The Village was destroyed.
Villagers still ran around, trying their best to survive.
Demons chased them around, easily ending their lives.
Ulric walked through the dirt road, walking by flaming wooden houses and corpses.
He could see circular orbs emerging from the lifeless bodies around the village.
Walking through the village, he finally encountered one.
It was tearing an elderly man apart limb from limb, the old man's face was one of terror.
Standing there, the demon finally noticed him.
Turning around, the demon had pale grey skin, one horn on top of his head, it kinda made him look like a unicorn.
For a moment, he just stood there, his golden eyes piercing directly into Ulrics brown eyes.
In an instant, the demon rose his hand, a crimson magic circle appeared before thin air.
"Burn." It said.
A bright crimson pillar of fire shot out of the magic circle, heading directly towards Ulric.
Ulric, seeing this didn't move.
Instead, he stood still.
Before the crimson fire pillar reached him.
Ulric glowed a faint green.
"Manafäule," Ulric lifted his arm in front of him. (Manafäule means Mana rot)
The beam of fire never reached him, as cracks and fractures spread throughout the spell.
The fire spell fell and collapsed into fading sparks.
"...What?" The demon face one of shock.
Without another word, Ulric walked forward.
Using the demons moment of shock to his advantage, he pulled his arms into the form of drawing a bow.
His dark green eyes and veins were in full display, as a dark green energy flowed between his fingertips.
Verfallzauber Arrow.
The arrow of decay shot towards the demons chest, piercing it instantly.
Cracks and black veins immediately started to spread from the wound on his chest.
The demons golden eyes flickered as the decay took over his skin.
The demon collapsed to the floor within seconds.
Ulric saw it in time.
In the corner of his eyes, a faint light appeared.
A blade weilding demon swung from his left side, trying to cleave his head off his shoulders.
With a quick lean back of his upper torso, the blade passed through where his head had just been a minute ago.
A second strike from the blade quickly came, a backhand swing.
Ulric reacted on time.
His left hand quickly grabbed the blade, stopping its momentum in an instant.
His right hand shot out forward, grabbing the demon by the face, and slamming him down headfirst into the earth.
The demon could barely see from the opening between Ulrics fingers.
All he could see was green glowing eyes staring directly into his golden eyes.
It felt like he was staring directly into his soul.
The words came without any hesitation.
"Zerfallshand." (Means Decay hand)
Rot instantly started to spread from his hand.
The demon screamed as rot spread throughout his face.
His body was pinned down by Ulrics own body. His feet started flailing, and his body started to violently shake.
The skin on his face melted off, only leaving his skull exposed.
His screaming didn't stop until even his skull was nothing but dust.
Behind him a faint light appeared.
Ulric stood up and turned around.
A demon began casting a spell.
Ulric glanced in his direction.
"Zauberzerfall" (Means spell decay)
The forming magic circle in front of the demon quickly shattered before he could finish the spell.
The demon lingered with disbelief in his golden eyes.
More and more demons appeared, some descended from the sky, some walked out of burning wooden houses.
They all saw what happened to the last two.
They could tell this guy was dangerous.
Some surviving villagers who were hiding also witnessed Ulric and his magic.
For a moment, nobody moved.
Suddenly, a calm voice echoed throughout the entire battlefield.
"Don't attack him alone."
Every single head in the area turned upwards towards the night sky.
A tall thin silhouette shadow could be seen in front of the moon.
"All of you, attack him at once. Kill him."
Those words immediately flipped a switch in the demons.
Without another second, they all rushed at Ulric.
Wings from some demons emerged from their backs, as they flew like a bullet towards him.
The spells shot out before the swarm arrived.
Beams of fire, ice, wind, and weapons made of mana all shot towards him.
I'm kinda in a bad spot right now aren't I?
First, he focused on the spells, he needed to take care of those before the swarm of demons arrived.
He lifted both his arms in opposite directions.
"Manafäule"
Every beam and weapon in the air fractured and collapsed into dust in seconds.
The swarm quickly arrived after, his green glowing eyes stared directly at the closest demon.
Blades and claws rained down on him.
His green eyes pulsed as they swarmed him from every direction.
"Zerfallswelle" (Means Decay wave)
A wave erupted from the ground at his boots.
The wave immediately sent all the demons flying back, crashing through wooden, burning houses and debris.
Groans and screams quickly took over the field, as their bodies started to decay and rot.
Every single demon hit by that wave was slowly turning into dust, cracks and black veins spread throughout their bodies.
As they all lay motionless, their bodies, once with skin were now nothing but decaying bone.
Standing alone in the center of the decaying skeletons was Ulric.
"Holy shit! I might be the Goat."
A large crash landed a bit in front of him.
It was the calm voice demon, who ordered them to jump him.
He could tell this demon was different.
He was tall but thin like a twig, with dark hair flowing down from his head. His horns were longer, sweeping back like curved blades.
"Your magic...it feels dead," he said. "You're not human...what are you?"
His golden eyes studied Ulric with interest.
Ulrics green eyes didn't falter, staring directly into his golden eyes.
"I'm the End."
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End of Chapter 8