Chapter 22. S-rank mission. Part 4. Demon.

The creature's hand fell to the ground, and the next moment a hole appeared in its head. No one had time to notice when Eros used the spells, all they saw was just one white flash.

- What a wrong time, - said Eros with annoyance, sheathed the dagger and he disappeared from the titan's hand, - So kids, we listen carefully, - patting, Eros tried to attract the attention of the children, - Do not leave the cage until I come for you and try to be quieter.

- You are not going to help us? The girl asked in surprise, stroking her hand in the place where the creature grabbed her.

- I would help if I could, but I doubt that these are the monsters, the strongest, I can say with confidence that there are stronger ones here, but I cannot protect you all, so it will be safer for you to stay here.

- Promise that you will return for us.

- I can't promise what I don't know, - Eros closed the cage, but didn't put the lock, he just threw the keys to the girl.

Leaving the room with the children, he went out into a dark corridor, where they were already waiting for him.

- How many of you, apparently in vain I decided to remove it so early, - a dagger appeared in his hand and making a jerk, Eros was already standing on the shoulder of one of the monsters, and the dagger was sticking up to the hilt in his head, - One is from ... five, - but the next one made him very surprised, because the one to whom he had just stuck a dagger in the head showed signs of life and the titan quickly pulled out the dagger and jumped aside.

The monster with a hole in his head continued to stand as he stood and even growled at him and they all attacked Eros at the same time.

The titan dodged attacks while inflicting many wounds on monsters, cutting out nerves and aiming only at points, incapacitating individual limbs. Eros tried not to use magic, saving for a meeting with the boss. And the monsters themselves moved monotonously, so it was not difficult for him to dodge and counterattack in response.

Already five minutes later, most of the creatures were lying on the floor, growling towards the Titan, and only a few were standing, but their limbs were hanging down with a whip, and one was missing a head, but this did not interfere.

- I feel like I'm fighting with a doll on autopilot, - Eros said with slight surprise, dodging one of them and turning sharply, he plunged a dagger into his heart. The creature stood on its feet for a few more seconds and fell, showing no signs of life, and Eros felt that his magical power had recovered a little - And in the heart, your source of strength that allows you to move ... How strange it all is.

him, - What ?! - and this feeling did not lie, as soon as Eros began to retreat, the monster, already a second later, stood with a raised paw above the titan's head, but he managed to defend himself, substituting a dagger under the blow and cutting off the monster's claws.

Seeing the absence of claws, the monster growled even more and attacked Eros sharply, he barely had time to repulse the attacks of the monster.

"He is in no way inferior to that bear, which means ..." - a satisfied grin emerged on the titan's face by itself, and from the defense, he abruptly turned to attack, but the monster quickly dodged attacks and did not forget to counterattack, - "I just a little physically inferior to him, but I still have magic! " - he raised his fist, the monster did the same, and when they collided, right in front of the creature's eyes, his fist exploded, splattering blood all around, leaving only a stump from the hand.

Leaping back, the monster roared towards Eros, clutching what was left of his paw.

- Strange, you are not like the others, you are more emotional ... - the monster growled and jumped towards the titan, but he quickly dodged his paw while provoking him and when the monster's patience reached the limit, Eros caught the moment and made only one attack , cutting off the remaining hand and sharply drove the dagger into the heart, - Thank you for your help, you helped me a lot ...

Having pulled out a dagger from the lying creature and just in case destroying the body, he began to slowly move along the tunnel, but not having passed even a couple of hundred meters, he had to stop abruptly. Only looking around the corner, he saw another creature, also dark in color, but it was several times larger than the others. Looking slightly, Eros saw the creature's head slowly turn in his direction.

The Titan dropped his head abruptly, his heart pounding at a frantic pace.

"I hope I didn't notice…" - even at a distance of several tens of meters, Eros felt the outgoing pressure from the creature and it is definitely much stronger than that red one. And it is better for such a monster not to come across.

A minute passed and there was no reaction when Eros was about to breathe a sigh of relief. It appeared before him ...

- Bug, you breathe too loudly, - the creature hissed, grinning.

- Heck! - Eros just did not have time to do anything, as the creature grabbed him by the head and hammered him right into the wall, and then again and again.

- Mister Astaroth, has already been waiting for you, - laughing, it threw the body of Eros on its back and went only in one direction known to him.

Eros, on the other hand, swore softly in his mind, pretending to have passed out. At the same time, looking at the bright scarlet color of the stone, because if the stone on the bracelet burns with such a bright color, then the second one is the same somewhere very close.

"Oh, you old shit, instead of helping the student, you stumbled over and watched him being hammered into the wall!" - and a piece of a dark cloak sticking out from one of the corners fully confirmed his theory.

The monster slowly moved along the corridors, for all the time on the way, Eros had already lost count of how many turns and passed the stairs. And only one thing was on the mind of the titan, where is this place?

And now, after half an hour, they finally got to an open space, which is a giant room with a large number of test tubes and flasks, with contents of different colors, several cabinets with books were located against the wall. In the center of the room, a magic circle was drawn, in the center of which there were many letters and runes.

- Oh, you finally caught this mouse, I'm very glad, - a pleasant, cheerful male voice sounded, and it's definitely not a person that appeared in front of the monster, because not a single person has giant horns on their heads. He had ash-colored hair, covered with a burgundy hood, red eyes, and his body was almost completely covered by light-looking armor of a dark purple color. In his hand he held a red-bound book, - Don't pretend unconscious, I'm not as mindless as this creature.

"Heck!" - Eros hissed to himself, but did not show it.

- As you want, it still will not save you, from your fate, to become my experiment, - the demon said with disdain, - You are a stupid creature, lay him on that table, and you are a trifle, - waving his hand, for a moment lit up on his hand a scarlet magic circle and went out at the same moment.

Eros, for the first time in his life, experienced real fear, because he could not move any part of his body, even access to magical power was completely closed.

- That's better, - when he was about to use some other spell, he froze abruptly, and his eyes lit up scarlet, - Come out, stop hiding.

For the first few seconds there was only silence, until Gildarts came around the corner.

- I was noticed, but I also wanted to listen to your speech ...

- Man ... - frowning, the demon took a few steps back, - You are dangerous, too dangerous, - in the next instant several pages flew out of the book, turning into ash, and the ashes into magic circles, - Die man, blame only yourself for your death.

Many different spells flew at Gildarts, from curses to elemental attacks. But the magician with a grin put his hand in front of him, it glowed white and an explosion occurred, absorbing both Gildarts himself and the spell launched at him.

"Strong," the demon hissed displeasedly.

As soon as the smoke cleared, an unharmed magician appeared with the same smile, looking towards the demon.

- The second time in my life I see a real demon.

- And the last one, - this time, he did not use the book to create spells, but put out his palm and a scarlet magic circle caught fire above the magician's head and at the same moment, under Gildarts's feet, the stone slabs began to break, but the magician still stood relaxed ...

Seeing this, the demon only poked his head in displeasure and waving his hand again, the pressure increased again, and another magic circle appeared over Gildarts's head.

- Demon huh? - Gildarts stretched out with a mockery, - It was somehow weak, the past was stronger, then I almost died, and you can't even stop me, - the magician calmly walked towards the demon, who at that moment began to feel fear, for the first time in his life , he was frightened of an ordinary person.

In the next moment, Gildarts disappeared and appeared right in front of the shocked demon with a raised fist. From the force of the blow, the demon was simply driven into the opposite wall.

- Eros and how could you lose to these little animals, - the magician exclaimed reproachfully and easily destroyed the monster, he did not even have time to notice the movements of Gildarts.

The titan himself was quietly cursing in his mind, perhaps for such a monster as Gildarts, they are just animals, but for an "ordinary" magician like Eros, these are real monsters that he is unlikely to be able to defeat soon. Yes, rather, they will simply smear Eros on the wall without noticing it.

- Scum ... - hissed the demon sitting against the wall, - If I don't kill you today, then in my life I won't be able to call myself a demon, - his eyes were completely filled with darkness, and the air around him trembled from the pressure that he emitted, - Little man! Know your place!