It will be a pleasure to crush you both!"
Eris leapt back and landed beside Andrea.
"He doesn't look like he's weakening at all."
"As expected of a Demon General," Andrea said.
"He's actually not a Demon General yet," Eris added.
"Now you're REALLY getting on my nerves!" Wildfire bellowed,
his flames shooting so high the treetops trembled.
The Hero and the Wolf Knight continued their assault.
Their strikes were fast, powerful, precise —
but useless.
Their blades and fists passed through Wildfire's body again and again,
as if they were trying to strike smoke.
The demon's flames raged wilder with every moment.
And the two women's strength was fading.
The battle slowly narrowed down to a single question:
Who will last longer?
The Light and the Wolf
Eris charged forward, the Dragonslayer blazing with blinding white light under the power of her Hero's Aura.
Beside her ran Andrea, her Berserker Mode's razor‑sharp red aura slicing the air around her.
The two women attacked in perfect unison.
Wildfire laughed.
His body split open, the flames parting on their own to let the strikes pass harmlessly through.
Eris delivered a flawless horizontal slash.
Andrea followed with a bone‑shattering vertical strike.
Both legendary blades hit Wildfire's flaming body at the same instant.
Both passed straight through him—
as if cutting nothing but air.
Behind the flames, Wildfire's face twisted into a grotesque grin.
"Fire has no flesh, you foolish humans…"
The two women landed behind him, turning at the same moment.
Their attack had done nothing.
Wildfire's arms stretched, reshaping into massive flaming claws—
a single swipe could have wiped out an entire squad of knights.
The claws slashed toward Eris.
Andrea leapt in front of her on instinct, raising Wolf Fang in a cross‑guard.
The flaming claw struck the blade—
and flowed right through it, as if nothing stood in its way.
A violent shockwave engulfed Andrea,
her Berserker Mode straining with every ounce of power she had to stop the blow.
The ground cracked beneath her feet.
Trees behind her toppled from the force.
Eris saw Andrea's body trembling from the heat.
The Hero sprinted forward, channeling the element of light.
Her Hero's Aura condensed around her into a golden sphere,
and the Dragonslayer burned with white‑gold flames.
Eris stepped in and struck with everything she had.
"Light of Heroes… BREAKTHROUGH!"
A burst of radiant energy exploded outward,
overwhelming Wildfire's flames for a brief moment.
For the first time, the demon staggered.
His flame‑body shuddered,
as if the light actually hurt him.
Then he laughed.
"Interesting… the light stings my skin."
"The light element didn't injure him?!" Eris asked in disbelief.
"No!" Andrea barked.
"It worked! He felt it!"
"This is my strongest light‑element attack!"
Eris's voice shook with frustration.
"And he only felt it?!"
Wildfire roared with laughter, his flames shooting higher.
"The two Heroes are this weak? Hahaha!"
His flames surged outward again,
and the battle shifted into an even more brutal rhythm.
The two women's strikes were fast, powerful, precise—
but they still passed straight through Wildfire's body.
The demon's flames raged wilder with every second.
And the strength of the two women dwindled.
The fight narrowed down to a single question:
Who will last longer?
The two Heroes…
or the monster born of living flame?
The Wolf's Dance in the Flames
Andrea's Berserker Mode had fully awakened.
Her movements were fast, unpredictable, feral —
like a wild wolf dancing through the flames.
Wolf Fang carved green arcs through the air
as Andrea flickered from place to place,
always one step ahead of Wildfire's blazing strikes.
For a heartbeat she vanished into the inferno,
then reappeared behind Wildfire
and slashed with all her strength.
The blade passed through the flame‑body,
but Wildfire turned, shaping a face from the fire.
"You're fast, little wolf…
but fire is everywhere."
The flames suddenly closed around Andrea, trapping her.
But the Wolf Knight tore the fire‑wall apart with a single powerful swing
and leapt free of the burning cage.
Eris and Andrea attacked together.
Eris struck from above.
Andrea from below.
Their legendary blades crossed through Wildfire's body in an X‑shaped slash.
The flame‑body split apart —
and each half formed its own Wildfire‑face,
both laughing at once.
"Fire does not die.
It only spreads."
The two halves merged again behind them,
then exploded outward in a massive blast that hurled them back.
Wildfire raised his arms,
and the surrounding flames began to spiral.
The air hissed,
the ground melted beneath the heat.
Eris and Andrea struggled to stay on their feet,
but the flame vortex pulled at them like a magnet.
They grabbed each other's hands
to avoid being torn apart.
At the center of the vortex stood Wildfire,
his voice deep and distorted:
"Fire is my power.
Here, you Heroes are the sacrifice."
The two women were nearly spent.
The battle felt hopeless,
and the flames only grew stronger.
"How long can you keep going?" Eris gasped.
"One, maybe two minutes," Andrea replied,
her voice hoarse but unbroken.
"Damn it… I don't have much magic left either."
The flame vortex tightened around them.
The heat was unbearable.
The two Heroes were reaching their limit.
And Wildfire still showed no sign of weakening.
The Breaking Point
"If we're already at the endgame…" Wildfire growled, his flames rising higher,
"I killed one of your Wolf Knights earlier.
I think he was a Lieutenant.
What were his last words again?
Ah, yes, now I remember:
'My daughter will come for you.
The Wolf knightly bloodline will be your doom.'
"And then I stopped listening,
because I roasted him nice and crispy."
"You filthy bastard!!!" Andrea screamed.
Wildfire's words hit Andrea's chest
like an invisible fist shattering her ribs.
Her pupils shrank.
For a moment, the world fell silent around her.
Her Berserker Mode aura exploded outward,
as if her rage were feeding it.
A violent storm of power swirled around her,
the ground trembling beneath her feet.
Andrea charged.
Wolf Fang carved a green arc through the air.
The first strike hit with such force
that the earth cracked beneath her.
The second wasn't technique —
it was instinct.
By the third, her arm was shaking,
but she kept swinging.
Strike.
Strike.
Strike.
Strike.
Each blow passed through Wildfire's flame‑body,
but Andrea no longer saw,
no longer felt,
no longer thought.
She only screamed:
"Give him back!
Give me back my father!!!"
Behind the flames,
Wildfire's face twisted into a grotesque grin
as Andrea kept striking,
tears streaming down her face.
Her body was failing,
but she kept hitting,
as if sheer willpower could bring back
the one she had lost.
She no longer saw the flames.
She no longer saw Wildfire.
She saw only her father's face.
On the final strike,
her body trembled.
Her magic was gone.
Berserker Mode collapsed.
The shock of magical exhaustion
hit her like a hammer.
Andrea's knees buckled,
Wolf Fang slipped from her hand,
and she lost consciousness,
falling to the ground.
Behind the flames,
Wildfire kept grinning.
And for a heartbeat,
the battlefield fell silent —
as if the forest itself
held its breath.
The Water That Extinguishes Fire
The Hero saw everything.
Andrea collapsing.
The demon's mocking grin.
The raging vortex of flames draining the last of her strength.
Eris's magic was gone.
Her Hero's Aura had faded.
The Dragonslayer no longer burned.
She fell to her knees.
Her fighting spirit shattered.
Wildfire burst into triumphant laughter,
his flames rising high as if celebrating his victory.
He turned first toward Andrea,
intent on burning her alive—
right before Eris's eyes.
Captain John Scarlett clutched his sword.
He knew resistance was pointless,
but he wanted to die beside his daughter at least.
He took a step forward—
when suddenly…