Gainful Employment

Dreslat felt rivers of sweat dripping down his brow. 

He didn't even know that devils could sweat before then! 

Things looked grim, but... was it really impossible? The angel was outnumbered over twenty to one! 

After all those decades of mind-numbing, claw-breaking work-- could they just give up like that???

If all his allies sacrificed themselves, then maybe-- JUST MAYBE, Dreslat could land a decisive, killing--

--guh... err... crippling blow! 

Maybe? 

"AIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!" 

Yes yes yes yes YES YESSSS!! 

THAT was the unmistakable battlecry of the sharp-toothed devil! 

Maybe Dreslat didn't have to move, after all! 

It sounded like someone ELSE had the fiery will to fight against an all-powerful, nigh-invincible im-MORTAL BEING!!

That guy-- he was a Legion Devil! He used to fight for an Archduke! He was--

"(Did that fellow just... pass out?)" Boss asked. 

Eh?

HuHH?

WHAAAAT?!?