The Villain's Story

*CLANG!*

Elijah's crimson blade clashed with the claws of the Black demon, Avari.

They moved at breakneck speeds throughout the forest and skies, Chaos Clashing with Fire.

CLANG!

CLANG!

CLANG!

Elijah was relentless, not even giving the demon the time to counterattack by continuously attacking, reinforcing himself with the flames around him, which strengthened. both himself and added to his speed.

Serena couldn't even see both of them, just their energies clashing with one another and fighting one another. Fire and Chaos Flame clash with one another, setting the forest around them ablaze.

"Cough!."

Serena coughed as she watched the battle ensue, the smoke from the flames getting to her.

She could have easily used mana to get rid of the smoke, but she was saving up her mana for something else.

The first was to heal her beloved Elijah if he got injured and the second was so that she could use a skill to strike the demon when she could.

She acquired a special skill after much difficulty, capable of killing baron-ranked demons and severely injuring any demons above it. It was something the she spent a lot of effort and money to get...and it was all so that she could use it on a demon, to watch them suffer

But the one who was suffering was not a demon right now...but rather Elijah, who had fallen from the sky multiple times but still rose again and again to combat the demon... making sure she never got hurt.

His fire weakened, his body weaker, but his hope never went away.

Strike again and again, using his flames...which were being battered by the chaos flames.

'...come on come on just stay still...'

Serena prayed in her mind, just waiting for a moment to attack...but it never came.

For Minutes...he kept on fighting. His red blood falling every now and then...

And it was just then...that something fell from the red fire in the skies...a small flame...a dying flame.

His spirit, The salamander had fallen, severely injured from the fight and unable to fight anymore.

Elijah dived down to save his spirit, but was struck by the claws of Avari.

"Risking your life for a mere spirit."

Avari smiled cruelly as he looked down on Elijah, covering his spirit with his damaged, slashed back.

"Go back...sal."

He said to his spirit...but the poor thing didn't have any energy to even return to the spirit realm.

"Leave him alone!"

Serena shouted from behind as she fired multiple water arrows at Avari, trying to get him of off Elijah, not using her skill because there was the risk to injure Elijah as well.

"Keke..."

Avari laughed as he stared Elijah. protecting his spirit desperately. Not even bothering to dodge the water arrows, that did nothing when they hit.

"You waste yourself by protecting a worthless creature."

Avari mocked Elijah, the arrows of water that Serena continuously fired not even damaging him the slightest. His body was being hit by mere pebbles to him.

"...shut Up."

Elijah spoke...and then from his back exploded an entire explosion of flame...the effect of which was only blinding Avari for a short period. And Elijah, in this short period tried to run...but it was ultimately fruitless.

Avari grabbed Elijah's head and dragged it through the Ground...Elijah struggling to escape.

And then it was it...

Avari fired of a Blast of chaos that incapacitated Elijah...and grabbed his spirit from his hands.

"Khhh."

He gripped hard...crushing the Salamander.

"You wanted to protect this? How would you feel if i crush it before your very eyes?"

Elijah...with his burnt face and barely functioning eye...could do nothing but look as his spirit was being tortured.

"...no....please."

He could hardly speak...he could hardly move...and he pleaded.

'...Agri....please...'

Elijah thought... trying to call Agri but Agri did not respond.

He was gone at the worst time possible.

"Hey, Eat this!"

A Spear of Holy Water attacked Avari...annoying him immensely as he was drowned in his pleasure.

Another Spear, and another and another.

"Stop."

Avari suddenly appeared in front of her and grabbed her neck so quickly Serena couldn't react.

He dug his claws into her face...licking the blood of her face. He then faced Elijah, with the Salamander in one hand and Serena in the other.

"Hey...how would your face look like if I torture these two in front of you...You did try soooo hard to protect them after all."

His left hand crushed the Salamander, and his right crushed Serenas Head...he looked at Elijah.

Avari enoyed the hopeless look Elijah...but because of this he failed to notice Serena's actions.

She insabtly put both her hands in front of her, aiming at Avari's Face and released the skill she was saving mana up for even though her head was being crushed.

[ ACID FLOW HAS BEEN ACTIVATED!]

A stream of acid that could melt steel easily was sprayed towards Avari, straight at his head.

He screamed in pain, dropping both th Salamander and Serena, as his entire body became doused in Acid

"YOU BITCH!"

He screamed in pain. Serena, meanwhile grabbed Elijahs Spirit and ran towards him, pouring healing skill after healing onto him...but she lacked the mana required to do anything significant.

All of a sudden, an impact from her side flung her to the side and she coughed up blood as she tried to stand.

But Avari appeared instantly in front of her and grabbed her neck as he slammed her into a tree.

IN the end her trump card only managed to injure Avari greatly..and failed to kill him.

"YOU DARE TO DISFIGURE ME?!"

Avari screamed at her...digging his claws into her neck...but Serena didnt give up.

"Like you were handsome in the first place...you shitface."

All of a sudden she raised her hand and a snake appeared from her palm and bit Avari in the Neck.

Her own spirit, The Illusion Serpent attacked but to Avari this was nothing.

Her last attack failed as well.

Avari was about to grab the snake...but the damn reptile disappeared into light, going back to its world.

"Huhu....I will have fun breaking you."

He dug his claws into Serena's stomach, infusing them with chaos mana to disrupt her insides and cause her even more pain.

But he was very careful, He knew who this girl was...and wouldn't dare kill her.

Sernea held back her screams...and Elijah could only watch as she was tortured in front of his eyes...

*****

When he was young, he was saved by a man and woman during a dungeon break that happened in his hometown.

The man and woman saved him from the demon that had caused the dugeon break. A Vile demon, covered in a black mist and wielding a whip.

They battled him, risking their lives as they bought time for the civillains to escape.

"Come on, don't cry. we heroes are here!"

The man said...as he comforted a crying young Elijah as he patted his head.

"Take your family away. Your a grown boy! Dont worry about the Demon."

His bright smile as he rushed to take care of the demon that attacked...lit something inside of Elijah.

Elijah cried...but still did as instructed. He carried his injured older brother on his back and rn...with all his might.

When he found shelter...he hid and was found by a rescue team that arrived later.

Later he found that the two Heroes, Alfred And Anna had died whilst fighting the demon.

Even though he had only seen them for a short period of time...they inspired Elijah to be a hero.

Elijah trained and trained...all so that he could be like them...so that he could be a hero.

...and now when it mattered...he couldn't do the things he idolized them for...

His broken body...could only stare at Avari torturing Serena.

And just like that...something inside him lit up.

In Elijahs vocabulary the word Hero meant many things...and one of them was that a hero was person that fought to protect his loved ones.

....Even if it killed him.

[[>>>DECIMATION HAS BEEN ACTIVATED(100%)<<<]]