COI C215

“We all knew better that this is going to happen” Flashes never doubt this plan will fail

“Still, we march towards the demon” Magnet can’t say it sarcastically

“I hope we will be able to fight it” Col feels the urge for a payback

“We are been taken out so easily. Is there anything else we could do besides fighting?”

Janpu held back his weapon hoping for the demon’s response. Acurse is ignoring them since he entered here. Many of them were here, easily fell to the Jigeram’s light. Now only four of them who is still willing. He sees through them with little to no motivation of expected victory, except he was expecting something.

Within them, they have this consciousness that any demon had the pleasure to devour. He passed through them because they have nothing to stop him. Even they used it, they don’t know what kind of demon he is. Acurse is what he thought of himself as a parasite. Kill the host and he will be gone, for a demon like him, but this demon is beyond common. He surely wished to show them what he could do them. They saw him destroy the seal by one touch. The host’s body fell to nothing giving them the message that’s not him.

In reality though, they succeeded to destroy a powerful body. The soulfate human body will indeed destroy them if it is given a chance. That alone made many puppets flee from entering this obelisk. He knew it will scare them. These four got it right. It’s too late though, the demon blocked the passage to get here. He senses the puppets are coming. Ironically being blocked by the citizens outside, who will deal the pests, and the Jigeram’s light within the tunnel. Interruption wouldn’t be needed. Except for these four.

They watch the demon destroy the remaining body. The void figure inside the robe shows an intimidating aura that the obelisk behinds him had shown hostile presence. Truly a mild sight when both mana is collided together like water and oil trying to mix, and there is more than that. Toxic interaction in between them is showing a destructive force trying to kill each other. The mesmerizing formation among the two presence is getting more violent between magic. The demon keeps silent and keeps holds the true dust. He holds its so firmly although it shows the toxicity it releases for the both of them.

Janpu whispers to them “What now? I can’t seem to find a way to deal with this demon”

They stood silence, and only Magnet is responding “If this demon won’t do anything. Try something else, our guy here might want a fight after all”

Janpu looks at Col, the first suspected individual is feeling nervous and at the same time excited. This is going to be a hassle for all of them. Death is certain when fighting against the demon. Janpu turns to check the demon, and the demon touches the obelisk. It starts to surge through the demon’s color presence into it causing to make a sound with whispers.

Meanwhile, Col and Flashes are listening to the boss through telepathy. The Jigeram’s light shouldn’t be able to take it lightly. The boss’ telepathy still go through with it from blocking. The two can’t respond right in front of them, both shivered but froze from within. The boss’ telepathy is flowing through inside of them. A mana they could not recognize. This is not neutral mana, but something else. Very powerful that cannot be easily interfere or used on their own will.

The cult leader speaks to them “I have expecting something will happen from our previous success against the demon. This is one is different, if you dare to continue to fight. Those people who is with you will be left behind. I have no concern or oblige to help”

Flashes is a bit concern from what the cult leader said “This man we are with have special items you should know”

“Are you sure? It’s probably worth taken if you get a hand of it before you escape”

Col chuckles. Flashes shouldn’t expect any less to a former yakuza member.

The demon is waiting for them to respond. During their stagnant, Acurse didn’t wait for him to appear in front of an annoying demoness. Yayoi tries to stop him from entering. It’s no use, the dust has casted a spell on her realm. Twisted on everywhere she tries to flee to another route. The realm shows her the dream has she had planned all along. The citizens under her rule, controlled by a specific interest of her imagination. Desirable, luscious, corrupted culture, and many more. Yayoi shows the glimpse of her own different body. She felt the guilt inside of her made him look like he wants to destroy it.

“I won’t let you” Yayoi speaks out without even mentioning about it.

“That’s all you can say? I swear. Of all the things you pulled through to get yourself into my prison and without any reason for my escape”

He grabs her hair and forced to look at him into his voided face. Then his face revealed to her.

“Is there a need for my existence to let your toys know me?”

“I rather not”

“Would you mind tell me? What is my purpose for your own selfish plan?”

Yayoi blurted out “re-civilized this city as my own”

Yayoi’s dream blurted out as the realm twisted by Acurse let it through before he destroys it. It wasn’t healthy at all. Her desirable world leads to malnutrition of the people’s needs. Yayoi ignores the fact the people are not as submissive as she seems to be. It is the absolute reason why the war even started. This world is dominant by demons. Many thought they are the ones who lured many otherworlders to venture this world. While it is true, there are others who are indifferent. These humans are wanting to go here than their kind had expected.

Yayoi’s realm faded away. Acurse succeeded to corrupt her realm into nothing. Yayoi didn’t give amount of hatred towards him. She knows what she had done was too hasty for her own good. It was indeed her fault and more than that. The words coming from the demon speaks through to her ears.

“I’ll give you one more chance. Your new body is on the line here, whenever you put me back in your place, EVERYTIME, and not only you’ll be sealed away like those idiots from before. You won’t be witnessing the fates of these people. Got it?”

Yayoi feels threatened. His gaze to her eyes had always show no effect. This shows she had been with him quite a long time. If it did so, then all of this absurdity was all a game he had to play with her. The carefree demoness is definitely being spoiled by him. On the other hand, he has already defeated her as her escape sealed. They both leave the realm. Yayoi wakes up inside her human form. Breaking apart the containment she made, and she appeared to be inside a hotel room. An abandon hotel room within the ruins.

Acurse returns his conscience to see the obelisk still stands. Over there where he gazed those citizens before. His surroundings are at their advantage. The familiar essence of elven magic reeks into his breath. It feels its freshly cold air, forcing out the dusts he secretly carrying. He spits it out where his secret weapon faded along with the elven wind. His body revealed from his hidden void. Old markings carved into his forgotten body. Demonic stature puts into place sealed into his body. His wings, he won’t let it go free as it holds the very symbol of his hierarchy.

The demon stood up, still gripping the last strength on the obelisk.

“This is what the boss said. I hope we could win this” Col sarcastically tell to his team.

“There is no going back, this is what we are trying to do, right?” Magnet says it without any confidence with his words.

“It’s going to be fine, you little shit. We have no choice in this, right?”

Janpu is standing right there, face to face against the demon at the front. He remembers the reason why he is here.

“. . . This obelisk. We found under the city. It is pretty obvious it was made from the demons itself. We don’t know what it is supposed to do. But we are sure it will be the weapon they needed to destroy this city”

Time passed into the 3rd moon cycle “After much delays, this obelisk has no involvement with the monsters outside. This doesn’t mean there is a probability they could use it”

At the present “. . . The demon is trying to destroy it? What in the world is the obelisk here for?”

At first it was hidden from any demon to come here. The first beginning they set foot here were normal monsters from the dungeons, and they send their force into this place. Obelisk is there, and nothing else had happened ever since. This confusion broke him to the point of his purpose to stop this madness from destroying their city. He can’t hold this thought on his own, even the others have tried to question about it. The thought of asking these questions to the demon himself. The demon held firm trying to destroy it.

Acurse sees the man at the front is doubting while the three at the back are ready to strike.

Col says to Janpu “Hey, what are you waiting for?”

“Huh? Sorry, but have you ever thought something is really odd here?”

“We are facing a demon here, for fuck sakes. If you start doubting, I’ll just take my hits on that demon instead”

“Wait!” Flashes yells to Magnet from the far.

Magnet already decides “You heard Col. Let’s end this or it will happen just like in Fuku City”

Magnet follows Col and watches Janpu doubting looks. He too was suspicious but there are no other chances in this situation.

In the surrounding area, the Flashes’ devices are activated. Special magic runes turned on, negating all the special abilities that the demon have. Acurse directly feels the effects and quickly destroys the obelisk before the pixilation reaches him. Torn by his own hands, releases many souls inside of him, and revealed his true self. He pulls in the pieces of the obelisk as his shield. The surrounding magic unleashed elvish presence rushing towards him with endless stream of gushing wrathful wind. He uses the obelisk’s power and casts up to the air along with the elven wind. Torrent through up from the ceiling diverting the destruction up to the sky, passing through all the solid ground to the surface.

The obelisk releases outstanding amount of mana. It starts to break apart piece by piece with every little bit to open what lies inside. There, Acurse lets it go with the sound of thunderous war cry. The voice of the dwarves free from the obelisk’s possession. Harming all different forms of mana all around it.

“AAH!”

A heroic returning cry, spread all around them. It leaks and gives strength to the citizens who heard the war cries. Acurse painfully grief speaks out

“This must be done, in order for her to stop calling me out”

This price, the demon must face. This price will harm him. This price to know its bound. And all this they will witness its strength. All of that, Acurse is to ease his boredom as his nightmarish body still sleeps in his own dream state. Where his eyes finally open from the shell he made for himself. A punch, a powerful blow by Col, hits his face. He flew back along with the fist still stuck to him then to the ground sliding to the wall. The wall raises up the elven barrier entangling him as soon as the rooted vines are formed.

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Acurse’s face grabbed with the clutch of Col’s hand squeezing it as hard as he can. His skull wasn’t breaking and Col tries it as much as his excitement drove him by the sudden chance of power. Col hums as he laughs. Slowly he grins to see how he had potentially beaten a demon alone. Then slowly frowns as he can’t seem to crack the demon’s skull by own his hand. The bracers he had would be enough to shatter it. He raises his fist and tries to punch the demon. Another shatter coming from the demon, Col feels the sensation, but couldn’t hear the agonizing pain. He felt a bit disappointed.

Col was flashed and pull back to his team. He gets back to Magnet side as the two stares at the demon. Acurse easily takes off what it is holding him back. Both elven magic and runes have great effects on him, but not enough for him to be restraint. He stood up, trying to return his body once again into the void. The demon shouts with great effort. This is quite a long time for him to scream that high and breaks all the magic around him. The devices around him send back to Flashes’ hands. It reacts from the demon’s power and almost torn apart from the demon’s shout.

Returned back to his voided body, and with his robe improve to go against the elven magic around him. He sees the runes free from the obelisk and into the citizens’ strength. The danger of them if they use the runes correctly. This will be an actual fight. Yet, they still acted so slow. But why is that? The three of them heard the cult leader’s voice. Sending the message back and forth about their experience so far.

“. . . Is that so? Still your defeat is still inevitable. Fight to succeed or not, it is up to you. That demon refused to use its true power means it is insulting you all”

Col heard it clearly and proceed to attack again. A reckless charge sending all his strength and rituals in one hand. The runes forced it all on it and loses his balance. Acurse felt the clumsiest attacked he had ever witness and at the same time a very effective hit on him. The forceful strength of the ritual surges on him, pushing him down on the ground and continue to drag on it then back again to the wall. Both Col and Acurse hit on the wall. The demon recovers quickly and kicks him out from his sight.

The flashes of light shines on Col. Col returns to his team as Flashes takes the front. Magnet at his side casting all around them with polarized spell. All the devices spread everywhere focus on the demon. Acurse hid his face with the appearance of the void. He looks at them eager to fight. The sense of danger coming through his senses made it more enticing without him realizing it. He whispers to himself as the motion slows down. Magnet sets the area in a slow motion, able to bend the magic effects from Flashes’ devices. Bending its magnetic waves or its radiating light, he gains the abilities by the Durjn runes.

Acurse felt it “. . . I . . . can . . . feel . . . the . . . a . . . nostalgia . . . here”

The demon slows down in this very moment. Magnet raises his hand trying to control by the power of the runes within him. The tremendous strength of the dwarven magic made him feel invincible. He starts to feel stiff. Flashes feels it too. The runes are truly powerful after possessing such sudden gift after the obelisk is destroyed. His devices are slowly getting corroded from the exposure, and all while getting cleaned. The runes they both hold has the same effects of the dusts. The corrosion effects occurred because his magic is linked to it. Now he needs to act first before the side effects kick in.

Flashes said to Magnet. “What are you waiting for? Use it”

“Got it! MAGNETIC METEOR!” Magnet uses his ultimate.

A highly polarized meteor is formed and ready crashed down like a meteor before the demon. Magnet screams to the top his lungs where the runes reinforced it further as it starts materializing in thick texture. Compressed as the runes are formed together with his ultimate. He fires at the demon. A sonic blast appeared before the ultimate is cast. Descending down with unbelievable power.

Acurse was pulled into the polarization, then pushed back to the wall again from the pulsing blast. The sonic force onto him is splitting up his body, from atom to atom, where his mana is being tear apart. Particles of his body turn to shred like his body is made of metal blowing apart by a blowtorch. This is what Acurse is expecting of their magic. A spell that conjures the true purpose of their abilities leaving out less to detail of its after effects. The ultimate uses metal as its attributes or elements, causing this demon to become like it and his being becomes metal. Ironically, he just embraced it for his rest.

“Sigh* If only it will last like this . . .”

The magnetic meteor struck him down. All of his body surge into the meteor and explodes with it. Then it implodes at the same time as the polarization turned into a miniature blackhole. The demon sucks into the center feeling the weight of steel and other metallic parts imploding inside. Janpu sees what’s happening and gazes Magnet’s abilities. He then looks at the runes given to them from the shattering obelisk. He hears the elven whispers on his item, where he raises his defenses up from the meteor.

The miniature black hole stops then the metal forces back out at them. Janpu’s defense pierced and pushes him back while Flashes takes a flash on the scattered metal scraps and stop it before it hits him. Magnet didn’t expect this to happen and incidentally got hit. Col sees what is happening, and tried to stand behind Flashes. It wasn’t enough in their location to block the ultimate. He got pulled into the polarization at the right moment when a random debris slices him. Col’s armor cuts like cloth even though he has runes to protect it.

“What the hell, Magnet?!”

Magnet still keeps pushes out, then he was saved by Janpu. Janpu is pierced by the scraps as his elven magic items can only heal them instead of protecting them. He said to Magnet

“Is that your ultimate? Why is it turn against us? Ultimate is supposed to be a personal magic ability that only hurts the enemy”

“Yeah, I don’t know what happened”

Magnet raises his hands with the piece of the obelisk “It must be this one. It boosts our capabilities very consistent”

As the meteor attack ends, they look around where his ultimate fade out the metal properties around them. The dusts return but didn’t consume the fading ultimate ability.

Flashes records it. “I never seem to understand magic at all. Why is the dust couldn’t consume it like the rest of our spells?”

Col shakes his head as he feels the cut of his armor with his hand “Shit, my shirt! Like the boss would bring a smart ass in this dangerous mission. How about you over there? Got any leads?”

Magnet stands up and looks at the demon “Breathe* . . . Nothing, but why not take a look of that demon over there. It looks different”

Acurse is sealed into a crystal. The chance they seek is here. Flashes takes action and Janpu follows through. With their combine skills to seal the demon. They brought their secret weapons. Both in different design, but its intention was made to capture the demon. The crystal then absorbed by their secret weapon splitting it both. When it reaches to the middle remains, it cuts and split them the share of the demon.

Janpu’s secret weapon pops out a gemstone, a multi colored gemstone soon engulfed by the half of Acurse’s being. It turned black as all of it being carefully cracking itself without breaking. While Flashes opens inside the secret weapon is a stone dyed in green. It was a jade stone. The three of them look at Janpu. Single handedly take the half. Col wants to speak with him, then stop by his own agitation with the cut armor he had. A damage like this made him worry about his other magic item. His rituals are not that stable when it broke. Magnet can’t understand what’s going on, and feels relief that this is over.

Flashes sees this part of the area is cleared. He then sees Janpu begins to leave. “You’re going the wrong way. We still need to figure out about this place”

“It doesn’t matter anymore. Check your UI if it comes back”

They checked their UIs and the notification gives an alarming message. They stop continuing what they are doing and began to leave as fast as possible. Out from the surface, the Jigeram’s light finally appears form the sky. The rain comes by and treated as any dust as before. But this one is different, much more dangerous than the previous dusts.

All material and non-biological matter were being clean, while the rest of the biological properties begin to turn to dust in a little moment of time. The adventurers wore their protective outfit able to resist the powerful dust. The Fuku adventurers and the personnel are outside waiting for them to get out. The official reads the message replied from Janpu

“Good, he got the message. His elven equipment will not survive in this kind of environment”

“Sir, our equipment is able to detect them. They are coming this way”

The three Fuku adventurers made it out with their jade stone becoming bigger. While Janpu shows to the them with the gemstone turned black releasing mist from it. The Jigeram’s light exposed them directly as they are out. Janpu gives them the gemstone as they provide him some cover from the light. Col stops and looks at the personnel who tricked him from the tunnel. They look at each other from eye to eye. One of the personnel knows what’s up. Even though Col is as injured as he can get. The dusts rain down the essence of the rituals as the obelisk’s runes still maintained within him.

Col didn’t hesitate with this opportunity. The official sees one the Fuku adventurers acting provocative. So, he raises his gun, switches to stun shot, then fires at Col. Col’s ritual go through him and feel the sensation of the thrill of the danger. Another shot fired to him as it about to hit on contact. The forces of the spirits coming out to the exposed light. Melting itself to catch the bullet. It able to catch it and merged within the ritual. Evolving his ability in one use, he swiftly charges forward. One of the personnel who humiliated him reacts, and brings out his stun baton.

Runic weapon against the rituals opens in the dire deformity against Col’s opponent. Col’s enemy hits him to the neck. Col didn’t flinch, showing his expression of an absolute demon from their world. A yokai befits to Col’s personal appearance. Just one touched, and the rituals passes through his rune defenses. One hit was enough, and all his strength fell ill. The other personnel come to his aid as he only fell unconscious, but what comes crawling around his body is the twisted spirits trying to gnaw him through his personnel equipment

Col’s mouth twitch with disappointment. The runes that helped them, suddenly stops. Then he noticed a glimpse of light shining on him. He turns around and sees Flashes using his devices again to stop his rituals from doing anything. He then feels an angry voice roaring inside his head.

“Who tell you to kill them?!!”

Kill is the word he never expects to beat against the city’s defenders, especially those well-equipped group in front of him. Col backs down and joins the others.

The Jigeram’s light still rays down on them as time as they stood outside is running low.

Official said to them “Stop the fucking paybacks. We need to get out of here. Now!”

The other Fuku adventurer agrees “You heard the man. Fuku City is a long way to go there. I don’t want to stuck each other inside the safe room”

“You forget, there are magic portals inside the saferooms”

“Which one?”

They remember there are other saferooms didn’t have any magic portals to travel other places.

“Shit!”

They said it as they almost forgot about it. They split, and returned to their respective base.

Later that same day, the cult leader receives the jade stone. The same materials used to seal the Code Red Virus demon. Now another one is on his sight, he supposed to hold it on his hand as it is just a hand sized stone. What he never expected for them to return is that the Jade stone is now a size of a motorbike.

Flashes reports to him “Sir, we have a strange reaction of your sealing stone. It seems it begins to grow although we have only the half of the sealed demon. This one grows instead the other one from the other organization releases some kind of mist on their gemstone”

“That is strange, it must be luck for us to be able to seal the other half”

“Sir, about our shared mission with them. What was that obelisk we saw?” Flashes show him the video he recorded.

The cult leader’s eyes have the same stare as him. Curious and cautious. The cult leader replies “Either this is going to be the day we are going to unite or an opportunity for our people to grow”

“What are you trying to say here?”

“This is different from the siege, too different as I’m more to suspect than to worry”

“. . .”

“You will understand someday, but for now. This is the moon cycle by Jigeram. Let’s that be our priority”

Flashes and his team left, giving more clues than they have assigned to do. Magnet whispers to him “You didn’t mention, that their gemstone is talking”

“Remember what he ordered us. Everything that the demon said or done must be forgotten”

Col disappointedly groans “We better not stick in close to a demon then. Even you guys at the back there”

The others didn’t know what’s going on agreed. Magnet sees the defectors who are actually faced the paranormal before, even possessed by their own people. He can’t help but want to know, because back then. They have nothing to escape when they fought it, and the demon looks like it was already accepting it.

Meanwhile at the base of the personnel, the advisor meets the gemstone alone. He calmly said to it “I know you are there, Acurse. Splitting into two means either one of us holds the true hosts or the parasite”

The gemstone whispers, and no clear answers from the many voices coming out from it. Advisor picks out a device, changed his voice, and said again.

“Acurse”

The gemstone reacts “Predictable . . .”

The demon says to him loud and clear. The advisor spouts out in rage as if he was the one who is insulted.

Once the advisor left. Acurse feels the slumber inside of the gemstone. He had done many opportunities that he could fought and won, but this won’t favor to anyone as the war was already over. The Fall era is the end of their war. This era, the recovery, is already rose from its ashes. There he remembers the summoner.

“You’re indeed the same human who is from earth, aren’t you? These people are not your people to invite to bring back your nation. Still, the primarch did fell from their hands. It doesn’t mean they die forever. This world is your hell”

Yayoi witnessed the tragedy of her lost. Acurse separates her for good as he was sealed away before her very eyes. She sees the message had already sent. Acurse’s fragment is link in to her by fear, trying her best to get him out from the seal. The demon laughs at her as he is now free, for now. Now drops to her knees, she will wait for his first awakening host for a long time. The time after when many demons are ripening their harvest. Isekai City will soon face the consequences of their stay here in this world.

Wheatley watches it all. The AI finally understood all what’s going on. “You got to be kidding me. The demons from Circoston are gone, leaving the Agatheus City to claim those people. My bosses! Those two demons though, I think that one demon just removed the strange obelisk to release the Jigeram’s true light. No, I mean. The old landmark of the dwarves. The Durjn . . . I think”

Wheatley beats himself “Come on, say it. I’m starting to figure things out here”

The AI stops for a moment and opens the file about a certain story. It looks at it carefully.

“The mail? Hmm, oh it means letter. Damn, this have so many terms back in the day . . . Yeah mail . . . yeah mail . . . Oh no, mail!”

It slowly mentioning it quietly again and again, until it remembers it completely.

“I hope it didn’t reach directly”

The moment he said it the Jigeram’s light cleans off the shards all around the city leaving all the cameras at full condition.

“Oh, look at here, we have clear view. Nice!”

The city was saved and the remnants of many lost demons’ puppets were perished as it meant will happen. All of their creation disappeared to the rain then to the sea. Leaving traces that attract something uncertain from the depths.

Somewhere below the surface, the hidden flying vessel buried into the world underneath. Rose up with its tremendous numbers of mechanical probes going to the surface to gather the Jigeram’s light. The shrine on the hill reveals its floor with little rays of lights coming up. Where it is about to burst through the surface. A group of islanders already prepared to stop it. The goblins are there, easily stopping them from removing their contaminated chunks to the surface and cleanse everything that is biological on the machines. It fell back down. Ending the city’s final struggle in this cycle.

One goblin chant “"Bom-sha-ka-lum-ka-lum Ka-yum Pa-ka-lum Pang-shu sha-ka-lama . . . (repeatedly)"

The other goblin says to his tribe “They must not know their past potential”