Chapter_4*Escape (2)*

Chapter_4 *Escape (2)*    The rumours of Ryo Akashi turned out to more than just the word on the street. The small Demon who looked no more than who had just crossed his first decade\, no one must forget that he was still Demon Lord despite his cute appearance. His bright eyes were the colour of the blood of the hundreds of thousands lives he had extinguished\, slaughtered with no more difference than cutting a field of paddy with a sickle.

It was a fight of thirty against one. But it soon turned to possibly thirty against possibly hundred. Whether it was an illusion or actual clones of just one demon, no one got the chance to confirm. At a speed rivalling lightning, the teen looking demon striked the ‘lesser’ human one after another. Not even their enhanced senses were able to alert them from the attacks that sent them flying meters away from their position. Once hit they were unable to control their Mana. It didn’t take long for him to destroy the strength of six teams. Only the more experienced and powerful captains were left standing.

Igor was surrounded by the subordinates of Akashi, each at least at the Gold warrior level. And to fight ten Gold Level warriors were no piece of cake. He and Milly were the only ones not affected by Akashi’s illusions. One being an elf and other… But they had to destroy strong warriors to rescue their comrades who were just a few meters away from them.

‘Then you leave me no choice.’

“PARDUS” He called out.

Out of his shadows, came out a leopard, its silky and shining fur as dark as the night, its golden eyes staring at the demon minions, thunder like growling announcing his hatred for anyone who opposed its master.

“A divine beast!!”

“Can’t be! Only those who have at attained immortality were able to tame the beast.”

“He’s an immortal?”

“NO!! He’s a human. That’s for sure. But there’s something fishy with his scent.”

The Demon Lord’s minions were shocked and exclaimed as they saw a beast of divine level. Not that Igor understood what they were talking about.

“Ora Ora…. What’s this!  A human with a beast heart? How scary human are!”

Igor looked up and glared at the person who dare to taunt him only to feel a little bit fear sip into his heart.

‘White hair’

 From experience, he can say, with no doubt, that people with white hair were anything but normal.   Despite the gentle smile the demon was giving him and the soft tone of his voice, Igor couldn’t help but tense up more as he signalled his familiar for an attack

“To dig out his own heart and replace it with a beast’s heart…. I see why the Thean Sissy told us to beware of you…..Eh!! Such wild Kitty. Pets shouldn’t attack when someone’s talking the master.” Before he could even finish, he had to dodge the attack from the black beast.

“You should tame it better.” The gentle smile was replaced by a deep frown and a cold stare. “If you cant, let me help you…”

Saying that, the unknown demon aimed a pure **Chikara (power in Japanese)* at Pardus. The Divine wouldn’t be called divine if it let himself be hit by an enemy just like that. It countered the demon’s sorcery with its own cannon of dark mana. Taking the smoke as a cover the beast pounced at the demon who took cover behind his right hand as he was taken by surprise.

*‘Clearly\, he is inexperienced in fighting with beasts.’* Igor thought. But he could no longer dare to be distracted as he had to face the rest of the demons, he saw that Milly and the rest weren’t doing very good.

“I’ll leave him to you.”  He told his familiar through their telepathic connection.

“Yes Master.”

The unknown demon pushed the big cat off him loosing his favourite montsuki haori (outer rope) and a bit of his flesh.

“I hate cats with claws…” He talked to himself as his would began to close and heal in a fast rate.

“Let me chop it for you!!”

     On one side Igor and Pardus were dealing with by the demons with matched power. But the same thing couldn’t be said for the rest. Milly was an elf, a mage who had newly been recruited and hadn’t been trained how to fight against several warriors…. The overpowered demon lord showed no mercy on anyone. But he was more cruel to one in particular.

Liberty tried to stand up with her wobbly legs. But a weight on her back pushed her back onto the ground. She fell with her chin landing first.

“How’s the bite of this pup, *Obaasan?” Said the guy who was stepping on her. *(means an old woman)

“Just a prick of needle.”

“A needle huh?”

Suddenly, she was kicked at her abdomen. Her stomach was in pain great pain. All her parts were throbbing, fighting against her will…. Her body was giving up. She coughed hard as she lost her breath from the kick and even coughed more violently as she inhaled a plenty amount of dust.

Liberty closed her eyes tight as she endured her pain. She exhausted. Right from the beginning of the battle, all she could see was black even if her eyes were wide open. Not only her sight, all her sensory organs cease to function. Her ears could hear only if its only by her side, she couldn’t smell and she would only feel when he attacked. But that didn’t allow her to shed a single tear.

She felt her scalp almost pulled off as she hung on the hand smaller but stronger than hers, trying to ease at least a little of her pain. Unfortunately, her weak hands failed miserably in supporting her weight.

“Seems like you need a little more.” The demon’s voice sounded deep and cold.

Her sight cleared up only to see the blood red ruby orbs which seemed to stare into her soul. It was only a sec but it felt like eternity to Liberty. She was reliving her miserable past once again.

A woman with messy hair screaming at her, her face clearly showing the detestation she felt for her.

“This is all because of you! How I give birth to such an ugly beast!! You’re a beast.”

She saw the little her trap in a cage, glaring at her tormentor as she demanded to be sent to her home.

“Home?” The evil man laughed. “Don’t you know!! Your mother was the one who sold you to us… Such a pitiful child you are! Even your mother doesn’t love you.”

“Wait! You’re not even a human. You’re a BEAST!!!” Another man joined in the evil laugh.

The suffocation, how helpless she felt…. The betrayal, the sorrow…. The hatred she had for the person who brought her to this world and threw her away like she was a poison her mouth… The dying pain she felt as she became the guinea of those heartless devils.

“AAHHHHH!!!”

     Every standing person paused their fight as they felt the sudden explosion of pure energy. Igor too was distracted for a moment giving his opponent an opening. He was hit with the demon’s Chikara, but he couldn’t register the pain. His companion’s call of distress was all he could think of.

His lack of attention had affected directly on Pardus. He was injured heavily and had to go back to Igor’s shadow to recover. The demon he (Pardus) was fighting went to his fellow demon, Akashi, who seemed to be shocked from the sudden burst of *Geia from his prey. *(Source of power of beast)

“What the hell is going on?” Exclaimed the white hair to the dark one. “It seemed like there’s a beast blood in her too, eh!”

“Too?” Akashi asked.

“There’s a meat with beast heart there.” The older looking demon said to which Akashi nodded.

“Puny humans with their stupid ambitions and troublesome technology.”

The other person agreed to the comment.

“This one seems like she’s just awakening though.”

“I see that!!!”

Ryu Akashi stared at the miserable Liberty unamused. From the amount of geia she was releasing at the awakening, she would be a trouble to handle. They need end this soon.

“Please!! Stop….” Cried out Liberty, no longer able to endure the mental and emotional torture.

“HAHAHA~” Akashi laughed out as she begged for mercy… “Finally giving in, aren’t you?” He said feeling very satisfied. “Why don’t you beg again? Let me consider it.”

Liberty couldn’t hear anything he was saying, but she was begging for mercy…. To whom was unknown…

“Please…. Please….”

“HAHAHA~ That it! Suffer! SUFFER!!! DROWN IN YOUR PAIN!! TILL YOU FALL DEEP! DEEP INTO YOUR MISERY!!!! HAHAHA~” Akashi shouted as he held his sword, Mugenjin, above his head, very high. “Let this lord free you from all your misery. For eternity.”

     From afar, Igor saw everything happening. His heart was breaking bit by bit as he saw the always bright and cheerful girl crying and shouting in pain. He was afraid. That he would be unable to protect her. That she would turn back to the way she was when he first met her. Soulless.

But when he saw the sword in Akashi’s hand held high, he had more to fear. He feared that he would she would no longer be there. Feared he she would just escape away without knowing how really felt about her. That after all the pestering him for more than a decade, she would just go away without giving him what he wanted.

He tried to break free from the endless summons of the ten Golden level demons. But he was held to the ground by them. His struggle was futile. He could only watch as the sword slowly descend, aiming for the neck of the young girl who was curled up.

‘Did I wait for so long to have this type of ending?’

“LILY!!!” He shouted as he closed his eyes tied. He didn’t want to see what was about to happen.

Then he felt a tingling sensation at the back of his neck. The runes at the back neck of his neck was glowing. In milli sec, everything was engulfed in a bright light.

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