58 Episode 58: Kill or Be Killed

On the demon's side, the guy behind the demon attacks is currently standing on a tall building currently looking at the Shibuya in chaos. However, it appears that he is not a human but a demon on the skin of a human. He put a cigarette into his mouth and suck in the smoke on it before he puffs it out of his mouth, nose, and ears... well, his forehead is also emitting smoke too and if someone sees this, they would be amazed to see a steaming forehead.

"My liege..." a shadowy figure appeared behind the man and currently crouching while putting his head low to the direction of the man he called his liege.

"Report," the guy said.

"We have suffered too many casualties on the lower-ranking demons while we lost 20 high demons. There are also human casualties and some casualties from the side of the magicians. We have detected one of the healers on a school facility earlier and we planned to take the healer out before the backup of enemies arrives but unfortunately got wiped out. We have sent a second battalion to prioritize killing the healer on their side."

"I see. Did the higher-ups from the magician's side already made a move?" he asked as he puffed out another mouthful of smoke.

"They haven't made a single movement. All of the demons we sent to them are all annihilated, my liege. Do you want to attack them again soon?"

"No need. They are too strong for the grunts to take on a higher up magician. It's better if I or any of the high rankers will attack them but I don't think I will go and waste my time, instead, I want to hear about this healer that is attacked. If the enemy is just a healer, how come the troops deployed were killed? Is the healer a strong enemy too?"

"No, my liege. According to our intel, there were magicians there too, however, we confirmed that one is unconscious, and one is out of mana and can't fight. Only one more who seems to wield multiple elements is fighting and currently engaging in a fight with the second troops we sent. And for some reason, the troops are afraid of this kid. He doesn't seem to be a strong magician, he also fights with less magic and more on physicals, my liege."

"You piqued my interest, care to tell me more?"

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The big demons swing their weapons to me and their strikes cause small tremors and cracks on the ground as they miss their intended target which is me. I disregarded the big demons because they are just slow guys that are not really that much worth the time to kill at the moment. What I am targeting right now are those small demons that are attacking me left and right after dodging away from the big demons with clubs. They are very annoying and they can interfere with my next action which is what I am trying to stop to be able to strike down at least one big demon down.

The Skull Knuckles were already covered in demon blood but from the looks of it, even if it was covered by so much blood, those blood won't really cover it because the knuckles itself absorb the blood. Maybe this was the reason the Skull Knuckles wanted the blood. My proficiency in battle finally returned and all my experience prior to becoming a magician returned to me. All of the mastery of the martial arts have returned to my mind while in bloodlust mode, causing me to use them to defeat enemies again and again.

The demons attacked me once in a while and sometimes, they even attacked me with tricks like one demon will sacrifice himself and grab me from behind which allows the others to do whatever they want with me. Of course, they were just dumb enough that they think they can restrain me once and for all. With the help of Blazing Shoes, I activate its power to get me to do a backflip. Usually, this won't work but because my enemies are demons, it is much easier to do that with just a front kick alongside beating up a demon trying to fight you in front. Kicking the enemy in front allowed me to gain momentum to do a backflip. The demon holding me at the back did not expect that and before he knew it, I slammed myself to the demon while aiming his stomach with my elbow.

This method works every time and the demons seem to be not able to block it for some reason, might be because they can't really react on time or they don't have enough intellect on the move that I just did.

With all the demons getting pummeled to death, the smaller demons were forced to back off and in the end, the remaining demons are the bigger ones. There are only 5 of them but they are all equipped with heavy weapons that if you are hit, you are dead.

"Hey, Kazuma, the chat is exploding of comments right now, do you want to check it?"

"Nope, not right now, I need to concentrate with the demons in front of me."

The bigger demons started to encircle me and they looked like they are about to kill me if they managed to grab a hold on me.

Then again, the brass knuckles in my hands started to vibrate again and the same voice of that guy started to ring inside my head.

"KILL! KILL! TASTE BLOOD AND KILL!"

"Right, right, but wait for a bit."

Just as I was about to attack, a demon appeared in front of the demons and from the looks of it, she seemed to be someone who will be dangerous.

"I see, so you are the one who are annihilating my troops. Unforgivable..."

I looked at her and frowned. "That is not my fault, you sent them here, and if they are here, they were going to be killed anyway. You should have known that."

"I see. You are someone who prefers to kill or be killed. Fine, I will make sure you will beg for forgiveness and die..." she grinned and raised her right hand out.

Her sharp claws started to get red and sharper than ever. Her eyes started to get into color violet to red.

"Since you have killed enough, I think it is your turn to die..."

I turned serious when the voice of the Skull Knuckles once again rang in my head.

"RELEASE! DEMON BASHER VERSION 1!"

As soon as the voice uttered that, the Skull knuckles started to shake wildly and it felt like they started to root in my hand. I also felt the pain as something pierced my knuckles. The pain is so strong but I bared it too hard as I gritted my teeth.

I just noticed that the Skull Knuckles turned into a menacing weapon however, I don't think I need to continue observing it, my focus was all set into the demon girl before me.

"Ha, I see, I think you are going to go all out huh? Then go! It's kill or be killed!"