Chapter 410: Not going anywhere [1/2]
It was a day like any other. Well, it would have been if not for an army of nearly a thousand reapers. Together we had maybe 50 Phantoms and 3 Specters. We also had 3 tanks, 40 UGVs and over 50 UAVs flying through the air.
As if that was not enough, we also had five dragons. I say dragons, but if you wanted to get technical, they were all some kind of mythical lizard. Some had wings, some walked on the ground, but they were all over twenty feet tall.
And yet, they were all dwarfs compared to the enemy in front of us. A single gigantic being that defied all reason. If people had told me that I was dreaming, I might have believed them.
Demons were unimaginable. They were terrifying. And yet, people of different races, religions, and people came together under my banner. It may not have been my intention, but they came anyway.
A demon was something the reapers all feared. I did not know why, but it did not matter. I didn't know why Andromalius was here, I didn't know what happened to the Slayer. But for now. I knew I had to blow the living shit out of this motherfucker.
And if I was worried about not having enough firepower, the big army with me would take care of that. Although for something this big, it might be better to get bigger guns.
'I should ask the girls or maybe Vincent for help.'
"IN THE NAME OF LIMITLESS! HELLSEND ANNIHILATE THE GREATER DEMON! OPEN COMBAT!"
As Lilly opened the battle, my army began to slowly charge forward. At our distance, our bullets would lose all momentum before they could arrive. Still, I could not blame everyone for having reservations.
My soul avatars and I ran forward ahead of the group, yelling. "KILL THE MOTHERFUCKER!"
It was the furthest thing from an honorable war cry. But my girls and all of Hellsend shouted the same thing.
"KILL THE MOTHERFUCKER! UAHHHHHHHHH!!!"
Isolde quickly glided over to the girls and me and scooped us up with her legs.
"Ami, the leaders should be up front." The girls and I took that as a cue to {Blink} towards her back. I canceled {Day by Day} as my soul avatars couldn't follow. It was on the German's back that I saw Mike Walker.
"Boss, your speeches suck balls as usual," he said with a smile.
"You seem to be enjoying yourself."
"Boss, I'm on a fucking wyvern fighting a fucking demon with an AR. None of it makes any sense, so I might as well enjoy myself."
"There will be a lot of fucking, but it will be between me and Tristan," Isolde added as we raced towards the demon.
"Sugar, I told you to stop calling me that. I said I would think about it."
"Is there something wrong with me? Or is there someone else? Tell me her name so I can kill her."
"Look sugar, there ain't and if you keep this up I'm going to say no. So play nice alright?" Mike reprimanded.
"Ja, Tristan."
When I heard the banter between them, I didn't even want to join in. Working out problems in a relationship required communication and understanding. It would be better for the lovebirds to work it out for themselves.
Jas called my attention as we approached the demon, "Husband, we are close."
"Okay. Isolde, can you and your friends hold him?"
"Ja! We will try."
Andromalius' eyes narrowed as if he was laughing.
"It seems humans have forgotten their place. Come! I will kill you all."
The greater demon then disappeared from our sight. Suddenly, something crashed into Isolde's side. I turned to see the massive torso of Andromalius. His fist was outstretched and his body was in a fighting stance.
Unable to withstand the impact, the wyvern was sent flying! Given our distance from the demon, I jumped from Isolde and tried to desperately dodge.
"{Blink}."
The girls and I hopped onto the tall demon like fleas. I switched weapons, pulling out the FT5 and HCAR. I was standing on Andromalius' shoulder and ran towards his neck.
"[Wizard]. [Sniper]."
I switched my mind setting to the one that could fly, and similarly switched my body setting to the one that could hit the hardest.
"Exa. Create a {Program} for me. Make my bullets as powerful as possible."
[{Program} [Penetrator] has been created.]
"{BESTOW}! [PENETRATOR]!"
{Bestow} was the {Kismet} I got after recreating [Limitless], it was basically what {Tempering} and {Comfort Food} tried to do. Both were just trying to transfer the power of my {Fates} from me to something else.
To standardize this process, I got {Bestow}. This meant that unlike the previous {Tempering}, which was only for objects, and {Comfort Food}, which was for well, food, I now had more freedom.
I could theoretically give a loaf of bread the effects of {Tempering} and it would be stronger than steel. Designed to work with {Program}, it was practically another cheat that would help me greatly.
"{FLASH}!"
Jasmine's voice echoed as my vision turned white. My girls were connected to me, so I knew they were scattered throughout the demon's body. Undeterred, I moved to Andromalius' neck and pulled the trigger on my weapons.
A 95mm HEAT warhead fired, blasting the demon. Along with it came a spray of .30-06 Sacreds. Because of the distance, the 95MM didn't explode, it just acted like a giant slug.
Surprisingly, the rocket bounced off the demon's skin, unable to penetrate. But the much weaker Sacred rounds from the HCAR did. All of them tore through Andromalius' flesh, spraying blood everywhere.
"Hmph. Annoying..." came the demon's comment right after that. I heard something massive move through the air. It didn't have a soul signature, so I understood what it was.
I quickly ran off his shoulder before his gigantic hand flattened me. I leapt off him like jumping off a cliff. The light returned, and I saw that the Sirens were all blasting various parts of his body with Sacreds.
Thanks to [Wizard], I didn't fall, but circled around my opponent and watched the damage my forces inflicted on him. Like me, all the Sirens were no longer standing on the demon, but flying around it.
'This must be what mosquitoes feel.'
A huge cone of wind suddenly slammed into the demon's chest. Its power was so great that I was almost blow away. It was Raymond Getrude. The Whirlwind. Even though the attack was only made of air, the Specter's power managed to knock back a 58-foot giant!
"Do you really have time to look at small fry, you bastard?" Raymond provoked.
Immediately, a ball of living mercury collided with the demon's mouth and entered its throat. Like a slime with a mind of its own, the metal gracefully disappeared into the demon's body.
The demon's gigantic face grimaced as he coughed violently. Like phlegm stuck in the throat, a large body of silver liquid was expelled from the demon.
"This is not going anywhere," I said aloud.
Then my ears picked up screeching projectiles flying through the air. Sabel's switchblade drones then all slammed into our opponent's right eye. A series of explosions shook the sky.
But when the dust cleared, the demon merely waved his hands at the smoke.
"This is getting disappointing. This is it? You are even weaker than the Reapers of old."
The thundering voice echoed as he expressed his boredom. Isolde's other dragon friends arrived one by one but were pathetically thrashed by the demon.
With a few kicks and punches, the demon beat the living shit out of the dragons. None of them able to get back up.