Ch.30

Daemon hit the ground, going into a roll in the process. From a bird's eye view. you could see a long river leading up to a mountain that was just hit by something. On the left side of the huge river, there were a group of people. On the right, there was a person rolling further and further away from the river.

He kept rolling and rolling, passing over branches, rocks, ice shards, trees, anything in his path. Daemon was still passed out, but muscle memory kicked in and told him to keep that position of a ball.

As he still has a little girl hes protecting.

He kept rolling down the hill and came to a stop after about 10 minutes. Daemon now layed with his back to the ground. A small girl was sitting on his stomach while holding onto his shirt and shaking.

"M-M-M-Mister..."

She shook the unconscious Daemon. Seeing no response however, she began to worry. 'In case of uncertainty, check their wrist to read a pulse'. The words of Sylvia played in her head in this moment. 'R-Right..'

She then picked up Daemon's right arm and held it by the wrist. She then closed her eyes and sighed. She started to feel for a pulse. She would sometimes feel nothing and would sometimes feel a spark.

'Its like hes dead...and alive..'

She let go of his hand stared at his face. 'But...hes alive. That's...what matters.' She then started slapping Daemon while saying 'Wake up!' on a loop.

Daemon was just floating around in a sea of darkness. 'I'm still alive..' He sighed out while looking around. He was naked but had no genitals. Everything was silent, but in the silence laid voices.

'I...should get up. Lily...shes devastated..'

Daemon slowly closed his eyes and slowly opened them. When he did, he started to feel light pain and it only continued.

"Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!"

Daemon then grabbed her arm, making her jump a bit. When she noticed he was awake however, her expression relaxed, but with more tears coming out as a price.

"M-Mister. You're...fine?.."

Daemon let go of her hand and slouched up. He started looking around while nodding.

"Yeah.."

There was a giant wall behind them. It rivaled 200 meters and stretched out into white fog. Daemon couldn't see where it stopped at, making him worry slightly.

'The only way out is back up that hill or climbing up this wall..'

Daemon looked down and noticed his clothes were ripped and stained with blood. 'Atleast shes fine...' Daemon stared at the small girl who clothes were in perfect condition. It was a little dirty from tears and snot though.

"Hey. What's your name?"

As he said that, Daemon heard a another loud bang from his sides. 'Hm?..' Daemon slowly looked over and saw a huge beast starring at him. It had white fur everywhere on its body and had a blue face. 'A...yeti?..' It and its friends had clubs in their hands.

'What rank...is this duengon?'

"W-W-What are those?!"

She held onto Daemon's waist as he slowly got up. The beast then chuckled, causing Daemon to flinch. 'Monsters that respond to human conversation... This dungeon is B rank or higher!' Most monsters can laugh like goblins per say, but they do it uncontrollably. These...yeti responded to the girls words though by laughing right after.

The huge beast then got serious, making Daemon do the same as well. 'My regeneration isnt going to get me out of this...' Daemon then looked down at the small child.

'Her magic...will work however.'

Age acceleration magic. Able to age anything into death or into an infant. Truly a scary power if you use it right.

The huge beasts then roared out in harmony and swung their clubs down on the two. Daemon reacted by jumping up, making the beast hit the group, causing a cloud of dust to come up.

From his jump alone, Daemon travel 10 meters up. Anyone human could jump high or run fast if they applied magic around themselves. Most humans also can't do that as you need to have a lot of magic control. Like chakra control from Naruto.

Daemon then forced the girl onto his back and dug his hands and legs into the giant wall. The beast slowly started to look up at them.

"Hey. Do you have to touch things for your magic to work?"

The girl was shaking with her arms and legs never coming off his body. Like glue that gets onto another piece of paper.

"I-I have to be within 5 feet of the person or thing I want to age.."

Daemon nodded at that. 2 inches inside the mountain, you could see fingers with pulled back nails and blood seeping out.

"Okay. I..have a plan then.."

She slowly nodded and Daemon whispered a plan to her.

....

"Tell me everything!"

Sylvia burst threw a door and quickly sat down at a table. She was just informed of what happened to flight S and she wanted to know more.

"Yes."

A man then pulled down a string and a curtain fell down. It was transparent with words and statistics on it.

"Flight S took off at 9am. They then flew in the air for 2 hours before a slit appeared in the sky. That slit was a dungeon. The plane flew into the sky dungeon and disappeared off our maps."

"Damn it bastard! I already know that! Tell me THEIR status!"

Her master's son and daughter. Her lover and student. Her friends before they even knew of the word. They were her family, no matter what anyone tells her.

"W-We don't know! We have no well of telling!"

The man got defensive as the air temperature dropped. This caused the people in the room to hold their shoulder with clattering teeth.

'If they randomly entered a dungeon, then the pilots and attendant are probably dead. That leaves a flying plane without a driver. Daemon should already realize the situation and try to do something to get everyone to safety. He may even tell them to jump off the plane..'

She ran numerous simulations in her head. Each of them either ended in death or just barely surviving.

"Call in my guild. Tell them to gather all the members and meet me at the airport."

"H-Huh?! You can't go in! You don't know how dangerous it can be in there!"

Sylvia got up and turned around.

"That's exactly.."

Memories of Daemon and Lily flooded through her head. 'I have to save them..' She bawled her fist and looked over her shoulder.

"That's exactly why I'm going!"

....

Daemon landed on the ground and the small girl jumped off. The beast gave a huge grin at that and started circling around them. They were 6 feet out, meaning they weren't in perfect distance yet.

'The plan is for me to take all the damage while she applies her own. With my class, their attacks will be nullified, but I'll also take 100% of the inflicting pain from said damage...'

"Hey, big guys! Come at me weak bastards!"

Daemon tried provoking the beast, but it didn't work. They just kept circling the two like they were checking out their battle prowess. When they saw Daemon jump that high, it made them weary.

'Damn it. Fuck it!'

Daemon forced her back onto his back again. This should have been plan A. The two then started running towards the beast.

"Now!"

Daemon shouted outloud. The monster that Daemon was coming towards roared out and put its club up. The small girl then put her hands out at the beast and yellow waves were shot out.

Daemon could feel himself aging from getting hit in the ears slightly. The yellow waves connected with the beast as it swung its arms down. It instantly stopped however and dropped the club.

'Nice!'

Daemon could see its fur growing and growing, making him smile. 'But wait..' Daemon came to a realization. 'How long...will this last..' She was only a kid. He could tell she used a lot of magic power and it probably only aged the beast 2 or 3 years.

The two then went around, blasting the yetis with age waves and drawing back. Daemon started giving her small doses of magic power to continue, but it wouldn't last for long. He had to save some for himself as he needed to cover his body in it to survive this harsh cold.

One brought its club down and Daemon jumped back. When he did, he quickly turned around to receive a foot planted in his face, making him fly back into the snow. 'Damn it!' Daemon shot around and noticed that the girl was past out from exhaustion and pain.

'It's..time..'

The 4 remaining beast out of the 15 that showed themselves in the beginning remained. The other 11 were on the ground tossing and turning from their forced aging.

'While shes out, I can use my powers..'

Realization hit him earlier. He could have avoided all of this suffering, but..he chose to ignore it. He chose to ignore something that would have caused all these people from being hurt.

'No, I don't want too, because it makes me feel different.'

'No, your just selfish. For your own desire and thought, you put everyone else at risk.'

'But these powers.... They can destroy everyone if I use them. That's why..'

'But they can also save everyone. It's up to me if I do..'

Daemon had twisted thoughts. When your powers transcend all that is relevant, you start to get twisted in the reality of the real world. You start to try and blend in with the thought of 'I just won't use my powers' in the back of your head. You start to become ignorant towards your real self. You start to put it all past you, just to live your life.

It..doesn't work.

Those twisted thoughts come back. When you transcend all that is relevant, you also know all that is relevant. You start to see into everything, know their true nature and purpose. You try to ignore this, but the thought of 'You've had murderous thoughts' or 'You had sadistic thoughts' stays in the front of your mind. You start to realize your true self. While trying to live a normal life by putting it behind you, you also set yourself up with the most twisted one.

'These thoughts.... They resurface occasionally, but they've never hit this deep before... Maybe it's because of the situation at hand. How people lives are on the line. Maybe it's because your finally starting to open up about youself...'

The best rushed at Daemon who only put his hands out. 'I've never killed monsters with this magic. Animal like monsters atleast..' Human and Monster are no different. The only thing that separates them are looks.

<▪︎"God Magic..."▪︎>

Daemons voice sounded majestic and soft as the monsters bodys started flying towards his hands without control.

<▪︎"Erasure."▪︎>

The beasts instanly disappeared from existence and into nothingness. Daemon still had his hands out to the left and right, a blank face coming back.

<▪︎"I Can Use This Magic To Make This Word My Own. To Make This A Place Where Me And My Loved Ones Can Live In Peace.."▪︎>

The unconcious girl then started shaking. Her body then started picking itself up like a corpse awaking after battle.

<▪︎"I'll Turn You Into A Soldier."▪︎>

Daemon started walking up to the huge wall. Like it was obeying a master, the little girl followed. An outline of a huge circle then appeared on the rock wall and it went in in itself and to the left.

'For now, we'll reside in here..'

Daemon undid his cloak and took the rest of his upper part of his clothes off. 'You could turn back now, and live a normal life...' Daemon started walking into the deep, dark cave.

'Or you can become a ruler over heaven and earth and never look back.'

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