Arrival

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After 10 hours of awkward silence I saw in the distance a city that resembled a maze. Mephisto broke the silence after seeing my eyes widen at the enormous size of the city. "This is True Cross Academy, the city allows you to gain knowledge on anything you wish." Though I hated the man, I admired his quest and commitment towards knowledge. After going deeper within the city construction surrounded the streets. Sections of the city had obviously been destroyed completely and others were damaged immensely.

"What possibly could have caused this much damage?" I asked genuinely. I saw his face turn to disbelief.

"How have you not heard? Oh that's right you've never been to a city big enough to spread rumors." I cocked my head to the side in question of what he had said. It was true in every aspect. The biggest amount of people I had been around at one time was just under 100. Yet this place was that times 10000.

Mephisto went on to tell the tale of the twin brothers born from Satan and a human being, The corruption of the Vatican, the Ghenna gate the size of a Football field that flew over the city releasing demons in the millions. As he continued to speak his face went grim describing the death toll after the event that took place those 2 years ago. Thousands died country wide, churches and temples that crumbled with attempts of warding off the demons and protecting the masses.

"What happened to the twins?" I asked thinking they had died saving Japan.

He smiled," The smart twin Yukio Okumura, is still teaching and is now a upper second class exorcist. He still teaches the same bunch of idiots with about 20 others. His class of that year have all become lower first class exorcists. Since the event the amount of people wanting to become exorcists has risen expontially nationwide. We have a selection process that only allows those with true potential and making it harder to move forward in rank. Oh and that reminds me, you'll be taking that selection exam when we arrive."

Just then as if it was planned, we arrived at what was labeled "testing arena, admission 10$ closed today" Ignoring the closed sign we walked in. "You'll be battling demons in a series of levels. The battles get progressively more difficult. Ill stop if it looks as if you cant handle it" he said confidingly. I glared at him and jumped into the 200 foot deep arena.

(Unknowingly, Y/N was being watched by the teachers of the Cram school and the Paladin. All curious to see if the rumors of Y/N were true.)

Not long after landing a loud siren went off as glass covered the arena making it look as if I was in a giant snow globe. A tray raised behind me with guns, swords, summoning paper, herbs, and a bible; all of the finest quality.

"5 minutes until first demon entry" a recording stated into the stadium. I went to the herbs and created a blend that I had come up with and rubbed the product of the ingredients onto my body forming the void symbol on my forehead. I had discovered this in the marshes of Africa where coal tars are most prominent. It prevents them from coming within 10 feet of you.

Another alarm sounded followed by, "level 1" and the opening of one the several doors that surrounded me. It was just as I had predicted as a swarm of coal tars flew out directly to my position.  Without moving a single inch they all reached my 10 foot perimeter and slammed into it as if it were a wall. Soon I was surrounded by every last one of them and finally decided to take action. I recited the fatal verse for these useless demons and within milliseconds they had all vanished into a puff of smoke. "Is that all you got?" I asked mockingly.

It wasn't until I reached level 5 that I actually had to move. And it wasn't until level 13 that things became harder then average. My sword slashes, summoning's, and bible recitals were flawless. My attacks were swift, leaving no time for wasted energy or mistakes. Hours passed. The fighting was never-ending and started to take a toll on my stamina. 

"This is boring" stated Mephisto after level 24 had been defeated. He then disappeared.

The next thing I know I hear the recorded voice, "Now opening all gates" followed by a chuckle from Mephisto himself. Things were suddenly serious as groupings of powerful demons entered. A boy who looked the same age as myself suddenly burst from a hidden room, yelling

"What are you doing? This is irrational. I demand you to end this n.." was all I could hear before nearly being crushed by a menatar.

'Swords would take to much energy if I used them for all of these demons' I thought to myself quickly thinking back to the guns on the table.  The only problem was that the table was surrounded by high leveled demons. Knowing I would have to take some damage I ran towards it.  I jumped up and front flipped over the first demon decapitating him in the process, as soon as I landed I had been smacked towards the nearest wall. Knowing that would cause to much damage I twisted so that my feet hit the wall first and used the transfer of the momentum to shoot back towards the demon. Stabbing it in the heart. The speed of the hit on the wall was to much for my healing wound as it reopened and started to bleed.

"Shit! Now my running will be at half-speed"  I said awkwardly running towards the next enemy.  I suddenly realized that 36 of the 48 demons were Ghouls at the same levels.

'The book of John would eliminate all of them' I thought and changed my plan of action. Still running I summoned all 18 of my demons of every level and told them to protect me as I recited. The summoning took a ware on my body and I could barely sit up straight.

I screamed the chapters making sure it was within hearing distance of the Ghouls. One by one they started to perish, as well as my summoning demons. The 30 minutes it took to finish the chapter was enough to gain back a small amount of strength and time to wrap up my wound. I released my remaining demons and went back to my original plan with guns. The 12 remaining enemies were stronger than Ghouls and I know I need to have strategy  over strength, though its not like I have much of a choice due to blood loss and power usage.

Once there was an opening to the table I sprinted without addressing the pain that shot up my leg. 

''Well shit'' I said looking at it like it was poisonous. I had never used a gun before. Almost as if he read my mind, the boy that looked my age screamed,

"Its on safety, on the left there's a switch flip that!"

By now I had grabbed what guns I could and was running from a new danger. I tripped and fell flat on my face. I followed the mans instructions aimed and fired.

To mine, and everybody else's surprise it was a bull's-eye. I then sat up and let the rest of them come to me. Eventually I had ran out of ammo. All 11 were dead.

WAIT 11? THERE WAS 12!

The next thing I know I'm being lifted my head. I kicked it in the face... which was a terrible idea. Its bodily fluids sprayed onto me and within minutes I was severly ill and unable to move.

A gunshot was fired but not from my gun. The beast collapsed onto me covering me in more of its disgusting black fluid. The toxic fumes were making me pass out.

The boy was running towards me with a worried expression on his face.

"I didn't need your help" I said as a reflex

"Okay keep telling yourself that." The boy said pulling me from underneath the beast, and immediately started treating my wounds.  "The names Okumura Yukio"

"Hahahaha" I couldn't stop laughing, this was the hero of Japan, the spawn of Satan. There's no way! He's just a kid!

He looked increasingly confused, "I'm..I'm sorry its just I imagined something, well someone different."

"What's that supposed to mean?" he asked in a defensive tone.

"Don't take it like that, you just don't really look like Satans spawn. I thought your ears would be more pointy" I said trying to cover my ass. Then standing up, "My nam" well crap. I shouldn't have stood up. 

My wounds were to severe and I lost consciousness


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