After a few more days of traveling, the group reached a plain that was burning with lava flowing everywhere. In the far distance they could see a dark castle. Jay thought it was a little cliche while the others thought it was intimidating.

Tesra got off her horse and put on her helmet, she then shot foward. Jay didn't stop her even though she was going to be fighting a mid rank 3 demon lord. Looking at the rest of the group who thought Tesra was crazy, he spoke.

"Set up camp, we'll be staying here for a while."

They obeyed him and started building the camp. In their mind it was illogical to be obeying a ten year old child; but Jays mana convinced them.

They all got to work and tents were soon set up. Jay went into his own tent and slept. The twins who were outside his tent were worried about Tesra, they wondered if she'll be fine. Jay didn't care about their worries and slept peacefully.

Tesra was currently flying through the sky. Demons that came close to her were torn through like melted cheese. Deep inside the castle, the demon lord woke up. The demon lord was an ent who had been turned into a demon lord. It's body smelled of rot and it had no leaves. It looked like an old dying tree.

It stood at twenty meters tall and got off its throne. The stomp of its legs shook the castle. The demons inside the castle started making noises. The demon lord went to the court of the castle and looked at Tesra who was charging towards it.

It stretched its hand into the ground and trees rose up from the ground. The tree started moving and became mini ent. The mini ent grabbed and tore off pieces of the castle, they then threw it towards Tesra.

Tesra weaved through the barrage of projectiles, not a single one of them landed on her. Four demon generals from inside the castle came out and stood by the demon lord side. They formed a formation around the demon lord and the demon lord attack Tesra.

Trees rose from the ground at fast speed trying to impale Tesra with their branches. Tesra couldn't dodge them all and had to defend. Tree branch after tree branch came towards her which she sliced off.

The demon lord enchanted its body. It shot forward and was right above Tesra. It slammed its right palm down onto Tesra and smacked her onto the ground. Tesra tried to immediately get up but the demon lord clenched its palm around her.

It squeezed its palm tightly. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaa," Tesra screamed in pain.

She tried to get out of the demon lord grip but she couldn't. The demon lord squeezed tighter and tighter and Tesra screamed. Tesra bones started breaking one after another.

Gritting her teeth through the pain, she casted a spell. A force of mana spread from within her body and the demon lord entire arm exploded. It did not scream in pain, it simply grabbed Tesra with its left hand while it proceeded to regrow its right arm.

The four demon generals flew towards the demon lord and stood on its left arm. They came towards Tesra and made stone spears with their mana. Tightening their grips on their spears, they each proceeded to impale Tesra all at once.

Tesra stopped screaming and went limp, the demon lord dropped her from his hand and she fell to the ground. The demon lord raised its right foot up and stomped down on her. It kept stomping on Tesra until she was an unrecognizable matter of blood, flesh, and metal.

Jay opened his eyes, he teleported everyone away to somewhere far away and closed his eyes. "It seems she couldn't win," Jill spoke sadly.

Jay nodded mentally and shut off his mind. Everything became silent, everyone around the camp became asleep; Jay didn't want to deal with their yapping.

A whole day went by and Jay woke up. Tesra came into his tent, he saw that she was very tired. He got into sitting position and looked up at her. He did not see hatred for him in her eyes, he only saw that she was ashamed of herself.

Jay sighed and spoke silently. "If you keep doing this, it'll be harder for me to leave you."

Tesra just smiled brightly. "I don't want you to leave."

Jay nodded silently and spoke. "Why don't you hate me for not saving you?"

Tesra shook her head, she looked into his eyes with only truth and spoke. "I know that you'll be gone one day. During our travel, I have made up my will; I no longer wish to hold you back from you desire."

Jay looked down and smiled softly. She had truly grown from the timid girl she once was. She was no longer naive, only wisdom was in her eyes at the moment. He looked up and smiled gently at her.

"Have you ranked up?"

Tesra nodded, she was now low rank 3. After dying to the demon lord, she had used the items Jay gave her in order to come back from the brink of death. After sneaking into the demon lords castle, she proceeded to kill the demon lord and then the demon generals. Jay had told her long ago that she shouldn't trust honor unless there was a special time for it.

Jay spoke and brought Tesra out of her thought. "Since you are willing to let go, it's time I let go too."

The two disappeared and appeared in the sky above the Devouring Desert. It was currently day time and the sun was scorching down on everything. Tesra looked at her surrounding and admired the scenery for a second.

"Tesra," Tesra heard his word and looked at him. "Do you know the things that determines a battle?"

Tesra thought for a moment and spoke. "Some parts of it, like luck."

Jay nodded silently and spoke. "Before I leave, I have much to teach you." Jack and Jelly voice came in, "Get ready." Jelly cheerful voice came in, "for the battle of a lifetime."

Tesra watched in amazement as Jay body started twisting and cracking. A mad grin came on his face. He took out a red pill from his pocket and threw it towards Tesra.

Jack, JJ, and Jelly spoke at once from Jay body. "Take this pill, you need it."

Tesra ate it and watched as Jay's body kept morphing, it morphed until it was an adult version of Jay. The man before her had silver hair with silver eyes, his body was buff and he wore baggy black pants with a black tank top.

Jay snapped his fingers and Tesra armor and sword disappeared. She wore a tank top with baggy black pants just like him. Jay cracked his neck and attack.

Tesra dodged his punch and sent a punch towards his face. Her punch did not land and he kicked her which she dodged. A left punch came which didn't touch Tesra. She sent another punch and Jay dodged it with no emotions.

Tesra could tell he expected more. She got aggressive and her attacks became faster. He also got aggressive and his attack became faster. They punched, kicked, but not a single attack landed. Their attacks were only getting faster and faster.

Finally, Jay landed a punch right onto her face. She gritted her teeth and sent a kick towards him which he dodged. Tesra thanked Jay for the punch, it showed that he wasn't treating her like a little flower anymore.

Spitting out the blood in her mouth, she charged forward. Jay stretched his hand and grabbed her incoming fist, he twittered his body around it and sent her onto the ground. Tesra gripped her hand into the sand and she flew back up towards him.

Jay spoke silently, "silent palm."

A palm came towards her that made no sound. Tesra wondered how that was possible. The palm landed on her stomach and she felt as if someone slammed a hammer onto her stomach. She looked at him wondering how that was possible.

Jay spoke silently. "Imitate me, you can do."

She nodded and tried to imitate him. They proceeded to fight more as waves of sand moved under them. They fought on for days but Tesra still had not landed an attack. She was battered and bruised but the fire was still in her eyes. Jay on the other hand was in pristine condition.

Something started burning inside her body as she looked at Jay. She did not feel anger, hate, or frustration as she looked at Jay; she only saw an unmovable mountain. Looking at Jay who hadn't dropped a sweat, she could tell that he wasn't fighting seriously.

She knew she couldn't win. She felt thinking was pointless, so she charged on with a punch that had all her emotionless emotion. Jay did not dodge her punch. The punch landed right onto his face and it sent him into the moving sand.

The sand worms rose to devour him, but a single punch from him without mana obliterated every single one of them. He flew back up into the sky and looked at her. He charged towards her and attacked. She dodged his attack and fought back. Her attacks this time landed, to be precise, Jay didn't dodge them; and she too didn't dodge his attacks.

The two punched each other like sandbags for days. The days passed and both of them looked bruised and battered. Jay had not smiled once during their fights. On the other hand, Tesra had started smiling. She could feel heat coursing through her body. The heat wasn't like cold mana which made her calm. The heat was like hot mana that made her feel alive.

Jay got into a battle stance, she realized this was actually his first battle stance. A punch came forward and time slowed in front of Tesra.