Damian and Judith talked for some time before she returned to bed again.
As for Damian, he was glad he was the one on watch duty because after what he heard from her, sleeping would be something impossible for him!
'I need to leave this place as fast as possible!'
Damian was determined to explore the city and finish the task safely, not wanting to rush and risk death.
But now? That thought was miles away from his head, and what he wanted was to rush, do whatever he had to, and then leave to find a human settlement, and return to Earth!
So when morning came, Damian suggested all of them moved toward the center of the city! Judith knew why Damian wanted that, so she did not vote against it.
Chris and Polly, the two siblings, were tired of being inside that city for days. Everyone wanted to leave, so they saw no problems in rushing toward the main part of the city.
That was their goal, and after cleaning the outskirts of the city, the main part was the only thing left for them.
"Fine. But let's work together to avoid casualties. Everyone, stay focus on the surrounding, as we do not know what beasts lie inside," Chris said.
After a quick bite in the morning, all of them left the house, moving toward the major city.
As they walked through the streets, they could not help but notice the silence, and how devoid of beasts the place was. It shouldn't be the case for a city infested by beasts.
"Anyone has any guesses why this is happening?" Judith asked.
No one answered. A mystery, that was, but one which came in handy. If there were no other beasts around trying to pounce from the darkness and rip their throats, it also meant it was safer to reach the main part of the city.
"I think this is the place," Chris said as they all stopped before an immense building.
The building once belonged to the ruler of the elves. A massive place, all made of the wood from the Tree of Life, and settled near its core.
When the elves still lived there, they could go nowhere without permission.
"Shall we go inside?"
While Chris' party wanted to find the grimoire who should be inside the elven palace, Damian wanted to kill the winged demon and get done with it.
'He is probably inside the palace too,' Damian thought.
All of them had a reason to enter the elven palace, so that's why they marched toward it, always watching out for their surroundings. Who knows, the beasts may appear out of a sudden.
It was at that moment something came out from the sky! Damian stared at it, and the creature looked like a horrific gargoyle, one that would be present in any men's nightmare.
"What's that?"
No one recognized it, no one except Frederic, who stepped back, almost shivering with fear.
"T-This is lord Khalrog, one of the twelve winged demons that serve the underworld lord! It is truly a powerful winged demon!" Frederic said.
When the others heard it, all of them had one thing in mind: run. They did not know the extent of that demon's power, but based on what Frederic said, it should be incredible, something they were not ready to face.
"Luck is on my side! Hahaha," the demon said with a hoarse voice, "I just woke up from my nap, and there are humans to eat! What a delight!"
"So that's the reason there are no beasts walking the streets. All of them are hiding from him," Damian said.
The demon dropped to the ground in front of the palace, destroying the cobblestone path in front of it.
It was huge, with four meters of height, a bulky body, two large bat wings, and a spear in hands! Khalrog had crimson red eyes, and his skin looked like a shade of grey.
While Chris, Polly, Judith and Frederic were thinking of running away, Damian was paying attention to Khalrog, trying to analyze his power just by looking at it.
'Can I defeat him? Hell, I sense this is going to be a melee fight, so let's use the free points I have left!'
<Name: Damian Romero>
[Erotic Coins: 125]
[Attributes:]
<Strength: 35>
<Agility: 35>
<Endurance: 35>
<Ability Power: 40>
Damian had 110 coins to spend since the last time he had used them, and that was not a small amount! The abilities to fight the demon race were too expensive for his 125 coins.
So he opted to increase his attributes. The demon had a spear and looked like a fighter who would go up close, and Damian was not confident of winning over him in speed if he spent his coins to increase his Ability Power!
'I have the giant bloodline on my side! Let's go full out in the melee's regard! I can always get more coins later.'
Now Damian needed two coins for each point, so he went with 20 points in strength, agility, and endurance! His stats ended up looking like this:
<Name: Damian Romero>
[Erotic Coins: 5]
[Attributes:]
<Strength: 55>
<Agility: 55>
<Endurance: 55>
<Ability Power: 40>
The moment he clicked the screen and put the points, he could feel the difference in his body. It was massive, and the feeling of crushing anything using his bare hands was present.
Even the demon, who was laughing, not worried about the upcoming fight, gazed directly toward Damian, feeling the difference in his power.
"You are so skilled that you hid your power from me. Very well, you shall be my opponent!"
Khalrog did not care about the others. They were weak and would not pose a threat to him. He looked for food but also for fun, and it had been a long time since his last decent fight.
"Everyone, step back and let me deal with him," Damian said as he created a two-handed axe using his Slime Ring.
The others were retreating even before Damian asked, afraid of the demon.
"You don't look that bad," Khalrog said, staring at Damian.
"Are we going to complement each other or fight?"
"Haha, I like you! I promise I will torture your soul and turn you into a demon!"
Khalrog dashed toward Damian, wielding a spear that was bigger than Damian himself! Damian's speed was extraordinary. The ring enhanced his senses. He was no small dog who could only bark!
Damian grasped his two-handed axe, blocking the spear attack! The force behind the attack was so great he had to retreat a few steps, yet kept his posture, staring at the demon.
"More impressive than I thought. Would you like to enter the squadron under my command? You can become a king in the underworld in the future," Khalrog said.
Khalrog saw potential in Damian, who would never join the underworld army, as he was their number one enemy. Khalrog just did not know it.
It was time for Damian's attack, an impressive axe swing, displaying a decent level of skill. The attack was aimed toward Khalrog's legs — he was too tall compared to Damian.
With the help of his left foot, Khalrog stopped the axe, and then send a punch right into Damian's face!
"Aggr."
The punch sent Damian flying away, and a lot of blood came out of his nose. His powerful body was the only reason it was not yet broken.
"Few people can resist a clean blow like that one."
The more the fight continued, the more impressed Khalrog was, yet none of that mattered to Damian. He used his hand to clean up the blood from his nose and dashed forward once again.
This time, he wanted to try something different! Another axe swing aimed at Khalrog's legs, who was getting annoyed.
"You know this won't work!" Khalrog said, lifting his foot again to block the axe.
Khalrog could not believe Damian would try the same move, and having a superiority complex, thinking that the demons were the better race, he believed Damian was just dumb!
Damian was not stupid to the point of trying the same thing repeatedly. He activated his Telekineses before the two clashed, going higher where Khalrog's foot could not reach!
It all happened fast, and before long, the attack that was once been aimed at Khalrog's legs was on his belly. A clean axe hit! The axe broke his skin, and black blood came out of it!
Khalrog was fast to react by holding the axe, not allowing Damian to take it off from his belly. Then, he punched him once again, sending him flying!
"You got me, but what you gonna do without your weapon now?"
Khalrog was confident the fight would be his, yet he witnessed Damian moved his hand, creating yet another axe.
That was not something he was expecting, and Damian could see that by the surprise look on his face.
"You're not escaping today, demon!"
This 𝓬ontent is taken from fre𝒆webnove(l).𝐜𝐨𝗺