The second day

A Heavenly Demon appeared before both of them with six flaming swords. Behind him were floating orbs of fire which had a shifting phase from blue to purple color. The orbs shot themselves in a homing pattern and hit the soldiers of God.

And the Heavenly Demon wasn't interested in us.

His only interest was the God's. He was just like an ground to air missile launcher. With a medium range. As those soldiers who dived into the clouds. Were safe for the time being.

The duo decided to just move ahead without engaging with him.

Heavenly Demon :

Are you an ally of God.

Jays reply was sincere and straightforward.

Jay :

No we are neutral. We don't ally ourselves with God.

Heavenly Demon :

Then why so you fight our kind.

If they were to engage with the Heavenly Demon at least it should be at his normal state or a much better frightened state.

But if he is filled with rage. The enemy moves faster but becomes more predictable.

That's why a frightened enemy is very advantageous to fight.

Jay :

We don't want to. But our goal lies towards the key your leader has.

Heavenly Demon :

I can catch liars with just a tiny expression but you say truth.

So I leave you to your own devices.

Saying that the Demon continues fighting. And firing away towards other pegasi.

This was an awkward interaction.

Both of us returned to slay g other demons and Asura.

And somehow even after seeing his own brethren die before us he was still interested in only blowing up the other side.

McElroy wanted to give him a piece of his mind. But Jay thought that was nothing but a hypocritical reaction.

An entire company of Asura eradicated before him. By two men. Was the time he decided to ask something else.

Heavenly Demon :

Do you a good place to eat in the mainland like under the stars or something. A spot with lots of light and silence.

The demon just asked very trivial questions. It seemed that he was himself very excited to see the mainland which he had just heard about by himself.

And living your whole life on an island can be mind shattering to say the least.

Jay :

There's a forest almost half a day from here. There you can find what you actually need.

It's got amazing view you can lay down and watch the stars. From.

Heavenly :

Thanks , you men are very friendly not like the others.

Others are just mean and disgusting. When they see you they only think of killing.

When an Asura becomes a Heavenly Demon. His mind is calmed down and the demon is able to think more clearly as his mind which was filled with rage towards everything calms down.

The level of nor epinephrine which causes a flight or fight response is diminished over time.

And the Asura gains a level head. These Asuras are somehow are able to cast magic. Though their methods of magic casting are different from humans.

A larger surface area provides more space to release magic spells.

But mostly except hands and feet and sometimes fire breathing through mouth. Mostly these routes aren't used.

Because at the start they cause nauseous reaction, severe nausea. From the lungs it could cause breathing problems such as bronchi constriction or asthmatic conditions.

While there would be stomach pains. When magic is shot through the stomach

It just takes some batting used to. After that every pain is releaved.

The body acclimated to the magic can even be more efficient.

Jay :

You don't want to kill us?

Demon :

Well others say that I am. Not a good judge of character but I think you two are fine people.

And those other asura are fighting their own war. Blinded by rage. They refuse to calm down.

And this is a moment of their lives they are ready to give their life for. As enemies of the God's.

He has a sense of calm mind and even talk casually with others on the battlefield, where according to common sense. Why would one communicate with the enemy. That too this casually. It's just too non sensical. With that short interaction both of us returned to fight our own war.

It was midday. Around 12 pm. An entire battalion of Demons was slain. Jay and McElroy were getting more and more stronger the more demons they killed.

Put of the battalion there were 56 who were almost on their way to become a fully fledged heavenly demon.

But they were not there yet. And after the wiping of an entire battalion. Their stamina was reduced to a half. As they had been fighting without break and tried to take down as many as the both could.

McElroy with his expertise in water and earth magic would prepare a crevice and drown them in water or use the water itself to find an opening and flush their body with enormous amounts of water.

Or he used ice magic. Many shards and swords of ice went flying as they were bullets being shit from an bayonet.

For offensive combat.

With Light magic being their hidden ace for now. McElroy would either use a defensive spell like a stone edge. Or launch large amounts of boulders towards the Asura which after impact would immediately crumble as the didn't have mana to sustain their form.

It was a battlefield. A conflict where the blood of both demons and humans was enough to fill a lake was being swept into the waters. At the point where even the seas were tainted with the color of blood. And light refused to be reflected back from the deep. As it had become pitch dark.

A conflict is no happy event. Where thousands are dying their bodies eaten by huge fishes. Making them unable to be able to be give them a prayer.

A war filled with the rage of a God. The convictions of the demons and Asuras. The hopes of returning alive by everyone.

And the desperation of Jay and McElroy. It was as if there was a swirling storm of negative energy which was brewing over the battlefield.

The army of Demons wouldn't back down and neither their numbers decrease. Jay and McElroy rinse and repeat methods was getting limited as now he was being targeted in hordes at a time. Which meant a restructuring was required.

The Goddess watched from the comfort of the rear lines. While many human family and clans were wiped. From existence. As a result the second day came to an end.

After the sun waned on the battlefield once again making it difficult to continue the conflict.

The living conditions were very rough the healers were argued with fatigue as they were working all time around as casualtues casually flooded their camps.

Jay and McElroy would once again plan their next move and their targets for tomorrow.

While the God watched over the island. With furious eyes.

Ikaros and Viva had a lavish dinner. And once again everyone went to sleep.