Point-of-View: Nereszu Ryokrin

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Hm, alright, that should be enough. Surely I must have hit him at least a few times by now, right? I just hope I didn't overdo it and kill him.

I steadily descended through the air, coming to a stop above the large dust cloud before flapping my wings powerfully, steadily blowing the cloud away, bit by bit, keeping a watchful eye below.

I cannot afford to let my guard down and underestimate him...even without the use of Magic, he still poses a threat. So long as he is conscious, I should avoid getting too close.

As I dispersed the dust cloud with my wings, I slowly scanned the area, before letting out a sigh of relief as I spotted the human, sprawled across the ground.

He was covered in dirt and ash, blood streaming down the left side of his forehead, and-...wait, did I kill him? Oh, no...

"Come on, please be alive, please be alive...," I muttered with a sense of dread, before letting out a sigh of relief as I took a closer look, and saw his chest moving slightly.

Okay, good, he survived, he's still breathing.

Should I deactivate Nullification Zone? If he sustained any serious, potentially fatal injuries, his Regeneration should fix him up...but there is also a possibility that he might regain consciousness.

Alright, then, I should check how severe his injuries are.

If they are not too serious, I won't deactivate Nullification Zone...but I cannot afford to allow him to die, or the Demon Lord will probably kill me, so if he is badly injured, I shall have no choice but to let him regenerate.

I cautiously descended, landing on the ground before slowly approaching him. I came to a stop before him, before glancing at his vital spots.

His injuries do not appear to be too deep...he must have taken a blow to the left side of his head and lost consciousness, but it's nothing fatal.

Hm, but maybe I should turn him around and check his back too, there might be-...

I stiffened in alarm as he suddenly opened his eyes, a sense of panic starting to well up inside me as I began to back away in a hurry, starting to spread out my wings to take off into the air as he sprang onto his feet and lunged forward.

It's alright, he cannot use his Magic, so I-...

"<Obliterate>."

The instant he raised his hand in my direction, I instinctively twisted my body across, right in the nick of time, as a bright, blinding flash of purple erupted, before I gasped in pain as I felt a sharp, piercing pain through the right side of my torso, just barely missing my Core.

Wh-What just-...?! H-How, he isn't supposed to be able to use Magic, so-...?!

My train of thought was interrupted as he lunged towards, before I launched myself up into the air, lifting my gaze up and teleporting myself several meters up-...I froze as I felt a hand clamp around my left ankle right as activated my teleportation, slowly lowering my head and tensing as I met his gaze.

He tightened his grip around my ankle before rapidly pulling himself up towards me, tilting his head across as I drove my claws towards his head, tearing through his right cheek and frantically turning my body across as he drove his blade towards the middle of my torso.

As his blade pierced through my skin and plunged into my flesh, I let out an agonized yell as an immense, excruciating wave pain erupted across my entire body, the edge of his blade grazing my Core.

My vision blurred sharply as my ears began ringing, before I frantically fired a sharp burst of Negative Energy towards him, hitting his chest and launching him back down towards the ground, before I retched and coughed out blood with a pained wheeze, clutching the middle of my body in agony.

S-Somehow, I managed to avoid a fatal blow, my Core should heal in a few days, b-but...that was way too close, he very nearly killed me.

I-I feel weak, much weaker, as though my strength is draining away.

I swayed through the air shakily as I briefly lost focus, starting to plummet before quickly spreading out my wings as I regained my bearings, shaking my head before freezing as a sharp burst rang out from below, lowering my gaze to see a puff of dust rising up on the ground, before my blood ran cold...as I sensed his presence behind me.

His blade burst through the left side of my torso as I twisted my body across right in the nick of time, before I plummeted with a sharp yell as he grabbed the base of my left wing and crushed the bone with a violent twist as he sharply tightened his grip.

M-My Regeneration has slowed, I-I won't heal in time...!

I braced myself as I closed in on the ground, crashing onto the dirt headfirst with a dazing impact, letting out a sharp gasp, before he suddenly kicked my side and knocked me onto my back, planting his foot on the middle of my stomach and digging his heel in.

"So long as I'm in contact with you, I'll get teleported right along with you, right? Time to die," He uttered, as he raised his blade.

"I-I will not be defeated so easily, [Demonic Art: Teleport]!" I roared, his eyes widening in alarm as thousands of Monsters-...Greater Demons and species of the same level...-appeared all around him, as I summoned them here with teleportation.

By injecting a small amount of my Mana into targets, I can effectively summon them with my Demonic Art: Teleport, but I did not think I would need to resort to this against a human whose Magic I'd nullified!

As his eyes widened as he looked around, I struck his ankle to get his foot off me, before scrambling back onto my feet and backing away, retreating into the crowd of Monsters I'd summoned and taking a breath to compose myself, as he surveyed his surroundings with a grimace, tightening his grip on his blade.

"Rush him all at once and incapacitate him! Do not kill him!" I commanded the Monsters, keeping my distance as they all rushed in towards him simultaneously...

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