211 One down (1/2)

”Stop running!!!” the creature shouted in response to the lad easily dodging his attacks thanks to the superior speed of a champion.

”I'll stop running if you stop living, what do you say?” Marcus yelled as he slid below the giant's legs and slashed his skin again, making the demon scream in pain.

”I'm going to kill you!!!!”

Marcus just glared at him and whispered his response, ”that's right... keep focusing on me...”

The giant warrior didn't notice that Marcus was slowly driving his attention away from the rest of the army while a group of mages was gathering behind him and casting a huge spell on top of him.

”NOW!!” the silver-haired young man shouted, giving the signal for the mages to drop their spells.

The giant stopped as he began to hear a weird sound above him. He looked up and spotted a massive meteor covered in a tornado of fire taking shape in the middle of the air and growing in size by the minute.

The earth and fire mages that were casting the spell finally finished their process and released it on top of the demon with all their power.

He tried to block the attack by raising his weapons but it wasn't enough and before he realized, he was buried under a huge explosion caused by the impact of the spell.

Marcus came closer to check on his state and while most of his armor had been destroyed, the demon itself was still standing, although covered in several bruises and burns, as well as looking rather angry inside of a crater.

”The heck is this guy made of...??” Marcus whispered.

The demon charged at him with full speed from the hole and knocked Marcus high up.

”Ugh!!”

While the lad was about to come down, the demon raised all three of his right hands to prepare to smack him, but before the blow could connect, Marcus was pushed back by a gust of wind produced by an air mage's spell, successfully avoiding the attack in the last moment and returning safely to the ground.

A couple of mages started to gather around to support Marcus and began to release lightning spells at the colossal opponent, but having little effect.

”Sir!! What are your orders!!??” one of the soldiers asked.

”We need to find a way to penetrate his skin... all of our attacks are having barely any reaction... Is Claire ready for another explosion yet??” Marcus replied.

”Negative, sir! She still needs a few more seconds!!”

Marcus shifted his arms into a pair of blades, ”I'll give her those seconds... tell her to get her spell ready to go!”

”Understood, sir!” answered the soldier as he watched Marcus rushing back to the demon and continuing his game of evading his moves and slashing his weak-spots.

She was still standing in the middle of West's portal, this way they could not only protect her but also stop the enemy forces from advancing further into their side.

”I think I'm ready to go!!” Claire cried. Her hands felt like they were burning from using her spell so much with such short periods of time. She wasn't sure how long she could keep this up before passing out.

A couple of flying monsters could be seen trying to reach her through the air but they were all immediately taken down by hits of electricity for lightning mages.

Marcus heard her signal and began to plan his strategy. Each time the big guy got hit by a spell he would just get madder and start attacking as if nothing happened. The only thing that seemed to be working was his blades, but the target was just so big that it looked like it would take forever to defeat him for good.

”Hey, shark-face!! Try and catch me!!” Marcus yelled at him.

”WRAGHHHH!!!!! HUMAN FOOD!!!!”

He then started to run towards Claire's position with the giant right behind him while avoiding being grabbed by one of his six arms or stabbed by his diamond weapons.

Claire started to lose the color on her face, ”Wh- why is he coming here??? WHY IS HE BRINGING THAT THING HERE!!!????”

”Claire!! Get ready!!” Marcus warned her.

”Ready!?? Ready to run??”

The demon smashed the ground with a heavy step that made the earth rise like an avalanche. Marcus used the force of the impact to jump towards Claire and assumed the shape of a weapon that combined with her shield.

Claire saw her weapon that now looked less like a shield split in half and more like a gauntlet that had metal wings around it while still keeping the green diamond exposed in the middle.

”Whoa...” the explosion mage whispered as she began to feel a surge of power inside of her the moment Marcus combined with her shield.

[Here he comes, Claire... Get ready!!]

”Aaaghhh!!! There is a voice in my head!! I'm being possessed by a demon!! Help!!!” Claire cried in panic.

[It's me!! Calm down!!] Marcus yelled.

”Oh!!” Claire finally stopped crying once she recognized the voice of Marcus and tried to hide her embarrassment, ”I... I knew that...”

”HUMAN FOOOOOD!!!!” the demon screamed as it leaped in the air to drop on top of Claire.

[NOW!!! RELEASE THE SPELL!!!]