LILAC

~ Chapter 7: Energy Manipulation ~

Mason's POV

We watched as Rosie and Lilac disappeared in the distance.

"Back up is required. I'm near the lake, ten miles from the Academy." I mind linked everyone.

"Copy that. What is it?" Asked Orion.

The demon stalked over here drooling all over the place. "It seems to be a powerful pawn of the Gluttony demon kind!" I replied through the mind link.

"Now!" Yukio yelled as we got out of the way. The demon lunged forward taking a leaping in the air and landed with a loud thud, where we were standing. The ground roared with its weight.

The demon looked around as he spotted me. His black eyes glowed red, indicating he used magic too. "It uses magic. Be careful!" Slashes of blood appeared in front of his eyes from his eyes.

"Watch out Mason!" Yelled Yukio. They were headed straight for me. I jumped backwards and made a shield around my body. "This much is nothing. Attack, now!" I yelled at Yukio.

The slashes fell heavily on my barrier spell, but it was bearable. I looked up to see him get angry as its aura changed into a darker red colour. It summoned even more slashes, thousands of them. My eyes widened, there was no way I was going to be able to take that much damage. This is an upper rank demon. This trembling atmosphere crated around.

Keeping the spell barrier, I quickly leaped on the nearest tree branch as the slashes followed me everywhere, missing me by a few inches. I kept going higher and higher, from one branch to another one, as I heard the demon groan behind me.

Looking back, I saw Yukio make a slash on one of his eyeballs. However, it quickly recovered. This demon's regeneration powers are par a demon lords. Is it possible that this demon is related directly with the lineage of the demon of gluttony? But how did it appear here? It broke through the barrier of the Academy, all by itself. That's not possible. Something else was up. A black portal sort of thing could be seen in the distance, from which a large red eye kept rotating around as it landed its eye on Yukio.

My jaw clenched. I knew it. The demon's attacks were being controlled by a higher power. There was no way me and Yukio alone were enough to defeat it.

"Yukio, watch out!" I raised my right hand, summoning a green potion from my pocket. The demon looked at me and then the potion I was holding. I popped the cap of the potion out, letting its scent come out. The demon smelled it, getting dazed in the process. However, it shook its head and ran away sending a thousand other blood slashes Yukio's way. If even one of them hit us, it would be detrimental to our health. Demon blood slashes contained poison for any other kind.

"Here, Yukio!" I screamed trying to reach him, but I was late. A few of them already hit him in the stomach. Blood poured out of his chest and stomach as I caught him just as he collapsed, entrapping him in my barrier spell. "Shit! You are going to be alright. For now, let's get out of here!" I yelled carrying him in my arms towards the academy. I leaped from one branch to another, but it seemed that there was no end to the incoming slashes.

My leg slipped as one of the weak branches as we landed on the ground with a thud. Orion appeared in a jiffy out of nowhere. His demonic powers and instincts made it easy for him to transport himself anywhere. "Wow! You came so early!" I stated rolling my eyes. I touched my small bag that I carried around with me. It threw out a healing potion as I imagined getting that one out. I gave it to a passed-out Yukio, to help control the bleeding.

Orion took all the slashes as he absorbed them in his body. "My timing is impeccable. You must agree to it!" He grinned.

I smiled a little. Fine! His timing was pretty good.