Kind Demon King

Walls of ice blocked my vision not so long after Blanche told me that.

“Trying to run away? Not so fast!”

I lifted my shield high as its claws hit the ice wall and shattered it. Countless ice shards rained down on us. Blanche created an arcane shield and Duncan spun his axes to block them. I pulled White Cerberus Spear from my back and put it to my bow. I pulled the string back.

(Monstrous Strength is activated. Strength is increased by 25 for 135 seconds.)

I pulled the string hard and far enough to make bow creaking noises.

“That’s not an arrow, you brat!”

Duncan shouted but I didn’t give a fuck. I let the string go. A 2-meter spear flying with that force behind it nearly made me lose my balance but I managed to stand my ground. It whistled in the air before reaching the left eye of the more talkative wolf. Countless yellow sparks flew in the air before the light coming off from its eye was gone out.

“You should been more careful, Brother.”

“Shut the fuck up, Sköll.”

It opened its mouth. Suddenly I was flying in the air, in Blanche’s arms. I saw blue lightning fly in the air and I realized that she entered her lightning mode. I looked down and saw the ground we stood just now was turned into lava.

“Hmmm. Are we doing this?”

Other wolf asked.

“Hell yeah, we are doing this!”

“I see. Very well, I’ll use my Breath too.”

It also opened its mouth towards us. Blanche created an ice block and used it to change directions in the air. As we landed beside Agatha and Percavel, I saw an ice ball appear in the air, again where we just stood. It fell to the ground with a huge thung.

“Their attacks don’t have telegraph!”

Oh, Duncan was still alive. How lucky. For him.

“Except when they open their mouth!”

I shouted.

“Percavel take Agatha! We need to move! We can’t block their Breath attacks!”

With a groan, Percavel stood up and picked Agatha up.

“Duncan distract them!”

“Easy to say!”

“Strength of Light! Shining Protection!”

(Your strength increases by 5 percent for 10 minutes. Your next attack will carry the power of light and will deal 100 percent more damage.)

(Your defense increases by 10 for 10 minutes. The next attack you will receive will be reduced by 20 percent.)

Agatha chanted as a golden light covered us. The effects of the buff directly were apparent as my muscles were filled with power.

“Meh! Using the power of an Antion to fight us? Disrespectful!”

Yellow-eyed one opened its mouth.

“Don’t think so!”

Duncan slammed its jaw from below. The creature’s jaws were closed forcefully with a huge force. Yet after the aftershocks of Duncan’s attack ended it slammed its head to the ground, hitting Duncan.

“How long can you maintain that form, My Lady?”

“Less than 5 minutes.”

Fuck. I was still in her arms as she circled around the blue one, dodging the ice attacks.

“Their eye seems to be their weak point.”

“They know it too! They are protecting their eyes!”

I picked arrows from my quiver.

“I may hit them but I don’t think they are strong enough. I need buffs!”

She looked at me.

“Will you be able to shoot them while I carry you?”

“I have no other choice. I am not fast enough to dodge that breath attack. Can you engulf their claws with my signal?”

“Yes. Arcane Infusion. Strength Up. Will that be enough?!”

(Your strength increases by 10 percent for 10 minutes.)

The arrows I held were infused with mana, growing in size.

“I am not my brother, humans. If you think you can shoot my eyes, you are wrong.”

“We’ll see about that asshole!”

I shouted as I pulled the string.

“Yes. We’ll see.”

It slammed its claws to the ground. Countless ice pillars rose from the ground, blocking most of my vision. Percavel slammed one of them, nearly planting face down to the ground with Agatha but he managed to gain his balance by hitting his shield to the ground. Unlike him, Blanche didn’t have any problems, gracefully moving and dodging the ice pillars. Thanks to that I kept my string pulled.

“Now!”

“Ice Wall!”

Its claws got covered with ice. But it just growled and the ice broke and was formed into several ice spears.

“What? It can control the ice I created with my magic?”

“Where did your arrow go, human?”

It was still in my bow. However, we were hidden behind one of the ice pillars it created.

“Perish.”

Ice spears it created flew towards us. At the same time, I let my arrow go. I curved it around the pillar. It passed through countless spears and hit Wolf’s eye. Blue sparks danced in the air as its eye socket was carved and broken by my arrow. Damn. Buffs are really something, aren’t they?

“Well played, human. Using my abilities to confuse me.”

“How did you know it could control my ice?”

Blanche asked me as she dodged ice spears.

“I didn’t. I just assumed it could break free since it controls ice and is resistant to magic. I also assumed it would be its weakest when it thought it gained upper hand against us.”

“I see.”

“Were you some kind of great general in your past life?”

It interrupted our conversation. It slammed its claws again. Ice pillars broke and started to fly in the air.

“But even if your combat knowledge is as great as a God of War, your strength is just a speck. You won’t be able to defeat us like that.”

Ice in big chunks started to fall to the ground with immense speed and force. Blanche threw me to the ground as her sabre shone brightly with mana. She swung it, cutting the ice blocks with a single swing. I saw Percavel do the same. Agatha looked offended by how he threw her to the ground. While I grinned, I also raised my body. I put another arrow into my bow.

“Hey!”

The spear I shot at the yellow-eyed one fell beside me.

“I can’t hold the other one any longer! You guys couldn’t kill that one with 4 people!”

Duncan shouted as he landed to our left. He should have pulled it out.

“Goddamnit Duncan! Don’t group together! We are just a clear target now! Per to right! Blanche to the left! Spread!”

I shouted as I grabbed my spear. As wolves opened their mouth we ran as fast as we could. The area we stood on turned into a half-frozen, half-melted hell.

“Our buffs will end if we keep this! Poyraz, come up with some ideas!”

Blanche shouted as she created lightning balls and sent them hurling toward the monsters.

“Wait, me? You are the expedition leader!”

“And I am ordering you to come up with ideas using my authority as the expedition leader!”

Damn. I couldn’t come up with a retort to that.

“Shit! Can we make them hit each other?”

“How, dumbass? Their attack canceled each other!”

Oh, Duncan was also running beside us.

“Because their attack clashed! We should find a way to distract one while making other one attack!”

“And how we are going to do that?”

“I can draw the attention of the ice one! Fire one seems more reckless so you can make it attack easier!”

Percavel shouted. Well, at least one of them contributed to the plan. It also suited me. My resistance towards fire was higher anyways.

“Duncan, you also go and help Per! We got this.”

Blanche’s attack had a better chance of working since this one controlled fire.

“You got this? Your arrogance knows no bounds, human!”

“Ah, shut up. I took both of your eyes and you couldn’t even lay a paw on me!”

I jumped into Blanche’s arms.

“I can get used to this!”

I heard a soft sigh.

“You better not be.”

Wolf hit the ground with its claws. Just like before, countless pillars rose from the ground. Except for this time they were made out of the fire. Heat smacked my face. Even with my innate resistance, this was a little bit too much.

“Resist Heat.”

(You have been buffed by magic Resist Heat. Your resistance towards heat will be increased by 25 percent for 5 minutes.)

Blanche dodged the pillars. Unlike the ice ones just dodging them wasn’t enough. Heat radiating from them was intense. I felt just a slight discomfort but I wasn’t sure about Blanche. Wait. The pillars it created were in a lower number. Could it be? I released my arrow. It raised its claw to block it. Hmm. It was just as it expected it. But not this! I put another arrow and shot it back to back. Its trajectory seemed to be the same. Wolf raised its claw to block, just like before. However, this time it curved at the last second and went directly into its remaining eye.

(You acquired passive personal skill Archer- ERROR.)

(Your shooting capabilities do not match with any records found in this world…)

(Calculating…)

(No records can be created or acquired… For compensation you acquired passive skill Marksmansh-)

(Interception detected. Records are being added. You acquired the passive skill Indomitable Marksmanship.)

“I am sorry I can’t be more help.”

Wait! I know that voice! The Star who brought me here! Wait! Wait! I looked around but the only thing I could see was the yellow-eyed wolf trashing around.

“Did you hear that?”

I asked Blanche.

“Only thing I can hear is that thing destroying everything!”

Fire leaked from its body. Damn. It was also making wild growls and roars. I expected more cheeky insults and calling me humans but… It seems like it lost all its reasoning.

“I think it lost control of its elemental abilities! Their eyes must have some kind of connection to them!”

“I realized that! I can kill it by myself now!”

“Wha… Are you sure? What about the plan to make them attack each other?

“I will take care of it myself. You go and destroy the other one’s eye.”

She let me down slowly. I wanted to run to the other side but the blue one jumped towards the yellow one.

“Hati, no! You mustn’t lose yourself! No! No!”

This… This is awkward. I saw others run towards us.

“What is happening?”

I just shrugged my shoulders. Blue one tried to bite down and push the other one to the ground but it resisted.

“No! You can’t! We are not animals, Brother! Come to your senses!”

They wrestled around destroying each other and the area.

“I think we need to get the fuck out of here!”

Even the rocks flying towards us due to their clash were enough danger. They were also coming towards us too? I didn’t want to get crushed to death while they roughed each other. We fell back to a safe area and watched them kill each other. Blanche was out of her lightning mode and she was leaning on me but she was trying to make it not too obvious. I respected her will to not look weak in front of her comrades. But using that form must be really draining. She had enough stamina to fight against hordes of monsters in her normal form but using that form for 5 minutes drained her this much?

…

“So that was this easy?”

Percavel asked.

“Define easy. Because shooting their eyes was hard as fuck.”

“I don’t know. I didn’t expect them to attack each other.”

I cleared my throat and looked at Blanche. She nodded.

“Agatha, heal us to full, please. If your mana is low use potions. Looks like we have to finish the remaining one.”

After recovering to full we moved back to the gate. Yellow-eyed one was in pieces. The light coming off it was no longer there.

“What a cheap way to win, human.”

The Blue one looked very damaged now.

“Bullshit. You two are giant wolves made out of solid rock with elemental power. There is no such thing as a cheap win against you.”

It snorted.

“Is this your way of complimenting us?”

I shrugged my shoulders.

“I am just- Wait!”

Duncan attacked it, breaking a huge piece of it.

“It is a fucking monster, brat! You don’t talk to them!”