Chapter CLXXXVII - Sneaking In (part 3)

The others in the building quickly felt the heavy pressure from the floor above them. Just like Fran and Cane, they got frozen from the pressure and became alerted.

"Do you know what's the difference and similarities between a frog and a mouse?"

The man wearing the obsidian armour said as he unsheathed his sword. Fran and Cane can see it clearly when the sword starts to get covered in a dark red aura, and gets more and more powerful by the millisecond.

The near black coloured blade, and the red handle.

That's the sword of the god of war.

"That voice… it can't be…"

Next to me, Valon mumbled, but I stayed silent. Everyone else too, knows exactly what is going on.

Everything… was a trap.

"A mouse, knowing that it is weak, will hide and wait until the predator has moved away. But a frog, it knows that it is the target, and will still act smartly on how to escape instead of just hiding from the predator."

The demon king lifted the sword high, and magic energy became tripled-No, ten times the original strength.

Fran and Cane quickly snapped and reacted.

VWOOOMM!!!

"In this case, you guys are worse than mice already."

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The demon king slashed his sword, and the entire top floor was disintegrated. Fran and Cane had leaped downwards by smacking the ground below them open. If only they didn't do that, they would have disintegrated along with the rest of the floor.

The tower is now fully opened on the top, and the demon king is standing on that floor all by himself.

Multiple presences are moving fast, flying upwards towards the top floor from the outside, and they all landed surrounding the demon king. Arfius helped Fran and Cane went up the floor, and the three turned to face the demon king again.

All the Axelons are standing surrounding the demon king on top of this tall tower, which is now flat thanks to the demon king removing the top floor completely. Seeing that the alliance's greatest group is standing menacingly before him, the demon king laughed.

"It's like you all didn't even try to assassinate me! Hilarious!"

The demon king said jokingly while sheathing his sword, which confuses everyone present.

"I'll give you guys sixty ticks."

The Axelons quickly became confused as they looked at each other.

"S-Sixty ticks?"

"The demons used a certain unit to measure time. It's like Xyphon's hour unit, but much shorter."

Cane asked, and Fran answered him.

"For Sixty ticks, I will not attack. So you all best try to give all you got during this time."

Hearing that the demon king is underestimating them, the Axelons turned enraged. They all activated their strongest modes and prepared to attack at the same time.

"There you go! Now then, 1… 2… 3…"

A single tick is a single second, and the demon king has started counting.

Arfius began the first attack. He shot away a powerful wind and lightning magic burst towards the demon king and it hit perfectly.

BOOOMMMM!!!!!!!!!!

The explosion was massive, and everyone waited for the dust to clear away. Once it did, they were able to notice the damage dealt by Arfius.

Sadly, the attack just didn't affect him at all.

"7… 8…"

"Hooaa!!!"

The others also started moving. The half dwarf and Cane dashed forward for a close ranged battle, but the demon king dodged and blocked all of their attacks.

The half dwarf king, who has attacks that are nearly impossible to be blocked, and Cane, who is supposedly the fastest among the Axelons… he blocked and dodged them all with a breeze.

"12… 13…"

FWOOOMMMM!!!!!

The large sound magic shoots down from above, throwing the demon king all the way down to the ground under the tower.

"16… 17… 18…"

BAARRR!!!!

WOOOSHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!

Attacks one after another were directed at the demon king, but not a single one of them was able to graze him. Magic attacks, physical attacks, destructive ones, none of them was able to damage the demon king.

"He is too nimble!!"

"Just keep attacking!!"

Arfius complained, and Julius commanded loudly. Everyone else is also dealing the same issue and continuously launched their attacks, all while the demon king kept on counting.

The destructiveness had changed the location of the battle into the outside of the kingdom. The Axelons quickly dashed outside the castle walls and arrived in the desert, where the demon king had moved to just now.

"31… 32…"

"Horya!!!"

Arfius threw a punch cladded with yellow lightning, and the atmosphere shuddered when the thunderous strike missed. The demon king simply tilted his head slightly to the left to dodge the punch, and Arfius quickly moved to throw a powerful kick.

BAKKKK!!!!!

The demon king simply got pushed back from receiving the kick, and his mouth is still counting.

"36… 37--"

ZRIIINGGG!!!!!!

A powerful blast of light magic landed straight on his arm, which completely went through his defenses and cooked his hand.

"Ouchie… that was painful. Anyway, 41…"

… And he continued counting.

Cane let out a really pissed noise from his mouth and followed the others towards the demon king.

The battle continued for the next ten seconds, and the only noticeable damage they were able to deal was Cane's light blast from before.

"51… 52…"

Cane, Arfius, headmaster Veneo, and all the Axelons used their most powerful ranged magic attack. They aimed it at the demon king, and a short shadow wall was formed in front of him.

BOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The explosion was massive, and everyone waited for the result of that attack.

The dust cleared, revealing that the demon king was still unscathed.

"N-No way…" 

Arfius mumbled, but Fran was already dashing forward.

TINGG!!!!

Fran swung her sword as hard as she could towards the demon king, but he stopped it merely with his finger.

"Wha--"

"60 ticks has passed… I wished you all good luck in staying alive."

The air became heavy again as the sand on the ground began to rise. Fran looked around to realize what was happening, but she shouldn't have turned her gaze away from the demon king.

BAAKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That punch was rather strong, and Fran's entire body turned bent.

"Ghah--hakkk!!!!!!!"

The punch was thrown at Fran's stomach, and she got thrown super far away.

"FRAN!!!"

BAARRRR!!!!!

Cane shouted, but Fran is still flying even now. She then crashed into a giant mountain of yellow rocks very far away, and the entire mountain collapsed on her.

Cane quickly felt worried about Fran's well being. Everyone else also noticed how powerful that punch was, and they know Fran is probably badly wounded from that.

Everyone… became worried.

They are now facing the demon king… that just got serious.

"Now then..."

The demon king stretches the muscles on his right arm after that punch as he steps forward. He moves it around a couple times before finally stopping and unsheathing his sword.

The black crystal blade began to get cladded in red aura as the force in the air became ten times heavier, and slowly the blade itself turned red from the temperature. 

VWOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nightshade crystal, the strongest material in the entire continent.

A simple shard weighing about half a kilogram can turn an ugly stick into a kingdom-grade wand. Having just one piece of it placed into the handle of a sword can turn the sword into a powerful highest grade magic weapon.

But, what if the entire weapon is made out of the said crystal?

Such… is the sword of the war god.

The full pressure of the blade was released, and everyone who was present immediately felt the weight.

Cane specifically, remembered how heavy the weight of the elder dragon that he previously faced with his team.

This pressure… is three times more powerful…

And that was from the sword alone. From the demon king combined…

The demon king was already powerful without the sword, and with the sword he just became ten times stronger. The sword was so stupidly powerful, that not only it multiplies the demon king's strength, but the demon king's strength alone is already more than what they can handle.

This battle… how are they going to win it?

"Now then… Which one of you is eager to die first?"

The demon king asked calmly from behind his helmet, triggering all the rage welled up inside the Axelons.

All the Axelons attacked together, and the demon king also started dashing forward.