"I will end you quickly." Azazel unsheathes his sword.

The moment it leaves the sheath it turn bright red, as he swings it the force and heat of air knocks Ezra back when he block it with the knife.

The knife heats up after, and there is pieces of molten metal on the ground when the blade fully melts.

"Impressive, explains why you're so difficult to kill." Azazel comments.

Johan reacts hastely, pulling Ezra by the hand and jumping off the cliff with him.

He procedes to use a spell to propel himself upwards and lands safely, but as they get up Azazel is already behind the trees, awaiting.

"Thermokinesis: omni-flame." Azazel utters as he launches burning wind in all directions around himself.

The wind narrowly misses them both and they take off running in a single direction.

"Stupid. Thermokinesis: steam." Steam releases from Azazel's blade as he strikes forward, burning the vegetation and ground.

Azazel uses the steam to conceal himself, he slashes at Ezra after leaving the burning steam and Ezra falls into the lake where the waterfall flows to.

Both of them being in the lake now let Azazel to touch the water with the tip of his blade making the whole lake explode, however, they land safely using Johan's spell.

"Bulla scutum (bubble shield)" Johan deactivates the spell.

"Why won't you let me kill you? It would be painless."

"I doubt that, all of your attack would burn us to dust!"

"That is the point, child. I will decapitate you leading your body to crumble to dust in a fully painless way."

"Sure... Let me ask one final question then."

"Go on, child."

"Where is your friend Baal? Wouldn't it be easier if you both attacked us at the same time?"

"He is still laughing at Asmodius, i presume. But his presence is not necessary, i will do this myself."

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He gazes at them sorrowfully and slashes with his sword, aiming for both of their necks.

*Bulla scutum* Johan summons the bubble again, once the slash hit the bubble it bounced off the cliff rocks and further in a linear trajectory forward, straight to the port center.

'I have to catch up to them!' Azazel dashes lightly and moves forward while making swift turns and light jumps to speed himself up.

He abruply stops due to a peculiar scent in the air that gets stronger each second, he then hears a scream from above and Baal lands in front of him, causing a giant explosion.

"Ah! Azazel! Its been long! I've just been to the palace and returned Asmodius's head to the Grandmaster, i decided to see where you were and i found you here." Baal says tauntingly.

"You're in my way fool! Ezra will escape becouse of you!"

"Oh? Strange, i don't remember asking... Either way, let me help you! I'll locate them easily." Baal's face changes, from a bright smile to an emotionless state that can only be described as elightenment.

Eyes open on the backs of his hands and an eye in the center of his forehead as well.

"Elightenment: eternal peace." he closes his normal eyes and scouts his surroundings in all directions in a giant range.

The eyes on his hands and forehead close and his normal eyes open.

"They are in the center of the port!" He says with a cheerful smile, returning to his older demenor.

Azazel runs forward to reach the port, leaving Baal behind.

"Dammit! I can never catch up to that dude, so fast..." He splats down on his back, looking up at the sky while falling asleep.

Ezra and Johan reach the center and the bubble pops, before Ezra proccesed the situation Johan is already running away with him behind a boat.

"We are an easy target here! What are you thinking!" Whispers Ezra while touching Johan's shoulder.

Johan slaps his hand off "we'll steal a boat."

"How? We don't know how to operate one!"

"We'll go into cargo and leave with it to the shore of Seelvi—" Azazel abruply dashes from the woods to the port center and stops just as suddenly.

Upon noticing him, Johan and Ezra both hide their heads and grow quieter.

It's already midday with many people around.

Johan makes sure nobody is looking in their direction, "lets go on and leave." He says, they both climb on while the sailors are untying the rope keeping the ship at bay.

They sneak past them and go into two seperate boxes in the same upper left corner of the room, one of the boxes contains food and the other contains food as well.

They move the food a bit and awkwardly sit inside the box.

Unexpectedly, Azazel senses them on the ship, but by the time he notices the ship had already set sail.

He winds up, putting his sword behind his left ear and heating it up. He swings and his hand stops due to Baal's interference.

"What are you doing?" Azazel asks.

Baal throws him away from his right side about a hundred meters behind him.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" Azazel shreaks causing the inhabitants of the port to turn their gaze.

"Do not attack the ship, the supplies are important. If it sinks, it will ruin Desertia's relations with Seelvia along with the reputation of all the Principles."

"Then i shall simply board it."

"Bad idea, too many variabilities, especially since the Principles' weakness is water because of our demon blood. There is nothing we can do now."

Baal dissapears, leaving Azazel by himself on the port.