Chapter 21:

Fight above the River

Exorcism is not my Job


"Takashi that's enough warming up" Masami yelled at him as he left the battle and went to stand beside her.

Pythorgh was panting angrily from the whole fistfight while Takashi didn't have a drop of sweat.

"You puny humans think you're so smart playing always on defence" he said as he scratch some bruises mead by Takashi fists

"COME ON GIVE ME A REAL FIGHT"

"Oh this won't be a fight my dearie" Masami raised her right hand and a long one-edged sword appeared.

"We will simply annihilate you" she stated with a dark evil smile on her face.

Then she immediately charged on him with an incredible speed and jumped above him raising her sword ready to strike him down.

Pythorgh surprised by the sudden attack he blocked her sword attack with his claymore. His claymore came in impact with her sword strike. The force was powerful that the asphalt above Pythorgh feet broke make him kneel as her tried to hold his defensive position. The claymore was cracking by the hard pressure.

What kind of monster is this? Pythorgh thought inside his head as he held his ground against her.

Takashi then charged at him with the same level inhuman speed and punch him hardly in his exposed stomach. Pythorgh coughed blood from the punch and back away a few meters.

"That's for punching poor Mr. Ishida" Takashi said as he fixed calmly his gloves on his hands

 Pythorgh glares at him in rage, but then Masami attacked him with and she blocked her sword attack with claymore again, but then she raised her leg up over her head

"And this is..." she said as she knock him with her ankle and crush him on the road with his face.

"For hurting my cute little Sayaka" then with two skilled swings from her sword she cut off both of his horns from his head.

 Pythorgh raised his face from the broken asphalt and screamed in rage like a wild animal.

"I'M GONNA RIP OFF YOUR LUNGS"

"My my, such indecent behaviour" Masami said as she kept attacking Pythorgh with a barrage of skilled and calculated swings.

 Pythorgh tried to fight back but his claymore broke by her skilful attacks. He tried to recollect himself and attack again but then Masami and Takashi struck him together at once.

"I think you need to cool down a bit" Masami said while they both kicked him perfectly synchronized and sent him off the road and land in the middle of the Kamo river.

Pythorgh raised from the water cursing them. He raise both of his hands and two sharp greatswords appeared on his hands. He stands in the middle of the river like a mad beast, practically fuming by rage with the water reaching only to his knees, ready to fight them. 

"COME TO ME TO CUT OFF YOUR INSOLENT TONGUES" he growled to them

"I never deny an invitation from a gentleman" Masami raise her sword and start running above the river towards to him while Takashi did also did the same. As they arrived to him they started fighting him from both sides while he was fighting back swinging his huge greatswords against them.

Masami fought him calmly with grace as she avoided every swing from his sword, while Takashi summon two sharp daggers on his hands and start stabbing his left arm and leg every time he dodged successfully his attacks.

 Pythorgh then opened his mouth and breathed a mouthful of angry flames against them trying to burn them alive while he still was swinging his greatswords to slice them in the half. Then Masami and Takashi look to each other for brief moment and nod synchronised, then they both started running in speed around Pythorgh going faster and faster causing the water to fall into Pythorgh like a fountain.

What are they trying to do now?  They are making a tornado or just mocking me again?

 Pythorgh tried desperately to strike them as they were running around him.

Then suddenly both of them synchronised they jumped away from him and Masami raised her left hand towards to him and said:

"FROST BLOOM!"

All the water around Pythorgh turned to ice immobilize him completely. Unable to move Pythorgh start blowing fire around him to melt the ice.

As Pythorgh was trying to release himself Takashi took the change and with a great skill jumped and threw his two daggers on Pythorgh's eyes. The daggers stuck in his eyes making him scream his lungs off in agonising pain.

Masami then raised her hand again towards to him and yelled:

"SENTENCE BEFALL!" then a strong force of wind like an impact from a fallen roof plunge him to the the river. The ice around him broke in thousand pieces scratching all of his body.

Pythorgh crawl pathetically trying to stand up as he squirmed like a wooden lion.

Masami approach him walking on the river and raise his face with the edge of her sword. The daggers were still stuck on his eyes and blood was coming out.

"Okay Archdemon Pythorgh play time is over, now tell me where is your lair?"

"Whhh...wwhat lair huuuman?" Pythorgh murmured between his teeth

Masami sighed and nod to Takashi. Takashi stand beside him and kick his wooden face with such strength that send him away to the other side of the river. Then he and Masami walked calmy towards to him on the land, they both stand in front of him again as he was spitting blood from the impact.

"Let's try this again shall we? Over the last few weeks, more and more demons are attacking humans during the night, and that's causing a lot of troubles" she then grabbed him by his long white hair and raise his face firmly

"You see... A lady like me needs her beauty sleep"

Pythorgh snickered weakly

"Oh are you taking care of your body so you can enjoy your flesh desires more properly witch?

Takashi raise another dagger on his hand and stab him on his waist, Pythorgh squirmed in pain.

"You pathetic old man, go die already"

"Listen to me Pythorgh" Masami said to him in a cold tone

"I can have Takashi stabbing and cutting pieces of you all day long, without losing a wink of sleep in my life. Do you understand me Demon? So I will ask you one more time, WHERE are the other High demons hiding?"

Pythorgh's face was tighten by the pain.

"You will be dead by tomorrow human witch, when will come from the lake, they are going to slaughter you all...and then me and the rest of my kind we will feast of your flesh and..."

Before Pythorgh finished his sentence, Masami stand up and raise both of her hands towards to him.

"QUIETUS"

Pythorgh vomited blood, and squirmed in unbearable pain like he's lungs was exploded. Few moments after this he stopped moving. Masami sighed in disgust in view as the body of Pythorgh begun turning into dust and vanished in the thin air.

"There's no class even on the high demons. It's disappointing how all demons lack good manners to have a civilised conversation. Truly disappointing."

"Miss Fukunaga we didn't learn where are their lair, why did you kill him?" Takashi asked her confused

"Come now Takashi, we both know that this filth wasn't going to say anything. But...he accidentally spilled  the beans for me at least." Masami said mischieviously

"You mean the lake?"

"To be more precise he simply meant pond"

"Pond?...wait so that means?"

"Exactly my dear Takashi...Sawano Pond"

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