The Demon

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"AHHH! Just where the f*ck are they and where the f*ck are the demons are !?! "

Suddenly, he heard a sound...

*Rustle* *Rustle*

He puts his guard up and starts to see his surroundings more carefully.

"What the heck is that?"

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He pushes his way through the bushes and scrubs until he comes to an empty field. There was nothing but grass and gentle breezes in that field.

"I am seriously hating this forest now."

Suddenly, he was inflicted with a debuff.

<<You are under a debuff spell>>

[You are flinted with "Blindness"]

[You can't see anymore]

"What the f*ck"

All he could see was blackness and hear some wind noises.

"What the f*ck just happened? There was nothing on the field!"

*Stomp* *Stomp*

'Footsteps?'

"ROOOAAARRR"

Leroy realized that it is a monster.

'Why is the timing so bad! Now I don't know how it looks and where it is!'

He heard it running towards him after that roar.

<<Eye of the Strategist>>

[Epected direction: Back]

Leroy immediately reacts to that message and moves to his right.

"Gruhhh"

'Even if I am blind, I can see the system messages and thank you my skill, even though I don't know if I should consider you as a cheat or not.'

<<Eye of the Strategist>>

[Expected direction: Right]

He jumps to his front to dodge the attack. This time he felt the wind caused by the monster when it passed by his back.

'Damn, I barely dodged it I guess. "

Suddenly, he heard a cry from that monster, as if it was in pain.

'What is going on?'

He heard Horace's voice.

"Dude, you fine?"

Leroy doesn't really know how to answer that, as he was physically fine but got a debuff.

"I don't really know."

"You seem like you have a debuff inflicted on you."

"And the worst one, Blindness"

Horace pulls something and places it on Leroy's hand, telling him, "Drink this potion."

Leroy drinks the whole potion in one go.

*Hah*

<<All debuffs have been removed from your stat>>

He could see again.

"It feels good to be able to see again."

"Yeah."

"How about we find a place to rest now?

"I was thinking of finding a place to rest also."

After some time...

Both of them push through the bush and vines spread throughout the forest, then they find a riverside out of nowhere in the forest.

They sit on the big stones, which can be used as a place to sit.

"Okay, now tell me from the beginning."

"Well, when I came through the portal, I was in a dense forest with purple-colored mist everywhere."

"That's the same for me."

I continued to wander around for a while after that, then I heard a distant, faint roar. I decided to follow it, and that is how I came to find you.

"I see, what about the others?"

"I didn't see them."

"It appears that we spawned randomly on this island."

"Yeah, it seems so too."

Both of them sit quietly for some moments until Horace breaks it.

"Don't you think, having this beautiful riverside in this dangerous forest is a bit weird?"

"Now that you mentioned it, yeah, it is."

"How about we-"

A massive explosion that happened suddenly in the river interrupted Horace.

Both of them hurriedly stood up and put their guards up.

"What the heck, an explosion!?"

"Seems like a demon was hiding in the water."

Both of them saw something flying out of the water.

Horace felt ominous energy coming from above, "It is above!"

Both of them noticed something undesirable when they looked up.

A whimper in the dark clouds, a whistle of metal, and they met the fearsome demon of death and terror. Two clouded eyes stare at you with absolute darkness, and another whimper pierces from its chasmal mouth as it exchanges glances with Horace and Leroy. Crackling and blistering skin adorns its blueberry head, which itself is covered in glowing tattoos.

Constant snoring escapes the demon's serpentine nostrils set within that fat nose.

It's blueberry head sits atop a robust body. It had glowing tattoos all over the body. It had a bite mark on its waist. A scythe-like tail slides behind it. It moves in the air like a charmed snake.

Two draconic wings extend themselves fully. Sturdy muscles covering bones and fiery tendrils stretch upwards as it is flexing its muscles.

The demon's stare becomes more and more menacing with every second.

"What the f*ck is that!"

The demon bolted towards Leroy.

Out of instinct, Leroy pulls out three daggers from behind. He throws them at the demon which was coming from above, but it manages to dodge them.

"Shit!"

Horace takes a deep breath and summons a bow out of the thin air. It resembled a recurved bow. The limbs were made out of such a metal that was flexible and ended in points with crafted, shiny white wings. The handle was wrapped in dark leather and adorned with white paint strips.

Horace pulls the string with no arrow in it, but, suddenly, two arrows appear, which appear to be a type of energy simply replicating the shape of an arrow.

Leroy felt jealous of it, "F*ck, that looks so damn cool."

Horace released the arrows, and it flew with great speed at that demon.

*whoosh*

An enormous explosion occurred immediately after the arrows struck the demon. The smoke produced by the arrows prevented them from being able to see what happened to the demon.

Horace was extremely happy, "Heck yeah! I bet it can't even fly properly, it must be in one-shot state. "

Leroy replied with disappointment, "Are you sure about that?"

"Huh, what do you mean… I am sure-"

*GGGRRRUUHHH*

"HEH!"

"Well, I think it has skills to absorb or protection type skill because it is impossible to be unscratched after getting a direct hit."

"U-u-umm, I guess, now we are the one that needs help."

The demon was raging with hate. It's ominous energy was getting stronger with every second.

Leroy shouts, "F*ck it! Run for your life now!"

Both of them start to run in the opposite direction by the riverside.

The demon also starts to follow them with great speed.

"GGRRRUHHH"

"AGGHHH"

Leroy wasn't able to think of something to defeat that, "Damn it, damn it… think of something, think of something... "

Suddenly his skill responded.

<<Eye of the Strategist>>

[@!#$?!@?!]

[@!?$?!@?!#]

After seeing that message, Leroy came up with a plan.

"Hey Horace! I think I know how to defeat that demon!"

"Are you sure?"

"Just put your trust in me!"