"Seems like the portal opened somewhere around the northern part of the city," Maczed said as he noticed more demons approaching from the north. He and James were on the very top of the building. Maczed had drawn out his sword and then glanced sharply at James
"What do you say ?we slay these demons real quick? Whoever slays the highest number gets a reward," Maczed said and smiled. James turned to look at him.
"Really?" James asked. Maczed nodded lightly.
"Then let's take this one and end it!!" James exclaimed as he drew out his sword. His blade shimmered slightly and gave an ominous aura.
James took off from the building and swiftly landed on the ground. A demon turned abruptly to look at him. James smiled as he tightened his grip on his sword. As he made a step forward to attack, a slash of light cut through the demon. James stopped, stunned.
Then the head of the demon dropped to the ground while the neck pumped out its blood. The body fell down to sunder against the ground.
James grinned as he looked out to see Maczed.
"Haha! One demon down. One kill ahead of you," Maczed taunted as he dived forward to slay another demon using his left sword to strike against the left hand and sending a single swipe cut through the head of the demon.
James grinned lightly and then his grin gradually turned to a smile.
"Good taunt you got there but I am already ahead of you!" he said and squatted lowly. Suddenly dust began to form behind him. He began gathering momentum and speed. Behind him was clouded with dust so thick that one couldn't see through it.
In swift, sharp movement, James dived forward with a relentless speed, waving his sword circularly in extreme speed. With this motion onboard, he rushed into a demon, cutting through it and leaving it cruelly decapitated. He moved further into a demon on the left, cutting through it in the same manner to leave a large hole on its body. James moved forward and before him were three four-legged demons. James smiled lightly.
He dived towards them and they rushed towards him. The second they came together, James teleported behind them. A grin appeared on his lips, grinning from ear to ear. He turned sharply and leapt up to land on them, slicing through their bellies in a split second. His cut was so swift and sharp, they didn't notice it until they attempted to attack him . James smiled as the three bodies split into two that very instant and their blood splattered into the air.
"Not so bad," Maczed complimented as he walked forward. "But we have a swarm ahead of us," he continued. James turned and he saw a large army of demons approaching them.
"What the..." James muttered. He held his sword tightly then grinned lightly.
"Seems like we will do this the normal way!" James called out. Maczed smiled, and touched his swords and a great number of spikes curled around his swords.
"Let's do this, brother," Maczed said. James turned to look at him. Maczed did not call him brother. Their relationship was always plain but deep. Maczed usually called him junior. Calling James a brother was a real shocker. What was wrong? Why was Maczed suddenly milder with him?
Maczed smiled heartily. James stared on.
"James!" Mozcad called out but James had already sensed the presence of a demon approaching him. He swiftly cut the head as it crossed behind his back, attempting to attack him.
The head of the demon dropped by the side of James and his body fell backwards to splatter. Maczed stared at him surprised. He knew James was strong but he never thought he could read his surroundings. And that single cut was so epic. His eyes dangled as he stared at James.
"Are you really surprised?" James asked, but Maczed smiled at him.
"No. We have more demons to slay. Let's cut through them," he said and dived into the swarm of demons. With his swords in position, Maczed twisted in a circular motion, creating a surge of wind around him.
In this motion, he moved into the swarm, killing the demons faster than they could realize. He dived and swirled in the tornado-like motion with his right sword pointing forward and his left sword pointing backwards. This technique was only popular among the higher ranks of Hunters. It was called Tornado Invado.
James stared and smiled as he saw bodies of the demon dropping instantly with a single contact with Maczed's Tornado Invado. He tightened his grip on his sword and grinned gracefully. He then noticed that another horde of demons was approaching him. He smiled and waved his sword expertly.
"You fucking demons, today I kill you all!" James said, as he sped into the swarm of demons with an unnatural speed.
With a single swipe of his sword, four demons dropped dead. James turned left and sliced the demon approaching him. He looked right and saw two coming at him. He smiled lightly. The moment they were close enough, he struck his sword into the left eye of one and pulled his sword down to chop off the left arm.
The second demon charged but he caught the punch with his left hand. He smiled again as he dragged the demon forward and allowed his sword to strike the neck of the demon. That very instant, the head went off while James pushed down the body to slice the first demon with its right arm that was aimed at him. Waving his sword over his right hand, he swiped his sword over the demon's belly. A few seconds later, the demon split into two halves as James smiled.
James looked around himself and noticed that he had been surrounded by about fifteen demons. He smiled again. He loved killing massive numbers and was never intimidated by any obstacle. He had killed a lot more than this number and as to that, he was not subdued by their presence.
"Wanna play a game? If you hit me, I give up. But when I hit you, you die!" James said on a bold note to the demons who were all eager to strike.
The demons charged at James all at the same time. James let an expression of shock etched on his face as he saw these demons cooperate together. This was a rare scene. Demons were known to fend for themselves, dependent on no one except their boss. There was no boss here to coordinate these demons and as such, James was entirely shocked.
He held his sword tightly. A demon charged from his left and he swiped swiftly to cut the head. He then kicked the body of the demon to hit other incoming demons. A demon attempted to bite him but he quickly shifted and inserted his sword. The impact of the intended bite caused a sharp cut by the sword. James then cut off its head from the point if the attachment.
He looked around and noticed that he was being slow. If he was going to live, he had to be real fast. This was had to be brutal and in that sense, he was not operating on the intended level needed. He smiled gracefully.
His eye glinted with power. A surge of aura flushed within him. He was now squatting with his head low. The demons stared at him but charged on.
A demon slashed a heavy weapon on James's head but it broke into two on his head. This didn't even cause a warning though. The demons charged on, hitting him numerously but intensively. Their attacks were tonal and fast. A glint appeared on James' body. He was basically using a technique that allowed the Hunter to assume the hardest substance known. It made their bodies impenetrable. This technique was called The Absolver's Body.
"Haaaaaaa!!!" James screamed as he levitated above the ground. What seemed like numerous swords, struck the demons. The impact being brutal. But actually, it was one sword. James landed on the ground. His speed was so much that he struck about fifteen demons dead in a second. This made his sword to momentarily seem to be numerous.
James grinned and looked out to see Maczed slaying the last demon. James walked to him and Maczed smiled at him.
"Who got the highest kill?" Maczed asked. James thought for a while.
"Well that should be me." James paused as he and Maczed noticed a presence.
Suddenly, flames hit the ground before them and they both withdrew themselves early enough . They looked at the direction of the flames. Between them was a huge mass of demon. Its teeth grinned like a whip-like tail held a sharp blade. Two horns protruded on its head and in its left hand was a strange weapon. The head of the weapon was a large metal orb shaped out to a cuboid and its handle was a long metal rod.
James and Maczed stared in awe. "What the... How did the boss manage to get out of the portal?"