*Crunch*

"Jeez, is it really that far?"

It has been some time now since he had walked, or properly to say 'rode' away from the group. And he is currently on a highway. He had already passed through the 5th Zone, so there isn't really anything happening in the 4th zone he is currently in.

He would have encountered Demans by now, but either it was his sheer of pure luck that he put into, or simply just coincidence?

Its gotta be the former.

He kinda likes what he had seen at their faces. Their reactions truly humored him greatly.

'Heheh, though I also feel bad... Meh, no regrets now!' He chewed another chip.

He then glanced another look at his map and slowly oriented his location with it.

"Jeez, might have reached there for another several hours." He grunted in annoyance.

He is technically and literally miles away from the fking entrance to the next zone. He'd be quite expecting it to be guarded, but not too guarded since... Meh.

All of his summoned monsters were following him were hidden and by a distance. Fly Trappers being invisible from the above, Worker Ants burrowing underground as they follow him, and Warrior Ants using the forests and camouflaging their presence as they move.

And he had just found out several hours ago that they are somewhat permanent. And summoning other monsters and leaving his previous ones behind seemed to be waste of his MP and kinda leaving behind a trail for others to possibly follow.

After several hours of his ass getting numb from the ride, the Fly Trappers flew down and informed him about some 'strange vehicle going towards a wide road along with a human in a strange black, metal steed' about a mile away.

'Humans? Are they the same ones? No, doubt that they would even search for me after what happened.' "What is the appearance of the human in a metal steed?"

"The one on a metal steed is a male blonde, yellow spiky hair, and wears a red headgear that covers his left eye. He wears red and black clothing." The trapper spoke in a crackling-like voice. Jim slightly widens his eyes from this.

'It might be this 'Crimson Knight'... Hmmm, it would be quite interesting to know him.' "Observe them more, and notify me on where they are headed."

"Yes, master." It bowed before its form vanished from the naked eye.

'Let's see where they are.' He quietly cast {Scan} and was 'pointed' to which direction they are.

His senses told him that they are coming nearby the highway he is in, however, they seemed to be taking the overpass ahead of him.

He grinned coolly before making his horse be moving faster. As he did so, it moved almost the same speed as a car.

*Timeskip to about an hour later*

He noticed a big ass roofed construct ahead of him. It is really damn big and its walls wide enough that you could see the spread of it, almost like a dome.

'So the next zone is probably that bigass building ahead...' He looked down at his map, before checking his location. He shrugged carelessly. 'Meh, at least it's in front of me.'

As he moved closer, he saw a huge bright light and the sounds of muffled explosion from the distance. "Jeez, did they just get into a fight?" He chuckled lowly. "Need to get there fast then, come mon buddy."

The horse snorted affirmatively before making itself faster than before, faster than a high-speed car being chased by the police in high-tech vehicles that can reach up to mach 10- *Ahem* Excuse me.

He used {Scan} again on the entrance and sensed almost a like a clustered group of Demans chasing the signatures, oddly enough there is a Deman with the group with makes it strange.

Then again, he resurrected that chief's daughter from a zombie-like condition of a Deman.

[Trappers, move in and assist the humans. Kill all the Demans attacking them]

They all acknowledged the order and replied 'Yes Master' or 'Yes Creator'.

He would have just used {Blink} and save their asses, but not using his summons as they just are on kinda standby seems to be selfish and maybe a waste? Yeah seems like it.

As he reached the entrance, he could hear gunshots going off deep in the tunnel.

The tunnel itself is literally darkness, but its nothing for him since he could see through it like day. But still, the deeper the tunnel goes, it is dark.

He could see flashes of light, meaning gunfire, but only barely.

"Jeez that's a lot of frigging Demans, do they just go in groups?" He said nothing afterward before riding his horse fast.

He could have sworn he heard someone shouting some words like "Chicken Chicken!" and "Well Roasted!". Someone's having fun.

Flashes of crackling sounds of... Lighting? And then afterward explosion in front of him by a distance.

'Going nearer every second.' He smiled. He'd like to observe this odd group more. Wondering how they managed to kill off a huge ass group of Demans literally chasing their asses on foot.

He stopped, with his summons following him as they also stopped behind him. He sensed that they are moving now, but are taking an alternate route.

He smiled. 'Time to follow them.'

Sometime later, he spotted a makeshift barricaded wall, debris and junk made half from it.

The place they stopped by is really... Gotta say, made out of junk and sht. Like seriously, so many padded materials around and some scraps of metal.

Junk and all sht are nothing and worthless to all eyes, but to him?

It's PARADISE!

Ignore that.

He had ordered his Fly Trappers to check out the main route, if it's guarded, then he'll just follow these guys if they have a plan for it.

He wouldn't want to grab attention now, lest that something in this world may sense him and try to either subjugate him or kill him.

'Just like other novels.' He thought jokingly.

Anyways, he already had hidden his presence surely, nothing and no one can literally sense him unless they have specialized magic or skill on countering it. But the chances of that happening is literally little to none.

His ears then picked up a conversation from the human group.

"-ay have been wrong. Something's off with this kid, let's leave." A rough, old voice said in a shallow tone. The adult around was wearing in completely black attire, with some makeshift combat gear.

"Yeah, but he gave us snacks. But let's leave after we finish them all." A younger but he sound experienced in battle. A blonde teen wearing a red and black jacket and black pants. And he had a headgear that covered his left eye.

Definitely the 'Crimson Knight'.

There are also some others.

He'd guessed that the female Deman with them would either be helping them out or... He cants guessed the other. But the Deman girl is quite young-looking. Wearing in her Gothic like attire that makes it up with all Demans around... Weird tastes.

Seriously, the girl is wearing revealing attire.

While the other two females, or girls. One is probably around the 20s, and the other is a kid with a ponytail. Imagine their attire with a mix of civilian and survival clothing.

And other male rummaging some pile of oddly-shaped steel rods with numbers on them. He wore a yellow shirt and pants. Had a light pinkish ponytail hair. But he is younger compared to others.

He'd checked their stats and all, but the conversation seemed to get interesting.

"But how is it for a human living in the 4th zone...?"

"You saw that 'chicken' thing didn't you? I'd guess he fights for a living or something."

"Still, what the hell is this bastard doing making us wait for hours?"

"*Ahem!* Hey, if you have some business with us, hurry up and tell us. We're busy."

"Heh~, no need to rush. This place is safe." The yellow boy said reassuringly.

"Are there any other people living in the 4th zone other than you?" The CrimsonF8ker asked.

"Oh, you mean humans? Of course!" He said enthusiastically. "But they're... slaves of Deman though." He said slowly in the last part.

"Then what are you?" The Crimson blonde asked deeply. "Part of the militia?"

The yellow teen chuckled. "All of you guys are sure in a rush, I'm not part of any militia. But I do supply them with weapons."

"Weapons? You supply them weapons?!"

'Wait he supplies them?'

"Yep. Lexter Razor, Lexter L2, Lexter Shotgun 4..." He pointed out some weapons. "I don't mean to brag but everything you guys have is made by me. I'm Lexter, you see."

'Ah, so that's the reason where they got all the weapons...' He though back on Florencia's weaponry, wondering how and where do they even get the weapons. So originally thought that they are some usual weapons in this world, but they are actually weapons to deal against the Demans.

"You guys didn't recognize the genius weapon manufacturer, Lexter? Well, its no surprise since I never stepped outside the 4th zone anyways..." He grabbed a seat. "Well, now you guys know. Strange enough too, I also know about you guys."

"You're the Crimson Knight, aren't you?" He pointed to the obviously Crimson Knight person of a dude. Favk. "I'd like to make a deal with you."

He paused. "Although, I didn't think you'd have this many people with you. Not that it changes anything really... You all are heading towards the 1st zone right?"

That made crimson blonde and the Deman girl seemed to jump a bit.

"Well since you're heading there anyway, take me there while you're at it." He said happily.

"WHAT!?" The group exclaimed in surprise.

'Jeezus that was loud.' He instantly covered his ears as he recoiled his head back. His senses are quite sensitive, and the tunnel made it echo, so it's worse.

"What the hell are you planning to do when you reached there? Ya think we're just gonna go sight-seeing in that place-"

"I know, yeah..." He interjected. "But I also got an important mission. One that won't surely lost to yours." He raised his metal staff. "I'm going to carve a path of light."

"...The heck is that?" The rusty ol dude said.

Lexter chuckled. "I'm gonna create a pathway between the 8th and the 1st zone. A pathway that will lead us back to our homeland."

"Between the 8th and the 1st?"

That widens his eyes. 'So that's the reason, so they are completely cut off from communications to the mainland... True enough, that old man did explain about it to me when I lied about being in a coma *chuckle* but didn't expect that.'

"And you're going to do that by yourself? Do you really think that's possible?"

Lexter laughed lightly. "Hoho~ looks like I'm being doubted." He slowly twisted the staff, and suddenly it lit up in blue lighting. Surprisingly enough, he isn't getting electrocuted even he touched the electricity of it. "Only I know whether if it's possible or not. And this here isn't any old stick. This is..." He paused.

He seemed to look at the Deman girl.

He quickly turned the staff off and threw it aside. "Ah well, you two wouldn't get it even if I explained. But then, that's all it matters~."

"What the hell...-" "-Is this runt trying to say...!?"

The old dude and the crimsonfuckr said irritatingly.

"Anyways, what's important aint my goal, but the deal I'm giving yall. I can fill your trunk to the brim with weapons, and I can also make them for you." He said. "As long as you take me to the 1st zone that is..."

'Heh, this kid got balls.' He smirked.

"Do you really think you'll make it to the 1st zone alive?" The crimsonfuckr said darkly.

"Who knows?" Lexter said with a smug smile. "Isn't it the same for you guys?"

The blonde knight stood up, continuing on with his dark expression. "I don't know if you are just simply being arrogant for what you do, but... Don't think that there will be anyone to save you as to when it counts."

Lexter just whistled and shrugged without care. "Like I said, who knows?" That smug smile still painted on his face.

'Going straight to hell... And kinda surprising to how advanced the weapons he has made... I would like to grab an example of it.' He grinned.

The group gathered their equipment and went on. Jim just slowly think about what kind of weapons he would make up ideas from this kid Lexter.

They took a few turns and arrived at the place, but however, the tunnel was caved in.

They all went out of their vehicles and walked to a nearby wall. Jim could notice there is a lever at the wall that Lexter was at. 'Ah, so its a utility gateway.'

"-ntrance is actually over here~ Just trust in the Lexter~." The kid said 'smoothly'.

As he cranked down the lever, the door slowly opened upwards.

He saw that the crimson blonde quickly blocked the Deman's view from the sun(?) He quickly understood and found out that another Deman's weakness is the sun, but if this were another Deman's territory, then how is it occupied by them when they'd get burned from the sun? Unless. . .

He immediately heard from one of the humans that the place had a roof? 'Ah, so the Demans probably put a bigass light bulb on the ceiling.'

"-everything you see here is artificial. From the sky to the clouds."

'Ok, now I seriously deduce that their technology is quite advanced for a world like this.' He deadpanned inwardly. 'But it is still low compared to mine, heh.'

"-You all remember the artificial suns that were being made a year back right? I ain't really sure what went on but... That technology is being used by the Demans now." He said darkly. "A lamp that pumps out light without sunlight. In the 4th zone, the Demans called this sun, the "All-seeing Eye"."

'If I could see the damn sun, then I'd judge on who the hell named that sht.' He thought irritated. He could go outside at the exit, but he doesn't have anything that makes himself invisible. Unless he wants to use that item, then it'd be a waste.

After some grumbling in the conversation he heard from the survivors, Ill just call them that now, Lexter brought up a bag full of... clothes?

Then Lexter goes on about Demans not using firearms and it goes against the beliefs of their 'god-given powers' and the same reason why they don't use cars as they are literally fast as cars.

And thinking about 'beliefs', his former clan master; Alcatraz would have a field trip of arguing about religion and sht.

Seriously, that man is a man of faith. Talk anything that regards the Lord Above, then he'd spurt stuff about the 'Word of Truth' and etc.

Surprisingly, he didn't go on a Crusade back in YGGDRASIL. Hell, he was even tempted, even with Khorne that one brutal man, to name the damn clan as "The Inquisition".

Anyways, not able to carry around firearms and vehicles would put them at a great disadvantage, but it will also give them an extremely low profile.

'Which actually makes sense in a way.'

And almost at the end of the argument, it was confirmed that the little person, which Jim honestly thought was a kid, was not actually a kid but a midget. Almost the size of a gnome.

'This world is very strange. . .' He swears that he felt a shiver going up to his spine the moment the midget said: "You think I'm a f**king kid you bastard?"

After sometime later, which Lexter has light bruises from that scolding of a midget ago, they ditched their firearms and vehicles behind.

He quietly followed from behind, with his summoned monsters out of the tunnel system, the Fly Trappers went to their flight advantage taking to the skies, the Workers going burrowing underground as they follow as they can, and the Warriors giving some distance as to not alert them.

And meanwhile, this smug ass insect-player bastard just fancy walked from behind.

Following the disguised group for a while, he had checked their stats. They were mostly around lvl 8-10, them being humans and sht, with the exception of Lexter being lvl 15 and the Deman girl being around lvl 26.

However, the highest one is the Crimson Knight, a human, but he finds it kinda weird and surprising about him.

He's level is right at about 62. The highest one he's ever seen in this world.

Unlike that 'Zombified' or 'Reincarnated' Deman from before was about lvl 40+ but this one? This takes the cake.

The group headed towards a region of a residential area. The place is actually low on Deman population, but there are also a fair number of Humans in it, he'd guessed that they are slaves...

'Deal with them later...' But he pitied them. No one should be a slave, or IS a slave to anyone.

Servant, understandable, but a slave?

Even SoulX, the coldest f**king bastard he managed to make friends with, agreed with this term of a moral.

As they slowly reached in the residences, he noticed that fog is covering the place.

He wondered if it is the works of this roofed place.

"-may be giving off scent of humans." The voice of the old man said with concern. "And why the hell is the fog so damn thick here?"

He managed to hear their conversation now within his hearing vicinity.

"This region is quite far from the center of the city. Thanks to that, the artificial clouds settled on the bottom. And thanks to that too, not many Demans live around these parts. So this place is pretty safe... Mostly." Lexter corrected.

Jim looked around and saw the place is covered in dry blood. Hell, even the damn place is stenched in blood.

'Genocidal flashbacks going on.' He shuddered.

Back in his world, he personally saw men and women bloodied, some of them lost a few of their limbs. Covered up corpses, and soldiers running around the are-

He shook his head from those memories. He was young, too damn young at that time.

And that didn't even happen too long ago...

He slowly placed his hand onto his heart and quietly muttered. "All is well... All is well." He breathed in and out slowly, controlling his breathing as he did his best to focus on the present, and put those horrible memories aside.

Now is not the time to hear the dead's screaming from the past.

Walking for some time now, the group seemed to 'arrived' at their destination. Almost thinking this was a whole waste of f**king time for some reason, he noticed Lexter opening up a big case, that inside of it is some kind of a metallic plank?

He isn't sure but guessing on what the kid is saying. It's a 'path'. Not really sure by his words, but he could guess that its some kind of a checkpoint or a pointer.

Tuning out some parts of their conversation, he sensed several sources of evil presence from a distance coming from the farmlands. Although he cannot see due to the heavy fog obscuring his view, he could sense that they are coming...

He returned his sight back to the group again, seeing they are talking with each other about something, he noticed the Deman girl looking at a random direction.

He looked to where she is looking at, and he saw a Deman in a farmer's clothing just sitting there and watching them.

[Warriors...]

[Yessss, masster?]

[Close your distance to the Human group, do not reveal yourselves, but once I say the signal, protect and aid them]

The Warrior ant hissed in confirmation before Jim disconnected the link. 'Time to see what they are capable of.' He grinned.

Seeing the Lexter guy suddenly calling out to the Dema farmer, who had walked towards them. They were conversing, not noticing the figures coming towards their position.

He rubbed his eyes out of annoyance before a sound of loud 'THUMPING' was heard.

'F**king finally, you're here.' He thought.

He could finally see their figures. They are basically Demon-like monsters...

'Horned Demonic Goats? The hell?' He used {Scan} just to be sure... 'Nope, definitely not Horned Demonic Goats.' He sighed in relief. The group on trying to deal will actually have a hard time dealing damage onto those physical-resistant f**kers.

Though they are weaker than the Horned Goats. Because those annoying sh*ts are several times weaker than them. Around lvl 30.

One of them charged onto the group, only hitting the Deman farmer. He is quite sure that the dude is dead. Literally, there were cracks on the wall. . .

The group was suddenly separated, the Crimson F**ker and Lexter stayed behind, trying to fight on the Demon-like monsters before them. While the Deman girl with the 3 Humans ran away.

The Crimson Knight's left arm was suddenly engulfed in bright flames.

'So that's his ability... I wonder if there are people like him.' He smiled at the thought.

He quietly ordered several Warriors and a dozen Workers to follow them. But only to aid them when it is needed and will protect them once they have shown themselves.

He quietly and slowly sat as he watched the fight between the Deman monsters and the two Humans in a standoff, is about to begin.

Lucy and the others ran, heading back to the car that was in the tunnel, which is going to be a btch to go to as it is seriouslyyyy long f**King away.

Anyways, she told the others to run ahead, as she noticed another dog abomination in front of her, staying to deal with it. Readying her barbed chains.

However, that isnt the real purpose.

She smelled a familiar scent.

And she would greet her.

But, sadly, it isnt the same person she met long ago.

Its just some pawn, clouded with the same scent of the said person, here to greet her.

She looked at the abomination in front of her, the thing is female, but the torso part is completely gone; only the spine showing like its a support.

The giant dog abomination attacked her, though it is a bit slower than her, it still caught her.

The 'dog' pinned her down, waiting for orders on what to do with her.

"Aldebaran is completely still... It is waiting for orders on what to do with you." The Deman smirked.

"Impossible..." She muttered. "These dogs dont have consciousness."

"Heh, of course." The Deman chuckled. "When the dark powers remain in the body, it goes with the wild resulting in the 'dogs' you know."

"However, sometimes the consciousness remains after they have been liberated from their bodies. They have reached to a point closest to god. Calling these angels isnt just a play on words."

'So it has a consciousness and even a heart... Could that be why it resembles a Human?' She thought as she saw gaps of unprotected part of the heart.

She struggled to get her arms out and saw a finger from the dog. She then pulled the nail with all her strength, thus resulting of the pain of the dog letting her go as it roared in pain.

"Hyyahhhhhhhh!" She let out a cry as she grabbed the nail, and jumped towards the unprotected heart and stabbed it...

Or did she?

She felt pain from her side. She slowly looked at it, she was stabbed by a dagger.

By this punk Deman.

"Who's heart do you think you're trying to attack, in front of me no less." He slowly grabbed her head, pushing the hair aside. "Pity... Quite a pity... If you had attained the dark powers, you would not have died in vain. That power is not bestowed on just anyone you know?"

He continued. "For a traitor such as you... You will never be able to attain that-ARGH!" An acid spit stopped him from continuing on speaking.

She looked at the scene before her in surprise. Did someone come to rescue her? Was it them?

"Who the hell did that!?" He screamed in pain. "I will make you suffer!"

Sounds of mandibles clacking with each other could be heard.

The Warrior Ants slowly moved forward, with the Worker Ants behind acting as range support.

Lucy looked at the giant ants, the ones in front were bigger and have heavily armored carapace compared to the ones behind. But she could see that one of them has liquid slowly dripping from its mandibles.

"What the hell are-!" He was suddenly shot at the face, with several bolts on his face, and fell down in pain.

Apparently these fuckers are quite tough.

She looked to her left, some kind of a humanoid bee? Wearing tattered camo clock. In their claws? Are some kind of crossbows? Who uses them anymore?

"Protect the Demannn girlllll" It hissed protectively.

The Warriors rushed and bit the legs of the dog with their mandibles. The dog trying to shake them off, but the Warriors have the strength that can make them carry a f**King 5-story building. Seriously these ants are f**king strong.

'Are they... Trying to save me?' Lucy thought as she placed pressure on the wound, slowing down the bleeding. Her healing regeneration will do most of the work.

She noticed the tough-armored ants trying to bit the dog down into pieces. "Hey!... Hey!" She shouted, grabbing several ant's attention. "Get the heart!" She motioned the unprotected heart of the dog, they noticed what she meant and did so.

The slimmer ants spit acid shots onto the heart of the dog as it roared in pain.

She noticed the child-sized bee beside her. "Are you allllright?" It clicked its mandibles.

"What... Are you a bee?" She said in wonder. All her time in her life, she never saw these... beings before. Like, never. And they aren't the dogs that were made by the Demans.

Literally, they are insects.

"Yesss, I am a Fly Trapper. And your wound," It motioned its claw to her injury. "we can healllll you up." It pulled out a small vial with its contents of seemingly bright green liquid.

"Pleaseee apply this to your wound, it willll heallll up fasssster." It said.

She had 2nd thoughts about this, but considering that this wouldn't hurt to try, she opened the bottle and poured its contents onto her wound.

She was quite surprised that her regeneration suddenly sped up many several times than before. The wound quickly closed in together, leaving no traces of wound, or making a scar.

The dog made its final roar of living, before falling down lifelessly. None of the ants have died, and only the Warriors received light wounds, while the Workers received none as they were staying in a safe distance to fire their acid spit. Range support people, range support.

The Deman pawn pulled out one of the bolts sticking out from his cheek and looked to the fallen dog. "N-no... Aldebaran!" He cried out.

Before the asshole could even do anything, a Warrior suddenly appeared from behind and grabbed his head, lifting him up. "Argh! L-Let me go!" He tried on freeing himself but found it useless.

The strength and power of a giant f**king ant dwarf a normal Deman's when it comes to that. Speed, however? Maybe not.

"W-wait!" She exclaimed. Getting the attention of the lead Fly Trapper. How is it different from others? Well it is bigger than the normal ones, and has a marking on its cloak that its higher than its normal brethren. "Don't kill him yet. Let... Let me ask him something."

The bee clacked its mandibles slowly before nodding its head, giving her permission to talk to the punkass bastard.

She nodded in thanks before facing the wounded Deman. "Where is she?"

The Deman mumbled in confusion. "'She'? When you say that... Do you mean the lord?" He said.

Lucy looked at him with a raised brow. "Dont get so cocky...! Do you think you'll be able to do as you please once you are in her presence?! You're not-!"

"ENOUGH."

A loud, powerful voice made them jump a bit. They all glanced and looked to where the source of the voice was.

"Looking for me~?" A small, sweet female voice.

A girl was sitting on a roof, dangling her legs slowly. "It been a while, hasn't it Lucy?" The girl was wearing a thick, black jacket, wearing EXTREMELY short f**king revealing shorts, and wearing long pink socks, and black combat boots.

The insects then readied themselves for a fight.

"Mindy-Mindy..." She muttered.

"M-My lord!"

"Man~. To think that we'd meet each other like this." She jumped down, and in her hand is a large spiked club. "So the intruder was you!?" She said with a grin.

"So you are the 'lord'?" Lucy asked.

"Yep! Quite a role too!" She exclaimed happily. "Well anyways, putting that aside... For a dainty little kitten like you... You surely made a heck of a mess here, didn't ya?" The Warrior ants then stood at the side of Lucy, ready for a fight. "And are these little pests yours?"

"We areeee summoneddd by the Great Masssterr to protect herrr, fallleeenn one. We arrreee nott servantsss of thisss girlll." The leading Fly Trapper found her statement quite offensive and hissed with venom as it aimed its crossbow at her.

"M-My lord! Please help! Aldebaran was-!" Before the Deman could continue speaking, the ant holding him smashed the f**ker to the ground, making him unconscious, and almost dead from that, and before throwing him aside.

The girl smiled with satisfaction. "Ahhh~. Thank you for doing that. He is quite pathetic... Struggling against someone like you?"

Lucy narrowed her eyes with seriousness. She readied her chains, putting it in a position on where she could attack and defend simultaneously. "Mindy-Mindy... Please... I can help you..."

"Help me? Oh please, what could you possibly help me with!?" She exclaimed with annoyance. "And since it looks like I'd have trouble with these pests of yours..." A dark aura surrounded her, as her skin turns paler, and extra horns coming out from her head. "I would have to play with you as a Penta-Horn~." She giggled maniacally.

Several Fly Trappers then fired bolts at her, to which she dodged them.

The Workers then did some suppressing fire to the Deman Lord, she dodged their shots, but speckles of acid got underneath her clothing.

"Argh!" It didn't actually hurt her, but it did sting her quite a btch. It felt like hot water on exposed skin.

The Warriors appeared in front of her, having to crush her with their mandibles.

But she isn't that easy to deal with.

She hit one of the Warriors aside, making it crash into a building. While smashing her club onto one's head, it made a small crack, but this was enough to stun it for a while.

She grinned as she put half of her strength and smashed the ant's head to the ground, but this didn't happen as chains wrapped around her club, preventing her to hit the ant.

"Stop it Mindy-Mindy!" She shouted. "We can help each other out!"

"Shut it! The decision has been chosen already, and its too late now!"

Lucy gritted her teeth in frustration. Wanting to help her old friend, but not wanting to have her saviors? Die from this.

She has to stop her.

Mindy-Mindy still kept on smashing, several Workers have been killed, some were heavily injured, the Warriors are heavily damaged but are still capable on fighting. The Fly Trappers were the only ones keeping distance and have the agility to dodge and keep a distance from her.

This annoyed her greatly, so she focused on getting one of them at least.

"You're mine!" She leaped, creating a crater as she did, towards the lead Fly Trapper who had aimed his sights on her.

The Fly Trapper clacked its mandibles mockingly. As if telling her to 'bring it'.

When the Fly Trapper leader was just moments away from getting smashed, they all suddenly felt an aura... This one is full of malice... Greater than the Deman lord they are currently fighting.

They stopped fighting and looked to where the source of malice was at. And it came from the Deman girl, Lucy.

Her appearance changed, almost unrecognizable if not for her clothes. Because she literally looked like a woman. A fking woman.

"Finally, Penta-Horn against Penta-Horn. Ready to fight fair now~?"

Lucy's appearance seemed more 'corrupted with power' sort of theme. Her horns were slightly curved backward, while they are longer than before. Her eyes glowing red, full of malice and hatred.

"W̽̏̍o̊͊͌̌nt̍ͥ̃ ͗͌yő͂̋̇͆u̾͆ ͑g͋ͩ͌ͩͯ̽uͮ͋î͊̃͋ͭ̚d̋̓ͮͣ́̓eͨ̿ͥͭ̈ͣͣ ͣ̉̄̊̿̍m͋̋ė̄ͣ?͂̃̐ ͯ̔ͥT͂̈́͑o̿͛ͩ̓ ťͤ̄́̑h̾͑̔̿̔a͋ͯ͆ͦtͮ̑ ̐̐ͭ́̋̚ẘ̏̍̈́ͧ̅o͗͑̃̈͑̒̒m͂͊ā̈̎̈́̎n̔̚?ͧ̏" She said. Her voice greatly distorted, and she sounds like she is speaking in two voices. One her original, and the other sounds like a woman...

Mindy-Mindy looked at her, insulted. "Who the hell are you talking about? You are talking to me arent ya?!" She said with anger before noticing something's wrong with her former friend.

The insects then took several steps backward, having a strange gut-feeling that getting caught in between their fight, they are not going to survive...

'I needddd to report about thissss to Massssterrr.' The lead Fly Trapper thought as he readied his repeater, in case he has to fight again.

"I̓͂̋ͥ̀͛̂ ͛̈́s͒̇͜h͛̉͗̌̈́̚aͨ̇̆l̛ͮ̔͋l ̌̊̓ͧ̉̓̕ǵͭ̽iͭͪ̅v͒̇̄e̔̎͂ ͆ͦ͟yͧͩo̵u͛̈̎̇̃̕ ̔̇ͤ̏̐̊aͫ̏̎̏ chͧ̿͑ͪ̎a̴̍͌ͭn̸͋ͨ͑̂c̸̀ͮ͑̓ͫ͒͊eͯ̃̈͡ ̴̏onͧͩ͑ͭ ͏sͫ́͗̏́p̶͒ͦ̒ͦ͂a͑̓̽̈́̅͛͞r̿̈́̐́iͤͯng̴̃̏ ̷̊ỹ̇ͪ́́̓ͧ̕o̴ͯ̽͆͛̊̆̚uͧ̅̂̊̇͛͠.̏̾ͨ͏.͆̾ͦ̇ͫ.̑̋̂̄̌̚" She grinned. No doubt, she lost control.

"Tch, whatever Lucy... Its time for me to be entertained!" She charged at her, spiked club in hand.

"Y̜̦͉ͯ̾͠ö̝͓͎͚͎́̿̆ͧ́u̻̹͌̌̑̑̕ ̯͑́ͥ͞a̙͕͎r͍̦̣̻̤̋ͣ̒e͓̙̹̺̳͓͚ͣ̔ͭ.̣̜̟̣̤̰̃̒ͅ.͉ͧ̅̇͗̃ͅ.̡̭̯̳̝͒̉͆͊̎̃ ̤͓͓̜ͬḌ̩̋͐̌̍ͨ̎̋͝u̲͚̞̪͍̦̣ͧ̈ͭ̒s̵̮̘͈͙̐͐̈́̿̾ͅͅt͈͎̰̦͋̐ͥ."

"...What?" She said bewildered.

And before she could do anything, she was suddenly lifted and thrown onto a nearby building, crashing into it and cracks were made. *KABOOOM!*

"Well ain't this fun?! What an irritating move..." She closed her eyes, before opening them instantly filled with power. "Don't joke around!"

Mindy-Mindy appeared in front of Lucy, hitting her with her club, but only grazing her.

"W-What the..?" She said confused before getting irritated. Extremely irritated. "ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? DONT CROAK WHEN I DIDNT EVEN HIT YOU, THE FUN'S ONLY BEGUN!" She shouted as she clenched tightly on her weapon.

Lucy's transformation gave her quite a boost in power and strength. But the downside is that she turns into a 'monster' that she cannot control. A dark power that she received when she was 'converted'.

The power within her spiked suddenly, it made the insect monsters around them to be pressured flat down to the ground by its power. The Warrior Ants were the only ones who are staying standing, but barely.

But her power then slowly fade away, the pressure gone. Her transformation was now gone and she had fallen unconscious.

The leader of the Fly Trapper slowly got up, he looked at the Deman girl Lucy with bewildering and slight fear? He knows that she will be a threat to her master, that thinking doubted parts of his mind that their master wouldnt be defeated by something or someone like this... But he just... Think of the possibility.

He'll have to see through his master's plan that this would be a part of it.

Seeing that the girl is now unconscious, he still has to protect her.

That is what their master ordered them.

The Deman lord raised her weapon, about to smash it down onto the unconscious Lucy.

He raised his repeater, aiming down his sights. He was about to fire before noticing a blur that came in front of him.

Someone is here. . .

He looked in surprise...

The Deman Lord's weapon was cut clean... By someone with a crimson hair...

A man with a black overcoat, red crimson hair, and a katana that seemed to be crafted quite masterly...

'Issss he the real Crimssson Knight?' The Fly Trapper leader thought.

He suddenly spoke in a very, very dark yet in a calm tone. "If you do not disappear from my sight... Your neck is next."