Chapter 358: Chapter 358 - Demons vs Dragon Kings(Part 1)

Point-of-View: Izzozon

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"It’s so colorful and flashy in here, how eye-catching...what is this place?" Inquired Terrastra in fascination.

"It’s called an arcade, it is a recreational facility for playing a wide range of various games," I explained, as we walked through the building.

Today’s the 20th of Junius, 2021. We’ve all been training hard to prepare for the looming threat posed by the Vampires, and today, I thought it’d be good to have a day off and just hang out.

I was with Lucy, Vorph and all the Dragon Kings except for mother, I’d also asked Prysm and Lumena, but they were busy. So it turned into an immortal girl day out, two and a half Demons and three and a half Dragon Kings.

"I feel a bit overwhelmed, I don’t even know where to start," Remarked Aereeze with a look of intrigue as she glanced around.

"That game over there is pretty fun. And we can play it two vs two," Replied big sis Lucy, pointing at an ice hockey table.

"Yeah, good call, it’s a pretty simple but fun game, should be a good way to get started. How about a Demon vs Dragon King match to kick things off?" I suggested with a grin.

"Oh? That sounds like fun, I’m definitely on board with that," Nodded Lucy with a gleam in her eyes, before adding as she glanced at Vorph, "You ready to do this?"

"Huh? What? Sorry, I wasn’t listening," She responded, before Lucy let out and exasperated sigh, grabbed her arm and pulled her towards the table.

"It’s too bad we can’t play three on three...so one of the three of you will have to be the odd one out," I said to the Dragon Kings sheepishly.

"I’ll sit out this first game, then...it’s only fair since, of the three of us, I’ve enjoyed the luxuries of Arcadia the longest since I joined well before they did," Replied Liquaqua after a brief pause.

She and I then stepped off to the side as the two pair took their places on either side of the table. Lucy put a token into the slot on the side of the table, before the disk popped out onto the middle of the table from a slit on the left side.

"This game is pretty simple...we use these handle things to try and hit the disk into the narrow opening on the other side of the table, while trying to prevent your opponents from hitting it into the opening on your side of the table. The first pair to reach five points wins," Lucy informed them.

"And there’s no need to hold back either," I called out.

Larrk was the one who came up with this game, and at first, we just kept breaking everything. A single strike and the disk would split in two, the handle would crack apart, and the table would get damaged too...so he had it made with much stronger materials, and had Tania add an Enchantment to the disk that would keep it from flying off the table, after I accidently almost smashed the disk straight at his eye.

"There’s really no need to go all out, it’s-...," Began Vorph warily, before trailing off as Aereeze struck the disk with immense force, sending it shooting forward rapidly.

"Nice hit, but not good enough!" Exclaimed Lucy, as she whipped her handle across and slammed it against the side of the disk at an angle.

It deflected and zigzagged across the sides of the table, the Dragon Kings watching it carefully before Terrastra drove her handle forward powerfully, colliding against the disk as it closed in on her and launching it back at the other side, a slight shockwave erupting upon impact from the force of her strike, a gust of wind bursting out from the table.

Vorph quickly moved her handle in front of it, the disk slamming onto her handle as she defended the opening, before Lucy leaned forward and smashed her handle onto the disk, sending it barreling forward with a rapid blur.

Terrastra lifted her handle up and swung it down, clamping it on top of the disk and stopping it in its tracks, before she bumped it towards Aereeze, who whipped her handle across and struck the disk at an angle, sending it zigzagging back rapidly. Nice, they’re picking up the game pretty fast...I mean, it isn’t exactly a particularly complicated game, but still.

Lucy managed to block the disk as it zipped towards the opening, before she slammed it forward, launching it straight towards the opening in the other end of the table.

Aereeze moved her handle in front of the opening defensively, before her eyes widened in surprise as the disk suddenly curved as it closed in on her handle, swerving past it and shooting into the opening.

Huh? Wait, that was...

"Wha-...!?" She blurted out in disbelief.

"How did you get it to change trajectory like that?" Inquired Terrastra in awe.

...she cheated. She totally cheated, she used her telekinesis to move it at the last second.

"Heh, that’s a secret," She responded with a smug look on her face.

Wow, really, big sis? Should I call her out on it? I don’t want to do anything that could potentially sour the relationship between the Demons and Dragon Kings, but...

"Oh, I forgot to mention, you can only use your physical strength, no other abilities. It’s cheating if you break that rule," I called out, before briefly glancing at Lucy, who averted her gaze sheepishly.

"Yes, I assumed that to be the case, otherwise I would have used my winds to manipulate the trajectory of this small circular object," Nodded Aereeze in response.

"Hm...wait, when it changed trajectory at the end earlier, was that-...?" Began Terrastra with a frown.

"O-oh, look, the disk is back, it’s time for the next rally!" Lucy quickly interrupted her, before striking the disk.

I swear, sometimes, it’s hard to believe that she’s older than me...

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