Chapter 23. S-rank mission. Part 5. An unexpected outcome.

- Wow, - with a grain of carelessness, held out Gildarts, - Since I decided to fight in full force, then I shouldn't give in ...

- Die man! - Astaroth growled, hundreds of magic circles appeared behind him at the same moment.

- And this is already dangerous, - the magician calmly approached the slightly shocked Eros, and put him on his shoulder, - How do you feel about flying? - but seeing the incomprehension in the eyes of the titan, he laughed and raised his hand up. In the next moment, a white wave of power hit from her, completely destroying the ceiling and revealing a clear blue sky.

Apparently realizing something, Eros began to shake his head furiously, looking at the cheerful magician ... And only in flight did the titan realize that he could move, but it was too late.

- OLD HAWN! - the echo accompanied the demon's lair for about a minute.

- And now, - the gaiety disappeared from the face of the magician, Gildarts understood that this demon was not a weak opponent because now he felt a little pressure from him, and such a magician had not experienced such a long time.

Gildarts behaved carelessly only because his student was here and so that he would not worry about him and did not ask for trouble.

- Come here, little demon, - turning to Astaroth, he beckoned him to him.

- DIE! - all the magic circles shot many spells, but Gildarts easily destroyed everything and met the demon's fist with his own. The next moment, a scarlet magic circle lit up on the demon's elbow and a strong stream of flame came out of there and under the surprised gaze of the magician, he was thrown aside, but he managed to land on his feet, but the demon was already standing in front of him and with a grin slammed the magician again throwing him into wall.

- For a long time, of course, I have not received, - exactly repeating the devilish smile of the demon, said Gildarts, standing up with a grunt and throwing off his cloak, - Let's continue, this time, I won't give in, - a white whirlwind of power swirled around the magician, - Don't die too soon!

***

"Here is an old stump!" - rubbing his bruised butt, Eros looked around and was very surprised, because the place where he ended up was the duke's estate ... A ruined estate, from which almost nothing remained, only a couple of walls.

~ BOOM!

A wild gust of wind burst from the hole made by Gildarts, crushing the walls that remained intact.

~ BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Dull thuds were heard from the hole almost every second. And about the pressure emanating from the hole, it is generally better to be silent. Therefore, Eros tried to leave the battlefield of these two madmen as quickly as possible.

Leaving the castle, he stopped for a moment, as he noticed a body in an office suit. At first, Eros thought it was a butler, but when he approached, the titan immediately threw it out of his head, because it is very difficult not to recognize the duke. Since all the people he spoke to described Everly as a small, plump man with a mustache and an unpleasant face.

But being next to the body, Eros almost vomited on the spot, because there was no skin on the body, and larvae and flies crawled in visible areas.

- Apparently, he was kicked a long time ago, - the titan said with disgust, turning away from the body, but something surprised him, it was Everly's clenched palm. Through the flesh, Eros saw something shiny. And interest, overcame dislike. But he did not touch the corpse, but simply destroyed his palm and a golden key fell to the ground.

- Hmm ... - picking it up, he began to examine him thoughtfully, because magic power emanated from him, which means that the key is not easy, - Okay, then I'll figure it out, now we need to save the children, otherwise if these two disperse even more, they will destroy that's all, - Eros took out another bracelet, exactly like the one that he and Gildarts had, but only, this one was tuned to a different place.

Looking at the shining crystal, Eros froze, and a herd of goosebumps went down his spine, because if the crystal burns so brightly, it means that the second one is nearby, this guess again made the titan shudder and the closer he got to the two monsters, the brighter the crystal became and the paler than Eros.

"If children are nearby, then they will definitely have a khan!" - Without hesitation, Eros began to crush the earth under him, quickly going down. The lower he went, the brighter the crystal became.

A minute later, Eros, once again destroying the ground under him, the titan began to fall down, but he managed to group up and fall to his feet. He was very lucky, because Eros fell right into the center of the room with the cages in which the children were sitting, who are currently in prostration from the fact that the titanium fell from the ceiling.

"I'm a lucky brute! But I will praise myself later, now I need to get the children out as soon as possible! "

~ BOOM!

- There is no time to explain, everybody get out of the cages, we are leaving here, - without waiting for an answer, he fired Bullets of Destruction, destroying the locks, - FOR ME! - while the children were leaving the cages, Eros approached one of the walls and began to quickly destroy it, making something like steps, - FASTER!

When all the children left the cages, they all headed for Eros, which continued to make the "steps".

- What is happening, what are these explosions ?! - Julie exclaimed, catching up with the titan, who, with a panic on his face, continued to make the ladder.

- Two monsters are fighting! - Eros hissed with anger, - No, one monster and one old stump! - Turning around, he looked at the children that very quickly overtook him, - "Thank God, I had time ..." - thought the Titan with relief.

~ BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The children who followed him screamed at each collision of the two monsters, and Eros just shuddered and prayed that the ceiling would not collapse and accelerate.

After another minute, he again destroyed the earth in front of him and saw the light. Never in his life was Eros so happy to see the sky. Children very quickly began to leave the "cave" and finally the titan could breathe a sigh of relief.

- HEY! Julie is there ...! - A crying girl ran up to him and pulled his shirt, - Julie ...! - Sobbing, she pointed to the exit.

- YOUR MOTHER! - the titan exclaimed in his hearts and ran back, where he saw a girl whose leg was crushed by a small stone and a guy who was trying to move it, but was completely powerless, - "YES, YOU ARE HOOKING!"

~ BOOM!

Without hesitation, he ran up to both of them and easily lifting a stone, under the shocked look of the boy, threw the girl on his shoulder, Eros kicked him.

- RAN FAST! - he did not have to repeat twice, seeing the titan's eyes filled with anger, promising him a sea of ​​pleasant sensations, if he continues to stand still, he abruptly rushed forward, and Eros followed him.

But when they were almost free, an especially strong blow sounded and the exit began to collapse. Without hesitation and kicking the boy well, he flew to the exit at fast speed and after him throwing out the shocked girl, Eros jerked back, very quickly, and as soon as he got out of the improvised staircase, it completely collapsed.

Never in his life was Eros so angry and swearing as today, because of anger, he completely destroyed everything that was in the room. The red-haired monster that watched him from the shadows and was previously preparing to attack the titan, tried not to show signs of life and watched him with fear.

- AH YOU BLIND ASSHOLE, IT IS SO HARD TO LOOK AT THE FUCKING BRACELET ?! - Eros hissed with rage, - YOU ARE OLD BI*CH, I ALMOST DIED, ALWAYS DIED AGAIN! - destroying the walls, he made his way to the place of the battle of two monsters.

***

During this time, their battle was drawing to a close. The demon looked at the magician with hatred, which took his hand and left him in a very deplorable state. On his body, there was not a single living place, and most of the armor was already useless, and in fact it was specially made to order by the best masters of their craft. Astaroth in his life never could have thought that he would be defeated by some pitiful person and this most of all pissed him off.

Gildarts himself escaped with only a few scratches and bruises, and on his face was a calm smile.

- It's been a long time since I had such an entertaining battle, but it's time to end it, don't you think so?

The demon with all his heart hated this man and at that moment, he lost the last crumb of his mind. The sheets in the book next to him began to burn quickly and all this flame began to accumulate in Astaroth's hand.

- I cannot overcome you, - the demon said in a calm voice, looking at the magician with hatred, - If I fall from the hands of a man, I will simply disgrace my father, therefore, in order to somehow save my face, I will take you with me , - the fire quickly changed colors until it became completely black, - My name is Astaroth, remember the name of the one from whose hands you will fall a man.

- How much pathos, - the magic of the crash began to concentrate in the magician's hand, from white it began to turn into red.

- DIE! - a giant stream of flame flew into Gildarts, which destroyed everything in its path, but at the last moment, when the magician was about to attack, the wall behind the demon collapsed.

- WHAT?! - shocked Gildarts exclaimed when he saw Eros there, he sharply approached Astaroth, who was focused on controlling the flame, he hit him on the head, hitting the floor with his face, and the flame changed its direction, passing by Gildarts, - Eros, what are you doing here ? - the magician has long been out, from the strangeness of this situation.

- Where is the bracelet? The titan hissed, glaring at the taken aback Gildarts.

- I took it off so as not to accidentally destroy it during the battle.

- That's how it is, - Eros poked, trying to pull himself together, because he himself had forgotten that he had told Gildarts to take it off during the battle. The titan understood that the magician was not to blame for this, but he was too angry with him, - Is it not destiny to look at him from time to time? I didn't die almost three times because of you while I took the kids out of this fucking place.

- Sorry ... - Gildarts with a guilty face, looked at Eros, - The enemy was stronger than I thought, and I was completely focused on the battle.

Eros turned his gaze to the demon's body and at that moment, he felt a "call", as if it demanded to approach him. The titan might not have listened to him, but this "call" came from the area of ​​magic that was responsible for the red energy, the one that Eros could not summon in any way. Therefore, he nevertheless decided to approach the body of Astaroth.

- Eros! Don't go near him! - Shouted worried Gildarts and taking a step towards Eros, he abruptly grabbed his side, - "What a bastard!" - at this moment, strong magical waves began to emanate from the titan's side and a scarlet magic circle lit up on his hand, which, like a funnel, began to absorb the demon's body.

- AAAA! - as soon as the body disappeared, Eros screamed sharply, clutching his chest, and above him a magic circle re-lit, and with every second the magic power began to grow exponentially. His body also began to change, his hair slowly lengthened and changed color from red to white, his skin turned gray, and two dark horns appeared on his head. Strange-looking orange streaks appeared on the chest, and tattoos on the arms covering from shoulder to fingers. The eyes were bright scarlet. The pressure that Eros emitted was many times stronger than that that emanated from Astaroth.

- What the hell…