Issue #7

(I was thinking to myself, "Do I wanna write another chapter tonight to release in the morning?" And then I got the answer of "Shut tf up and write. You have nothing better to do." So here's another chapter.)

"Hey, Freckles," Jack called down to the demon that was 'leading' his army

"The name is Korvus, Master Leviathan," the demon corrected for the 100th time since he had taken over the duties of general of Jack's forces.

"Sure it is. Anyway, make sure your demons don't interrupt my fun. I don't care about whatever rewards you all reap from this battle but if you try and take my fun away, then you will be the same as my enemies."

Korvus felt a chill down his spine when he heard this. The other sides thought of them as Jack supporters. Instead, it was more like they were just supporting the benefits they got from his battles. Jack did not care for them nor did they have any loyalty towards him.

Jack simply did not kill them because there was no benefit and they did not plot against him. Using this as a method to gain rewards, the demons of the east formed a faction in Jack's name without even getting his permission but the two sides always understood the silent agreement.

'Do as you please with my name just make sure you don't try my patience.'

Korvus nodded and signaled for his demons to stand down. He did not want to end up like the previous general of Jack's army.

Seeing his troops back up, Jack smiled before he flew down and toward the army of demons on the ground. Jack pulled his staff behind him before channeling energy through it. The energy began to gather near the top and form a blade of black ice.

Jack appeared right in front of the army in a moment. Using his scythe, he sliced through dozens of demons in a single swing. The blade carried extra cold energy from before which was sent forward and cut through over a hundred more demons before exploding into a wave of ice that create a sharp wall of ice that froze and pierced over a thousand demons.

Jack's opening move had stopped the momentum of the entire coalition army effortlessly. After that, it was a slaughter. Jack would move from place to place as he cut through demons with his scythe and crushed them with the staff or pierced them with his hands. The ways he would kill them were countless but no matter what: when Jack attacked, demons fell.

Within an hour, 80% of the coalition army had been killed with the rest either frozen and dying or hesitating to move forward. But this was more than enough for S'ym and his two allies.

"He must be tired by now. Even we couldn't battle that many demons effortlessly. Let's go!" S'ym said to the others. The demons nodded and began flying toward Jack.

Jack saw them approaching and smiled. He took to the air to meet them. As Jack got nearer, he dispelled his staff to make it a fair fight since none of the others used weapons.

Each of the commanders covered their bodies with energy as they neared each other. The group of 4 soon clashed and an explosion of energy was released. The blast killed any demon that was unlucky enough to be caught in it.

Jack felt some blood in his throat before hurrying to swallow it. By the time he did, his injuries had already healed. The internal injuries that the other 3 were given did not heal as fast due to possessing weaker healing factors.

Jack's first target was Hilsha. She was the weakest of the 3 and the most cowardly. If she was left alive, she would surely interrupt his fun.

Jack flew in front of the red demon before bringing down his fist covered in energy to her chest. The blow landed and sent Hilsha to the ground. When she landed and the dust cleared, there was a hole in the demon's chest that had black ice within it.

'Need to finish this before the others recover. [Chaos Orbs]!'

6 balls of pink energy appeared around Jack's head and floated there for a moment before they went flying toward the ground. They hit Hilsha directly and created a large explosion.

Jack was going to attack again to confirm his kill but he was struck on the side of his head and sent flying through the air. Before he could recover, another blow struck him.

S'ym and N'astirh used the time that Jack was distracted and focused on Hilsha to launch a surprise attack.

"Keep it up! He can't escape if we.." before N'astirh could finish what he was saying, his claw passed through Jack's head. Continuing with his momentum, the rest of his body also passed through Jack. When he reached the other side, N'astirh's entire body was frozen with black ice.

Jack swung his arm backward and shattered the demon's body. He then turned to S'ym with a dangerous look in his eyes but S'ym looked unconcerned.

"Good. It seems like you killed both of them for me. Even with my superior body, they would have been a headache to deal with. But since you have done it, I have nothing else to worry about when it comes to my plan to conquer Limbo."

Jack knew why S'ym was so confident. He had learned from one of the backup research locations of Ul'ir that S'ym was much stronger than the other 3. The only reason he had not been able to take over Limbo is that they each possessed an anti-magic weapon. This was the only way to harm him.

"Don't worry. I'll definitely kill you and eat you today!"

Jack summoned his staff and got ready to battle with S'ym. Luckily for him, when he killed Ul'ir, this staff had not been destroyed by his power. It was one of the 3 anti-magic weapons that existed in Limbo. At least before the Soulsword was created.

Jack charged toward S'ym who returned the charge. Just as the pair were about to clash, a white portal opened up in front of Jack. It happened so fast that Jack could not stop himself.

Once he made it through the portal, Jack hurried to stop his weapon from clashing with the boy of the blonde teen in front of him. The staff was centimeters away from breaking the girl's skull open.

"Did I lose or is the match still on?"