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At the same time as Erika took revenge against one of the perpetrators of her assassination, in the other side of the Greenbow City, two other Demon Lords were being absolutely massacred, ganged against by several powerful Spirit Masters at once.
A giant bear-like demon, covered on several ck horn was gasping for air, hisrge body of over three meters of height covered in countless wounds, his demonic energy was almostpletely drained.
And surrounding him there were countless of demon corpses, while a hundred more live demons continued running towards him. Their eyes were closed as if they were sleeping, and there was a strange purple colored aura surrounding their bodies.
"RAAAH! DAMMIT!"
He had been freeing himself from the incessant roots trying to wrap themselves around his body for more than a dozen times by now, all while battling his own kin, forced to ughter them.
"YOU DAMN WITCH!"
With a furious bear-like roar, the giant demon nced at a beautifuldy at the distance, sitting above a huge, muscr Gray Oni, while crossing her legs seductively.
Her beauty tricked many to think she was a very young woman, only for the truth to be the opposite, a gorgeous half-elfdy with a rather long lifespan, with long, fluffy pink hair, and glowing purple eyes.
Her equipment glowed brightly, as arge dreamcatcher floated above her witch-like hat, emanating an ominous aura of dreams and nightmares… It forced all those weaker than her to fall asleep.
Their souls now trapped within her World of Dreams, she controlled them like puppets, forcing them to fight one another.
She was nobody else than the powerful Rank 8 Spirit Grandmaster, the Witch of Dreams and Nightmares, Cattalina. One of the ten strongest of the Human Continent, and mother of Erika.
"Haven''t you struggled enough? Haven''t you ughtered enough? Are you doing to continue, little bear?" She giggled maliciously. "I wonder how much you are going to struggle."
"Y-You''re a monster…" The Bear tried to take out hisst resort, an Archdemon Shard, only for it to disappear from his hands in a split of a second, an almost invisible Dream Hand robbed it off his hands.
"N-No…! WAIT!" The bear cried, rushing to catch the jewel only for hundreds of demons to leap over his body, dragging him down into the floor.
"Oh, were you going to use this? We can''t have that, you know?" Cattalina smiled, holding the jewel in her hands. "Don''t worry, we''ll keep it safe. It is time now, just go to sleep… Good night."
"N-No…! Urgh…!" The Demon Lord has resisted her Dream Magic too hard, and ended falling asleep, his soul devoured by her Nightmare Hound, wandering her Dream Realm, alongside all the other Demon Souls as well.
The Demons fell into the ground, like puppets whose strings were abruptly cut down. Without even suffering, they were now dead.
"It seems my daughter has finished off that bastard… I would had helped her, but she insisted on doing it herself." She sighed. "You''ve grown so strong, Erika… Mom is very proud of you."
At the same time, in another side of the city, a huge bird and lion-like Demon Lordid above the floor, his wings torn apart, his arms torn to shreds, his head sttered over the floor, his brains destroyed, and his soul consumed.
Remains of frost and burned wounds covered him, despite being as huge as ten meters, he ended beingpletely overwhelmed by thebined effort of ke''s strongest friends.
"Well, if we all ganged on it, it was bound to die easily. What a pity." Erdrichughed, sitting above the giant demon''s corpse.
"It did transform at the end, huh? Well, we even had Lady Evelyn''s help, her spirits are really something!" Chris said.
"I barely did anything, you kids are just way too strong." Evelyn sighed, crossing her arms while sitting over her zing Lion.
"I digress, your help was essential." Elfriedden smiled. "Nheless, a victory is a victory… It seems that Alberta, Eric, and ke''s armies are wrapping things up as well."
Treant-like monsters, Undead, Golems, and Familiars had already massacred any Demons that opposed them, chasing those that had tried to escape now.
However, the ones that fought the most and got the highest kill counts were ke''s mighty Vampire Spirits and his Familiars.
Ruby and Blood, he Dragon and the Wolf, had killed over a hundred foes themselves, with their beastly strength, things were done before they even realized.
The mighty Blood Demon Dragon yawned, sitting above a huge pile of corpses, munching on them to regain some of the stamina he lost in this battle.
"Good job, Ruby." ke descended, caressing his dragon''s head. "You can have as many of these for lunch, go ahead. Now that you''re a Demonic Dragon, they shouldn''t be toxic even if I don''t purify them."
"Groar!" Ruby wagged his tail excitedly, devouring the demon corpses with crunching noises, blood sttering everywhere gorily.
"Who is a good boy? You''re a good boy!"
Meanwhile, Eleanora was -as always- spoiling her tamed beast, Blood, an old Gray Wolf they had found and tamed as an experiment, turning him into Eleanora''s first ever Vampire Servant through her Skills, and now her most loyal!
"Woof! Woof! Awoo!"
Blood was already an enormous beast, as tall as five meters, whenever he licked Eleanora, his huge tongue would cover her entire face, yet, because she had a weakness to cute dogs, she didn''t mind it.
"Erika has killed the Demonic Human. Her mother in one Demon Lord, and the boys killed the other one. Good, things progressed surprisingly smooth." ke smiled. "Our strength has more than doubled since we arrived here… Now, ourst stop is getting closer. It was definitely a good idea toe here and solve this entire war. The amount of EXP we''ve gained out of it is gratifying, to say the least."
ke nced at his floating Grimoire, as it disyed to him all the kills and EXP earned by him, as hemanded his troops and friends to battle. He had not killed a single demon himself, yet ended earning a terrific amount of Experience Points…
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