"That was too close forfort!" Alros said to himself, still making sure he was in the vicinity of the Hero. As for the reason why, the Hero will try to find him, and if she move deeper in order to do so, she would find the popce of Astor Kingdom sooner orter.


    ''I need to get her to the prepared location as quickly as possible before doing the n!'' he already make some n to deal with the Hero.


    Unfortunately, the chances of it working is low, probably about 10 percent of sess. And unfortunately, he did not have any way to improve the odds other than doing his best.


    ''Now, I just need for her to fi-'' not even finishing that thought, the Hero can be sense as her Holy Aura shed at the distant, a maniacal look appearing on her face.


    Realizing he get his wish, Alros was both grateful and ungrateful at the same time.


    -x-


    ''Damn it! How did she keep finding me!?'' Alros nned on leading her around, forcing her to get lose in ces while having some of his more stealth-orianted monsters to bother her.


    Unfortunately, she was a bloodhound, searching and finding his track quickly and forcing him to run away in high speed or he would end up dead.


    ''Did she do something to me, allowing me to be found?'' it is the only way for her to find him, as Alros did not think there was any other time he engage the Hero in battle.


    ''Looks like I cannot prolong the fight.'' he thought to himself before making his way towards the nned area, where a huge fight between him and the Hero will happen.


    -x-


    "Are you going to keep running away, Demon?" as if the word ''demon'' is the biggest slur in her vocabry, the Hero said it in a demeaning way, ring at him with sheer hatred.@@novelbin@@


    Alros did not reply, already taking out his weapon, the sword he took out from the armory in the Pce of Astor Kingdom.


    Of course, he is much more proficient with a spear, but there are no spear that suited him in said armory, so he had to make do.


    "Let''s begin."


    -x-


    Alros started by charging at the Hero, closing the gap between them before trying to sh her. Keyword: try.


    The Hero easily dodge his attempt before returning the favor, much faster and would have resulted in him losing an arm if not for his quicker reflexes.


    ''That was close.'' he thought, terrfied yet relieved, not knowing the Hero was thinking the same. Except in disappointment.


    He then continue attacking the Hero, keeping the pressure as he tried to hit her, forcing her to pay as much attention as she could towards him.


    As a result, the Hero began her deadly onught, her sword a blur as she tried to sever his head from the rest of his body.


    Keyword: try.


    Alros managed to dodge most of it, suffering several ncing blow in return of giving one back. Unfortunately, the blow leave only a small wound. One that was healing in rapid speed with the Hero doing anything about it.


    ''This is just in cheating.'' Alrosined as his injury took longer to heal, while burning a lot due to the Holy attribute of her sword, which make the healing process for a demon like him more difficult.


    ''I need to hold her for a bit longer, so my reinforcement could arrive in time!'' Alros thought with a hint of desperation.


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    As he parried another blow, only for the sword of the Hero to crack into his w gauntlet, the Archdemon was suddenly assaulted by memory. One of him asking the requirement to be an S-rank.


    ''To achieve the impossible.'' he thought to himself as he pushed away his fear and cowardly strategy.


    ''If that is the case, then while I cannot beat a Hero, I can at least force her into a draw before help arrive!''


    With a burst of energy, Alros rushed towards the Hero, attacking with greater ferocity. Yet, even with his aggressive behavior, he did not let it cloud his mind, doing his best to control himself and fighting as smartly as he could.


    For her part, the Hero was surprise by his action, only to click her teeth before countering the Demon in front of her by doing the same.


    "I will not be beaten by the likes of you! I will avenge all those you have killed!" soon, sword came into blow with w gauntlet, as chips of the scaly gauntlet chipped from colliding with the metal of the sword.


    For his part, Alros grit his teeth despite the pain feeling like his nail being chipped, badly.


    ''I need to keep going! I will not let her kill me!'' throwing a Fireball at the Hero, who cut it with her sword, Alros created a distance between the two, which the Hero rectify by jumping in his direction.


    For his part, Alros maintained his calctive demeanor, keeping a gap between them both whileunching spells after spells, all to weaken or at least distract her.


    Yet, despite some of his spellnding its mark, none manage to hurt her too badly, which allow her to heal herself using her regeneration ability.


    ''Are you the demon, or me?!'' heined but still keeping the use of spells, hoping it will weaken the Hero for the ambush to work perfectly.


    After unleashing several Water Bullets, which she avoided, Alros realized she did not have a good way to protect herself concentrated attack, even with the armor she was wearing.


    And so, using all kind of Bullet style, from Water, to Fire Bullet, Alros continue his onught of magic, one he could maintain for a long time due to him being an Archdemon and specializing in magic.


    The Hero, realizing this, decided to go all out once more. Covering herself in radiant glow, Alros watched with horror as his magic did not even manage to scratch her in her current state.


    "Damn it all," he let out before covering himself with demonic energy, which allow him to be even stronger even if the effect weakened in the fact of the Holy Glow.


    The Hero, not speaking any other word, charged at him with killing intent, her sword glowing as Alros did the same, his w gauntlet colliding with her sword, resulting in his arm feeling like it had been ripped to shred as he was sent flying by the force of the impact.


    Soon, the Archdemon found himself in a crater created by his ... nding'' , having trouble to move as his body stopped itself as the injuries and soreness umted from the battle took its toll.


    The Hero began to walk towards him, with small amount of injury of her own, yet not as bad as his though he was able to hurt her more than he thought.


    ''End of the line, demon.'' the Hero said as her sword pointed at his throat.