Kind Demon King

Yeah.

A predator nearly the size of an elephant coming towards you with its steps shaking the ground is a terrifying thing, no matter how many battles you have been through. It was hard to describe. Just a moment ago you are living, breathing without death in your mind and now you jump to the side and roll through a bunch of bones and rocky terrain to escape a horrible fate that waited for you if you were even one second slower. Even though I managed to fall back a certain distance, rocks and bones flew with the beast’s rapid movement and hit me.

“Fuck!”

They were like bullets. I covered my eyes until the rock rain subsided.

“Awuuuuuu!”

Beast howled with pain. I looked at it while walking backward. It was trying to throw Blanche off its back. She was holding well especially considering the beast was trashing around like a wild beast. I know. Fucking surprising. She was trying to hack away the ice armor it had. That ice must be magical or something since she had trouble breaking it. When I realized that I was a good distance away, I pulled my bow.

“Let’s see if I can do something with this.”

(Bow of Two-Headed Wolf)

(Power: 10)

(Durability: 244/250)

( A bow made out of the mana stone of a Two-Headed Wolf. For average humans pulling this bow is nearly impossible. Only warriors with remarkable strength could use this bow to its full potential.)

(Bite of Two-Headed Wolf: Every arrow fired from this bow has an 8 percent chance to split into two while carrying the same speed and power.)

I actually had the chance to practice and use this bow. While I preferred a firearm you know, the thing I practiced for my entire previous life, beggars can’t be choosers. I pulled the string as far as I could and released the arrow.

(Bite of Two-Headed Wolf activates. Your arrow will split into two without losing speed or power.)

The arrow I fired was split into two and hit the shoulder and head respectively. They bounced off from the beast’s armor but I could just barely, barely see two cracks form. Of course, I wasn’t stupid enough to just keep firing, hoping that the armor breaks down. I doubted that even if I fired all the arrows I had in my quiver, I wouldn’t be able to make a meaningful dent.

“You have beautiful eyes.”

I said as I aimed at its eyes. With Blanche on top of it and it trashing wildly, I had to take aim carefully, not just to hit its eyes but also to not hit Blanche. The last thing I wanted was my best chance out of here to get wounded stupidly. I let all the breath out of my lungs. I felt my heartbeat getting slower as I aimed. I pulled the string back until my fingers and back hurt, then…

“Auwwwwww!”

Beast howled as one of its eyes was blinded. At the same time, Blanche managed to break down the armor around the neck area. But crack spread and that coupled with the beast moving caused her to lose her balance and fall off the beast.

“Oh, fuck.”

Beast opened its jaws fully, leaping the Blanche on the ground to swallow her whole. Both me shooting an arrow or running there would be too late. Thankfully, countless pillars of ice formed around her, blocking the beast even though it broke them down without much problem. With the precious seconds she gained, Blanche chanted something I couldn’t hear. Blue lightning covered her body.

…

I am not even fucking surprised anymore. Whatever that lightning was it caused her to speed up even more. The only thing I could see now was her blue blur moving and breaking down the beast’s armor.

…

Why didn’t she use it at the beginning?

It was too costly.

It required some kind of condition to be met.

All of the above.

Still, even with those facts in mind, she was much more powerful now. Most of the beast’s armor was gone and even wounds started to appear on its body.

“How can you overcome this kind of monster?”

I asked myself. She was currently on my side but if I wanted to save those slaves and be on Black Claw’s side I had to face her one day. Not just her but other Silverfoxes too, who could be even stronger.

…

She was stronger than me in my previous life, I had no doubt about it. I couldn’t help but laugh. She moved so fast that I could barely see where she was. She was strong enough to chip that ice armor that my arrows just scratched. I doubted that even without her speed and strength advantage I could get closer to her since lightning sparks flew everywhere she went. I probably would be cooked well done if I got closer. The beast she fought probably thought the same since it was bleeding heavily and had some of its fur burnt. It was pushed back. Blanche jumped into the air. Beast opened its jaw to bite her.

“Stupid! She can’t change directions in the air!”

As if to spite me, a huge block of ice was formed under her feet. Stepping on it she changed the angle she attacked. The rapier in her hand was covered with ice, forming a lance as tall as herself. It crackled with lightning. She plunged it deep into the beast’s neck, nailing it to the ground. Despite being covered with wounds, bleeding, and burnt and having a huge lance on its neck, the beast struggled to pull itself free.

“Chain Lightning.”

Sparks flew in the air, shocking it until it stopped moving. Blanche stumbled from the top of it. Despite the fact it seemed to me she was in full control, she was breathing heavily and was covered with sweat. I rushed towards her. She fell into my arms.

“Woho! Are you okay? Do you have any wounds?”

She muttered something.

“The pouch… Blue potion… It is not over.”