"You Did Good"

"What do you mean?! What are you trying to say?!" Ishida asked, but she just laughed vigorously.

"No problem, I will kill you again if I have to," she ignored Ishida's question completely, as she took long strides towards Ishida.

"Kill me again?! Are you really stupid or what?!" Ishida mocked as he prepared himself in a fighting stance and held the sword in front of him, ready to attack.

But before he reached her, suddenly the whole forest around him started to fill with a dark mist, causing Ishida to lose his sight due to the thin mist surrounding them both.

"What the hell is this?!" he questioned himself, as he closed his eyes to sense the movements of the demon.

But before he could completely regroup himself, the demon suddenly appeared from behind, targeting his neck with her claw-like hand. At the last moment, Ishida sidestepped, causing the attack to miss his neck and graze his shoulder instead, as her claw tore through the jacket he was wearing, leaving a scratch in its place.

In retaliation, as he was now able to sense her, he swung his sword towards her, but her speed was too quick as she moved out of the way in time, creating distance between herself and Ishida.

She was in complete disbelief. Even after blinding Ishida and blocking his sight with the surrounding mist, he didn't take a single moment to adapt to the situation.

"Excellent! You're not really that bad for a human!" she said, clapping her hands as she motioned her hand in a pattern as the mist around them started to become more thicker than it already was and all of a sudden there was a whisper , whisper of her voice coming from all directions towards Ishida.

You can't do it .… You are not good enough.… You are going to die.... Just like your family....

Whispers of doubt , whispers of fear started roaming around Ishida , and he could only hear those whispering sounds around him.

Ishida felt a sense of uneasy around him , with the all things , it was getting difficult for him to focus his mind on the fight and keep up with the moving threat of the demon that he had to fight and defend himself from the attacks of the demon at the same time.

But , before he could focus his mind , the demon already was in attack , as again she directly went for the kill and targeted his neck . But again , as like before , at the very last moment, Ishida sensed her Presence and her attack and used his sword as a shield to block the attack , but , because of the sheer force of the attack Ishida got pushed back , as he skidded backwards to finally stop after hitting a tree.

[FATIGUE : 55/100]

[HP : 480/580]

[MP : 530/530]

With that attack he lost a lot of HP at the same time, and because of all the stress , his fatigue was rising at the same time. If he had to win he needed to strategize his next move and make a plan to defeat the demon in front of him, because as the things was going , he had no chance to bring the demon down.

'Focus .....focus .....Focus ....'

Ishida's mind was screaming those words, as if trying to awake his senses at the highest level, cause with the situation he needed it, it was a necessity.

Suddenly, Ishida's lips curved up with a small smirk, 'I can sense ... I can see her…' He thought, as the demon again came for an attack from behind the tree , and at the exact same spot that she was targeting from the very start - his neck.

But to her surprise, this time Ishida didn't block the attack , instead he evaded the attack at the perfect time before it hit him with extreme speed.

Just after evading the attack , he made a distance between him & the demon and prepaid for his next move, he focused his mind in one place - his sword, as he finally was ready to make his move, "Moon Breathing Fifth Form : Moon Spirit Calamitous Eddy" He said

[Moon Breathing Fifth Form used : -50MP]

[MP : 480/530]

As Ishida invoked the Fifth Form, "Moon Spirit Calamitous Eddy," his sword unleashed a powerful typhoon of crescent-shaped slashes. The air whirled violently around him, pulling the thick mist into its spiraling vortex and dispersing it rapidly. The oppressive fog thinned, revealing the forest and clearing Ishida's sight.

Caught off guard, the demon staggered back, her whispers of fear silenced by the roaring winds. With the mist gone, Ishida could clearly see the battlefield, sharpening his focus and locking eyes with his adversary. The clarity renewed his determination, stripping the demon of her stealth advantage.

Breathing heavily but with newfound confidence, Ishida steadied his stance. The demon snarled, realizing her mistake in underestimating him. "Now, it's my turn," Ishida declared, his voice calm and resolute. With the path cleared, he prepared to launch his next move, ready to end the battle on his own terms.

[FATIGUE : 75/100]

[HP : 455/580]

[MP : 480/530]

"No , I can't lose to an human, I will become the strongest demon under him.... " She screamed in agony as she went for another attack towards Ishida, but Ishida only smiled a bit , before moving to his fighting stance.

The demon's attack was evaded by Ishida , as it seemed Ishida was not only matching her speed , he was faster than her at this moment.

"Moon Breathing Third Form: Loathsome Moon, Chains" Ishida said, Ishida charged forward, his sword a blur as he used the Third Form, "Loathsome Moon, Chains." The blade danced in a series of chained crescent slashes, each one flowing fiercely into the next.

He aimed directly at the demon, "Your time is over!" he said as the chained slashes forming a relentless attack. The demon was caught off guard, unable to escape the swift and precise strikes.

With one final, powerful swing, Ishida's slashes converged, striking the demon with full force at her neck, the place where she was targeting Ishida throughout the fight. The crescent arcs crashed down, and in a bright flash, and hit at her neck, as she left a scream of agony "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO" As the sword hit her , her head fell right at the ground , as she said her last words , "I don't want to die...." Before she perished like ash and her body disappeared.

Breathing heavily, Ishida lowered his sword as he dropped to his knees.

[FATIGUE : 100/100]

[HP : 430/580]

[480/530]

Because of all the quick move and fast fight he went through, his Fatigue stat hit it's max as his vision started to blur out, as he couldn't keep his eyes open anymore.

"A-Akira-San.... I couldn't save you..." With that words, he fall to ground unconscious. Before , falling completely unconscious, he heard sound of footsteps coming towards him, but he had no strength left caught up & he heard these words before falling completely unconscious, "You did good"