The beast stepped from out of the corner's shadow.
It had a shade of purple and stood on two legs.. Walking closer and closer toward our person.
Stone cracking and rumbling as it dangles it's long arms across the floor..
Our person clenched his sword with both arms.
"Another monster.. This should be Fine? I guess. So long as I find its core."
Chuckling and giggling could be heard coming from the beast:
Demon: You mistake me for a lowly monster? No.. For I am a demon. The guardian of my grand lord here.
"What are you.. Talking about?"
"Whatever. One slice should be enough.
He sprinted toward the demon, prepared to make one swift slash.
Whispers and chanting fled the demon's mouth
Demon: You barely stood your ground against mere slimes and skeletons... This will be most exciting.
A wide smile and dilated pupils occupied the demons face.
And as our person's blade nearly hit the demon.. He blinked, another demon had appeared, there were now two of them.
"What?!"
His legs slipped in confusion and fell toward the hard ground. The demon, cackling like a maniac.
Demon: Classic, classic humans! cant even.. Attack normally.
Our person took his eyes off the demon once more.
"S-shit.. How many of them are there..!"
As more of the demons appeared, it chuckled:
Demon: Moron! It's not about how many of me there are.. It's about which one exactly the real one is.
"Clones.? And a particular one is real among all of them, though there are undoubtedly a ton of clones at this point. There are too many to count.."
"Fuck."
Understanding what the demon's ability was, he quickly got back on his feet, and tried hitting one of the clones.
Our person's blade pierced what could be a clone.. or the real one.
"Got one!"
Demon: Aw! Wrong one.
"Ngh!"
The clone materialized into stone, and fell apart.
"Damn it! I got the-"
"...!"
He fell onto his knees, and clutched his chest. A sense of fatigue dwelled upon him.
"What is this.. Feeling?"
Demon: First time?!
The demon cackled once more.
A Possible clone, clawed at our person face, leaving.. a faint claw mark.
"Was.. was that all? Hah! Looks like your replicas aren't so strong after all."
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Demon: Why would I go all out against you?! Pft... I'd rather play with my food.
Quickly regaining his balance, our person tries to strike at another duplicate... And it crumbles to nothing but stone dust..
"Agh! Shit..."
He fell down to his feet, yet again.. Clutching his chest even harder than before...
Demon: Fool! Don't you get it yet?! You're incapable of even touching me! but.. I'm done.
"I.. Can't get up anymore.. Why?..!"
Vomit spilled from our persons mouth..
"Blurgh!"
"Shit!"
The wind blew from behind him.. And the demon, No... Just another clone appeared past him.
"H-huh?"
Our person turned his head around slowly..
Demon: Scream for me.. Will you?
The demon began clawing at him.
"This again.... Fuck.."
What began as faint scratching soon became his skin tearing.
"Stop.."
Walking toward our person were the remaining duplicates, which had also began slashing and scraping at him.
"FUCK! AAAAAAGHHHH!"
Leaking from his torn skin was fresh warm blood..
Demon: YES! SCREAM! SUFFER! BLEED! HAHAHAHAHA!
"SOMEONE! ANYONE HELP! FUUUUUUUUCK!"
No one could hear him.. It was just them down there.
His body.. was mangled to the point of not being able to move..
He could only look around to the sight of dozens of demons destroying him.
*So this is it huh?*
*I Should have listened to Thea... Staying at that inn.*
Something stepped through the room's entrance.
*W-what? Thea?*
The demon's eyes noticing this figure walking right in.
This figure had white hair, was wearing a blue coat, with white fur on his collar..
They were accompanied by someone, appearing to be shorter than this white haired person.
???: I-I can feel it's presence down here..
The white haired figure shivered.
Demon: What.. No.. What are you doing here?! It's too soon!
*Geez.. I really thought I was gonna die down here..*
