Inferno

Chapter 14

The room was filled with a loud roar as a darkness orb flew at Lukas. Casually Lukas turned one of his shotguns and fired. The shotgun pellets hit the orb and caused it to explode early. He lifted his other shotgun and fired it at the monster who was standing again. It flinched, but nothing much more happened.

Lukas threw the shotguns in the air, and they slowly began to fall as if something was holding them up. He dropped his hands to his hips and brought up small belts. Andy saw that on the belt were shotgun shells. In a split second, he reloaded the shotguns by sliding the belt against the loading port.

He charged forward a bit faster this time and fired at the monster's shoulder. Again, it did little more than flinch. It raised its arm and swung a sword at Lukas who dove to avoid it. Suddenly Lukas was behind the monster. He aimed one shotgun at the back of the monster's shoulder and the other at where its knees bent. He fired and again the monster just flinched.

"Damus I think the monster is becoming resistant to Lukas' attacks."

"I think so too, and that is dangerous. I'm sure Lukas is aware of that."

Andy built up another fireball and shouted, "Lukas get back!"

Without even taking his eyes off the monster he jumped back, and Andy aimed the attack and fired off small shots from the ball of fire as fast as he could. They peppered the monster as it started to step back.

Andy stopped firing and built up an energy particle in his foot. He stomped into the ground and used the dispersed energy to grab parts of the concrete floor and pull them up. He used his energy to shape the pieces of rock into sharp swords and sent them flying at the monster.

They pierced the monster's tough skin and caused it to shout out in pain.

He built up another energy particle as big as a tire around his hand and slammed it into the ground. The concrete that engulfed his hand was just as big, and Andy charged forward.

The injured monster was hit with a large block of earth and was sent crashing into a Humvee. Andy partially released his control and launched the big boulder forward, slamming it into the monster.

Lukas spoke "Thanks for the assist. Now let me give you some advice that Lester once told me. It's not about the size of the flame, that's something you can disperse. What you need to pay attention to are dense flames. They are faster and have a lot more power behind them."

Andy got what he was hinting at and built another large fireball at the tip of his finger. He condensed it so that it was the size of a single pebble. Pointing his finger at the monster, he launched it. As soon as it hit the monster, it exploded into a breathtaking blaze.

However, instead of shouting in agony, the monster stood unmoved as the flame engulfed it.

Andy watched in awe as the attack had no effect. As his body began to collapse from exhaustion.

"What do we do now Lukas? This thing is more powerful than what Henry made it out to be."

"I don't know. It seems like its learning and becoming more resistant to our attacks."

Without warning a large bright orb of light appeared in front of them. An arch of light shot out from it and sliced the monster who once again didn't move. A man stepped out wearing white plated armor and a long white cape with his hand on the hilt of the sword at his hip.

He spoke with a smooth voice "Hey there foul monster. My name is James, and I'm here to take you in."

He pulled his sword from its scabbard and pointed it at the monster. The straight blade was large and narrow. The cross guard was straight and simple with a sphere on each side.