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Chapter 12: Monsters of Black Flame

The Demons created their own barrage to throw at their enemies, they threw countless fireballs into the air at the tired humans and vampires. Through the explosions Kain threw out his orders.

"Humans!! Go rest!! The vampires will take care of this!!!" He yelled. It was a good idea, they left to rest, while, if they were lucky, the blood of the Demons would be more than enough to revive the vampires of their weariness. The vampiric forces ran to meet the oncoming Demons.

The two sides clashed, the Fire Demons in front lowered their heads and charged most of the vampires leapt out of the way, but many were injured by the force of the charge, they kept fighting, but since they were outnumbered, they too began to get overwhelmed, until the Black Demons joined the fight. They walked through the vampires, beating them to the side, killing many.

Their swords bounced of the scales. And as they stared in amazement, and as they did, they were crushed.

"Fight the Fire Demons!!! We will take care of the Black Demons!!!" Kain yelled. Raziel, Kain, Jalion, and Vorador, all met to meet and battle the five Black Demons.

"Just give us the blue one, and we will spare your worthless lives," the leading Black Demon said.

"Not a chance, stop talking and fight!!" Vorador said. They knew what to do to even the odds. Jalion shot energy, Vorador shot a telekinesis wave, Kain shot a wave of lightning, and Raziel a projectile at the Black Demon on the left. It was incinerated, nothing was left. Then they all separated and went for a Black Demon.

Raziel had the easiest time. He was all too familiar with the combat tactics of Black Demons. It swung its fists down on him, and Raziel dodged around to the back, he shot it, and as it stumbled, he stabbed it in the back. It grunted, and turned, it grabbed Raziel, picked him up, and smashed him into the ground. Raziel got up quickly, and deactivated the Reaver, he slashed, and stabbed, until there were dozens of gashes in its chest, it fell to one knee. Raziel grabbed its horns, brought them to the right, then snapped them left as fast as he could. He heard a pop, devoured the soul, and walked away.

Vorador jumped back to avoid being stepped on, he swiped at the leg, and cut through the bone. It cried out, Vorador used the berserker technique, to dodge the furious swings, swipes, slashes, and punches of the infuriated Demon. He jumped back, and shot a telekinesis wave at it. It blocked it with its wrist. When it lowered its arm, Vorador was nowhere to be seen. "AH!!!" Vorador rammed his fist deep into the beast's back, and pulled it out. It fell.

The Black Demon performed a fatal mistake that Jalion loved to take advantage of. It tried bringing its fist down on him, he crossed his blades, and held them up with all his might. The Demon couldn't stop before it was too late. It lost its hand and the start of its wrist. It stepped back, roaring in pain, and holding its severed wrist. Jalion gathered his energy, and obliterated it.

Kain hadn't had a hard time at all, he blocked, blocked, and stabbed, the creature surprised him, however, and grabbed the blade. It threw it back, hoping to get Kain into the air, so he could throw fireballs, but to his great surprise, Kain merely let it go. The Soul Reaver flew into the air, but stopped, it flew straight at the Demon. It smacked its hands together, and caught the blade, and struggled to stop it from running him through. Suddenly, pain surged in its back, it distracted it so much, it let go of the sword and reached back at Kain while he was slashing, swiping, and stabbing with his claws. The blade shot through the Demon, and ended up in Kain's hand.

They all walked back to each other, and watched the last two Fire Demons fall, the vampires fed, and the humans returned from the woods.

"Let's go no," Raziel said.

Just then, four tentacles shot up from the ground and wrapped around the four warriors, and shot them into the air. They were smacked into each other, and strangled. Then, they were thrown with unimaginable force. They flew a great distance. They were then caught, strangled some more, and smashed onto the ground.

The Elder rose from under the earth. It laughed.

"Raziel, my Soul Reaver, you seem to have discovered me, not that it matters, now that I have strict orders to dispose of you and your allies."

Author's Note: That didn't take long, did it? Don't worry, now that I have some time, I should be updating a little more often. Please Review, they've been kinda rare lately. Bye! Merry Christmas!