Chapter 19:

Archdemon

Exorcism is not my Job


"Yes?" Ryota asked the man curious about what he wanted. Sayaka looked at him suspiciously in his eyes without saying a word.

"I'm so sorry to bother you Mr. Ryota but i would like to ask you some questions if you don't mind of course" the man asked him politely 

"How do you know my name?"

"Well I simply asked about you back in the office you've been working, and they informed me that maybe I will find you here" the man replied in a calm tone

"I see how can I help you Mr.?"

"My name doesn't matter, what matters is that you recently join an illegal and dangerous organization named SAEA"

"WHAT!? How do you know such thing?"

"I'm working for the government Mr. Ryota, you must know that, this organisation is considered illegal and also dangerous for converting people."

"What? You got it all wrong, this organisation isn't a cult it's just..."

"I'm sorry Mr. Ryota but I have to ask you to follow us for some questioning about this organisation" suddenly behind the man appeared four other men dressed up like him. Ryota look at them troubled trying to figure out the whole situation.

"Please don't make me repeat myself Mr. Ryota" the man said calmly with an authoritative tone in his voice.

Ryota understood that he should comply with the whole situation. He made a step front but then something pulled his sleeve of his coat. He turned around and saw Sayaka holding his sleeve.

"Ryota...don't go"

Ryota look at her and smiled gently to her.

"Relax Sayaka these men are only trying to do their job"

"Those aren't human" Sayaka muttered emotionless

"Eh? What?" he whispered confused

Then suddenly she raised her other arm and yelled 

"FROST" and then a freezing gust came out from her hand and flew against the men

"Inferno" the man in front whispered, and out of nowhere fire engulfed them, making them immune to the frozen gust Sayaka just unleashed.

Ryota shields his face with his arm because of the rising temperature from the fire.

"What the...?"

The man with white long hair sighed deeply.

"Ahhh, i wanted deal with this quietly, yet...i underestimated you again"

Ryota look at them frightened

"Who....What are you?" Ryota asked dumbfounded by the whole scene

"Oh yes that's right...I never told you my name human didn't I" the form of the man started changing in front of Ryota's eyes. The clothes of the man disappeared and replaced with a black long cape, his skin turned black and furry while his eyes turned red and two huge sharp horns appeared on his head. He grew taller reaching nine feet above them, he look at them with a mocking look on his eyes.

"I'm the Archdemon Pythorgh, human" he said in his sharp voice as the four men behind him turned into black airy evil spirits and started flying over the café like wandering silhouettes.

Sayaka raised her hands and yelled

"Divine shield" and casted a shield above her and Ryota

"Oh this won't help you at all little sorcerer" Pythorgh said mockingly as he passed his hand through the shield like thin air and grabbed Sayaka from her neck.

"Your eyes are truly sharp little witch, not many sorcerers can see through my disguises" he said as he tighten the grip around her neck.

"SAYAKA" Ryota yelled as he raised his hand and summon his katana.

"DEMON PUT HER DOWN NOW" he yelled

Pythorgh look at him like he was an insignificant ant.

"That's Archdemon for you human" he then throw Sayaka away at the edge of the road beside the river

"SAYAKA!!!" Ryota runs quickly towards her to check if she was alright. She was coughing nonstop trying to breath and her forehead was bleeding from the impact on the ground

"Now now Ryota there's no need for any of this...you don't want the girl and you to die... do you?" Pythorgh said as he approach them.

"WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US YOU FIEND?"  he yelled in furious as he raised the katana against him.

"Well you see you killed a powerful ally of mine yesterday, well...you and the other exorcist to be precise but mostly you. The thing is that WE are trying to build a new establishment in Kyoto. And you and your annoying friends from SAEA are causing us a lot of trouble."

"New establishment?! More like a new order sounds to me"

"Oh no no you're mistaken. If I am correctly with the human words, establishment is the act of establishing something for a long time or forever. While new order, it's just means that we will be your new rulers. That's not our intentions, you see after we finished with you any other human we won't kill, we will simply eat him. It's as simple as that...they will be no humans left to order around."

Cold sweat starting run through Ryota's body. He understood that the being in front of him was by any kind of human idea dangerous.

"RYOTA!!!"

Ryota look at Ryosuke coming out from the entrance of the café and holding his katana. 

"Ryosuke look out!!!" Ryota yelled at him as the wandering silhouettes tried grab Ryosuke but he evaded with success. He then looked at Sayaka lying on the ground and look daggers to Pythorgh"

"You cursed demon" he then charge towards to him ready to strike him.

Pythorgh dodge his strike with success.

"Oh the other one...hm you're not worthy opponent of me human so stand down, unless you want to end up like the little sorcerer over there." 

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER YOU BEAST?" Ryosuke yelled at him in rage and hatred as he moved his weapon with iron grip

"Oh nothing special, I just cast a dark art around her neck, can't have a sorcerer spoil my fun with her lousy spells. She'll be dead...well I don't know, the last one i casted this art managed to survive for three hours. I will give one or two tops to the girl" Pythorgh said as he was trying to calculate a boring math problem.

"YOU MONSTER I WILL CUT YOUR THROAT" Ryosuke charged to him again more fiercely than before

Pythorgh sighed deeply and after he dodge his strike again, he hit him on his stomach cutting off his breath from the pain. Ryosuke tossed a few meters away crawling on the ground while he spit blood from his lungs and tried to breath to regain his strenght.

"You humans are really pathetic, charging like this to a superior being like me? Do you perhaps wanna die quicker?" Pythorgh comment with sarcasm.

Ryota looked at Ryosuke with worry and fear as he was still standing beside Sayaka who was trying to breath unable to help her.

"Now I believe it's time to put you humans out of your misery" Pythorgh said as he approach them threatingly.

"Then who will be left to put you out of your misery dearie?" a velvet, penetrating voice was heard 

Ryota and Pythorgh turned around and see Masami standing in front of the entrance of the café with Takashi standing in her side.  

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