Chapter 29: Chapter Twenty Nine
"So D.
How do you wanna handle it?"
"The entrance? Well there is only one real way of doing it."
"A'ight. We'll follow your lead."
"You sure? Could get caught in the crossfire."
"Yeah. I wanna watch AND I have some personal business in there. Besides, can't let some small fry interrupt you."
"Hmph... Never thought a demon would have my back..."
"Then how about a friend having your back?"
You turn around and look at her. "You may not know why but I love you right now."
After that little exchange you casually waltzed in with your two cronies in tow. Naturally the staff inside was much less inclined than the actual warriors to get in your way, so your stroll concluded uninhibited. Upon arriving at the door however you stop. "What's wrong D?"
"They know we're here. Right?" She nods.
"Well even though they expect me... there is still a way to surprise them." Walking a few paces backwards you get a running start.
Meanwhile on the other side the tension is growing unbearable as Abraka, the Demon King digs his nails into the arm of his throne.
"What is he doing? What on earth is he thinking-"
"OOOOOOH YEEEEEEAAAAAAAH!" You come crashing through the wall right next to the door.
The Demon King stares at this in astonishment. Everything in the throne room seems to pause for a minute as the demons inside and outside attempt to decipher what just happened. It turns out that your entrance was so good at taking the enemy by surprise that they even forgot how shit scared they are of you.
"There... was a door... RIGHT THERE!" The king points at the massive contraption next to you. "WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?!"
"Heh..."
"The door?! Like some kind of peasant?"
Cracking your neck and knuckles however is enough to snap your opponent back into reality and he swallows hard. "Okay... You know why I'm here. I know why I'm here.
So how about we get this over with?"
Standing up from his throne the king walks down a long flight of stairs. "Mortal...
You come into my realm. Causing chaos and destruction... And for what purpose? Greed? Lust? Pride? I suppose it doesn't matter, for in the end-"
"Cut the crap a-hole! I can TASTE your fear."
"It's not fear! It's... anxiety. I've longed for this day for so long and now that I'm here... I can't help but feel a bit tense."
"Really? That's a shame. Fear is good. Fear keeps you alive. But if it's true well... we can fix that real soon!" *CRACK*
As you make your knuckles pop you hear a set of footsteps approaching the kings altar.
"Brother..."
"Sister. Did you secure my family?"
"They are safe. Now... I am ready to aid you."
You look up at her. "Don't tempt me lady.
You join in and I'll put your name in the obituaries as well!" She pauses and begins to tremble.
Her brother sees this and extends an arm.
"This does not concern you sister. Go to my family and make sure they are safe... if worse comes to worst."
She doesn't argue with her brother much and runs back where she came from.
Sadly this probably means that even if you want to, you can't hunt down the Demon Kings family. That's a shame. But at least now you won't have any interference to worry about.
Which leaves Sala... Wait, where is she?
*cough cough* "Seriously D. You could've just blown up the door. Now we'll choke to death."
"Hmmmm?" The Demon King looks over to them. "I see you've got yourself a few... traitors. Wait-" He pauses as he sees Sala. "Do I... know you?"
"Abraka..." Sala grits her teeth.
"Oh yes! Now I remember! You were that little maggot that tried to usurp my throne!
HAH! Good times! Say... did you really come with this... mortal in the hopes that he could achieve what you pathetically couldn't?
Or... are you here for a family reunion?"
The King motions towards one of the walls and the large, velvet curtain covering it slides away to reveal... quite a lewd scene.
With a pile of quite sexy and scantily clad demon women all moaning and grinding against each other as their master is too... preoccupied to attend to them.
One in the pile however stands out. Literally.
Emerging from the crowd is quite a familiar sight. An almost carbon copy of Sala with the sole exception being her short hair. She sticks out her long tongue as she begins to laugh maniacally.
"AHAHAHHAHAHHAHAH! SIS! I KNEW YOU'D BE BACK! COME! JOIN US!"
"Gado..." Sala hisses under her breath as she reaches her boiling point.
"WAIT! YOU MEAN TO TELL ME YOUR PARTNER WAS-"
"Oh sis! I felt soooo sorry for stabbing you in the back! But I didn't feel like dying you know! Besides... being Abrakas little toy feels SOOOOO GOOOOD!" She sticks out her tongue and makes several orgasm faces to accentuate what she's saying. "It'll be so GOOD doing it together! Taking the kings seed day in and day out is the BEST! Our life is nothing but endless pleasure without suffering or starvation! Even when he pulls your hair it'll only hurt the first few times!"
"D..." Sala looks over to you. "I don't care what you do... But I want her! I... need her!"
"OH SIS! I KNEW YOU FELT THE SAME WAY!
Come! Come! Let us... reunite!"
You don't know how to react to that.
So instead of standing there looking dumb you simply nod. "Just hold out Sala. This won't last long."
You look upon the figure that eerily matches most depictions of the devil and say this.
"I'm going to start beating you now. I don't know when I'll stop!"
"Hah. Big words! But if you think that bluster will-"
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" The entire palace begins to shake around you as your power rises to its absolute peak. Both your physical and mental attributes are being pushed to its limits.
"WHAT THE FU-"
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
With one final push you manage to reach your maximum power output. With the literal devil standing in front of you quaking in his boots you take off your mask and carefully set it on the ground. Slowly you walk up to the trembling king and say this as your hair flutters from your psychic powers. "I'll give you ten seconds. After that... no more Mr Nice guy."
He begins to sweat bullets and attempts to raise his power but... can't. He's too terrified to do so.
Instead in his anger he takes a deep breath and attempts to spit on you which you dodge effortlessly. As the devils saliva hits the ground you see the rock below changing color and texture. Seems like it has some sort of petrifying quality to it. "Bitch move."
You deliver a straight kick into him and he's sent flying backwards and through every single wall until he comes out on the other end of the building. The walls around you begin to crumble to dust where he burst through them and you start following the red beast. He's struggling to come to terms with what just happened as he wipes some of his purple blood off his mouth.
"H-Huuuuuuh? Wh-What is this? How can-"
"I thought you already heard. I am the Doomslayer. And you are the last thing I'm slaying here."
You begin raining blows upon him. Relentless in your assault you keep exchanging blows with the king.
But while his attacks either miss or deal next to no damage, his body undergoes quite a lot of punishment. Unable to break free he's locked in there with you, for if he stops he'll surely die. So as you beat him senseless he resorts to slowly increasing his power over the course of your clash. The two of you start being more evenly matched in terms of raw power.
However when it comes to technique you easily outclass him, forcing him to exert EVEN MORE power until he far exceeds you. In a violent flash of red ki his body undergoes quite an extensive change, his horns becoming much more pronounced. "Ahhhh... That's better. Now this should be fun.
Still... having to go all out and use my full power against a MORTAL! Do you understand how much pain you just caused? I'll have to deal with foolhardy challengers for the next hundred years because of you!"
You point at him. "What I understand is that your skull will be the final piece of my mask that I've been looking for so long!"
But despite your cocky little taunt, it is a fact that he's stronger than you now. Still... you managed to make him go all out right at the start. That's good. He may be right after all. The fun does begin now!
You give him a cocky smile. "Well... I suppose that does change things." You crack your neck. "And here I thought I wouldn't have to fight seriously."
"Do your worst!" Cockily the Demon King allows you to prepare whatever you want.
For a moment you start thinking about what to do. There IS a trick you've been meaning to test out with the time-skip but... somehow you feel a certain urge overwhelming you.
You think for a moment how funny it'd be for this guy to be beaten by the same power he overcame once. And after that you just can't help yourself.
Closing your eyes you slowly and gently start tapping into a reserve of power you aren't entirely comfortable with. "Buu... Buu? Are you awake?"
"Hmmmmm?"
"Wakey wakey!"
"Hmmmmm?"
"It's fun time!"
"Oh-UUUUH! HA-HA-HIIIIII!"
The lid is now off and from the bowels of your body power rises to the surface. Reining it in is not exactly easy, never was. But there is one upside for it. Powers of both mind and body have been raised to their maximum. Any more and your energies might just ravage you.
But Buu?
Buu does not care about such things.
Magic is different, wild, uncaring for such rules and restrictions. And when used in tandem with the other two... the results are quite spectacular.
Your muscle mass swells, your eyes go black and your hair seems to vibrate and flutter more than it usually does. Though that stops after a while.
Abraka watches this with great joy. "I see. So you must've met my former master. I can't believe he gave that up for a mortal. I suppose the exile must've broken him." He reaches for a little knife tucked into his belt and pulls it out. With a flick of his thumb the unassuming little utensil turns into a massive saber.
"But don't get carried away! I stopped him and I WILL stop you! After all, I could probably slay the Majin myself if I really had to!"
Extending both hands you slap them together and begin focusing a little bit of everything into your hand. An orb black as night forms before you before it begins to ripple and shake. "Null.... LAAAAAAANCE!"
In a quick little flash of darkness Abrakas eyes fail him. Once the world returns to him however... he finds his sword broken.
"Still not good enough... Must work on my aim a bit more."
You pull back your hand after managing to break the Kings sword and give him a cocky smile. He shudders for a moment before he manages to find his cool and tosses the now useless tool away. Realizing the truth of the situation, that no matter what happens now he must fight, he charges you.
Raising your guard you block a punch that seems eerily similar to the Masters own technique before taking a left hook in the face from the other arm. Pushed back a little, you quickly stop yourself by releasing a controlled burst of energy behind you. Reorienting yourself you quickly retaliate with a similar attack to Abrakas. Only he can't even begin to block your attack due to your speed.
He flies back as well and when he eventually grinds to a halt the two of you look at each other and wipe the blood trickling down the side of your mouths. The results are the same but your reactions are the complete opposite. While you're filled with pride Abraka seems to be seething.
"A mortal on par with the Demon King...
This must be some sort of joke!" But he quickly steels himself with a deep growl.
"No matter! I'll just give it my all and KILL YOU!"
"You'll die trying!" Extending an arm you invite him to attack you. "NOW COME ON!" The devil flares up with even more dark energy as he attacks you.
As Abraka makes his way to you he gathers a hefty amount of dark energy in his hand and forms it into an orb. No doubt he intends to shove it into your face. You let out a smile.
"Watch me Hit..." And raise your hands.
"THIS IS THE STANCE!"
The glowing energy gets dangerously close when you finally decide to use your time-skip and dodge it outright. To the credit of the King he's remarkably quick in catching up with your fuckery and through sheer instinct and experience manages to follow your movements. Though his next attack is interrupted by you attempting to strike him first.
His orb quickly dissipates as he crosses his arms in an effort to block your punch. A large shockwave is sent out when your knuckles slam into his forearms and he laughs you off.
"Muahahahah! Is that all?"
With a quick little shove he breaks his guard and sends you back a few paces. But as he prepares himself for a counter attack something happens to him. Suddenly his head is jerked to the side, as if someone backhanded him.
Looking up in utter confusion he looks around for whoever snuck up on him. "WHO'S THERE?! SHOW YOURSELF YOU GUTLESS WORM!"
But you laugh him off and charge him.
He puts up his guard again, blocking each and every single punch you throw. But as you rain down attacks on him like a machine gun Abraka starts to realize something. As he moves his hand around to block attacks from different angles he feels similar invisible strikes hitting him where he's exposed.
After breaking your little clash and flying back a bit you watch as the Demon King falls to one knee as he's reaching for his aching gut.
"H-How... What is this?!"
You crack your neck as you respond. "Wouldn't you like to know!"
Closing the gap with a loud "Ping" you deliver a sweeping kick aimed at Abrakas head which gets blocked almost immediately. He holds his forearm in position and waits for the mysterious technique to kick in. And sure enough he feels a sudden, invisible impact hitting his forearm, at which point he realizes something: He felt nothing when blocking your initial attack.
His eyes go wide as he starts muttering something. "Y-Your attacks have a delay???"
"Time-lag..."
You extend your arm forward and speak up.
"Lag fist crush!"
From your knuckles a barely visible wave of energy shoots out which Abraka tries to dodge but you move to his back and start relentlessly beating him until the delayed attack strikes him in the back. Feeling the sting of the modified flash fist crush he lets out a groan as blood starts filling his mouth.
Spitting blood on you he looks in your eyes.
"A-are you the... legendary hitman? Hit?!"
"He's my teacher..."
"GUH?!" Abraka then takes a step back but once more his legs give out under him.
"Don't. I just broke three of your ribs from the back. If you move you risk them stabbing into your lungs."
"C-Curses! DAMMIT!" He shouts up at the sky.
"I... I can not die like this! I WON'T DIE LIKE THIS! TAAAAAAAKE THIIIIIIIIIS!"
He raises both of his hands into the air and gathers up as much of his magical power as he can muster. The orb above his head swells to a gargantuan size in a matter of seconds.
Looking at it you start wondering how to best deal with it.
You see this and you don't like it. If he throws that thing it could do some serious collateral damage. So you decide to intervene. However due to your use of the time-lag you are left pretty exhausted and as such must make this one count.
Using what focus you have left you do one more time-skip and get right up in his face, delivering a kick to his neck. "SCUM!"
To your shock it does bend but does not break like you hoped it to. But it was still enough to disrupt him.
The massive ball of energy now starts falling down on you and using all your strength you grab it quickly as Abraka starts falling down.
With great exertion you manage to toss the thing into the air and once it's sufficiently high you shoot a small ki blast at it, detonating the bomb. The King looks up from the ground and watches as most of his pooled up energy scatters in the wind.
Yet somehow... he's still very cock-sure.
"Heh..." He wipes some blood off his face as he smirks. "Looks like I'm not the only one who's tired..."
Panting a bit you look down at him. "Yeah? Well if you didn't realize it yet, I'm not the one half foot in the grave already!"
This comment irks him. "You bitch...
If you think I'm going down that easily then THINK AGAIN!" Pumping himself up his body suddenly expands. "YARGH!" His muscles grow in size until he looks like one of those ads discouraging the use of steroids. "EVEN IF IT'S THE LAST THING I DO! EVEN IF IT BREAKS MY BODY! I WILL NOT LET YOU WIN!"
You watch in astonishment as he roids out and are left speechless.
Cackling like a madman you can't even bear to look at the Demon King as he is now. "Oh! OHOHO! THAT'S TOO GOOD!"
"What's so funny mortal?!"
Stopping your laughter you look him dead in the eye. "You're already dead..."
Moving with your maximum speed you forego the use of time-skip as it'd drain you too much. He barely even realizes you moved, his eye simply could not follow your movement.
By the time he wizened up it was already too late. His last desperate measure was his undoing.
Gasping in pain he looks down in a sluggish manner he sees you with your fist buried in his chest. As you remove your arm blood pours out of him and onto you. The demons skin starts going pale as blood leaves it.
Falling down for the final time he grabs your shoulder with the last vestiges of his strength.
"You... You have no idea what you just did...
I... will curse you... with each and every moment in the afterlife... Until you know the true meaning of suffering! Until everything you know and love is destroyed! I... swear... you'll... paaaay-"
He finally collapses and his powerless hands let go of you as he unceremoniously falls onto the ground. You aren't too affected by his final words. You've been dead before so you know there isn't much weight to his words. But with a tired little sigh you look up from him and fly back into the castle where your companions are already waiting for you.
"Wow... It's actually over." Sala muses. "I must say it D. I didn't think this day would come."
"Did you doubt me?"
"Not you... My luck."
As your companion looks down on the ground you survey the area. "It's quiet."
"Yeah. Most left the second the fight broke out. The rest ran when they saw him die..."
"Good. I was worried I'd have to deal with the small fry."
She shakes her head. "I doubt any demon would want to fuck with you right now.
Even though you're tired." Then she turns around and looks towards the former Kings harem, who are the only ones to have remained due to their frailty and inability to escape. "Now then...." She cracks her knuckles. "It's my turn!"
You pat her on the shoulder. "Take as much time as you need. I'll be outside."
"Not gonna watch D?"
"No. I'll be outside if you need me."
With that you left her to her own devices.
Not because you don't have the stomach for it but because you have a promise to keep.
Leaving the place you flew back to the corpse of the king and knelt down beside it. "Well... you were a shit opponent. But at least you'll be good at something."
Getting to work you carefully removed the top part of his skull and removed all unnecessary parts, like its contents and the "packaging".
Once your trophy was nice, clean and polished you slapped it on your existing jaw protector and got a fully assembled mask.
Slapping the thing on you went over to a nearby puddle of water to see your reflection.
"Damn. That's cool. Maybe I'll keep it as a trophy..."
You wonder as you realize how wearing it outside the Makai would quickly bring about the end of all your hard work as more powerful people could easily break it.
But once you made sure you can see in the damn thing and that it's not loose anywhere you look back up."That should be good enough. Now... I wonder if Sala is done yet. It's been a while."
Flying back into the castle you saw a most gruesome sight as your demonic companion was kneeling over the lifeless body of her sister, repeatedly slamming her fist into the ground where Gados head used to be. Emphasis on "used to". By this point there is nothing remaining of the poor slaves face but a nice, big red pool of various juices. Walking over to Ken you start questioning him worriedly.
"How long has she been doing this?!"
"Since the start. She's very persistent."
Fueled by hatred and anger she keeps slamming her bloody knuckles into the ground while shouting obscenities. By this point it's difficult to tell whether its even her sisters blood anymore or...
"I can't stand this!" You speak to Ken and walk up to her.
"DIE! DIE! DIE! YOU! STUPID! BITCH!" She kept on going, each word interrupted by another punch."I! TRUSTED! YOU! I! LOVED! YOU!"
Finally you arrive to her but she doesn't even notice your presence, her eyes are so clouded by rage. Kneeling down behind her you slowly wrap your arms around her waist and gently pull her into a hug. "It's okay... It's over now."
She finally stops, her hands remain fixated in the air. But as she's pulled back into reality her arms begin to shake until she finally buries her face into her crimson dyed hands... and begins sobbing.
"Shhhhhh.... It's okay... It's okay..." You remain there comforting her until she manages to let it all out. "Good. Good. Come, let's get you cleaned up."
Walking out to the same puddle you found she tries her best to wipe the blood off of herself and once she's relatively clean you bring her back up. "Okay Sala. Let's get out of here."
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