14 Aknin Vielos (1/2)

”So from what you are telling me, Roswaisa is guaranteed to lose, isn't she?” I ask Danny while running along the road.

”Yes, a higher-class Demon wouldn't lose to a lower-class Angel. She will lose this battle pretty badly actually, if not worse.” Danny says with a face that doesn't look like Shinji's or Sonohara's but that of Itachi Uchiha from Naruto. Dead serious, cool looking and focused. What's wrong with him today? No, what's right with him today?

”Anyway Irium, we are going there to help and all but what exactly are we going to do? We are even weaker than Roswaisa.” He asks with a doubtful gaze that somehow doesn't lose focus. Who the hell are you, man? What did you do with Danny? Well, whoever you are, you are better than him so it doesn't matter I guess.

”Well, tell me, if the power level of an Emerald Angel is considered 3, what would the power level of a higher-class demon be?” I ask as that question has been bugging me for a while.

”Even among higher-class demons, there are various tiers, but it'd range from 5-10.” Danny answers in a serious voice.

Damn! Things are looking really bad. Even if the Demoness that Roswaisa went to fight is of the lowest tier possible, she'd still be much, much stronger than Roswaisa.

”And … what would yours and my power level be?” I ask half-heartedly not really wanting to hear the truth that would come as the answer.

”Well, I'd be 0.0005 and you'd be about 10% of that.” Danny answers with a little exasperation in his voice, which is justified after seeing our odds here.

”Our chances to win really look bleak, don't they?”

”Wait! Win?” He returns to the idiotic Sonohara face as he stares at me.

”Yeah,” I only smile in response and say, ”Win.”

*****

I lie on the ground of a public park, trying to get up but am unable to. It has barely been a minute since our fight started, and I'm already unable to get up. This is how much of a difference is present between me and her. But how? How is there so much of a difference in power between us? In just what tier is this demoness?

”Just who are you?” I ask still trying desperately to get up as the demoness casually walks towards me.

”I am Aknin Vielos, the second-in-command to the demon general Rain Green.” She states and that is when I realize why there is such a difference between us. Rain Green, 'the sister of the devil', as people call her is someone who can wipe out all the Angels and many minor Archangels in one swoop. That is how terrifying she is. And this demoness is the second-in-command to her, so obviously she is leagues above me.

”Any more questions before I end you?” Aknin looks at me with a cold, emotionless expression as she asks that and,

”Well, if you are feeling generous enough to answer my question, then tell me … why are you doing this? What is your goal?” I ask her the most important question of all while trying my best to not try anything foolish just because she is standing close to me right now.

”My goal, you ask? It is quite simple.” She says so with the same expression and then continues, ”My goal is to kill you and your future husband, so I can remove the possibility of our race's end coming anytime soon.”

”What!?”

Race's end? The Demon Race's end? That's not even remotely possible. What in the world is she talking about?

”I guess you wouldn't really know it but there has been a premonition. It says that all Demons will die, brought down by the two of you.”

That's absurd, plain absurd!