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Orion shrugs, seeing his menu plummet.

Fine.

The Demon Lord growls and runs forward, water splashing.

Orion reaches to his belt and pulls his biggest knife.

The chained owner of the demonic pets howls in glee.

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The beast lunges at Orion. He jumps aside as the beast goes by like a bull. As he jumps, he tosses his knife into his left hand, near the beast.

The left hand then slices the side of the beast open.

The creature rolls into the water, screaming.

The owner, wrapped in chains, gasps in horror, watching its pet be in pain. But before the owner can act, it turns to watch Cole and the other beast continue to encircle each other.

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The creature spins, its side bleeding, and splashes through the water at Orion again.

It is going slower.

Orion throws his knife at the beast, then runs after it like a kite.

The knife slams into the forehead of the creature, and it whoops and goes to its hind legs.

As it drops back down in the water, Orion is there, pulling the knife from the burnt skull and slamming it into the creature as many times as it can before it collapses into the water.

Cole spits at the beast in front of him.

"I've fought your type before, haven't I? I fought you myself, haven't it? Go! Get it over with!"

The chained master screams in agony at the death of their beast, and starts to unwrap the chains around their body in such a manner that they are about to use it in combat.

Orion looks bewildered at Cole across the way, and turns around in a frantic search in the bloody water for his gun.

He sees it nearby in the shallow, red water.

"Come on!" Cole yells at the monster.

The monster has had enough. It turns to leap. Its hind legs stretch.

Orion jumps in the water, scrambling.

He falls on his knees and lifts the gun.

Cole lifts his own pistol and tries firing. Click. Click. Empty. He actually laughs, knowing his death is apparent.

Orion aims. The monster jumps. Orion opens fire.

The Demon Lord's back and head explode, and the monster falls into the ground, as matter and blood splat all over Cole.

Cole looks up, alive, and then looks at himself covered in blood.

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The chained fallen creature yells a horrible chant in another tongue, as they keep unwrapping their chains.

On further notice, the chains are sharp, having penetrated the towering fallen creature all this time, as it banged the horrific chains into its own flesh for rhythm and devotion.

Orion slowly comes out of the water, as Cole slowly approaches the chain master.

"I don't have time for this," Orion says. "Attack me!"

The chained creature swings the massive long chains at Orion like a whip.

Orion ducks the swing, lifting his gun and tries to fire.

Click. Click. Click.

Water logged.

"Of course," Orion says, tossing the gun to the sand, pulling his knife again.

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Cole lifts his fists.

The two square up against the strong and terrifying fallen male, who keeps swinging his chains back and forth like whips.

The three stand on the stand, in the shadow of the ship and on the small patch of earth exposed from the water.

"Tell me you've fought someone like this," Cole asks.

"Nope. This is new. Even for me."

"So what do we do?"

"Well, we need to clean our guns."

"I mean now!"

Orion thinks about it.

In his display, he sees a flashing radar like button.

He selects it. The world through his eyes almost becomes transparent, but also with heat signals of hot and cold flashing through.

But the biggest part...is that it is slower...

Not significantly slower, but just enough.

Orion shares Cole the ability with a flash of his eyes fingers.

"What is this?!" Cole says.

Orion looks at the top of his display.

The ability is draining.

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"We're losing it! When he strikes at me, attack!" Orion yells.

Orion runs at the chained villain.

Like being in the zone as an athlete in the old world, Orion sees the world just a bit slowed down.

One chain is swung at his feet, and Orion leaps, like doing jump rope.

The other chain is now swung at his midsection, and he twists his body to duck it.

As he does, Cole runs forward, seeing his friend twist in the air.

He slams his fist into the fallens face as it is looking way, making impact with bone and shard and flesh.

The master of chains falls back, dizzy, but swings both chained arms as he does.

Cole is briefly hit by one across his leg, and falls on the sand. The pain is horrific, but the wound is minimal and the adrenaline is high.

But Cole rolls on the sand, as the chains are being swung over and over, like a tentacled monster grabbing for a meal.

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As the chains are being swung, Orion sees his opportunity and lunges at the chain throwing enemy.

He swings his knife for the final blow, but the fallen creature, in a burst of energy, sends a kick from their mighty leg.

It slams into Orion and knocks him on to the sand, and the knife falls back.

The chained soldier then rips its chains from the sand and Cole rolling, and brings the attention towards Orion.

The enemy jumps into the air, lifting its chains in an demonic yet angelic like pose, with the metal like ropes ascending up for a final blow that will split Orion in two.

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Cole looks up, seeing the world just a little bit slower.

He pulls himself up with all his might and lunges at the chained creature as it is bringing its chains down in a cutting swing.

Cole slams into the enemy and the two hit the sand and roll, as they both become entangled by the chains.

As they are done rolling, Cole is attached to the enemy, face to face, as they are intertwined.

Cole twists in turn in agony against the chains as the creature keeps twisting its head and mouth to try to bite his face off, but they are just far enough away.

They roll in the sand, the chains digging farther and farther, as Cole begins to pant and cannot breathe.

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The warning sends Cole into more of frenzy. Wrapped up to a demonic creature with chains tearing into his flesh.

Like fighting for one's own soul in a never ending wrestling match.

Cole gives up. "Orion, help!"

As soon as Cole says it, the head of the enemy is gone in front of him.

Orion's massive hands pull the head completely off, and he tosses it into the water.

He then quickly but gently starts to untangle Cole from the chains.

XP go up for both of them, as well as a bunch of congratulatory messages.

But they don't care.

They don't speak.