Rei watched as the young manticore growled towards the two siblings, who nodded to each other. The sister smiled slamming her mace onto the head of the manticore and, in retaliation, it tried to pounce towards her but then the brother formed a barrier of flames to divide them, smouldering the face of the manticore, who backed off screeching.
She dashed into the beast after the flames disappeared in a whim into the orb of the sorcerer. He then ran towards Akari and began to manipulate the flames within his orb and began to heal some of his wounds with a chartreuse colour easing out the pain.
Meanwhile, the fighter and manticore began to trade blows with mace and claws as she got slashed on the arm and then her brother shouted "Aldith be careful!"
She shouted back saying "Incredible work revealing my name to two strangers, Elliot!"
He sighed in exasperation as he continued to aid Akari and asked "Well I guess it's fine if I ask your name, traveler?"
"It seems you both are the travelers here because it's obvious you both aren't of here with names like that..." He replied flatly trying to stand back up grasping his katana getting in his stance to place an attack.
"Wait are you seriously..."
"You wanted my name Elliot? I am Rei Akari, the lightning samurai..." He dashed out of his grip rising above Aldith and the manticore, who looked at awe at the fighter surrounded by golden glimmer. Distracted, the manticore gazed up at Akari who slammed down at the creature leaving an intense, blazing eruption down as he left the steaming cloud with the carcass of the manticore laying next to him.
"How on earth..." Aldith muttered as, out of the blue, a crimson bird dashed down to claw onto one of the eyes of the dead manticore. Akari tried to slash the bird with his blade but then his heart nearly took off and he dropped again unconscious as the bird squawked loudly flying higher.
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Mazoku woke up standing up as he smelled the creeping aroma of green tea reach his nose. He walked on looking at the room he's in with an empty cup, on a table, near 2 filled cups.
Near the side of the table, Daichi laid asleep and he walked to wake her up but then a voice said "Let her sleep. Not everyone has demonic powers like you..." A bearded man stood before him, looking solemnly, and began to breathe quickly and started to transform to his demonic form and contorting his skin.
Before Mazoku reacted, he dashed towards him, without warning, breaking to the field outside, and pinned him down saying "I saw your moves Mazoku. You have brute strength yet no skill to match with it. I'm not here to hurt or fight you and your friend. I want to teach you how to get stronger." He got off him. "I heard about what happened to you from the girl-"
"So what!? Why would I trust someone like you?"
He looked up in the sky and back at Mazoku "Well because for the first time..." He paused and exhaled looking down "I want to help others."
Mazoku sighed standing up and nodding half-heartedly "I guess I'll need to train with someone like me if I ever wanted to refine my skills and get stronger." He answered as he thought 'I will do anything to get my vengeance soon.'
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Vengeance was on the mind of others as the bird placed the eye onto the cave floor and then as it rolled down and was then crushed by the large paw of a fully grown manticore who's eyes blazed in anger "Akari you say? I see my nemesis has chosen to prey on my son and kill him. Well no matter what... I will kill him and he will feel the wrath of Altuzmal again. Revenge will be mine!"