A Little Sparring

"I think that should do it. We still need to follow the doctor's instruction even when we are a Phenex."

"Yes, brother."

I wipe sweat out of my forehead and sit down on the ground. Today is the training day, but this is an easy training season, unlike my usual training intensity. Well, an easy training season still looks like suicidal training to a normal human.

I'm not feeling tired, but I guess I cannot force my body and worry my family. At least not in front of them. I can continue to train when I arrive at the Antarctica base. Urgh, let's forget about that. Mother has a weird six sense. She will know that I have been training outside the schedule she put on. I don't want to be grounded once again.

I snap from my thoughts when I hear a footstep coming from behind me. As I look at my back, I can see my father walk toward me but what catches my attention is the familiar face behind him. This man is very tall, 2.2 meters tall, with a very muscular body. He has purple eyes and a gleaming head.

This man is one of the Four Satan, Falbium Asmodeus.

I tilted my head and got up from the ground. I bow a little at Satan Asmodeus before saying.

"Welcome to our home, Lord Asmodeus."

"You don't need to bow at me, Riser."

"Very well. So, what can I do for you?"

"Oh? Am I here only to ask for something?"

"Father will never get into the training ground not without his training suit. He only comes here to have a solo training season or come to spar with me."

I look at the ceiling with vacant eyes as I remember how the spar is going—a fight between him and me with me being thrown around like a ragdoll. I also remember how both Father and Mother decided to have two vs. one spar against me before doing their bedroom activity.

How did my brothers know when they wanted to fuck? Both of them are always gone when their mother is horny.

I shake my head and say,

"So, what can I do for you, Lord Asmodeus?"

"It is about my nephew."

Nephew? Ah, he means Zephyrdor, huh?

"What about him?"

"I come here asking for the fight to be held privately."

Ah, I see what he wants to do. He did not want to tarnish the name of Glasya-Labolas. While he was no longer a member of the Glasya-Labolas clan, he still cared for them. All of the Four Satan care for their former clan.

"I don't really mind. As long as my father agrees with it, I don't mind."

"Aye. I already talked about it with your father, and he agreed as long as you did not mind."

"I don't really mind."

"Thank you, Riser. I owe you one."

"Don't mention it, my lord. Anyway, is there anything else?"

"Hmmm, there is one. Will you have a small spar with me?"

"Huh?"

I look at him with a shocked expression. I can even see my father and brother look at him as if he is a body double. If not for the demonic power leaked from his body, I would also think that this Falbium is not real.

"What? What are you guys looking at me like that?"

"Ermmm, you want to have a… spar with my son?"

My father said it after searching for the right word. It is a well-known fact that Falbium is a lazy devil who prefers to sleep rather than work, but here he was asking for a small spar.

"What? Is it really that weird for me to ask that? I'm not that lazy, you know?"

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|3rd POV|

Hardius looks at Falbium as if he is coming from another planet. This man was not that lazy? This man who is lying on the ground, eating some potato chips, while killing a hundred enemies?! This man sleeps in the middle of an important meeting with Heaven.

This man said that he is not that lazy? That must be the lamest joke, or he believed what he said.

"I-I don't really mind, but I cannot fight you fully. I am still recovering from my previous fight."

"Ah! Don't worry about it, Riser. I will hold back. I just want to test something. How about this? I will not attack you. I will stand here and take all your attacks."

"Huh? I mean sure, I guess."

"Good. Come on! Come!"

Riser looks at his father, and when he sees him nod his head, he takes a deep breath. Riser walks away from Falbium, stops ten meters away from Falbium, and takes a fighting stance.

After another deep breath, Riser ran toward Falbium. Riser appears in front of Falbium in the blink of an eye, but his body is thrown away before he can attack Falbium. Riser's body creates a hole by the force of his body being thrown away. The reason? Falbium slapped him right in the face.

Riser got up from the ground and shouted.

"Why did you attack me?! I thought you would not do that?!"

Falbium looks at Riser with a sheepish expression and scratches his bald head.

"Sorry! It was a reflect! I promise not to do that again."

It is true. Falbium is the type of person that slaps first and apologizes later. This is a reason why there is a written rule in the Underworld Army that to never run toward Falbium unless you want to be slapped to another city.

Riser looks at Falbium and thinks for a second. The previous attack is so fast that he cannot even see the incoming attack. Not only that, his instinct that usually flares up when there is an incoming attack did not do anything. It was as if saying there was no threat coming at him.

"What are you waiting for?! Come on! You can attack me with all your power!"

Riser snaps from his thoughts and nods his head. With another deep breath, he appears in front of Falbium and punches him right in the face.

*BOOM*

His punch created a shockwave, but it was not enough to even scratch the orange aura around Falbium.

"Hmmm, not bad! High-class. If you are in the army, I will place you in the captain position by your power alone."

"Thank you. Also, is that the famous Absolute Defence?"

"Oh? This? Yup. This is the Bloodline Power of the Glasya-Labolas clan."

"I see. Interesting."

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Falbium sees Riser coming at him with another massive fire attack that slightly shakes his barrier. He must admit that he did not expect this young devil to be this powerful. His White Flame is on another level. He can feel it trying to burn him, but the outer feeling he gets from the flame is that it is very cold.

Burning ice or an Icy Fire? He cannot decide.

Not only that, Riser's control over lava is on another level. He can spew a wave of lava from his mouth and create a pool of lava from the ground. Not only that, but Riser can also control the temperature of the lava around him.

Falbium also can feel that Riser tries to boil his blood, but because of the amount of Demonic Energy inside his body, Riser cannot do that. Combine that with his Bloodline Power; not even a God could attack him from the inside.

That is the only Riser Bloodline power coming from the Phenex Clan. His control over Vassago's bloodline power is also very good. Falbium starts to pity Zephyrdor and is even more upset for his idiocy for challenging Riser into a fight.

"Stop"

Riser stops his fist just before it hits Falbium's face.

"You can stop now. I am satisfied with this. You can rest now."

Riser nods his head before letting his body fall to the ground. He uses a large amount of his Demonic Energy, and he can feel his body hurting from all the attacks he does.

"You have a bright future, Riser. I'm interested in seeing you achieve it."

Falbium smiles and starts to walk away from the training ground. However, before he could get away, he heard a woman's voice coming from the exit.

"And where do you think you are going? Hmmm?~"

Falbium looks at the exit and sees Valerie cracking her knuckle with a bright green aura surrounding her.

"I know I should stay at home and sleep all day."

That is his last word before his body gets thrown away like a rag doll by the angry mother.