Chapter 6 First Encounter

“Hello kids, you must have surely heard of me right. Hmm that scent, you two are not from this world aye, heroes.“ She said as she looked at Tsuoma and Teruki.

Sigrid stirred up in Tsuoma's mind.

“That is Urea, one of the most powerful demons, he is speaking through her, even I had a problem battling him during the war.“

“Hello humans, I see you were able to kill my basilisk. It's ok, I only wish to speak to him.“ She said pointing at Tsuoma. They all raised their weapons but they couldn't move. Time had stopped and only Tsuoma, Teruki and the Empress weren't affected. “Interesting, she is not affected, perchance she is connected to your life source, so killing you kills her. Interesting, I have learnt something important today. And now I will kill you even before your heroic adventure begins.“

She raised her hands and dark red energy be began forming and taking the shape of spears. “It's over. Crushing god spears. These technique was used to destroy the god's during the war, so long hero or should I say heroes.“

The spears moved in sound speed towards them. Tsuoma was about to use a spell when a blinding light orb appeared and multiplied into a thousand and sucked all the spears and it vanished. The Empress groaned angrily. “Supreme mage Agnolia, welcome to the party.“

Agnolia grinned as two other people joined her. They were the holy knight and the princess. “Hey Urea, what do you think you want to do with our hero?“ Agnolia asked in a mocking tone.

The Empress began to fade. “It's not over yet, mark my words, i will be back and by then surely kill you all.“ She said and vanished. “Well, that was a close one.“ The princess said and sighed in relief.

“Your highness, supreme mage Agnolia and head of the Holy knights. What on Earth are you doing here?“ Natael asked in shock. Time had already returned to normal and the party were freed from the time spell.“ “Take us to an inconspicuous place, we will talk once we get there.“ Tsuoma caught the princess looking at him and she looked away immediately a pink blush tanning her fair cheeks. This was noticed by Teruki who growled.“

“Her goddess visited her and told her where you where. She called me and I had to leave everything i was doing behind. I was able to connect to her goddess and taking a bit of power i searched for you, i saw you killed a basilisk, which is impossible to do except by holy knights and high mages, that's by the way, i also saw an evil aura around the cave and i knew who it belonged to. And so i was able to draw a transportation circle, i did it fast and we got here. If I had delayed even for a minute, you would have turned to ashes by now.“ Teruki shivered in fear as she heard that and gripped Tsuoma's hands tight. He patted her shoulder reassuringly. “I am here Teruki, it's okay. Thanks for saving us Mrs. Agnolia.“ All of them were shocked he called her like that. “What, that's her name right.“ Natael slapped his back and whispered to his ears. “She hates being called a Mrs.“ “Why, she looks like a fifty year old.“ Tsuoma said chuckling. Agnolia was shaking furiously. “I will kill you, hero.“ The princess suddenly began laughing wildly. They turned to look at her and saw her talking with Teruki. “Teruki, what are you telling her highness.“ “Oh, am telling her a lot of things about you.“ She said smirking. “Can we leave now, Natael um take us to the safe house.“ His face was pink with embarrassment as he imagined all the things Teruki must be telling the princess. And it was really strange how the two had suddenly become good friends in the space of an hour.“

They got to the city and saw how everyone looked at them suspiciously. They looked away and kept on moving.

The thick silence among them could be cut with a knife. Guards could be seen at every nook and cranny of the street. They wore chain mail armor and sword could be seen sheated on the scabbard on their hips.

Crash!

A young boy was running fast and crashed into Tsuoma, he fell down upon colliding on Tsuoma. He looked up, his bloodshot eyes glowing angrily.

“Watch where you are going man.“ He yelled at Tsuoma, he was about to run again.

Slash! Crack!

A whip materialized from nowhere into the boy's back. A crack sound was heard as the whip cracked into bone. The boy howled in pain and agony. Tsuoma looked in shock and grabbed the man's hand. “Hey, he's just a kid, let him alone.“ Natael said concerned.

The guard's stare alone could have melted a frozen lake breaking it apart completely, not to talk of his burly muscular physique. His abs could be seen from his mail coat of armor. “Is there a problem, aye mister.“ Natael looked up at the man and began to shake in fear.

The man towered above all of them,he had an unearthly aura surrounding him, his presence posed a threat to the team and they began to shiver in fear. Tsuoma checked out the man's status.

STATS

Name: Beson Srodki

Specie: Human, Holy knight

Rank: Level 80, B class

Health: 1000/1000

Agility: 500/500

Speed: 500/500

Strength: 700/700

Stamina: 400/400

Mana: 5000/5000

Magic Used: sword magic, lightning magic, earth magic.

I might be stronger than him but man he's sure damn fast. He is just like me except for the speed, not bad for an holy knight.“

Tsuoma stood between the two of them, his face impassive and devoid of emotion. “Whaddaya want little man?“ “leave the kid, what has he done to deserve such treatment.“ Tsuoma said in an irritated voice filled with anger and malice. Teruki had never seen him get angry before.

The big man licked his lips and touched the big scabbard at his back and removed a maul. Tsuoma was shocked at the destructive power of the maul. It was 400, the man was carrying something that heavy, was it not draining his strength and stamina. He aimed and slashed.

Whoosh! Crack!

Air escaped from Tsuoma's mouth as he carefully evaded the heavy hammer. The maul touched the ground and broke it apart causing a mini crater on the ceramic floor.

“That mustn't touch me.“ He said as he began sweating heavily. The rest of the team were occupied fighting some of the man's soldiers. “Shit, it's the both of us.“

The man chortled loudly. “It's time for you to get beaten, trash.“

Tsuoma threw punches backed with super strength but the man casually evaded it like child's play, instead he threw his own punch which Tsuoma barely evaded as it touched his chest.

Crack!

Sound of bone breaking could be heard as the punch touched his chest. The punch sent him off his feet and sent him a few metres backwards causing a small crater on the floor. Most people on the street began to run and marketers began closing their stalls.

“Uh, what's going on? Why are they all running away?“ Teruki asked in shock. “I should have noticed, these are the Demon Knights, they work for the evil empress.“ Natael said as he fell down weakly. Tsuoma weakly stood up and looked shocked. “What's going on?“ Teruki asked seeing the bewildered look on Tsuoma's face.

“Goddess, what's going on, i checked his status and it gave me… “He used a fake out skill to hide his stats. Check them again.“ The goddess replied to Tsuoma.

Tsuoma obliged and checked out the stats.

STATS

Name: Beson Srodki

Specie: Demonkind

Rank: level 90, A class

Health: 2000/2000

Agility: 1000/1000

Speed: 1500/1500

Strength: 3000

Stamina: 1500/1500

Mana: 3000/3000

Magic used: transmogrification, theurgy, thaw, fake out, sword magic, lightning magic, earth magic.

“You will die by my hands, you puny humans.“ Beson said growing madly.

Whoosh!

Tsuoma dodged the punch coming at him and used a bit of speed to move back. His stamina and speed were draining as he focused on evading the bone crushing punches coming at him. He tried dodging the next but it was a trick as the half demon twisted his hand and the punch met Tsuoma hard on his stomach.

Crack!

The sound of crushing bone. “Gah!“ Tsuoma howled in pain as he keeled down and vomited blood. “Tsuoma!“ Teruki yelled as she pushed the demon atop her away. She was about to run to him when Beson dashed to her and smacked her neck emitting a cracking sound and a howl from her. Tsuoma grew angry, he gripped his sword so hard from the sheath making his palms bleed. Suddenly he saw some numbers floating in his eyes. A panel which only he could see appeared.

“Would you like to improve your status?“ The goddess voice sounded from the panel. Tsuoma eyes roved around the panel. He saw seven skill sets but he could only pick four of the seven, as he hadn't earned much credits to earn all at once. He needed to get many credits before he could upgrade. These credits came from killing the Drake Gustof and the Basilisk. He saw the seven new skills.

Curse magic (life draining curse), level 1/10.

Death glare, level 1/10.

Healing magic, level 1/10.

Synthesis, level 1/10.

Theurgy, level 1/10.

Magic resistance, level 1/10.

Photographic reflexes, level 1/10.

“They are all in level one.“ He groaned inwardly as he barely evaded a punch from Beson who was throwing punches with speed.

“I can only choose four right now, that means I need one that can help in winning this fight and help me in the future. So i will go for, healing, theurgy, photographic reflexes and synthesis. The rest i will use my points to get.“ “Okay Tsuoma.“ Tsuoma felt powers rushing through him and his wounds began to heal up. Mustering all his strength he punched the demon knight hard and he flew backwards crashing into stands and food stalls breaking the fruits and making them scatter around. Tsuoma had also gotten a bit of blood from the demon knight. “Now, what can this do when I mix it with my sword. He removed his sword and used his synthesis powers to mix the blood with the sword. The sword changed color and glowed like an Excalibur. The sword had special writings on it and Tsuoma read it with his appraisal eyes.

Weapon Stats

Name: Decabur

Attributes: Demon slaying sword.

Special skills: grants wielder the ability to kill demons and all demon born. Can boost user's strength and speed by ten percent.

Sword rank: level max. Takes fifty percent strength and mana from non user and grants to user. Takes away forty health points from those struck with the sword. Grants nigh invulnerability to user.

“Wow, all this from just mixing a demon born's blood with my sword, it is so cool.“

He held the sword and it got accustomed to him. The sword took ten points from of his mana to initiate him.

“Okay, time to finish this.“

The demon knight smiled. He swung his maul but Tsuoma evaded it casually. He sped and he was a blur attacking the demon.

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

The sound of two metals clashing into each other could be heard. They were so fast none could keep up with their movements. The maul broke into pieces, the next time it touched the sword. Beson was as shocked as a woman who was told the news of her child dying in the womb.

“I am going to show you a cool move, which will shatter your dreams. Tsuoma's Sword Technique. Dragon Slash.“

Tsuoma dashed to Beson and cut hard into him severing his waist from his body.

Drip! Drip!

Sound of blood dripping could be heard coming from both upper and lower parts of Beson's body. He coughed out blood, by the next time he looked up, his men were already dead. “IMPOSSIBLE! NO ONE CAN DEFEAT ME!“ He yelled as his body tried to fix itself. Tsuoma raised his sword again. “Tsuoma's Sword Technique. Fantastic Fury.“

Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash! Slash!

Blade cut into the severed body slashing it into several pieces. The damage from the sword was too much for the demon's innate power to regenerate. Tsuoma hacked it completely leaving nothing but blood and gore. Tsuoma began breathing heavily as the rest came to meet him.

Suddenly space cracked behind them and they jumped back drawing out their weapons and shielding Tsuoma.

“Be on alert, it might be a demon.“

Agnolia said as she stood near the princess.

A man on a horrible looking mask, wearing only a black cloak came out of the rippling portal. Two others came out after him wearing the same. He looked at all of them staring at him and he chuckled. The mask didn't muffle his sound, rather it gave his voice a more scary tone.

“Agnolia, Emile, it's been a while since I troubled you, did you miss me.“ The unknown figure said in the scary voice and Agnolia began shaking in fear. Teruki became concerned. The figure moved to Tsuoma. He was so fast it was like he teleported. “This must be the hero i heard about, he sure handled Urea's goon well, that's why I said he should allow my followers do it.“ He kept on rambling. “Uh, Agnolia, who is this man?“ “Pardon my manners, well not really, i am Trezona, the second high ranking demon and I will advise you, don't point your weapons at me.“ His voice came out leeringly. “Do what he says, no one has to die.“ Agnolia said weakly. “Anyway, the hero is weak right now, it won't be fun attacking him, i will wait till you are ready, and I assure you, you will be dead if you are not. Just an advice for my new toy.“ He winked and a massive fire circle appeared behind them and obliterated the entire city in one blow. “Till we meet again, hero, if you're still alive.” He entered the portal and it zapped close immediately.