While the fight against Belphegor wasn't as dangerous as Thanatos', at least in some way, it was even more nerve-wracking since Belphegor basically never attacked first. In a sense, it only showed how big was the difference in power… or how much lazy Belphegor was.
"I want to try something, so focus on getting his attention," Femradiel said.
Ryan nodded, even though he didn't want to let Belphegor's hands touch him due to his unknown powers. At that point in time, they needed to do anything and obtain more intel regarding his skills.
After approaching the demon by flying, Ryan began to feel the effects of his powers when he was inside the mist. In the end, Belphegor couldn't make use of his powers without a certain range and without his eyes. Still, Ryan couldn't help but sweat cold as his speed dropped and his mind began to work slowly. However, Ryan knew that would happen, so before Belphegor could attack him in any way, Ryan used Ice Breath.
Much to Ryan's surprise, even a non-concentrated magic attack like that suffered under the effect of Belphegor's power. Ice Breath became an ice pillar since it didn't approach his body. Suddenly, a massive Ice Spear fell on Belphegor. Femradiel acted faster than expected… Still, the attack only scratched the top of his head before losing all momentum.
"Despite being a lazy demon, he has good reflexes," Femradiel said after Ryan moved away from the creature.
Instead of attacking, Belphegor checked the wound on his head after he threw away the Ice Spear. In the end, he only sighed, but then the look in his eyes changed. Before Ryan and Femradiel could do anything, they suddenly saw themselves surrounded by two hundred demons. They exploded even faster than Femradiel could react.
The chain explosion made for the first time the mist tremble. It was made of mana, so it was natural that such massive amounts of mana would cause that. When the smoke in the area decreased, Belphegor saw Ryan standing and mostly intact. Still, the look in his eyes changed, and his body was emitting miasma.
"Hey, Ryan," Femradiel said. "Calm down… don't get worked up yet."
"I am not… I am trying to calm down, but… something inside me," Ryan muttered as he watched his vision slowly darkening.
Weirdly enough, even Femradiel was unscathed. Even though she had better reflexes than Ryan, she almost missed when the miasma appeared and worked like a shield that protected Ryan's whole body. Ryan's anger controlled that and protected him and even Femradiel. Still, she couldn't help but feel worried since all that anger apparently had a will on its own.
As if that wasn't troublesome enough, neither Ryan nor Femradiel could understand how Belphegor summoned and allocated so many demons around him. Forcing all of them to explode like that soon after shouldn't be something that can be done instantly either.
Fortunately, Belphegor didn't do anything while Ryan was trying to control his fury. In fact, he seemed more interested than usual while seeing Ryan struggling against the corruption.
"What a messed-up human…" Belphegor said. "To think that his anger could become this powerful… humans truly have fallen low."
Before Ryan our Femradiel could see what had happened, both of them suddenly were spinning in the air. Ryan suddenly felt a sharp pain coming from his stomach, and then he spat blood. After rolling on the ground and moving away, who knows how many kilometers of the lake, Ryan finally stopped, but his body was aching all over. A single impact on his stomach caused damage to his entire body, and he had no idea what hit him.
"Shit… what was that?" Ryan asked.
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