The Demon has been wary ever since it saw the heart devoid of souls. Now here comes a human child with odd powers and he appears to be able to rewrite the rules of this world, even new ones.
"You ask as though, I'll answer you"
Alex, reappearing on the other side, repositioned himself to act as support for the General. Speaking of the General, he now had some breathing room. Gained some space to rethink his strategy.
"Kid, I'm going in, cover me"
Alex nodded. The General didn't waste a second more, he quickly went right in. The moment he threw his first punch, he was surprised how little resistance he received. Unlike before the Demon was now more wary of Alex than he was of the General, despite his weak body, the power Alex has shown thus far using that weapon is something he couldn't afford to take head on.
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Frustration built on the Demon, used to dominating humans; this wasn't what he expected.
Demon Art: Puppeteer
Strings started to spread out to the battlefield, attaching themselves to the dead bodies. The moment a body got touched it turned into a thick liquid like form, all the thick liquid went and converged to one point, which is the demon himself.
As the General was busy fighting, he saw the lump of flash head towards the demon, attaching to him… One after the other the ball of grotesque meaty flash started building some features. Not long legs, arms and feet formed, then torso and head. As a result a huge 9 meter hunched back monster with four arms and blood curdling body gained form.
UUUEEEeeeeeee!!!!
The entire region suddenly got flooded by a scream that left some soldiers bleeding out of their ears. It appeared as though it was continuously melting and rebuilding its body.
"Well there goes my appetite"
The general said. Alex was just shocked by the sheer disgust and frozen by fear, so far he has been keeping up because the monster seems to have been playing with them and only focused on defense.
"I.. got.. Places… to go.. Let's .. not.. Waste.. Time"
The demon seems to be trying to speak through the monster puppet of flash.
"Sir!"
Soon a number of senior jumpers came to the front.
"Seems Selly's power works quickly. Ok kid, you can stand back now. The reinforcement is here"
The previously injured Jumpers were now ready to jump back into the fight.
They quickly surrounded the monster and started throwing attacks. Soon as the attacks were about to touch the monster, it disappeared from its location. Everyone was surprised by the sheer speed of something that size.
The next moment it appeared behind Alex.
"You…First"
It threw a fist, Alex didn't even have a chance to register what was happening. Next thing he was sent flying. His body got hurled towards the settlement. His body soon met the wall. Breaking right through the concrete leaving a big hole behind him.
Ahhh!
A threw up a mouth full of blood, his eyes seemed to have popped out. Leaving only blood in their place and some bones sticking out of him.\
"ALEX!!!"
Miley came running. Everyone who saw what happened was surprised by the sudden attack. The Senior Jumpers quickly jumped towards the puppet. Before they could get to it. The puppet spit an acidic liquid towards Alex. The moment the acid landed, the area got eroded fast. Miley stopped on her track,
"Bastad!!!"
The army of jumpers went in hard. The puppet seems to have unfathomable speed.
"I'm going in"
Trister said as she took off her shoes.
Mystica of Motion: Acceleration
The moment she activated her mystica her entire body seems to get highly excited. The atmosphere around here started to move so fast electricity generated from the friction.
Back at the battlefield. The beast hit one of the jumpers with a shoulder bump, breaking the ribcage. This was followed by a back jump, with a double elbow sending two unsuspecting jumpers back. Just as it prepares to attack another one. Its hand suddenly vernished, with only the stump left.
This sudden attack caught it off guard, when it looked around. Trister was turning back for another attack.
"Pest"
Stomp!
The ground shock, throwing Trister off her balance and headed right to the puppet. The puppet's arm regenerated at a frightening speed, just in time to throw a punch towards her.
"Off..you ..go"
Bam!
A hand caught the fist.
"No you don't"
Bam! Bam!
The general threw one upper cut taking the monster off its legs then followed with another one, which sent the monster flying a good distance.
"Seems you had forgotten about me!"
The General charged in head first, flying right and threw the monster leaving behind a big hole on its stomach. The fallen chunks got reabsorbed back into the monster, closing the hole.
"Good, I thought this battle would have ended too soon"
The General went and continued to break down the monster while it continued to regenerate. The other Jumpers reorganised themselves and prepared to launch their attacks.
Seeing that it was on the losing side. The demon's tentacles stretched and went to other bodies it didn't use before and made smaller puppets to face the other jumpers.
Puppetry Arts: Mind Share
Just like it did with the fallen, it shared some of its consciousness with the puppets. Allowing the puppets some form of autonomy and dynamic movements. Quickly those puppets charged jumpers. Giving the Demon some breathing space to face off with the General.
"Excellent, I had a hunch you could always make more puppets. Now I can stop holding back"
Mystica of Power: Body Modification .
The demon within the puppet was shocked to learn that the General has been holding back all this time.
Boooom!
The demon's body suddenly lost the entire downside of its body. On the other side the General's muscles were more defined. Lines of veins passing through them.
Badum Badum Badum!
His heart could be heard from a distance like the drums of war. There was steam coming off his body. The Monster was regenerating ready to attack. The General didn't give it a chance. With a fist, the entire flashy monster evaporated leaving the demon flying a distance. After a one it came to a stop,
Cough! Cough! Couch!
The demon coughed up blood. Its body appeared mangled. It's hands hanging ready to fall off.
WHAT THE HELL DOES A HUMAN LIKE YOU DOING IN THIS BACKWARDS SETTLEMENT!!!
The demon couldn't understand why someone so powerful was not in those big settlements he had been avoiding.
"The reason is simple. My lovely daughter works here. I didn't her to be lonely you see"
The demon's eye twitched when he heard that.
'What bad shit luck I have, no matter. I have to finish this soon before those pesky heavenly bodies finds out I'm attacking humans'
"What a devoted father you are, she's a lucky little lady"
"Thank You"
"It wasn't a compliment! I'm embarrassed that I'm forced to use more of my power"
While the two were speaking. The left over from the pupper has been secretly moving under the soul.
Demon Arts:Perfect Puppermaster!
This time instead of the pile of flash piling on top of the demon, it got absorbed within the skin. The red skin of the demon looked like it was swelling up like. A demon.
"You don't expect me to just wait do you"
The General prepared an attack. Just as he was about to charge in an attack from the back connected. Pushing him forward by a few steps. When he looked back. The puppets which were facing the senior jumpers were ganged up against him. When he checked behind them, he saw his army of jumpers all knocked out.
"A mark type huh"
"Well yes, Mark 1 Type 2 to be exact"
"That would be over level 120 for jumpers, why use weak attacks when you are obviously so strong?"
"Like I said, we are supposed to be seen by humans, so using more of my power might get heavenly bodies down here and that might end bad for my clan.
Unfortunately this has gone for too long, I have no more time to waste, my next attack will erase you from the face of the earth. Even though you broke the 99th level"
"You noticed huh"
The demon's transformation was complete. It's body was now bigger. Not as big as it was as the puppet but its presence felt more deadly than before.
Booom!!!
Suddenly an explosion happened right at the direction of the wall. Orderly enough there was no destruction or flames. Both the General and the Demon turned their heads towards the sudden noise. From the looks of it, it comes from the direction Alex was buried at. But now a figure came out walking slowly, its presence frightening. Its Aura realising pressure so high some of the junior jumpers fainted while the seniors found it hard to stand.
"Don't tell me you have forgotten about me already"
The entire battlefield was shocked. Because this figure had red skin, black horns like a demon. But one thing was different from the demon or the first time he got reincarnated. He had 6 angelic wings behind him.
"F….Fallen Angel. You are a demonic fallen angel. I thought your kind doesn't exist anymore!!!"
The Demon shocked by the revelation.