Conqueror

We flew back where we came from and we're under the barrage of attacks of the enemies. "I don't have time for this! Wall of Inferno!"

I summoned a wall of flame and every magic and bullets that got near it gets their magic projectiles burnt completely destroying it.

"Anti-magic?" One of the enemies spoke. "Nuerte, destroy it!"

"O- kay!" We couldn't see anyone from the other side of wall of flames. But we heard someone trying to break through the wall. "T... TOUGH!" It seems that they've failed.

"Nuerte, get back!"

"ARGH! My weapon melted!?"

The Inferno's Wall went down just after their failure. It won't be able to last long is what I discovered.

I used this opportunity and ran. The rest followed me until we got to the bottom room. "We don't have time to climb!" 

"That's the only way out. We don't have time to do that." Herold replied.

"Then we'll just blast through."

"Those are covered in Xend, it'll take too long to penetrate."

I held up the Demon Sword, Acabar, "Demon's Uprising!" I grabbed the sword from its handle and had the grip like I'm holding a spear. I threw it upwards and a trail of flames came out as it broke through the Xend coating with ease launching up to the sky, creating a giant hole. "Let's go."

"HOLY-, that firepower!"

All of us flew up and got back at the surface and began to run at Izgoy.

"Astral Bind!" A giant constellation of stars appeared on the ground and suddenly, we were all frozen in place unable to move. "You won't get away!" The mage with the book and staff was the one who did this to us.

"Nice one Felta." The twins with the daggers was then suddenly rushing at us.

"Go Jakal, Jakel!"

"They need me... back at Izgoy. I don't have time for every single one of you! Demon's Authority!" I summoned up an invisible shield around my body that absorbs mana and destroys magic projectiles. We broke free of the skill. "Greta, Zeta, hold them off, if you can beat them then do so, come back as soon as possible. Afal! Let's go back!"

The two of them stopped in their tracks and turned around to face the enemies.

I won't let you go! The twins Jakal and Jakel began to target me.

The others then flew over to rush over to me. It seems that I'm their target. "Repel!" I knocked out everyone that are at least a meter away from me several meters away even Afal. "Hellfire's Chakram!" I summoned a circling flame of fire around my body.

"Tsunami!" Felta casted a giant tsunami. It was higher than the trees surrounding us.

"Frozen Field!" I counter attacked which froze the entire wave of water. I ran again and left Greta and Zeta there. But they're too fast for me. "Zeta, hinder their movements!"

Zeta then activated, "Area Cast, Ground Zero!" All of us suddenly fell onto the ground. "Go run! They're useless without their flight skill!"

"You activated what takes around multiple mages to do? That's impossible." Felta said to Zeta.

"Thanks! Afal, just catch up when you can, Lightning Body!" Violent lightning was surrounding my whole body. I accelerated faster and faster as I run.

"Shadow Assault!" I then saw hundreds of copies of both Jakal and Jakel matching my speed. 

I thrusted the Demon Sword Acabar to my side stabbing one of the twins. But the body that I stabbed disappeared. "Clones?" Everyone of the clones were acting and moving like machines. Their breaths were at the same rate, the way which foot goes first and their running form. It was all syncing perfectly with one another. 

"Double Death Marks!" The both of them suddenly disappeared. 

Their speed was far too fast for my eyes. As I looked down on my chest, I could see four wounds opening up. They attacked me while in that absolute speed? But I don't have time to be amazed. I need to stop their movements somehow. "Demon's Rage!" I stomped the ground which broke it sending everything flying up in the air. The cracks that were formed then suddenly lit up pillars of flames.

"ARGH!" The twins grunted at the same time. They both barely avoided the skill that I just casted. Burning off a part of their skin.

"Be careful you two! Great Heal!" The woman that stopped Afal's attack earlier completely healed them back to normal. I used this chance to run away as far as I can go.

And after a few minutes I could finally see the walls of the castle at Izgoy. Before I could get near, I felt a terrifying pressure. This was something that I feel like I remember very clearly. "The... manticore?"

Jakal and Jakel then suddenly jumped on top of me trying to get a plunging attack. "Ninja's Death Cliff!"

"Damn it you're both annoying! Demon's Bind!" I summoned up chains that suddenly appeared in their neck. Their chains were connected. I moved to the side and grabbed the chains that we connected in my hand and slammed the both of them to the grond.

I leaped above my Demon Sword and flew high to the sky using the sword. I then swung them around and threw them sending them back hundreds of meters away. "For countermeasures, Million Shot!" A skill that has no range. Wherever someone is, I can theoretically hit them. I then threw my weapon with all my might and where it landed created a giant explosion.

I rushed over to Precia since she's being attacked. I dropped to the ground which stopped both of their movements.

"Darling!" Darling!? What? What happened to her? "Have you come here to save us?" No, I don't have time to question this.

"Where's the other three? Feran, Helga and Rize?" I just ignored her statement and asked..

"They're in the castle." Neco was the one to reply. "They've been unconscious for a while."

"Will they be fine?"

"Yeah. I think so. Helga casted a spell that we don't even know and it miraculously healed everyone. So their health is at maximum. But their mana are depleted and they're fully unconscious." 

"I see." Damn it. This is infuriating. Three of them nearly died because of my incompetence. Are we really this weak? And these enemies... I'm guessing the three headed dog is Cerberus but I don't know who this other demon is. But the one behind them is definitely the manticore.

The atmosphere turned silent and the manticore was the first to break the ice. "Zieglind. Reysh. Give. Me. The. Book."

"I told you many times. We don't have it." I replied.

"Then. You've. Forced. My. Hand."

"Are you done running now?" More people came. "Zieglind... Reysh?" It seems that they've gotten past Greta and Zeta. Their health aren't in the critical stage so I'm guessing they're trapped there or is being held back by something.

"Zieglind!" Zeta, Herold, Afal, and Greta shouted as they landed next to me. It seems that my guesses are right.

"Are these your friends?" Herold followed up as he descended from the sky.

The woman with the crucifix as a weapon walked over to the manticore. "Oh! Is that you Verano? It has been a while." They know each other? The Serpent union and this manticore!?

"Lily... Why. Are. You. Here. Are. You. Also. Going. To. Fight. Me?" The manticore asked.

"Absolutely not. I was going to ask why you're here."

"They. Stole. It. My. Deep. Dark. Skills. And. The. Twin. Daggers. They're. Soul. Bound. So. I. Can't. Get. It. I. Don't. Mind. It. Getting. Stolen. But. The. Other. Book... The. Book. Of. Resurrection. Was. The. Other. Book. They. Stole."

"...Hmm... That book was given to you by Lord Ouroboros himself. So that means they're offending Lord Ouroboros. That gives us more reasons to kill Zieglind Reysh right here. Right now."

WHY? WHY IS IT ALWAYS ABOUT OUROBOROS? WHY IS HE EVERYWHERE!?

"I see. Haha... HAHAHA!" I began to laugh uncontrollably. It was incredibly unexpected. I never thought that these two know each other. "I wonder why I'm getting in these kind of situations every time... Well... It doesn't matter. You're the pawns of Ouroboros? Well then. More reason to kill you."

"How. Arrogant. For. Someone. Who. Lost. To. Me." The manticore replied.

"That's because you haven't seen my full power. Demon King's Domain." 

Suddenly, the world around us collapsed. And then has been reconstructed into another place. Somewhere that none of us know where. It was just like looking at the color black. There was nothing there. It was just the abyss.

"Come to me, Demon Sword, Acabar!" Zieglind summoned a small flame was summoned until it formed itself into a sword. "Demon King's Form."

Anger welled up inside of me. These people made the inhabitants of this world suffer. And they nearly killed my three members of my family. "Unforgivable. UNFORGIVABLE! I'll end this fight. RIGHT HERE!" Like an animal getting ready for battle, it kicked it inside of me letting out a large roar of battlecry.