Lucifer's scream echoed behind Yuki as he kept running away while dragging Chiho with him. As for where he chose to run to? Of course, it was to where the demons and the hero were sealed…
'Tch, this should stall that bastard for some time… Let the chili powder burn your eyes the way it burned my money and mouth…' Thought Yuki without even looking back and hoping that Olba wouldn't attack him as this wouldn't really benefit him…
"Yuki-kun what's going on?" asked Chiho who couldn't comprehend the weird situation they were in and Yuki could only say "Trouble beyond our understanding"
"Are you feeling fine?" Asked Chiho while looking at Yuki's red face and swollen lips from the intense heat of the chili powder… and she felt a chill when she thought about having such a thing entering her eyes… 'That winged boy is probably dying from agony right now…'
"I'm fine" Yuki barely squeezed these words from his mouth as they started approaching the Villa Rosa and Chiho finally thought about Maou and that they might bring him danger so she immediately stopped and said "No, we can't go here. That guy is after me, I can't make Maou-san face such danger"
However, Yuki wasn't in the mood to hear any heroic words as he simply said "Forgive me for what I'm about to do" and before she could respond. Yuki hit her with a right hook to the jaw knocking her out immediately before he put her on his shoulder like a sack of potato and started running again and before long he reached the Rosa Villa building and climbed the stairs but he found that the barrier was still there…
"Yuki, what's going on outside?" Asked Maou who was relieved when he saw that Chiho was fine, although she was unconscious for some reason he didn't understand with a red mark on her left cheek.
"That guy I showed you in the video tried to kidnap Chiho-chan but I dealt with him for now, but he might be coming here soon…" said Yuki quickly, and just as he finished, sounds of destruction and people screaming echoed from the outside, clearly it was Lucifer going berserk from the pain he was feeling and the shockwaves of his madness reached all the way here…
BOOM BOOM BOOM
"Can't you guys deal with this barrier?" asked Yuki hurriedly but an elderly voice suddenly responded to him
"They can't escape from such a high-level barrier, what a fascinating thing, it's even blocking the demon lord from absorbing the negative emotions generated from Lucifer's rampage"
Yuki nodded worriedly and said "I see, thanks for the explanation buddy" but' then he noticed Maou, Ashiya, and Emilia looking at him with a dumbfounded expression while pointing at the man that appeared beside him… So, he started turning his head slowly while gulping nervously and saw a bald man standing beside him while looking at the barrier curiously…
'FUCK, where did this guy appear from, and here I thought I was the creep…' Thought Yuki as he heard Olba speaking
"Emilia why are you with these demons? Did you betray the church?" Said Olba trying to justify his actions to kill her…
"Of course not Olba, I would never befriend these demons, quickly help me try to break this barrier from the outside" Said Emilia, not taking Olba's words seriously thinking that he was her friend and would believe her…
However, his smile suddenly turned sinister as he said " It's clear as day, you betrayed the church and entered an alliance with the demons… How regretful"
"Olba what are you talking about!" Said Emilia as she approached closer to the barrier starting to realize that something was wrong but suddenly Maou held her back and said "You were planning to get rid of her from the start right. After all, there's no need for a hero now that the demon lord is defeated. Especially if the hero is too strong for your church to control"
"What are you talking about Satan? The church would never do thi-" Emilia tried to refute him, but she suddenly lost conviction in her words when she noticed Maou shake his head and pointing at Yuki who showed her the video of Olba sitting in the restaurant with Lucifer when their attack happened…
"This is… why would he collude with Lucifer, no why is Lucifer alive in the first place? I killed him with my own hands!" Emilia's worldview was broken, all her life she worked for the church, only to get betrayed in the end…
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This time Maou calmly analyzed the situation and said "They probably started colluding back in Ente Isla and the church somehow helped him fake his death, they probably promised him that they would help him return to heaven, right Olba?"
'Good, good, talk more' thought Yuki while looking at the time on his phone showing that he still had 13 minutes to waste…
"Your intellect is terrifying as always demon lord" Said Olba to Maou before he turned to Yuki and said "you actually filmed us back then huh?" He was surprised by the video Yuki was showing and Yuki replied with a genuine smile "I found you very handsome, I never expected that I would be capturing something out of this world"
"That's flattering" Said Olba with a similarly genuine smile before his right hand quickly snatched Yuki by the neck and carried him along with Chiho effortlessly...
"It seems like you are close to these three so unfortunately you need to die" Said Olba as Maou's eye started shining with a terrible light and Emilia's killing intent flared up while Ashiya started smashing the barrier with his fists in anger.
"Olba stop!" Yelled Emilia as she activated her remaining magic causing her hair to turn white and a sword appeared in her hand and she began attacking the barrier and Ashiya followed after her yelling and his hands started transforming into claws "You bastard let go of my neighbor" however they made no damage on the barrier…
Maou on the other hand didn't say anything as he pushed his analytic abilities to their absolute limit trying to find any flaws to this barrier but even after his best effort, he found none… for the first time in his life, he felt truly defeated by something beyond him...
"Hehehe what a nice barrier, say goodbye" Said Olba with a deranged smile as he was about to crush Yuki's neck but he suddenly bit again on another bag of chili powder that was still in his mouth and blew it on Olba's face…
"Great he got him! That's the sneaky Yuki I know" Yelled Ashiya enthusiastically but then his face quickly turned into horror again when he saw that there was no reaction from Olba as a faint barrier blocked this sneak attack and he smugly said "Unfortunately for you kid, I saw what you did to that idiot Lucifer so I was prepared for your sneaky ways"
Olba got even more delighted when he saw the horrified expression on Yuki's face and it pained the two demons and the hero watching as they couldn't do anything to help him…
And just as Olba was about to crush Yuki's neck, Yuki kept thrashing around and used this movement to sneakily retrieve a small knife that was hidden in the sleeve of his shirt and grabbed it in his right hand secretly before he crushed the last bag of chili powder in his mouth and blew it at Olba who blocked it with another barrier around his face and smugly said "Struggle all you want young man, nothing will save y-"
*Stab*
Olba suddenly felt a strong pain coming from his chest and when he lowered his head, he saw a knife going through his chest and its tip slightly piercing his heart. If not for it being small, his heart would have been pierced completely 'This kid was actually trying to distract me all this time with those petty tricks?'
Olba couldn't help but let go of Yuki as he held his chest to stop the bleeding while Yuki started coughing violently and gasping for air as he almost died and dropped Chiho from his shoulder all the while looking at Olba and thinking 'Too bad I couldn't conceal a bigger knife, but if you think this is over, you would be underestimating me'
"Good job Yuki" Said Ashiya in excitement but then Olba started healing his wound with magic and said "You really angered me now, you lost your chance to have an easy death"
"Really? I'm surprised you are bothering with me instead of your own life?" said Yuki with an evil smile that surprised Olba as he asked "What do you mean?"
At this moment Chiho started wiggling, clearly she was about to wake up as Yuki said
"You see, I used to be a drug addict and I know all kinds of bad characters in society, so I got in touch with some of my old connections and got some cyanide from them. I'm surprised you didn't die already as it's already in your heart and body"
"You! You poisoned me?" Olba hearing this suddenly started feeling unwell and found it hard to breathe and Yuki used this opportunity to try to stab him again, however, Olba quickly reacted and teleported away back to where he was staying with Lucifer before he collapsed and started focusing all of his magic to get rid of this dangerous poison…
"Haaah, good thing this all worked out" said Yuki and when he turned around, he noticed the trio looking at him with both admiration and worry so he asked, "Is there something on my face?"
And Emilia couldn't help but say with a helpless but happy smile "Yes, it's on fire"
And Yuki was suddenly reminded of the terrible pain he was feeling to achieve that level of distraction and ended up letting a bloodcurdling scream "AAAAAAAAAAA" before he rushed to his room and started pouring water inside his mouth as tears and snot fell from his face…
And Maou couldn't help but smile especially when he noticed the barrier weakening…
After a while, Yuki finally returned to them with a pained expression on his face and he noticed that there was still 8 minutes to go
"Yuki, you are amazing, I should really learn from your demonic ways" Said Ashiya, his face full of admiration and Yuki simply ignored him and said "Is there any way for you guys to break this barrier quickly?"
Emilia shook her head regretfully and said "Even at our full power I don't think we can" You could see that her eyes lost some of their shine but now wasn't the time to comfort her because suddenly, a magical explosive smashed the building beside them instantly destroying it as an angry Lucifer with bloodshot eyes appeared above them and said with pure hate…
"Finally, I found you" and the fallen angel and the ghost were about to have their round two!