Is this really a Game?!



Boom!

The ground shook as the attacks from the group of 60 humans launched their attacks on the group of demons.

Attacked, the demons suddenly lost their cloaking, which kept them completely hidden from everybody, which meant that now, they could finally see what the demons looked like.

Their skin was dark brown, and contrary to most demons, they had no horns on their heads, or anywhere else. Their bodies were a bit thin, they had gray lines drawn on their bodies, and their faces were a bit elongated. 

Their noses were flat and very thin, and they barely had any lips as they were incredibly thin as well, but their eyes were larger than average, and every single one of them had black eyes, completely black, both the iris and the sclera ( the white part around the iris. ).

Their ears were incredibly long, each falling down to their neck, which was very short for some reason, and wide. Their shoulders had some gray mist coming out of them as a couple of holes could be seen on them.

Their chest was very different compared to a human's as it was one big piece of bone, while the stomach was seemingly wrinkled, with barely any muscle present there. Their arms were long, however almost reaching their knees.

"I've never seen horse-faced demons before," Alistair said as he smirked at the demon in front of him, who was another peak Tier IV demon.

"How did you discover us, human?" The demon asked, to which Alistair simply smirked before attacking him.

A green rune suddenly flashed on his fist when Alistair punched at the demon, which sent a shockwave straight at the brown demon who quickly blocked the attack.

Contrary to Laura, who focused more on attacking from long-range and using the pentagrams and other symbols to cast her spells, Alistair focused more on hand-to-hand combat and had drawn powerful runes on his body, which upon being activated, gave him a boost in power, speed, or toughness.

Of course, he was also able to use long-range attacks like Laura, and he had already prepared one during their wait.

Right as he punched at the demon, Alistair had opened his palm, on which five small pentagrams had been drawn. The pentagrams shone before suddenly moving and forming one larger and more complicated pentagram.

[ Chains of Oblivion ] 

Alistair extended his hand, from which multiple black chains came out. The chains were pitch-black and had a green aura around them, which was the demonic energy that Alistair used.

Upon seeing the chains, the demon's eyes widened as it quickly grabbed its spear in an attempt to defend against them. Unfortunately, the chains seemed to have a mind of their own as they quickly coiled around the spear, and then the demon.

Alistair smirked, but he knew he had to act quickly. The chains were incredibly powerful, but they used up a lot of demonic energy, and they lasted for a short amount of time.

Luckily, they were in demon territory, demonic energy was abundant here, and for demon hunters like Alistair and Laura, who mostly used demonic energy for battle, this was actually their preferred fighting place.

The chains wrapped around the demon, and Alistair immediately lifted him off the ground before smirking and jumping forward. While in the air, Alistair suddenly jerked the chains strongly before pulling them over his head and finally slamming the demon down on the ground.

The other demons who saw that quickly moved out of the way, some tried attacking Alistair, but they forgot that they had larger problems to take care of, namely, the other humans who were attacking them.

Multiple demons got injured thanks to losing focus after Alistair's appearance, but he was not done yet. He landed on the ground and pulled the chain again before he started turning and twisting. He used the demon who was at the end of the chain as a weapon as he started moving through the large group of demons as a tornado, hitting the other demons with one of their leaders who was getting more and more infuriated at Alistair.

Their tribe was an expert in hiding and stealth, they were at their strongest right before they delivered the first attack, which was usually fatal since they wouldn't be noticed before it was too late.

Unfortunately, their ability, which every single demon of the tribe had, was unable to completely fool Reign.

The ability allowed them to perfectly hide their presence and even auras, but the soul was a different thing. The ability did somewhat make it more difficult for their souls to be noticed, but that was not its main function, so Reign was able to notice them from afar.

He had commented how they were worse than Shadow and Wolf, but that didn't mean they were bad, contrary to that, they were very good.

If only one or two of them was moving around, Reign probably wouldn't have been able to see the blurs till the demon got closer, but because they moved in a large group, some of the weaker ones were discovered by Reign.

As for the man in question, he was currently looking at the three demons he had kicked away previously.

The demons stared at him with solemn expressions as they could all sense that the human in front of them was dangerous. The explosions and the sounds of battle behind them did little to make them worry. They were demons, dying in battle was not enough to truly kill them, so none of them feared it.

"Hey, the thing in your hands, is that what you are using to locate the 'key'?" Reign asked nonchalantly, which made the demons narrow their eyes and stare at him.

"They were right, the humans know about the key." One of the three said in a low voice, which made Reign smirk.

"Yes they were, by the way, who was right?"

The demons all glanced at each other before they moved.

Two of them charged at Reign, while the third demon sprinted to the side, trying to leave with the device in his hands.

He activated his ability, turning invisible in order to get away easier.

"It seems you're placing a lot of importance on that item, don't you know that that will just make me want to take it even more?" Reign asked the demon who charged at him with their weapons out before moving.

His lightning exploded around him, completely covering the area around him and making it difficult for the demons to see him as he charged forward. He charged to the front for only about 4 meters, before suddenly kicking the ground and charging at the demon who was trying to escape.

Multiple spears made out of darkness suddenly materialized above Reign and rained down on the demon who did his best to dodge them, blocking those he had to block.

The spears weren't a big threat to the demon, but that was only if they didn't hit him. The power of darkness wasn't to be underestimated, and the demon knew that he would be in trouble if a couple of the spears landed on him.

Still, that was not his biggest concern as Reign was right behind the spears, arriving in front of the demon incredibly quickly. The two demons were behind him, charging at their full speed in order to try and stop Reign, or at the very least, to injure him from the back.

Reign slashed down with his sword, forcing the demon to block with his two daggers. He smirked and suddenly slashed behind.

[ Severing, Sword Three ]

The fastest attack of the severing series made one of the demons widen his eyes as he quickly blocked the attack that arrived faster than he expected. His legs were lifted from the ground as he was sent sliding back for a couple of meters before Reign slashed with his sword again, but this one he aimed at the demon that tried to get away.

The other demon who was behind Reign felt insulted that the human had attacked his comrades but did nothing to him who was an obvious threat as he was right behind Reign.

Just as he was about to attack, he felt incredible pain, which caused him to stop for a moment, which was more than enough time for Reign to attack the demon who grit his teeth before moving to the side, dodging the blow and actually using his daggers to make Reign's sword, which he had blocked, to grind against the daggers and move to the side as well.

"Not bad, not bad at all." Reign commented as he jumped, dodging the attack from the demon he sent sliding back previously.

"Hey, what the hell are you doing?!" The demon asked his comrade who shook his head. His forehead was drenched in sweat and the demon stared at Reign with a solemn gaze. Reign merely smirked at him as he landed on the ground.

"This human, he can use soul attacks, be careful."