The End of the Beginning (4)

As soon as Allen ran out of the exit, he noticed that he was in the main hall, where there were many black-robed men taking their rest.

The black-robed men turned their heads towards Allen and became surprised, although they don't know that he was supposed to be taken away, they were already informed that they had to take a kid back to their headquarters. After which, they hastily acted and charged towards him.

"Isn't that kid...?", Lazar, who was among the black-robed men saw Allen. He was caught off guard at first, and after which his blood boiled out of anger.

As he was about to go after Allen with his comrades, he felt that there was somebody holding his arm, rendering him from doing so.

The barbarian turned around and saw that it was his friend, Robert.

"What are you doing?", Lazar angrily asked.

"I have a feeling that something bad would happen.", Robert said as pulled Lazar away. The former was skinny and a bit malnourished; yet, he got to pull the latter away!

Lazar didn't get to say anything else and he just let himself be pulled away by his friend.

-rumble-

The ground shook which made all the black-robed men going after Allen stop on their tracks.

-bang-

Suddenly, the ground ruptured upward and a red monster who had four limbs for moving; six limbs on its back; with two mouths, one on its head and another one on its stomach area climbed out from below.

Some of the black-robed men were squashed into crimson paste by the monster; some large rocks that flew everywhere, killing a few more of them.

"Roar...!", the giant monster roared. Afterwards, when he saw the black robed men. The monster's mouth on the stomach opened up and a strong suction force appeared.

-whoosh-

The wind blew fiercely and the black-robed men were sucked up by the monster. Some of them tried to fight back, but due to the toughness of the scales of the monster, it was all in vain.

Some of them even tried to escape, but it was too late to do so!

Soon, the monster ate almost everyone in the castle except for the kid, Lazar and Robert, who already escaped earlier on. The two latters saw what just happened and felt a chill on their backs, death was so close to them, if they haven't acted very fast, they would've also became food for the monster.

On the other hand, Allen was holding on a pillar of the castle until the suction forced stopped.

The three remaining people all had one thoughts when they saw that monster, 'A demon.'

The kid knew that it was a demon, because he has read a book where it fully described a demon's form. Actually, the demon that he was now facing was just one of the many kinds.

Meanwhile, Lazar and Robert knew that it was a demon because of the story of their parents, which they got from their grandparents and to their ancestors.

"Hahaha... thank you for cutting my head off kid, I don't how you did it but you unlocked the bloodline of my ancestors... kekekekekeke...", the demon cackled with a menacing tone.

Lazar and Robert were surprised when they heard the demon's voice. Even if it was hoarse and horrendous to the ears, they still recognized that it was their group leader's voice!

"Our leader... is a demon?!", Robert and Lazar were dumbfounded. A demon was always beside them! Demons were relatively known to be bloodthirsty, fear provoking enemy of mankind!

The barbarians had a history with them, so as the necromancers, but it wasn't a good one.

The demon didn't say anything else and lunged towards Allen. The kid rolled away and sent a dagger flash towards to the side of the demon.

-clang-

The attack only created sparks on the demon's scales, there wasn't even a scratch on it! However, Allen didn't mind it.

Nevertheless, that was the strongest Dagger Flash he could send out, which was now equivalent to the power of a peak adept!

It meant that the demon's potential attack power would be as powerful as a wizard!

Noticing that the kid moved to its side, the demon sent out three limbs on its back to attack Allen.

The kid unhesitatingly initiated Shadow Steps to boost his dodging ability while sending out some dagger flashes towards the limbs to check how tough they were.

-clang-

Just like the body of the demon, the limbs on the back were also very tough.

Seeing what was happening, Lazar and Robert went to the side hall and watched the battle from a distance.

The demon turned its body towards Allen and jumped towards the kid. The latter immediately backed off while avoiding another attack from its back limbs.

Afterwards, the demon swiped its claws towards Allen. When the kid saw it, he rolled backwards to dodge it and reached the wall.

-bang-

The action of the monster destroyed a nearby pillar, which shook the whole building.

Even so, it didn't stop and made use of all the limbs on its back to attack Allen.

The limbs were quick, but Allen was quicker. The kid continuously dodged all of the attacks, after getting an opportunity, he initiated Burst Steps and appeared right before the part where the demon's scales weren't sharp or pointy, then he initiated Firm Fists and punched on the monster.

-bam-

The punch caused a loud noise, and the monster's scales were damaged. However, in an instant...

The crack suddenly opened up and sucked in Allen's hand. The kid's arm was twisted to the point that the color of his arm became violet. He tried to remove his hand from the body, but one of the back limbs of the demon stabbed towards the kid's back!

-pshew-

The limb pierced through Allen's body and threw him towards a pillar.

-bang-

The pillar was destroyed and the kid continued to fly to an another pillar.

-bam-

During those explanations, dust and smoke flew around the surroundings.

"You called me pathetic? Look who's pathetic now...", before the demon got to laugh, its face became stiff as he saw Allen coming out of the rubble.

"I thought I wouldn't even use the dagger against you.", Allen emotionlessly commented as he discarded the dagger he was currently holding.

The demon was surprised that there were no wounds on Allen's arm nor on his chest, only a hole on his shirt!

It was an another technique of Allen, which was Regeneration!

In a flash, a new dagger appeared on Allen's hands from nowhere, it was none other than the Erchian Dagger!

Allen didn't waste anymore time and executrd Flicker, and appeared above the air behind the large body demon!

But the demon noticed where the kid was and made used of all the six limbs on its back to attack Allen!

On the other hand, the Erchian Dagger suddenly became bigger... no... rather, it became a sword! It was Allen's last new technique, which was Weapon Shapeshift!

-whoosh-

As the first incoming limb was about to hit him, the kid blocked it with the sword and used the force of the attack to dodge the second limb. After which, Allen grabbed onto the second limb and propelled himself on top of it to dodge the other more incoming limbs, then he slid down it towards the back of the monster and slashed down the sword.

-pshew-

The demon roared in pain, as Allen cut off one of the limbs directly from its body!

The tough scale of the demon was nothing in front of the Erchian Sword, it was as if it was only slashing through thin air!

The demon shook his body to get Allen off of it. The demon was successful in its action, but it was too late, because the kid has already cut off all of the limbs on its back!

The kid landed safely on the ground and looked towards the demon.

"You... I'll kill you!", the demon was thoroughly enraged. Inwardly, he was also stunned, because he recognized that dagger. It was the treasure that the organization was seeking!

Actually, he was the only one in the mission group who knew that was the treasure they were after for, due to its importance.

"I already heard that many times.", Allen charged forward the demon. The latter didn't attack head-on and backed off. Suddenly, the kid initiated Burst Steps again and appeared right in front of the demon in an instant.

The demon was caught off guard, but it immediately tried to stand up on its two limbs, albeit a bit stiff. After which, suction force suddenly appeared from the mouth on its chest.

-whoosh-

The suction force caught Allen and dragged him closer to the demon's mouth!

On the other hand, the kid didn't resist the suction force and he let himself get dragged towards the mouth. After getting an enough distance, he plunged the sword inside the mouth and slashed upward.

"Roar...", the mouth on the demon's head let out a roar of pain.

As it was about to retreat, Allen slashed off its legs which stopped the former from doing so; then the kid slashed towards the other leg and he cut it off.

The demon's body collapsed to the ground. Making use of this chance, the kid used Flicker and arrived by the demon's neck and slashed down.

"No...!", the demon indignantly roared. He has just awakened his bloodline, yet, he would die after doing so!

The roar was cut off as Allen sliced off the demon's head. At the same time, the sword on his hand disappeared.

Even though Allen got a huge boost on his power, including to the energy of the body he could store, it wasn't enough to sustain the Erchian Dagger for a few minutes.

The said time limit might sound short, but comparing to the kid's first time limit, which was less than a second, it was obviously a great improvement!

Allen fell to he knees and dropped to the ground. He tried to stand up again, but couldn't do so because he has exhausted his energy.

When the battle has ended, Robert and Lazar emerged from the side hall and spotted the kid.