Arima coughed some blood and wiped the one flowing down on his lip. He had internal damages and even some of his bones were broken. He particularly got a huge cut on his chest. It wasn"t enough to make him complain, the pain was nothing for him, but when he tried to stand up, he cursed."s.h.i.t" He sat down and sighed. He closed his eyes and the enchant on his clothes start working at full power.
Meanwhile, Night and Karma started chatting, totally unfazed "[That was surprising]" The former commented.
"[True, I, of course, expected the h.e.l.l gate to be something out of this world. But what happened to Arima just now was really surprising]" Karma said.
"[Yeah, when we touched that gate. That annoying skull opened his mouth and shouted something. The bones then moved to hit Arima]" Night reminisced what happened.
"[I see, then it should be okay if we destroy those bones first, no?]" Karma wondered and proposed.
"[I don"t think it"s that easy]" Night denied.
Arima opened his eyes and stood up, totally healed "Why the h.e.l.l are you talking together so nonchalantly. I was injured back then" He immediately snapped at his two partners.
"[Eh?]" The two interjected at the same time with a really confused and innocent voice "[Arima? What are you talking about?]" Karma asked.
"[Worrying about you is most likely the most worthless action to do there is in the world right now. And you should remember that my body is also yours in this form, worrying about your state would mean worrying about myself]" Night gave his honest opinion and Arima groaned in defeat.
He clicked his tongue and looked at the sky "Anyway, we can"t destroy that thing" He declared.
"[Why?]" Karma inquired.
"It"s most likely protected by an Owl or something. I felt it when it attacked me back then. It"s not something that can be broken as it"s something we can"t even interact with" Arima stared at the gate as he explained.
"[What?]" Night exclaimed in shock "[Then are you telling me that we have to watch as it does anything it wants?]"
Arima shook his head "No" He said and squinted his eyes to observe the gate "It"s only a gate. Although it"s indestructible, it can"t do anything except accomplishing its duty"
"[Duty?]"
Arima smiled "Have you already forgot? It"s a summoning ritual. For what do you use a gate usually?" He said laughingly.
Soon after, as if proving his words, the skull shined with a red and golden light and then split in two right in the middle. Now that the gate had lost what kept it closed, it slowly started to open.
While it was slowly opening, Arima waved his hand and thousands of people appeared in the same crater as he was. They all looked around in shock at their destroyed houses.
"[Who are they?]" Karma asked when she saw that.
"[They are the people who were in the zone destroyed by Arima"s crash…]" Night held back his laugh after he said the last part "[Arima sent them into another dimension before that crash occurred, to save them basically]"
"You all, run away as far as you can" Arima talked casually, without even looking toward the people he just saved "Spread the word and tell everyone you meet to run in the opposite direction of that thing"
Arima didn"t need to point the gate for the listeners to understand. They all nodded immediately and started running away. Some were around the third and fourth level and left as quickly as they could. During all that time, Arima kept looking at the gate. It was already half opened.
Arima lightly flapped his wings and flew up. He slowly approached and stopped a few kilometers away from the gate.
Even if it was half opened, Arima couldn"t see anything behind it. It was just a dense screen of darkness. As he observed the gate"s movements, his expression turned sour.
"Oh f.u.c.k" He suddenly cursed one more time and flapped his wings and left in the opposite direction of the gate. The force he used to accelerate created a sonic boom and even sent a shockwave toward a big part of the city.
Half a second after Arima flew away, the gate was suddenly slammed open and a powerful sound wave spread throughout the entire city. But particularly around the gate itself, Arima wasn"t far enough and he almost fell down because of the intense shock he received to his mind.
But that wasn"t the end, an explosion occurred at the same moment and everything around the gate was entirely destroyed, even the castle. Thankfully, the latter was empty since it was evacuated in time.
It was only a matter of time before Arima felt an immense aura coming from that gate. Even he couldn"t help but feel the urge to flee, it was just natural instinct before a stronger being.
Aria laughed wryly "It"s been a while since I felt this" Then he smirked and observed with a firm look. Karma and Night stayed silent this time.
*******************************************
Not that far away from Center City, Karez was watching the h.e.l.l gate from a small meadow in the outskirts of the city.
His eyes became cold since they were usually empty, that coldness was the only thing that reflected in his eyes right now. Accentuating the hate that one could feel coming from him.
"He"s here" Karez said then shifted his eyes slightly and looked at the figure in the sky, staring at the gate "So he"s the Kind Demon, huh?" He muttered "I hope you"ll last long enough to delay him. I need to get to that gate" He said the last part with an unshakable will
*******************************************
From the veil of darkness in the gate. There was a sudden movement and something pa.s.sed through it. It was a giant paw that stepped on mid-air like it was firm ground, it was soon followed by the forearm.
Already at that point, Arima"s expression was twitching "…That guy is no joke. He"s a legend known by all, even in my world. What kind of strength would he have if he was real?"
After that, it was pretty obvious, a nose and then the muzzle pa.s.sed through the darkness, but at the same time, there were two others, perfectly identic, coming out at the same time.
Arima ended up looking at three dangerous-looking dog-heads. The three seemed to be pretty calm, they scanned the surroundings together.
Then the other leg finally appeared and the rest of the body followed. But before the whole thing was out, the head of a snake peeked out of the veil.
When the whole creature was out of the gate. Its full figure was there for everyone to witness. Everyone in the city saw him, even if they didn"t want to, they couldn"t escape the ominous aura coming from him.
The three-headed dog had a jet black fur and some crimson flames were continuously burning on his body like he was coated with fire. His stature was almost as big as the gate. He was around eighty-meters-tall and his body extended to more than a hundred meters in length. The three pairs of crimson eyes were strangely full of calmness but filled with strength and coldness. His tail was a big black snake, with green eyes, and a look matching the one on the dog"s heads.
Arima raised an eyebrow "Kerberos…In other words, Cerberus… If it was to fight the hound of Hades, I would have preferred fighting an invincible gate" He muttered and the Kerberos looked at him almost instantly.
"You seem to be the strongest human on this planet, are you the one who created this gate?" The head in the middle asked Arima. The voice was enough to give Arima the urge to cover his ears since it was loud and extremely "strong".
Arima stared back at him "I didn"t" He answered shortly.
******************************************
At the same moment, Karez took out a scroll and tore it apart, the pieces burned and the cinders scattered.
******************************************
Arima"s eyes suddenly narrowed. The familiars he had sent close to the dungeons had died, all at the same time. He looked at Kerberos and pondered, he wanted to lock all the monsters into another dimension but he didn"t know if that hound was going to let him do it.
"Kerberos, tell me one thing, are you going to do anything on this planet?" Arima asked and the three heads looked at him, surprised.
"You"re an interesting fellow, no human has ever dared to call me so directly" The head on the left raised his voice.
"No, wait, I remember people like you, one even came to h.e.l.l once. You"re a Life Hunter" The third head then remarked.
The head in the middle started to wonder "I thought they were extinct, it"s been thousands of years since I last saw one…" He said "To answer your question, since the h.e.l.l gate have been summoned here, it"s my duty to destroy this entire planet right now. It"s my binding to this gate" He then responded.
Arima clicked his tongue "I didn"t think I would need to use it so early" He muttered and closed his eyes. His aura started rising instantly and the three heads of Kerberos all frowned.
[Ecce ego dominatus rationibus imponeret meum] (Here I impose my dominance)" Arima started chanting.
"[Hoc iusiurandum] (Here I make an oath)" He was now calling back the power of the Silver Emperor.
"[Hic forte involvam te c.u.m argento] (Here I destroy you with this silver)" The mark on his back shined strongly and was projected behind him.
"A Silver Emperor…" The three heads muttered at the same time.
"[Omniformis]" Arima finished chanting and his surroundings exploded with a silver and purple light. It wasn"t long before a figure with long silver hair and bright purple eyes was standing in front of the h.e.l.lhound.
Arima pointed his palm at Kerberos "Sorry, but you"ll need to wait a moment" The strength in his voice was now around the same as the hound and would make faint anyone who isn"t worthy to hear it.
"[Altera rationem terram] (Next dimension territory)"
"[Plenum officii sint] (Full Discharge)" He chanted and a magic circle encompa.s.sed Kerberos. The latter frowned and tried to teleport and then realized something.
"Dimensional magic…" He muttered in a calm voice. He perfectly knew that dimensional theories were very hard to fight back. He just glanced at Arima before he was sent into another dimension. He then tried to destroy it there.
Arima felt it "If I don"t hurry, he will destroy it. I have ten minutes or so" He determined then immediately teleported away.
He went to each dungeon and sent all the monsters in the zone into the other dimension. He also sent them at the same position the h.e.l.lhound was, trying to hinder him a minimum, even if it was impossible. Most likely, the monsters would either die because of his voice or instantly flee. And he was probably releasing his aura and mana to destroy the dimension.
Arima went to all the dungeons except one. Then he transferred into the same court he had left before to go attack the gate. His students were also here.
When Arima appeared, everyone almost fell on their knees, just seeing the silver-haired figure. They all saw the black scales illuminated by a silver light and coated in a sort of purple glow. They recognized him as Arima.
The latter patted Arister"s shoulder and sent him an information directly to his brain. Arister rubbed his temple for a second then nodded.
Arima didn"t say a word, just that simple action would hurt everyone in the school, he already even had restrained his aura to the maximum. He then directly entered the dimension.
Arister sighed, he was right now in the disguise of Ares. A few seconds after Arima left, he returned back to his true appearance and looked at the students "Arima just told me to bring you to a training camp" He smiled wryly and said.
********************************************
A bit earlier, when Arima teleported to take all the monsters in the dimension. Karez arrived in front of the h.e.l.l gate and tried to pa.s.s through the veil of darkness but he was rejected and the bones on the gate tried to knock him off.
But Karez just waved his hand and a strange aura stopped the bones from attacking him. He looked at the gate with cold eyes and then placed his hands in the darkness and started trying to go through it.