Chapter 25: The Beginning of the End

"Where the heck did you get time to recruit a dragon sir?!" Micreal said while looking at the dragon hovering above them, and was slowly landing.

"Well, on the way here, I was stopped by the dragon rider as he heard the story that I told to the Emperor and The Empress to Aid the Capital of Zulu before the incoming destruction of Belphegor, It was a bit hard on convincing them, but I managed," Alistor replied to Micreal as the Dragon fully lands on the field and the dragon was blue as the sea and its fangs coming from both sides, and wings like the blue sky. As the rider went off the dragons back and he took off his helmet that had red painted scars, and longhorns on the back. Gaile had a dragon skin on his arms and legs that he was part-human and part-dragon. with white hair as the clouds. Alistor continued "Everyone, I'd like you to meet Gaile and his trusty companion Tairdurth."

"Thanks, Alistor, Hello everyone I am the first dragon rider of this world, Nice to meet you" Gaile said as he bows and continued "I like to chatter more about me but there is a war about to start, let's defend it with our lives!"

As Gaile announced to the army, he said "Everyone, defend the Capital, destroy all the monsters and Fight with honor!!" and the army then raise their swords and shields and yells for victory, then he continued "ATTACK!!!" and points his dagger to the monsters and beasts, and as they attack, Belphegor also sends an army to attack.

"I'll see you on the battlefield Elementals, I hope to see you soon and don't die." as Gaile then rides his dragon up the sky and attacks the catapults with the dragon's breath of fire.

As the Micreal and the others jumped off the wall to help the soldiers that were attacking the monsters;. Aurora summoned the Spirits to help them fight, and Disoris grabbed the monsters by shadow hands and Micreal threw black flames at the beasts and Belphegor started to attack also. Alistor called Nao and he gave the amulet of unbindings.

"Nao, this is for you, I saw this in a book while we were planning and It seems that this amulet has the ability to disable your curse as long as you wear it," Alistor said and gave the amulet to Nao and Nao looked at him and saw him with a smile on his face, as she smiled also at him, and she wore the amulet and it began to shine as it was connected to Nao's element and suddenly glows.

"Thank you Alistor, for everything." Nao said and Alistor looked at her like she was his own daughter and Belphegor roars as he smashed his giant sword left and right, he was slaughtering everyone in his sights, and Alistor knew that he has to take care of him.

"Now, let's kick some demon lord butt" Alistor said and smirked with a clenched fist and Nao nodded in response, they then jumped off the walls, as they land Alistor said, "You help the others, I will take care of this big guy." and Nao nodded as they parted ways, and Nao suddenly unleashes the beasts that she captured in the forest, with a few pink crystals on their backs.

Alistor then runs to Belphegor and punches him but he was blocked by his demonic sword, "Nice sword you got there." Alistor said as he shakes his hand on the air because the sword was quite hard for him to break. "Micreal!" as he opens his palms and lift his right arm sidewards, Micreal heard his call then went to Alistor, as Micreal was running,he jumped and turned into a spinning scythe towards Alistor's open hand, killing monsters on its way. "Scyth of the Abyss"

"You insects shall be destroyed!" Belphegor replied to Alistor and smashes his sword to Alistor. As Alistor was hit by the sword, he was split in half and his face was smirking and he faded from the sights of Belphegor.

Belphegor looks around him and saw the black smoke that was surrounding him, and as the cloud of smoke came closer to Belphegor, he was slashed left and right, then Belphegor attacks blindly at Alistor and said "You see Belly, shadows can be an enemy and an Ally at the same time, but once you betrayed the shadows, it will hunt you for all eternity" as his voice echoed he then summoned a bunch of shadow skeletons to attack Belphegor, then Belphegor spins with his sword, creating a tornado that would suck the black cloud of smoke and disperses it. As he does so, he saw Alistor standing in the middle, and attacked him with swift speed and smashes his sword at Alistor, then Alistor smirked and a giant black hand behind him appeared and grabs the sword, then a grim reaper behind him appeared from the ground and screeched at Belphegor he said "Grim Reaper of Souls!" Alistor then made four shadows of himself creating a pentagram around him, confusing him with it, then Alistor slashed his back, and the shadow continued on a star-shaped order, he said "Pentagram of Death!" Belphegor was flung left and right, as Alistor and his shadows continuously slashed Belphegor at all sides. Belphegor falls down from the ground, Alistor looked at him and said "Die." as his grim reaper then prepares to stab Belphegor, and launches a strike but the tip of the scythe was grabbed by Belphegor and broke it, then he grabbed the grim reaper and tore it to pieces with his bare hands, Alistor jumps back a few meters from him.

"You underestimate the DEMON LORD!!" Belphegor then let out a large roar and as he does, a wave of purple and violet particles was released inside him, making a shockwave in the battlefield, and Alistor was forced to go backwards, and Belphegor then raises his left arm up high, making his blood boil and he was becoming red as the lava and slowly reveals shapes and words around his body, then he said "Destruction will come unto me!" then the destruction element broke the Arcane prison's boxed seal and broken the roof along the way, making it an orange shooting star towards Belphegor's hand. as the destruction element came to his hand, he ate it, and became much stronger, his sword was red as the deep magma and came to his hands. "Death to this world!" Belphegor then stabs the ground and the ground cracks and emits orange light below and the battlefield became grassless and became dirt all over, forcing the army back to the capital and the monsters back to the forest.

As Gaile hovers to the sky and told his men to retreat, he then cast a barrier around the capital to protect it, "It's all up to you Al," Gaile said while riding his dragon.

As Alistor gathered all the Elementals and Micreal went back to human form, they saw that Belphegor was consumed with rage and destruction.

"This world shall be destroyed!" Belphegor said as he let out a huge roar, being heard from all over the capital of Zulu and through the mountains.

(Skills used:

Scyth of the Abbyss- Alistor calls Micreal for assistance and Micreal becomes a scythe.

Grim reaper of souls- Alistor summons the grim reaper behind him and attacks the enemies, depending to the battle, it will determine how big or small it is.

Pentagram of Death- Alistor makes 4 shadows around the target and attacks the target with a star-shaped pattern, becoming swifter every attack and will cause a lot of damage.)

[Chapter 25 End]