A Summoner?-Chapter 117: A Literal Heart Demon?

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Chapter 117: A Literal Heart Demon? by Harem-Fan

"I WILL KILL YOU FOR THAT INSULT!"

Charming Luke is gone, he goes to the Dark Side!

As he lost his cool, I powered up Soul Eater and held it horizontally pointed backwards as I too rushed at the angry Luke...

"Die Sam... [Piercing Strike]" "Not today... [Vital Strike]"

Clang Clang! As we both made horizontal-arcing finishing-moves as our openers, the two attacks accurately countered one another, making both Luke and I get knocked back 10 feet from one another, as our boots made sliding sounds to stabilize us.

Whoosh~! Neither of us hesitated, and we sprinted to one another again, and this time, we both stabbed at one another.

"Heartbreak, goooo... [Aura Blow]" "[Elusive Movements] and counter... [Fast Attacks]"

Swish~! Slitch Sizzle~! Thanks to my defensive ability of [Elusive Movements], I was able to narrowly avoid the 6-inch death-zone of his blade tip, and my counterattack grazed his left hip, leaving a shallow strike with grey smoke exuding from the shallow cut.

The two of us separated quickly and took our Swordsmanship stances, to assess our situations. He lost his anger, and a hint of murder flowed in the depths of his eyes.

The Strong Knight specializes in powerful strikes to bypass defense and has many area of effect attacks, while the Swift Knight has many precision based and damage avoiding abilities, like what I used before.

We are the best of the Knight types for single combat. But the Strong Knight is the best for open warfare, so in this duel, I have a slight advantage.

But that weapon that can kill in a 6 inch strike is like holding a poisonous viper in your hands, and you have to watch where its strike will reach.

But the power of [Heighten Awareness] of mine, keeps giving me dangerous warnings as I near him.

I have not felt this kind of danger since the time I fought Dela, and a bad premonition is sinking in my heart. When I struck his hip, I felt a killing intent that was not like Human anger, but that of a teritorial beast.

"Prince Luke, you are not a Demon, are you?"

He scoffed, and said.

"You are naive and stupid, Sam. If I was a Demon, the Headmistress and my Father would know, so do not try and make others think I am working with the trash of Demon kind. Just die honorably, and I will protect Humanity with your sacrifice, so..."

Then he charged at me again in a cold-rage, as we both used our big moves again...

"Brat, die... [Aura Blow]" "Full counter... [Fast Attacks]"

Ting Dang Clang~! And soon, the two of us traded dozens of Aura Attacks at one another, slowly exhausting our Aura reserves.

Both of us have a pool equal to a peak 6th Circle Knight, so this battle is considered the high-end of the middle stage of Knight battles...

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Outside the ring, hearing my words, Evelina squinted her eyes, and under her eye-patch, her Cursed Eye had been activated and was following our fight.

Evil frowned seeing the wound, and my words made her become suspicious, and thus why she acttivated her power.

A bad feeling crept into her heart, and she wanted to warn Sam of her hunch, but yelling to him in this instance would possibly make an opening for Luke, so she hesitated, and trusted Sam for this.

She looked at the magic barrier surrounding the center arena ring, and frowned again, realizing that she cannot help Sam, because the field was made to stop even a 9th Circle from passing the field, even with teleport. She had a sinking guess that this may be a trap set to kill Sam.

After watching the battle nearing its climax, the worry for Sam overwhelmed Evelina, and she decided to make a big move...

"Falbium, Sam is in trouble, come forth... [Call Summons]"

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King Lucas, Zoe, and Kayo had all also noticed abnormalities in the arena by this time.

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The King stood and watched at the balcony, and asked the Mage in charge of the barrier.

"Can you drop the barrier now to intervene?"

"Majesty, in order to drop it, it will take 5 minutes without one of them not dying. Do you want me to start to open it?"

"Open it for me..."

Then to everyone's shock, the King stood on the ledge of the box, and squatted in a lowered posture...

"I am here... [Meteor Leap]"

Whoosh~ Boom~! And suddenly, the King was seen launching through the sky hundreds of feet to the other end of the arena, standing in a crater made by his landing.

Drawing his sword, he watched the end of the fight with grim eyes.

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Kayo, who has the most experience with the Demon lands, sensed something abnormal, and moved.

"Something is wrong, I am also going... [Long Range Teleport]"

And in a silvery flash, Kayo vanished from the Royal box, to appear next to Leonardo and asked.

"Did you feel it as well, it seems to be a member of the Demon Clan... I feel Sam has been trapped. Shall I age the Barrier now?"

Leo looked at his first born Son, and said.

"I do not understand, because all of my Royal Family is tested for Demonic influence regularly, and Luke has never before been infected with Demonic Energy?"

Kayo said grimly as she readied her magic.

"It might be a Demon of the Possession clan, and it could have been hidden in a magic lamp, then only recently fused with him to kill Sam?! This is my only guess. This way, Luke could work with his Demon and not show signs. The Demon probably wants Sam dead, and is using Luke to do it... [Area Time Utility]"

Kayo targeted the magic circle on the ground creating the dome barrier, to lessen the 5 minut shut down...

Leonardo seeing the grey and black smoke coming out with the blood of Luke, grit his teeth and said.

"If I would have only killed him long ago... But how could I know a Demon was at his side? I just hope Sam will be fine till we open the field..."

Kayo watching her husband said with a grin.

"Calm down, I have seen the future, and he will live till his Daughter in my belly is at least 8 years old, Sam will be fine..."

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Zoe standing at the balcony heard Kayo's words from even this long distance, and frowned.

Kayo's vision was of the future before she returned, right?

In her past life, Luke did not merge with his Demon partner, and in this life, Zoe was not able to find the 1st Prince's Demon Lamp. Now she knows that the Butterfly had the Demon hide inside of Luke, unlike her past.

As everyone in the box was standing and worried about the King and Kayo taking action, Zoe calmed everyone.

"Sam will be fine, everyone needs to be calm. They are just worried about unexpected events."

Then, using her Air magic, Zoe flew towards Evil to assist her...

As she was landing, she heard that Evelina was summoning, and her beautiful blonde eyebrows creased as she watched her Husband finishing the fight...

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I was so focused on our intense duel, that I had not noticed the movements outside the rippling barrier...

Dang Dang Dang~! As we both accumulated some shallow wounds on our arms and shoulders, we both had used more than half of our Aura, and I was surprised that Luke, a 5th almost 6th Circle Knight could keep up with my 7th Circle equivalent.

Something was very wrong. I also feel that there is a dark energy seeping from the wounds on Luke, and his behavior is becoming more and more unstable.

His eyes that had some calm and calculating glints, have become filled with madness.

He and I are now trying to deliver a deceptive kill, and I looked at my left wrist at the silver bracelet, and decided to gamble.

I think Zoe saw the future when she made me wear this magic item that protects my life once.

And this is my Trump Card to kill Luke quickly. I exposed an opening near my heart for him to focus on, and targeted him in exchange.

So he and I clashed one last time...

"Hahahahaha, I have won, dieeeeee... [Piercing Strike]" "Eye for an eye... [Vital Strike]"

Squelch Slitch~! To everyone's horror, both of us had pierced one anothers hearts, as if we did it on purpose, and his grin of victory was proud, like his master plan worked, and he even relaxed to mock me.

As I held the back of his neck with my left hand, to not let him pull away from my sword, Soul Eater, that is now sticking out of his back, said with some blood on his lips.

"Cough, Hahaha, Sam, I have a life saving charm, so I wont die, but without your heart, you are dead, dead, dead, hahaha~"

Crack Crack... Click~! When he saw the silver bracelet on my left wrist crack and shatter by his eyes, as I held his head, I whispered in his left ear, making his joy vanish.

"Too bad my heart was protected, and your sword could not cut it... Oh, And my sword bypasses resurrection items... And lastly, as you die forever, Yasmin is pregnant with my child, goodbye evil brother, you have now paid for your sins..."

Smack~! Just as Luke was going to shout in fear, anger, and expose what I said, I covered his mouth as his body rapidly was infected with Death Energy from Soul Eater, dimming, absorbing his Soul, and killing him forever.

Thud! But as Luke fell to his knees with the last bit of life leaving his body, something unexpected happened...

From Luke's nose, eyes, ears, and mouth, a black and thick smoke poured out quickly, and from behind his now dead body, a 15 foot tall scaly Demon with large bat-wings, a long barbed-tail, one foot long claws, black-scales, and glowing red eyes was slowly forming...

It radiates a terrible aura of fear, sin, and corruption...

I was unaware that I was now facing a 7th Circle Possession Demon, or it is also known as a Greater Demon, a true leader of Demon kind.

And while the Demon was grinning showing its triple rowed shark-like dagger teeth, we both looked up at the amazing sight above the barrier...

[ROOOOOAARRRR~! Open it for me!]

BOOOM~! Crack Crack~! From a 300 foot wide summoning circle in the sky over the stadium, Falbium arrived. While Hovering over it, he seemed to be buffed by Evil to make him reach 10th Circle strength. His massive claws then slammed the barrier, and began to crush it with raw power.

Only then did I notice the King, Evil, Zoe, and Kayo trying to enter the dome...

The Greater Demon seeing this, did not look afraid, panicked, or worried, and turned his gaze to me.

"Human Mage-Knight, you had no idea this barrier was my plan, huh? I did all of this to kill you. I am sad you killed my Human partner, but it matters not, because I am not Human, and this Kingdom is only our Demon's playground. I will die when the field falls, but before I go, I will remove you as a threat to my Demon King. I wanted this Prince to take the Throne, but who knew your tricks were better than mine, sigh. My minion Dela was to rash and let you go, but I will at least not make the same mistake. Now, enter my belly before they get in, hehe..."

His plan was good, because I cannot use any magic, my Summons are outside and cannot save me, and lastly, he is very strong, with specs far above his realm of 7th Circle...

Thud Crack Thud Crack Thud! As the barrier was slowly about to crumble, every sound was accompanied by the Demon's heavy footsteps rushing to kill me.

I had already pulled out the sword, Heartbreak, and am now Dual-Wielding the two swords to defend myself till help arrives...

Bang Slitch, Clang Clang Clang~! Just as the heavy hand of the Demon struck down on me, I had parried it with Soul Eater, and it had been knocked away bouncing on the ground, while Heartbreak found the Demon's heart, and entered it.

Bang Thud~! I however had been hit hard by the massive claw, and was sent flying back 10 feet to my back, spitting up blood.

The Demon slowly pulled out Heartbreak and mocked me...

"Stupid, don't you even know that we Greater Demons have 4 hearts?! Haha, You are dead now..."

As the Greater Demon loomed over me, I felt like shit, and was thinking about how to get out of this. I moved back and pulled a healing potion from my belt pouch and drank it to stop the bleeding from my chest, and moved back to the arena edge

Crack Crack! As the barrier was about to shatter, the Demon lunged, seeing me vulnerable, its large claw swung down on me, and I had no sword in hand, and I grit my teeth...

Swoosh Clang~! And just as I was about to be pulverized, the claw was stopped by a 10 foot long Bone Sythe, as Pluto had emerged from Soul Eater, and blocked the Greater Demon's strike.

BOOOOOOOM Crush~! And just as the Greater Demon was shocked to see the Pale Harvester, who should not be here, stop his finishing move, the barrier collapsed, and a massive bone Dragon's claw came down flattening the Demon and shattering the indestructible arena floor, as Falbium's angry voice was heard.

[Fuck! I hate Demons even more than my Mother!]

I could have sworn I imagined the Dracolich was smiling while I was covered in arena rubble, buried halfway, and coughing out the dust...

As I heard worried voices rushing to me, I only said weakly.

"The Knight should save the Princess from a Dragon, but My Princess sent a Dragon to save her Knight, sigh..."

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Cliff avoided, phew... To be continued...

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