Chapter 3: Demon

Ashfords POV:

I looked back at Rayner and what I saw was terrifying. A very dark purple aura was around him and his eyes glowed red. Two dragon-like wings emerged from his back and with one move he broke free from my spell. He slowly walked towards me. I cast water and wind magic at him, but he deflected them with his hands.

(Ashford) “Wha--what is happening?! How can you deflect my magic?” I said with a frightened tone. The students on the balcony watched him shaking in fear.

(Ashford) “Stop don’t come any closer!!” I shouted at him but he didn’t listen. “I am warning you!!”.

Third-person POV:

Rayner kept walking, getting closer to him. As he did, Ashford slowly stepped back, each step taken regretting what he had just said. Rayner’s eyes blank with a facial expression that frightened Ashford to his bare core and a dark aura darker than a gloomy night.

(Ashford) “I said don’t come any closer you freak!!” He said trembling.

Ashford cast another spell hoping to stop Rayner’s advance, and this time he combined Wind with Fire magic. However, Rayner blocked his fireball with his wings, then he started flapping them and flew up while increasing the dark evil aura around him.

In a dark place:

(Rayner) “Where am I, what is this place?” He said with a confused look on his face, wondering how he got there. He looked around and saw a gate not far from where he stood. Gathering all his courage, he walked up to the mysterious gate and opened it. Rayner stepped in and suddenly he was in a cave.

The cave was dark and gloomy, but once Rayner took a step it light up and there was a very large tree full of other plants and vegetation around it with a small river flowing peacefully with beautiful fish inhabiting it.

(Rayner) “What is this place?” He said underneath his breath.

(???) “You should learn to control your emotions.” An unfamiliar deep voice said echoing in the cave.

(Rayner) “Who are you and what is this place?”

An enormous shadow that overlooked everything stood up in the silhouette of a dragon. The shadow faced Rayner and spoke.

(???) “I am you or rather, I would say you are me, Rayner, and we are inside our mind.” He said with a neutral tone.

(Rayner) “I don’t understand. What do you mean I’m in our minds? And what do you mean by that I am you?” He said puzzled.

(???) “I know you have a lot of questions but I can’t answer them right now. You have to wake up or you’ll hurt the people you care about again.” he continued “Now go and wake up Rayner, wake up!!”

Rayner’s POV:

(???)(echoing) “Rayner--” Ah this voice, I know this voice… “Rayner please---” So sweet, calming, and warm… “Rayner I know you are in there please you have to wake up---” Emilia... is that you? “---Come back to me please, RAYNER!!!”

Hearing this, my vision came to a clear. I looked down and saw Emilia hugging me and crying, her clothes were burned and dirty. I lifted up my right arm and put it on top of her head. She looked up at me and stared into my eyes, I gave her a gentle smile then I felt a very hard knock on the back of my head so I collapsed on the ground and lost my consciousness.

Time skip: (one week) October 30th

Third-Person POV:

Xavier, Itori, and Emilia are inside the headmaster’s office discussing the recent incident. Xavier sat behind his desk with Itori standing behind him both looking at Emilia who sat in front of them.

(Xavier) “Ms. Emilia according to your explanation, Mr. Rayner went into that state because Mr. Ashford angered him. However, this doesn’t excuse the fact that Mr. Rayner isn’t human or not completely.” He said with a serious look on his face.

Xavier looked at Itori and nodded. She nodded back then went to the same bookcase and took down the exact same old book and handed it to Emilia. She took it from Itori’s hand and opened it at the marking.

(Emilia) “I don’t understand, what does this have to do with Rayner. This is a book of ancient creatures that ruled this world centuries ago.” She said she did not understand why they gave her that book.

(Xavier) “We believe that somehow Rayner made contact with that creature you see there.” He said pointing on the drawing in the book.

The page contained a drawing of a dragon and a few lines underneath it. According to the notes, the dragon had a skin color of purple and red eyes. The notes also say some measurements about how big it was and some basic information about him.

Race: Dragon/???

Height: 5m

Length: 20m (Including the tail)

Wingspan: 14m

Power: ???

(Emilia) “I think I’ve heard of him in bedtime stories my mother used to tell me.” she continued “Wasn’t his name Rogar the most powerful dragon of all time?” She asked.

Time skip:

Rayner’s POV:

(Rayner) “Ouch my head, it hurts.” I woke up in a room, again. However, this time this wasn’t the nursery that much I could tell after opening my eyes. ‘It looks like I’m in some kind of cell?’ I thought. I looked around and saw grids on the window below my bed. I sat up so I can have a clearer view of the room. I tried to move my hands however, they were chained to the wall behind the bed. I tried to pull it but as I assumed it won't let go.

(Rayner)(sigh) “I see then I don’t have any choice, do I,” I grabbed the chains, a few seconds later they began to glow red, then yellow until they melted away and dripped onto the floor. Luckily I am resistant to fire and heat so it didn’t hurt at all when I heated up the chains.

(Rayner) “Okay, now that this is done let’s figure a way out of here,” I said then flipped it to its side underneath the window and stepped on it. I looked outside and it seemed that I was no longer in the Academy. It looked like I was somewhere in the middle of the forest. I smashed the window with the now cooled down chain piece and melted the grids.

Emilia’s POV:

I was on my way towards where Rayner was kept until he regained his consciousness.

(Emilia) “The Headmaster said that they transported him into the forest near where the arena was made.” I murmured underneath my breath.

I almost arrived at the house where Rayner was and reached for the handle to open the door when I heard somebody breaking the glass inside. I swung open the door and saw that the room was empty, the melted chain on the floor, and the broken window and the grids on it also melted.

(Emilia) “Nonononono where did he go?” I said with a worried tone. I rushed up to the window and looked out.

(???) “I didn’t go anywhere yet.” A voice said behind me. I turned around and saw Rayner standing in the door looking down at the floor.

(Rayner) “How are you, Emilia? Did I hurt you?” He said, still looking down.

(Emilia) “I’m okay don’t worry but nevermind that, how are you?” I asked him and started walking towards him slowly but he kept going backward.

(Rayner) “NEVERMIND THAT? How could I nevermind that I almost killed you too.”

‘You too? so it is true that he killed his family?’ I thought.

(Emilia) “But you didn’t kill me so please calm down, come inside and let’s talk okay?”

He didn’t respond for a few seconds, but finally, he walked inside the house and sat down onto the bed. I also went inside and closed the door behind me. I whispered something then sat down beside him.

(Rayner) “What do you want to talk about?” He asked, knowing what I would ask him.

(Emilia) “What happened back there? Why did you become like that?”

(Rayner) “I don’t know, it was different this time but I would say I lost control again.” He said, “And almost killed everybody again.”

(Emilia) “Wha--What do you mean different,” I asked curiously.

(Rayner) “I guess there is no point hiding it anymore huh?” He said then stood up and walked by the door and stopped.

(Rayner) “When I was seven years old, one day my hair turned silver and my body changed,” he stopped for a minute then continued “my body...it-it felt like it was on fire. I screamed in agony when my mother and sister entered my room they saw me on the floor, unable to move because of the pain, screaming.” Rayner stopped again and turned around to face me. “Luckily due to the pain, I would soon after losing consciousness. When I woke up, my dad was hugging my mom and sister, they were crying together in a group hug. After two days the pain faded away but my hair stayed the way it is now.” he opened the door and walked outside, I followed him, it rained. “We thought that it was over, but on the fourth night after my change, the pain came back, my parents and sister rushed to my aid.” Rayner walked up to a nearby tree and put both of his hands on it. “My mom tried to calm me down, she said that ‘everything was okay’ and ‘it will go away’, I told them to leave me but they never did, in fact, they hugged me,” Rayner punched the tree with his right hand enraged in the painful memories he had remembered from a past of agonizing pain“ I screamed at the top of my lungs and

screamed then---” he stopped.

(Emilia) “It’s okay Rayner you don’t have to continue if yo--” He interrupted.

(Rayner) “My body caught on fire with the same purple flames. They tried to get to me but it was too late. The flames burst out of my body until it created an explosion destroying everything around me, killing everyone dear to me.”

Then his right hand caught on fire and punched the tree again. The tree burst out of the ground and flew away, destroying the other trees and everything behind it. I just stood behind him shocked, I’ve never would've imagined he had such bad memories. Soon I could feel tears dropping onto the ground from my eyes.

(Emilia)(sob) “I-I am sorry I didn’t kno-”

(Rayner) “Don’t apologize, it was a long time ago…”

(Emilia) “But what happened after that? What did you do?”

(Rayner) “After that, I lived alone in the Black Forest until the start of this school year,” he stopped for a second then continued, “It's late you should go back before it gets dark, and also your clothes are soaking wet.” He said facing me.

(Emilia) “What about you? Aren’t you coming with me?” I asked him

(Rayner) “No, I can’t go back,” he stopped, “It was foolish to think that I could control this power.” he murmured underneath his breath. He then walked up to me and picked me up bridal style.

(Emilia)(blushing) “W--What are you doing Rayner?” I asked while my heart beat really fast.

(Rayner) “Taking you back of course,” he crouched, “Hold onto me.” And with that, he jumped. The force was so strong that we soared up above the forest and I had barely enough time to hold onto him.

A few minutes later we landed in front of the Girl’s Dormitory and Rayner, set me back down onto the ground. I let go of him and tried to walk but my legs were shaking. I looked at Rayner, who stood in the small crater that he created with his landing force. In the background, I saw Vivan coming towards us with the laundry in her hands.

(Vivian) “Good afternoon Master and Ms. Emilia,” She said cheerfully.

Rayner looked at the ground beneath him silently not paying attention, only thinking deeply.

(Emilia) “Hey, Vivian are you doing the laundry?”

(Rayner) “.......”

(Vivian) “Yes, actually I just finished them so Master Rayner can wear them tomor--”

(Rayner) “It won’t be necessary,” He said with a strange tone.

I couldn’t see his face due to the setting sun, but I could tell from the tone of voice and his posture that something was off. ‘What did he mean by it won't be necessary’... He then looked up to me in the eyes and smiled in a very sincere way.

(Rayner) “This is goodbye,” then he jumped up again creating an even bigger crater. I tried to say something but he was gone within the blink of an eye. I dropped onto my knees and gripped my shirt where my heart was.

(Emilia) “He left…” I stayed on my knees, holding my shirt. ‘What is this feeling? It’s like my heart broke into pieces.’

(Vivian) “Miss Emilia, what happened? Are you okay?” She said kneeling in front of me but I couldn’t answer her, then everything went black.

One week later:

Vivian’s POV:

It's already been a week since Master left us. The students around the school have been talking about the recent incident on the duel. Ashford had been suspended due to the actions and school rule violations he committed when he revealed Rayner’s past to the other students. Sir Reiyi and Mr. Xavier put together a search team to look for Master Rayner during day time. Unfortunately, as the night falls all the beasts and magical creatures leave their nests and hideouts and wanders in the forests and fields so the search team has to come back.

Ms. Emilia… She had gone every day at dusk to look for master Rayner without the other’s knowledge. However, ever since I found out I stood by her side and helped her look. She would go on until dawn looking for him restlessly until her body couldn’t keep up with her desire to find him.

Tonight she was about to get ready to head out and continue her restless search for Master. She picked up an all-black outfit containing a black sweater; pants along with a black pair of shoes. When she finished her hair, she went to the other side of the room and picked something up. It looked like some kind of necklace. Then she walked to the door and was about to open it when I decided to intervene by standing in the doorway.

(Emilia) “Could you excuse me Vivian?” she asked politely looking into my eyes with a smile.

(Vivian) “With all due respect Miss, I think you should stop this before you get yourself hurt,” I said with a worried tone suggesting my concern for her. Her gentle smile slowly faded away then looked down with shadow covering her eyes.

Flashback: This morning:

Emilia’s POV:

I was sitting in the classroom, listening to Sensei’s lecture about how to manipulate your magic power to protect yourself or in other words cast a shield spell. She said that depending on your ability to manifest your mana or magic power, the shield could protect you from tier 1,2, and 3 magic attacks. When so finished what she had written in the past 10 minutes, she turned around to face the class once more and pointed onto a girl with white and blue hair. Itori asked the girl to display what we had just learned.

(Itori Sens) “Miss Isabella, may I ask you to please demonstrate how to cast shield magic?” She asked while looking over the class to get the other students' attention.

(Isabella) “ Yes teacher, right away!” She said while speed walking towards the front of the class in a nervous manner.

Once she arrived at the center of the podium where usually the teacher stands, she stopped and faced the others. She delicately put her hands in front of her and began chanting. Since I already learned these back in my hometown I swiftly looked down onto the book I received from the Headmaster and read a passage about the purple flames.

Time skip: after school with the search group

I was headed towards the meeting point when members of the group walked past me. ‘Where are they going?’ I thought to myself but I just shrug it off. after a minute I finally arrived at my destination and met with Reiyi.

(Emilia) “Hey Reiyi, where did the others go?” I asked looking around.

(Reiyi) “They...they went home saying it’s stupid to search for him. They said that he is probably dead anyway.” Said Reiyi, with a sorrowful voice. My eyes broadened when I heard that word, DEAD.

(Emilia) “What do they mean he is dead anyway!”

(Reiyi) “ Look, Emilia, I am sorry but let's face the facts. We have been out there searching for him for the past week or so. Even the headmaster in his days couldn’t even last four days in the forest and he is powerful.”

(Emilia) “But I can feel that he is out there somewhere,” I said, “He told me that he lived in the forest for a while an--”

(Reiyi) “Look I know he is strong and all, but I can’t put the others in danger because he ran off.”

(Emilia) “But--”

(Reiyi) “No buts Emilia, we can’t go and that's it.”

After that, Reiyi left. I just sat there for an hour thinking about what he told me. (Ba-dum) ‘Ach!! This feeling again...What is this?’ ‘ever since he left I have been at an unease.

(Emilia) “No! I can’t give up yet!”

Flashback end:

Vivian’s POV:

(Vivian) “Miss Emilia are you okay? You have been quiet for a while.”

(Emilia) “I can’t stop now Vivian, so move away!”

Then she pushed me away and burst out of the door and headed towards the main gates.

Rayner’s POV:

Meanwhile somewhere in the Black Forest:

(Rayner) “Why are you doing this Ashford? why?!” A powerful blast came to my direction so I jumped onto a nearby tree.

(Ashford) “Now that I have this power I’ll kill everybody in that worthless school full of weak links!” He said it in a terrifying tone. “Flame Burst!!”

The attack hit me in the guts and sent me flying into a hill, making a huge crater. Then from above me, he launched a red and black energy lacer. I barely dodged it when he suddenly appeared in front of me and hitting me with his fist. I managed to dodge it and jumped up into the sky. Then he re-appeared above me and kicked me into the ground, destroying the surrounding area around us.

(Rayner)(cough) “That was a powerful one I gotta give you that”

(Ashford) “Is that all you’ve got hero boy? After I finish with you, I’ll go and kill everyone else”

‘I can’t let him get to the Academy’ I thought. I stood up and was about to launch an attack when a strange and powerful feeling hit me and I collapsed onto the ground.

(Ashford) “I guess the curse is starting to take effect huh?” He said then laughed.

(Rayner) “What did you do to me you bastard!”

(Ashford) “OH believe me nothing special, just put a curse on you which allows me to temporarily drain all of your power.” he said, “I’d really like to continue this chat with you, but I’m afraid I gotta go and kill the others now.”

(Rayner) “I will not allow you to do tha--” Unfortunately I was cut off with a blast that looked like a snake. I tried to block it but it was too powerful…

Third Person POV:

*BOOM* An extremely big explosion hit Rayner and he disappeared into nothingness.“I guess my work here is done,” said Ashford “I should hurry the sun is rising”. Then he formed a shadow gate and disappeared into it.

At the Academy: \~7 a.m.

A shadow gate appeared out of nowhere in the middle of the park. The students, teachers, and the staff who just woke up recently looked surprised when they saw Ashford coming out from the gate. The Demonoid formed two, red and black flames in his palms then he threw them in the student’s direction. However, two of the staff members, as well as some of the stronger students, were able to react and put up a defensive shield. Although they were able to save themselves from the magic, its blast still broke the barrier and crushed the building behind them.

(Ashford) “What a bunch of weaklings,” he said in a very deep voice.

Itori and the headmaster heard the explosion and went to the scene. As soon as they arrived and saw what had happened they rushed to the injured students and started healing them. Once they finished and made sure they were okay Xavier walked up in front of Ashford and prepared to fight.

(Xavier) “What is the meaning of this, Mr. Ashford?” he asked, still holding up his attack stand, “why are you doing this?”

Not saying a word, Ashford smiled in a fearful way then held up his left hand pointing in the way of the headmaster. from the tip of his finger, a red magic ball had formed. And then when it seemed to gather enough energy, he shot it towards the Headmaster. As the beam shot in the direction of Xavier, it shatters the ground underneath it.

(Xavier) “Miss Itori, please stand behind me and make sure that the others are there too,” He said.

The sensei did as she was told to do and made sure all the now conscious students stood behind Xavier. When he saw that everybody was safe he then crossed his hands in front of him, creating a protective field around them. “Everybody gets ready!” was his last words before the impact. The attack was so powerful that it destroyed Xavier’s principal coat, leaving him in a shirt and his pants.

(Xavier) “That is an immense amount of power..(panting)... I barely managed to avoid it before it could get to us,” he whispered exhausted. “How could somebody...Wait!....Don't tell me?”

(Ashford) “It seems that you finally figured it out!” (menacing laughter) “After I got suspended, my anger grows so I went out to kill some monsters,” he continued, “That’s when I met with this guy in a cloak,” he stopped for a second, “He said that he could sense my anger and offered me this power so I could get revenge on the school” he finished.

(Xavier) “How foolish of me,” he said, “How could I not notice your true nature to thi--” He was cut off by Ashford who changed his form from human into something terrifying.

(Ashford) “Save your breath old man,” he said, “Let’s end this and just die!”

With Emilia and Vivian:

(Vivian) “Miss, I have a bad feeling. I think we should go back now.” She said with a worried tone.

(Emilia) “Yeah, I think we should. I have this feeling,” she said.

They walked in the direction of the Academy when suddenly the ground started to shake. From behind the woods where the school should be, a gigantic explosion could be heard that made the birds fly out of their nest away from the outburst, into the woods.

(Emilia) “What was that?” she asked with an alarmed voice.

(Vivian) “I don’t know but it came from the Academy’s direction.” She stated while pointing towards the source of the sound.

The two girls looked at each other with a worried look and decided with a nod that they should go and check it out. As the girls proceeded towards the school’s main gates another explosion occurred behind the main buildings. As the dust seemed to clear for a bit two figures, a taller and a shorter one could be seen in the air. The taller one on top had wings on his back and he emitted a very dark, terrifying aura. The shorter one was under, beaten and his clothes almost completely ripped. The one with the wings punched the smaller man and disappeared. Then in the blink of an eye, he reappeared in front of the direction where the other man flew and kicked him in the guts with such power that it made a sonic boom.

(Vivian) “Miss Emilia, watch out!” The maid yelled and pushed away from the blond girl.

Not long after a body crashed into the ground where the two girls recently stood. After the dust and debris had settled down, making it clear to see again Emilia went into the crater to check on the victim. When she arrived at the bottom of the pit her eyes widened when she recognized who the body belonged to, the Headmaster. He was in a very bad condition, his body had burn marks on his hands, chest, and on the legs. He opened his eyes and coughed up blood.

Emilia POV:

I rushed beside Xavier to ask what happened here and with him. Once I arrived I dropped onto my knees.

(Emilia) “Headmaster w-what happened here? Are you okay?”

(Xavier) “Miss Emilia, (Cough) you have to leave before he gets here,” Ge said and wiped off the blood from his mouth.

(Emilia) “Who...who gets here? That man, who is he?” I tried to ask. However, he simply pushed away. A moment later a similar figure appeared in front of him and punched him with black flames covering his hand, making him cough up blood.

(???) “Well, I guess he wasn't as tough as I imagined...”

The guy said while he held up the Headmaster by his neck, choking him. “Wind-Slash” I launched an attack while he was occupied with Xavier. However, he must’ve sensed my magic because he deflected it with his wings. He dropped the Headmaster and turned around to face me. Once I got a clear look on his face I almost threw up. He had two black horns with red ends, his eyes glowed red and the most terrifying thing along with his smile. He had a terrifying smile on his face which reflected his bloodlust to murder, no matter who or what. My legs started to quake in fear, my stomach cramped. He carefully stepped over the unconscious bodies and made his (or rather its) way towards me.

(???)(Devilish voice) “ But look who it is,” he said, “ The one and only, Emilia August, the weakling’s ‘girlfriend’” he finished while gazing at me from a distance.

(Emilia) “Wh-who are you and why are you doing this? I asked with an apprehensive voice. His smirk grew bigger, he closed the distance between us in an instant which made me fall onto the ground.

(???) “Oh my apologies” he laughed, “I should’ve guessed that you won’t be able to recognize me in this form, can you now?” he said looking down on me.

He took a step back and created a black fog. Within the black fog, his size diminishes and his silhouette became smaller and smaller, as the horn withdrew from his head. As the fog dissipated, he started to speak in a familiar voice.

(Emilia) “A-Ashford? What are you doing?” I asked with vexation and fear filling my heart.

(Ashford) “I am just getting revenge on everybody who dared to disobey me!” He said then burst out in laughter.

(Emilia) “Obey you? Since when did you become so import--”

(Ashford) “Silence!” he yelled and backhanded me across my face. “I am a high ranking noble of a prestigious family. EVERYBODY has to obey me!”

(Emilia) “You are a psychopath!” I shouted at him with anger and sadness. I wiped off the blood from my mouth and looked back at him.

(Ashford) “Now, now don’t get so worked up,” he said as he leaned closer to me, “You see back at the entrance ceremony, I’ve taken a liking to you so let’s make a deal okay?” he grinned. “If you come with me and obey everything I say I’ll leave this school and let everybody live,” he stated. My heart skipped a beat when I heard that. Obey everything he says?

(Emilia) “And what if I say no?” I asked.

(Ashford) “Well let’s just say that nobody will see tomorrow and I’ll take you away by force.”

I looked around the park, students and teachers were lying all around on the ground. Those who regained their consciousness were staring in this direction with fear filling their eyes, some of them cried in pain.

(Ashford) “Hurry up and decide, we don’t have all day!” He said, “If you can't decide, then I’ll just kill a person for every ten seconds you take, starting with that maid!” He announced.

(Emilia) “Wait no! I-I am begging you!”

Ashford formed a flame sword and pointed at Vivian. “The clock is ticking Emilia,” he said.

(Emilia)(sob) “What should I do Rayner, please help me,” I whispered lowering my head.

(Ashford) “Oh don’t you worry about him,” he told me, “He won’t come anymore.”

(Emilia) “W-what do you mean he won’t come...?” I asked.

(Ashford) “He won’t come to rescue you or anybody else because ...I Killed Him,” Then he burst out in laughter.

(Emilia) “No...you are lying, I don’t believe you!” My heart halted, I could feel my face heat up and tear dripping down on my cheeks.

(Ashford) “Now” he holds my chin making me look into his eyes, “Do you want everybody else's fate to be the same as his? I recommend you choose wisely.”

Third Person POV:

Ashford held Emilia’s chin up, looking into her terrified, teary eyes. The blond girl was about to say something when one of the braver students attacked Ashford from the back. Annoyed, he let go of Emilia and faced the boy.

(???) “Leave! Runaway I can handle th--” said the student. However, in the blink of an eye, Ashford appeared in front of him with his demon form. The Demonoid grabbed him by the neck and held him up, choking him.

Emilia rushed over to them and grabbed Ashford by his left arm. With teared up eyes she begged to let him go.

(Emilia) “Please let him go! I-I-I’ll go with you, just stop this please!” She cried. The demon let go of the boy, making him fall unconscious onto the ground. He then grabbed Emilia’s hand and held her up until their eyes met.

(Ashford)(devilish voice) “Good choice,” the demon said then he ripped off her black clothes, leaving her in her bra and panties.

(Emilia)(shocked) “W-what are you doing you jerk!” she yelled.

(Ashford) “I said you’ll have to obey me right?,” he said, “I need some pleasure after this boring fight,” he grinned. The demon then pushed her down onto the ground and with his long, pointed tongue began to lick her neck. Emilia struggled to break free from his grip, but unfortunately, he applied more and more strength every time she tried to get-away.

(Emilia) “No! Stop it, I don’t want to do it. Especially here…” She tried to talk, but Ashford closed her mouth with his hands.

(Ashford) “Silence, I don’t care what you want or don’t want,” he said, “You are my slave so you do as I say!” Then he stood up and from his back pocket he took out an egg. He dropped the egg onto the floor, then sent a small amount of magic power into it. The egg hatched and five tentacles grew out of it. Four of them grabbed Emilia by her legs and arms and held her up in front of Ashford.

(Emilia) “What is this!” she cried, trying to break free from the grasp.

(Ashford) “It is really annoying to hold you down so this will keep you from escaping,” he stated, “Now, let the real fun begin,” he said while approaching the helpless girl.

(Emilia) “No, no, no! Please, somebody, help me! Please, Rayner!” She yelled.

Before Ashford could touch Emilia, a purple Flame wall emerged in between them separating the demon’s right hand from its body and destroying the tentacles. From above a sonic boom could be heard.

As the sound wave made people collapse, the floor was shaking as the mysterious flame arrived but in an instant. This force sends the demonized Ashford meters from where he once stood. The flame made the silhouette of a man covered with a blazing aura.

(???) “DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER!!” a familiar voice said.

Before Emilia passed out she got a glance at the person who came to her rescue.

(Emilia) “R-Rayner…”

To be continued...

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