Chapter 208: Tri-Sigil

They quickly would have the location surround them, the walls stretching to hold them in their own rooms, the floors elevating to make stairs. It was familiar territory for the Prince. Despite such darkness, he'd prepare himself, kneeling down with his hands on the floor, ready to do a sprint across the environment staring forward without anything else to interrupt him. He could feel the spiders and snakes trying to swarm around his body, trying to bite into his flesh. He could hear the demented voices of the Shadow People that lived in the abode. It was territory he's seen and experienced before, yet he doesn't show any fear of it. "Do you....want....to play..?" the voices beckoned. Zazel would take a deep breath and close his eyes.

"Nah, Maybe another time..."

KRACC!!!

Breaking open the door and sprinting across the upper floors, throwing himself to the lower ground so he can see the Hat Man in full view, Zazel charged forward, the Sigil of Sabnock made on his hand to create a sledgehammer and swing it around, attempting to crush the Hat Man whilst averting any Shadow People from getting closer and destroying the terrain alongside. In response, the Hat Man was quick in creating a Chupacabra in order to flank the Demon, granting him an opening where he can strike at his neck with a chop and lunge a point-blank creation of Apep, having it bite down the Demon and inject its venom whilst dragging him across the floorboards. The Shadow People take notice of the fight, trying to be as threatening as they can, but one instance of the area immediately cleared them out, valuing their life instead. Zazel would cast another Sigil on the Serpent's mouth, allowing the venom to be laced with such magic, the heat being present, a light being visible.

FWOOSH!!!

The Demon's body lit aflame, the venom coursing around him being burned off, grabbing the Snake's Jaws and throwing it to the side, utilizing a new Sigil on the Snake and tossing it back. The Hat Man would swat the beast away and have it disintegrate, charging forward and trying to create more monsters, but as he attempted, he could feel something change. His eyes began to darken, a sharp sound emitted from his surroundings, his body feeling numb. He'd grit his teeth as he recognized that he touched the Prince of Hell's magic.

The Sigil of Shax

"Good, he's blind, deaf, and unable to touch anything. He's wide open..." The Demon would create Sabnock and Asmodeus together, letting the weapon being constructed be ignited, before charging forward and launching a flurry of slashes to cut the Hat Man apart, the blade he made from the demon laced with another Sigil on top of such flames, electrocuting the man directly, screams being made as the nerves were put back into motion by force.

The Sigil of Furfur.

The Hat Man, in desperation, would try and cast another spell, scattering his constructs and monsters all over, trying to flood the house with such beasts in order to suffocate the demon, yet Zazel doesn't relent. He'd scale himself atop of the beasts, swerving left and right to dodge their trajectory, using the blade to cut them away and forge a path in brutal fashion, his eyes staring down directly at the Hat Man. Another slash was made directly towards his head, hoping to end the nightmare, before being flanked on his side.

BAM!!

The Serpent flooded on his left, no longer trying to inject its venom, but instead to hold the demon down and pin him in a wall, burying him under such shadows, keeping the demon restrained and unable to fight back as the Hat Man regained his senses, recognizing how Zazel did it. "I see....You planted my beasts with that sorcery....and it has a duration. In that duration, you have to ensure I would die before it runs out. A devastating limitation....I wonder if you'll pull it off a second time, after I've seen your trick." The Hat Man would bellow, snapping his fingers and making all of his creations, barring his snakes, to disappear. Publiq charged forward with no hesitation, making the Devil grit his teeth as he prepares for a last ditch effort, planting three seals upon himself. "Now then..." The Hat Man began, preparing his hand to stab directly towards his head. "..Let us see if you can survi-" He paused himself as he'd see the markings, as well as the demon's face. It didn't even had a reaction to his words, nor to his voice.

He lied there, his blank eyes staring at nothing, his breath being managed, as the three sigils were activated.

A high piercing screech, one that stunned everyone around its vicinity, shattering the Apep's and distracting Publiq himself, all for Zazel to lunge forward and try to get a hit in. The Hat Man tried to figure out how exactly the demon was able to see, unaware at how such a feat was made. That was when he noticed markings all over his body, piloting him.

"Shax.....Eligos.....Ronove...."

The Hat Man recognized it immediately. He'd raise his guard, but was too late. A cross punch and a hook straight into the Silhouette's mouth, having the force necessary to bounce him off the walls and across the floor again, before the Demon charged forward and lunged like a beast, grabbing the Hat Man by the neck and trying to use such momentum to break it all apart, hoping to land back down into the depths, hoping to pin him down when such was needed most. The Hat Man would at the very least utilize his magic in copying Kimaris to survive the fall, but the damage would still be the same. "Incredible....You've gotten stronger....no.....You've gotten braver. You're actually showing no mercy....Your once passive, curious mind now became corrupted in power...."

"I must see more of this corruption..."

The two would fall down once more, with the Hat Man creating appendages to further break the fall, hoping to catch the two as they would try to traverse across the chasm. It took only a small glance, however, to know that the Devil wasn't aiming for the Chasm.

He was aiming for the temple itself.