“ I suppose I could have a little fun by playing with weaklings like you, before moving to the main target.” He says while looking at Mira.

" Hey, Andrew?"

“ What Alex?”

“ Do you see these white horns, pale gray skin, ashes on his body and all that?”

" Yes, I do."

“ Ok then. I am not the only one.”

“ What the hell is he?” Ivan turns to Mira and asks.

“ He is a demon. He is very dangerous, so be very careful.”

“ A demon? This day keeps getting better and better.” Andrew says with a sigh.

They just stare at each other for a couple of seconds.

“ So what? Are you going to attack us or what?” Alex asks him.

“ I am giving you a chance. If I attacked you, it would have ended in an instant. So, go ahead. I am giving you a minute.” He answers him with a smirk.

“ Don't mind if we do.”

Both Andrew and Ivan charge, Andrew goes for a right hook, but Greyo dodges it and jumps back to create distance. Ivan follows him, holding his stick backward, like a commando knife.

He goes in for the strike, but Greyo just catches it. As it touches his hand, it instantly turns to ashes and is blown by the wind. Ivan sees that and immediately backs off.

“ What was that? He dissolved it.” He asks in shock.

“ Be careful. Anything he touches turns to ashes if he wants.” Mira warns them.

“ Well isn't that fair. Everyone has some cool powers but me.” Andrew complains.

“ Stop whining and help us out.” Alex says angrily.

“ Alex right? Your sword might just be able to touch him.” Mira informs them. “ It seems like it has huge magic radiation, so it should be safe from his ability.”

“ I didn't understand anything of what you said, but I will give it a try.” he says charging in.

“ You might be right Mira, but these guys can't even touch me. Now. Your one minute has passed. It is my turn now.” He says, taking a battle position.

In an instant he had disappeared from where he was standing and was already onto Alex. He extends his hand, ready to touch his face. However, Alex manages to react fast enough by blocking his hand with his sword. It didn't turn to ashes.

" Well at least we know it works." he declares.

Greyo though doesn't stop there. With his other hand, he reaches over the blade. He is however met with a fist on his face, which sends him off of Alex.

Andrew is looking at them quite amused.

“ The same goes for me.”

“ Are you an idiot or what?! She clearly said not to touch him!”

“ Well, that might be true about you guys, but it seems like I can touch him.”

“ That only goes for his hands. Only them have that power. Not the rest of his body.” Mira says.

“ The problem is passing the defense of someone as fast as him. So don't try it again.”

Ivan facepalms.

“ This guy is a complete idiot.”

“ Hey!”

Greyo, however, isn't amused. He wipes the blood from the corner of his mouth.

“ That's it. I am killing you right here and now.” his expression turns cold as he charges towards them.

Ivan picks a rock that he sees on the ground. As it happened with the stick the rock is covered in a yellow light and then in a yellow aura.

Greyo's first target is Andrew. He barely manages to avoid his attack, but before he could retake his balance, Greyo was on him again. He dodges once again, his balance this time completely lost, he falls on his back.

Greyo stands above him, looking down at him with a cold expression. He raises his hand, ready to finish the job. As he is bringing it down he changes course and catches a rock, heading right for his head. He looks at the one who threw the rock. It was Ivan. As with his stick, the rock turns to ashes.

" I guess you won't go down so easily."

“ Then how about this!” Alex shouts, coming out of nowhere with his sword raised for a strike.

Greyo however, always calm, catches the sword midair between his two palms.

“ You are weak. Just like your swordsmanship and your race.”

“ Yeah really? Then how about this?!” Alex shouts as his sword is enveloped in white aura once again. He puts all of his power onto the slash.

Greyo's grip becomes loose. The sword escapes from his grasp and hits him in the chest. Blood coming out from the wound. When the strike ends the aura surrounding the sword leaves in the form of a magic slash, pushing Greyo back and injuring him more. Dust now covering the area.

“ Did that get him?”

They are waiting for the dust to clear. When it does, Greyo is standing up, holding his wound. Scratches and some minor injuries all over his body. It seems like the strike did damage him, but the magic slash didn't do much. He is breathing heavily and it seems that he is standing with difficulty.

“ How dare you? How dare some lower life forms like you injure me? This is unacceptable.” his usually controlled and cold expression had turned to that of anger.

He steps forward as he unsheathes his two daggers from behind his back. The ashes from his hands move to the daggers as well. They insert into the daggers, changing them. They become withered, broken.

He moves towards them, stumbling left and right. When suddenly he disappears from their site. In a second he was onto them his daggers ready to strike. Alex was their target.

He is caught by surprise, he has no time to move or block.

Andrew, however, had managed to follow Greyo's movements, even if only a glimpse. He quickly moves and pushes Alex out of the way. The daggers scratching him on the back in the process. They both fall to the ground.

“ Thank you.”

“ No problem. You aren't hurt are you?”

“ No. but what about you? He got you.”

Andrew looks at his back, where he was feeling a sharp pain. He had a minor wound, a little more than a scratch.

Greyo looks at him in surprise.

“ How? How did you survive that? The daggers have the same abilities as with my hands. You should have turned to ashes.”

“ I told you didn't I? It doesn't work on me”

“ You idiot! I told you not to try it!” Ivan shouts

" But it worked out just fine. So that leaves only you that is affected by his powers." Andrew says with a mischievous look.

“ My powers may don't work on you. But the damage from the blade was done. So all I have to do is kill you like every other normal person.”

“ You are free to try.”

He states as he charges against him.

He tries to punch him, but Greyo easily dodges. He brings down his daggers, but Andrew also dodges. This continues for some time, whenever one of the two strikes, the other dodges.

It didn't last long, however, because Andrew soon runs out of stamina. When he takes a break to catch his breath, Greyo attacks.

To Andrew's surprise, he wasn't hit. Alex had stepped in and blocked him. While Ivan was throwing rocks to keep him busy.

“ Don't try to be a hero. Don't go alone like that. And most important, don't steal my spotlight. We have some beautiful women watching us and I want to make a good impression.” Alex tells him.

“ I understand. You are a womanizer.”

“ Happy you understand.”

" Aren't you gonna get mad?"

“ No. you are absolutely correct. I have an eye for beautiful women.” he says with a prideful smile.

“ I have a feeling that it will get us in trouble.”

Andrew had caught his breath and regained some of his stamina. He gets up and charges in along with Alex, supported by Ivan.

Greyo is blocking Alex's strikes, while at the same time avoiding Andrew's punches and Ivan's rocks.

That's until one of Ivan's attacks passed through giving them an opening. Alex goes in for the strike, Greyo blocks it losing, however, one of his daggers in the process. With his other dagger he tries to attack him, Alex, however, parries it, making both of them drop their weapons and losing their balance.

As Greyo is in the middle of the fall, Andrew comes forward. With an uppercut, he pushes him back up. Then a huge barrage of punches follows up. At his face, chest, every bit of his head and torso is hit.

Andrew feels his muscles burning. His body feels so hot like he is on fire. One more punch. That's all he has left. He puts all of his will in that last punch.

During his barrage, he failed to notice that his body was covered in a red aura. And now all of that was going to his punch.

It hits Greyo right at the side of his face. The moment it touches him the red aura is unleashed all at once, in the form of a red energy beam. It devours Greyo and continues further.

When it ends, a line of burnt and destroyed ground is left. The trees that once stood there were completely burnt to their core. Greyo's body was at the end of this line, smoking.

“ Woaou! I take it back. My powers are awesome.” Andrew says in excitement.

“ Is it over?” Alex asks.

“ It seems like it. If he even gets up from that, we are screwed.”

“ There is no way someone can survive that.” They talk to each other.

“ He isn't dead yet. I can still feel his energy. It is heavily weakened though. He is in no condition to fight anymore.” Mira proclaims.

“ Ohh. Then what are we going to do? Finish him off?” Andrew asks?

“ Isn't that obvious? We finish him.” Ivan says as if it was common sense.

“ But, we can't just kill another person. It isn't right.” Alex objects.

“ He tried to kill you first.”

“ And we beat him. Isn't that enough?”

" No, it isn't. He will just get up and go kill someone else. What if his next victim isn't as lucky as us. What if it is a mother with her child? What about then?!"

“ I... I don't know.”

“ Besides. You heard the lady, that thing isn't human. You shouldn't feel sorry about it.”

“ It doesn't work like that Ivan. Every life matters.” Andrew steps in.

“ Ohh really? I didn't see you hesitating to kill those things at the beginning.”

“ That was a completely different story. That was, kill or be killed. Now we got a choice.”

“ That thing... is responsible for the death of my entire squad. Fifty people died because of him. I am never going to forgive him. I am going to avenge them.” Mira says, anger feeling her eyes and voice.

But before they could make a decision a noise is heard, coming from the air. The rain had stopped and the sky was clear. That's when they see a creature with big black bat-like wings coming right towards them. It flies past them and stops right above the wounded Greyo.

It is only then that they are able to see its form. It is a beautiful woman with a very nice body and measurements. Her skin was light-blue. She was wearing a very revealing outfit, consisting of a top and bottom that only covered her private parts. And those only barely. She was wearing dark purple armor leggings and gauntlets, which made a huge contrast with her very exposed skin. She had really long purple hair. She also had purple horns coming out of her forehead, pointing upwards. As well as a long light-blue tail, with a pointy end.

She lands in front of Greyo, closing her wings behind her back, and she picks him up with ease. She is stronger than she looks they think. She then looks at them and speaks with a seductive voice.

“ I am sorry to jump in like that, but my boss wouldn't like it if you killed this man. He still has many plans for him. Now if you would excuse us, we have to take our leave.” she spreads her wings once again and gets ready to fly away before she turns around to them on more time and says.

" You should be thankful, you worms. If I wasn't ordered to take him back as soon as possible, I would have killed every single one of you here. I guess this is your lucky day. But next time we meet, I won't be so forgiving."

Mira clangs her teeth in anger towards her words.

She flies to the sky, with Greyo in her arms. In a little while, she was out of sight.

They all can now relax. Alex and Ivan sit on the ground while Andrew falls on his back, breathing heavily.

“Thank goodness that we are done.” he says with a long sigh.

Anna, that was previously laying on the floor, gets up and comes towards their way. Mira also gets up and meets her midway, closing her in a hug. They both fall on their knees, while in each other's arms.

Anna is crying in low sobs. But Mira comforts her.

" Don't cry, Anna. Everything is fine now. I promise."

" I was so useless Mira. I let Jason and Emma get killed. He killed them right in front of my eyes. But yet... I couldn't do anything. I was so scared." she apologises.

" There is nothing wrong with being afraid, Anna. Everyone gets afraid, it is what defines us. And do not blame yourself for their death. If it is someone's fault... it is no others than Greyo's. He is going to pay. I promise you that." She says with anger and sadness in her eyes.

The guys look at them, they don't know what is going on, but they can tell that they shouldn't interfere.