Honor

I continued moving with the help of Jasper. More I spent time with him more I realized that he was a complete wimp. I know that he didn't lied about his identity because he did contract would have not happened.

"Hey, what are your powers?"

"Umm, like what?" I sighed hearing this reply. He wasn't just a wimp he also was slow.

"Like can you use magic. Can you fight? How strong are you?"

He cleared his throat.

"I am a noble from a pure bloodline of course I am powerful!" He boasted.

"Another snap is coming if you keep talking like that." I said coldly.

"I am sorry! Please don't Mas- I mean Boss!" I sighed for, I don't know maybe thousandth time while I was with him.

"Just give a brief overview. You can hypnotize people, right? Turn into bats, regenerate fast? Is there any other thing?"

"No, I don't have anything else. I can also use rapier but I lost mine while fighting against armors."

I see. Maybe the reason he seemed this weak was because of him not having a weapon. After getting my spear I understood the value of weapons.

"If I found any I will give it to you." He seemed suprised by it. Yet he didn't said anything.

"Correct answer was thank you you asshole." Despite not being offended actually I joked.

"I am sorry. I just never had anyone wanting to help me in my life." Wait no. I just joked. Why is he saying something like this. I don't like this.

"Well, I am not strictly helping you. I also signed the contract too." Feeling awkward I tried to change the subject.

"This is the place." He said while getting off my back. I looked at the big door in front of me.

"According to my maids he is still there. He got into that chamber after he defeated me."

I clicked my tongue.

"So what he is like? What kind of powers he has?"

He bent his head down.

"He used sword and aura. I don't know if he has any other abilities. He never used them while fighting me."

So he used sword. I didn't really expected Jasper to give me a lot of information. He didn't seemed to be a warrior.

"You can stay here. Or you can go back. I will be leaving this place after I defeat him."

He seemed to light up.

"Leave? There is a way to leave?" He asked with such a passion. Maybe he really hated being stuck here.

"For me, yes. For you, I don't know." I thought back my underlings in the tenth floor.

"Hey, system! Is there a way to get them out of here?" Jasper looked me with curious eyes. After a short wait I got my answer.

(You can summon your underlings to your position after clearing all floors.)

I see.

"Umm, Boss? What was that?"

"Seems like you can get out of here."

He lighted up again.

"Only if I want you to get out of course." I saw his will to live die out. Of course I also needed to clear this dungeon for them to get out but I am not going to say it to him. If you wanted to hold better positions you needed to look as stronger side.

"Don't worry I am not that cruel. Around fifty days. Just grit your teeth for around fifty days and I will let you out."

"Thank you my lor—I mean Boss!" He bowed.

"Now, you may wanna lay low for sometime. I don't know how much of this place will be destroyed while I am fighting this guy."

I said as I started to open the door. The room which the door led was big. Not big as throne room but still big in my standards.

"So you are here." A masculine voice rang.

"You can talk." I said as I looked at the man-no armor standing front of me.

"Of course I can still talk. Of course still think."

He was big. Around 2.4 metres?

"If I couldn't how could this count as punishment?"

"Punishment?" While all other living armors looked like classic medival armors this one was different. Not only armor was shaped more "fantasy-like" he also had wings. Wings as in a cruel joke. They were made out of countless chains creating shape of wings.

"Who are you? Who punished you?" While I knew that I had to kill him I didn't wanted to mindlessly charge.

"You already know who he is!" He nearly growled to me.

"He? I don't know anyone like that." He started to laugh. Like a crazy laugh not a laugh a sane person could create.

"Lord of Hell. Betrayer. Dammed bastard!" His sentences slowly turned to growls. His body twitched. It looked unnatural. It crept me.

"Red-haired Goddess?" He stopped twitching.

"So that's how he looks to you!" I gulped. Madness in his voice disturbed me. This man-no thing was gone. His mind was in pieces. That's what I could I understand.

"And now he is trying to me use as a puppet! Just something to use!" He roared. His voice carrying such a madness and spirit caused me to take a step back.

"But if I were to kill you… Would she be sad?" He looked at me eye holes in his helmet shining with red light.

"Heh, if you can manage it!" His sword with red aura and my spear with black aura clashed. Shock waves created by our clash shook the room. His strength and aura were stronger than mine. I was pushed back as my clawed feet left marks on the ground. Due that I had to changed my methods. I opened my mouth as I was being pushed back. I breathed fire directly to his face-or helmet. While I expected him to at least back away he kept pushing me back. First my tail then my wings and my back. I was pushed into wall, slowly yet surely. As my back screamed in pain I heard wall behind me crack.

"Is this your strength?" His aura intensified and I was thrown away, breaking and going through the wall. While I fell back I quickly rose up again and blocked his strike. Or I thought I blocked it but it was a feint! While I blocked the air he opened a wound in my chest. I backed away trying to create some space between us. He quickly catched up to me. With another feint my left leg was slashed.

"I can't believe I fell for that twice!"

I mumbled under my breath. Our auras clashed again and I was defeated once again. I thought of using Wrath but I didn't wanted to waste it.

"He is trying to use me to feed you? What a joke!" He roared.

"You don't even know how to handle your spear!" A slash in my cheek.

"You don't know how to handle aura!" Right leg pierced.

"You are just trash! Just like him!" He pushed me back and stopped. He opened his arms wide and started to scream loudly. While I just wanted to attack him while he was vulnerable I didn't. I stopped and composed myself. I took deep breaths and looked my aura dance. I watched as it rosed and went down. It wasn't stable. I didn't tried to stabilize it. Aura was a part of me. When I stabilize myself it also would stabilize.

"If I don't then I'll learn." I said with a calm tone. He raised his head and stared me. He seemed to snap of his madness even for just a moment.

"You didn't attacked me."

"Yeah." He didn't move. Just looked at me.

"Why? You could have took advantage."

"Because I am a dumbass." I replied without thinking. He laughed again with less madness this time.

"I was once a human." His body language told me that he was suprised.

"I don't have a lot of memories from that life. But…" I swirled my spear before continuing.

"That part of me would felt like shit if I attacked you at that moment."

I started to walk towards him.

"I feel weird. I know that things I do is hypocritical. Some times I don't know why I am thinking and doing some things." I stopped just a step away from him.

"Maybe because how I was reincarnated or maybe I am just that dumbass." I looked directly to his eye sockets.

"But I have a sense of honor. A flawed, hypocritical and shitty one but it is there. It is mine and it exists."

"I see. You are different." He sounded saner.

"But this doesn't mean that I just would allow you to kill me! Even though I fell this low I can't be killed by undeserving hands! He raised his sword. I also raised my spear.

"Then I have to prove I am worthy."

We both lowered our weapons at the same time. Once again our clash shook the entire castle.