73 Kamoshida Palace Raid Part 4 (1/2)
Following his command, Ann and Morgana leapt towards the door, only to be caught off guard by a barrage of volleyballs. Akira and Ryuji were just as unlucky as a platoon of volleyball pygmies swarmed them.
Gritting his teeth, Axel burst into a blaze of blue flames and roared, ”MORDRED!”
Unlike usual, Mordred burst out from the flames, the flames behind his helmet faceplate twisted into a sadistic grin as he roared with insane laughter.
He literally flew across the ground, arriving infront of the pygmies within the blink of an eye as he brutally struck them down. One by one, they fell but Asmodeus seemed to just create more.
Luckily, Ryuji managed to grab Akira as he huffed, ”Captain Kidd! Take us to the door!”
The skeleton pirate burst to life as he quickly sailed past Akira and his summoner, hoisting them up onto the mast as he zoomed by.
Seeing them make a getaway, Asmodeus screeched as another platoon of pygmies charged after them. Just as Axel was about to provide them some cover, two voices echoed from the back of the room.
”Carmen!”
”Zorro”
A bolt of fire and a gust of wind came barreling towards the boys, only to barely zip by them as the two attacks became one. The wind pushed the fire to become even deadlier as the red flames turned blue.
Unlike the groups persona flames though, this flame turned the charging pygmies into ashes. Asmodeus suddenly screamed out in pain, tipping Axel off to a weak points as he yelled, ”Target his weapons!”
Obviously, no one missed the pained scream Asmodeus made. Instead, they all gain a feral grin as Akira lead the charge, summoning Arsene and launching a barrage of curses.
Before the attacks could land, a mirror-like shield appeared and nullified the damage from the curses. Stunned, Akira soon found himself face to face with a metal volleyball that would have crushed him if not for a timely rescue from Ryuji.
”Thanks Ryuji.” Said Akira, a cold sweat dripping down his forehead with how close he came to death.
”No problem, dude.” Replied Ryuji, shooting a thumbs up to Akira.
Asmodeus grinned while eyeing the pair with his chameleon-like eyes. Roaring, Asmodeus pushed itself off the ground while tossing another golden volleyball into the air as it screeched, ”GOLDEN SERVE!”
The golden ball came hurtling at the pair, igniting into flames as it hissed through the air. Suddenly, Axel landed infront of them.
The two boys stared with wide eyes, screaming at him to run away when he turned back and gave them a confident smirk.
Their shock quick became awe as the ball slowly stopped in the air. Ryuji and Akira, being the closest to the ball, stared at Axel with wide eyes as he stood tall, his shirt destroyed as his muscles visibly trembled in exertion.
Even though his Persona form was damaged, the clothing and armour he wore slowly healed itself as he grunted before tossing the ball to the side.
Asmodeus glared at Axel and angrily roared, ”How's that possible!?! A stupid, insignificant human like you should've been turned into paste!!! How could you possibly withstand my attack!?!”
Letting his screaming muscles relax, Axel sighed and blankly said, ”Maybe it's cause your weak as shit?”
A red aura, filled with malice burst out from Asmodeus as it pushed it's body of the ground and leapt towards Axel.
”Akira!” Screamed Axel as he hastily dodged the berserk demon.
Realising that Axel was distracting the demon, Akira quickly pulled Ryuji off the ground and towards the rest of the group.
”While Axel's buying us some time, we need to deal with the demon's toys. Strike fast and be sure to destroy it!” Said Akira.
The group nodded and dispersed. Asmodeus quickly noticed the disappearance of the Phantom Theives but instead of being suspicious, it grinned as it mockingly said, ”Would you look at that. You've been abandoned.”
Axel gained a solemnly look as he back himself into a corner and said, ”So it appears…”
”Any last words, you pitiful little insect?” Said Asmodeus as he smirked victoriously.
Axel nodded as his solemn look quickly morphed into a fox-like grin, ”Yup. Now!”
Figures quickly sprung up from the shadows, surrounding the demon from all sides as they each unleashed every ounce of power they had.
One by one, Asmodeus's toys broke like glass, shattering into motes of blackish light. A pained groans escaped Asmodeus's lips as it looked around with wide eyes and roared, ”HOW!?! I SAW YOU INSECTS RUN!!! I EVEN FELT YOUR PRESENCES LEAVE THE ROOM!!!”
Akira sneered at the demon as he said, ”What you felt leave was our personas. Since they are like a beacon that screams 'here I am', all we had to do was make you think we left while we set up an ambush.”
Turning to Axel, Akira smirked as he continued, ”Luckily, our leader is smart. While he distracted you, you never even realised that he was kiting you into an ambush!”
”I… WILL NOT BE MOCKED BY A GROUP OF INSECTS! I AM THE GREAT DEMON OF LUST, ASMODE-”
”SHUT UP!”
Suddenly, Ann was infront of the demon, smashing it's face back and forth as she roared, ”YOU THINK YOUR SO GREAT!?! YOUR NOTHING MORE THAN A BIG ASSHOLE!!!”
”WHAT DID SHIHO DO TO DESERVE WHAT HAPPENED TO HER!!! WHY DID YOU TURN HER PARENTS AGAINST HER!!! WHY DID YOU BEAT HER WHEN SHE COULDN'T FINISH HER TRAINING!!! WHY DID YOU PUSH HER INTO TRYING TO TAKE HER OWN LIFE!!!”