Standing their with shock on his face, Laxus was shocked by what he was hearing. This crazy demon wanted to turn Freed into a killing machine. He could not, would not, let that happen. He called out to the monster "you sick bastard I won't let you hurt my friends or this town!"
The anti-magic particles were starting to get to him, he could feel it. Having inhaled enough particles to kill a whole herd of elephants Laxus was starting to feel weaker. He tried to lunge forward at the demon but, instead fell forward to his knees, hands hitting the ground.
Freed called out to him in struggled tones "Laxus! Hang in there!" But he could not hold on, and Laxus passed out onto the ground.
Freed was the only one still conscious now, fire in his eyes could be seen as he turned his head to look at Tempster. He began to plead for his friends lives. "Please, I don't know why you're master would want me, but please let me save them" strain could be heard in his voice the poison affecting his speech.
Tempster spoke "why should I even listen to you, it's not like you're in any position to negotiate".
Freed seemed even more determined than before as he responded "If you let me save them, I promise to go with you willingly back to serve your master and undergo whatever plans he has for me. I know you probably could just knock me out and drag me along, but my demon form is locked away deep under runes. It needs my willingness to be unlocked. In other words I have to unlock my inner demon if you want to use it. After I unlock it, you have my word the runes will disappear and you can use me as you wish. If you let me save them. Let me use runes to take them back to the guild."
Temptser's face changed in shape as if considering the proposition. He sneers out " What reason do I have to believe you will actually follow through with this bargain? Hmm?"
Freed continued to just look Tempster in the eyes, and responded "I have enough magic energy left to write two runes, one will be a transportation rune to save them. The other will be a promise rune, the way it works is that after the timer on my transportation rune runs out, I will immediately be brought back here to fulfill my half of the promise rune".
Tempsters face turned into a snarl, as if he was angry to have been out negotiated. "I will allow you this one last act of freedom. Besides it's not like you're friends are going to survive even if you get them to safety. Not with that level of poisoning".
The demon stood by his part of the bargain and called back his poison and stepped aside. " The floor is yours" he snickered.
AN: p.s Im sorry Ive been gone for so long I've been dealing with the sickness and then passing of a close family member for the last year, so i've been gone. I'm back though.
(1) Constructive feedback is welcome, I tried to catch grammar and spelling before posting, but i'm not perfect and probably missed a few.
(2) I have a lot of plans for how I want this fic to go though, I plan on making this really interesting and semi- aligned with the main story arc.
(3) I would like to thank my new beta reader: thanks to them I feel this story is a bit more enjoyable with less spelling errors to ruin the moment.
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