23: The Demon of White Flames

𝕮𝖍𝖆𝖕𝖙𝖊𝖗 𝟐𝟑: 𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕯𝖊𝖒𝖔𝖓 𝖔𝖋 𝖂𝖍𝖎𝖙𝖊 𝕱𝖑𝖆𝖒𝖊𝖘

"Damn!" The demon panicked tears forming in his eyes, "I don't wanna go to hell! Let go bloody Bastard!"

Just a few more inches! Anthony screamed within himself. The demon had a thick neck, and with all his force he couldn't cut through it. No! He couldn't loose this opportunity, he needed to make the kill and rid Mouta of the demon.

Boom!

Anthony catches a glimpse of something flying fast from the shore headed for him, it glimmered in the moon light giving a white glare? Was it ice? Was this another demon?

Anthony gulped hard,He needed to... "End this! Now or Never!"

"Ahhhh!" With one last outburst of strength Anthony pushed his blade with all his might through the demon's neck beheading.

"Ahhhhhhhhh!!!" The demon panicked, his view immediately titling upside down involuntarily. He was beheaded!

Tsk! The ice shaped fist connected with Anthony's side sending him flying into the air and crashing face flat to the ground raising mounds of dirt around him.

Anthony groaned in pain, 'what was that!' He asked himself lost of breath. He groaned rising to his feet groggily, he was low on stamina and his hands were heavy, he never foresaw himself battling two demons in one night, but if he turned out lucky he might just survive.

Anthony scanned around locking unto a figure... A demon in a dark brown loose coat that showed his rock hard abs, long dark trousers, on his waist was a rope like belt and tied to it were torn pieces of cloths, one bearing the Eastern Veken symbol, another Nouthern, the last was a Southern. He was pale, two huge horns, bulky and his eyes was without colour.

He raised out a finger and pointed to Anthony. "A Western kingdom Symbol!"

Anthony turned to the symbol on his cape and back to the demon, he seemed preety interested in it.

The demon licked his lip "it would look good in my collection!" He said patting softly on his belt. "Since that's the last one I haven't killed yet to earn!" He continued "so just come over so I can put my ice spear in you, don't worry!" He said with a hostile tone "I will make it quick!"

Anthony glared at the demon having a sense of foreboding, "you are the one terrorizing the village!" He yelled out.

The demon shook his head "Dwinko and I."

Anthony tightened the grip on his hilt raising his sword to his face "then all I need to do is end you!"

The demon shook his head again "wrong!"

Anthony hesitated, 'what did he mean by that? Why was he playing damn wise!'

The demon pointed his finger.

Anthony turned around to see what the demon directed at.

"Damn stick together!" Dozens of feet away was Dwinko reattaching his beheaded head to his neck, sweating and crying incessantly.

"Shit!" Anthony said as he raced for Dwinko as fast as he could. "I didn't behead your dang head for nothing!" Anthony crouched down as fast as he could grabbed a stone, without hesitation he hurled it for Dwinko.

The stone connected with Dwinko's head causing it to slide a bit from his neck. He grunted turning his gaze to see Anthony gaining speed and covering ground fast "damn! Bloody desperate hunter!" Dwinko pulled his head to place again, it was slowly reattaching itself. "Shit! Why is my regeneration so damn slow?"

"Why are you not dead?" Anthony yelled out reaching Dwinko and swinging his sword for his neck.

Dwinko leaps backwards evading barely the tip of Anthony's sword that grazes his arms.

"Damn! Leave me be!" He screamed out in fear as Anthony plants a foot onto his groin.

Anthony thrusts his sword at Dwinko's neck but he ducks evading the attack once more.

'Dang! I can feel my Speed and stamina begin to drop! That fall has really shaken me up!' Anthony thought slashing his sword at Dwinko's neck making a shallow cut.

"Not..." Before he could complete he senses the approaching object. Anthony turns to catch the glimpse of another ice fist just a few inches behind him. He attempts to duck but the fist was too fast, it struck him in his rear sending him flying into the air.

"Ahhhhhh!" Anthony shrieked in pain, his whole body shuddering from the attack.

"You should really watch your back!" He heard the other demon say "that's how the rest died!"

//𝕻𝖆𝖗𝖙 𝕭//

Anthony slowly rose to his feet his whole body shaking under him. He turned to the ice demon and beside him Dwinko all regenerated and full of energy. Everything had been to waste!

"Thanks for saving me Ayami!" Dwinko thanked the other demon.

Ayami turned to him and shook his head, "when you play with your food, your food will hurt you back!"

Dwinko chuckled "let's hurt this fool then!"

Ayami nodded two large ice fist rising from the river behind him "first what's your name?" He asked calmly.

Anthony glared at him and snarled "like hell I'll tell you animals!"

Ayami nodded reluctantly "then die that way! Unknown fighter!" The two ice fists flew out of the water like snakes twisting violently in the air fast on Anthony.

Anthony took in a long breath and exhaled hard "technique 2!" Anthony lunged forward his sword raised high. 'Fighting just one is frustrating enough but fighting two at their full strength!' He thought grinding his teeth angrily.

'Defeating both demons at once could cost him his life' Anthony charged his attackers head on knowing fully well he had a slim chance of rising the victor of this battle.

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