Broken Flail

The metal broke into pieces by a single punch of Troy. Instead of evading her flail, he attacked it head-on. His left hand's clenched fist bled while his right hand was in its last stage of restoration.

Rem stood in dismay while the remaining small chunk of the metal ball attached to the handle held by Rem.

"Good for nothing, you say?" Troy asked angrily. "What do you even know about me? Do you even know my name? Do you even know what I went through in my life? Have I ever wanted to be here? Why does everyone force themselves on me? Does my opinion not matter at all?"

Troy is going berserk and yelling something random at Rem. He leaped on Rem, with something materializing in his hand.

Rem raised her flail's handle to defend from Troy's straight attack.

*clank*

A loud unpleasant sound of two metal objects clashing echoed the palace walls. Rem looked surprised after glancing at the weapon Troy used to attack her. It is an exact copy of her pointy flail, which looked brand new. Troy didn't bother to notice it, his entire attention was on attacking Rem with whatever is in his hand.

Troy's right hand has completely regenerated, and a knife appeared in it. From beneath the flail's handle, he swung it towards Rem's face. Noticing it and being quick on her footing, she dodged his attack at the last second, but a few of her hair strands got sliced by the knife. Rem stepped back to a safe distance from him.

Landing back on the carpet, Troy stood holding a flail in his left hand and a knife in his right hand, wearing a white fur robe whose right side got a bit red because of his blood.

"How? How did you do that?" Rem stuttered. She is frightened by Troy's sudden change in behavior and also of his unusual powers.

"Well, It looks like I have no other choice." A pink horn flourished from Rem's forehead, which didn't grow to its full size, and immediately disappeared.

"What?" Rem looked bewildered because she is unable to use her demon powers.

"EL FURA!"

*clank*clank*

Ram used a wind magic spell to which Troy slashed it into two and was completely unaffected. Three guys in uniform stood in front of Rem, defending her from Troy's wild attacks. They are using magic, but Troy keeps on deflecting them using the flail. His knife melted because of a fire spell used by one of those guys, so he threw it and started punching them with his bare fist, which was more than enough to break their bones.

"Rem-sama, Rem-sama" They called for her help but she ignored them and stared intensely at Troy. She held a beaming expression, glowing cheeks, parted lips, and eyelids that forgot to blink. Completely lost in thought, she heard nothing.

"Rem, Rem" Ram shook her violently to bring her back to her senses.

"Yes, Sister?" She asked her normally.

"What are you spacing out for, can't you see him attacking you?" Ram pointed towards Troy, who had the upper hand and dominated the three guys who had no choice but to defend themselves using shield and agility spells.

"Is he really the same guy?" Even Ram is shocked by his change in behavior. "Do into demon mode."

"I can't go" Rem answered.

"Duck" Ram pushed Rem on to the ground. The flail which Troy held in his hand broke and the metal ball crashed on the wall, making the entire wall shatter in an instant. The dim light of dusk entered the corridor of the palace.

Everyone is looking at the shattered wall; dust and pebbles surrounded them.

"Stop" Rem yelled at Troy, who raced for the wall. He jumped out of the wall and leaped into the reddish-blue sky like a free bird. Below him stood guards holding their spears, pointing upwards towards Troy.