353: Eight Demons

Eight Demons

Standing beside Juin, both Wolfe and Luca immediately pulled out their weapons.  1

One of the attackers, who had a golden horn protruding out of his forehead, smirked as he took two steps forward. His eyes had golden dots in them, and they moved around as he moved. 

"We are only here for Juin. Everyone else, if you wish to live, leave here immediately… And maybe we won't kill you…" said the Golden-Horn Demon.

Caelian and Cyrus exchanged glances before looking at the group of demons. They were about to attack when Juin put his hand out and signaled them to back down for now. 

"Who are you and what do you want with me?" Juin asked as he looked at the Golden-Horn Demon suspiciously. 

"Juin," the Golden-Horn Demon smiled and said, "Our boss wants to invite you for a talk. He'd have been here himself, but he has to invite your friend as well… After all, there's some unfinished business between them." 

"Who," Juin had a bad feeling about as he asked, "are your boss?"

As he spoke, Lucifer appeared right next to him. 

"Prince Welshon," the Golden-Horn Demon said with a respectful tone. 

Hearing that, Juin immediately took a step forward. With his fists clenched, he asked, "Who did he go after?" 

The Golden-Horn Demon smirked and said in a whispery voice, "Why don't you come with us and find out for yourself?" 

His eyes were on Juin's the whole time, and his voice, though he was whispering, appeared as if he were speaking right next to Juin. Furthermore, there was something oddly soothing about it, and Juin found himself slightly dazed and mesmerized by it. His tightened fists relaxed as he continued to stare into the demon's eyes. 

"Juin!" Lucifer realized what the problem was and stood in front of Juin, to try and block Juin's view, but it was too late.

"What?" Juin asked, relaxing slightly. His eyes were still focused on where he saw the Golden-Horn Demon's eyes last. "What can I do for you?"

"Come back with us. Join the Dark Night Clan," said the Golden-Horn Demon in the same whispery voice. He was a demon with the power to use his voice to control people. Many thought his powers to be more physical, so they never realized until it was too late for them to get out of his enchantment.

"What's…?" Caelian was the first to break out of the enchantment. His eyes turned completely black and with white starry bones for a few seconds before returning back to his brownish-black eyes. A strict voice in his head warned him to be careful of the Golden-Horn Demon's voice, so 

he immediately pulled out a pair of earphones from his Dimensional Pouch and stuffed them into his ears. "I'm safe now…" 

"Save your weakest friend first," said the voice in his head. 

Caelian nodded and then glanced at everyone. He saw that they were all trapped in the enchantment. As he slowly moved towards Cyrus, who was smiling with a stupid look, he took out another pair before quickly stuffing them into Cyrus' ears. 

He did not know who was actually the weakest, but he liked Cyrus most out of the entire group.

Cyrus blinked for a few seconds before standing up straight. He then looked around slightly, before looking at Caelian. "What happened?" 

Caelian pointed at the Golden-Horn Demon and whispered, "Voice." 

Cyrus immediately understood the matter, and he quickly adjusted the earphones. There was no music, but it muffled off the sounds. It was a lot easier than using his soul power to create a proper soul shield. Without warning, he flicked out a claw and jumped at the teary-eyed Luca, who seemed to be seeing something in a distance away, stabbing him in the arm. 

Caelian did the same, using his wind power to cut Juin's and Wolfe's calves. 

"Ouch!" Both Juin and Luca cried out in pain and immediately grabbed their injured areas. It hurt badly, but the pain helped them regain their consciousness. 

"The voice!" Lucifer immediately took this opportunity to alert Juin.

"Luca, your ears! He's using some sort of voice enchantment!" Juin snapped. 

Both boys quickly activated their shields, strengthening the area around their ears. Once he was done, Luca sent tens of wind blades towards the Golden-Horn Demon, which were all dodged by the guy. 

"Damn… Did I hit a sore spot?" The Golden-Horn Demon sighed, but a smile soon appeared on his face. "Oh well, looks like we will have to do it the hard way." 

He made a signal, upon which the seven demons behind him jumped at the boys.

The Golden-Horn Demon stood in the back, watching, as his underlings fought on his behalf. "Kill everyone else, but keep him alive. Maim him if you need to, we don't need his limbs anyway."

"Yes, sir!" said the demons. 

The seven demons were of different types of demon species, and they had very different skillsets, which made it hard for the boys to fight. Furthermore, each of the boys had limitations. Caelian couldn't transform now, not when he would be rendered unconscious for a long time. Cyrus couldn't transform in order to protect his identity, thus his strength was limited.

Luca was fighting angrily at the moment and seemed to have somewhat lost his mind. His attacks were flying everywhere, nearly hitting his teammates at times. 

"Luca! Focus!" Juin yelled in annoyance as he dodged yet another wind blade before quickly rolling out of an electric strike. He glared at the blonde demon that had electric arcs running up and down his arms before quickly looking back at another demon that had four arms and was crouching on the ground.

The Four-Armed Demon had the ability to move as fast as Cyrus, and Juin had taken a few of his punches earlier, so he was rather wary of him. 

"Quiet!" Luca roared as he jumped back from a stream of green liquid spat out by a green skin demon. Even so, a drop of the green liquid landed on his shirt and burned through it. Luca glanced down at it for a second before glaring at the Green Skin Demon. "I'm going to kill these you sons of b*tches!" Luca yelled. 

He gathered the wind around them, forming them into two whips. With one end of each whip wrapped around his wrists, he then used it to slam it down on the attacking demons nearest to him. 

"Why is he so angry?" Caelian asked after he used a wind punch to push an attacking Centaur-like demon back. 

"He's always angry!" Cyrus said before jumping up from a three-way attack. He then growled and charged towards one of the three demons. The demon had a pair of black skeletal wings, which it used to send poisonous bone darts at Cyrus. 

Cyrus nimbly avoided all the poisonous bone darts before jumping up and landing behind the demon. Without hesitation, he slammed his fist through the demon's back and pulled it back in a split second, along with the demon's heart. 

"Urgh…" The skeletal-winged demon fell forward, and its blood soon soaked the ground beneath its body, turning the previously light-orange sand into black sand that had a terrible stench to it. 

"One down, seven more to go!" Cyrus growled, before moving towards the two demons that were heading towards him. 

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