"Unnnggh…! M-My feathers…!" Muttered Gryphinton, as he saw a huge wound on his stomach, the cannon had hit him and then exploded with the same might as a dragon's flames. How come a mere dwarf could conjure such fire so easily?
This was because these cannonballs were made up of a new material Blake had invented, using his Creation Skill and his own Infernal Flames Authority, he utilized these flames and his own Mana to crystalize them into an highly explosive and deadly material.
Infernal Flames Crystals, which once detonated, would bring almost the same amount of power and damage as his skull, and if enchanted with other explosives, made these cannonballs truly another level of tool of destruction.
"Now, gang on it!" Alberta roared, as she summoned a huge golem fist and hit Gryphinton with all her might, while firing even more cannonballs on top!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOOOMMM!
The huge Gryphon demon stepped back in agony as he couldn't even evade the hits, he was too weakened and severely debuffed thanks to Hendrick's poison!
"Well done, Alberta!" Eric said, gathering the power of his Spirits into his weapons, and firing a huge wooden arrow towards Gryphinton. "{Yggdrasil's Spirit Arrow}!"
The arrow pierced Gryphinton's chest, as it spread out countless roots and branches across his body, draining away his energy and life. The Demon Lord desperately cut them down with his claws and his wind magic, but it seemed futile, as they kept expanding the more energy they drained from him.
"You're done for." Erdrich roared, gathering the power of his Demonic Energy, Ki, and Mana together. "{Heavenly Demon Battle Arts}: {Mountain-Crushing Demonic Fist}!!!"
His fist suddenly grew several times bigger through the power of his Demonic and Ki Aura, falling over the Demon Lord with mighty fury!
"I-IMPOSSIBLE…! I CAN'T… ACCEPT… THIS!"
Gryphinton was being crushed to death by humans, something he simply couldn't accept, even when one of them was a Half-Demon. A small red jewel on his necklace glowed brightly, as he quickly bite it and swallowed it seconds before being crushed to death by Erdrich's fist!
A bright red light surged from his body, as a powerful shockwave impacted Erdrich, Eric, and Alberta, throwing them far away with tremendous power!
"W-What is it now?!" Alberta panicked.
"T-That bastard…" Eric muttered. "Blake told me about this…! He's using an Archdemon Core Shard!"
"So he's getting a second wind, huh?" Erdrich smiled defiantly.
"Hoh, so he had such a trick below his sleeve." Hendrick walked in front of the trio, protecting them from the shockwave using a powerful barrier made out of his poison, shadows, blood, and his swarm.
"Hahahah… HAHAHAHAHA!" Gryphinton's voice echoed across the battlefield, as his new, larger figure surged from within the red light.
Now, resembling an even larger version of himself, much more muscular, and walking on four limbs while his wings were fully repaired, spreading around majestically and intimidatingly.
His feathers became pure red, while his eyes glowed with purple light, and his beak became completely black, now shaped like a deadly spear…
"You humans need to know YOUR PLACE!" He roared with fury. "I am a Demon Nobility! A Future Demon Duke! Compared to the lowly filth you are… I AM PRETTY MUCH A GOD!"
"A Demon calling himself a God?" Laughed Hendrick. "Your madness seems to know no bounds, my dear bird friend! {Abyssal Poison Weaponization}!"
Hendrick didn't let him get ahead of himself, as he quickly fired hundreds of spear-shaped crystalized poison made up of the same toxin that weakened Gryphinton before!
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH!
However, Gryphinton only laughed, using his huge pair of wings to defend himself from most damage, his feathers having grown tremendously tough like scales, and easily making Hendrick's attacks bounce off! The fragments only ended falling over the feathers at most!
"Hahahaha! HAHAHA! HENDRICK! Aside from your Poison, you're a WEAKLING!" Gryphinton laughed as his huge legs kicked Hendrick several times!
CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CLASH! CRAAASH!
The Plague Doctor was thrown away terrible, landing on the floor and leaving a huge crater behind his body, his spiritual essence leaking out of his wounds, if he took too much damage, he would disappear for a while.
"Hendrick!" Alberta cried, running to his side.
"Don't worry about me, little Alberta." Hendrick smiled. "It's all going according to my plans. Distract him for now. Leave everything to me." The Plague Doctor smiled.
"Your plans?" Alberta was shocked. "But you got beaten down to a pulp!"
"I am not simply a weakling, as he said." Hendrick's eyes glowed with mighty conviction beneath his mask. "I have my own ways of fighting…"
"Hendrick… Okay!" Alberta was surprised, but quickly chose to believe in him. "{Golem Summon}! {Blazing Golem Fists}! {Volcanic Blacksmith Hammer}!"
Two gigantic golem fists started to combust with deadly infernal flames, unleashing several explosive fist attacks pummeling Gryphinton as much as possible, while Alberta's huge hammer changed into an enormous size, trying to constantly crush him!
CRASH! CRASH! CRASH! CRAAASH!
"Heh, pathetic dwarf… You're just the same filth as humans!"
However, this time, although he still took a lot of damage Gryphinton wasn't being pushed away, with a sharp smile, he quickly moved his wings and muscular arms, punching away the huge golem arms and then with a gust of winds, throwing away Alberta's hammer spirit.
In a split of a second, he reached her, his sharp beak slowly piercing her armor and about to pierce her chest! Her armor gained countless of cracks, as his demonic winds engulfed Alberta!
"ALBERTAAAA!!! {SPIRIT FUSION}!!!"
The scream of Eric resonated from behind, as a huge arm made of wood hit Gryphinton, seconds before he were to kill Alberta, and pushing him away!
"UNGH?!" Gryphinton glanced with anger at the one that did it, Eric.
However, he had suddenly changed! His entire body was covered on a beautiful Spirit Wood Armor, overflowing with spiritual energy, as his right arm had fused with his bow, while his other arm grew into an enormous size.
A helmet with antlers made of spirit wood decorated his head, as he looked extremely dashing and powerful…