Gourmet World Island(Speed Demon Zack, Chaotic Rumble)

Ayeseru groaned in pain; one thing about Zack's healing spells is that they were extremely effective, and Ayeseru was beaten bad enough to the point he couldn't even feel pain or even move, and he was quite content in that state, too, at least, for the time being, but he knew it wouldn't last all that long; Zack, had in fact, almost instantly healed him, giving him the ability to move once more, but also the ability to feel pain; he felt as though he had just woke up after having an extremely tough practice the previous night, and was now extremely stiff...  On the bright side, he was relatively OK.  He was able to lift the rocks that were on top of him off, and finally stood up normally, gasping for proper, clean air, rather than dust and dirt.  Zack appeared to be tired, however, after the end of the process; didn't help that he didn't have most of his usual spells, either.  The good thing was that Mother Snake was also injured in this incident, too, seeing as how Zack had heavily damaged it; the illusions were broken, and whilst Mother Snake was indeed big, it was exactly as Ayeseru had presumed it to be - about the same size as the other island rulers.  Either way, in addition to all of this, Mother Snake was much slower, which meant Ayeseru could go into more of a predator mode.

Using his Dark Step ability, he was able to move and maneuver through some of Mother Snake's attacks, even if just barely; he had actually been grazed by a single hit, but that was rather insignificant.  He was able to get on its (or her) body, and used her final movement of the spell in order to ascend to the head, standing at the top, and finally running and jumping off of it, so he was falling, head first, to the ground, but there was a split second whilst Ayeseru was in the air where Ayeseru was level with its eyes; quick reactions, sudden movements, and Shadow Dragon's Sniper Shots activated, he was able to shoot both of its eyes, causing it pain but more importantly blinding the creature, causing it to thrash wildly.  Ayeseru continued a barrage of attacks as he descended the creature's body, landing with a splat! sound, as a shadow, once he hit the ground.  He looked up at the creature.  "How dareeee you?!", it hissed out in anger.

Ayeseru simply sat down in front of it, somehow certain he was out of danger, despite Mother Snake slithering and thrashing wildly. Regardless, he was correct in that regard, because while she was extremely close on harming him multiple times, she had, in fact, brushed him, barely. Ayeseru simply sighed, and shook his head. "Well, I dare, and now, I'm sitting down! What are you gonna do about it?", taunted Ayeseru. It clearly enraged the creature, and now that it had sound to go off of, it was preparing a very powerful strike, yet, he did not move.

He was certain it would be defeated.

OOC:
Magic/Spells:
Eruption - 1 post CD
Roar - 1 post CD
Clones - 1 post CD
Sniper - 4 post D
Shifting Shadows - 3 post cd
Dark Step - 3 post cd
Wings - 3 post cd
Magical Energy - 85% (2.5 consumed from shadow body, 5% from sniper natural regen in 1 post.)

Ayeseru had done some pretty powerful attacks in that brief moment and Zack could see that is magical aura was weakening. It was flickering almost as if it was slowly dwindling. Now was the time to finish things up. It was going for a powerful blow that could do some powerful damage to Ayeseru who was just sitting there. Zack flew quickly, as fast as his damaged body would let him. However, rather than trying to stop the blow he flew into it. His blades formed the head of a spear and he flew into the creature's damaged body. Its outside was tough. However, like most creature's bodies the inside was quite soft and with the damage Zack had done earlier it was very vulnerable. The two strong blades spun about rapidly as he flew through it whilst the weakest remained as a spear slicing through organs. The beast rattled about in fear and death shaking Zack about inside. When he eventually broke out of the beast's body it was dead, but his body was really battered and brutally damaged. On top of that his main healing spells were currently out of action.

His body was that battered about from the fighting and damage he had received that he could not maintain any of his spells any longer and they all shut down as he collapsed to the ground onto one knee using the sword as support. "Well, that was easy."
Zack joked. These islands were slowly wearing him down from the repeated damage over and over. He considered what he could do in the situation. His magic power was low and his body was heavily damaged. Even his healing factor wasn't going to bring him back to full any time soon. There had to be something he could do in order to speed up the process. He needed to eat, but he didn't even have the energy to fly. Maybe if he waited a little while to rest up. "Hey Ayeseru buddy. You want to take these down to the old geezer whilst I rest up?"

It was the competition islands next so both of them needed a chance in order to heal up. If he could get back to full energy then he could compete properly. He'd probably have his other spells quite ready by the time he fought the next island emperor. On top of that the next island would allow him an edge. He took a deep breath again and began to slowly hobble towards the edge of the island. He could free fall and then eat the air as he fell to recover some of his magic power and fix himself a little. It wasn't a brilliant plan but it might work.

Of course, that also put him at risk of other enemies of course. He was weak and so the enemies might take advantage of that. Of course, he had just beaten their boss so they might see him as too powerful to attack. Or they might attack out of a want for revenge. It was tricky. However, it was a risk he had to take. He had no other choice. If he could fly it would be easy.

Enemies remaining:

Magic:

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Ayeseru flinched slightly, seeing as Zack didn't quite answer his queue and Mother Snake was getting all that much closer.  He was considering becoming a shadow, but he was certain Zack could handle it, and so, he did.  Ayeseru wasn't certain of the exact details, but he had done something to the insides of the snake, seeing how he had burst out of the inside of the body afterwards.  It would appear that Zack was just as battered as he was; probably worse, considering that Ayeseru had healed, and the islands were taking their toll on him.  Ayeseru too, was feeling their effects, but never had to do anything too major to deal with the islands, hence why he wasn't anywhere near as tired as Zack was.  I suppose this is where our differences lie, then.  Ayeseru sighed deeply, but in a good fashion, and nodded in response to Zack's question.  "Yeah!  I'll handle it, and you rest up.  Be sure to get some of that magical energy back, too, you look extremely tired.  I'll meet you down at the smith's place, he might have a few things for us there to heal up, or at least, cover some of our bruises."  Not a moment later, did Ayeseru bring up some random shadows and sliced off a large portion of the Mother Snake's scales, two big slices, one for himself, and one for Zack, naturally.  Ayeseru was getting excited - what would he get?  Or, well, what would he decide to get?  It was still a mystery.

Either way, he took a hold of the scales tightly, and allowed himself to drop.  Fortunately, there was water surrounding the smith's island, so he didn't need to use any energy or fancy tricks to land, and thus should have landed on the water...  If it wasn't for his bird companion!  She had suddenly flown down to the direction Ayeseru was dropping in, and caught him on what would be best to describe as her back.  She had won her fight!  However, she was pretty hurt, or so it seemed, but it didn't affect her flying ability to much.  Ayeseru smiled, and it squacked in delight.  Ayeseru didn't even need to tell it where to go, as she landed right down on the island, and waited outside.  It didn't appear to affect the smith too much, whom was puffing on his pipe outside during this time, and had a smile and nodded towards Ayeseru when he saw him bring in the scales of the Mother Snake.  He had put the scales into the potion, and suddenly...  The liquid had a black tone to it, swirling quite strangely.

He still didn't trust the smith, but there wasn't any time for that!  They were so incredibly close to finishing the job!  Ayeseru looked at him, and asked, "Do you happen to have any bandages, or something that can heal, even if slightly?  We, uh...  Are really feeling the effects of the islands, even with those chairs you brought us earlier."  The smith merely nodded, and gave Ayeseru an elixir and some bandages.  He wasn't speaking, and Ayeseru was uncertain why, but the elixir had a cover saying "Healing Potion", and he hadn't led the duo of Saints astray thus far, so he decided he'd trust him in this regard.  Ayeseru handed back the flying lacrima to the smith, who then placed it in his cabinet, and when he turned to look back at Ayeseru, he was gone.

Ayeseru and his bird companion had already flown back up to where Zack was, and caught him as he was falling.  Ayeseru tossed him the healing potion and bandages as his bird companion landed on the previous island that they were on, so he could properly apply the bandages and make sure he didn't spill the potion.  "It's not much, but it'll have to do!"

OOC:
Magic/Spells:
Eruption - ready
Roar - ready
Clones - ready
Sniper - 5 post CD
Shifting Shadows - 2 post cd
Dark Step - 2 post cd
Wings - 2 post cd
Magical Energy - 95% (10% regained from natural, another natural in 5 posts)

The walk towards the edge of the island was uninterrupted. Occasionally an enemy would draw near, but a quick flare of his magic aura was enough to scare them off for the time being. Either that or they went to gather greater numbers. It did not matter to him because when he reached the edge he was able to free fall down towards the Smith's hut below. As the wind whistled by his face he consumed the air slowly recharging his magic power and healing his wounds a little. It wasn't much, but it was enough for the time being. It would of been slightly more, but he was interrupted midflight by Ayeseru and his companion before being brought back to the island.

The potion he was handed possessed a definite magic aura which was to be expected. It was a potion after all. What was strange though was that the bandages also posessed a magical aura. He shrugged and downed the potion and instantly felt magic surge through him. It wasn't a large amount, but it was enough to give him a bit of his vigor back and enable flight once more. There was also a mild healing factor to it healing his wounds ever so slightly. Probably about the same as one of his C rank healing spells. Not a lot, but it allowed him to move his body without hurting too much.

The bandages he decided to wrap around his most damaged areas and to his surprise they vanished almost instantly seeming to merge with his flesh. The areas the bandages covered were now fully healed. Unfortunately, there were not enough bandages to fully heal himself. However, it was enough for now. He could heal some more on the way to the next island by eating some air. Speaking of the next island...

"Thanks for the heals buddy. Ready for the real fun to begin?" Zack said with a smile flexing his body and testing how it felt. He still ached quite a bit, but he was definitely on the road to recovery. A bit more air to eat and a bit more time for his natural healing factor to kick in and he'd be back to normal in no time. It was time for the two to split up and go to their seperate islands, upon which they would have advantages due to being slayers of the monsters on that island. "Oh before I go...see anything weird with the smith this time?" It seemed odd how adamant the guy was on keeping them alive. Surely, if they died he could hire some more mages to finish off the job. They weren't the only wizard saints nor were they the most powerful either. Shuhei and Zeno outclassed them by a factor of at least three. Though he doubted anyone matched his own recklessness in fighting.

He rose up slowly into the air, waiting for the answer, his swords floated around him once more. It would be a while before he could use them to their full effect, but at least he wasn't unarmed going against the demons of demon island.

Enemies remaining:

Magic:

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Ayeseru gave Zack a small grin when he had questioned the smith; turns out that Ayeseru wasn't going insane, and that there truly was something to suspect about the smith.  Ayeseru simply shrugged.  "He didn't talk to me this time, but instead, gave me those when it came down to healing.  To be honest, I've also thought the same thing - something very strange is happening, here.  Either way, we should do our best to shrug it off, simply because it'd be best to obtain our reward before we actually question the smith."  Ayeseru mounted his bird companion, and looked at Zack with a grin.  "Competition time!  See ya at the bottom!"  And with that, Ayeseru flew away, certain that Zack was more than capable of flying to his own island at this point.  They managed to reach the island very quickly, and when they got there, Ayeseru dropped onto the surface; the place was very primitive, kinda like how pre-history is pictured, at the time of the dinosaurs.  Either way, when he landed on the surface with his bird companion, it looked at Ayeseru, eager to begin the hunt, but...  He couldn't do so.  "Hey, listen...  You won't be helping me against these opponents.  Zack and I are betting to see who can defeat their island first, and it won't be fair with you helping me..."  The giant bird was clearly hurt, but appeared to somehow understand, which brought a smile to his face.  "Good!  ...Aklex.  That is your name!  Wait for me here!"

Before Ayeseru could see her reaction, he darted off, and began looking for the creatures.  He didn't spend much time before he realized that in order to increase his chances of finding the island ruler, he would have to cause some commotion; he purposely released a huge amount of his magical energy everywhere, hoping to attract any sort of life form.  He hadn't expected an immediate response, but when a minute passed, and nothing even moved, he frowned.  Perhaps they weren't there?  No...  That couldn't have been it, but...  It was possible...  Just before he got discouraged, he heard a rattling in the distance, and in the next moment, a dragon appeared before him!  It wasn't the type of dragon you'd expect; it had no wings or legs, so it kinda looked like a worm, but it was a start to the chaos that was about to ensue!  It was extremely fast and agile, just like a snake, but so far, Ayeseru could easily predict its movements.  He could end it in one strike.

Ayeseru gathered a decent amount of shadows into his arm, forming it into a dagger.  He took a stance, and awaited for the perfect opportunity to strike, which presented itself to be when the dragon was right between his line of sight.  He darted forward, hand extended, and pierced through its body and heart, causing it to roar loudly before falling to his side, dead.  His magic truly wasn't for show - that spell of his always did have a proficiency for piercing, but when it came to piercing dragon skin, it went through like butter. Apparently, its roar wasn't only of pain, but a cry for aid... Which was exactly what the dragon would've gotten if he was alive. Three dragons, each a different measure of power, instantly appeared before him from what appeared to be... Out of nowhere, but that wasn't the point.

The island ruler was here. It was extremely obvious, because he put the other dragons to shame, he was THAT much bigger and radiated THAT much more magical energy.

"Seems like I'll be winning our bet, Zack.", Ayeseru said with a smile.

OOC:
Magic/Spells:
Sniper - 4 post CD
Shifting Shadows - 1 post cd
Dark Step - 1 post cd
Wings - 1 post cd
Dagger Strike - 3 post CD
Magical Energy - 95% (natural regen in 4 posts)

The member 'Chaotic Rumble' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

'Monster Dice' :

(LUCKY SON OF A BITCH WITH THOSE DICE XD)

Zack flew like a bullet towards the next island landing after performing a flip in the air. He was right on the edge and was honestly quite surprised by the island. It was a huge desolate wasteland of black and purple rock with lava flowing amongst the stones. It truly looked like a demonic place, but it just felt so different to the other islands that he was just a little bit surprised. It was he was recovering from his shock that he saw four enemies approaching. None of them were anywhere near the class of the battlewolf or the other emperors. He guessed, looking at them and judging their magic power, he would put them on about the same level as the octopus kongs or demon devil serpents. All four of them let out powerful roars that were focused into beams of some kind. However, what they didn't realise was that beams of compressed sound was essentially high speed vibrating air. He inhaled deeply feeling his body rejuvenate even further and grinned before lunging forward at high speed.

As he did so he activated one of his lower class spells. He hit one of the beasts in the stomach and to its surprise it wasn't sent flying, but received heavy damage. He flipped over axe kicking it to the head before kicking off and launching a double fist punch at one of the others hitting it on its shoulders. It roared out and tried to move its arms to swing at him, but they were held in place as if by a vacuum. And that was exactly what Zack had done. Sky King's order removed air in an area creating a vacuum that held targets in place. The more vacuum blows they were hit with the more solid it would be.

What's more because it was demon slaying wind based attack it was twice as effective and twice as damaging. One had already fallen and this one was trapped. He flipped up suddenly avoiding a blast of air that hit the one he'd just trapped ending it. "Little devil's aren't ya?" Zack said with a grin. He knew it was a race and a competition, but this was too much fun. He would beat them quickly, but enjoy it as he did.

"Thunderous Devils. That's what i'll call you." he said and launched himself at the one who had just died and sent it flying into one of the living ones distracting it briefly whilst he hurtled all three of his swords towards the remaining one. It was quite strong and used its body well. It was faster than he expected too. However, Zack was a master swordsman and slowly picked his way through its defenses stabbing it through the chest. He lunged forward suddenly and palm striked the hilt of the sword jamming it in further and sending it completely through the body. "Just one to go."

The remaining one tossed off the body of its dead ally and beat it chest. It inhaled deeply and launched another powerful blast of sound. Like before though Zack just ate it and grinned. "Strong, but not too smart. WOnder what your boss is like?"

Magic:

The member 'Speed Demon Zack' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

'Monster Dice' :

Ayeseru sighed deeply; what a predicament he found himself in.  Three dragons, all of reasonable power were opposing him.  Ayeseru looked at them, judging what could possibly be the best way to handle them.  He hadn't seen these creatures in action at all, so it was a complete guess as to what they were going to do, however, dragons were known for their raw power.  Not speed, magical power, or intellect, but sheer, raw power.  Taking this into account, Ayeseru could assume that these dragons were no different from the ones he had met, and thus assumed them to have no real magic, apart from their roars, and rely mostly on power.  Considering these facts, Ayeseru knew, that at least without some enhancement, he shouldn't take them head on without a strategy which he was devising at that moment in time, however, did not have time to do so.  The blue scaled dragon had begun an attack; probably an ice dragon, seeing as its aura felt cold.  It let out its roar of magic, which was composed of the ice element.  Surprised, but prepared, Ayeseru was able to dodge it by jumping up into the air, and upon realization as to what he did, he knew it was a huge mistake.  The dragon that was shaped like some sort of barracuda-eel thing creature was flying at him at full speed; using his quick reactions, he was able to transform into a shadow, but not without taking a graze to his arm, the momentum causing him to fall to the ground.

Fortunately, he was still in his shadow form as he did this, else he would've taken excess damage, though, was slightly dazed from the sudden shift, and thus reverted to his normal form accidentally.  The two dragons were now preparing a dive attack on Ayeseru, and in fact, when he got his bearings, he saw that the two were actually closing in.  If he didn't think fast, within the next second, he'd be eaten.  The shadow transformation wasn't what came to mind, instead, what Ayeseru thought of was to produce an enormous amount of shadows within his mouth, bob his head backwards, and release the shadows forward in a sharp, piercing beam, as Sapphiron's roar echoed across the island.  Normally, the beam would only be able to take out one of the dragons, but...  They were dragons, and this spell had much more piercing potential than the one he used earlier.  As a result, he had cut them both in half cleanly.

Meanwhile, the ruler of the island, simply stood back, observing the conflict.  That's why they were the rulers of the island!  They studied their opponent with their subjects!  They were intelligent!  "So...  You're a dragon slayer?  The Shadow Dragon Slayer, at that?"  That question reinforced Ayeseru's theory.  Ayeseru simply nodded.  "Well...  It would appear that this is my final day as the ruler of the Isle of Dragons.  Come at me with full force, child!"  Surprised, but suddenly viewing the dragon with much respect, he nodded once more.

"I'll be certain you are defeated honorably!"

OOC:
Magic/Spells:
Sniper - 3 post CD
Shifting Shadows - ready
Dark Step - ready
Wings - ready
Dagger Strike - 2 post CD
Roar - 7 post CD
Magical Energy - 85% (10% consumed from roar, natural regen in 3 posts)

It seemed that he wasn't destined to find out the answer to his question in the near future for as soon as he had said those words there was a great below and as if out of nowhere four more of the beasts erupted. Careful observation of them would note that their bodies radiated a bit of heat and some even had magma dripping off them. They were obviously resistant to the high temperatures of the magma. Interesting. Perhaps the boss was hiding beneath the crimson tide? He couldn't sense its magic power anywhere nearby yet and a beast that ruled such an island would surely be at least show a bit of presence unless it was hiding. He grinned and took another deep breath as the five beasts tried to overwhelm him with a combined shout. It was a clever use of the technique combining the five attacks to create a whole that was greater than the sum of the parts. However, unfortunately for them it just gave him a bit more of a boost.

He was not back at 100% magic power, slightly over it in fact, and he felt the tingling feeling he had only ever felt once or twice before. His body was getting to the state where he would become a living demon by entering the legendary state of demon force. He did not want to enter it this early though. Against the boss...sure...it would give him an edge. Against these guys? It would be a waste and if it ran out against the boss then he would almost certainly die.

The fact was though these creatures had grouped together which seemed wise considering that Zack had so far taken them on one at a time. However, it also put them at the mercy of one of his techniques. He sent his three swords flying at them and to his surprise rather than dodging the blows they cast up a barrier of sound deflecting them. Seemed that in groups these beings were much stronger than seperate. Perhaps they were a little smarter than he gave them credit for. However, them staying together gave him his opening.

"SKY KING'S HOWL." he shouted and from his mouth erupted a beam of demon slaying wind that travelled 170mph with a radius of 20ft. It hit one of them dead on in the chest killing it instantly and severed the arms of two of the others. However, the others also fell to its might as when the beam hit the first an explosion of demon slaying energy was caused bringing them down. The demon slaying power of this technique was immense, but it was one Zack rarely used despite the 'roar' being the signature move of most slayers. He grinned this time though. "Looks like my roar was the stronger."

He said this because as he had launched it the five creatures had launched another join assault to try and counteract it. In most cases it probably would of worked as their combined might was probably around that of 1.5A ranks. However, their attacks were demonic in origin and his focused on slaying it. Besides, his was the faster and the wider. He gestured to his swords and the came back to him floating around him in a seemingly random pattern. He floated up into the air and began to move across the terrain. It was time to find his next prey.

Magic:

The member 'Speed Demon Zack' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

'Monster Dice' :

Ayeseru looked at the ruler of the Isle of Dragons head on, hellbent on defeating him.  It was expecting a good battle, and Ayeseru intended to deliver!  He took a deep breath, and activated both Shadow Dragon's Shifting Shadows and Shadow Dragon's Wings at the same time.  They both stared at each other, dead in the eye, not saying a single word to each other, anticipating the opponents move.  The dragon made the first move, expanding its wings and beating heavily towards Ayeseru's direction, firing a beam of...  Huh...?  Just...  Magical power?  There was no other way to describe it; pure magic was the form of this attack.  It had no element, it was just...  Power.  The attack was rather predictable, so all Ayeseru had to do to dodge it was fly to one of his sides, though, it was still rather peculiar.  So...  I'm going to assume that the rumours are true...  Most of the dragons that ever existed were known for their raw power and energy...  This might be tougher than expected...  Ayeseru flew at maximum speed towards the dragon, but to no avail.  It was equally as fast as Ayeseru was, if not, even faster.  It flew up into the sky and launched a few beams of pure magical energy towards Ayeseru, whom was able to evade them all, fortunately enough.  He got close enough to the dragon to where he was able to form a large blade with his hand, and sliced its side, flying with full force to extend the cut.  The dragon was hurt, quite clearly by how easily the spell was cutting into its flesh, but it didn't let out  a roar of pain.

Instead, what it did was that it turned sideways suddenly, the force and speed used enough to knock Ayeseru in the air randomly as it then literally punched him with raw, magical energy.  The force behind the punch was so powerful that even reality couldn't register the force quickly enough to react and send Ayeseru plummeting to the ground, leaving him in the air for a good three seconds before instantly hitting the ground, coughing out an immense amount of blood as soon as he hit it.  He was pretty certain that he had broken at least all of his ribs, and his arms and legs weren't in good condition, either.  The dragon had seen this as an opening, and began charging a beam in his mouth, of pure magical energy.  It was condensed and so powerful that Ayeseru could feel the air shake.  As it released the beam of highly concentrated magical energy towards Ayeseru, the island split in half, causing Ayeseru to fall with the beam to the bottom of the ocean, seemingly defeated.

The only thing that kept Ayeseru alive was his willpower, and even then, it was draining. Had his life really come to an end? He wasn't able to live up to his reputation as a Dragon Slayer, and now, his precious life was fading, literally right before his eyes? The people he had met... The achievements he had reached... And his future dreams! Could he honestly afford to throw them all away here?

No.

He wasn't even aware of it at the time, but his body had suddenly repaired itself. His strength was back to a maximum, and he was conscious. Energy so powerful was surrounding him that it made a vortex around Ayeseru; it looked like a drain in the water. The scales of a shadow dragon, now enveloping themselves around Ayeseru's body. His hair, extending itself and gaining a strange pattern, a third eye appearing on his forehead. Dragon-like claws had replaced his feet and hands, as a tail sprouted from his back. The energy was so powerful that as the dragon looked down, it shuddered. Ayeseru flew out of the ocean, and as he did so, it resumed back to normal, but the air itself felt like it was littered with shadows, scattered all over the place. He took a deep breath, and calmly looked at the dragon.

He had activated Dragon Force.

"Let us... Begin."

OOC:
Magic/Spells:
Sniper - 2 post CD
Wings - 4 post DR
Shifting Shadows - 3 post DR
Dagger Strike - 1 post CD
Roar - 6 post CD
Dragon Force - 7 post DR
Magical Energy - 100% (Dragon Force)

Zack flew across the island when suddenly three of the Thunderous devils were literally thrown at him by a gigantic creature. Strangely, the creature that threw them appeared relatively weak compared to the three thunderous devils. Zack grinned and spun through the middle of them using his swords to slice into them. It wasn't enough to bring them down, but it was enough to weaken them a bit. With a gesture of his hand the three swords flew forwards stabbing into the eyes and forehead of the gigantic creature killing it instantly. If it had been faster it might of survived, but its reactions seemed quite poor. So poor in fact that it didn't actually seem to realise it was dead for a few moments and took a powerful swing with its arm. Zack twirled round it and ran up the arm before flipping over and kicking the beast in the head and springboarding off causing his swords to follow suit.

As he flew the three thunderous devils did another combined assault trying to unite their bellows to bring him down from the sky. However, like before Zack ate them and felt  his magic once more return to full power. He flew down at the creatures before they had a chance to react and struck one on the fact with his enhanced fist. The vacuum effect seemed to cause it to freeze in place. Or perhaps it was the demon wind enhanced fist. It was hard to tell. The beast was briefly stunned though allowing Zack to turn his gaze on the other two. He leapt at one of them going for a punch but it launched a powerful blow with its own fist. The two collided, but his was the stronger and sent the creature sliding back as well as providing a vacuum seal on its hand. It tried to pull it back, but couldn't. It let out a bellow of frustration which once again Zack ate. He finished this one with a powerful head butt and then turned around to face the other two who seemed a bit startled.

"Ah seems your brains finally caught up with the situation. Now take me to your leader...i'm in a bit of a rush." The two looked at each other and then charged him. The seal slowed down the one he had hit, but not enough to prevent it getting closer. To Zack's surprise the faster one let out a breath and the sealed one sped up as if the seal wasn't present. "So you can heal...or least fill a vacuum." He shrugged and charged himself. As he got close he front flipped into a hand stand and kicked one in the head sending it flying backwards. The head not the person. The other devil took this as an opening and slammed Zack using his own momentum to send him crashing to the floor.

He blinked and then rolled to avoid a hammer fist before leaping up and doing a rapid series of low level punches to its side. It didn't kill it, but it sealed its movements almost entirely. "Now are you going to take me to the boss?" It let out a below and Zack sighed and didn't even bother to eat it taking the blow head on and being blown back a few feet. "Guess not. Enjoy the island." With that he punched it in the head and knocked it unconcious. He didn't like to kill unless he had to, but sometimes in a fight he got carried away.

Magic:

The member 'Speed Demon Zack' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

'Monster Dice' :

Zack flew across the island searching and sensing for any form of high magic power. Eventually, he sensed one off to the north. It wasn't as powerful an an emperor, but perhaps the emperor was hiding its power. He quickly turned and flew in that direction, but rather than coming across the powerful emperor he came across another one of the gigantic, but weak enemies from earlier. Upon its shoulders were two more of the Thunderous Devils. However, what was most daunting and interesting was the gigantic horse upon which the rode. It was striped liked a zebra and had a golden mane, but what was most fearsome was the huge red eyes.

"That's the one" the giant monster shouted and suddenly in a blur the gigantic horse was in front of him and the giant monster was swinging its fist at him. Zack grinned and launched his own punch in response. The beast was huge, but it couldn't match Zack in terms of raw strength. The fists collided and Zack heard the beast's knuckles crack as they broke. However, it seemed it was an opening as the two Thunderous levels all ran down the gigantic monster's arm and leapt at Zack. With a swift movement Zack sent his two strongest swords flying at the devils preventing them from getting close. In fact, it sent them crashing into the beast's arms and caused it to break further. The horse reared up suddenly throwing all three of its passengers off and going for a powerful kick to Zack's body. It wasn't something he had the time to block, even with his own high speed. The kick sent him flying backwards at a slight angle towards the ground so that he hit the floor HARD.

He groaned a bit, but leapt to his feet. "That all you've got? I've fought five emperors today. You'll be a nice warm up." He dashed forward along the ground and to his surprise and delight the giant creature let out a huge blast of air from its nose. Its power was greater than all of the thunderous devils put together. Zack took in a deep breath absorbing the air feeling it flow through him. The power was intense, but not too much for himself to absorb. He felt even more magic power flow through him. The tingling sensation he had been feeling was getting stronger. If he wasn't careful he'd enter Demon Force far before he went to face the emperor of this island, the mighty ashurasaurus.

"Bad idea big boy. SKY KING's LANCE" Zack shouted firing a huge beam of energy from between his hands. It was thinner than the one he had launched at the thunderous devils earlier, but it was a lot faster. It hit the dharma horse in the head and exploded. The damage wasn't enough to bring it down, but it did do some really heavy damage. The beast let out a huge bellow and Zack sniffed the air. Something was approaching. He had to end this quickly so he could focus on whatever was coming next. He flew at it once more and decided to strike the damage area with his favourite technique. "SKY KING'S SWORD" He suddenly accelerated surrounded by an aura of demon slaying wind, his swords at his side to add extra damage. He hit the beast in its damaged face and went straight through destroying the brain in the process. "Another one bites the dust."

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The member 'Speed Demon Zack' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

'Monster Dice' :

Zack flew looking about for any sign of the emperor. He was pretty sure he had flown over most of the island now yet hadn't found any sign of anything of that level. That alone was quite strange, but what was really strange was the sensation that had been going through him whilst on this island. Every time he defeated an enemy he felt like the island itself was becoming more hostile. The lava seemed to be becoming more dense and hotter. The air itself also seemed to becoming more saturated with magic power as he broke down each enemy. It was almost as if the island itself was turning against him.

He took a deep breath as he saw another one of the huge horses coming towards him. This time it wasn't being ridden. Instead it was pulling what appeared to be a large artillery cannon that was being managed by three of the large angry looking creatures he felt should be called Rampages. There was also two of the stronger, yet far smaller, thunderous devils. In terms of a fearsome nature it was more than he expected from the demonic island. However, it was not anything compared to the gigantic rhinos they had faced on one of the previous island. He wondered how fast it would be and what it would fire.

Instinct told him not to wait to find out and he flew at it like a bullet. As if to counter him the Thunderous devils let out their roar as the gigantic horse let out a powerful snort. The three attacks combined into a swirling vortex of air. The air mixed with the raw magic permeating the atmosphere and he grinned as he devoured it. The tingling became fully pronounced and with a huge burst of raw magic power an aura of demon slaying wind stronger than even his mantle surrounded him. He felt his magic power surge as if there was no way it could ever run out. This was the power of demon force.

"Ah so it is as I expected." echoed a huge powerful voice. The strange assortment of creatures began glowing and then moving into eachother, the cannon included. The lava of the island began to swirl within them. The beasts he had killed earlier also seemed to be being dragged into it. Soon there was a huge massive glowing ball of energy. "The other emperors have fallen and now a demon slayer has been sent to my island. It seems he is finally showing his hand and more impressively the intelligence his race was famed for."

Zack raised an eyebrow his eyes glowing brightly and red with the energy of demon force. The aura was intense, stronger than any time he had used it previously. Perhaps that was because he was so much stronger. "Who are we talking about?" Zack asked rising up to meet the sphere.

"Ah so the Outcast hasn't revealed himself to you. How very like him." the sphere said as four gigantic wings erupted from the sphere followed by a long tail. "Well, little demon slayer. Let us see your true power. The power you use to defeat the other guardians." The sphere faded to reveal a gigantic demonic flying creature. It was almost dragonlike in appearance. The thrill of fighting such a creature overrid everything in Zack's mind that he didn't even question the comment of the emperors being guardians. He stared at it for a moment. It had a long lean muscular build and four massive wings on its back. Its tough and scaly skin was dark green in color and its legs were large and muscular while its arms were shorter and skinnier by comparison. It had three clawed digits on its arms and legs, and its wings were bat-like in appearance and had small claws near the top of their ridges. Its head and maw were lean and extended forward, with its mouth full of sharp teeth, and it had two small appendages near its mouth which had what appears to be small horns or claws of some kind. On the top of its head it had a long golden mane which went down its neck. It also several spikes on the sides of its neck and on the sides of its long muscular tail. It also possessed four red eyes, with the extra pair being near its nostrils. A truly fearsome creature yet the demon slayer Zack rose showed no fear. Finally, something had arrived to challenge him as his full power.

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The member 'Speed Demon Zack' has done the following action : Dice Rolls

'Monster Dice' :

Normally, against an opponent of this sort of level Zack would play about and enjoy the fight however he was in a race, not knowing that he had lost already, and as such he decided to go as all out as possible. "Sky Emperor's heavenly mantle." he stated calmly activating his most powerful buff. He had never tested it in demon force and was amazed at the huge surge in power that he had received. Normally it provided around a 120% boost to his physical attributes and a B class defensive aura. Now it seemed more like a 180% boost and maybe a B and a half worth of defensive power. His top tore heavily, more so than earlier, and yet still remained pristine. His eyes turned to a demonic piercing blue and his hair became longer and spiked more than earlier. In this state, combined with the strength boosts that Demon Force itself provided he was at almost four times his normal strength and speed. With the activation of his Sky King's heavenly grace spell, now Sky Emperor's Heavenly grace, he couldn't even imagine how fast he was able to go. He flew at the demon who batted its wings to try and blow him back, but with zero air resistance effect on him it was nothing and instead seemed to make him accelerate faster.

He hit it hard with his swords. The beast roared out in agony and pain. The roar was so loud it shook the entire island and began to crack it. The roar was enough to throw back sending him flying almost off the air above the island. "You have true power demon slayer." it said and didn't seem to strain its voice yet he heard the words clearly and it was possible that even Ayeseru heard it. "But whilst your powers are strong I doubt you are ready to face me." With that it rose up and let out a huge beam of energy from its mouth. A beam of raw magical energy. It was about 50ft wide and was travelling at near the speed of light. Zack had only a split second to react, but he didn't even need that. He vanished and appeared near the boss. "What how?" It roared twisting round to face him, but he was gone and was high above it.

The beam of energy though was still going and hadn't stopped. It was an insanely powerful technique that probably went 100 miles or so. Zack also wasn't stopping. He fell from the huge height straight at the creature spinning rapidly all his swords forming a point. The speed was insane, but it managed to move its main body out of the way and instead he clipped through two of its wings. He didn't stop though and teleported again this time striking from the side at a diagonal. He hit it this time going through two its legs and tearing a hole through its body.

It roared in agony, even greater than before, but it seemed it wasn't down yet. Nor was Zack ready to stop. He still had a few tricks up his sleeve and so did the boss. "Very well boy. You've forced my hand. I will fight you with my true might." The beast glowed brightly again and the aura began to slowly shrink till it was about 6ft in size.

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The glow faded to reveal a figure about the size of zack. It had grey flesh with purple fur over the stomach, groin, upper legs and fore arms. Its eyes were now yellow and its teeth were razor sharp. From the top of its head flowed what appeared to be hair, but it was strangely purple and metallic. Its wings appeared to have been replaced with a tattered crimson cape, but this didn't seem to stop it flying much like Zack did without wings. It had black spikes on its knees, but most interestingly it wielded a strangely shaped purple sword.

"Its been a while since i assumed my true form." it said with a smile. "All of the emperor's have such a form, but we swore not to use them unless the situation truly called for it. Obviosuly, they felt the other emperor's would be able to bring you down. Seems they were wrong. Your journey ends here slayer."

Zack however grinned rather than feeling fear. The giant H class creature had compressed itself into a physical form that probably could match him in terms of strength even with his buffs. Plus it wielded a sword so this had gone from a battle of a monster hunter versus a monster to a duel of two swordsman. He lifted his eyepatch and the two weaker swords floated into it leaving him with just one. Strength versus strength. Sword versus sword. He would fight this creature head on. It had its claws. He had his demon slaying aura. He flew at the creature at it flew at him. Their two swords collided and both flew backwards before coming crashing in again. The two seemed fairly evenly matched in terms of sword play. Even when one or the other used their free hand to try and get in a blow to weaken the opponent neither one succeeded. They were both quick, powerful and deadly warriors. The demon frowned as it realised even in its true form it couldn't over power Zack that much with raw strength. Zack however grinned even more broadly he hadn't had a proper sword fight in ages and never against one who could match him in his ultimate buffed state.

"Fall demon slayer." the beast said and launched a powerful blast from its mouth. Zack managed to raise his sword in time to block it but the force sent him flying. If anything it was even stronger than the beam that had been used before. "You cannot release him. This world cannot handle it." It said thrusting a hand forward throwing a sphere of energy. Zack batted it out of the way.

"So its endgame time huh?" he said with a slight note of dissapointment and then prepared his own attack. He flew at the creature much to its surprise and as he got close he coated his sword in the powerful fire aura once more. This time the aura was even more intense than before. "DEATH BY BLAZING DRILL." he shouted naming the demon force enhanced version of this combo technique. He struck out seemingly once and it tried to block, but the blow was just slightly too quick and it struck the beast's flesh. Alone, even with demon force, the buffs and the flame it wouldn't of been enough. However, death by piercing, the technique used to power this particular combo allowed him to strike multiple times in that instant. Normally it was nine, but in this form it became thirteen powerful strikes all with his aura, all with the burning buff and all with the flames. The beast was stunned and flew up into the sky resuming its former form perhaps hoping that in a less focused form the wounds would be less severe. However, this was not the case and its body fell quickly into the lava, but not before Zack used his intense speed to slice off two wings.

The battle was over. He had defeated the final emperor. He flew down with the two wings, keeping demon force active and entered the smiths room. He sighed deeply as he saw Ayeseru sitting there. "Damn it...you beat me. Congrats bud." he said as he tossed the wings into the cauldron. It bubbled vigourously before splitting into two seperate piece divided by what appeared to be nothing. One was a vivid black that made normal black look...less black. The other was like starlight. Intense and bright. "Reckon I would of beaten you if the boss hadn't actually been the island and everything on it...didn't even appear till I'd entered demon force. Great fight though"

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