Demoness 2 - Chapter 88 - Sometimes you need help (Patreon)

Elania hovered in the air, her wings beating steadily as she watched the titanic battle unfold before her.

Eziel clashed against his maddened brother Tabbris in a dizzying display of divine power. The city of Neftasu trembled, thousands of once-proud stone buildings reduced to rubble by the shockwaves of their passage.

Eziel flew like a missile, sliding against the irate Seraph’s skin. Golden light evaporated from the wounds, but they were far from deep.

Papercuts. That’s what the injuries reminded her of. When Eziel attempted to jab deeper, Tabbris grabbed him and tossed him into a wall. That left a bloody welt on the Seraph’s hand, but that was far, far from stopping it.

Elania felt a chill fill her chest. The city would collapse before that.

A spray of rocks hurtled towards Elania, dislodged by Tabbris’ wings. She dodged nimbly, her enhanced reflexes allowing her to weave through the debris with ease.

A glimmer of light fell from above—a light stone, jarred loose from its moorings and plummeting towards the battered remains of the city below.

Elania reached out with a hand, seizing the stone with her will. It hung suspended in midair, its soft glow pulsing gently as she held it aloft.

With a flick of her wrist, she sent it hurtling towards Tabbris.

The light stone exploded in a brilliant flash as Tabbris batted it away with a massive fist, momentarily blinding the divine being. Eziel pressed his advantage.

[Stay out of this fight, Godling. It is my duty to put my brother down. This is not your burden to bear.]

Elania gritted her teeth in frustration, watching as Eziel struggled against Tabbris despite his words. The golden sword was outmatched.

That feeling only built as Tabbris unleashed another devastating laser blast, the track of which seared through the city in an attempt to track the flashing sword. She grit her teeth as it impacted her protection of the Magistry district, the sudden drain feeling like a sucker punch to her stomach.

Eziel seemed frustrated as well, because the former Arch Seraph launched a renewed assault.

Golden circles appeared behind the sword’s path. Energy swords and spears pushed through the portals to fling themselves at Tabbris. Each one made a small explosion, bathing the seraph in a flickering fire of [Divine] energy.

Rather than put the seraph down, it only made it angry. Tabbris moved away from the Conclave fortress, moving into the actual city. The movement churned the stone of the city cavern, dislodging more rocks and chunks that hurtled towards her.

Elania twisted and turned, narrowly avoiding the projectiles as she gained in altitude. The city below was not so lucky.

“Eziel!” Elania shouted. “We need to take him down together! You can’t do this alone!”

[This is my fight.]

“And you’re losing!” Elania retorted, dodging another spray of rocks. “Let me help you! Together, we can end this!”

Eziel ignored her, flashing around Tabbris in a dizzying display of speed and power. The shimmering circles of light emitted a barrage at an even faster rate.

Red circles finally appeared, countering Eziel’s assault with a spray of their own projectiles. The two divine beings clashed in a cacophony, their attacks ricocheting off each other and slamming into the city below at random.

The cavern shook violently, and shockwaves in the air were so intense that Elania struggled to maintain her balance. Lava poured down over the noble district, the molten rock consuming everything in its path.

Tabbris snatched Eziel out of the air and then punched into the Noble district. Elania’s heart hitched as the burning limb came out of the fire, but Eziel was nowhere in sight.

Seconds ticked, and Tabbris let out another burst of its laser, randomly scouring the city.

Elania realized it was now her fight. “Fucking sword!”

No time to hold back. She amped herself, pushing a surge through her body. Her golden aura flared like a newborn sun, and her wings grew out of her back to an immense length. The feathers shimmered with their own light, each one as sharp as a razor’s edge.

Her wings beat once and she shot forward like a rocket.

Tabbris roared in defiance, his own wings unfurling to their full span.

Elania twisted as she avoided a grab. Her wings spread out wide, though. Her feathers cut into Tabbris’ flesh and the seraph let out an angry cry. She darted upward, summoning a cluster of shimmering light spears.

They slammed into Tabbris’ face; the explosions blasting away the seraph’s hood and reveal a grisly visage.

She paused as she stared at his face. Skin and bone were warped and rotted, as if the seraph had been rotting for a long, long time.

Red energy appeared in its eyes, and she darted in a circle to avoid the laser strike. The beam’s energy dumped itself into the city cavern’s periphery.

Undeterred, Elania continued her assault, dodging and weaving as Tabbris swatted at her with increasing frustration. She could feel the force behind each blow, the sheer power of the seraph’s strikes sending shockwaves through the air.

The seraph’s resilience was astonishing, his body absorbing the attacks. As far as she could tell, it wasn’t healing… but nothing was damaging enough to disable. She needed to bring out a heavier weapon.

Elania reached out to her bracers, and the mana shards contained inside of them and refilled them all from herself. She hated being a one-trick pony, but she didn’t think the seraph would be able to ignore her own laser.

He was big enough that it would be hard for him to dodge like she was.

Before she could charge the attack, a thunderous crack split the air. Eziel burst forth from the noble district in a shower of flaming stone and rubble. The golden blade hurtled towards Tabbris’ heart, blade flashing in the dim light.

The sword was swatted away once again.

As Eziel tumbled away, Elania reached out her hand and darted forward.

“Stop being an ass!” Elania shouted.

Eziel stopped his spinning just as her palm reached his hilt. The divine weapon hummed with power as she gripped it tightly. She could feel more than hear the deep sigh of resignation roll through her.

[Together.]

That was more like it.

Power blazed through her, and as Tabbris’ fist flew at her, she battered it away with a flick of her extended wing.

Elania turned to the seraph and pointed Eziel’s tip toward it.

“Time to end this.”