Escalated Fight

"Aisleen! How dare you!" King Arturus shouted furiously at Aisleen. He pushed Jay away and looked at Aisleen as if he wanted to kill her. Unlike Queen Aery who did not recognize Aisleen since she was still terrified of those demons, he immediately recognized Aisleen the moment he saw her.

"Why wouldn't I? You nobles deserve to die!" Aisleen shouted and she transformed back into her beast form. Two small bat-like wings appeared on her head that looked like horns, four scaly wings appeared on her back, and a long snake-like tail.

"You're a Halfblood?" King Arturus was surprised. He knew that Halfbloods have an enmity with humans and he cannot do anything about this. So he sighed and took out his two cannons and aimed at Aisleen.

'Judgement Cannon'

The moment he used this skill, his two cannons merged into one gigantic cannon. It then fired off a wide destructive beam of light that targeted Aisleen.

"Stop!" Jay shouted trying to mediate the fight between the two, but it was useless.

'Darkness Liberation: Claws!'

Aisleen exclaimed and her fingernails turned into black claws. After doing so, she placed her hands in front of her, waiting for the beam of light to hit her. The moment it did so, some kind of miracle happened and she managed to grab it and started absorbing it.

"What?!" King Arturus shouted and fired off another laser beam at Aisleen.

"Let me help you Art." Queen Aery shouted as she snapped out of her fear and took out a grimoire with a black cover on it. She held it on her left hand and reached out her right hand.

'Maximized Magic: Explosion!'

Queen Aery exclaimed as the grimoire in her hand opened and three magic circles appeared on her right hand. After that, sparks of flame appeared and a large explosion occurred where Aisleen, Jay, and Vardis were standing.

"Why are you bringing me into this!" Jay shouted and activated 'Ethereal Body' to dodge the spell Queen Aery used.

'Frost Guardian's Protection!'

Vardis exclaimed and an illusory image of a gigantic white tiger that was wearing armor appeared on his back. The moment the explosion hit him, the illusory image fused with his body and he got protected from the explosion that occurred.

'Negative Barrier!'

Aisleen also managed to protect herself using this spell. The moment she used this spell, a dome made out of shadows appeared around her and acted as some kind of barrier.

The explosion was so large that it also managed to hit the Golden Phoenix guild hall beside Jay. Good thing that there was a magical barrier placed on the guild hall, or else, thousands of casualties might have occurred within the guild hall since the prisoners Jay recently recruited and the workers from Golden Bird Harbor was at the guild's courtyard.

"Why are you bringing the fight to me and my guild!?" Jay shouted furiously as he looked at Queen Aery.

"Who gives a s*it about you! Your guild already declared war on us the moment you slaughtered our men at Yellowleaf City! I wouldn't mind taking down two birds with one stone by killing everyone in your guild and those Halfbloods over there!" Queen Aery shouted and started to prepare another spell.

"Just stop already! You already saw the demons threatening this continent and you still want to continue your pointless war?!" Jay shouted as he deactivated Ethereal Body and stayed a few distances away from everyone.

"Pointless?! You call the deaths of my family pointless?! I was wrong about you Jay! I shouldn't have saved you back then!" Aisleen shouted furiously as she stared at Jay and did not mask her killing intent.

"You're too young to understand the meaning of this war boy! Go back to your mother and drink some milk!" King Arturus shouted at Jay.

Then suddenly, out of nowhere, a clapping sound came from above them together with some laughter.

~Clap, clap, clap

"Hahaha!!! Bravo! Bravo!"

...

The one who was clapping and laughing was one of the demons that had an octopus on his head.

"JAY! PLEASE RUN AWAY NOW! PLEASE!!! Hellson and the Chicken Lord shouted at Jay. The reason why is because the moment that demon appeared, they detected an abnormal and horrifying power from the demon. It was so terrifying that even Hellson was not sure if Divine Beings can stand a chance against it.

"I won't leave anyone in my guild! In my kingdom! I won't just let everyone die like this!" Jay rebutted and went to his full chicken form.

"Huh?" The demon immediately noticed Jay and felt as if he was really familiar. He then waved his hand in front of him and a flaming scroll appeared. After reading some of the scrolls contents, he suddenly got serious, tapped the octopus on his head and let its tentacles cover his face for protection, and vanished from sight.

The demon suddenly appeared in front of Jay and grabbed him by the neck.

"So you're the reason why Lord Ashri sent us here. To think that I managed to hit the jackpot just from a leisurely walk." The demon said as he strangled Jay.

'Ethereal Body!'

Jay immediately used this skill to escape from the demon's grasp. But the moment he did so, he suddenly felt as if his whole body was on fire.

"Trying to use magicka is pointless. Don't worry, I won't kill you. We were ordered to bring you into our home, alive." After saying this, the demon loosened his hold on Jay and one of the tentacles on his back started moving and it suddenly moved towards Jay and pierced his right shoulder.

"AHHHH!!!" Jay shouted in pain. It was abnormally painful. It was as if all of his senses were focused on feeling the pain from his right shoulder.

"The order was to bring you back alive, but no one said anything about you being in your best condition..." The demon smirked. He was just about to leave and bring Jay to his two other friends so that they can return already, but he suddenly felt a tickling sensation behind him.

BAWK BAWK!!! ("LET HIM GO!")

It was Nuggets. She was currently in a transformed state and she looked like a yellow phoenix and had sparks of lightning that covered her body. It was her 'Thunderhawk Phoenix' form. But due to her just being a child, her transformation was also a bit smaller than what it is supposed to look like.

"Nuggets...no..." Jay tried his best to speak but his vocal chords were crushed by the demon the moment he got grabbed by the neck.

'Forked Lightning!'

'Lightning Bolt!'

'Drill Peck!'

'Chicken Fury!'

Nuggets kept using her skills one after another. But no matter what she did, the demon just looked at her and laughed.

"Piss off." The demon said and one of his back tentacles casually slapped Nuggets away.

The moment Nuggets got slapped away, her 'Thunderhawk Phoenix' disappeared and she returned to her chicken form. She was sent flying towards the guild hall's walls. Her golden feathers were trickling with blood. She was crippled and her chicken feet were bent in a weird way.

Bawk... ("Jay...")

Nuggets looked at Jay for one last time before losing consciousness. The moment she did so, a blue flickering dot of light appeared on Jay's forehead and he started to feel an intense searing pain.

"No... Nuggets... don't..." Jay thought to himself as he cannot even shout anymore. He felt pain all over him. His body hurts, his mind hurts, and even his heart and soul were hurting as he looked at Nuggets.

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry..." Jay started crying. Even the tears flowing from his eyes caused him a lot of pain probably due to the demon's strange magic.

...

Meanwhile, inside the Golden Phoenix guild hall's courtyard, where almost everyone saw the event that occurred just outside their guild hall. The fight between Aisleen, King Arturus and Queen Aery. The events that happened when the demon appeared.

"Let me go!"

"Why are you blocking our way!"

"I'm not letting the guy who freed us die just like that!"

Furious shouts from almost everyone was heard all around the guild hall. Everyone wanted to help Jay and fight the demon. Even the core members of the guild were shouting furiously.

"And what exactly are you going to do!? If Jay survives and he learns that all of us died already, then all his struggles and effort all these past months were in vain!" Roasted Boar shouted as he blocked everyone from leaving the guild hall and created hundreds of magical barriers around the guild hall, draining his entire magicka pool. Of course, before doing so, he first grabbed Nuggets and asked someone to take care of her.

The one who took care of Nuggets was Annie, who immediately started using her healing spells on Nuggets.

"Then what if he does not survive?! Don't you know how painful it is to feel regret of not doing anything when you could've done something!" Horace, one of the newly recruited prisoners, shouted at Roasted Boar while punching through the magic barriers.

"Roasty, please... let us help master..." Heda tried her best to speak but her body was just hurting all over since she had a master and servant contract with Jay. If Jay is close to death or if Jay dies, she will experience the same thing unless Jay removes the contract.

But no matter what everyone said, Roasted Boar still prevented everyone from going.

"I know you will survive. I know you will. I don't know if you're the original Jay or if I am. If we really are the same person, then I know you will also do the same if we switched places and I am the one suffering..." Roasted Boar thought to himself as he continued watching everything about to happen. He did not even realize it, but tears started flowing out of his eyes.

...

Meanwhile, outside the guild hall...

Hellson and the Chicken Lord tried everything they can to help Jay but no matter what they did, it was useless. The reason why their help was useless is because when the Chicken Lord tried to control Jay's body, it was just too weak that he cannot even use any of his skills. When Hellson tried using his Fatelord Aura, it did not work at all due to some kind of spell the demon was using.

"I've wasted too much time already..." The demon was about to leave, but something weird happened. Jay suddenly started growing in size. The demon quickly dropped Jay and went back a few steps away from Jay.

'Chicken God's Descent!'

Jay mustered all of his remaining power and used this skill. Even with all the pain he is going through at the moment, he does not want things to end just like this.

BAWWKKK!!! ("I won't forgive you! I will kill all of you demons!!!")

Jay shouted at the top of his lungs. The soundwaves from his shout created a terrifying force of wind that sent shockwaves all over the place.

King Arturus, Queen Aery, Aisleen, and Vardis were also affected so they used their defensive countermeasures to protect themselves.

"You still want to fight boy?" The demon smirked and his two hands suddenly turned into jet-black greatswords.

BAWK!!!

Jay started kicking and pecking. But for some reason, the demon managed to parry all of his attacks.

Just when he thought everything was hopeless...

'Grasp Heart!'

A childish voice rang out and the demon stopped moving for a while.

"Damn! Who is it now?!" The demon said softly as he felt one of his hearts getting crushed by something.

Then suddenly, two childlike figures appeared in front of the demon. One of them had long black hair that reached the ground and was wearing black robes that had intricate patterns on it. The other one had butterfly-like wings on her back and had pinkish short hair.

These two were obviously Shera, the Fatelord of Darkness, and Izumi, the Fatelord of Nature.

"So you're one of the demon generals of the Shurym Plane. Don't you think you are going too far by invading two continents at the same time?" Izumi shouted as she lifted her right hand and a green ray of light descended onto the demon.

"Damn you! My brothers will avenge me... AAAAHHH!!!" The demon spoke his final words before getting disintegrated into dust.

...

After a few seconds all of that happened, Jay returned to his human form. He was still feeling pain all over his body that he immediately slumped down to the ground and cannot even move. He cannot even close his eyes.

"Kid, you're lucky I was watching you." Izumi said softly before creating some specks of green light that flowed onto Jay's body.

The moment these specks of green light entered Jay's body, the pain he felt started to disappear. Then after a few seconds, it was as if nothing happened to him.

"Thank you, Fatelord Izumi." Jay said and did not know what he should feel at the moment.

He was still worried because of what happened to Nuggets. He was feeling shame because before he could even officially start his plans to fight against the planar invaders, he already got mercilessly beaten by one of them. And he was feeling guilt because it was as if the words he said to Izumi and Hellson were total bulls*it.

"Come with me." Izumi said seriously before teleporting Jay back to her place.

"Shera, I'll leave the rest to you." After saying this, Izumi also teleported herself.