"YOU DARE."
"ATTACK!" D'rul call out to the dead flames as he couldn't accept his dignity being soiled like that.
[Ding!]
[Skill the dead flames have been activated.]
A system notification similar to the one player receives when they activate a skill flash in front of D'rul, however he ignored it his mind apparently consumed with rage.
"What is wrong?"
It took D'rul around ten seconds to realize that no flame is listening to his command which made him perplexed more than anything.
"No, this is impossible." D'rul mumbled.
When he and his subordinate reach the new grave, he have notice that an explosion happened recently in the area, a powerful one at that.
So when he called upon the dead flames, numerous powerful flame spirit should have answered his call, bulldoze their way to the puny hunan and burn him alive.
From molecules to molecules.
Yet, reality is much different than he have thought.
"Fine, if the flames won't answer then I'll call out to my flame." He said, not accepting his date yet.
The reason the dead flames are not answering the summon of D'rul is because while D'rul is trying to activate the skill, Nil had unleash his will intertwined with wrath, searing it into the area so that no dead flame will answer D'rul call.
And D'rul was not even able to sense the will of Nil at all.
"Oh demonic flame, I call upon you to set the body of this puny human ablaze, and burn him right from his inside to the outside."
D'rul sung as he summon the demonic lantern and call forth the demonic flame he have stored inside earlier before leaving the demonic realm.
Then using his talent, he direct the flames in Nil direction, trying to burn him to crisp.
When the flame have not reach Nil position yet, still tens of meter away from him, he could already feel the heat it is emanating, which proves just how dangerous the demonic flame truly is.
But Nil did not leave his chair yet and rather kept smiling as he activate the countermeasure he have prepare for the flame.
[Ding!]
[Title Personification of Wrath is in effect.]
As instantly as Nil activate the title, an unbounded, Wrathful air suddenly erupt from him like a broken dam. With the Wrathful aura being the water that broke out of the dam.
But the aura did not radiate out intangibly like it have been doing before.
The aura thickened, coiled around Nil wrapping him like a soft yet thick blanket, turning the air itself heavier, Wrathful.
*Yelp*
The demonic flame that was drifting in Nil direction suddenly yelp, recoiling back in fear when it touch the aura of wrath sorrounding Nil.
And as fast as it came, it turned back as fast.
"Na, you ain't going."
Nil waved a relaxed smile still plastered on his face.
And as soon as he made that waving motion, a thread not thicker than a wool disperse from his aura of wrath and lung at the retracting demonic flame.
When the demonic flame sense the aura of wrath coming after it, it suddenly increase its speed, clearly afraid of the aura of wrath coming after it.
But it couldn't outrun the demonic aura.
When the demonic aura reach it, it did not devour it.
No, it simply enter it making the demonic flame halt suddenly.
And the next instant, it's colour change from a light brown color and turn into crimson red.
Then as if possessed by an evil spirit, which is not entirely far from the truth it lung at D'rul direction.
"Shit." D'rul did not have much time to dodge because he and his friend have sprinted in Nil direction after he saw the flame yelping which make the distance between him and the flame more shorter.
He did not have much room for maneuver again due to the speed he is running at.
In order not to die he suddenly grab hold of his subordinate using him to shield himself with a sudden swiftness that defy logic.
D'rul action clearly explain that he have practice and use this movement many times over.
"Fool, instead of training his dodging skill, he instead train in how to use meat shield." Nil snickered
"And you made a bad mistake by using that guy to take the strike." Nil commented like he is just a spectator.
"Ghaaahhh."
D'rul subordinate scream and started thrashing as the corrupted demonic flame hit him, burrowing and dissolving into him.
When the corrupted demonic flame hit D'rul subordinate, D'rul have thrown him at the ground when he notice him losing colour and step back.
'Thanks to the dead Demon God I wasn't hit by that flame.' D'rul thought.
"Well.. I'd say you shouldn't relax too much when you don't know what is coming next." Nil said scratching the back of his head lightly.
As soon as Nil finish that sentence the subordinate suddenly stop thrashing around, his eyes turning hollow, his skin colour changing to pale red.
Then he stood, mechanically.
*Scream*
The hollowed demon scream, however no sound escape his mouth due to his lung being burned by the corrupted demonic flame that enter his body earlier.
And D'rul suddenly cover his ear, shielding it like some vile noise is entering his ear.
But his action was futile because what it is currently hearing is the voice of wrath, which he has hearing with his spiritual sense yet doing harm to his material body as blood start trailing out of his ear.
"Shit, I'm in deep shit." D'rul mumbled.
Ignoring the fear that has settled inside his spine, he lept to the side barely avoiding being clawed at by the hollowed demon.
He did not even believe for once anymore that he could still win the fight with the puny— sorry, powerful human coupled with the hollowed demon that us now attacking him.
However, before he could dwell much on the thought of escape, his cheek suddenly made a sound.
*Pa*
He was being slapped again by that same invisible hand.