"Kill him! Before it's too late!" a female voice shouted.
A sharp whip cracked and the echo of a woman's scream caused the party to quiver.
"Shut up you dumb bitch! Haven't I told you to keep your mouth shut. Azazel doesn't give a shit what happens to you, so let me deal with these brats so I can get back to having my fun with you!" Wrath snarled.
"What the hell? I thought there was supposed to be a dragon? I'm so confused. System, what's going on?"
[It appears the dragon is the woman screaming. After further analysis, the demons have been hiding not only Rook, but Leila Fury, the first dragon created by the gods, made Queen and only dragon able to change into human form. The dragons have been extinct for over 10,000 years.]
'What the hell? So, demons were around, even when I was on Earth? If we defeat Wrath, we kill the only dragoness and only remaining dragon? What the hell has Azazel been up to and how old is he?!' Sora's mind raced frantically, searching for some answer. Any answer.
"Our target is the demon, leave the woman alone" Brie shouted.
Sora smiled, 'her inspect and analyze skills are quickly improving.'
"Listen to Brie! Wrath is our enemy!"
Levi and Jubelle charged, but Wrath unexpectedly appeared behind Sasha.
'How is he so quick?' Sora thought as he teleported to Sasha and absorbed Wrath's attack.
[Critical hit. Your current health is now 150/200.]
'Damn. That hurt like hell. This guy packs a serious punch.'
"Sora you dumbass. At least hit him back!" Sasha said, clearly frustrated she left herself open.
Levi twirled his beautiful blade and illuminated the room with fire. "By the gods… what a hideous soul!" Levi shouted.
Wrath stood ten feet tall, with eight eyes: four purple, two red, two orange. His four massive and muscular legs, each the size of a very large tree trunk glistened with his black, hardened demon skin. The skin looked thicker than any SS armor on Exteria. His four arms carried a different weapon in each hand. A whip, a long sword, a jagged long blade and a chain.
"Stick together, work together and don't let him hit you!" Jubelle shouted.
"Sasha, do you want my blood?" Sora asked.
"No, not yet. There's no telling how I'll react this time. Each time I've lost control and it's not worth it. Save it for the worst-case scenario," she said while evading Wrath's attacks by retracting and shrinking her body.
"Think Jubelle… think," he whispered to himself while maintaining his defensive position.
Sora cast divine protection as a whip almost struck Levi. "Lockheart Slash"
"Too slow." Wrath said as he swatted Sora away like a fly.
[Emergency potion administered as your health has dropped below 25%].
'With two hits?!' Sora couldn't believe his system message.
Sora sprinted toward Wrath. He used his "Earth wall" ability to create platforms to jump on and after the fourth one, he jumped and yelled "Lockheart Dash!"
Wrath simply used one of his legs to kick Sora. Sora went flying across the room and his party heard a loud crash and crack as Sora's body caused a giant hole in the Dungeon's walls. The hole in the wall reformed, pushing Sora out. Sora kneeled, stood up and spit blood out of his mouth.
[Emergency potion administered. Your health has been fully restored.]
"This guy can kill you with one or two hits, don't mess around!" Sora shouted.
"Oh, cute. He must be able to analyze and inspect." Wrath mocked. "Where's the Uthra amongst you? I heard he can take a beating!"
Levi charged in with flames surrounding his entire body. His beautiful blue and silver blade twirled in the air as he slashed and exchanged blow for blow with each of the weapons Wrath used.
"What an impressive swordsman, you are! But what happens when…" Wrath disappeared. Levi cast a fire barrier around himself, but Wrath appeared right behind him. He used his chain to pick Levi up by the feet and slammed him into the ground, not once, not twice, but three times."
"How many times before the poor Uthra shatters? I better not get too carried away or Master Azazel might be upset," Wrath laughed as he flung Levi off his chain and the party watched Levi's armor crack as he landed on the ground.
"System, use inspect. Show only Levi's HP."
[Levi currently has 50/2500 HP. It appears Wrath knows the amount of health each person has. Maybe that is a part of his demon art abilities.]
"SORA! We need to protect the dragon lady! The chain probably prevents her from transforming!" Jubelle shouted.
"Ok! Brie, please heal Levi. Wrath get your ass over here I'm not done with you." Sora yelled.
****
Brie used her banshee scream. Wrath screamed back mockingly.
"Did you really think something you stole from a demon dungeon was going to help you here you stupid, little human whore?"
"Who the hell are you calling a whore?" Brie shouted as she cast several ice pillars. They shattered against the hard, black skin and Sora teleported to Jubelle, then Sasha, then Brie, grabbing each one, each time. Finally he teleported the group to Levi.
"Divine protection!" Sora shouted
"Jubelle. We're safe for 15 seconds. What's our strategy?"
"Working on healing him, he has a lot of health," Brie muttered with fear.
"Ok I think I have a plan. We need Sasha to use her vampiric ability to distract Wrath Then Levi needs to use every fire spell he has. When the fire shoots off, Brie, smash a vial of Sora's blood."
The group nodded.
"Sora, when you hear the vial crack, use your divine protection on Brie and use your absolutely strongest attack that won't leave you disabled. I'll use your blood to shoot some droplets at his eyes. I think if we can at least hit an eye or two, it might cause him to retreat."
Levi sat up, thanked Brie and said, "My power has returned! I am ready!"
*****
The divine protection cracked early, which surprised the group. Wrath laughed and continued mocking the party.
"Cute. A strategy meeting."
Sasha enlarged and elongated her arms, giving Wrath a smack on the head.
Levi's fire blinded the entire room for just a second or two.
Sora heard the cracked the vial of blood, winked at Brie, and rather than using divine protection, he shouted "LOCKHEARTS RAGE!!!!"
Sora's body illuminated as his massive speed charged Wrath. Sora's heavy blow stunned Wrath momentarily.
Jubelle missed the eyeballs, but the burning smell of demon Flesh caused Jubelle to vomit.
"Arghhhhh! You little fucks! What is this shit? You're lucky I'm alone and my orders were to retreat. Until next time. Enjoy killing the dragon bitch. I've wanted to for so long, but orders are orders!
****
Wrath teleported to Azazel's throne room, and Azazel healed Wrath's wound.
"I thought you said you could handle it, without getting any injuries!" Azazel yelled.
"I toyed with them like you asked. Isn't the goal to let them clear it and rid the world of dragons?"
"The goal was to not let anyone ever know we had an Ancient Chimera and the dragoness locked up as prisoners in the first place. I didn't expect you to return injured!" Azazel scorned Wrath. "Maybe next time I'll send Pride instead?"
"No, you won't have to my Lord. It was Sora's blood that caused my injury, not some strong attack." Wrath said calmly.
Azazel teleported Wrath out of his throne room.
"Fucking useless," he muttered.