The team continued on their way to Andromalia. They had already been on the outskirts of the city, so the journey didn't take long. They were intercepted by a few demon slimes and demon bats, but they were dealt with. They were standing by the city walls, while using a one time use scroll that gave them all invisibility. Henry killed all the slimes and some of the bats, earning him quite a lot of Exp.

"Alright, now we wait for them to open the gates for someone to enter and enter with them. I know where the storage facility is, so just follow me once we get in." Eve whispered.

The team nodded in unison and stood in wait.

Thirty minutes or so later, a few demon ogres, the manual workers of Mephilis, came in pulling a cart that had a lot of purple, spiky fruits. They signaled to the ogres guarding the door, prompting them to open the door.

"Now!"

The team entered the gate quickly, making sure not to alert the ogres. Demon ogres weren't very smart, nor did they have a sharp mana sense, so they didn't suspect anything. The team followed Captain Eve to the far east of the city, where a large unactive magic gateway lied, being protected by 10 dryads, 10 ogres, and five burning skeletons wearing very high quality armor and holding a sword. They were all talking to each other in a language Henry didn't know.

'A Hellsword! Those are higher demons! The ones in Mephilis usually have 6-star aura and are Sword Squires. And these probably aren't even average ones, but the more special ones, since they were chosen to guard Hell's biggest food storage.'

"Alright, everyone. Combat is inevitable. Our invisibility is about to expire anyways. You all deal with the dryads and ogres, while I, Joseph, Hellwalker, and Hera are to deal with the Hellswords. Reinforcements are definitely gonna come, so be on guard."

Captain Eve silently approached one of the Hellswords, who did sense something, but didn't think much of it as it was just a faint trace of mana, She charged her attack, and with one fell swoop, she beheaded him. However, this caused the invisibility to expire, and all the other demons began to swarm her.

Henry, Joseph and Hera immediately went into the crowd, opening a path, while the other members distracted the dryads and ogres.

As for the four remaining Hellswords, they started attacking Eve, but she was managing.

Hera cast a wide area thunder spell that stunned all the enemies, and Henry took the chance to charge inside.

"Asura's Wrath Sword Technique, First form: Cycle of Death!" Henry revolved at a very high speed in the midst of the dryads and ogres, cutting up a lot of them. He also hit one of the Hellswords, but that wasn't enough to kill him.

"That's not all!" He activated Purging Chain Lightning, electrocuting the already stunned enemies, killing even more of them. Overall, this combo had killed about half the guards and finished off the Hellsword.

You have slain 7 Demonic Dryads. You have gained 50 Demon Slaying Energy Exp. Level Up! Current: lvl 11, 330/1100 Exp. You have also gained 35 Darkness Points.

You have slain 4 Mephillian Demon Ogres. You have gained 200 Demon Slaying Energy Exp. Current: lvl 11, 530/1100 Exp. You have also gained 20 Darkness Points.

You have slain 1 Mephillian Hellsword. You have gained 150 Demon Slaying Energy Exp. Current: lvl 11, 680/1100 Exp. You have also gained 20 Darkness Points.

Meanwhile, Joseph had already charged an attack.

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"Headhunter's Shot, Third Form: One Arrow, Three Corpses!"

A huge aura arrow pierced the head of a Hellsword, the concentrated Holy Energy burning him to death. However, the arrow didn't stop but instead changed its direction towards the head of another Hellsword, doing the same. It then pierced the last Hellsword, but it had lost most of its momentum and energy, making it insufficient to kill him. But that was easily resolved with one hit from Captain Eve.

"Good work, everyone, The Hellswords are gone. Now, Hera and I need a minute to forcibly activate this spatial gate, so hold the enemies back for us." Hera and Eve ran towards the gate. Hera would forcibly open the gate by tampering with the magic circuitry, while Eve would heal her to recharge her mana, as this would deplete it rapidly.

Henry and Joseph joined the other members in holding off the dryads and ogres, of which they were now hundreds, as reinforcements had come.

"Hellwalker, can you imbue your Demon Slaying Energy on my arrows?"

"Would stacking an aura-based energy on a construct made of another aura work? Don't aura not mix?"

"That's the point. Just trust me."

"Alright." Joseph created twelve arrows and gave them to Henry, who put some Demon Slaying Energy on each one and gave them back. The arrows seemed very unstable due to the auras clashing, and looked as if they'd explode anytime.

Joseph's black armor started emitting a pure white, and his aura arrows did too. They also stopped showing any sign of instability. He shot them all, killing a few demons.

"Back off, everyone!" Suddenly, the white aura stopped and his arrows which lied in the corpses of the demons turned back to their original color.

Immediately, the aura clash caused the arrows to explode with jade green flashes. This explosion had the anti-demonic property of Demon Slaying Energy and the power of Joseph's 10-star aura, so it killed about 70 of the enemies.

You have slain 46 Mephillian Demon Ogres. You have gained 2300 Demon Slaying Energy Exp. Level Up! Current: lvl 13, 680/1300 Exp. You have also gained 230 Darkness Points.

You have slain 24 Demonic Dryads. You have gained 1200 Demon Slaying Energy Exp. Level Up! Current: lvl 14, 580/1400 Exp. You have also gained 120 Darkness Points.

Henry was ecstatic at those number.

"Dude, that was crazy! Can you do that again?"

"Unfortunately, no. That temporary stabilization was a feature of my armor that can only be activated once every day."

"I see. Unfortunate." Henry was still overjoyed. He now had enough Darkness Points to buy the experience crystal.

'I thought it'd take a lot longer.'

"We're done, everyone. Hurry inside!" Captain Eve and Hera shouted. They had opened the space gate to the storage facility.

The team immediately rushed into the gate, killing a few demons that came in with them.