Chapter 2026: Slaying The Demons
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With his new hands, and the nanomachines used to reconstruct them, Hector immediately felt stronger. With each demon he was able to slay with his {Radiant Heavenly Spear Nova} technique, the stronger he felt. The nanomachines within his body continued spreading through his arms, strengthening his internal body over time.
This was an incredible breakthrough for Kate, who had been trying to create such a powerful machine for a long time now. She had yet to perfect it, but it seemed that the nanomachines were working as intended and showcasing incredible results so far.
With the first tests made by Larzak and now Hector, she was rapidly earning some great amounts of insight into the nanomachines' inner workings and perfecting their models and utility over time.
"If possible, you should give one syringe of nanomachines to Kraxka as well, so he can receive a boost to his strength and durability, sister."
Kate spoke to Benladra as she fought against the Vampiric Demons swarming her, trying to bite her hard, metallic avatar body.
"I-I know, but it's not possible right now, Kate!"
"Young Lady, let's keep going, we're almost done!"
Hector called Benladra, as the dragon princess nodded, rushing to his side, both of them combined their techniques, piercing, impaling, and blasting into ashes dozens of demons.
The demons weren't weak, as they had been powered up by a strange vampiric transformation out of nowhere, but they weren't as strong as Pandemonium's Elite, for example, as the terrifying Marchosias, one of his strongest generals which pushed everyone to their limits back then.
In fact, as Benladra fought, she quickly realized that the majority were small fries, aside from the three Red Onis. They probably ran away from the battle one way or another due to their weakness, but ended up transforming for strange reasons, and became more hostile and aggressive.
In fact…
"This is weird…"
As Miranda crushed the head of one of the demons while possessing one of them with her slimy tentacles, she quickly accessed their memories, only to find them blurry.
It was as if their very sense of self had been overwritten by a desire to "protect the queen", as if they had become nothing but ants inside a colony.
"Their memories and even sense of self is mostly suppressed by their vampiric instincts! Are vampires all like this? No… this is weird, they shouldn't even be in here to begin with! Ruby… she's definitely involved into all of this… But why is she doing this?"
Miranda glanced at the giant red dome in the distance, overflowing with darkness and blood energies…
"We better hurry, I don't like the bad feeling I'm getting! Ugh, one thing after another, when is this ever going to end?!"
Miranda rushed forward, using the possessed demons against their own kind. Meanwhile, Benladra and Hector finished dozens of demons once more, rushing towards Mirand and helping her hunt down the last ones.
"Oh, you guys are here! Nice, let's finish this off swiftly then!"
"Okay, auntie!"
"Very well!"
Miranda, Benladra, and Hector unleashed their techniques at once. Miranda's tentacles crushed her foes, as her corrosive miasma and darkness engulfed them whole. Benladra and Hector pierced and impaled the demons, covering them with holes in mere seconds.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Eventually, as countless demons exploded into ashes one after another, they were finished! However, the two Red Onis remained alive, Larzak and Kraxka had been pushing back as much as possible, but these powered-up demons were on another level entirely compared to the small fry.
"Let's go assist them!" Miranda said. "Then, to Ruby!"
"Alright!" Benladra said. "Robots! Come with us!"
She glanced at the robots behind her, half of them had been turned to scrap, but were self-repaired after some minutes, quickly assembling back to giant, holy machines overflowing with both Kate and Benladra's Divinities.
The robots quickly started flying, reaching the skies alongside Benladra, as she faced the two Red Oni with Miranda and Hector.
"Now!"
As she roared, she spread out her mechanical avatar's arms and the robots glowed bright gold, flying towards her. It wasn't all robots, but a few dozen, which began to assemble and combine.
CLANK! CLANK! CLANK!
Hector saw the scene in disbelief, as Benladra's mechanical avatar quickly gained two giant, golden and silver colored arms, overflowing with golden light.
"HYAAAAH!"
And with the powers of her Divinity and her sister's abilities combined together, Benladra punched both Vampiric Red Oni as hard as she could, unleashing shockwaves of holy light upon their faces.
BOOOMMM!!!
Both Red Oni collapsed into the ground, their faces burning and showing their flesh beneath the red skin, screaming and vomiting blood.
POOOF!
As Benladra had punched them, a lot of steam was released from her giant mechanical arms, the power she unleashed was so much they ended up overheating a lot.
"Phew…! That'll take some time until it cools down! Finish it off, guys!"
Kraxka, Larzak, and Hector nodded, rushing down while Miranda was already in front of the Red Oni, expanding her body as big as she could and immobilizing them.
"UUGGHH!"
"W-WHAT IS THIS DISGUSTING THING?!"
"You aren't going anywhere, bastards! So stand there and accept your deaths!"
"WHAT?!"
"AGH!"
The Red Onis groaned as they saw Kraxka, Larzak, and Hector descending towards them. The powerful Battle Aura combined with Hector's Divinity Aura as well, overflowing with Holy Light.
"Now!"
With all their strength, they manifested three massive spears of light, fire and frost, and darkness, piercing the Onis continuously, impaling their bodies and especially their heads.
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!
They were immensely tough even now, but as the attacks came down without end, their durability couldn't keep up with their insane damage, ultimately having their entire bodies destroyed.
An explosion of pieces of flesh, bones, guts, and blood erupted from the giant demons' bodies being blown up, covering the scene with a bloody red color.
"Okay, we're done here. Let's hurry!" Miranda said, as she quickly grabbed everyone and started moving through the plains with her gigantic, slimy body.
As they approached the dome, they felt an immense pressure coming from within it…
"Ruby… Please… Answer me, Ruby…! Ruby!"
And saw someone on the floor, groaning in pain while calling Ruby's name.
"R-Rakasha?!"
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