Dungeon of Pride, Laplace

'What is happening? Why do I feel pressured whenever I look at those flames… what are those flames?' Laris thought. As soon as Simon conjured the compressed flames, a pressure like never before enveloped the surrounding making the atmosphere heavier than before.

The wind that was blowing before suddenly stopped and an eerily silence settled everywhere. "What did you do demon?" Laris who could no longer endure this presence asked in a hurried tone. One could even feel a trace of wariness from his voice which he failed to conceal.

However, the reply that he got immediately made his face distort in anger.

"These are the flames that will defeat you" Simon said with an excited smile as he played with the flames that was shinning a faint golden on his hand.

He clearly felt it, the moment he conjured these compressed flames, the sense of pressure that was coming off from Laris disappeared like it was never there and instead the might of his flames spread all over the surrounding.

The attitude of the demon was saying that he not taking him seriously, this made Laris become even more enraged. The demon was nothing more than a mere stepping stone for him and his guild, how dare he be arrogant in front of him? Just because he managed to create some unusual flame, the demon was now not even putting him in the eye anymore.

The very thought made him pissed and like a burst dam, his might engulfed all the area.

'The demon seems to have forgotten who he is up against… I might as well remind him that he doesn't have the ability to be arrogant in front of me'. Laris thought internally as he activated all of his skills to fend off the intimidating aura released by those unusual flames.

From his perspective even if the demon was able to conjure flames that he had never seen before, there was no way in terms of experience and skills, he would lose out to the demon. He had the [Dueal Wielder] class and even the [C] tier twin blades with him. There was no way he was going to lose.

"Sword Mastery, Cutting Enhancement, Piercing Enhancement, Super Agility, Super Strength" after activating all those skills at once, his body started making cracking noises, an aftereffect from the body not being able to handle the skills.

Even with his level and class, using all those skills at once placed a huge burden and an intense amount of pain coursed through his body. That was not all, if he kept recklessly using all his skills like that, it might even affect his bodily function.

Enduring all of the pain, Laris made a fearless smile as he looked towards the demon and pointed his twin blades "Be honoured demon you are going to be slain by me Laris Hector someone who is going to rise to the top of this world".

Right after saying that, the man burst into laughter, he could feel the energy pouring down every corner of his body and the intoxication of this made him feel invincible. Even if this method shaved a portion of his life, it was all worth it as long as he could defeat the demon.

Giving Simon a scornful look, Laris dashed like lightning as he poured all of his strength into the Twin Blades and swung it down so fast that the speed of his slash had reached an unimaginable speed.

SHIIIINNGG...

The blades were swung so fast that it could no longer be seen with naked eyes and the amount of time it took for the lightning slash to reach Simon was equally swift.

In just a blink of an eye, the blade was already upon him. Arced in devastating lightning, the blade glowed so bright that it could even be mistaken for a crystal. However, the might packed behind the slash was so threatening that it immediately made his instincts go bonkers.

Simon hurriedly pulled back and did not allow the attack to connect which could have otherwise dealt a devastating amount of damage. He could sense the changes that have occurred inside laris' body after he activated all of his skills and the spike in his energy levels.

Simon too had once activated many skills at once previously to kill those Killer Worker Bees and knew how ridiculous the power spike was. But he also knew the consequence of using too many skills at once and the burden it put on your body. There was no way

His previous experience had made him aware that his body was not ready to handle the strain of using all of the skills at once. Not to mention Laris who was just a human, how can his body be compared to a Demon Viscount? The man had not disregarded the consequences but was also drunk on his temporary powers.

Simon couldn't be any more delighted as this was precisely the opportunity that he was searching for. If he could survive the onslaught of attacks that were coming towards him, it would become easier for him to achieve victory after the duration of the skills end.

Nevertheless, even if there was an opportunity, it was a perilous one. Enduring all those attacks which have been enhanced to a whole new realm, was easier said than done.

Each of the attacks dished out by Laris could do a significant amount of damage to him and were powerful enough to overwhelm his defence stats.

Simon recognising the threat the man represented, pored all of his attention on him and felt his blood boiling from excitement. If it was Simon from the earth, he would have never felt something like that.

However, after he got reincarnated into the body of a demon, Simon could feel his mentality changing bit by bit and the characteristics of a demon were starting to get apparent. Feeling excitement during a life and death battle was one such feature. Eager and exhilarated to commence the battle that would lead to greater heights.

RUMBLE… with a thunderous sound, Laris came spinning his twin Blades and clashed against his claws that came protruding out from his fingers. Instead of claws, they were more like hardened nails that were strong enough to cut apart a boulder.

CLANG… intense sparks generated as the two weapons collided and each of their attacks was lethal and aimed at each other's vitals. The power and might contained in each of their swings was so powerful that it created sonic booms whenever they clashed.

The fight was occurring so fast that both the combatants moved at a breakneck speed. However, if one looked carefully they could see that one of them was fully offensive while the other was forced into defence.

BANG… a sound so loud that it could be heard from miles away rang out and Simon was smashed into the ground. Though the claws of his was powerful to cut apart a boulder and was stronger than an ordinary metal, it had still not reached the point where it could compete with a [C] tier weapon.

Whoosh...

Hurriedly flipping his body to the side, Simon barely dodged the attack that came down like a pillar of lightning connecting the heaven and earth.

BOOM… the land quacked and the ground was cracked open for hundreds of meters and everything was scorched black.

Lightning ran rampant wherever one could see and amidst all of this one could hear the wild laughter of Laris. Though the pain coursing through his body threatened to blow his body up, but his skyrocketing powers was enough stimulus for him to forget all of his pains.

With a look of disdain, he looked at Simon whose claws were broken, appeared to be covered in wounds and seemed haggard and exhausted.

A feeling of superiority rose within him and a belittling smile spread over his face. "Struggle as hard as you can demon otherwise it won't be fun anymore. After all,  watching an ant struggle before squashing it underneath the foot is all the more amusing hahaha".

As if resonating with the emotion of Laris, even the lightning in the sky rumbled along with his laughter.

At this moment, Simon was breathing quite heavily and the wounds all over his body worsened. Even though blood was dripping from them and he looked drained and exhausted, the bright glow in his eyes was telling something else.

His eyes were as clear as ever and didn't show any signs of being clouded even in the face of such great adversity.. Currently, he was just like a sponge absorbing all the experience he could get from this battlefield and he could feel himself getting better every passing second.