Demonslayer (2)

Then, all hell broke loose.

Attracted by the sudden burst of light and Sunny's belligerent cries, the Carapace Demon appeared out of nowhere in a storm of fury.

Its towering legs tore through the ashen sand, throwing clouds of it into the air.

Two scarlet eyes immediately focused on the shouting human, sending a nervous shiver through Sunny's legs.

"Yeah, right here, you pile of scrap! Come and get it, fat lobster! This is my island now!".

he shouted, pretending to not be scared out of his wits.

The demon dashed toward him.

"Hey, you fat fuck, your gonna let him talk to you like that".

Isaac spoke.

The demon momentarily stopped but continued.

This behemoth was as tall as a house, but still not tall enough to reach the branches of the great tree with his scythes.

So, for the moment, Sunny was still safe.

He was pretty sure that this won't be the case for long, but it was enough time to bring the plan to fruition.

If he doesn't miss...

Just as the Carapace Demon was about to appear right beneath the branch Sunny was standing on, he took a deep breath, aimed, and tossed both of the jars down.

The creature reacted with lightning speed, slicing both jars into pieces with his horrible scythes.

However, it was of no use.

The oily liquids contained inside still rained on its carapace in a torrent, followed by a scattering of clay shards.

If anything, it only made the surface of the impact larger, covering most of the demon's metal carapace in a layer of liquid.

The two components mixed, producing the deadly corrosive oil, which then burned into the lustrous armor.

Sunny held his breath.

... However, the centipede monster's oil, which was capable of destroying the unbreakable chitin of both scavengers and centurions, turned out to be completely ineffective against the strange alloy covering the Carapace Demon's body.

It didn't even leave a scratch on it.

Sunny's face darkened.

'That's...'

Nephis and Electra silently appeared by his side, raising an arm.

'... just as I expected.'

Luckily, Sunny did not put a lot of value on the oil's corrosive qualities, to begin with.

He needed the oil for its other quality.

Its flammability.

Guided by the loud sounds produced by the massive monster, Nephis moved and threw the torch down with a powerful swing of her arm.

Electra then ignited the oil.

Spinning, the torch streaked through the air like a meteor and landed right in the middle of the demon's carapace.

... In the next second, the giant creature was engulfed in flames.

Sunny did not really expect the fire to be able to damage the demon.

He was sure that the behemoth could withstand much more than just simple heat.

But now, covered in the burning oil, the Carapace Demon shined brightly in the pitch-black night of the Forgotten Shore.

He had turned into a fiery beacon, calling all the monsters of the cursed dark sea to come crawling from its black depths.

'Now we need to cover Electra'.

There were a few things Isaac had told Sunny about Electra's flaw and her aspect ability.

First she was not extremely bright.

Red fire was the weakest of all fire. As such she did not give of to much light or heat.

But they needed to cover her to not attract the other monsters when they emerged.

Isaac already had a plan as they had dug a deep hole next to the onyx tree.

She would lay low there till the fight with the demon was done and she would be able to get out and move around freely.

The giant demon was engulfed in flames, shining like a bright beacon in the hungry darkness of the night.

His polished armor blazed with reflected light, sending radiant glints in all directions.

Drops of burning oil were falling to the ground, flaring up as they hit the ashen sand.

For a second, it seemed as though time had stopped.

Sunny was staring at the incandescent glow of the fire, his eyes wide, almost failing to believe that they had actually pulled this insanity off.

Nephis was frozen by his side, her hand still outstretched after the throw.

Isaac was close as well with a sword in his hands.

He surprisingly looked very weak making Sunny concerned.

But he shook off  his distracting thoughts.

But they really did, they pulled it off.

Sunny never seriously considered facing the Carapace Demon in an honest battle...

If a battle between a giant death machine and five powerless humans could even be called honest.

However, their lacking strength did not mean that they could not murder the evil creature.

They just had to be smart about how to do it.

For example, they could find something stronger to do the dirty work for them...

That's why he had concocted a plan to sneak onto the Ashen Barrow, wait for the night to come, lit the behemoth aflame and watch it be torn apart by the terrifying monsters of the dark sea.

And now they were halfway to making that plan a reality.

Of course, the most dangerous part was yet to come — they still had to survive the attack of the creatures of the black water themselves.

And before that...

The Carapace Demon roared with fury, making Sunny feel like his ears were going to bleed.

The roar sounded like a deafening cacophony of rusted metal being torn apart by giant claws.

Two scarlet eyes shone through the conflagration of flames, piercing the young man with a concentrated beam of murderous hatred.

...Before that, they had to last until the sea monsters arrive.

The infuriated demon was out for their blood, and no one knew how much time it would take for the dark sea creatures to appear on the Ashen Barrow.

Sunny was scared that the demon was capable of performing ranged attacks.

If not, he might be able to climb the tree to get to them, or try to kill them in a way that they had not even considered.

In the worst-case scenario, they would have to endure his rage for quite a while.

Looking into the giant's hateful eyes, he sensed that the creature was thinking in the same direction.

When the demon glanced in the direction of the great tree's obsidian trunk, Sunny's heart suddenly skipped a bit.