Demons Battle

We won’t Bulge.

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“What the hell is this?” Gabriel muttered.

There was a sudden distorted expression in everyone’s faces. They all sensed Arata’s pressure while they were still trapped in the rhythm of their own movements. Agatha was still trying to knock out the king by strangling him. Gabriel and Sora were still approaching Agatha and the king when the sudden burst of pressure immediately caught all their attention. Still for them. There was absolutely no doubt about it.

‘Shit! He’s still awak..Huh? When did he?”

Arata was already running ahead of Sora and Gabriel before anybody could even let out a breath much less of a defensive reaction. Gabriel immediately went into shock. It was as if time had slowed down for Gabriel due to the tensed situation. He was currently watching Arata running towards Agatha and the king.

At that moment the feeling of fear and anxiousness crept into his whole bones. It was almost like his heart wanted to explode with beats of fear. Such a fear right now would cause most people to freeze but it was the opposite for Gabriel. He couldn’t freeze. Not at this moment. There were so close to their victory. He can’t let the tides of the battle get turned over like that.

Arata kept approaching Agatha and the king.

The funny thing was. How was Arata still moving so fast?

‘Even though he wasn’t unconscious he’s not supposed to be moving this fast?’

Gabriel quickly stretched out his hands trying to grab a hold of Arata but Arata was already far away from his reach.

‘It’s almost like the more he gets beaten the stronger he gets. Is this the power of the weakest member of The Strongest Five?’

They just had a promise of victory in their hands for a minute.  Only a minute.

‘Damn the plane traveler skill is almost wearing off...at this rate we won’t be able to win. Shit! Is this how we lose?’

It only took one minute for them to experience a little victory. Gabriel watched Arata. Arata had already closed the distance between him and his king. There was no doubt it.

‘There’s no way we will win if Agatha doesn’t knock out the king now. Shit! What do I do? What will I do?’

Gabriel was experiencing an intense bewilderment. For a moment it was like his cognition was running at a faster rate. Still he could not find a way to avoid their loss. Still...

‘Is there really anyway to avoid this?’

Gabriel asked with a sense of despair. Arata was already two or three steps away from Agatha and the king. The king was still not knocked out yet. Even though Gabriel didn’t want to accept it. This was definitely their loss. That was till...

“Ahhhhhhhhh! I’m not letting you go anywhere!”

It was Sora. Sora was already in front of Arata.  He was pushing Arata away. He was the only wall keeping Arata from grabbing his king from Agatha.

“Outta my Way!”

“I’m not letting you go anywhere! There’s no way we would lose.”

Gabriel seeing this while he ran towards them. He wondered ‘Even if we won. There’s no way he’s gonna enter the Demons Battle. So why is he going this far?’

Sora was getting a real beating from Arata. Even though it was clear that he was weaker. He didn’t lose the battle of letting Arata go through him.

‘I don’t know why he’s going so far. But just like him I don’t want to lose either!’

Gabriel immediately teleported to Arata and Sora. That was the last teleportation he could force out from the Plane Traveler Skill. He was able to tell from the intense drain of energy he felt after teleporting. The Plane Traveler skill has finally worn out. Still that realization didn’t stop him. He quickly joined the battle to give Sora a helping hand.

‘No matter what. We won’t let you go!’

Gabriel and Sora kept fighting against Arata. No it wasn’t a fight. If it was a fight Arata would have gotten past them a long time ago. They were both just clinging really hard to Arata’s body. Both Gabriel and Sora was not doing any offensive attack. They were both just clinging hard to Arata’s body. Arata was the one on the offense here.

Arata was the one delivering the hits.

“Get outta way! Get out! Get out! I don’t wanna lose!”

Arata kept hitting and hitting. Still Gabriel and Sora didn’t bulge. Neither of the Group members was willing to lose. Gabriel and Sora kept holding Arata down. They were bleeding. Both their body were getting bruised pretty badly from Arata’s continuous hits. They still kept on clinging to him. This was all they could do till the king loses consciousness under Agatha’s grip.

Meanwhile the king kept struggling under Agatha’s grip. He was choking for air. He was holding and resisting Agatha’s hand with both his hands as he struggled for air. At the same time he created a confined space with both him and Agatha inside. It was like a wind barrier. And inside this wind barrier there was no air for Agatha to breath.

They were both trying to strangle each other out but it was obvious. The king was the one already at his limit. His eyes was all red. He was dreadfully gasping for air. He was already suffocating to the extent his face and lips had already turned blue. It won’t be long now before the king passes out.

Arata noticed this. He just couldn’t let that happen.

“No! Get out of my way!”

From nowhere Arata quickly found the strength to grab both Sora and Gabriel from his body and throw them away like a ball. After that he quickly proceeded towards Agatha and his king. He stretched out his right hand. It didn’t take much effort for him to break through the wind barrier created by his king. He swiftly grabbed his king off Agatha’s hand and backed away.

Agatha fell to the ground as she tried to catch her breath. She too had also not being breathing due to the lack of air inside the barrier.

“We couldn’t stop him.” Gabriel said with a despaired expression.

“Shit!”

Both Gabriel and Sora were both down on the ground as they looked at Arata. Arata was breathing really heavily too. It seemed like his previous fast movements really took a toll on him but right now both Gabriel and Sora was the one going through the pain of a mental defeat.

Even with their trump card they couldn’t stop Arata, the number Five. That was how strong the The Strongest Five was. At that moment they had completely lost.

*Beep*Beep* Beep*

That was till an annoying beeping sound was heard. It was coming from both Arata’s and his King bracelets. Their bracelets was unexpectedly given out a red glow. Then a broadcasting voice was immediately heard in the whole tunnel.

[Group B your king has been knocked out. At this moment all the members of the Group B have been terminated. Quickly proceed away from tunnels.]

At that moment there was sudden shock in the entire atmosphere. Gabriel, Sora and Agatha couldn’t help themselves from smiling with an astonished look.

“We won? We really won?” Gabriel said. He still couldn’t believe they won. Not a few seconds ago he had just accepted their lost but they won. Even though they barely won, still their  win still felt great.

“It’s not a dream bro. We won!” Sora quickly tapped Gabriel from his shocked state.

Gabriel looked at Sora and smiled. He quickly glanced towards Agatha who was kneeling with a tired look. Agatha acknowledged Gabriel’s gaze with a smile and a thumps up. They had won against a member of The Strongest Five. To them it was really a huge feat.

Meanwhile they were not the only ones rejoicing.

“Wow go Group C!”

“Yah!”

“Sora looks cool!”

“I think the regular human kid is way amazing!”

“I for one thinks it’s Agatha. Group C won because of her.”

The audience and the arena were also given out an enthusiastic scream and arguments. Everyone of the audience had been watching Group C’s fight with Arata from the start. It was such an amazing show that they were all unable to tell what will happen.

“Yeah go Gabriel!!!” John cupped both his hands around his mouth and screamed from his seat.

“They really won” Tom said with a smile.

“Yeah..” Machia smiled. His expression quickly changed after that as he said. “Well but the tough show starts right now. There’s still one more group remaining for Group C to fight”

Meanwhile a shocking scream was heard from Kim.

“What the hell? How is this even possible?”

“Hahaha..looks like you’re already out” Hideyo laughed.

Kim bracelet was also glowing red. He was so pissed. He has been fighting with Hideyo for a while now. The other two students who were fighting against each other were already unconscious too. Still he was not satisfied with the result of their fight. He has not yet dealt enough damage on Hideyo. Hideyo was looking pretty beat up but so was he. Because of that Kim was not satisfied. Still weather he was satisfied or not there was nothing he could do at the moment. He was already out.

For Hideyo he was actually quite glad about the situation. Although he was able to hold his ground with Kim well. Still he knew if the fight were to continue there was absolutely no guarantee he could win against Kim. He knew Kim was quite a monster if he went all out.

“You were lucky Hideyo.”

Kim started walking away with a sullen expression.

“We will continue our fight later then”

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Meanwhile Arata stood silent with his unconscious king still in his hands. He was still shocked at the results. He belatedly muttered.

“I lost?”

He still couldn’t believe it. He rescued his king but he still lost. There was no other explanations then. He was a second late before grabbing his king. His king had already lost consciousness before he rescued him.

His pride was immediately shattered. No his pride was already shattered from the very beginning of the fight. The truth was...

‘I really wanted to win this one.’

There was a very sad and disappointed look in Arata’s face.

Sora glanced at Arata from his lying position.

He quickly got up and started walking slowly to Arata. Sora facial expression suddenly became serious as he stopped in front of Arata. Even Arata wasn’t sure of why Sora was standing in front of him.

Sora struggled before opening his mouth “I know I’m weak but I’ll definitely beat you next time. I won’t lose.”

Arata was shocked. Sora still didn’t know it yet. He had already beaten Arata the moment he made Arata go all out.

To Arata he knew he lost. Sora kept a disappointed look. It was like he was not expecting Arata to reply him. Even if Arata did answer him. It would be a negative answer.

Arata lips started moving as he said” I won’t lose either. I’ll give it everything I’ve got next time.”

Arata turned and started walking away with his unconscious king before he said.

“You’re not weak. You’re strong and same goes for the regular human”

Sora’s and Gabriel’s eyes became widened after hearing Arata. This was one thing they were definitely not expecting to hear from Arata. Even if they knew they barely won against Arata. The words of acknowledgement from Arata made their win worth it.

Gabriel smiled with excitement. He just couldn’t control himself till he found himself speaking out loud.

“So are you! You’re the strongest opponent I have fought so far. So let’s fight again!”

“I know Gabriel-Kun. The hard moment starts now. I won’t be the most Strongest opponent you’ve faced a few moment from now. He’s still in the game. Daniel Ross is still in the game. And winning against that guy is going to be a real pain in ass.”

Gabriel expression became stiffened from Arata’s words. Deep down he could tell. If Arata the weakest member of The Strongest Five was this strong. Then How strong will the proclaimed Strongest Member of The Strongest Five be? Just thinking about it sent the feeling of terror to his whole body. Still worrying about such a thing is a waste of time. He quickly decided.

“We will just have to give it our best then. We will definitely win.”

“Hmm..I’ll be watching then.” Arata chuckled as he continued walking away. He walked away till he was no longer seen by Group C members.

“Oh shit we fucking won!!!” Sora screamed as he jumped around like a child. Until Agatha gave him a slap in the head.

*Slap*

“Ouch. What was that for?”

“Quiet down will you. It’s still not yet over!”

“Now you’re the one shouting!”

*Slap*

“Okay. Okay I’ll stop shouting.”

“Hahaha” Gabriel just laughed as he saw Sora reacting to the slap.

Agatha expression quickly became serious as she said “By the way Arata is right. If we were only barely able to win against him how do we even stand a chance of winning against Daniel.”

“It’s not just Daniel. Hideyo Number three is also in Group A. We still can’t tell if the other last member Of The Strongest Five actually exist but there’s one thing I know. He’s not in our group. Shit we are really at a disadvantage here.” Sora said in disappointment.

“Yes come to think of it. It’s really going to be hard. We don’t have any trump cards left. Our only trump card only barely worked against Arata. But we still can’t give up yet.” Gabriel said.

Yes their group was really at a disadvantage but Gabriel was right. They can’t just give up yet because of it. They had to fight till the very end.

“Then what’s the plan Gabriel-kun?” Agatha asked.

There was a moment of silence between them as both Agatha and Sora was waiting to hear what Gabr would say. Gabriel was about to open his about until...

{Haaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!”}

It was a very disturbing sound they was heard all over the whole tunnels. They all had to covered their eyes. The sound was so loud that it could cause someone to go deaf. After ten seconds the terrible sound finally stopped.

But there was a sudden change in all their expression. Their expression immediately became tensed. Although they were shocked by the sound. They knew exactly what that sound meant. They had already anticipated for such a sound. With a sense urgency in all their  faces.

Gabriel quickly opened his mouth “ Our king is in danger”