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Chapter 19 - Chapter 18: Alastor vs Julius Part 2

POV Vox 

Valentino, Velvette, and I were all sitting around a table. Watching the fight between that bitch ass radio demon Alastor and the Untouchable Overlord Julius. 

I first caught wind of Julius when I got reports of a weird carriage traveling through Pentagram City, heading in the direction towards the Princess's hotel. 

Mildly curious as to who it could have been, I invited Valentino and Velvette with me to watch. What we found was intriguing! 

That fucking bitch, Alastor, was at the Princesses hotel! Even more interesting was the mildly (very) handsome sinner who seemed to be a minor Overlord completely ignored Alastor. I couldn't help but laugh my ass off at that sight! 

Currently, those two were fighting it out in the middle of downtown Pentagram City. 

"What do you both think?" I asked as I turned towards Velvette and Valentino. 

"I say no! That pussy is dating that old hag Carmilla." Velvette said flatly. 

"I wouldn't mind. He has the looks! I wonder if I could convince him to film a couple shoots for me." Valentino said as he bit his lips slightly. 

"Both of you need to think about the bigger picture!" I said as I stood up and walked in front of the Screen showing the fight. Alastor and Julius have been fighting for an hour straight now, pretty much destroying the entirety of the downtown area and slowly entering the doomsday district. 

"Just imagine it! If we convince Julius to join our team, we can go from having just the most influence in Pentagram City to being the absolute rulers! Even if he loses to Alastor now, it's clear that he isn't that far off before he can beat him. We can market him as an Overlord on our side who pushed the Raidon Demon to his absolute limits! And if he wins, we can market all of us as being untouchable alongside him! Hahahaha!!!" 

"Whatever you say Vee." Velvette dismissably said. 

"Same here." Valentino wasn't even paying attention to what I was saying, just giving me those slutty "Fuck Me" eyes. Ugh, so fucking annoying! 

I turned to watch the fight continue. No matter what happens, I must make sure I get Julius on my side! 

 

POV 3rd Person 

Julius had just entered the doomsday district after sending Alastor flying with a Reversal Red. He landed on the ground and started his slow walk towards Alastor, who was currently on the ground coughing up blood. 

Alastor's suit jacket was completely gone, leaving just his ripped up and bloodied dress shirt that lay underneath. Bruises could be seen all over Alastor's face and torso. 

For the past hour, Julius had Alastor on the run. Slowly racking up the damage he could land. But it didn't come without consequences. 

While Julius was never hit, his demonic energy reserves were close to running out. Funnily enough, the dozens of Purples and hundreds of Blues and Reds weren't the cause for his reserves running low. It was Infinity tanking the tendrils that came close to hitting him. 

Julius learned a very valuable lesson during his fight with Alastor. Any attacks imbued with magic increased the energy needed for Infinity to block. And since most the attacks Alastor shot at Julius were tendrils created through magic, every hit that forced his Infinity to activate lowered his energy reserves. 

Still, Julius was feeling super confident. Not a single hit was landed on him, and Alastor was practically on his last legs. Sooner or later, Alastor will surrender or die! 

Alastor turned to look at the approaching Julius. He was seriously injured. He was careful enough to dodge all the orb attacks Julius shot out, but all the physical attacks he landed really packed a punch. There wasn't much he could do but slowly bide his time as his main goal wasn't to overpower Julius but lure him into a false sense of security. 

As Julius walked closer to him, Alastor faked struggling to get up from the ground before falling back down. 

"Not so cocky now, are we? You little rat." Julius spat out. 

"Good," Alastor thought to himself, "seems like his guard is down. Let's see if my idea works on him." 

 

POV Julius 

I stood right in front of Alastor. I could see just how bloodied and bruised his figure was from this close up. 

This fucking bitch! For the so-called strongest sinner in Hell, he sure ran a lot! But I finally got your ass! 

I couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Hahaha! Seems like you're done running now, Alastor!" 

"Seems like it." The ever-present smile on his face grew sadistic, and a strange sense of foreboding crept into my heart. 

Shit, why do I feel like this? Fuck, don't tell me it's a damn trap! 

I tried to jump back but suddenly felt something stabbed my right calf. 

"AGHHH!" I screamed out in pain as I looked down to see what stabbed me, and what I saw made my blood run cold. 

I saw my foot slowly sink into a shadow as a black tendril was stuck through my lower leg. 

How? How the hell did this shit get passed my Infinity!? 

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" Alastor laughed out manically. "It seems like you aren't as untouchable as you seem! Ah! Your screams sound so heavenly! I can't wait to hear more! Scream louder for my broadcast!" Alastor yelled as he got up. 

"You sick son of a-!" 

Before I could finish cursing Alastor, I felt sudden pricks all across my body. In an instant I sped up my mental processing to the max as everything seemed to slow down around me. I forcibly deactivated the auto effects of Infinity and focused on manually activating it around my heart, lungs, and brain. 

The moment my thoughts returned to normal, dozens of tendril spikes pierced my body. Blood came flying out of my mouth as I was lifted off the ground. 

"Hahaha! Let us see how long you can last before you start begging for mercy!" Alastor screamed in delight as he violently swung his staff towards the red-light district of Pentagram City. Immediately, I was sent flying. Crashing through multiple hotels and brothels. 

I barely reactivated the auto effects of Infinity in time before I crashed onto the ground. I was dazed and my vision was blurry. I hadn't taken anything close to this much damage since entering Hell! This was definitely a wakeup call to show me that I'm not as OP as I thought. 

I sensed the familiar feeling of Alastor's tendrils coming from the ground again. I immediately used Red on myself and sent myself flying into the air. As soon as I was in the air my vision refocused enough for me to be able to see Alastor flying straight for me. 

I could see Alastor cock his right arm back, ready to swipe at me, his eyes crazed with bloodlust. 

I stood still as I reached my hand into my heavily torn dress pants. 

"Pocket Sand!" As soon as he became within two feet of me, I yelled "Pocket Sand!" and threw the sand straight into Alastor's eyes. 

"ARGH!!! What the hell!?" Before Alastor could reach for his eyes, I grabbed his outstretched right arm and chucked him in the direction of the destroyed downtown district. 

I flew after him and pulled out my Red Shell and threw it at Alastor. He slammed into one of the few buildings that were left standing and quickly looked in my direction. 

Alastor noticed the Red Shell heading in his direction and disappeared into the shadows again and reappeared on the destroyed street. The Red Shell took a sharp turn straight towards Alastor. He cursed and blended into his shadow and ran off in the opposite direction of me, the Red Shell continuing to follow him. 

I breathed heavily as I checked my energy reserves. 

"Fuck, I'm almost out." I said out loud. I need to finish this quickly before I become vulnerable to all his attacks. 

I quickly flew after Alastor. I could see where Alastor's shadow was going and decided to send a Hollow Purple ahead of him to cut off his escape route. 

A few seconds later, the Hollow Purple landed a dozen meters away from Alastor. Destroying everything within a ten-meter radius. This forced Alastor to appear from his shadow at a sudden stop. 

The moment he appeared, the Red Shell hit him. Alastor was sent flying through the previously destroyed area the Hollow Purple had hit. 

I need to end this now! I flew as fast as I could, appearing in front of Alastor's flying form. 

"Pocket Sand!" 

Before he could react in time, I threw more pocket sand in his face, causing him to grab his face and scream in pain. 

I prepared the hand signal for my domain expansion, waiting for the moment when Alastor regained his sight. 

The moment I waited for came as Alastor started lowering his hands. 

I re-equipped the Red Shell in my right hand with the hand sign for Unlimited Void prepared in my left. 

"DOMAIN EXPANSION: UNLIMITED VOID!" 

The moment I activated my domain, my energy reserves dried out. I quickly threw the Red Shell right after but in the split second before the domain hit Alastor, he pointed his staff at me and a tendril shot straight through my chest. 

I slowly stumbled back, blood flowing out of my chest and mouth. My vision darkened as I slowly fell to my knees and I passed out as my head hit the pavement. 

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