Extra Pages: The Author's Odyssey

Bang—!

A figure crashed against the ground, creating a small crater. The figure then sat up, and the dust in the air cleared, revealing Noa'ss features.

"Cough…s..strong."

Noa felt his whole body ache as a palpitating pressure completely enveloped his body, making his movements extremely rigid. He stared at the demon levitating opposite him.

"You already know that you will die, your small army will soon killed as well and after that, we will conquer Silva City."

Ruth said from the air, the look he was giving to Noa was like he could end this any moment he wanted.

Noa felt his whole body ache as a palpitating pressure completely enveloped his body, making his movements extremely rigid. He stared at the demon levitating opposite him.

'So this is how strong a [S-] ranked demon is…'

Noa slowly stood up, there were many cuts on his body, if there was anyone besides him to fight an [S-] they would die just from the sheer pressure Ruth was leaking from his body.

"Just shut the fuck up," Noa said after he was finally able to get control of his breathing.

"I already told you, talk with me respect!"

His powerful voice shook the surroundings, and the pressure bearing down on Noa increased.

"Ukh…"

His knees buckled as a groan escaped from his mouth.

"Just wait until Yato came, you bastard. You don't even know how you die." Noa said, despite feeling this much pressure there was a smirk on his face.

"Shut up!"

With a flap of his wings, the demons vanished from the spot and arrived before Noa.

His speed was so fast that Noa was barely able to move his sword in a way that protected his heart, the spot at which the demon was aiming.

Clang—!

A metallic ring echoed in the air, and Noa's body was once again sent to the ground before he crashed.

Bang—!

The impact knocked the wind out of Noa.

"I'm only at [A+] rank, this bastard toying with me," Noa muttered as he stood up again to fight.

Noa seemed to have taken no notice of the condition of his body. All he could think about at the moment was the stall time.

"Eh?"

But just as he stood up, he suddenly noticed that one of his legs was twisted at a weird angle. His leg was broken.

"Oh…oh…"

Within moments of realizing what had happened to his leg, Ruth appeared next to him.

From that moment, time seemed to have slowed down for Noa as he caught sight of the Ruth'srp nail head straight for his eyes.

'Oh shit.'

Noa knows that he can't dodge Ruth's sharps Nail, so he decides to use one of his skills.

'Lightning Escape.'

lightning began to crackle all over his body and he tried to escape from the attack.

'Eh?'

Just as he moved, he suddenly noticed the demon's hand following him, and the sense of doom increased significantly.

However, it was then that something happened. It all happened within seconds.

By the time the Ruth claws were near Noa's face, Noa caught sight of what seemed to be a bright light and the demon's figure was instantly thrown back, before skidding a couple of meters back.

What followed after the crash was a familiar voice.

"Looks like you are not dead, Noa?"

Turning his head, Noa caught sight of a familiar figure. A thin smile spread across his face.

Sitting back down on the ground, Noa relaxed as he replied to the figure.

"Just nearly got myself killed, Yato"

Yato has joined the battlefield.

***

Sigh

Jumping to the next to Noa, Yato let out a sigh.

"I don't think you were this weak," Yato said to Noa.

A tick mark appears on the Noa's forehead.

"Oh yeah? Well, I'm sorry that I'm not strong like you. " Noa retorted.

Yato looked at Noa, and soon a charming smile came to his face that would make any woman fall in love with him.

"That's also true," Yato replied as he brushed his silver-white hair. He has deep blue eyes that look full of the ocean, he wears a full black-purple shirt and pants.

Yato looked at Noa and said

"You should go back to the Battlefield. Let me handle this one, you have more important things to do like saving the lives of your men and women I guess?"

Noa nodded and started to walk back to the main battlefield.

Before taking a few steps he turned back to Yato

"Be careful, this one might be strong."

Noa said as he remembered his early clashes with Ruth. Yato looked back at Noa with widened eyes before he burst into laughing.

"Hahahahahahah, that was a nice joke, Noa," Yato said between his laughs. After Yato laughed his heart content he looked back to Noa with the same blue eyes but this time his eyes glowing in blue.

"Noa, you know that I'm way stronger than anyone else here."

Noa shook his head at the usual antics of Yato.

"yeah, I know that it was my mistake."

"As long as you know that. Now shoo, shoo."

"Tsk."

Noa just clicks his tongue and flies away from there.

"Not bad…not bad…"

A voice said, bringing attention to Yato.

The demon spat through his clenched teeth as he alternated his gaze with the Yato.

"So your name is Yato? I see."

"Ohh, I'm famous in Demon Relem too I guess. "

"No, never heard your name before. " Ruth reported to Yato, bringing all of his joys downhill."

"It's just that human was saying you could kill me whiteout me knowing."

A wide smirk came to Yato's face as he readied himself in battle formation.

"Well he is not wrong, I could kill you with ease."

"What? Do you even know who are you talking with?" Ruth said full of anger in his voice.

"Oh I know who I am talking to, just a demon who is going to die," Yato said as he disappeared in front of Ruth.

'where did he go? I can't sense him.' Ruth looked everywhere but he did not find any traces of Yato Mana.

-Tap, Tap.

Someone tapped Ruth's shoulder, he turned his back and saw Yato standing behind him.

"Are you looking for me?"

"What? H-"

"Now, Bang!" Yato said with a playful smile.

Bang—!

A powerful blast reverberated through the air as Ruth crashed into the ground.

"Cough…cough…"

"Cough... hee.."

Ruth coughs mouth full of black blood from his mouth.

"Oh, you survived that?"

Shivers ran down Ruth the body as he felt the gaze of the Yato.

But Ruth was somehow able to calm himself somehow. He looks back to Yato with blood-red eyes.

"Do you think that will be all to take me down ?"

His sinister and aged voice echoed throughout the place as his red pupils glared at him.

A menacing and powerful pressure suddenly sprang out from his body, forcing, the wings on his back to expand casting a large shadow over the area.

Clenching his teeth, Ruth didn't say anything and just flapped his wings once. His figure disappeared from the spot before reappearing right in front of Yato.

His speed was so fast but Yato was faster. Yato disappeared again just as the fist of the demon going to hit him.

"Man, that was fast. I thought I was dead for a moment there." Yato said in a mocking tone.

"Let's end this, shall we."

Ruth felt scared at those words of Yato, he had never felt like this even in the 'dead land' where the fight was like child's play to him as he won against other demons.

Ruth's six senses also went on high alert.

it was telling him that something was wrong with the situation.

His instinct was right as he felt a sharp whistling sound coming from his right cheek. It was there that Ruth noticed the Yato appearing right beside him.

It had only taken a short second for him to appear next to Ruth.

With a pleasant smile on Yato's face, he said

"it was fun for a while but you have to die."

"Mana Domain," Yato muttered and soon surrounding area of Yato and Ruth Froze.

Everything becomes black and white for Ruth, he tries to open his mouth but that is also impossible under [Mana Domain]

Like a black hole, Yato sucked out all the Mana of surrounding areas. All the mana got into Yato's body, Yato raised his middle finger at the demon as he gathered all the mana into his middle finger.

Yato focused on his eyes and soon found out core of the demon near his brain.

"Bang"

At point-blank range, Yato launched all of the mana he gathered from his middle finger to the demon's core.

He didn't even give Demon to talk for the last moment.

-Crack

Ruth's core is destroyed and his body turns into ashes but that was also not destroyed.

-Boom

-Boom

-Boom

Like Lessor's beam, Yato mana destroyed anything who stood in his path.

Ground tore apart and soon everything within 100 meters was destroyed.

"I overdid again."