The Kind of Evil

Rasmus stared at the statue from beneath his helmet, and he felt uneasy by the way the statue glared down at the corpses with his three eyes. He had never felt disturbed by a dead object before, but something about the statue made his heart race.

Suddenly a ray of light lit the hall, and it blinded everyone in the hall. They couldn't see a thing but whiteness no matter how hard they tried to cover their eyes from the source of the light.

"Don't open your eyes!" Astrea shouted. "That statue is the source of evil! I'm going to cleanse this place, and I don't know what's going to happen, but I suggest you to be ready!" She warned as she kept releasing ball of light using her divine powers.

As the light became brighter and brighter, they could hear faint screams and shrieks from around them. The screams and shrieks were right on their ears, forcing everyone to cover their ears tightly. It wasn't the first time Rasmus heard something like that, it was similar to what Videl did, the screams of the souls of the dead and the demons.

The cave suddenly trembled heavily as if it was collapsing, making everyone panic. Rasmus immediately reached the wall and tried to prevent the cave from collapsing. He used the Mana that got purified by Astrea's powers and controlled it to strengthen the structure in the walls. Novia did the same by creating a powerful Mana barrier that pressed against the walls and ceiling, supporting them and preventing them from collapsing.

The earthquake became stronger, but because of Rasmus and Novia, the cave was secured. Suddenly Rasmus and Xena felt something was approaching them from the back. They both turned around and pulled out their swords, running toward Astrea to protect her.

They swung their swords without knowing what it was since they were still blinded by the light. The sound of steel clashing against another steel was heard, it wasn't their swords that clashed with each other, it was their swords that clashed with another sword.

Astrea who noticed what was happening, immediately released the ball of light and let it explode into small light particles that got blown by the shockwave. When she turned around, she saw a knight in black armor clash his sword against Xena's and Rasmus's swords. The knight wore a full plate armor and a helmet that covered his whole face, but the glowing red light of his eyes was visible beneath the helmet.

"A demon!" Astrea glared at the knight as she clasped her hands.

Xena and Rasmus imbued their bodies and swords with Aura to overpower the demon. However, they still couldn't overpower the demon with Aura in their bodies, shocked by the demon's strength. Rasmus who noticed that the demon didn't get affected by divine power, it only meant one thing.

"He's not an ordinary demon, divine power won't hurt him enough!" Rasmus warned as he imbued his body with Mana, turning it into electricity to boost his speed and strength two folds.

Novia couldn't help them because she had to reinforce the cave with a more powerful Mana barrier or the cave would collapse and crush them. She could only watch from the distance and was focused on her task.

The Paladins came into the hall after they saw the light particles, and saw the demon who was clashing his sword with Rasmus and Xena. They decided to join in, but suddenly the demon pushed himself back and swung his sword at all the paladins, releasing a strong slash wave of Aura at them. The paladins could barely react to it and got thrown onto the walls really hard, making some of them unconscious.

Rasmus found an opening and dashed toward the demon, imbuing his sword with Aura and lightning. He swung his sword at the demon's back, but to his surprise, the demon turned around and repelled his attack. He was in the open, and the demon used his free hand to punch him right on his chestplate.

Rasmus was thrown onto the other side of the hall and hit the wall really hard. Fortunately, he had imbued his armor with Aura, making the punch less deadly. He groaned in pain as he tried to stand up and watched Xena clash with the demon.

Astrea created a focused ray of light toward the demon's face, and it was enough to hurt the demon. Xena took the opportunity to swing her sword at the demon's head, but the demon stopped her sword with his bare hand. She was shocked, but she immediately threw a left kick to the demon's side, kicking him to the wall.

Rasmus swung his sword rapidly, releasing powerful slash waves of Aura at the demon from the distance. The slash wave ripped and tore the wall of the cave into tiny debris. He immediately cast wind magic to disperse the smoke, but to his surprise, the demon barely had any scratches on his armor.

The demon broke free from the wall and sucked Mana, turning it into demonic energy. Astrea who saw it, didn't hesitate to release a surge of divine energy in the shape of light arrows. She released the light arrows and pierced through the demon's armor, hurting him badly.

Xena charged in and tried to cut the armor, however, even with a strong Aura she used, her sword couldn't pierce through the armor. The demon then grabbed her by the neck and threw her away onto the wall. The demon turned his head toward Astrea, and dashed toward her.

The Paladins blocked his path and swung their swords with all their might, but it was futile. The demon swung his sword horizontally, cutting the paladin's bodies in half, killing them instantly. Paladins were the strongest knights that could be said to be right below Swordmasters in strength and skill, but they were powerless against him.

The Servil's knights took the chance to stab the demon in the back, and it was enough to distract him from Astrea. The demon roared and pushed the knights onto the walls, unable to withstand his overwhelming Aura.

Rasmus didn't hesitate to absorb more Mana into his body and turned it into an extremely dense Aura. He pushed himself beyond his limit, but his vision became blurry and dizzy at the same time. He gritted his teeth as he kept absorbing Mana into his body, but this time he turned it into sparks of lightning to keep him awake and focused.

The sparks appeared all over his armor, and with every move he made, sparks were released around him. He dashed toward the demon, creating a massive crater on the ground and a strong shockwave of Aura that cracked the ground, walls, and ceiling. He swung his sword down vertically with all his might at the demon.

When the demon blocked Rasmus's attack, the demon's sword shattered into pieces, and oddly enough, the shattered pieces floated because of the magnetic field because of the sparks that Rasmus released. The demon knew that he wouldn't be able to survive from the attack, and there was nothing he could do.

Rasmus's sword cut through the demon's head and down to the crotch like cutting air. For the others, it all happened in the blink of an eye from the moment Rasmus cracked his surroundings to the point of him cutting the demon in half.

The demon fell to his knees, then his body got split in half, revealing the body inside the armor. Astrea created a divine barrier around the hall, preventing the demon from leaving. She then shrunk the barrier until she managed to seal the demon within the barrier like a cage.

"Die you evil creature!" Astrea screamed as she glared at the demon inside the cage of divine energy and clasped her hands tightly.

The demon resisted while the cage was shrinking and tried to kill him. The cage struggled to contain the demon as the demon tried to reach out his long fingers. The demon growled in pain and glared at Astrea with anger and hatred. The growl was enough to make Servil's knights faint.

As soon as the cage shrunk, it exploded and turned into light particles. Rasmus couldn't find the demon everywhere, and he didn't feel his presence anymore. The earthquake stopped, and Novia immediately ran toward Astrea to protect her.

"He ran away..." Astrea collapsed to her knees. "But he should be heavily injured, and nothing can help him... he will die because of the injury... I hope..." she muttered.

Rasmus released the Aura and the lightning within his body, releasing a powerful shockwave. If Novia didn't create a Mana barrier, Astrea and her would get hurt by that shockwave. Rasmus then lost consciousness and collapsed to the ground.

"Count!" Novia shouted as she ran toward Rasmus to check his condition.

Astrea slowly turned around and stared at the statue of the three-eyed man.

"We will hunt you down... God will not let you do as you pleases..." Astrea muttered under her breath as she clenched her fists.