the shield-form in combination with every shield art I knew to defend myself and the people behind me

The Beam of magic and my shield clashed head-on and I got pushed back I gave in all my strength and still crashed into Neria who stood behind me I still held the position and I could feel how blood flood under my arm protectors and could hear my bones break

"Urgh, this ... was..." I couldn´t even talk anymore so strong was the attack

"Val, fast drink the potion" Neria screamed in fear and panic as she saw my weakened state

I couldn´t even say something to her all I could implement was that she should flee while I had the last bit of strength to buy her and the others time to flee as my legs gave in

"As if!" she said and held the potion to my mouth and tried to make me drink but I couldn´t I cough it out mixed with blood

"Val..." Nerias eyes filled with tears and I could feel my consciousness dwindle away from me but I was hell awake as I felt the potion going down my throat Neria gave it to me via mouth feeding and I ignored the feeling of the lessening pain as my mind was fully occupied analyzing the situation as

"How sweet a last goodbye kiss between lovers it brings me to tears to kill you after such a sight but what do I care about that" Capiro´s mind got more and more distorted as time proceeded and he tried to fire another one of this shots but

"We won´t let you!" the priest warriors shouted and attacked him with everything they had

"Annoying flies get out of my way" the arms extended themself and killed the priest warriors that charged at him as if he was killing flies as he called them

In the meantime, my wound healed and I was able to stand up through I had to use my sword as a cane for a moment but I quickly was able to stand without it and I looked back

"Thanks, Neria... I think we should talk about..." I started but she interrupted me with the look in her eyes while her ears stood straight and she looked down only nodding signaling me to not say anything more, well it wasn´t the place to do so anyway so I paid my full attention to Capiro

"Do you like pain so much that you let yourself be healed only to be hurt again and die a horrible death?" he said arrogantly and I shook my head

"Nope just to exterminate you," I repeated in a mocking tone yet he didn´t react to it

The two hands extended and magic balls formed at the fingertips my shield wouldn´t be enough to defend myself so I decided to at least try to get the other out of the trajectory but I made a mistake

I jumped aside to draw the magic at me yet he totally ignored me and the beams were released

"NERIA GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE!!!!!" I shouted but it was too late the beams multiplied themself as the hit each other and so she wasn´t able to fully evade the beams and three of them hit her

Neria fell on the ground her wounds weren´t fatal but alone the fact that my stupidy got her hurt was enough for me to get angry and as I did so my sword emitted a black aura and I heard a voice in my head

[Weapon Tree level 2 unlocked! Add now new Weapon modes!]

, Weapon Tree Level 2?, I questioned but the sword answered my questions as it sent the new modes directly into my brain the new weapons I unlocked were a hammer, an ax, a crossbow and a staff along with new variations of the already unlocked weapons

Yet this wasn´t all I felt a presence lurking within the sword but I didn´t care for that right now Neria was still alive yet Capiro would surely kill her with his next move so I had to intercept it as fast as I could

"Hoho so you get angry if I hurt her? Then let´s have some fun" he smiled while saying that but I got even more furious as he said so and rushed before him at a speed I never thought I could achieve but I also got an answer for this the next instant

『You have acquired the Strengthened Attribute Values: Wrath skill!』

『The level of the Strengthened Attribute Values: Wrath skill has increased!』

"You will die here you piece of shit," I said while smiling and changed my sword into a giant two-handed version of itself and swung it at the vampire who blocked it with the demon king´s hands but still got pushed back to his confusion

"How...?" was all he could utter before I pressed him into defense using all varieties of weapons at my disposal pushing him back even more

"It´s irritating why can you challenge me" he stuttered while defending himself against my barrage of attacks I remained silent and concentrated on him but I couldn´t inflict a wound on him

, I have to change strategy, I thought and my mind run wild thinking of a way to defeat him and there was indeed something that could defeat him the sun itself would be able to defeat him if I can destroy the ceiling so much that no shadow remains here

, I need enough time to charge an arrow but I doubt he would give me the time... the priests!, I thought of the only ones that may be able to buy me enough time but as a threw a look in their direction I was shocked Neria occupied my full attention during Capiros attack so I didn´t realize that they were caught into it as well they weren´t able to help me like this

" So what funny things are you thinking of heh?" Capiro slowly got accustomed at my style with the different weapons and was able to push me back slowly but surely

, How can I get enough time?!, I shouted in my mind as I evaded his attacks with his arms one hit with them and I would be defeated I knew that as did he but his arrogance and possibly the Demon King Encroachment Skill let him see this as a game he couldn´t lose so he enjoyed it to it´s fullest

"I will help you" a voice shouted behind me it was the saint who was unharmed somehow after Neria healed her but I didn´t care about that now

"I need 10 seconds" I shouted back and she nodded so I jumped back using my bow in a new stronger form in which I channeled as much magic as possible and aimed for Capiro who playfully fend of the saints magic as he looked at me

"So this is your plan shoot me with your tiny little bow? Don´t be ridiculous" he said and was about to kill the saint but as I aimed at the ceiling his face distorted from one moment to another

"Bastard I won´t let you" he shouted and his arms shoot for me but collided with wind magic

"As if... such... a tiny... little wound... could... stop me..." Neria the caster of the magic said and Capiro rushed at me with all his power but he was too late

[Heavens Wrathful Arrow] I released the arrow strengthened by my own wrath and it shoots right through the ceiling expanding and ripping it away as if it was nothing

As the Arrow broke through the ground of the City my heart stopped for a moment as I only saw clouds and Capiro smiled triumphantly but this switched as my arrow collected itself in the clouds and explode blowing the clouds away reveling the sun and then I heard Capiros screams in agony