Hell's Bar, Part 2

"I smell...HUMANS!" One of the demons roared, and roars and cries erupt from the rest of the demon's crowd. The lights turn back off as the strobe lights turn back on, and music begins blasting again.

"Oh shi- '' I begin to cry, but I'm cut off as a group of demons rushes towards us. Well…not just a group of demons.

Every last demon in this bar is heard our way.

"Alright, it looks like it's fighting time!" Grover exclaims as he takes a step forwards and draws his kunai knives.

But before even Grover can attack, Lycan lets out a howl as he charges the demons, pouncing onto demon after demon and using his claws and fangs to rip out chunks of flesh.

"Aw man, trying to steal my thunder?!" Grover wines.

"I don't…I don't think that's Lycan's intent…" Jamie replies with an awkward chuckle.

"Alright, I got a new attack that I want to try!" Grover exclaims as he flings his kunai knives outwards, which are crackling with light green Cursed Power. After flying a few feet, the Cursed Power around Grover's kunai knives explode, forming wormholes all around the bar, surrounding the demons

"Woah, when did you learn to do that?" I exclaim.

"Oh…just something I picked up in the last volume," Grover snobbishly boasts. The last volume…what?

Grover then brings his hands together, charging up a glowing, light green, sphere of Cursed Power. Is he? No way…he is!

"Grover, don't! You're not allowed to use copyrighted attacks!" I cry, but it's too late.

"Wormhole…" Grover shouts as he thrusts his hands forwards, firing off a laser beam of Cursed Power. Woah…Slayer Mezame must have taught Grover Cursed Power Emission well, like Nick did with me and my spirit storm. "...Laser Tag Arena!" Grover's laser beam of Cursed Power shot into the nearest Wormhole, which exited out of another wormhole, smiting a couple of demons before entering in a different wormhole, which then exited it out of yet another wormhole, striking a few more demons, before…well…you get the idea. The entire back room of the bar is filled with Grover's laser beam of Cursed Power, all connected by his Wormholes, so that, well, it looks like a laser tag arena.

"They are Pro Slayers here!" A demon cries.

"Get Lucifer, get Zoey!" A second demon shouts.

"Wow!" Jamie exclaims. I don't blame 'er. I'm also a little bamboozled by Grover's improvement. I guess I haven't really seen Grover fight since our last mission before the Cards of the King mission, since I was on suspension after that. Everyone's improved so much.

Just wait 'till they see what I can do now.

"Adaptability: Iron Cloak!" Jamie shouts as she punches her fists together, her hands and wrists turning into iron. Jamie then charges a group of demons, slamming into them with an iron punch, clearly riled up by Grover's impressive display.

"Do we…fight to?" Ivy asks.

"There sure are alot of demons…" Ella whimpers.

Lycan is silent. He still looks like a statue, due to Ivy's control over him.

"Well, there's no turning back now!" I exclaim as I draw my katana and rush towards the demons. "Wind Control: Wind Blade!" I shout as I slash through crowds of demons as if they're butter. I use my Air Control to help predict the demons' movements, and dodge and weave through their attacks. "Even when not in my Blue Demon form, my body has been strengthened in every way due to my newfound demon power being unlocked…" I mutter to myself.

But my monologue is interrupted when I hear a roar come from above me, and I turn peer up to see a group of demons attempting to pounce on top of me. "Wind Control: Hurricane Slash!" I shout as I swing my Wind Blade towards the demons, sending a powerful gust of wind their way, shredding through the demons, and sending them flying backwards, and knocking into a few of their brethren, like bowling pins.

I then look over to Ivy, seeing that she's using her flute to control Lycan's movements. Just as before, Lycan is pouncing on top of demon after demon, slashing away at them with his claws, or sinking his teeth deep into the flesh of the demons, though with Ivy controlling him, Lycan's movements are far more refined with hints of planning and strategy. Lycan and Ivy must have fought together for a while now, she seems so adept at using his body to fight. But that's when -much to my surprise- I see Lycan open his mouth and hurl a fireball at a group of nearby demons, which explodes with impact. "Zoo Keeper: Hell Hound's Fireball!" Ivy shouts

"What the Hell, he can use fire attacks too?!" I ask Lycan as I fend off a couple more demons with a quick Wind Blade.

"Truth is…Lycan is more "Hellhound," than wolf," Ivy answers, as Lycan pounces in front of her and spits up another fireball at a horde of demons. "Lycan is a demon kin after all, his ancient demon ancestor must have been some sort of humanoid Hellhound thing."

"I sure do hope it's humanoid…" I mutter, shuddering at the thought of… nevermind…

Our demon-slaying things are going smoothly, until two more demons step out. I notice that the first is the demon named Zoey, and the second, is the bartender that I spotted behind the bar, who's name tag reads "Lucifer." Scary name. Though I suppose we are in "Hell" after all.

"Let us dance, Pro Slayers!" Lucifer cackles as he claps his hands together. And when he does, all at once, pained groans begin escaping the mouths of the demon horde. Cursed Power then begins bursting out of the demons, as if clapping somehow strengthened them. "With my Cursed Ability, Bartender, any demon who consumes the drinks I made get a massive boost of strength, as well as putting them under my control" Lucifer explains. "My own demon army, one befitting of aiding Lord Death in his takeover of Earth!" Lucifer cackles. "Now…toodles!"

A bunch of demons come charging my way. I attempt to slash through them with my Wind Blade again, but this time, my katana can hardly cut into the demon'' scales, and gets lodged in their flesh. I try to pry my katana free, but its blade is completely stuck. The demon then punches me in the chin, sending me stumbling backwards as I finally rip my katana free, but I lose my grip on my katana, which clangs to the ground, disarming me.

Lucifer then turns around to exit the bar. "Quick, get him!" I shout. As I struggle against a horde of demons, who truly are much stronger than before. "Maybe if we can kill him, it'll undo the demon's effects!"

"Already on it!" Jamie shouts back as she charges Lucifer, but Jamie's interrupted when Zoey steps in her way. "I don't want to fight you after you were so kind to us, so stand down!" Jamie orders as she readies an Iron Gauntlet.

"If you want to kill Lucifer, you'll have to go through me!" Zoey replies. "Lucifer saved my life, he created this safe haven for demons, I won't let you kill him!" Jamie then slams her iron fist into Zoey, with all her might, sending the two of them flying through the walls of the backroom, and into the main bar area.

"Woah, I've gotta get out of here!" Cries the drunk demon, Red, as he struggles to get to his feet and stumbles out of the bar.

The demon horde then begins to overwhelm Ella, Grover, and I, and we retreat behind some knocked-over tables. Ivy and Lycan huddle behind a different set of tables. But not before I quickly grab my katana again.

"What do we do now? We're pinned down!" Ivy cries over the still-pounding music.

"We'll just have to fight power boost with power boost!" I answer. "Ella!"

"Right!" Ella replies as she places her hands on my shoulder blades, then Grover's, boosting the two of us up.

"Oh! I feel tingly! This is nice!" Grover comments.

"Grover and I will cover you, head towards the others, Ella!" I order.

"I'll try my best!" Ella replies as she hustled over to Lycan and Ivy. Meanwhile, Grover and I do as I said, and provide cover fire for Ella.

"Wormhole: Knife Storm!" Grover shouts as he flings multitudes of knives over to the demons. 

Wind Control: Tornado Toss!" I shout as I throw my tornado outwards. My tornado circles around the room, growing bigger and bigger as it sucks up any demon that goes near it. Eventually, my tornado bursts, sending demons scattering in every direction.

Ella then makes her way to Ivy, busting up both Ivy and Lycan. Ivy then begins to play her flute yet again, which awakens Lycan, who uses his now strengthened claws and fangs to tear through the demons just as effortlessly as before, ripping off powerful fire balls here and there.

But our demon-slayer progress is interpreted yet again, when an extra powerful demon, over a dozen feet tall and equally as wide with bulging muscles, busts through the walls of the bar.

"Yeah, Ghoul is here!" One of the demons cheered.

"He's this bar's number one customer, so he's definitely the strongest demon here due to the amount of Lucifer's drinks he's consumed!" Cheers another.

"Oh, great!" I cry.

Ghoul then reaches for the GIANT AXE strapped across his back and draws it slamming it into the ground, and sending shockwaves of wind and dust flying everywhere, knocking everyone, including us, and the other demons, off of our feet with a cry. With a grunt, Ghoul then tries to pry his axe free from the ground, but it's stuck in the floor, which gives us the chance to act.

"Wind Control: Hurricane Slash!"

"Wormhole: Laser Tag Arena!"

Grover and I send our ranged attacks flying towards Ghoul. With a howl, Lycan lets a fireball rip towards Ghoul, joining in on the attack. Our three attacks explode into Ghoul, causing Ghoul to stumble backwards a few steps, but leaves him looking relatively unscathed otherwise. The only thing that our attacks succeeded in doing was helping Ghoul rip his giant axe free. Great.

With another roar, Ghoul swings his giant axe towards Ivy and Lycan, sending giant shockwaves of air flying towards the two, and sending them slamming through a wall leading to the outdoors.

"Ivy! Lycan!" Ella cries.

"Don't worry about us, you three stay here, Ralph and Austin will help us!" Ivy calls to Ella, as she begins the battle against Ghoul.

"We'll focus on taking out these smaller demons!" I exclaim as I send another Hurricane Slayer towards another horde of demons.

"Let's see if that other squad is up to the task!" Grover laughs as he fires off another Laser Tag Arena.