"What are you standing there for?! Go after them!" Skaal roared at the last remaining Toxic Razortail warrior, who quickly shook out of his daze and charged towards the bunker.

"Not so fast!" Ptera roared as she spat out a black smog-like substance that immediately propelled towards the running warrior.

The smog landed on the back of the Toxic Razortail, causing him to squirm in pain. The smog ate away his exoskeleton and into his flesh and organs. The Razortail collapsed where he started twitching uncontrollably. Seconds later, the Razortail stopped moving and it was clear to anyone that he was dead. Soon, the smog-like substance ate through everything until not a single bit of the Razortail was left. When Skaal saw this, he swallowed nervously. This was a high-level attack known as Smog of Gluttony. In the past, Fox Dragons were considered to be servants and worshippers of the Demon Emperor Gluttonous. After years of serving faithfully under this Demon Emperor, they were given benefits such as inferior versions of the Demon Emperor's skills. For instance, the Smog of Gluttony, if used by the Demon Emperor, would consume everything until nothing was left and would continue to consume other things until the Demon Emperor orders it to stop. The Smog of Gluttony that Ptera used only consumed one target until there was nothing left and would not consume other things.

"Hmph, if my memory serves me well, your Smog of Gluttony was an once-per-day skill. That is indeed fortunate for me."

"It's true I had used such a high-level skill against trash, but I still have a repertoire of other skills that are equally as powerful. You won't stand a chance against me."

"We'll see about that."

The two Giant Beasts continued to fight each other after that short exchange. Meanwhile, Aldred couldn't help but keep looking at the direction of the bunker. There were constant noises of screams and crashes coming from the bunker. Aldred hoped that Julia and the rest were safe.

"You're looking to die, eh? Do you even have the time to look elsewhere?" Vulpiro sneered as he spat out a fireball at Aldred.

Aldred flipped backwards in order to evade the attack. He needed to end this quickly. Without a moment of hesitation, Aldred dove deep within the earth using his skill Tunnel and roamed around trying to find a perfect opportunity to attack. Vulpiro, having seen the skill earlier, was prepared as he leapt to a nearby tree. Without Vulpiro's actual contact with the earth, Aldred was unable to sense where the Fox Dragon was. Having felt the Fox Dragon disappear from his range, Aldred knew that something had happened. However, Aldred did not panic or emerge to look for his enemy. He wasn't stupid or at least not when he's fighting. Given his battle experiences from both lives, Aldred could figure out that there was a strong possibility that the Fox Dragon may have jumped into a tree. But which tree? That was the question.

No...there was that solution. Aldred thought as he grinned. Although Vulpiro knew that Aldred could not detect him anymore and would soon emerge from the ground and thus show himself. However, he did not expect that Aldred and Skaal were brothers.

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Aldred directed his thoughts to Skaal and asked. Skaal, where is that Vulpiro hiding? Which tree?

Skaal looked at where Vulpiro was and replied. He's at the tree right above you...a little to your right.

Ah, okay. Thanks brother.

No problem.

Having found out exactly where Vulpiro was, Aldred began his plan of attack. He quickly burrowed down until he was at least 50 meters below the tree that Vulpiro sat on. Then, using his new skill Tempest, he began his attack. He drilled upwards, through the earth and into the tree. Now, given how hard Aldred had trained and how much he had honed his skills to near perfection, he was able to drill into the tree while causing only the slightest, most minimal amount of disturbance. This disturbance was naturally felt by Vulpiro but he had naively dismissed it as trembles caused by the fierce fight between the Toxic Razortail and the Fox Dragon nearby. Now, if this battle was seen by anyone else, they would have assumed that Skaal and Ptera were on par with each other. However, Vulpiro knew Ptera since they were children and he knew that Ptera had the upper hand. Ptera was lauded in their family for having mastered the most skills of the demonic arts and from this battle, she had not even used half of them. Vulpiro grinned in satisfaction as he predicted what the outcome of the battle would be. However, it was too bad for him to not be able to predict the outcome of his battle with Aldred...well, correctly that is.

Suddenly, the tree below Vulpiro cracked and exploded outwards. Aldred emerged from within the tree and, not giving Vulpiro a chance to fly away, pierced his hand deep into the Fox Dragon's body. Vulpiro screamed an ear-piercing howl causing Ptera to flinch from her fight and look towards the source of the scream. As she tried to call out, Skaal pounced on her back, grabbed a hold of her wings with his pincers and bit at the Fox Dragon's neck. With a jerk of his head, he ripped off a chunk of her flesh. Then, Skaal threw away the dead Fox Dragon and spat out the flesh. He turned his head towards Aldred's battle.

Aldred drove Vulpiro into the ground, his hand still inside the Fox Dragon. As they crashed into the ground, Aldred had both of his feet on top of the Fox Dragon's wings, preventing him from flapping away. Vulpiro squirmed as he stared at Aldred with fear, their eyes meeting only intensified Vulpiro's fear...those eyes...they were like the Death himself. Every time Vulpiro tried to fire an attack, Aldred would twist his hand causing Vulpiro to scream in pain instead.

"What are you staring at, Skaal? Go help Julia!" Aldred shouted.

"Ah!" Skaal replied as he turned around and headed towards the bunker.

"My...father...is the s-strongest demonic beast...in all of the eastern Demonic Forests! He...won't let you get aw-kuaaaaaaa!" Vulpiro tried to threaten but had his insides twisted and torn by Aldred.

"Y-you...b-bastard..y-aaahhhhhhh!"

"I'll kill you...I'll k-uuwwaaahhh!"

"Please...no more...kill me...kill me now!."

"Haha, if that's what you want. Then, that's what you won't be getting." Aldred sneered as he pulled out Vulpiro's intestines and wrapped it around the Fox Dragon's neck.

With a fling of his arm, he sent the intestines and the dying Fox Dragon to a branch of another tree. The intestines hung on the tree and tightened around the Fox Dragon's neck. Slowly, Vulpiro suffocated to death by his own intestines before the significant loss of blood took his life. After making sure that the Fox Dragon had died, Aldred hurried over to the bunker to check on the situation. As he neared the bunker, a scream rang out.

"KUWAAAHAHAA!!"

It...that...that was Skaal's voice!