What’s with this guy? He’s been talking about someone who somehow looks like me? What’s going on here? The Heavenly Flame Body is a technique that I created myself so it’s impossible for someone else to know about it. Unless that person used something similar but I doubt that. The Heavenly Flame Body focuses on power. With each punch I connect to my opponent, an explosive force created by the flames would be released and thus increasing the impact.

Huh, I’m straying from the fight again. I need to finish this guy before the allotted time lapses. Since a lot of my energy has been absorbed by his blade, the time I can maintain this form is limited. And because of the demonic energy everywhere, it is further limited.

I managed to crack his armour but I guess that as long as he has demonic energy, he can just repair it. Which is why I shouldn’t give him a chance. I’ll attack him tirelessly.

I then charge at him. He seems weird and isn’t preparing for my attack. I guess I should take this chance. I punch him in the gut, breaking through his armour. My punch then connects to his skin and so does my flames. I send him crashing against the trees. Blood spews out of his mouth.

He then smiles for some reason.

“Hehe. Yes, show me more, human named Allen.”

We clash again exchanging blows. My attacks are more effective now than they were before. I can tell that he is enjoying the fight. Who am I kidding? I am enjoying the fight too! I have never fought in such an amazing battle as this one.

I also keep using fire magic on him but it is all useless. It seems that any magician who would fight this guy would be at a disadvantage, especially since his weapon literally swallows any attack thrown at it.

Our battle is so fierce that the forest is being torn apart with every attack. Thanks to the barrier I deployed, the damage is only kept to a minimum but it seems that if we keep on going like this, then it’s only a matter of time before the barrier breaks.

He then waves his hand and black rods shoot out of them. I manage to dodge them and he takes that chance to strike with Greed. I dodge that attack too but not unscathed.

I’m bleeding a lot and my wounds aren’t healing. My barrier, in this case, is basically like a piece of paper. It just gets slashed as well as me. The energy in my body is drained and half of the remaining energy is used to suppress the demonic energy from corrupting my body. The Demon Lord is tired too, I can tell since he isn’t regenerating as fast now. The damage he sustained from each of my attacks isn’t one to heal easily.

I manage to figure out something in my research about demons. They are able to heal from any physical injury they sustain but what if the injury isn’t physical? For example, a mind attack, not that I know of any.

My attacks in this form send shockwaves throughout the body. Instead of an attack that damages a single point which will basically make it easy for demons to heal, the damage I create is transferred throughout the body. The demon in question won’t even know about the damage until his body gives in. Not only that but since his speed of regeneration has slowed down, he won’t even notice the damage and when he does, he won’t have enough strength to heal it.

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“You’re something else kid,” he says, panting. “To think you would put me in such a predicament. You are even stronger than those so-called heroes from back then. In respect of our fight, I’ll show you something only a few people have seen and lived to tell about it.”

I prepare myself. Whatever the attack he is going to use is probably his last. I just need to make sure to avoid it and I might just— “Domain.”

I suddenly feel overwhelmed. A form of barrier or dome has covered the space we are standing on. I feel like no matter what I do, I would die.

“Do you feel it? Domain is the ultimate move only Demon Lords can do. A space is created when I activate this move. Everything in that space is under my control. You can’t escape.”

Saber and Ashes never told me about this. Did he perhaps not use it against the heroes? I can’t even ask Saber and Ashes right now because they’ve lost a lot of energy and are now in suspended sleep.

“Hmm, I found you peculiar so it turns out that you have a demon spirit inside of you. How does that even happen?

What a funny human you are.” I am surprised.

“Don’t act so surprised. As I said, everything in this space is under my control. So, I am able to perceive what is inside of you.”

Fuck, I can’t keep standing still like this and not do anything. Ariel, how much energy do I have left in my body?

Notice: You have twenty percent of energy in your body. Ten percent of it is being used to suppress the demonic energy from corrupting your body.

Use all the energy for this next attack.

Sorry master, but if you do that then not only will you be demonized, but you’ll be in a state of unconsciousness.

We don’t have any other choice.

Understood.

Now, how do you attack a person without moving even a finger? Simple, just use a move that doesn’t need any movement. The flames that were covering my body have disappeared and my body has reverted to the way it was.

“GRAVITY CONTROL: ATOMIC PRESSURE.”

A gigantic pressure comes flooding on top of both me and Mephistoles. Gravity control: Atomic Pressure is a magic spell I created after learning gravity magic. It sends enormous pressure upon a body at an atomic level. It crushes the object all the way to its atomic structure. This should buy me some—

“You don’t understand, do you?” he says, sighs and snaps his fingers. The pressure is completely erased, instantly.

“Everything under this Domain is under my control. Even your life.”

He then waves his fingers slightly and my arm is cut off. “Aaaargh!”

WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! Massive

blood loss! Excessive pain felt by the master! Initiating protocol 1-7A-D! Stopping the blood with mana and magic power? Not enough energy for the action to be initiated! Switching to muscle compression to stop further blood loss? Blood loss has been successfully stopped. Master is in pain! Switching off the neurons in the cut off arm? Action approved! Switching off neurons in the arm is complete.

Damn, I have never felt pain like this. Thanks to the protocols I put in place, I am able to save myself from the anguish.

“Stopping the bleeding with your muscles. I’m impressed.”

I need to get out of this Domain, or else I’m dead for sure.

“No matter how hard you look, you’ll never be able to leave this place. If that’s all you have to offer to entertain me, then die.”

Dozens of black rods come flying toward me. One stabs me in my leg, a few more in my stomach, chest and my shoulder. The last one is lodged in my heart. I hear Ray something but he is not audible enough. He seems panicked. I guess I’m dying again, huh? I wonder if I’ll get another chance at life.