Clyde analyzed only one of the women before moving onto Hades.
Mistress Serine
Level: 45
Type: seductress.
Work under: demon lord.
Special: Spell Canceller.
Weakness: holy, spiritual, purity, lightning, fire, light, radiance.
Resistances: dark, evil, death, lust, taint.
Secret: Was once overpowered by an incubus. Highly embarrassing, but was the best night of her life. She spent 3 days looking for him, desperate to pledge her love. Incubuses are never tied to a single mate.
Tomin Hades, head of House Hades
Level: 105
Type: ancient demon
Work under: N/A
Special: Gold tier skill: Armageddon Despair Blast. [Chance to cause despair at 88%. Chance to instantly kill at 1%]
Weakness: purity x 20, holy, earth.
Resistances: dark, demon, radiance, death, devil, evil, ice.
Secret: will use anyone to get what he wants, even his own daughter.
"Alice!" Hades yelled with a fury so intense, the earth shook. Clyde heard her swallow, but steeled herself. This was it. He'd take the lead and see this fight through. Hopefully without getting his face kicked in.
Clare gave Clyde one of the nastiest rockets, containing something this world called luediam. He decided to count that toward his list of anime tropes: shit that made no sense. Hades had every right to be pissed. Luediam…
[The battle for Lot City has begun…]
[Your party has entered a Boss fight!]
[Life and Death! DEFEAT HADES.]
Clyde motioned for the others to get moving then took aim at Hades. Neko stood off to the side, signaling to the young man that her watchers had their eyes on this fight.
[You activated Mystic Lightning.]
Hades seemed blinded by his own rage, for when the lightning struck him, the demon's eyes widened in surprise.
[Weakness exploited! Hades HP has dropped to 712%]
"You," He said to Clyde. "You're leading this group, pushing my daughter to betray me. I'll make you suffer. Heed my words."
[Hades activated Silver Tier skill: Devil's arrow.]
That attack wasn't aimed at Clyde, but Neko. The catgirl barely dodged, taking a graze of hot magic.
"An observer doesn't belong here," Hades said.
[Neko's HP has dropped to 81%]
"Still think you should sit back?" Clyde said to her.
"They're watching," she said, "I can feel them. I'm sorry Clyde, my duty is to see you to the Omen's sphere."
"Then go somewhere safe," Clyde said. "He just lost everything. Do you think he'll give a fuck about anything relating to the watchers?"
She nodded and complied.
Clyde braced himself. Alice, Melody, Toru, Seth, Tear, Melody, Kitome, Natalia, and Harumi stood with him. Overkill? Clyde didn't think so. He'd have to be treated like a raid boss.
Hades blurred to them, crossing a gap of several meters in an instant. Natalia moved off to the side and began a series of chants.
With Ludacris in hand, Clyde blocked Hades's sword which seemed to emerge from nothingness. It glowed like this own. Another goddamn family treasure.
Both swords howled.
[Alice activated Slip distraction.]
Hades's looked at her, snarling. Clyde didn't hesitate. Mystic wrath still raging, he placed his hand on the angry demon's chest.
[You activated Holy Spirit wave.]
[IMMENSE CRITICAL! WEAKNESS EXPLOITED.]
The force of the blast bashed the ancient demon backward at least twenty yards. Black aura suddenly surrounded him as he leapt to his feet.
[Hades's HP has dropped to 109%]
[Hades activated almighty-tier skill: Son Tan YU regeneration.]
[Hades's HP has been fully restored to 850%]
"You've got to be shitting me," Clyde said. "This is as broken as it's going to get."
The ancient demon dusted himself off before strolling toward the young man in a different manner.
"Losing myself in rage didn't get me this far," he said.
[Hades activated tier 2 skill: earthquake!]
The party dodged away from the targeted spot. Clyde's spot. It collapsed into dust. The entire cliff shook for a few seconds then settled.
Everyone coughed away the airborne dust and dirt.
[Toru activated Zen mode.]
"Fan out again and cast," Clyde ordered. His party did so.
[Melody activated Savior's barrage.]
"Kitome, let's go. I need you to use it now," he said.
"Of course," Kitome said.
Hades laughed, slapping away the redhead's magic.
"You obviously take me too lightly. To think my niece, my Hidden Eye, and my own daughter would betray me. You do not understand how displeased I am."
[Kitome activated--]
A boot kicked the blue-haired girl in the stomach. She fell backward. Hades's speed was nearly impossible to see. He glided past her without looking back.
[Kitome is dazed. Kitome is paralyzed.]
[Kitome's HP has dropped to 40%]
Harumi prepared to heal. Hades headed her way.
"Hey, Hades," Clyde said. The ancient demon looked at him. "I fucked your daughter."
Everyone grew silent, even the participants in the battle with the three women. The three were pretty much reaching their death beds—level forty-five's…Clyde found it to be a miracle that they survived. Maybe Hade's put up a barrier or whatever lucky anti-rocket underwear he wore extended its protection to them too.
Alice was so red with embarrassment, Clyde almost laughed, but the gravity of the situation held it at bay. Harumi used the opening to heal the injured to the young man's relief. Truthfully, he couldn't keep up with every damage prompt—everyone fought. Except Neko. Goddamn watchers.
Hades walked toward him.
"Killing you will break the spirit of your entire party. Prepare yourself, human."
"Afraid of a human son-in-law one day?" Clyde said.
Hades's eyes widened just a tiny bit, but Clyde saw. And that was the opening he needed. Clyde noted the factors of this fight that kept everyone alive. Hades just lost everything—he's nowhere near top form. Among the traitors is his own blood. And well, the bombardment of magical girl magic. His mindset was exactly where Clyde needed it. A certain cooldown neared its completion.
[[Holy Spirit Wave [evolution 1]. Type: spiritual. Class: mysterious.: Shoot a wave of concentrated spiritual energy. Chance to cause spiritual blight at 7%. Chance to do double damage on dark creatures: 35%. Now does holy and purity damage.]
This cooldown took forever now, but the holy and purity damage would end the fight.
[Hades activated Hell shot.]
Clyde couldn't feel any airflows, had no time to dodge. The red energy ball hit him in the chest, cracked all of his barriers, knocking the wind out of the young man.
[Your HP has dropped to 49%]
[You have been inflicted with Hell blight.]
[You are unaffected by Hell blight.]
Clyde laughed as he stood.
"You overpowered son of a bitch, but that particular blight is all about mental torment. That won't work on me."
Hades blurred to him, only to duck under the swing of Seth's flaming bat. He…ran Seth through with his blade, fired another Hell shot, this time at Toru, then re-engaged Clyde—all of that at a speed that wasn't quite a flash step but would pass as its baby cousin.
[Toru's HP has dropped to 51%]
[Seth's HP has dropped to 4%]
[Seth's defense is down.]
Alice tended to his healing. Clyde focused on parrying the ancient demon's sword with his own. After a minute, he finally lured him over to Tear then moved out of the ancient demon's reach. Hade's seemed confused. Tear chuckled.
[Tear activated Holy canal]
[Hades activated Heightened magic shield.]
"Fools, all of you," Hades snapped. "Traitors and fools. And to think my own daughter lurked among them. Your punishment is going to be great, dear daughter. And niece, I'll marry you off to the goblin king. Maybe you'll think about this foolish rebellion while getting raped and humiliated."
"Uncle, if you believe I can't kill them or you, then you're a bigger fool than us," Tear said.
"You killed Grandfather, killed Mother," Alice said. "Used me to get some dumb sphere. We could go on—but you disgust me."
Hades chuckled.
"You believe that man will save you. He who destroyed the Ashfall family."
"Guess I'll end up being the destroyer of the Hades family too," Clyde said. That seemed to anger the demon lord.
[Hades activated All-field Lightning crash!]
Clyde put up a spirit shield, Alice with him. As for everyone else, they took massive damage. Harumi took very little, her lightning resistance coming into play. Alice held out her hand to heal, but Hades appeared from thin air, ceasing her delicate wrist. He shocked her with a jolt of dark magic.
[Hades used Agony bolts.]
[Alice is paralyzed.]
Then he did the unthinkable and threw his daughter off the three hundred-foot-high cliff, eyes still coldly on Clyde.
"Fuck, Alice!" Clyde shouted, unleashing his binder's hand. The tendrils of magic caught her. Hades punched the young man in the gut with the force that felt like a truck. He gasped, wheezed, but continued to pull Alice up.
[Your HP has dropped to 20%]
"Die," Hades said with his hand aimed at the young man's head.
[Hades activated Gold tier skill: Armageddon Despair Blast.]
Melody finally made her way behind the ancient demon and unleashed waves of magic that propelled the demon forward. Toru met him and unleashed a hell of his Zen mode attacks.
[Hade's HP has dropped to 730%]
When Clyde pulled the young woman to safety, rage…so much rage filled him. He couldn't stop it. White aura surrounded him. Then it became blood red. Harumi took care of Alice when he released her.
"You… failure as a father," Clyde said, but his voice roared through the skies, shook the entire city. Winds blasted and howled. Thick electricity danced around the young man's skin. His eyes glowed.
He teleported in front of Hades and reached into his soul, like a spear to the heart. He wasn't sure what he was doing truthfully, but he cut the cord. An important connection to what made him feared.
[Hades can no longer use magic.]
"You're bad enough to make her want to kill you," Clyde said. "I asked multiple times, hoping for a hint that you could be reasoned with."
He punched Hades to the ground. Fuck the cooldown of the magic. He'd deal with the awful pain of the strain later.
[Hade's HP has dropped to 50%]
"A single punch," Melody said, her voice nearly a whisper.
Clyde walked toward him. Hades trembled.
"This is impossible," he barked. "You're no human. You're one of them, aren't you? An entity, interfering with our world."
"Alice, how many crimes has he committed?" Clyde asked.
"Too many," she replied weakly.
"Tear, I trust you can handle this?" the young man said. Tear nodded.
"I'll have him in prison in five minutes." She pulled out a phone.
"You can't do this," Hades snarled.
"Not the regular prison," Clyde said then grinned. Hades bolted for the cliff and he would've made it if the Stone wasn't angry enough to access his power. He caught him with a single hand. "All demonic murderers will be sent to the futas, but I suppose you already knew that."
Clare and the others returned to Clyde with hardly any damage on them. The fight felt like it went on forever, but lasted maybe a few minutes. Everyone moved quickly, urgently.
"It's a shame I have to let so much experience go, but death is too much relief for you," Clyde said. "Below that cliff where you tossed Alice were sharp rocks. How can you live with yourself?"
"Do not place me with human emotions—that is an appropriate punishment for traitors," Hades snapped. He tried to fight his way out of Clyde's grip, but failed miserably. The young man turned him to his daughter.
"Apologize to her," he said coldly.
Hades spat, but Alice was far enough to miss it.
"What have you done to me? My power…I can't," he thrusted a hand forward but nothing happened.
Tear's succubus agents finally arrived.
"Take him away and get the Omen's sphere off him. That belongs to Clyde."
"Well, so much for doing this to who'd probably be my father-in-law," Clyde said. "To the futas you go."
"Wait," Hades said, struggling with all of his might. The succubus agents covered him in chains. "You can't do this! I don't have powers. You blew up my palace, you betrayed me. I ran this city—"
"You let your armies run rampant across the city, devouring human souls, even children," Alice said. "You set mom up, killed Grandfather, and used me. Nezerath had a trap to detain me. If it weren't for Clyde, I'd be getting tortured and raped right now and you wouldn't care. Take him away."
A succubus whispered anguishing words Hades.
"Giant Jenny's angry today. I hope you're ready."
"Daughter, please," Hades said, sounding old.
Alice shot him a cold glare then kicked him in the face. Blood trickled from his nose like a plugged waterfall. The cool autumn afternoon made this event twice as gloomy.
"I should throw you off the cliff," she snarled then stormed off. "I want him there no less than one hundred fifty years. Make sure—"
A beautiful woman with large angelic wings appeared from nowhere. She was wearing a long white dress that seemed to cling to every curve. Long pale blonde hair fell to her back. Something about her seemed familiar.
"I'm afraid this one will be ours to put before trial," she said in a voice pure enough to shatter Clyde's rage. His transformation regressed, but the pain of strain seemed suppressed. "Human souls are a precious thing."
Alice's eyes were wide then she dove into the angel's arms, crying.
"Mother, where have you been? What happened? How did you become an angel?"
"Mother?" Clyde and his friends said with exclaimed voices.
What the fuck is going on? Clyde thought. From the gazes of the others, they wondered the same thing. Hades was paler than snow. From the pure terror in his eyes, he looked as if he'd rather go to the futas.
Clyde analyzed only one of the women before moving onto Hades.
Mistress Serine
Level: 45
Type: seductress.
Work under: demon lord.
Special: Spell Canceller.
Weakness: holy, spiritual, purity, lightning, fire, light, radiance.
Resistances: dark, evil, death, lust, taint.
Secret: Was once overpowered by an incubus. Highly embarrassing, but was the best night of her life. She spent 3 days looking for him, desperate to pledge her love. Incubuses are never tied to a single mate.
Tomin Hades, head of House Hades
Level: 105
Type: ancient demon
Work under: N/A
Special: Gold tier skill: Armageddon Despair Blast. [Chance to cause despair at 88%. Chance to instantly kill at 1%]
Weakness: purity x 20, holy, earth.
Resistances: dark, demon, radiance, death, devil, evil, ice.
Secret: will use anyone to get what he wants, even his own daughter.
"Alice!" Hades yelled with a fury so intense, the earth shook. Clyde heard her swallow, but steeled herself. This was it. He'd take the lead and see this fight through. Hopefully without getting his face kicked in.
Clare gave Clyde one of the nastiest rockets, containing something this world called luediam. He decided to count that toward his list of anime tropes: shit that made no sense. Hades had every right to be pissed. Luediam…
[The battle for Lot City has begun…]
[Your party has entered a Boss fight!]
[Life and Death! DEFEAT HADES.]
Clyde motioned for the others to get moving then took aim at Hades. Neko stood off to the side, signaling to the young man that her watchers had their eyes on this fight.
[You activated Mystic Lightning.]
Hades seemed blinded by his own rage, for when the lightning struck him, the demon's eyes widened in surprise.
[Weakness exploited! Hades HP has dropped to 712%]
"You," He said to Clyde. "You're leading this group, pushing my daughter to betray me. I'll make you suffer. Heed my words."
[Hades activated Silver Tier skill: Devil's arrow.]
That attack wasn't aimed at Clyde, but Neko. The catgirl barely dodged, taking a graze of hot magic.
"An observer doesn't belong here," Hades said.
[Neko's HP has dropped to 81%]
"Still think you should sit back?" Clyde said to her.
"They're watching," she said, "I can feel them. I'm sorry Clyde, my duty is to see you to the Omen's sphere."
"Then go somewhere safe," Clyde said. "He just lost everything. Do you think he'll give a fuck about anything relating to the watchers?"
She nodded and complied.
Clyde braced himself. Alice, Melody, Toru, Seth, Tear, Melody, Kitome, Natalia, and Harumi stood with him. Overkill? Clyde didn't think so. He'd have to be treated like a raid boss.
Hades blurred to them, crossing a gap of several meters in an instant. Natalia moved off to the side and began a series of chants.
With Ludacris in hand, Clyde blocked Hades's sword which seemed to emerge from nothingness. It glowed like this own. Another goddamn family treasure.
Both swords howled.
[Alice activated Slip distraction.]
Hades's looked at her, snarling. Clyde didn't hesitate. Mystic wrath still raging, he placed his hand on the angry demon's chest.
[You activated Holy Spirit wave.]
[IMMENSE CRITICAL! WEAKNESS EXPLOITED.]
The force of the blast bashed the ancient demon backward at least twenty yards. Black aura suddenly surrounded him as he leapt to his feet.
[Hades's HP has dropped to 109%]
[Hades activated almighty-tier skill: Son Tan YU regeneration.]
[Hades's HP has been fully restored to 850%]
"You've got to be shitting me," Clyde said. "This is as broken as it's going to get."
The ancient demon dusted himself off before strolling toward the young man in a different manner.
"Losing myself in rage didn't get me this far," he said.
[Hades activated tier 2 skill: earthquake!]
The party dodged away from the targeted spot. Clyde's spot. It collapsed into dust. The entire cliff shook for a few seconds then settled.
Everyone coughed away the airborne dust and dirt.
[Toru activated Zen mode.]
"Fan out again and cast," Clyde ordered. His party did so.
[Melody activated Savior's barrage.]
"Kitome, let's go. I need you to use it now," he said.
"Of course," Kitome said.
Hades laughed, slapping away the redhead's magic.
"You obviously take me too lightly. To think my niece, my Hidden Eye, and my own daughter would betray me. You do not understand how displeased I am."
[Kitome activated--]
A boot kicked the blue-haired girl in the stomach. She fell backward. Hades's speed was nearly impossible to see. He glided past her without looking back.
[Kitome is dazed. Kitome is paralyzed.]
[Kitome's HP has dropped to 40%]
Harumi prepared to heal. Hades headed her way.
"Hey, Hades," Clyde said. The ancient demon looked at him. "I fucked your daughter."
Everyone grew silent, even the participants in the battle with the three women. The three were pretty much reaching their death beds—level forty-five's…Clyde found it to be a miracle that they survived. Maybe Hade's put up a barrier or whatever lucky anti-rocket underwear he wore extended its protection to them too.
Alice was so red with embarrassment, Clyde almost laughed, but the gravity of the situation held it at bay. Harumi used the opening to heal the injured to the young man's relief. Truthfully, he couldn't keep up with every damage prompt—everyone fought. Except Neko. Goddamn watchers.
Hades walked toward him.
"Killing you will break the spirit of your entire party. Prepare yourself, human."
"Afraid of a human son-in-law one day?" Clyde said.
Hades's eyes widened just a tiny bit, but Clyde saw. And that was the opening he needed. Clyde noted the factors of this fight that kept everyone alive. Hades just lost everything—he's nowhere near top form. Among the traitors is his own blood. And well, the bombardment of magical girl magic. His mindset was exactly where Clyde needed it. A certain cooldown neared its completion.
[[Holy Spirit Wave [evolution 1]. Type: spiritual. Class: mysterious.: Shoot a wave of concentrated spiritual energy. Chance to cause spiritual blight at 7%. Chance to do double damage on dark creatures: 35%. Now does holy and purity damage.]
This cooldown took forever now, but the holy and purity damage would end the fight.
[Hades activated Hell shot.]
Clyde couldn't feel any airflows, had no time to dodge. The red energy ball hit him in the chest, cracked all of his barriers, knocking the wind out of the young man.
[Your HP has dropped to 49%]
[You have been inflicted with Hell blight.]
[You are unaffected by Hell blight.]
Clyde laughed as he stood.
"You overpowered son of a bitch, but that particular blight is all about mental torment. That won't work on me."
Hades blurred to him, only to duck under the swing of Seth's flaming bat. He…ran Seth through with his blade, fired another Hell shot, this time at Toru, then re-engaged Clyde—all of that at a speed that wasn't quite a flash step but would pass as its baby cousin.
[Toru's HP has dropped to 51%]
[Seth's HP has dropped to 4%]
[Seth's defense is down.]
Alice tended to his healing. Clyde focused on parrying the ancient demon's sword with his own. After a minute, he finally lured him over to Tear then moved out of the ancient demon's reach. Hade's seemed confused. Tear chuckled.
[Tear activated Holy canal]
[Hades activated Heightened magic shield.]
"Fools, all of you," Hades snapped. "Traitors and fools. And to think my own daughter lurked among them. Your punishment is going to be great, dear daughter. And niece, I'll marry you off to the goblin king. Maybe you'll think about this foolish rebellion while getting raped and humiliated."
"Uncle, if you believe I can't kill them or you, then you're a bigger fool than us," Tear said.
"You killed Grandfather, killed Mother," Alice said. "Used me to get some dumb sphere. We could go on—but you disgust me."
Hades chuckled.
"You believe that man will save you. He who destroyed the Ashfall family."
"Guess I'll end up being the destroyer of the Hades family too," Clyde said. That seemed to anger the demon lord.
[Hades activated All-field Lightning crash!]
Clyde put up a spirit shield, Alice with him. As for everyone else, they took massive damage. Harumi took very little, her lightning resistance coming into play. Alice held out her hand to heal, but Hades appeared from thin air, ceasing her delicate wrist. He shocked her with a jolt of dark magic.
[Hades used Agony bolts.]
[Alice is paralyzed.]
Then he did the unthinkable and threw his daughter off the three hundred-foot-high cliff, eyes still coldly on Clyde.
"Fuck, Alice!" Clyde shouted, unleashing his binder's hand. The tendrils of magic caught her. Hades punched the young man in the gut with the force that felt like a truck. He gasped, wheezed, but continued to pull Alice up.
[Your HP has dropped to 20%]
"Die," Hades said with his hand aimed at the young man's head.
[Hades activated Gold tier skill: Armageddon Despair Blast.]
Melody finally made her way behind the ancient demon and unleashed waves of magic that propelled the demon forward. Toru met him and unleashed a hell of his Zen mode attacks.
[Hade's HP has dropped to 730%]
When Clyde pulled the young woman to safety, rage…so much rage filled him. He couldn't stop it. White aura surrounded him. Then it became blood red. Harumi took care of Alice when he released her.
"You… failure as a father," Clyde said, but his voice roared through the skies, shook the entire city. Winds blasted and howled. Thick electricity danced around the young man's skin. His eyes glowed.
He teleported in front of Hades and reached into his soul, like a spear to the heart. He wasn't sure what he was doing truthfully, but he cut the cord. An important connection to what made him feared.
[Hades can no longer use magic.]
"You're bad enough to make her want to kill you," Clyde said. "I asked multiple times, hoping for a hint that you could be reasoned with."
He punched Hades to the ground. Fuck the cooldown of the magic. He'd deal with the awful pain of the strain later.
[Hade's HP has dropped to 50%]
"A single punch," Melody said, her voice nearly a whisper.
Clyde walked toward him. Hades trembled.
"This is impossible," he barked. "You're no human. You're one of them, aren't you? An entity, interfering with our world."
"Alice, how many crimes has he committed?" Clyde asked.
"Too many," she replied weakly.
"Tear, I trust you can handle this?" the young man said. Tear nodded.
"I'll have him in prison in five minutes." She pulled out a phone.
"You can't do this," Hades snarled.
"Not the regular prison," Clyde said then grinned. Hades bolted for the cliff and he would've made it if the Stone wasn't angry enough to access his power. He caught him with a single hand. "All demonic murderers will be sent to the futas, but I suppose you already knew that."
Clare and the others returned to Clyde with hardly any damage on them. The fight felt like it went on forever, but lasted maybe a few minutes. Everyone moved quickly, urgently.
"It's a shame I have to let so much experience go, but death is too much relief for you," Clyde said. "Below that cliff where you tossed Alice were sharp rocks. How can you live with yourself?"
"Do not place me with human emotions—that is an appropriate punishment for traitors," Hades snapped. He tried to fight his way out of Clyde's grip, but failed miserably. The young man turned him to his daughter.
"Apologize to her," he said coldly.
Hades spat, but Alice was far enough to miss it.
"What have you done to me? My power…I can't," he thrusted a hand forward but nothing happened.
Tear's succubus agents finally arrived.
"Take him away and get the Omen's sphere off him. That belongs to Clyde."
"Well, so much for doing this to who'd probably be my father-in-law," Clyde said. "To the futas you go."
"Wait," Hades said, struggling with all of his might. The succubus agents covered him in chains. "You can't do this! I don't have powers. You blew up my palace, you betrayed me. I ran this city—"
"You let your armies run rampant across the city, devouring human souls, even children," Alice said. "You set mom up, killed Grandfather, and used me. Nezerath had a trap to detain me. If it weren't for Clyde, I'd be getting tortured and raped right now and you wouldn't care. Take him away."
A succubus whispered anguishing words Hades.
"Giant Jenny's angry today. I hope you're ready."
"Daughter, please," Hades said, sounding old.
Alice shot him a cold glare then kicked him in the face. Blood trickled from his nose like a plugged waterfall. The cool autumn afternoon made this event twice as gloomy.
"I should throw you off the cliff," she snarled then stormed off. "I want him there no less than one hundred fifty years. Make sure—"
A beautiful woman with large angelic wings appeared from nowhere. She was wearing a long white dress that seemed to cling to every curve. Long pale blonde hair fell to her back. Something about her seemed familiar.
"I'm afraid this one will be ours to put before trial," she said in a voice pure enough to shatter Clyde's rage. His transformation regressed, but the pain of strain seemed suppressed. "Human souls are a precious thing."
Alice's eyes were wide then she dove into the angel's arms, crying.
"Mother, where have you been? What happened? How did you become an angel?"
"Mother?" Clyde and his friends said with exclaimed voices.
What the fuck is going on? Clyde thought. From the gazes of the others, they wondered the same thing. Hades was paler than snow. From the pure terror in his eyes, he looked as if he'd rather go to the futas.
