Demon Sword

Opening Attack pt.1

"Luticia is being held hostage inside the palace. Save him for Lestallum."

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A goddess fabric curtain is a commonly used barrier technique that separates areas using a black force field that cannot be seen by outside observers. They were mainly used by witches to maintain secrecy while exorcising demons, but in this one case, the curtain of the goddess cloth was used as a barrier to slow down the movements of the witches.

Creating blinds required a minimum level of skill that many powerful magicians suspected of not having; however, the difficulty level of this technique varied depending on the complexity of the curtains, and thus, the difficulty of the technique, other less skilled magicians may be able to create less effective barriers. Skilled witches may be able to apply certain conditions to their blinds (example: like the blinds Seimei Abe paired against Kenny)

The complete method of applying the curtains is unclear, but the user is required to chalk out the following sentence: "Ear from darkness, more black than darkness. Clean up all that is not holy."

The stronger the resistance inside the curtain, the weaker the resistance to outside interference. A barrier usually cannot be broken by force if it is strong enough. A barrier can be destroyed when the witch who created it is destroyed.

Curtains can be created and imbued in the object, which then maintains the barrier until it is destroyed.

A few hours earlier, Kura, an intelligence-type female magician like Agung, explained to Arka and the others about the curtains that would block them.

"This is the curtain that surrounds the city and shuts down the citizens. Inside, there was another curtain surrounding the palace district. The curtain's blocking the witches."

"Among the two curtains, there is a witch or a demon who casts a curtain."

"amongst? Not inside?" Confused Garou, he was a young man of average height with disheveled brown hair. She is also one of the witches mentored by Ino. Garou's innate technique allowed him to switch positions with anything through soul energy contact within his range with a clap of his hand. He can change himself by the location of others, or switch two different parties other than himself.

"Our speculation is that, no matter who it is, he's taking the risk of strengthening the curtain." Bright Kura. "Oh, yeah. Following the speculation itself, among the curtains, there are those who have been transfigured."

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"Group plague", a large-scale disaster marked by the outbreak of locust plague. These grasshoppers eat not only plants, but also hair, clothing, sheds, and anything else made from plants.

An adult locust eats the equivalent of its own weight in a day, which means that a swarm of 1 tonne locusts can consume enough food to feed 2500 humans for a day.

Their strange chewing sounds would resound throughout the day and night. And what was left after the herd of grasshoppers left was the silent land covered by the black slime released by the locusts. A view far from the word peace.

People who saw this insect with the appearance of a demon...

they feel fear, hate, and condemn it.

In the Shibuya II district, Arka, Garou, and Farel are interred with a giant demon locust.

The arc that was attacked directly by the demon, bounced onto the building next to it. Farel who wants to help is confronted by Garou.

"Why?" Pissed Farel.

"I want to see his potential." Said Garou, with a focus that never separated from the Ark.

When the demon again launched an attack, Arka managed to dodge it.

"Woah, look at those amazing legs and those jaws. And since he could understand the words, he must be a high-class demon." Inner Arc. "He bites, has 4 hands that he can control freely, and he advances towards me without a speck of doubt."

Due to the requirements already agreed upon, Arka did not take Onimaru with her.

"This is a 2-handed fight with 4 hands!" Said Garou, excited.

The grasshopper's arcs and demons pitted their fists continuously, without dodging.

"My hands, my jaw, and my eyes are better than this man. But why..."

"Why am I the only one to receive an attack?!"

One last fist ends the grasshopper's life.

Garou and Farel smiled widely, they then walked closer to Arka. "Good job, brother!" Praise Garou.

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"Ah, the grasshopper lost." Erca said as she walked down a dark hallway. "A powerful witch has arrived, huh? Too bad, I still have work to do."

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At the town hall, Shiro and Seinaru and other demon hunters are betting their lives in the face of a demon capable of manipulating a plant named Marlboro.

Born out of fear of land-based natural disasters and he wanted to rid the earth of mankind for their ill-treatment of nature.

Marlboro is a large brown demon with black stripes all over her body. Marlboro has a head-like helmet that doesn't cover her teeth, a branch where her eyes should be, and two black lines that zigzag across her face. Marlboro's left arm is entirely black but her fingers are white while her right hand fingers are black.

Marlboro is a type of demon who cares about a planet that humans have abused for thousands of years. He only wanted to kill humans to be sacrificed so that they could become sages for a cleaner world controlled by Satan that would honor the earth. Marlboro believes in the ideals of Susanoo and Krakatoa, because they want to replace humans with Devils because they feel Satan is a true human being.

In contrast to Marlboro's peaceful beliefs, Erca has encouraged him to embrace his savagery as a Devil. Amidst the heat of the fight, Marlboro learns to embrace her instincts and begins to enjoy the thrill of the fight, allowing her to push her forward beyond her limits.

"I'm enjoying this fight, Erca!" Marlboro.

That demon has an incredible destructive power

Marlboro can also make one or several wooden balls of soul energy. The ball pushes one or two sharp branches attacking and piercing their target and then disintegrates. Marlboro can use this to hold herself in the air.

Shiro slashed through the roots and the wooden balls that shot towards him, then slashed at Marlboro's arm which tended to be harder than ordinary demon skin.

"Finally!" When Shiro was about to swing his sword towards Marlboro's neck, the demon had recovered his clipped hand and clasped Shiro's hand tightly until it was crushed.

Hyper Regeneration: Due to his nature as a special-level demon, Marlboro can easily strengthen his body with soul energy to regenerate lost limbs in an instant. The recovered limbs retain the same integrity as the rest of Marlboro's highly durable body parts. He can regenerate the weak points of his eye branches as well, but not if they are fully disturbed and completely separated from his body.

Marlboro stabbed Shiro in the stomach with a root, then threw it towards Seinaru to demoralize them.

"Give up." Marlboro.

"Rush up? The fight has just begun." Denying Gere.

"Wareful of the roots." Remember Reisya who was using the soul sword given by Lucas.

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On the other side of the city, district III is more precisely. Jang Uk and a witch named Toru are fighting with a demon with fire power.

Toru is a tall man with neatly combed black hair and sharp dark eyes. Toru wore a white shirt with a jade tie, black pants, and black shoes.

Toru seems to be a very wise and reserved individual, often looking so calm and indifferent that he looks stoic and aloof. He seems to be the type of person who is too serious about his work, but Toru only knows how to separate sentimentalism from service. He is outspoken and forthright in most conversations and does not care about impractical optimism or questions that are left open to interpretation.

In addition, Toru was very diligent and quickly expressed his annoyance, both on his face and verbally with his words. Toru is often very impatient. He hates working overtime and is very serious about not missing a minute of what is required of him

"Let's finish this in under 10 minutes." Toru said as he rolled up his long sleeves.

"10 minutes?!" Jang Uk frowned exasperatedly. "10 minutes? Which is enough to kill this demon?" His inner.

The demon they were fighting was Ifrit. Ifrit is a humanoid demon with a goat horn at the end of his head. His hair is a flush of fire that illuminates the darkness.His hands are sharp claws and his feet are the legs of a goat. The body of his field was left open and to subordinates he only used a black cloth.

Ifrit was born out of fear of fire and meteor-based natural disasters.

Ifrit's magic technique works like Farel's fire punch but on a larger scale of power is called a fire claw, while Ifrit's maximal technique is to produce a giant fire meteor that he can hurl at his target. The impact caused an enormous destruction, enough to annihilate a large part of the city. Even Kenny had admitted he wouldn't have come out unscathed if Maximum: Meteor had hit him.

"We must prevent it from creating meteors." Toru said, he took out his blunt sword and ran towards Ifrit. "And to create the meteor, Ifrit takes about 10 minutes. (Information from Kenny)"

Toru is Kenny's brother who is most often invited to communicate with him.

Toru had an incredible level of soul energy for a magician. He could utilize his innate techniques while strengthening his body with soul energy without showing any signs of exhaustion. His control over his soul energy was also demonstrated by his ability to establish the Binding Oath for himself and limit it to a certain period of time. Even after being injured by an opponent, Toru's soul energy rose to an even intimidating and exciting level of a special grade.

Jang Uk and the witches who had worked with Toru could immediately feel Toru's presence as he took over their fight. His overwhelming soul energy froze them all and received his full attention as he walked through the door.

Overtime: is a distinctive binding oath of Toru with itself. Toru limited the amount of soul energy he could harness as long as he officially worked for The Saint. Once he surpassed his normal shift and overtime hours began, Toru's soul energy swelled to a high level and gave him a boost in fighting strength.

While working on his normal clock, Toru suppressed his soul energy to about 80-90%. By activating Overtime, Toru expends 110-120% of its maximum power. Toru can actively break vows and use 100% of his soul energy at any given time, but using Overtime in such cases will only result in a 1% increase%.

[Ratio Technique: Toru's innate technique can divide its target by ten lines and forcibly create a weak point at the seven-to-three ratio point. The target line does not necessarily correspond to the length or width of the target wing. Nanami can freely choose which parts to divide, including the subject, head, body, arms, and legs. This technique also applies to inanimate objects.]

[Spotted: An extension technique that creates a weak point in the surrounding environment, allowing Toru to destroy it with a single strike. Toru first used this technique after releasing both of his Binding Oaths to destroy underground tunnels and trap enemies.]

"It's amazing." Inner Jang Uk. He was amazed by Toru's power. "We can really do it. We can actually beat him in 10 minutes!"

As a professional magician, Jang Uk has a high level of soul energy and has been trained to manipulate his powers efficiently. While activating his innate technique, Jang Uk's entire body was shrouded in soaring soul energy. He could use soul energy to strengthen his body for close combat at the same time as his technique. In addition, Jang Uk is able to sense the soul energy of others quite well

The damned animal summoning, Activated when Jang Uk hid his face by covering it with a mask, transforming himself into a spiritual medium. This allows Jang Uk to summon and use the abilities of three cursed beasts: Galdae, Geobug, and Yong.

Galdae (ten) \= Damned animal number one. Summon a horn-shaped reed with a spiral pattern on it. It can be fired as a projectile shrouded in soul energy that will not stop until it hits its target.

Geobug (turtle) \= Damned animal number two. Covering Jang Uk's body in cursed water can be used to protect it from harm or and improve its overall mobility.

Yong [ ⁇ ] (dragon) \= Damned animal number three. Little is known about this cursed animal. It seems that he enveloped Jang Uk's hand with electricity, but the movement came to a halt when he used it to fight Seo Yul. Until now, there were no survivors to tell the story after fighting Yong.

"Do I have to use it?" Inner Jang Uk, when in attack distance.

"Soge away." Toru said in a very calm tone. He ran past Jang Uk and attacked Ifrit until it bounced into a building.

"Right, my role here is a maid." Inner Jang Uk. "All I have to do here is make Toru's job easier!"

"Galdae!" Jang Uk shoots Ifrit every time the demon attacks Toru. "Forward, Toru!"

Toru delivers deadly attacks that Ifrit cannot avoid. "What the fuck? Is this guy really human?!" Her thought.

"For the demon that survived Kenny, you're too weak." Toru said before giving the most destructive destructive attack to purify Ifrit.

"From here, we split up." Toru. "Stay alive, Jang Uk."

Jang Uk nodded awkwardly, then they parted ways, running in different directions.