THE LIAR FACE DEMON (Legendary Wizard Saint)

J. TNANGA

Chapter 8: Marytus’ POV

All houses in the Demon Continent are built to allow flame-wearers to live in. Flame-wearers bodies are always in a flame like state, they cannot be touched unless you want to get burn.

That’s why many demons avoid them, unless you are demon proficient in water, you wouldn’t want them near you. That’s what make them so strong and so isolated sometimes.

Flame-wearers due to their affinity with fire, are almost always with their own kind, always get married in their own race and never see other demon races as potential dates or husbands and wives. The flame-wearers are a proud race. They are held in the highest regard in terms of fighting ability/agility and magic ability, especially fire-magic since that’s their specialty.

Anything a flame-wearer touches will inadvertently burn unless it is made from a special compound called Laventiy. That compound allow whatever object has that compound to not burn. Flame-wearers’ flames are different from other demon magicians’ flame magic or even that of humans’.

Their flames are so powerful that it is emitted from under their skins. Inside them is flame itself. But since their body is so tough, and since their fire affinity is so strong, they do not feel heat at all. They are immune to all fire-based attack except for those from their own species.

In a very big house with a rather large gate and the flame-wearers emblem embedded on the gate (the flame-wearers’ emblem is that of a fire, a deep reddish flame that has a history attached to it), Marytus and Leortatus are present inside.

“Today is finally the day of the competition” said my cousin, Leortatus. “Are you ready to become a royal guard, one of the most powerful individuals in the whole continent?”

“Yes, of course I am” I said confidently. “I am sure no one can defeat me, we are flame-wearers after all, we have an affinity to fire”

“That’s right, maybe you should try to find some romance in your life first, I mean, I haven’t seen you date anyone” replied Leortatus.

“…….I’ll think about it” I said.

“Anyway, I’ll be in the stadium supporting you, I just want you to know that” said Leortatus. “Where are your parents?”

“They already went to the stadium” I said. “They can be in such a hurry too”

“Wait…..I don’t think that’s it, you got to go now, the tournament is going to start soon, it’s already 9:25 am” replied Leortatus in a hurry.

“Oh my…..time move really quickly, then I got to go, and YOU BETTER BE THERE to watch me fight” I said with a smile. “we should be working together, like old times”

“I am not going back to that again” Leortatus said. “Even though I am a guy, I don’t like getting hurt”

“No one likes getting hurt” I said as I give Leortatus a hug and turned around. “Make SURE YOU GET THERE, ‘K”

I then rushed ahead at my top notch speed before staying long enough to hear Leortatus’ reply.

“I will”

I somehow managed to arrive on time. I look around at the other contestant, many of them were looking at me. (I am a flame-wearers after all). While examining the contestant, I noticed one that wasn’t demon-like. He looked like a human!!!

I am not sure if I should be doing something about this. But then again, he could be a demon similar to the succubus race, but my instincts are telling me he is human. I’ll keep my eyes on him for now. The first wave went out, but unfortunately I wasn’t on that wave (Now, looking back, maybe it was a good thing I wasn’t on that wave). The wave just moved to the stadium, when before anyone realized it, wind started to pick everyone up, all except the human!!

He picked them all up in the air and started throwing them out of the stadium, group by group. The magicians amongst them started chanting spells at the human but to no avail. The spells they cast at him just went back at the caster.

Contestants were losing group by groups, a bunch by a bunch. They never had any chance. The young boy didn’t even look like he was taking them seriously. He’s a demon. I can’t believe someone is so strong. How can anyone be so strong!!!!

He’s a freaking demon. As I continue to watch I realized how big of a demon he really is. The few demons that managed to escape the wind-gravitational pull the boy was using to keep them in the air look like they just used every last drop of their magic. Some of them had swords, and are drawing them out.

They are preparing to run at the boy to attack him. The boy seemed to have noticed and let all the people that was in the air down in one drop, they all fall, some broke their arms, but besides that all of them are alive. The sword-demon-magicians have been defeated because there were so few of them and some of the other demons that were up in the air by the boy’s magic fell on them and knocked them out.

The demons on the stadium are going wild. I can so relate. I can feel my pulse quickening, my heartbeat beating faster and faster. I getting really excited. I have never seen any battle like this. So who is he?

The stupid looking demon-chicken that is the story-broadcaster just now said that this individual’s name is Demon. What a fitted name!!!

He is more demon-like than anyone of us demon except for maybe the royal guards and the demon Emperor himself. I don’t want to fight this human, but a part of me wants to fight him as well. To have the opportunity to fight someone so strong will be a great honor for me. I’ll put everything I have to defeat this man, whenever I should face him.

Some of the demons that have fallen have gotten back up and are looking angrily at the boy. They are all drawing their swords, preparing spells, getting their staffs ready. The magicians have already surrounded the man called Demon. They are all casting a different spell at Demon. But Demon merely stands there like this is nothing. The spell cast at him goes back to the person that casted…this is like a reverse magic or something…

The swordsmen are attacking Demon. Demon have no choice but to dodge their attacks. He is getting overpowered by the swordsmen. Demon then cast a lightning area of effect spell that electrocuted the swordsmen trying to cut him with their swords. Demon won.

The match was so spectacular that midway I forgot to breathe. But somehow I don’t think that was only me though. That match was so spectacular that the people on the stadium were frozen for a good couple of seconds.

“I want to see more of this man” I thought. “I want to know and understand the secret to his strength”

Since day one was supposed to be only one wave since no one thought there would be an individual on such level. The first day of the tournament was over before one hour even passed. No not even, it wasn’t even 40 minutes before it was over. This was way too much for me.

“I wonder what Leortatus and my parents think of this” I thought. “Will they think this guy is cool even though he is a human?”

I wondered on those thoughts until I finally arrived at home. My parents were really happy with the first day of tournaments. My mother was smiling and look even more beautiful now than she did before. My father just couldn’t stop talking about the match!!!! I was there too you know!!!! I saw it too!!

“The match was just so amazing!!” my father said. “Imagine if he was a demon….no imagine if he was a fellow flame-wearer, did you see those skills he has?”

“Yeah, I saw it too dad” I said trying to change the subject.

“He could even reverse the spells back at the person who cast them” said my mom.

“That was just awesome….just who is this guy” said my dad.

My parents talked and talked even more about Demon. Overnight, he became a sensation in our household.

“Seem like my parents would want to know Demon personally” I thought. “My parents would probably love to be friends with such a powerful person”