"Free, you want to make the Vajra a free person again, not your subordinate, why, he's a very competent one, not to mention that his power makes him a perfect subordinate for you, an incredibly rare find, I may say," Aethion said as he put his hand to his chin.
"He's not a subordinate, not anymore." Reign said with a sigh as Aethion smiled slightly.
"Ah, compassion, what a wonderful, and yet useless thing to possess."
"Shut up, I asked you a question, can it be done or not?"
"Well, yes, it should be quite easy, to be honest, you simply need to let him go, it's as easy as simply telling the system that you wish to release a subordinate, but honestly, I would get the ogre ready first, I don't know how he will take it, he has grown quite attached to you as his master, you know?"
"I know, but he deserves to be free, none of us consider him to only be a subordinate, we haven't for a long time now." Reign said before sighing and closing his eyes.
They planned on checking out the other mountains in the morning, so they all needed to be in peak condition as they had no idea what would happen.
A couple of hours later, in the middle of the night.
Bam!
Bam!
A person started hitting the gate of Reign's building with great strength and woke everybody up.
It wasn't just Reign, Elijah, and the others, but a bunch of people that were living nearby as well.
Wolf was the first to get up and go down. It only took him a couple of seconds to appear in front of the gate in his robe and open it.
"What the hell are you doing?!" Wolf asked Loreno who was panting furiously as his long hair was messy and drenched in blood.
"Demons, five demons suddenly appeared on the mountain and started killing everything there, my team and I were right outside the base when a body of a giant wolf suddenly flew above us and exploded," Loreno said before pausing for a moment and continuing.
"We managed to get to the safe zone, but the demons are still there, they said that no human will ever leave the safe zone and that sooner or later they would break through and slaughter everybody unless our leaders come and take responsibility for what they had done."
"Oh, how powerful are those five?" Wolf asked as Loreno shook his head.
"I don't know, way more powerful than any of us, probably Tier II."
"I got it, me and the others will go to the base, just keep everybody calm, alright?"
"Yes, sir."
Wolf went up and told Reign and the others what had happened.
None of them expected five Tier II demons to actually show up on the mountain so soon.
Not only that, but they were clearly targeting them, they knew that it definitely had something to do with killing Arash.
"Damn, if those five are higher-leveled Tier II monsters, then even we won't be able to get rid of them." Shadow cursed as he started stretching.
"If they are higher-leveled, but we will see," Wolf said as he sat down.
"We're not in a good spot, we used up all our boosts and we won't be able to use them again soon, if those five are powerful, then we might need to abandon the mountain, at least for a while."
"But if they're not, and if they simply came and arrogantly thought that there was nobody powerful amongst humans here, then we shall bury them tonight." Reign and the others nodded at Wolf before getting ready and leaving the building.
Reign and the others quickly went to the portal and arrived at the base before going out.
They could see the five demons all sitting leisurely outside the safe zone before looking over at them.
"Six humans, one ogre, that is the group that killed Arash." One of the demons said before getting up and staring at Reign and the others.
Reign and the others came to the edge of the safe zone, as did the demons before staring at each other.
"You called?" Shadow asked with a cheeky smile as one of the demons growled at him.
"You are the ones that have killed Arash?"
"Ah, so it's about that, we guessed correctly guys," Shadow said as he looked at Reign and the others before looking back at the demons.
"I wouldn't say killed exactly, more like massacred, obliterated, smashed to a bloody pulp, that would be more along the lines of what we did to your friend."
"You will pay for your actions, as will all the humans, we will hunt you down one by one and destroy every single one of you." The tall demon said as all five suddenly released their auras and tried to pressure Reign and the others.
The plan didn't work, however, as Reign and the others were still standing and simply looking at them in wonder.
'They're strong, I don't think we can kill them right now, but they're not that much stronger than us.' Reign said as Aethion used his magic to connect Reign and the others telepathically.
The demons looked at the seven in front of them in confusion before Reign and the others exploded out with their auras as well.
The clash of the auras of 12 Tier II beings formed a gale that swept the surrounding area. The demons had shocked expressions on their faces as they felt the aura of Tier II beings coming from all seven that were in front of them.
'Damn it, that bastard said none of them are Tier II!' One of the demons thought before calming himself down.
'Wait, their auras, hmmm, it seems as they had just managed to evolve, they're still not a match for us.'
'These humans will continue hiding inside the safe zones, but it doesn't matter, sooner or later we will destroy the zones and unleash mayhem on them.' A female demon thought as she licked her lips as stared at Shadow who simply sneered at her.
Before any of the demons could act, Reign and the others suddenly charged at them and initiated a fight.
All of them were about 1 meter close to each other, which was a ridiculously short distance for beings that were as powerful as they were.
'What, they dare attack us!?' The female demon thought as she blocked Shadow's daggers with two curved swords.
Shadow, however, simply smiled before the demon felt something grab her legs and keep her in place before he charged at her, only to disappear right before their blades met.
The demon opened her eyes wide as she felt a sharp pain from the back as Shadow had appeared behind her and had stabbed her.
Suddenly her eyes turned black as a powerful force sent Shadow flying back, the female demon suddenly had her scales change black before charging at him with great speed.
[ Ashen Destruction ]
The two curved swords of the demon suddenly released two twisting beams of black mana that flew straight at Shadow who opened his eyes wide before teleporting behind the demon again.
The attack hit the ground, but there was no sound as it simply continued twisting around and going deeper inside the mountain.
As for the demon, she had blocked Shadow's attack before looking at him with a smile.
"It won't work twice, pretty boy."
"We'll see about that," Shadow said with a smile as he stared at the demon.
Tank and Greenie were taking on the tall demon who was using a battleaxe.
The sheer power the demon possessed was enough to make the two wary of him and they immediately grouped together in order to take him down.
Even though they had fought for a few rounds already, neither party was winning against the other as they were evenly matched.
Laura started using her skills and aimed at the female demon that was battling against Shadow while Beast was helping out Wolf who was fighting a demon that used a spear. The demon had greater proficiency with the spear than Arash and it was hard for Wolf to get close to him.
Even though their two weapons were of similar length, the demon could attack much faster than Wolf since he would stab at him from a distance, making it hard for Wolf to hit him.
Still, Wolf had a bright smile on his face as he battled against the tough opponent. It had been quite some time since the party had met enemies that were so powerful and used weapons as they did, it was perfect for them to train a bit.
Of course, none dared underestimate the powerful demons and were going all out, except for using their marks and boosts that were unavailable.
The demons were the same, they could sense that the humans and ogre that they were battling were not using their full power, which even though it angered them a bit, made them conscious of themselves and made them do the same.
As for Reign, he was fighting a demon that wielded a sword, and he was currently fighting evenly against the demon that had red lightning that flickered around him.
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