An hour prior to the explosion...

“Okay. Riot, I want you to scout the perimeter and find were the remaining princes are while be wary of their minions and if possible kill them without raising some rackets that can suspect them that we are here.” – A.I.

“...okay...” – Riot

The four heroes entered the city without raising any alarm that can trigger them to be spotted by the enemies. They were very vigilant of their surroundings because if they were caught, all the demons on the city would attack them. The quickest way to defeat them was to defeat their leaders. Once you defeat a prince, all the minions of the prince would also go back to hell. That’s why their mission was to defeat the princes quickly before their minions can gang up on them.

“What’s wrong?” – Magnus

But with how they were progressing through the city, Riot was felt something was wrong. Even now, they haven’t encountered a demon. It was as if every demon were gone. But that would be impossible as this was their last castle, not to mention that the Spirit Crystal is implanted here. They knew that the princes are here but what riot could not understand was that where are the other demons hiding?

“It’s just that... Aside from the sounds of fire burning some meats, it’s very quite. We haven’t found a single demon, it’s like we are walking into a trap... I don’t like this....” – Riot

“You’re right. A.I., look for a less conspicuous place that we can hide for a moment. Riot, I’m sorry but recon the area and find out what’s going on.” – Alpheus

“Okay” – Riot

“Found a place, two blocks from here is a small store that sells watches. With its clanking sound, they would have a hard finding us.” – A.I.

“Using their hearing perception against them... nice. Wonder who taught you that.” – Magnus

Magnus smirk while looking at Riot, because everybody knows that Riot exploits the weakness of his enemies and use it against them. People would say that it is an underhanded method but it is the most effective way to suppress them. A.I. first hated how Riot would handle his enemies like using the daughter of his enemy as a threat to stop his drug network. Their ideals always clashes but now, with this war, every method is needed to win this.

Riot just ignored Magnus and separated from them to start his reconnaissance. He started to look inside the buildings one by one to look for clues. Unfortunately, he hasn’t discovered any clues regarding with the demons, but only found bones piled up like a mountain. He can even see bones from children mixed up with it which only made him more vexed.

‘They don’t even spare the little ones huh...’

Riot was going out of the building but suddenly stopped. Something caught his eye; it was shining dimly as if the light was dying. Riot went to the source and lifted up the wreckage and was surprised.

‘An Angel?’

It looks like an angel, but unlike the images that can be found from the churches, its wings are pure black. It was as if light was being sucked to its wings.

‘No, it is sucking light.’

It was sucking the light from Riot’s flashlight. Aside from its wing, its clothes were tattered and were wet with gold.

‘Gold? Is it Ichors? It’s a god?’

That was the only explanation that can be deduced from it. Riot quickly pulled it outside from the debris that crushed it and quickly tended it. He saw the face of the god and found that its face is a bull. It has golden horns that pointed upwards to the sky and can clearly impale a human being with a flick from his head. The god was still alive but was out cold. Riot quickly mended the wounds from his body, the god was barely hanging but Riot knew that this god was the key for their victory. He needed the god’s help to win this war; he was mending the god’s wrecked arm when he found the source of light that he saw earlier. The god was holding it tightly as if it was more important than his life. Riot slowly pulled it out and investigated it.

‘A glowing stone? Why would a god protect this stone more than its life? Or better yet, who can do damage to the point of dying to this one?’

As Riot was concentrating ogling the stone, the god suddenly woke up and grabbed Riot’s arm. Riot hadn’t reacted properly due to his investigation and the inhuman speed of the god. The god pulled Riot’s hand and faced him.

“Human, I thank you for helping me. I am the heaven’s gatekeeper, Tao’gul. I know you have a lot of questions but I need to have the gem in your hand. I don’t have a lot of time to explain but I am asking you to trust me”

The god’s mouth wasn’t moving, it seems to be speaking telepathically. He seems to be talking about the rock that Riot was holding. Riot was unable to speak due to the god’s eye that seems to looking through his soul. But Riot trusted his gut and handed the rock to the god.

“Good. Looks like we have the same mission Riot, don’t look at me like that. I’m still a god you know. I can see a person’s life through his soul. And from what I can see in your past, you’re no different from the demons that you have fought, but you have been trying your best to correct the wrong .Unlike your brothers, you have a moral - a code, and that’s what have brought you back from humanity.”

Riot was read like an open book. He was angry because he was trying his best to hide his past, his mistakes and had been repenting. He knew that it was not the god’s fault but he has no one to blame on except what was right in front of him.

“What the fuc----!!! The Spirit Crystal!” – Riot

What the god was holding was not a rock, but the Spirit Crystal. It was covered in thick crust so it looked like a rock. But what Riot was perplexed about isn’t that it was covered in crust, but its size. The Spirit Crystal he saw on the briefing was as big as a cell phone, but what was in front of him was as small as a pebble.

“You have good eyes little one, this is the true Spirit Crystal. The Spirit Crystal in Earth was a decoy or better yet a bomb. It would take time to explain so allow me to do this...”

The god put his finger on Riot’s forehead and various images where being put inside his head.

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 He saw that the god, Tao’gul, was leading the Heaven’s Gate Army to Hell. His mission was to take back the real Spirit Crystal and if possible to defeat the God of hell. The war between the Heaven’s Army against the Hell’s Army was bloody and Brutal. Angels were massacred, impaled or was drag to the hell fire where they would be born for all eternity. The demons were purged but would be quickly replaced by other demons. The Heaven’s army were clearly losing until Tao’gul cast a spell where all the demons from hundreds of miles away were turned to ashes.

“Rupture!” – Tao’gul

The surviving Angels quickly retrieve the Spirit Crystal and were supposed to retreat but the Hell’s exit was block by single man. It was the god of Hell. Nobody knows his name but he was even stronger and crueller than his sons.

*Snap*

“Gyaaaa!!!!!!”

“Mercyyyyy!!!!”

The Angels rushed forward to attack him but in the blink of an eye, they were bind with thorns. The thorns were moving fast forward as if it was a chainsaw. The screams of the Angels were heartbreaking, the god of hell knew that the thorns won’t kill or decapitate them but it was enough to make them scream for mercy. The god of hell smiled, he was clearly pleased to see the agonizing faces of his enemy. He was walking slowly to Tao’gul as if he was walking in the park and enjoying the view. Tao’gul was trying to find a way to get out from the binds, but clearly had nothing.

“GIVE ME THE STONE GUARDIAN, THIS FIGHT BORES ME... GUBE ME THE STONE AND I SWEAR TO LET YOU AND YOUR ARMY LEAVE”

His voice was loud but had power, clearly a primordial being. His voice alone can make the Heaven’s Army cower in fear. Beads of sweats were dripping from Tao’gul’s body as he was clearly afraid. He cannot control his body as if it was someone else’s body. His hand was slowly handing the stone to the God of Hell. He was resisting until the bitter end but clearly it was a fool’s hope. As he was giving up his hope, his adjutant tore out his hands from the thorn and quickly cast a spell.

“1st trumpet of Michael, Innocent’s Light!”

ROAR!!!!!

There was suddenly a light that flashed from the adjutant’s body that blinded the god and burned the thorns away. It was a strong spell that can even hurt a primordial being but was a forbidden spell. Because the cost of it was that the spirit of the caster would burn, ergo cannot be revived or be reincarnated, it was the extinction of the being. The Adjutant’s body disintegrated and because of his sacrifice the angels can escape.

“Run!” – Tao’gul

But it was as if their candle of hope was poured by a bucket of water, the Demon God was already recovered and was again in front of them. He was clearly pissed of the spell and was killing them one by one.

FOOLS! I WILL KILL TORTURE YOU FOR ALL ETERNITY FOR WHAT YOU’VE DONE!

He raised his right hand and shadows were moving towards it. The demon god was clearly enraged because he was hurt. He was letting anger control him that he didn’t notice that the angels were preparing spell to counter him.

“Captain! He’s preparing for a spell!  Return with the Crystal, we’ll hold him off until you can escape!”

“1st trumpet of Michael, Innocent’s Light!” – Angel 1

“1st trumpet of Michael, Innocent’s Light!” – Angel 2

ROAR!!!!!!

The soldier sacrificed their lives so that Tao’gul can escape. Seeing their convictions, Tao’gul just nodded and bolted out of Hell.

“1st trumpet of Michael, Innocent’s Light!” – Angel 3

ROAR!!! COME BACK HERE COWARD!

The hand of the demon god quickly stretches towards Tao’gul. It almost reached him but his other adjutant blocks it way and was impaled in the stomach. The hand was still stretching but his adjutant holds it off.

“Guh... Captain, we won... 1st trumpet of Michael, Innocent’s Light!” – Adjutant 2

RAA!!!

The demons god’s arm was burned to a crisp. He was badly hurt because all the angels performed the forbidden spell. With the sacrifice of his friends, he escaped hell and flew off to heaven. But due to his injuries and loss of blood, he fainted just before the Gates of Heaven and fell to this mall.

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“So that’s why no angel came to help us... we thought we were abandoned by you guys. Clearly we were mistaken.” – Riot

“No worries little one. We, divines, can’t be involved with the affairs of the mortals. But from your experiences, you’ve already battled the so called gods and some cosmic beings. As you see, they tend to rule with an iron fist – a tyrant if you may. That’s why we from heavens are bound not to involve ourselves with the mortals. But from time to time, we guide from the correct paths.”

As the god was explaining, Riot felt some presences and urged the god to be quite. He quickly went to the source and found out that some demons were marching towards a place that made his spine cold. It was towards his companions...

“Be quick you fools! Lucifer is already there! I want some of the actions before he ends it” - ?

Riot saw the figure who was speaking. It was as a four meter tall red demon. It had the body of a steroid bull and his legs clearly imitated the legs of a goat. It also had broken bat wings that acted as though it was his cape. And was holding a giant slab of metal that cannot be called a sword. But Riot knew it was a sword, he saw dozens of heroes and soldiers mowed down with it. He had four horns that were curling like a mountain goat, but one of his horns was broken due to recent events. It was the representative of rage, war and anger. It was Satan.

“I hope that bastard is still alive, I would make him my pet and let him watch as the world burn. He broke my horn, I’ll break his world. Hahahaha!!!” – Satan

Satan laughs maniacally as he remembered the embarrassment that he felt when he was forced to retreat and watched a figure that was holding his horn up to the sky as if it was a trophy. The horns which was the pride of the demons, was being displayed as an achievement of the humans. It would become human’s symbol of hope and faith that they can beat the evil forces. His horn would be the symbol, what a shame was brought to his kin. He will never forgive him, the one who wore a riot gasmask while holding his horn.

‘Damn. He’s still sour about that huh...’

Yes, it was none other than Riot who humiliated Satan. He shot an AP shell to him while he was being distracted by the other heroes he fought. You could say that it was a lucky shot. He was aiming for Satan’s body to assist the others, but the shell diverted and hit his horn.

The demons are converging to where his companions are. He needs to warn them about the ambush, but he hesitated.

It was because Satan is right under his nose, completely unaware that he was there. He has his butterfly knife which was made from the metal from a dying sun and was also tempered with the blood of Michael the Protector. He also had flash grenades that can temporarily blind them and lastly, a god. This was a perfect condition to ambush and defeat Satan.

But he needs to have the cooperation of the god first. The god clearly said that he won’t involve on this war. Riot needs to find a loophole on this dilemma. This is a good opportunity to beat a demon without any lives being sacrificed.

“Tao’gul I need your help, my friends will be killed if we can’t beat that demon over there.” – Riot

“I told you little one that I will not involve myself with this one. I need to send this stone to Heaven and cleanse the world back to from this evil aura that’s eating its core. Even if I do help you, as you can see, I’m battered and bruised. I can’t fight on equal grounds with him. All I can do is pinning him down for a couple of seconds.”

The god clearly won’t help him. Riot was clearly frustrated with this god, as the god would only follow his prior mission without batting an eye with the people who needs its help the most.

As the god was slowly standing, Riot came up with a plan to make the god fight with him. He knows this was a long shot, but this was the only thing he can come up with in this short amount of time. He breathes deeply and faced the god.

‘Here goes nothing’

“Tao’gul. You think you can escape from Earth that easily?” – Riot

“You dare? I will cru-“

“Now now... I wasn’t implying that I will hinder you. We have a common enemy, the demons, mind you. But what I was implying is that the Demon God would contact them, the remaining princes, shortly and would instead target you for the crystal. And as you told me earlier, you can’t even fight them with you present state. As we can see here, Satan is still targeting us heroes meaning that the Demon God is still being distracted with the remnants of your army. If we can beat Satan before he can comprehend what’s happening, you can easily go back to Heaven while we, heroes, will distract Lucifer and his Army... I give you my word.” – Riot

The god looked deeply in Riot’s eyes. He saw faith, hope and conviction that these would succeed. He saw that he will not betray him and would keep his promise even if he dies trying. He was amused that a mortal would make a deal with a god, demanding him to fight, without cowering back from him.

“Hmmm... very well, I will help you with this endeavour. But how, might I ask, will you beat him?”

“All I need is the right timing. Just one spell from him, to light up his sigil, I will destroy it with this blade that has Michael’s blood.” – Riot

“Just his blood? That would only send them back to hell. Let me see all you weapons.”

 The god was amused on how Riot would defeat Satan proudly. It was like a child that was telling his parents that he gave food to a beggar, cute but that won’t solve the problem.

Riot was confused, but he did what the god told him and laid his entire arsenal on the floor; his knife, the grenades, and the guns. The god looked at it for a moment then looked back to Riot.

“Judging from your memories, this would be the perfect weapons for you in the past. But when you changed, didn’t you use your fist and a stick? What was its name hmm...”

“Eskrima Sticks? As you can see, we’re battling demons that are impervious to bullets unless you use an armour piercing bullet that can pierce a tank. So what good would a stick do against them?” – Riot

What Riot said was true. Demons had a very hard skins, it took a whole magazine of a dessert eagle just enough to make a scratch. The only way to pierce them is by using an AP rounds which they upgraded the weapons of the military so that they can fight back.

“Is that so? Well don’t worry I will give you some “blessings” and have an edge against them.”

~Fhar Urnot Chro Khef Yasu Oti Uhrn!~

Tao’gul cast his spell to the weapons then white light particles appeared from his hands and are slowly approaching to Riot’s weapons. It was like looking at snowflakes falling to the ground, it’s has warm feeling when you look at it. The light particles did not stop at the weapons; it also went and swarms Riot. Not only Riot was surprised at this but also the god who casted the spell.

“Houh... never had I seen that Blessings of the Spirit Armament took a liking to an organic being. It would only ignore us, organic, and attach themselves to weapons. The stronger the weapon, the more of them attached to it. To think it would attach itself to you, a human... a first for everything, they say. Well, this was truly unexpected, but with this, we can beat them for sure”

Riot did not understand what the god was talking about; he was still distracted by the lights that are currently buzzing around him. When the lights dimmed out and disappeared, he saw that not only his arsenals are gone but also his clothes. He was totally naked. Perplexed, he glared at the god but the god did not mind him. The god was looking at him like he was a new species that was just discovered.

“Oi, what the fuck happened?! Where are my gears? And why are you staring at me like an idiot?!” – Riot

“Hmmph... Fool, I’ll forgive for the last remark you made. Do not worry, for all your weapons are here.”

The god stretched his hand towards Riot and opened his hand. What was there was a silver coloured ring. Riot slowly took it and stared at it keenly. It was a ring with no stones or gems encrusted to it. But has a wave like pattern engraved to it. When you look at it closely, the waves are letters that are slowly engraved to it. No, not just letter but sentences. Even though it is plain when you looked at it, it was still elegant and has a regal aura surrounding it. Riot knew well this ring, because another ring, but a little bit smaller, that has the same features as the he’s looking at right now. It is currently hanging on his neck.

‘My engagement ring...’

Riot was dumbfounded; he knew that his ring was destroyed in a battle in the past. He remembered it clearly falling to the lava when his enemy tried to grab him but missed and grabbed his necklace. The rings flew and Riot hurriedly catches the rings before it fell through the lava. But he only managed to save one, the other one was slowly melting on the surface of the lava and the only thing he can do is watched it as it slowly disappears from the Earth.

“H-how?” – Riot

“It manifests the user’s most desired object. Enough about that, try wearing it.”

Riot wore it and smiled wryly.

‘Never thought that I would wear this ring again.’

Suddenly, his body was quickly wrapped with black liquid coming from the ring. He didn’t have time to react as he felt no harm from it. After the black liquid wrapped itself on Riot, it formed to his uniform that he was wearing a while ago. He touched the fabric and quickly knew that it was sturdy enough to take a bullet and it will not tear. Even his bulletproof armour was melded to the suit. His suit felt brand new, what’s more surprising is that it felt comfortable and light.

‘It is much lighter than before. It’s like I’m not wearing the 4 kilo body armour a while ago. But where are my weapons? Where’s my knife?’

As soon as Riot thought of his knife, white particles coming out from the ring quickly formed on his hand and his knife was there. But something was different; when he opened his knife, the blade was glowing red; it was like power was overflowing from the blade and was leaking out. He quickly closed the blade and the blade disappeared from his hand. He tried thinking of his guns, and it quickly conjured on his hands. The guns still had the same form, but the body was made out of gray smoke and white lines were forming on the guns. It was like the white line was a circuit that keeps the gray smoke form the gun. Riot then released it and it disappeared in thin air.

“To think that you can master it quickly, it is truly outstanding! Even the warriors in Heaven needs at least 50 years in Human time to just conjure one weapon and mental concentration to keep the weapon from disappearing. But for you to quickly conjure and change the weapons as if it was nothing. Truly fascinating! No wondered the spirits like you. Are you really a human?”

“What’s with that question? Of course I am. Enough with the enquiry, we have been wasting time as it is. Can I harm Satan and send him back to hell with these weapons?”

“It will harm him, but it will not send him back to hell”

“What the?! Then how am I supposed to send him back?” – Riot

“Let me finish little one. It will not send him back to hell because with these, you can end his life permanently.  It not only has the blood of Michael, but also the other six’s blood. To ordinary people, it will harm them like real weapons, but to divine beings it would be poisonous. Much more to a demon, it would obliterate them from this realm permanently.”

That left Riot speechless, they never thought that they can kill a demon but to only send them back to hell. He was pissed because not only they were given only ten vermillion blades that can only send the demon leaders back to hell, but also they were left to fend for themselves without other aids from Heaven. Many lives were lost on this war and if only they were given with these weapons earlier, they could have defeated them sooner and fewer humans would die from this war.

But Riot knew that it is all in the past. They cannot rewrite history, they can only move forward and carry on for a brighter future. He also knew that the gods were also on war with the Devils on the other plane field. He breathes deeply to control his emotions that is currently in turmoil and looked at the god.

“Hou hou... So you’re not angry? And I thought you would lash out like a child with tantrums. But looks like you understand that everything is not black and white. So again, how will you beat him now with your current power?”

Riot just smiled at him and all his weapons were suddenly equipped like it was normal. The god was surprised because this was clearly no normal. He knew that Riot mastered the Spirit Armament but it was never recorded in the books in Heaven that they can equipped all weapons at once. Most that they could do is changed the weapons quickly. The god was clearly curious to the Origins of the human called Riot.

“Don’t worry about the details and just watch. But before that I need a favour, just a tiny small spell.” – Riot

Riot told the god his favour and went away preparing for his ambush. He did not wait for the god’s response as Satan is now outside of the building where they were.

“Hurry up! He is almost within my reach! I’ll bathe the road with his blood once we’re done with this world. I can almost smell him! Hahahahaha!! Hmm? Wait, I do smell hi—“– Satan

“Silent Dome”

BOOM!!!

*FLASH!!!*

Before Satan could comprehend the situation, Tao’gul casted a barrier spell that would not allow sounds coming out from the dome. Correspondingly, Riot tossed an H.E. and Flash grenades towards the demon army. This was only because the demons had eyes like a hawk that can see almost anything from a mile and ears that can hear even the sound of a dropped pin. With their heightened perceptions, they can resist ambushes and destroy their enemies with ease in the dark. The grenades can barley damages them, but with the sudden flash of light and explosive sounds that rob them from their sights and hearings, they are open to any attacks.

“Gyaahhh!!!!”

“Grooouh”

“It burns!”

“Gah! Who dares to attack me with these underhanded methods?!” – Satan

Unlike before, the grenades were only good for distraction. But never did Riot thought that he would see countless of demons blown away and were rolling in the ground burned from white fire. His surprised reaction was only a second because with this kind of an opening, he materialized his CZ Scorpion EVO3 S1 Pistol and shoots Satan, who was currently burning in pain from the white fire.

*BRATATATATATATATA!!!*

“Guah! It hurts you fucking human!” – Satan

Satan was filled with holes but he immediately hid himself using his giant sword as a shield. Riot then proceeded to kill the other demons that were recovering from the commotion and took another flash grenade and throws it to their direction.

*FLASH*

“”“Graaaaahhhhhh!”””

*BRATATATATATATATA!!!*

Countless of demons were screaming from the white light that escaped from the grenade. It disintegrated those who were near it and left the others blind and confuse. It was the first time that riot saw the demons in fear because of helplessness; this elated him more as demons fell from his bullet and reduces to ash permanently. He did not confront Satan yet as he wished to kill the minions first as if to offer them to his fallen comrades.

Only Satan, who was hiding behind his sword, was left from the massacre. Riot advances to the sword, guns ready, and jumps to the other side of it pointing his gun to the demon. But unfortunately, it was just a minor demon who was cowering in fear in front of him. The demon crawled back away from him, hoping to escape from the carnage that had happen. But alas, Riot kicked him in the stomach and puked blood from his mouth.

‘Not only had my weapons had an upgrade but looks like also my gears huh...’

Even Alpheus, the strongest man in the world, can only make a demon bleeds if he punched through the cracked skin of it. It usually takes Alpheus at least two heavy punches to crack the demon’s skin and one straight punch to make them bleed. But Riot, as of now, only kicked him and it made the demon bleed. With the blessing from the god, his kicks and punches ignore the armour and directly damages the core of the demon.

The demon begged for his life as he was holding his stomach. Riot never this side of the demon. It usually the humans who begged for their lives while the demons laugh and kill them. With the situation swapped and seeing a demon like this, Riot smiled under his mask.

“Pathetic” - Riot

“Merc—“

*BANG!!*

Riot looked at the sword while ignoring the demon that was dying slowly. He purposely shot him near the throat, which only tore a fracture of the wind pipe. So that every time the demon breaths for air, it will only let its blood flow out and suffocates him. This was a form of death sentence he learned from his past; it was whether the victims die from suffocation or from the loss of blood first. Truly a cruel method for killing a human, but this was a demon that ravages their land and destroyed countless lives.

‘You deserved that.’

Riot looked at the giant sword and grimaced as he remembered the countless victims it took. He decided to destroy the sword so that it would be easier to beat Satan. But hesitated, something is telling him to touch the damned weapon. He knew that he should always trust his instinct that’s telling him to keep away from the sword and destroy it. But his body is drawn closer to the sword as if it’s calling to him. His hand teaches to touch the sword but before he can touch it, the ring glowed at countless of small lights surrounding him and the ring rushes to the sword and engulfed it. Once the light died out, the sword was gone.

‘Where did it go? Or better yet where is Satan? I must not distract myself from every little thing like this. I can sense him but his presence is everywhere. If only that stupid god would help me, this would have been over sooner. Hmmm... Let’s try provoking that bastard.’

“Is this how the demon who boasted to have fallen countless of warriors does? To hide under the dirt? How ironic it is that the epitome of rage would cower from a mere human. Hahahaha” – Riot

‘...Easy’

Suddenly, a massive force hit Riot. It was none other than Satan. He was seething with rage as he watched the figure twisting in the air and lands perfectly. Riot jumped before Satan could hit him and used the demon’s body as a step and jumps backed away from him. Riot then aims the guns at the demon, but before he could pull the trigger the demon roars at him. This made his back cold as the fear is crawling through his body.

The demon smiled until he saw the figure of his assailant. It was a human who wore a dark sleeved-shirt with a bulletproof vest melded to it. He also wore a dark camo pants with gloves and boots to match his attire. He looked like a commando whose specialty is to infiltrate an enemy base at night and burn it to the ground. But what the demon was more concentrating on was the mask that the figure was wearing. It was a black gas mask with dark tinted lens that will have you a hard time looking through it. It was also the same mask that fired the damn weapon that blew of his horn. It was his most hated enemy.

“YOU!! I WILL KILL YOU!!! RAAAAGGHHH!!!!” – Satan

The demon lunges to him at a speed unimaginable. Fortunately, Riot leaps away before Satan lunges. Satan was standing were Riot was before; he looked for him and saw that he was currently crouching. This made him happy as he saw the figure of the ant grovelling before his might. He walked slowly to where Riot was.

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“Fool, cower at the sight of Sat*crunch*an. Huh? Basta—” – Satan

*FLASH!!!*

*BOOOM!!*

“URaaAGHH!!” – Satan

Unfortunately for him, Riot left a lot of H.E. and Flash bangs on where he was standing before. The Demon took all the damages from the blast and was currently agonizing that he didn’t realized that Riot was aiming his guns at him.

*BRATATATATATATATATATATATATATATA!!!!!!*

Riot fired all the bullets inside the gun towards the demon that was like dancing with the white fire. He fired continuously until dust was covering the area where the demon was.

“To thinks this blessing was this great. Bullets never run out and the grenades keeps refilling. No wonder those guys from heaven doesn’t interfere with us. With this kind of power, you can dominate a country with these.” – Riot

Riot was waiting for the dust to clear out while marvelling at his new upgrades. Even though he was looking at his weapons, he was on constant vigilant on where Satan was supposed to be. But even before the dust could settle, a figure walk out of the dust.

‘He’s not a boss for nothing. He’s a tough bastard, I give him that.’

What he saw from the dust was a demon that’s walking slowly to him. The Demon’s wings were torn off; clearly it was used as a shield from the rain of bullets. His face was not smiling like before; it was calmly looking at Riot as a proper opponent not like before. His sigil on his left eye was glowing, ready to fire of a spell that can obliterate an army within a second.

‘Looks like he’s serious... Let’s defeat him before he fires that off. Huh?’

Lines that are glowing red from Satan’s left eye are running throughout his massive body. It went through the wounds, healing and closing it. The lines stooped to his arms and feet, while covering his body. It looked like an armour made from countless of tribal tattoos covering from head to foot.

“Human, tell me your name.” – Satan

“... I don’t have a name. People called me in the past T.S. 16, while in the present it’s Marcus Salazar. But people knew me most as “Riot”. Does that satisfy your question?”

Riot answered the demon honestly. He doesn’t know why, but as he saw his eyes he knew this would be their last conversation. Every time Riot fought an enemy, he would always talk to them. He wanted to know their past, the reason why they did what they did. In the end of the fight, he felt closer to his enemies as if they were his friends. He sometimes visits them from prison and would just talk to them. He also wants to know the enemy right in front of him now.

“... You’re weird. Most enemy would just attack right away when an opening is right in front of them. But you waited for me to finish my transformation. As a gift, if you beat me... I’ll tell you where Lucifer is. Not like you can beat me. HAHAHAHA!!” – Satan

“....” – Riot

“What?” – Satan

“...Why are you doing this?” – Riot

Satan only tilted his when he heard the question. He never thought that the human right in front of still talk to him. He looked through the eyes of the man right in front of him and saw that he was really genuinely curious as to why they attacked them. Satan thought for a moment, and laughed.

“HAHAHA! Truly a bizarre being you are! Well, I will tell you... we are beings that feed on the negativities on your world. With all the wars, famines, rapes and all the unspeakable things done here, we feed on it. It made us stronger by the day and every second, demons are being born from the miasma that was collected on earth. With that in mind, our god ordered us to wipe your pathetic race out and burn your world. Hahahaha!” – Satan

“... Is that so... looks like it can’t be helped huh..” – Riot

Riot readies his knife on his right hand and took position.

“... Yes, this is the way it’s gonna be.”

Black flames covered both hands of Satan and also took position.

“Be thankful, Riot high-human, as you have now witnessed my true form!” – Satan

As Satan ended his speech, both of the jumped towards each other. Satan threw a punch towards Riot, but missed.

Riot twisted his body to avoid the punch and ran through the left side of the demon to slash its unguarded body. But the demon also avoided the quick slash and back swiped Riot using his massive left hand. Fortunately, Riot jumped out of the way before the hand swiped at him; and he quickly threw some flash bangs towards Satan.

*FLA—*

“Raghh!” – Satan

But Satan seize the grenades in his hand before it flashes and crushed it. Smoke was rising from his already burning hand. He looked at Riot angrily and charge towards him heads first. With an inhumane speed plus a combination of his nasty horns, Riot would die instantly if he took it head on.

Riot knew that no amount of bullets would stop the demon charging to him. So he sidesteps, dodging by a hair’s breath, and jumped to the demon’s back. He quickly stabs Satan multiple times by the neck, and jumped down before the demon’s burning arm would reach him.

“RAWR!! Burn!!!” – Satan

The demon bellowed in pain but clearly those wounds won’t kill him. The demon stomped his hoof on the ground and cracks coming from it and was spreading. The cracks then spew out flames higher than a two-story building.

“Tch” – Riot

With the grounds burning and is still spreading, he knew that he needed to quickly defeat the demon before the fire destroys the barrier. Riot jumped towards Satan throwing H.E. and flash bangs at him.

“This trick won’t work on me twice!” – Satan

Before Satan could grab the grenades, Riot shoots the airborne grenades to let it explode prematurely.

*BOOOM!!*

*FLASH!!*

“RAAGH!” – Satan

Satan’s arms were completely destroyed by the explosion, but he closed his eyes as not to be blinded by the light. But that was a huge mistake for his part as Riot saw that as an opportunity. Before Satan’s arm could regenerate, Riot runs towards Satan rapidly before the window of opportunity would close. As he was almost nearing Satan, he jumped with all his might.

When Satan opened his eyes, he saw that the human was not where he was standing recently anymore. He felt a presence above him and looked up. He saw the human was holding a crimson knife glowing fiercely, just before him. He tried to escape but his feet gave up, clearly the result of the punishment from the earlier damages. He can only looked up and smile.

‘Ah... So this is how it feels to be in despair. I’m sorry father...’ - Satan

*STAB*

Riot stabbed the knife through the left eye and destroyed the sigil. He then pulled away the knife and did an acrobatic jumped away from the demon. Once Riot lands, as if by coincidence, the body of the demon also collapsed to the ground. Riot walked towards the demon and looked at the ashes of his body as it was slowly carried by the wind.

“...” – Riot

“... Heh, beaten by a human... as promised, I’ll tell you were Lucifer is. He’s with your companions.. hehehe” – Satan

“Wha-?! How?!” – Riot

Riot was shocked to his core with what the demon told him. They never felt any presence coming from Lucifer when they came to the city. They were extremely cautious as they entered.

“Hahahaha... Unlike us, his brothers, he uses his brains. He watched *cough* you guys from the very beginning. He tampered with you magicians magic so that he can be near you guys. When he saw you walked away, he told me where you are to kill you... *cough* ...but looks like we didn’t anticipated that you would have a divine weapon*cough*.” – Satan

Riot then quickly ran towards his companions as he heard an eerie laughter from his back. He run with all his might towards the building and saw A.I. and Magnus on the door. He was relieved as he saw that his companions are still okay. But as he ran to them, an explosion occurred inside the building taking it out along with his companion.

*BOOM!!*

“NO!” – Riot

As the building collapses, Riot was standing there stunned. He saw himself, clearly a copying-type demon, there and exploded. He then felt the presence of countless demons emerging throughout the vicinity approaching to him. The previous scene almost destroyed his bearings and reasoning as he saw his companions were caught in the explosion.

But he had a mission to finish; he still needs to kill the last prince and find a way to defuse the fake crystal. He calmly walk towards the incoming demons and threw flash bangs right in front of them.

*FLASH*

“””UGYAAAHHHH”””

*BRATATATATATATATATA!!!*

He then rained them with bullets as he looks for Lucifer. Countless of demons turned to dust as they ate every bullet that came out from Riot’s guns.

“Spread out and encircle him! Once he reloads, charge at him all at once!” – Lucifer

Unlike the other princes, Lucifer’s demon would follow his instruction to a T; making his demon army the most efficient at frontal wars. Many battalions fell under his tactics. But what’s more scary is that his army also has spell casters that can destroy a tank with a single fireball.

“””Fireball”””

*BOOM!* *BAM!* *BOOOM!*

Countless of fires were raining down on Riot as he tries to dodge all of them. But even when dodging, he’s still squeezing the trigger and kept killing demons without fail. Every time Riot lands from jumping, he then jumps to another area as fireballs explode where he was. If he even stops for a moment to catch a breath, he would likely be hit by that fireball.

“Kill that bastard! He killed my brother, Satan, so kill him and we’ll make him suffer in hell for all eternity” – Lucifer

Beads of sweats drip down on Riot’s as he saw Lucifer chanting a huge spell. He can’t break the spell with these demons blocking his way to Lucifer. As he was thinking of a plan while dodging the spells from the magic caster, he didn’t notice a rock when he stepped back and fell on the ground. Without time to recover, a huge demon with a giant club strikes at him at an alarming speed.

“Stlob fo Erif!” – Magnus

“Targets lock. Commencing bombardment!!” – A.I.

*BOOM!* *FISSSS* *BAM!!*

““GrahhHHh!”“ – Demons

Volleys of huge fireballs and missiles rains down on the demons; causing panic and mayhem among themselves. Unlike Riot’s attacks earlier, only a few died from this surprise attack. But with this ambush, it opened a path to Lucifer.

“Calm down fools! Form ran—“– Lucifer

*POW!!!*

“GUAH!!” – Lucifer

Before Lucifer can finish his order, Alpheus charged and struck him with a powerful punch that it broke the sound barrier itself. The demon flew straight through countless of walls, destroying half of the city.

“That felt good! You alright? “– Alpheus

Alpheus smiled wryly and lend a hand to the sitting Riot. Riot just sat there confused, he didn’t see them escaped the building. He knew that the explosion could even kill the near indestructible Alpheus.

“More than that, how did you escaped? I saw the explosion, wh—“ – Riot

“Now now, it was a “Divine Intervention” if I do say so myself. I thought that we would die, but when it exploded... poof! And we were inside a gold bubble and survived. I tried different spells to get us out but to no avail. The spell were so powerful tha—“ – Magnus

“You men can talk later; he’s coming back and fast. Magnus cast a freezing spell to counter his fire spells. And then cast a binding spell to slow down his movement.” – A.I.

“Okay.” – Magnus

“Alpheus, take care of Lucifer. You're clearly his target right now; he’s blinded with anger so he’ll be careless. Force him to cast a spell, I didn’t locate his stigma so let him cast his spell again.” – A.I.

“Uwahh.. Cold-hearted demon...” – Alpheus

*Sound of guns cocking*

“What was that?” – A.I.

“Nothing!!! I said I’ll be going now!”

*WOOOSH!*

“Ardnut Dlrow!” – Magnus

“RAAAHH!” – Alpheus

*WHAM!* *CRASH!*

Magnus casted his spell immediately, the whole city was covered with snow and the ground turned into ice. This led to the demons charging to them to lose their balance when their feet steps on the ice. Lucifer also suffered the same fate as his army when he charged at them; but before he can regain his balance, Alpheus charges straight to his body. The collision was so strong that the surrounding demons flew from the ground when the two bodies collided. It was like a bomb just detonated at the area and the surroundings got obliterated.

“You insects were supposed to be dead! You should be thankful for the quick deaths I gave you. But now suff—“ – Lucifer

*BAMM!*

“GUAHHH!” – Lucifer

“Enough talking, more action demon!” – Alpheus

“FUCKER!!” – Lucifer

“Thgil Sniahc!” “Ortsa Tlob!” – Magnus

*BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!*

“GRAAHHH! I’LL KILL YOU!!!” – Lucifer

Lucifer was currently being handled by the two heroes. But the other demons are slowly recovering from the spell that Magnus did and was slowly striding to their master to assist him.

“The two can handle the leader; we need to support them by not letting the minions interfere the battle. We’ll hold the line as much as we can until the two can force Lucifer to cast a spell.” – A.I.

“...Okay, but why not join them so that we can end this quickly?” – Riot

“An all or nothing huh... No, we can’t. I’ll not make any unnecessary sacrifices in this battle. I almost let my team died due to my carelessness; I won’t make the same mistake again.” –A.I.

“...Hmmm, okay. We’ll just need to wipe out these small fries before we can help them right?” – Riot

“...Yes, but ho—“ –A.I.

“ That’s good for me!” – Riot

“H-hey! Wait!!” – A.I.

Riot immediately charged, guns ready, before A.I. can stop him. There were at most 40 demons left and were running towards him.

‘Fools... Never learn do you?’

Riot threw loads of flash bangs above them, and the demons just looked up on the objects that were on the air.

*FLASH*

“””GYAAAAAAHHHHH!!!””” - Demons

‘Bunch of idiots, it makes me wonder how we were almost annihilated by them’

The demons were almost wiped out immediately by the grenades. But some of them survived like a bad weed that will not die no matter how they pull it from the ground. Riot then aimed his guns towards the surviving demons and squeezes the trigger.

*BRATATATATATA!!!*

A.I. was just standing there in awe as she saw the demon army was destroyed. Riot did not just defeat them but it was a one-sided massacre. The demons can’t do anything as they were riddled with bullets from their enemy.

After the short scrimmage, Riot walked back to where A.I. was and smiled at her.

“So... Let’s help them and finish this war once and for all!”

“Y-yeah... Those are nice upgrades huh...” – A.I.

Riot just smiled wryly to the comment from A.I. and run towards the heated battle. Lucifer was badly bleeding as swords made of light pierces him from all direction. But he was still quick, and was giving the other two a hard time. It was evident that the two would lose from the attrition battle as fatigue can be seen from their faces.

“FOOLISH MORTALS! I’M THE GREATEST DEVIL THAT THE DEMON GOD CREATED! I’LL SHOW YOU TRUE DESPAIR!!! RWWWAAAAOOOORRR!!!” – Lucifer

Suddenly Lucifer was wrapped in shadows coming from the ground. The magic felt the same as when Satan casted his ultimate form. Sensing this, Riot shoots the figure with one of his gun and use the other hand to throw a grenade to it.

*BRATATATATATA!!!*

“Like I’ll let you finish!! Frag Out!!” – Riot

*BOOM!*

“GUaaAH! You Dare! And t-that weapon?!” – Lucifer

Fortunately, Riot cancelled the spell Lucifer casted. He was weakening due to the divine attributes of Riot’s weapons.

“His sigil is on his chest! Attack him now! Don’t let up! It’s now or never!” – A.I.

All four rushes forward and attack the demons endlessly. The demon was having a hard time. When Riot would stab him on the left side, before he could retaliate he would be bombarded with magic. Then Alpheus would strike him in his body and would immediately leave as countless of missiles were approaching to his body. He would have defended but chains made of light were wrapped on his body without him noticing.

*BOOOOOM!!!*

“GRRAAAAAAAAUUUUUGGHHH” – Lucifer

[Charging Complete: Rail gun is now ready and standing by.]

“Now!!! FIRE” – A.I.

*CRACKLE* *BZZZZZTTT!!* *WOOOOOOOSHHHHHHHHH!!!*

“GYAA—“ – Lucifer

Condense Vermillion laser was fired from the rail gun that was on A.I.’s shoulder and pierced through the chest of Lucifer. But it didn’t stop there; it went through him and extended halfway through the city destroying it also. Lucifer didn’t even finish his death throe as his body disintegrated from the shot.

 ‘That was really overkill...’

Riot smiled wryly as he thought of that. As light finally penetrates the hazy sky, they finally felt relieved as they knew that it is finally over. They were in constant battles t, day and night, that the pressure almost broke their minds. But at last, the nightmare is already over.

Tao’gul jumped from the building where he was watching Riot’s battle. He never saw someone who can adapt easily from using a blessed item. Especially he easily killed a demon prince, who used the taboo tattoo which gives them thrice the strength that they had, with ease like it was just an ordinary enemy. That’s why he saved the three, who would have been corpses, so that Riot would be in debt of him even more. He wants to use Riot’s power on the upcoming war with the beings that started all of this.

“To think that you, little ones, managed to subdue every demon princes that we, gods, had a hard time in doing. With this, it is finally over”

“Oi oi.. Don’t jinx it... *sigh* so what now?” – Riot

“Who are you talking to?” – Alpheus

“Huh? This giant god with massive horns right beside of me. Huh? What?” – Riot

“They can’t see me. Only those we allow can see us. You might wonder how you saw me but that was easy, I was out cold and because of that you saw a glimpse of me from the veil that hide us from mortal eyes. Now, with this done, I’ll be going back to Heaven to deliver this stone. Don’t worry about the bomb, with the prince gone, no one would activate it and it would be just a useless crystal.”

“I told you not to jinx it yo—“ – Riot

Suddenly, huge tremors suddenly shake the vicinity. Buildings falling due to the magnitude, roads spilt opens and fires bursting out from it. And a figure in the epicentre is calmly walking to the group.

Fear and unimaginable pressure suddenly crept towards each body as they saw the figure walking to them. With each step closing in on them, they felt more scared and hopelessness. The pressure was suffocating as they crouch in fear of the figure. As they saw the face of the figure, their faces went pale.

“No! Impossible! You were forbidden to step on Earth! How did you escape from your prison?!”

HAHAHAHA! I CAN ESCAPE HELL ANY TIME I WANT! I WAS BIDDING FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO GO OUT. BUT WITH MY PLANS FALLING APART THANKS TO THESE INSECTS, I NEED TO FINISH THIS MYSELF!

It was the demon god. The heavens knew that the demon god can’t escape from hell due to the curse that was put on him. The only way for him to escape is by destroying the earth itself. But with him coming out without the world exploding, it means that someone uplifted his curse. Someone stronger than the god that Tao’gul is serving.

YOU KNOW NOTHING OF THIS COSMOS. THERE A LOT OF UNIMAGINABLE BEINGS OUT THERE. BUT ENOUGH TALKING, GIVE ME THE STONE!

Each word that the demon god spout reek the smell of death itself. Riot and his groups were at the mercy of the demon god as they seem can’t manage to escape from the pressure coming out from him. He was much stronger than the seven princes that they fought. Their strength is seeping out from them by the seconds.

*TSSSSS*

Riot heard a sound and tried to find the source of it. Even with the pressure drowning them and only filled their minds with dreadful thoughts, Riot heard the faint sound. It was that sound that let him escape from the curse that was crawling up to him. It was as if a thin rope that can pull him away from the sea of terror and saw the light of hope from the surface. He saw the source of the sound; it was from the white smokes coming out from the lower right side of the demon god’s body. Riot knew that it was from the countless of forbidden spells that the angels threw at him. It looked like it didn’t heal fully yet.

‘Maybe we can still get out from this predicament.’

His mind was working overtime trying to create many possible plans that can give them an edge against this god in front of them. He saw red lights shining inside A.I.’s Rail Gun.

‘That’s it!’

“A.I.! Snap out of it! It is just your mind playing with you. You’re an android for God’s sake!” – Riot

“NOO! D-don’t to-touch m-m-me!!!” – A.I.

A.I. tried to escape frantically from the clutches of Riot. She was scared to her core from the demon’s pressure.

‘Even an android can’t escape from a god’s mind attack huh... I’m sorry for this!’

*SMACK!*

“Ouch! W-what happened? My system just suddenly shuts down. And I was d-dreaming?” – A.I.

“We’ll talk about it later. Wake those guys up, and follow my lead when they’ve come through.” – Riot

“What are you gonna do? We haven’t fought any being of that level! It is as if he’s a –“ –A.I.

“A god? I know... he’s the demon god, our last enemy. I’ll try to open his weakness, and if you see an opening, hit it with all the remaining blades that you have.” – Riot

“You’ll die if you face against that opponent! We have no winning chance with this one! Let’s just retreat here and attack again once the other incapacitated heroes can fight.” – A.I.

“Even if we escape, there’s n telling what he’ll do... He’ll have the crystal and we all die anyways... so let’s just attack him now rather than later. Even if we die, we must try. We’re heroes, it’s an occupational hazard” – Riot

With that said, Riot dashes to the wreckage and saw that the demon god is currently strangling Tao’gul in his hand. Tao’gul was desperately punching the demon god in the face to no avail. He was slowly dying as he was desperately gasping for air.

Riot dashes from the side and jumped towards the demon god with a blade on his hand. He tried to stab him in the arm before the demon god can react. But when he struck, countless of barriers shielded the demon god’s hand before the knife could touch the flesh.

HOOUH, AN INSECT BROKE OUT FROM THE MIND PRISON? NOW THIS IS INTRI—

*BOOM!!*

GAAH!! YOU DARE!!

But what the demon god didn’t expected that Riot threw a grenade to the side were smoke was coming out the demon’s body. With the damage, he let go of Tao’gul and tried to grab Riot. But Riot was already gone when he tried to look for him.

‘As suspected, we can’t harm him except from injured side.’

He was hiding in the wreckages, looking at another chance to strike. Tao’gul threw some spells towards the demon but the demon destroyed it all with just the flick of his hand.

‘No way...’

Tao’gul then rushes up to the demon god pulling a big punch, hoping that it would do the trick. Lights were gathering in his hand as it reaches towards the face of the god. But the demon god only smiled and lifts his hand to block the incoming punch. But at that moment, Riot quickly equipped his guns and showers bullet on the wounded spot of the god.

*BRATATATATATATATA!*

GAHH!! INSECT! YO—

*SMASH!!!!!*

GRAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!

‘I knew it!!’

When Riot saw that the demon would block the incoming punch rather than deflect it with the barrier, he guessed that it would penetrate the barrier and hurt him. That was why he took the opportunity as the demon forgot about him and showered him some bullets to distract him.

The demon god flew straight to countless of buildings as the punch was so strong. Tao’gul then went to Riot and thanked him for the assistance.

“Thank you once again. How did you know where to hit him? I tried to attack him in that area but he would just quickly dodge me or just teleports away. But you, not only once did you injure him but twice. I must let you teach me of that technique.”

“Hahahaha... let’s do that after we win. IF we win.” – Riot

ROAR!!!!

“Looks like he’s angry. Get ready, that trick won’t work on him twice.” – Riot

Even before both of them could react, the demon god was already in the air holding the phony Spirit Crystal and threw it at Riot at an unbelievable speed. Riot dodge but couldn’t escape it completely as his left leg was crushed beneath it.

*CRUSH!*

“Guahhh!!” – Riot

Riot was in pain as he tried to lift up the huge stone. He thought that his leg would turn into a paste at that damage but when he saw it, it was completely fine. He tried moving and it still functions like nothing happened.

‘It hurts like hell, but it’s completely fine. Is this also part of the blessing?’

 Tao’gul smiled as he saw Riot was fine from that attack. He then unleashes thousands of spell towards the demon god and like last time the demon god wasn’t hit. But unlike last time, he dodge it using his body but not magic. The demon god was wary of Riot on what he would do next. With that in mind, Tao’gul jumped up and tried to do a melee. But that was a mistake as the demon god quickly counterattacked and lunched a fury of punches to Tao’gul.

“Gahhhh!”

*BOOM!!*

WORTHLESS WORM! YOU SHOULD HAVE GIVEN ME THE STONE WHEN I GAVE YOU THE CHANCE! AND YOU HUMAN! FOR DARING TO GO AGAINTS ME! DESPAIR AS YOU WILL LEARN HOW WORTHLESS YOU ARE!!

The god stretches his hand towards the pseudo crystal while clutching Tao’gul’s unconscious body by the horn. The crystal immediately shined dangerously as Riot knew it would explode any moment if he doesn’t stop the god in front of him.

TREMBLE BEFORE THE GREAT I! HAHAHAHAHA!!!

“No!!!” – Riot

The demon god laughs triumphantly as he saw Riot desperately tried to diffuse the bomb. Riot then threw grenades at the god out of desperation and showered him with bullets. But unfortunately, it only created dust which only annoyed the god.

FOOL! I THOUGHT YOU WERE BETTER THAN THIS. WELL IN THE END, YOU ARE STILL A WEAK HUMAN WHO TRIES TO FIGHT AGAINTS DESTINY. ANY LAST WORD WORM?

“... Umbrella” – Riot

A WHAT NOW? UMBRELLA?

The god was baffled as to what Riot had said. He thought that he would beg for his life, not spouting some random words. He thought that maybe his mind broke from the strain from all that was happening right in front of him. But he was unease on how Riot confidently said it like it was really an important tip.

“Yeah, umbrella... You know... for cover when it rains... it can also protect you from intense sunrays... like NOW!!” – Riot

“Teardrop of Ra!!”

“Tsrif Thgil!” – Magnus

HUH? WHAT THE—

The sky opened as two spell mixed right above the demon god. He didn’t notice that Tao’gul escaped from his clutches and when the other humans had arrived. He also didn’t see that countless piling up right above his head.

He then realised that it was all because of him. The god now understands on why Riot threw countless grenades and shoots endlessly at him. It was all a cover to distract him of the surroundings. Tao’gul somehow cuts off his horn and prepared his spell. While Magnus finished off his chant right when Tao’gul threw his spell, resulting to fire and light mixing; a very dangerous combination against a demon, even if it’s a god.

“Oh no you don’t!” – Alpheus

*CRASH!*

GAH! STUPID FOOL! IT WILL ONLY HARM ME BUT YOU ON THE OTHER HAND WILL DIE!

The demon tried to escape from the threat but crashed to the ground as Alpheus tackled him there. Alpheus then embraces the demon, to prevent him from flying, and desperately hold him on the ground.

The demon struggled as he tried to break free from the clutches of the super strong hero. The huge spell was already descending to them while they were struggling for supremacy. He would’ve escaped, but A.I. was already pointing her whole arsenal at him.

“Aim there! Give him hell!” – Riot

“Yatteyaruze!” – A.I.

(It means “Let’s do it!” or “Let’s do this”) :)

*BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG BANG!!!!!!*

Countless of bullets flew towards them and exploded. It also hit Alpheus but it didn’t even harm him as he’s almost impervious to all physical attacks. The barrage concentrated to where Riot instructed her, which was the defenceless area that had its barrier destroyed. She also fired the remaining blades simultaneously on the lower left side of the body, on which Riot also did a huge damage. It cause a huge open wound to his body. But before he could do anything about it, the spell finally reached him and burned him alive.

GAHHHHH!!

“Woah... my spell is much stronger today..” – Magnus

Alpheus jumped back to where the others are and watched the demon writhing in agony inside the fire and light. The spell continued for five minutes as the blazing spell devours the demon inside of it.

Once the spell was over, no traces of the demon were left. Even ashes were disintegrated of the spell. But all of them were still wary because their enemy was a god. It wouldn’t be that easy to kill a god, but they hoped that it was enough to make him go back to hell.

Riot looked at the pseudo crystal and saw that it was still glowing; it was going to explode any minute. They needed to end this quickly or the world is doom.

“He’s still here! The crystal is still char—“ –Riot

*BOOOM!!*

“What the hell?” – Alpheus

But before he could finish his sentence, thousands of thorny vines grew out of the ground. It snared and lifts them up to the air. They were having a hard time escaping since every time they move, the vines would tighten. Even Alpheus, who’s supposed to be the strongest, can’t escape from it.

“Nru—! Gah!!” – Magnus

Magnus tried to burn the vines however before he could finish the spell, the vines suddenly pierces his shoulder. He screamed at the top of his lungs as the vines tried to slowly enter his body.

“Titus! No!!” – A.I.

“Tao’gul do something about this!” – Riot

Riot tried to asked help from the god, but there was no answer. He tried to look for him and when he saw him, Riot’s face paled from the gruesome view he witnessed.

‘No...’

Tao’gul’s body was torn in half and was pierced everywhere. There was no way anybody can survive that kind of punishment, even if it’s a god. Riot’s last light of hope was extinguished by the cold reality in front of him.

“I’m sorry little one, I cannot do anything from the time when I casted my ultimate spell against him. Even I thought that last attack would beat him. But I was naive, believing that was enough to at least send him back to hell.

Don’t look so down, I know you can find a way to beat him. I know because I was observing you today and saw that you can beat any trials as long as you believe in yourself. *cough*

Looks like I still have little time before I’m gone. The demon god will surface any minute and will regain the Spirit Crystal back from me. I want you to stop him no matter what, even if that means destroying the crystal. I want you to promise me that Marcus... *cough*”

“...I promise. Even if it cost me my life, I will beat him.” – Riot

Tao’gul saw Riot’s eye restored back to life, full of confidence even when they were in a death-trap. He believes that if it’s Riot, they would somehow defeat the demon and save the world. He was happy that the humans of this world would not give up even while facing a god that can destroy their world.

“Good... I will bestow you a present as a parting gift.

[Alhiem Bhoe Dteili Gratus]. I know that you won’t abuse this endowment I gave you.”

As the god cast the spell, some lights from him were absorbed by the ring that Riot was wearing. Riot didn’t know what was given as he didn’t have a chance to ask. The god’s body transforms into countless of light as it ascended to the sky. With that, the god die and the Spirit Crystal fell to the ground.

*Tink!*                                                                                                                                                                                                

‘Damn... he’s here...’

A hand erupted from the ground. It looked like the demon god survived by burrowing to the earth to lessen the damage. But to do that kind of escape out of desperation was the most humiliating thing that the god did.

As he crawled out from the ground, they saw the result of their assault from his body. His majestic persona was no longer there; his figure was so gruesome that the others, apart from Riot, instinctively turned their heads away from him.

Golden blood was dripping from his burned body as he was limping towards them. Never in his lifetime was he this injured, not only that his ambitions and plans were shattered. It was all because of him.

‘Not god. He’s clearly pissed off... there must be something to send him back to hell for good. Think Marcus, think!’

YOU HAVE ANGERED ME FOR THE LAST TIME HUMAN! I WILL KILL YOU LIKE HOW I KILLED THAT GOD BUT I WILL DO IT SLOWLY AND PAINFULLY.

‘Shit... he’s really angry... hmm? That’s it! Now just to piss him off more than before.’

Riot saw a glitter of hope; he literally saw the glitters coming from the pseudo spirit crystal. It looks like it would explode with a little more power put in to it. He planned to use it against the god; but he still needs to escape from the bindings and the help of his companions to accomplish his plan.

“Hey don’t blame me, I told you umbrella didn’t I?” – Riot

FUCKER! I’LL END YOU HERE AND NOW! GRAAAAHHHH!!!!

*STAB!*

“Guaaahhhh!!” – Riot

Riot was stabbed right on his chest with the vines that were coming out of the god’s arm. Even his armour had no chance when it was attacked by a strong god. The thorns were spreading inside his chest and was slowly wrapping around his heart. It was so painful that every time the heart beats, it would touch the thorns but not enough to puncture his heart. The god took off Riot’s mask just to see the expression of the face his making.

“Gaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh! FUCK!!!! Ahhhhhhhh!” – Riot

“””Riot!!!!”””

HAHAHAHA!!! I TOLD YOUR DEART WOULD BE ALOW AND PAINFUL. BUT I’M NOT DONE WITH YOU... THIS IS ONLY THE BEGGINING. HAHAHAHA

“Gah! Is this how a god fights?! Ensnare a lowly mortal just to ensure a victory? How pathetic.” – Riot

*Snap!!*

“GAHHHH!!” – Riot

Riot’s left arm was twisted in a wrong direction. The broken bones from his arm punctured his flesh as they cannot handle the sudden twist of the flesh. Riot lowered his head as if fainting from the pain that was cause from the punishments he received.

WHO TOLD YOU TO SPEAK? WHAT THE? FAINTED ALREADY? WAKE UP! THIS IS STILL THE BEGGINING; THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF THINGS I WANT TO DO WITH YOU. AND I WANT YOUR FROENDS TO WITNESS THIS EVERY STEP OF THE WAY. HAHAHA!!!!

As Riot lifted his head, the god saw that his mouth had a lot of pins in it. It was the safety pins from the grenades that were on Riot’s chest. The god was stupefied as he didn’t imagine that the human would take his own life that easily.

*BOOM!*

*FLASH!*

GAHHHHH!!! FOOL! HE KILLED HIMSELF SINCE HE CANNOT HANDLE THE PAIN. I GUESS IT WOULD.. HUH?!

With the explosion of the grenades as a cover, the vines that were wrapping around Riot were burned. He then used his knife and cut the vines that ensnared his companions. He somehow survived the explosion thanks to his armour, but it still injured him to the point that he cannot stand anymore after cutting the vines.

“A.I., Magnus you two distract the god even for a minute. He’s weaker now but be careful of the ground, he might conjure some vines again.” – Riot

“... Don’t worry, we can handle it... don’t die on me old man” – A.I.

‘I heard you, you know....’

A.I. looked at the condition of Riot’s body and it wasn’t good. It was a miracle that he’s still alive from the punishments that his body went through. But he still followed the command from Riot and went with Magnus to face off the wounded god.

“Alpheus... no, Brock... I need you to get that glowing pebble on the ground and give it to me. After that, I need to throw me towards—Gahh!— the demon god with the Spirit Crystal on me.” – Riot

“...” – Alpheus

Alpheus just nodded and took the Spirit Crystal along with the pseudo Spirit Crystal and went back to Riot. He didn’t ask question as he knew that whatever Riot would do, it was for the good of all men even if he needs to sacrifice some lives.

“Thanks... this stone here is actually the real Spirit Crystal. It was with that demon god all along. Don’t look so surprise, the big one is actually a bomb. I need—Gahh!— to stab the bomb into his open wound and hope it would be enough to kill that bastard from the inside. Guhh! Fuck it hurts! Hah.. Hah.. hah..” – Riot

The thorny vines inside Riot’s were still there; it was still stabbing him every time it beats. Blood came out from his mouth as he gasps for air heavily. His time was running out as he knew that he would die any moment now. It was only his strong will that kept him from croaking.

Alpheus tried to volunteer as he saw that Riot was having a hard time from just getting up. But Riot denied him even though Alpheus was invulnerable.

“You have wounds all over your body. With the explosion, it would enter your wound and burn you also from the inside. Let me do it... I’m tired and dying anyway.” – Riot

Riot just smiled as he walks slowly towards the fight. Alpheus wipes away his tear as he knew that what Riot said was true. He can only follow his mentor for one last time.

“I’m sorry...master...” – Alpheus

“...Don’t be. You’re the leader; you need to survive and lead the survivors to a bright future. And besides, I can see Rosaline once again...” – Riot

“....” – Alpheus

Riot smiled as he remembered his past; from the moment he was born until the present were currently playing at fast paced inside his head. With his dark past, the only light was the face of the woman he loved.

‘Ah... so this is what happen when you’re at Death’s door. Oh, Rosaline... I hope you’re waiting for me there.’

They were near the fight and saw that the two were handling it quite well. But it would be a disadvantage if the fight would continue longer; as the bomb on Riot’s right hand was flaming hot as it burns his hands. But he couldn’t care less; he can no longer feel any pain. He was just watching the fight, waiting for the right opportunity to strike.

‘The bomb’s gonna explode any moment... hurry.. there!!’

He saw that the god flinched as the spells and bombardment from the two hit him. This was the opportunity he was waiting. He then yelled at Alpheus with his hoarse voice.

“Now! Throw me to him”

Alpheus grabs the hem of Riot’s shirt and threw him off at an unbelievable speed. It was so fast that the god didn’t notice it until he was tackled by the sheer force of Riot’s body tackling him.

*BAM!!*

GAAAAHH!! YOU FUC—

*STAB*

Riot inserted the stone inside the open wound of the god. He then smiled at him as he poured little power he had from his ring.

“Goodbye Bastard.”

NOOOO!!!!!!

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*

A huge explosion occurred at the city, taking at least half of the land as a collateral damage. The surviving heroes escaped in the nick of time, when the bomb explodes.

“Marcus! Where is he?!” – Magnus

“He’s not here... maybe his body was also bu—“ – Alpheus

*SLAP!*

“Why did you do it?! *sniff* he still owes me... but why did he just selfishly killed himself when he didn’t pay me yet. *sob* *sob*” – A.I.

They were currently looking for Riot, hoping he survived the blast. Magnus and A.I. didn’t know that Riot would sacrifice himself to take out the god. They were dumbfounded at the scene when the god exploded while Riot was holding him down. It was a good thing that Alpheus grabs them before the blast could kill them.

As the day goes by, the other surviving heroes and soldiers went to the city. They were briefed with what happened and was also searching for Riot’s body. But all they managed to retrieve was his riot-gasmask that A.I. found in a Market Store.

The news was spread across the world and people celebrated as they were finally safe from the demons. The Guardians scattered across the world, helping in rebuilding the homes of the people.

‘I hope your having a good time there in heaven master. Say hi for me to Peacekeeper also...’ – Alpheus

Alpheus was looking to the mask of Riot, which was encased in a glass on the Guardian’s Home base. It was in a room with the other fallen heroes’ memorabilia to honour them and to never forget their sacrifices.

“Alpheus! China needs our help, with millions of people they’re having a hard time distributing food and supplies.” – Magnus

‘I’ll be going now master.’

“Okay! Prepare the jet!” – Alpheus

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~master... wake up...~

Marcus was currently floating, he didn’t know why but he knew that he was floating. There was only darkness in his vision, whenever he tried to look on the other direction, it was still pitch black.

~master..... it’s time to wake up~

He couldn’t move, he can’t even feel his hands and feet as he tried to walk away from the darkness.

~you’re going to die if you don’t wake up soon master...~

Suddenly, he felt tremors near him and some distinct sounds of shouting and metal clashing against metal. He also smelled that the air was mixed with blood. He wants to know what was happening, but he couldn’t find a way to escape.

~... *sigh* master.... I SAID WAKE UP!!!!~

“W-what the?!” – Riot

He suddenly woke up from the demonic voice that pulled him from the darkness. He was sweating hard as he remembered that voice.

But before he can clarify where the voice was coming from, he finally notices his surroundings. Countless of people were killing each other; some were stabbed by a sword, others were hit by dozen of arrow that was currently raining on the field.

‘A War?’

He thought it was still a dream, but he knew that it was real as an arrow cuts his cheek. Warm blood was dripping from it and he suddenly dodges the other incoming arrow.

‘Is this hell? No, I saw hell from Tao’gul’s memory, it was nothing like this...’

He then saw a full armoured soldier rushing to him with a spear aiming at his chest. When the soldier was near him, he grabs the spear by the shaft and pulled it from the soldier; the soldier then fell due to the sudden pull of the spear. Riot smacked the soldier’s head and the helmet, that was covering his face, flew. He then saw that the face was different from a human, it had green skin with tusk coming out of its mouth. It also had eyes filled with red that you can’t see its pupil. He lately realised that the body was much bigger than him, maybe around two meters. He knew the figure right in front of him as he saw a movie about them with Akira.

‘An Orc? Then that means that this is—’

Riot was in deep thought on what was going on, that he didn’t realised that the orc right in front of him pulled a sword and lunge it to his neck at blinding speed.

“Die Demon!!” – Orc

‘Demon? Orc? Am I in another world?’

*STAB!*

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That ends the prologue guys!!!

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