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2024-10-29 19:42:56Nathan didn't know what he was supposed to do. He needed to save all the hostages. One moment of distraction had led to this painful predicament. For once, Nathan wanted to be successful in saving someone's life. He needed to defeat the Beast King and keep his promise to Rosie.
"King, what do you want us to do? I know we embarrassed you pretty badly out there but you're only making it worse by hiding behind a bunch of hostages," taunted Andrew.
The Beast King frowned, "You're just asking me to kill the hostages, aren't you?"
"No, we want to make a deal with you!" Interjected Nathan. "In exchange for letting these people go, you can do whatever you want with me. I'll throw down my life in exchange for theirs!"
Andrew couldn't believe what he had just heard. There was no way that he would allow Nathan to sacrifice himself.
However, on the other hand, the Beast King was quite pleased to hear this. It was the perfect opportunity to make Nathan suffer.
"I have to admit that the satisfaction I'd gain from that would make me explode with pleasure! At first, I was going to kill all these people like I did the last time but I doubt that would break your spirit again. So I'll accept your offer and break you physically instead!"
Andrew was frightened to hear this. He was hoping that Nathan had some sort of plan. This was when Nathan dropped his weapons before whispering something to him.
"Andrew, save the civilians," whispered Nathan.
Andrew had no idea how he would go about doing this. However, before he could even ask how, Nathan began walking towards the Beast King. As Nathan walked, his eyes met with each of the hostages. Each face gleamed with desperation, hoping that he would be able to save them.
Nathan was adamant that he had to save them. He wanted to give a whole new meaning to his title of The Mind Hero. Failure was not an option.
A second later, Nathan stood before the Beast King unarmed. He was surrounded by Demon Beasts just waiting for the order to kill him. This made the Beast King beam with joy.
"Yes!! I'm going to enjoy cutting you to pieces before making my getaway! Your death will leave those friends of yours with a broken spirit that will never heal! Ohhh, the sweet pain they'll suffer..! It's so... It's so... It's so wonderful!! Hahahahahhaaaa!!"
The Beast King then slowly raised his scythe in pain. His shoulders were far too damaged for him to move any faster. Taking advantage of this, Nathan placed his hand behind him before making an OK symbol with his fingers.
Andrew immediately realized that Nathan was giving him a signal to take action. He was uncertain what he needed to do but he knew he had to do something.
"Destruction Art: Destructive Anomaly!"
Andrew knew that by using this Art Style, his body would begin to deteriorate quickly. However, it would give him the needed speed boost to kill at least half the Demon Beasts present before they could harm the hostages.
Following this, Andrew threw Nathan's katana towards him before attacking the Demon Beasts with blinding speed. By this time, the Beast King realized what was happening and prepared to give the Demon Beasts the order to attack.
However, as soon as the Beast King opened his mouth, Nathan slammed his fist underneath his chin, forcing his mouth shut, preventing even a word from escaping.
Nathan had to think quickly before the Beast King recovered. He could kill the Beast King but he knew that wouldn't be enough to get rid of the Demon Beasts. Instead, there was a chance that the Demon Beasts would go wild and slaughter the hostages even without the order. He had to keep the Beast King alive until all the Demon Beasts were eliminated.
"Lightning Art: Fading Strike!"
Realizing that Andrew needed help, Nathan quickly picked up his katana before using Fading Strike. Thunder boomed and lightning arced around his body as he killed every remaining Demon Beast, saving the hostages.
"Kill the damned civilians!!" Shouted the Beast King who had just recovered from Nathan's punch.
To the Beast King's horrifying surprise, all his Demon Beasts had already been killed. Not a single one remained.
"Noo!!!!" He boomed.
Immediately, the civilians took this chance to escape. They rushed through the front door in a panic like an animal stampede.
On the other hand, Nathan and Andrew watched the Beast King with their faces bathed in sweat. They breathed heavily while taunting the Beast King with satisfied smirks.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!!!" Screamed the Beast King as he pulled a few strands of hair from his head in frustration. "I refuse to lose!! This is not ending in my defeat!! Ahhhhhhh!!! DEMON ART: DEVIL REBORN AND BEAST ART: MASS SUMMONING!!! ULTIMATE COMBINATION ART: DEVIL SUMMONING!!!"
Suddenly, a massive amount of Dark Spiritual Energy began pouring inside the building. The ground shook like an earthquake and the clouds above boomed with thunder almost as if reacting to the Beast King's Art. Nathan and Andrew didn't know what was happening but it was evident that it was nothing good.
A second later, a giant red deviled beast began to emerge from beneath the floor. It continued to grow until it was unable to even fit inside the building. The building creaked and groaned as it got ready to collapse.
Soon after, the building began breaking apart. Nathan and Andrew could only watch in horror as this happened. No Art Style in their arsenal could combat a disaster of such proportion. To make matters worse, the civilians had just exited the building. They were sure to be crushed by the falling debris if nothing was done.
Meanwhile, the Beast King laughed hysterically as he summoned a smaller Demon Beast with wings. Quickly, he then hopped onto its back before it flew him out of the collapsing building.
"What are you going to do now?" He laughed. "You're as good as dead!! Even if you manage to kill the devil I summoned, it will explode like a bomb due to the massive amounts of Spirit Energy it contains!! You're finished!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!"
Prince_nonchalantFun Fact: Some Art Styles require a weapon to be used at full power.
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