Many of them once held over 100,000 high grade worlds each, and their followers used to be tens of times larger in numbers and strength.
He thought they were certainly weak enough to battle now... Even testing their strength from time to time as the millennia passed. Yet, it must have all been a ruse.
The power they're showing now is overwhelming, making the Citadel Lord shiver with fear when looking at the human who throws two new translucent fireballs his way. He wonders if this mystery man is a being from the past that he doesn't recognize either.
Their confidence in arriving today was not just for show...
Twisting between the fireballs, two red crescents of wind and Ether travel toward him as well.
The Demon grits its teeth and grasps its staff, charging it to full power and waving it across its body to clash with the four attacks.
An explosion of energy sends the Demon skidding backward, but its strange crystal staff disperses the attacks.
At the same moment, however, the paralyzed body of its soul-bonded dragon hits the floor behind it with a resounding thud, sending shockwaves through the entire dueling room.
The bright red Berserker comes up behind him again, but this time Andras fears its attack, rotating his body gracefully to block both of its incoming blades with the hot crystal in his spear.
Another shockwave erupts from the clash, as demonic energy heals the cracks in the Demon's armor, and an equal force sends the two fighters back.
Ember sends another two soul-energy and Ether-imbued fireballs the Demon's way, but it has stopped being arrogant and now takes every attack sent at it seriously. The momentum from the exchange with Zashen is used to twist its body again and block the two incoming fireballs, exploding them with a beam of black light.
Ember dodges the excess radiation from the explosion and flies to find a new angle while Zashen circles in on the other side, charging up his blades again.
The High Orc and Blue Ogre come flying down from above.
Torvak charges up his lightning attacks again, and Asic takes the rear, preparing a new attack within his axe, but is quite worn out already from using his ultimate move to melt the dragon's mind and body from the inside.
The two would go in for the kill, but that is not part of Ember's plan, so they do as he instructed and leave the dragon alive.
The four Warlords surround the Noble Demon, and the entire Citadel watches as a being they feared as a god for thousands of years is somehow overwhelmed...
Andras knows this fact. Even if he wins now, the recordings and memories of this disgrace will live on.
"You've made me do this," the Demon whispers while lifting its spear into the air.
Black mist from its aura trails around the spear's tip, making what looks like a black halo above its head.
Then, it holds its spear tight in both hands' grasp and slams the butt of its Soul Weapon against the floor of the dueling room.
The black mist surrounding the Demon expands quickly, and a strange Noble Vibration emerges from the Demon's glowing light purple eyes.
It is allowing its true noble form to leak out from its Avatar's constraints.
A technique forbidden even among Noble Demons, but one that must be done to save this Demon's life and continue controlling the Citadel.
The crystal on its spear glows dark black and purple, and the black mist surrounding its body pulses outward so fast that none of the Warlords can track it with their eyes.
In an instant, the entire 500-kilometer-wide dueling room becomes dark.
The strange vibrations carry strong natural intimidation waves that grow stronger and stronger.
All of the holographic live recordings turn completely black as well, not even sensing Ether signatures anymore.
From within the darkness of this Noble Demon's Domain, only a pair of purple demonic eyes can see.
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