[You have suffered 2000 Damage!]

Sh*t!

My MP was at a mere 10% and my HP had dwindled to 10,000. What could I do now? He had powered up even further and I went full throttle from the start. At this point, I was already gassed out.

The Professor now was a monster. His skin tone had turned a hideous grey with streaks of red veins bulging out from his bulked muscles and 2 dark horns propped out from his forehead.

'He has wings. This is bad.' Voad warned, as the Professor advanced forward walking towards me, with his sword in his right hand. He wanted to give the finishing blow, whilst I was weak.

'What do you mean?'

'Those dark wings on his back. Only Demon Kings and High Level Marquiss demons have them, so all in all we're f*cked!'

'Isn't he a fake demon though?'

'Shut up and get out of there! He's getting closer by the second.' Voadhailis yelled.

I tried to pick myself up but it felt like my body was chained to the ground with 1 tonne weights pulling me back.

"This is for my brother…" He had finally appeared in front of me and raised his sword up high to swing down and sever my head.

Suddenly, thick green vines appeared out of the ground and wrapped the Professor's demon body, pulling him back.

BOOM! BOOM!

Thunderous claps shook the ground, as bolts of lightning rained down from the sky striking the captured professor.

'Looks like reinforcements have arrived. Just in time.' Voad smirked.

"AAarghhh!!!!" The Professor screamed in pain, as millions of volts passed through his large body.

"Are you okay?" Dianmu appeared by my side, holding her golding staff.

She looked at me with worried eyes before waving her relic weapon one more time and bolts of lightning rained down, hitting the Professor knocking him unconscious.

"Sir Voadhailis, called us here. Did you forget about us? You almost died, if you called us here before you wouldn't have become this injured." Dianmu scolded as she helped me up and giving me a big hug.

'Is that right? Can you communicate with them?'

'Of course. I'm a mighty true dragon. These peasants fall under my feet! HAhahaaha…' Voad laughed arrogantly.

I shook my head, blocking his voice and pushing him to the back of my mind.

"Okay. That's enough you're squishing me to death."

Dianmu finally let me go before helping me up. She flung one of my arms around her neck and helped me limp towards a rock to sit down.

"So where's Numen?" I asked.

"RAaaarghhh!! You f*cking peasants! I'll kill you!" The professor ripped out of the thick shackle like vines that were pinning him down and charged towards us.

If I didn't have my demon eye, I wouldn't have been able to see the perfect counter Numen executed. It all happened so fast.

He used the momentum of the charging Professor and shoulder rolled him down, smashing his body into the ground. A large crack spread out under him like a spiderweb, causing a cloud of dust to arise and block the vision.

Numen flash stepped in front of us and cast a spell. Colossal vines erupted from the ground and formed a coffin around the unconscious body of the Professor.

"Dianmu and I will try to kill him off but I doubt we'll be able to with our power level at the moment. Recover and regain your mana; The Blood Moon is residing somehow so we need you at full power.

"That thing that you're fighting is extremely strong. At most we can buy you half an hour." Numen began moving again, as soon as he spotted a tear in the coffin he had made to immobilise the mad experiment.

Dianmu gave me a quick nod and flash stepped towards the battlefield.

'Rapid healing.'

My HP began rising again exponentially and I was able to get into a meditating position.

'Voad. You meditate too, We need to fill that Secondary Mana Pool too.'

'I began ages ago. Don't have to tell me twice.'

This was now a battle of attrition. Dianmu and Numen brought us time and wore him down, while we recovered as much as we could…

How long could this plan last?

**

"How much longer? Our mana is almost depleted!" Numen shouted, blocking another hit from the professor.

I opened my eyes and finally got up. 20 minutes had passed and they both worked well but it was time to pass the baton on.

Suddenly, a crack formed in the sky and the red moon vanished and the normal moon returned.

She done it! Malia stuck to her words and got rid of the Blood Moon somehow.

The Professor looked stunned, unable to fathom what had just happened.

"Switch."

At my words, Both of the S rank Mana beasts nodded and jumped back.

Everyone had done their bits, now I just had to finish him off. A surge of power flowed through me as my mana pool had no more restraints.

'Shackles Release.'

'Lightning Aura.'

'Cambio Forma.'

'Purgatory.'

Zoom!!

I covered the distance in a split second and cut down with the two blades in my hands. Surprisingly, his skin was reinforced with 'mana skin' and he was able to lessen the damage.

I smiled before, imbuing the two blades in mana. The Dragon Magic flowing out from my secondary mana pool flowed into the red blade in my left hand and burned his reinforced skin with every cut. I began my onslaught, throwing a fit of wild swings and combos.

My speed and power increased with every blow. The Purgatory spell shunned the most when there were consecutive hits. With every successful hit the combo's grew and my speed and power would increase over and over, causing more damage as time moved on.

The Professor gritted his teeth at the barrage and roared, blasting a burst of light towards me.

I evaded, flash stepping to the side and conjuring my own ball of flames. Condensing the mana flames into a concentrated grenade, I flicked my wrist and it flew towards the Professor's chest.

BOOOM!

The explosion caused a chain reaction with the flame mana in the atmosphere and detonated causing black smoke to engulf the area.

With a swing of my short sword the smoke dissipated and I walked towards the injured prey in front of me. At this point there was no way he had any more sudden power ups left.

He had taken too much damage and with my demon eye I could see his life force dwindling by the second. Whatever that power up was, he traded his life force for it.

"You f*cking peasant! You give me no choice!" he shouted.

Blood dripped from the various cuts and burns on his body, as he fumbled to reach for something in his pocket.

A portal?!

I charged for him, accelerating into a sprint but I was a tad bit too slow. The tip of my short sword was a hair's breadth away from his neck, before he portalled out. How did he portal so quickly?

Sh*t!

I cursed my luck at the missed opportunity.

Dianmu and Numen had both disappeared and were both recovering so if he suddenly returned it wouldn't turn out so well for me.

My demon transformation started to disappear; my red hair was slowly returning to black and the horns started to recede. The extra power I received was also decreasing by the second.

I began walking back to the school site to check up on everyone.

A couple seconds later Voad shrieked, making me snap out of my trance.

'Behind you! He's back! Get your head out of your a*s!'

I turned around and gripped the two shortswords tightly. I had little mana left and no matter how high my HP was my body was too tired for another bout.

My eyes widened at the sight as I scanned the person the professor gripped by the hair.

MOTHER!

I gritted my teeth in bloodthirst. MY blood boiled at the sight of my poor mother. She wept and cried out of fear.

"Son-"

"What do you even want? Let her go!" I snapped.

"What do I want? You're really asking me that?! I want to see you suffer. I want to see your face as I kill your mother in front of your eyes, whilst you watch helplessly."

I stepped forward at his words but he moved a blade to her neck instantly.

"Make one more move and I'll kill her. Never mind I'll kill her anyways…"

NOOOOOOOooo!!!

Time slowed down as I reached my hand out to somehow save my mother from the inevitable death. Even if I used Godspeed, I wouldn't have been able to cover the distance in time and save her. His blade was too close to her neck.

How could I let this happen?! Please… This can't be…

If only I could swap places with her!

At my last thought, filled with urgency and desire, the world went black and white, everything stopped, even the flow of time.

I couldn't move a muscle.

A demonic voice reverberated in layers, echoing from all sides, answering my call.

"Just this once, young demon."

Instantly, My body swapped situations with my mother...

The world began ticking again, as colour returned and everything began moving again. My right eye spiked in pain and blood began dripping from it.

I struck Voadhailis's Claws into the professor's torso, not wasting any time and heel kicking him back.

He stepped back, dropping the blade in his hand before falling to the ground.

Blood poured out of his mouth and he coughed severely.

"H-How?" He uttered, grasping his chest.

I didn't answer and with a single swish his head rolled to the ground.

What just happened?

'I'm not sure either but that trick you done. It's in your skill menu now. Your visual Prowess has increased.' Voad remarked.