That’s when Akuyomi slowly clapped responding: “I’m liking you more and more Hiara, you’re just full of surprises hehe”
She looked at him with a frown. “I appreciate it, but I don’t necessarily enjoy using my demon hunter transmutation abilities. I may be level 25, but don’t really have any impressive skills that don’t require me to tap into some kind of demonic power. Anyway, let’s keep going, hopefully Sukuda has reached the dungeon boss by now”
Back at the entrance...
Red pyro slimes surrounded Sukuda’s empty vessel when the purple slime guarded him. The red slimes all shot fire balls from their mouths when the purple lightning slime took in air, forming a protective barrier around the warlock with it’s own rubbery body. The horde of flame slimes watched as the electric slime sent bolts of electricity right for them, utterly defeating them.
With the hostiles defeated, the purple slime reverted back to it’s ball form, sitting beside the adventurer. That’s when Sukuda awoke back within his body. He noticed the slime snuggled against him like a pet, this caused him to jump to his feet, worried the creature would attack. But as he watched, the slime just hoped over rubbing up against his leg as if it were a dog or cat.
Though he was hesitant, Sukuda patted the creature’s head. That’s when a notification appeared above the slime:
[Electric Slime has formed a bond with you]
[Name your pet: …....]
“Hmm? Didn't know this world had a pet/bond system, thought summons were about the closest thing you could get to a pet. Pondering for a moment, Sukuda typed in his pet’s new name. “I’ll call you Denjiro, it’s a name that means electricity or to be fast”
[Denjiro has been added to summons]
Petting his new friend once more, Sukuda faced towards the large corridor. “Mow then Denjiro, let’s hurry and reach that colossal tree before the boss fight begins!” The small purple slime bounced open down excitedly before the pair raced down the stone walkway...
In the east corridor...
Dozens of undead skeletons charged towards Tempest and Sokoyai, most of them were knights wielding swords while a small few were either archers or mages. “How the hell does this count as a low threat!? They may be only level 5-10, but in this quantity, they’re certainly a threat!” Jumping into the air, the young used air walk to levitate in the air, above the small army of undead crowding the hall. “Magic missile!” Aiming his palm towards the monsters, Tempest unleashed an onslaught of small projectiles made of pure pink mana. Each one erupted a fierce explosion the moment it made contact.
Sokoyai watched as the entire hallway lit up in a blinding ray of pink light as Ryu unleashed a merciless barrage of projectiles. “Whoa, even though he’s the lowest level of the party, he sure can dish out damage when he needs to”
Realizing his MP was now down to less than half, the drained mage dropped to the floor, landing beside the blood elf. “Well, that’s all I can do until either my MP refills or we get to the dungeon boss. It’d be foolish to waste all my MP against mere pawns then black out again against the boss”
“I guess it’s my turn then! Time to kick some ass!” Pulling out his dual pistols, the white-haired elf charged forward. One of the mages in the group sent a fireball right for the gunslinger, only for him to kick off the ground with both feet, evading the coming sphere of flames by a mere inch as it soared through the air before exploding against the wall.
Spinning in the air, Sokoyai unleashed a barrage of rounds at each target with perfect precision. He landed in the midle of the crowd, grabbing an undead by the leg before whipping them around like a weapon, knocking several other skeletons back before tossing him to the crowd. “Elemental sentient shot”
Aiming towards the horde, the barrel of his firearm spiraled before landing on ice. A smirk grew across his face as he fired a single shot towards the remaining targets. The ice magic bullet fired straight through a skeleton, utterly incasing it in a layer of thick ice. Keeping his eye focused on the bullet, the small projectile darted through each undead, trapping it within a prison of ice until the bullet finally dropped to the floor.
“The pins are set up Ryu, it’s your job to knock them down”
“Sigh, fine...but only since you managed to trap them all in place. Flame magic: Blazing cyclone!” A fierce cyclone of intense flames manifested around the trapped targets as the ice began to rapidly melt. “Hmph!” Clapping his palms together, the cyclone began to condense until it erupted from the sheer amount of flames building up.
All that remained were scorched bones of the defeated targets. That’s when Sukuda raced past them. “Hey guys!” The pair were confused for a moment before realizing what had just happened. “Hey wait up Sukuda!” The duo called out before racing after him...
Back at the west area...
Hiara and Akuyomi walked over a pile of defeated monsters, making their way past a stone corner as the endless overgrown roots along the walls began to become thicker meaning they were getting closer to the center of the massive tree. Seeing an open doorway at the end of the stone corridor, the pair were about to run towards it when a stone golem formed up from the ground. It was made of the same stone as the dungeon with glowing green eyes, standing seven feet tall.
“Is that the dungeon boss? But not even in the boss room yet” The woman commented in confusion. Akuyomi pointed up with his index finger, summoning his red great axe. “I doubt that golem is actually the boss, chances are he’s just a guard to keep us from reaching the boss, basically a 2nd line of defense in case the mere low-rank monsters weren’t enough. Hmph, you know…I’ve never fought a stone golem before. Let’s see just how menacing you are”
Raising his hand to the air, Akuyomi snapped his fingers. His legendary relic took off down the corridor, spinning at an immense rate. The buff golem tilted it’s head at the last second, evading the overpowered relic’s blade just in time. As the Golem prepared to charge, Akuyomi crossed his arms with a smirk on his face. This caused the stone entity to pause, only for the great axe to come flying back like a boomerang, striking the back of the creature’s rocky head. “Hmph, too bad you can’t feel pain, but I’m sure you’ll notice this” Snapping once more, his magical weapon blew up in a devastating explosion of blinding flames. Once the smoke cleared, it revealed the stone monster standing motionless, it’s head utterly destroyed with scorch marks left on it’s shoulders.
After a slight pause, the creature crumbled to pieces before them. “There, now let’s hurry and reach the dungeon boss before Sukuda and the others get attacked” Racing into the boss room, all five adventurers stood before the colossal tree. Green wisps floated around them when the ground began to vibrate beneath them. They watched as a yellow golem burst out from the ground in front of the tree. It stood 15 feet tall as roots from the tree connected itself to the golem Imbuing it with nature magic.
“This must be the dungeon boss, it makes the other one look puny” Hiara commented. The golem’s body glowed with green light as it looked down at them. It lifted it’s colossal foot, preparing to crush them in one swift attack. That’s when Sukuda aimed his staff towards the air. “Sanctuary!” His team watched as a golden barrier of holy light protected them from the incoming attack. The dungeon boss slammed it’s foot down on the protective magical field, only to realize it couldn’t break through.
“Good work Sukuda! Air walk!” ascending into the air, Tempest soared out of the safe zone and threw both hands out in front of him. “Magic missiles!” Bloodspire kept the barrier up while he watched the golem stagger back by the onslaught of magic projectiles impacting it’s torso.
Just before any of them could react, sharp roots shot out of the tree, piercing Tempest from all directions as blood dripped from his wounds. “Tempest!” The party watched as their injured ally was pulled towards the tree before being pulled inside it’s thick oak. “Damn it, the bastard captured Ryu!” Bloodspire cried out.
That’s when Hiara placed her hand on the frustrated party leader’s shoulder responding: “Don’t worry, if Sokoyai and Akuyomi break his guard, I can knock him down with my best offensive skill”
“Right, leave it to us, you ready Sokoyai?”
“No sweat Akuyomi!” Sokoyai dove outside sanctuary firing shots at the titan-sized golem’s chest, only for it to have little effect against it. That’s when the boss turned it’s attention on the blood elf, throwing a gigantic punch right for the gunslinger. That’s when Akuyomi blocked their attack with his legendary weapon. A fierce shockwave shook the dungeon from the mere force.
That’s when Sukuda had an idea. Aiming his hand towards his ally’s overpowered relic he shouted: “Size mimicry!” Without warning the great axe grew 10 times bigger before the party. “Go ahead and break his guard Akuyomi!” A grin grew across his lips as he slowly raised his hand. “Let’s see just how deadly it can be when it’s size has been multiplied!”
Focusing on his target, he sent the massive weapon spiraling right for the golem’s skull, only for the boss to catch the axe’s blade between it’s hands mere inches from it’s face. “Impressive golem…but this was a lose-lose situation” Clinching his fist the massive axe blew up in a massive explosion, causing their assailant to stagger back.
Now open to an attack, Hiara reformed her demonic arm, jumping into the air and sending a powerful strike to the titan’s abdomen. “Demonic strike!” The demon hunter sent a devastating blow to the colossal golem with red demonic energy flowing through her arm into the attack.
Max Leveling Party watched as their enemy fell back with a thunderous boom, hitting the ground on it’s back. “Wow great work Hiara!” The team leader called out. The red-haired hunter fell from high above, landing before the party. The golem burst into wisps of green light leaving a few pieces of loot, along with freeing Tempest from the massive tree.
The magic caster fell onto the stone floor breathing heavily. “D-damn it was hard to breathe in that small space. As big as that tree is, I think that golem was attempting to suffocate me inside it”
Looking down at the glowing loot before them, there was a wand, a ring and a pair of boots. Rising to his feet, Tempest picked up the wand, it was dark-brown appearing as your typical wand a wizard would use. “Hmm, says this wand has a fire nature affinity. All fire spells do 5% more damage as well as 10% more range when equipped”
“Seems like a great first weapon for you then Ryu, what about this ring?” Using his analysis, he could see the properties of the ring:
[Ring Of the eternal flame]
Effect: When HP drops below 40% form a barrier of immense flames around the wearer.
“Since Tempest got the wand and it doesn’t seem to fit the rest of us, might as well give it to Akuyomi, he seems to have a flame nature as well” With his thumb Sukuda flicked the ring over to the berserker who caught it with ease. “Last is the boots which is up to any of you, boots don’t really fit the apparel I'm going for as a necromancer, at least not these brown leather ones”
Once Sokoyai decided to equip them, they were transported back outside in front of the trigram. They noticed the trigram had stopped glowing meaning they couldn’t use it to get back in.
Sukuda
[Level 20 Achieved]
Skill Obtained: Necrotic Puppet: This spell allows the caster to control a single creature, commanding it to perform tasks and fight for the caster. The creature will be imbued with magical energy and will be much stronger and faster than normal.
Tempest
[Level 17 Achieved]
Relic Skill : Trap of gravitation – Create a magical trigram around an area, making the gravity around them 10x heavier
Sokoyai
[Level 21 Achieved]
Akuyami
[Level 28 Achieved]
Hiara
[Level 26 Achieved]
Sukuda asked: “Where’s the next one Hira? Surely there’s another not far from here” She nodded once more pulling out her magic relic as the arrow pointed in the opposite direction leading west.
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“Before we go, I just need to check something the party leader urged before opening his menu. Scrolling down to summons he tapped on his only summon which was Denjiro as the purple slime spawned in a flash of light.
“Huh!?” The others jumped back for a moment, confused on how Sukuda even got a summon. Tempest looked at the small, cute creature before asking: “How did you manage to get a pet from the dungeon!? Was it a reward or is this a new ability you have!?”
“I’m not sure, I was using astral projection to search the dungeon quickly, but when I returned to my mortal form this slime had protected me by forming a barrier around me with it’s own body” That’s when Hiara’s attitude suddenly changed as her eyes lit up picking up the soft purple creature and wrapping her arms around it. “AWWW IT’S SO CUTE!”
All watched as she spun around holding the slime up looking into it’s shiny black eyes. “DENJIRO IS SO CUTE, PLEASE LET ME HAVE HIM!” Sukuda blushed denying her request. “Sorry Hiara, I'm the one the slime formed a bond with, I can’t just give him to you. Maybe you’ll find your own pet soon”
“HMPH!” The demon hunter shoved the slime into his arms before stomping off. Everyone looked at each other before slightly laughing and following their party member...
CHAPTER 8 : All Fun And Games Until...
Reaching the next trigram, they noticed it was glowing yellow meaning it was a high-threat dungeon. “Are you sure we should do this? We already had a little trouble in what was considered low-threat which I for one call bullshit on, now you want to go straight to high-threat!?” The necromancer exclaimed in both fear and worry for the party.
“Alright, you can wait out her Sukuda, wouldn’t want you getting killed in here” Akuyami taunted pushing past him before vanishing in a flash of yellow light. The party leader groaned in anger before the others followed off their party member.
(Shit, shit, shit!) Sukuda clinched his staff in his hand, his heart racing before he charged through the teleportation trigram. He found himself in a dark hallway covered in some kind of purple infestation on the wall, spores filled with red goo and black fungus all over the walls. “I have a bad feeling about this” Sukuda whispered under his breath in fear.
Meanwhile the others walked a few feet in front of him checking out the new creepy dungeon. Sokoyai pointed out how awesome the walls looked filled with excitement. “I wonder what kind of boss is in a badass dungeon like this!” As they walked past one of the spores, one of them burst open with the red substance landing on the gunslinger’s right arm. “Shit this stings!”
The blood elf jumped back gripping his right arm as his HP began to slowly go down from the acid-like goo covering his arm. That’s when the others noticed a large dark-red mosquito-like creature had been freed from the spore that had burst. It’s wings moved rapidly as it went straight for Hiara, attempting to pierce her arm and drain her of blood.
“Demonic transmutation!” Transforming her left arm into it’s black demonic form, she used it to block the coming attack as the insect struck the armored arm with it’s massive needle, only for it to fail. “Heh, it’s going to take more than that to pierce through demon skin!” Clinching her mutated fist, she punched the blood-sucking creature against the wall as it splattered against the infested wall. “Sigh, now...make sure not to touch any of the spores, the slightest touch might cause another one of those things to come out”
Sokoyai watched as the burning substance finally vanished from his arm and the pain was gone. “Sigh, finally the burning stopped, that was the worst pain I've ever felt since I got to this world. Looking at his HP, he realized he was already down to 60% just from being hit by one spore. His heart began to beat faster as the party carefully made their way through what felt like an endless hall of spores with an insect asleep within each one...
After about two minutes of dodging hundreds of spores, they finally made it into a large circular room where another colossal tree sat in the center of the room. That’s when Tempest commented: “What is it with dungeons and trees?” They looked at the tree, it was dark-purple with a red aura glowing within it along with dark-red leaves.
After examining it for a moment, the tree began to move! The party jumped in shock as the threw threw one of it’s large branches down with a fierce slam. The party managed to evade the attack when all the leaves on the tree abruptly flew off, filling the dungeon with leaves floating around them. That’s when one of the leaves touched Sukuda’s cheek causing it to burn him as the single leave was set ablaze before becoming ash. Realizing the point of all the leaves floating around them, Sukuda used sanctuary to protect them from the millions of small projectiles.
All watched as peddles landed on the transparent barrier before completely burning to ash. “Don’t worry, we’re safe so long as we stay within sanctuary!” The necromancer uttered as he continued to use more and more of his MP to keep the magical field up.
“Maybe I can speed things up! Trap of gravitation!” Pulling out his wand, Tempest aimed his wand towards the monstrous plant as a white trigram formed around it. The ground around it began to vibrate as the gravity became 10 times heavier around the infested tree. His allies watched as it struggled to move from the immense weight along with all the peddle hitting the grow disintegrating in a wall of flames.
“Well done Tempest, maybe now we can deal with this freak of nature” Akuyami announced before charging in with Hiara right beside him. “Hunter’s fury!” Focusing all of his attack power into his fist, the pair sent a fierce punch straight for the infected tree’s torso as a wave of force shook the entire dungeon. Their target staggered back, nearly ripping from it’s roots before hitting the ground with a massive crash as the floor around them began to crack apart.
“Seems Ryu’s increased gravity also boosted the damage inflicted on the tree when it hit the ground” Sukuda watched still within sanctuary as a purple mist began to flow out of the bosses’ body. The hunter and berserker landed in front of the tree when the purple gas floated past them. Before either of them could say something, the pair collapsed on the ground, passed out from the mysterious gas.
“Shit! We need to help them before it’s too late!” Bloodspire cried out. That’s when he saw Sokoyai and Tempest being affected by the gas as well even within the magical field of sanctuary. “S-sukuda” One of them uttered before collapsing. The warlock could feel a dizziness wash over him when his pet slime jumped onto him, forming a protective layer over his body buying him a few moments before he ran out of oxygen.
“U-undead body!” Transforming himself into an undead, the gas floated past him with no effect. “Hmph! Your poisonous gas has no effect on me! I’ll finish this before you can kill my friends! Size mimicry!” Increasing his size equal to the tree, the necromancer stepped over his unconscious friends, gripping the tree and pulling with all his strength. The tree let out sadistic cries as it’s branches whipped him from all directions in an attempt to stop him, only for Sukuda to tear the monster from it’s roots ultimately defeating it.
Out of breath the young warlock turned back to normal, shrinking back to his normal size as he fell from 10 feet in the air. Denjiro quickly detached itself from his master’s body before taking in air to grow into a large cushion just before Sukuda landed on him...
About an hour later...
Bloodspire awoke still within the dungeon, noticing his party were still out-cold from the poisonous gas. Luckily his friends had about 20%-40% HP left so they were still alive just unconscious. “Let’s hurry and get our party out of here Denjiro, it’s not safe for them here if any of those large insects show up”
“mm, mm” The slime uttered nodding it’s head. Denjiro took in as much air as it could, pulling the party inside it’s expanded body before they found the trigram that brought them back outside. “Sigh, I think that’s the last dungeon, for today, I warned them it was a bad idea and they nearly got themselves killed. Whatever...I'm just glad we managed to keep them alive”
Denjiro dropped each member out of his mouth while Sukuda carefully set them up against a tree to rest in a random part of the forest. Sitting down to rest, the warlock soon fell asleep...
Sukuda
[Level 23 Achieved]
Tempest
[Level 20 Achieved]
Sokoyai
[Level 22 Achieved]
A Few Hours Later...
He awoke to someone lightly slapping his face, only to see Sokoyai bent down looking at him closely. “Heh, glad to see you’re ok Sukuda, we were all worried something might’ve happened when we all blacked out. Seems you managed to get us out of the dungeon before that rotten tree could finish us off!”
“Yeah you’re welcome. I’m just glad to see you all made it out safe. Let’s hurry and head back to Wolfborne before it gets too late” looking up at the sky, they could tell it was getting late as the sky began turning violet signaling evening…
Making their way back to Wolfborne, Hiara asked where the others will be sleeping tonight. “I usually sleep randomly like an inn or random cabin I find in the woods when I’m out monster hunting or searching for a dungeon”
As they walked through the streets, Sukuda replied: “I and my party at the time figured out the king and his shit of a knight Maximus were abusing their power and stealing from the innocent, once we found that out I personally took care of ending his miserable life and therefore claiming Wolfborne as my own”
Hiara was taken aback by Sukuda's blunt confession. She spoke up: "Isn't that a bit extreme? Killing the king and his knights?" Sukuda's expression hardened as he turned to face her. "Do you know what it's like to see your people being oppressed and robbed of their hard-earned resources every day? To live in constant fear and uncertainty? The king and his knights were corrupt to the core, and someone had to put a stop to it”
The group fell silent as they followed Sukuda through the streets of Wolfborne. The town looked different than before, with merchants and townspeople going about their business like nothing had happened. It was if the previous regime had never existed. Hiara broke the silence. "Sukuda, are you saying that you're the new ruler of Wolfborne?" Sukuda shrugged nonchalantly. "I suppose you could call me that. But I don't rule with an iron fist like the previous king. I make sure that everyone has a fair chance and that justice is served"
Reaching the golden castle, Sukuda led everyone through the large royal lobby Where they were taken up stairs to the east corridor where rooms were aligned across the hallway. “You can choose any one of these bedrooms Hiara, Tempest…I’ll be in my room if anyone needs me, but I’m sure I’ll fall asleep before something actually comes up”
While the rest of the Party closed the door to their new rooms, Sukuda made his way across the corridor where he found his clone still sitting upon his throne fast asleep from boredom, snores echoed throughout the large room. “Heh, you may be a perfect duplication of me, but I doubt I snore this loud”
Approaching the snoring doppelganger, Sukuda lightly kicked his foot. “Hey wake up, you did your job pretending to be me, all that’s left is for you to keep watch over the castle in case we’re attacked. You don’t have to just sit in here, just stay within the castle” The clone slowly stirred awake, rubbing his eyes and letting out a deep yawn. "Oh, Sukuda? I must have dozed off for a while" Sukuda nodded in response. "Yes, but We can't afford to let our guard down now, not after all that we've been through. Make sure to stay alert and keep a lookout for any potential threats"
The clone nodded, quickly getting up from his throne stretching his limbs. "Don't worry, I'll handle things from here. You should get some rest” With a nod once more, the young warlock made his way to his royal bedroom before utterly passing out the moment his head hit the pillow…
As the sun shined over Wolfborne, Sukuda was awoke by his pet slime Denjiro who bounced excitedly before him, it’s purple circular body jigging. Sukuda sat up in his bed as he looked at Denjiro. "What is it, Denjiro? Why are you so excited?"
Denjiro made a series of cute noises, bouncing even higher as it communicated with Sukuda. It seemed to be pointing towards the window. He got up from his bed, walking towards the window to see what it was that had Denjiro so excited. Looking outside, he saw a group of villagers standing at the gates of the castle, they seemed nervous, looking around as if they were being watched.
Sukuda quickly got dressed, motioning for Denjiro to follow him. As Bloodspire made his way out of the room, he knocked on each member’s bedroom door, alerting them that something might be happening near the castle gate.
"What's going on?" Hiara called out from behind her door. The purple-haired caster spoke louder: "There are villagers at the gates. We need to find out what's going on. It could be nothing, but it’s best we check the situation in case something really is happening”
That’s when Tempest stepped out of his room half awake. “What are you yelling about Sukuda?” The mage yawned trying to keep from falling over. Bloodspire told him to wait until everyone was here before he explained it once more. “I hate repeating myself, so it’s better to just wait until the whole party is finally here”
As the rest of the group gathered in the hallway, Bloodspire began to explain the situation at the castle gates. "From what I've gathered, there seems to be a group of villagers gathered at the gates. They seem frightened. We need to investigate and see if we can help"
“Sure why not, it’s not like we have much to do at the moment” Hiara commented before the party made their way outside the castle. Standing in front of the royal castle gate, Sukuda watched as a group of citizens ran up to him in fear. “Thank heavens you’ve come king Bloodspire! Something awful as happened outside the kingdom. We normally send explorers out to find needed resources such as extra food or veins containing ore or gold. We may be a wealthy kingdom on the outside, but our once terrible king Julius wasted our kingdom’s gold to appear more wealthy towards the other 3 kingdoms…anyways, some of our explorers have gone missing around an abandoned temple but I and my fellow explorers are too scared to look for them”
“Alright, me and my party will search the temple for your missing friends. I’d suggest you stay in the city until we figure out what happened”
Max Leveling party set out towards the abandoned temple, keeping a wary eye out for any signs of danger along the way. After traveling for about an hour, they arrived at the temple, they noticed that the entrance looked old and worn. The path leading up to it was overgrown with ivy and weeds, suggesting it hadn't been used in quite some time. However, as they approached the entrance, they could feel a sense of unease settling over them.
“I’ll go 1st, you all stay behind me incase there’s an ambush” The berserker warned. Suddenly Sokoyai snapped back: “Fuck that! If there’s an ambush, it’s going to be a blood bath!” The blood elf dashed past the others pulling out a pistol, following Akuyomi close behind.
As they reached the top of the stone steps, Sokoyai spotted a figure standing in front of one the white marble columns aligning the entrance. “Watch out!” Throwing his arm Sokoyai fired a single shot right for the suspicious figure, only for the silhouette to dodge with immense speed.
“Nice shot…but I’m afraid a mere firearm won't do you any good against one who’s foresight surpasses that of a mere human” Stepping out from the shade, a tall muscular man with dark skin Stepping forward into the light. He wore a gold GI like your typical marital artist, he had spikey light brown hair with one big strand lying across his face. “I’m curious of just how strong your party is…could it be enough to beat my foresight?”
Akuyomi looked at the man with an intense stare. He could feel power emanating from him. "Who are you?" he asked, getting ready to draw his legendary weapon the martial artist smiled, his eyes glittering with excitement. "I’ll tell you, but only if you can survive two minutes against me…I am a master of foresight and a skilled martial artist, I came here to test my skills against worthy opponents… and it seems I have found them.”
Sukuda was confused by his challenge. “Do you mean fight each of us in a 1V1 or do you mean our entire party!?” Their target smirked going into a kung-fu stance. “I mean I’ll take all five of you on!” Hiara clinched her fist growing frustrated towards the new combatant. “Tsk, you really think that low of us!? I’ll show you that it’ll take more than just foresight to win a fight! Demonic transmutation!” The fighter watched as her left arm transformed once more into a giant muscular demon arm. “I’m going 1st!” She cried out advancing her opponent.
Her party watched as she threw a fierce blow right for the martial artist. That’s when a 3rd eye opened in the center of his forehead. It’s iris glowed gold as their foe could see mere moments into the future and know the demon Hunter’s next move. “Your next words will be: “Demonic strike”
“Demonic strike!” Hiara sent a sudden punch straight for him, only for the man to lean just out of the way of her fierce attack. The fighter grinned, his eyes flickering with amusement. "Impressive, but not enough" He launched himself towards Hiara, moving with blinding speed.
She tried to counter with another strike, but again he seemed to anticipate every move she made, dodging it with ease. Hiara gritted her teeth in frustration. She had never faced an opponent with this level of foresight before, and knew it was going to be a tough fight. She took a step back, her demon arm reverting back to its normal form.
As the rest of the party moved in to help, the stranger seemed to anticipate their every move with ease. Sokoyai fired their weapon, but the Seer was already out of the way before the bullets could even hit.