Loki? Your daughter? What's going on?

"She's one of my three children. I didn't realize she was still alive." Loki stated.

You don't sound the happiest about that.

"I mean, as a father I'm proud and happy, but on the other hand, the fact that it's Hel..." Loki trailed off.

Let me guess. Yandere?

"Yep..." Loki sighed.

Shit.

"A minor god?" Kurobei realized, surprised. "Huh, no wonder you're tougher than these other weaklings. Unfortunately for you, a god can't compare to a demon."

"Too bad you're not a demon." Replied Hel.

"She's always been sassy. That's my girl!" Loki cheered.

Hel rushed towards Kurobei. But as she got closer, Kurobei skin started to become purple. His muscles got larger as he overall became beefier and two horns grew on his head.

Hel quickly ducked as Kurobei sent a punch towards her head. He followed it with a kick that Hel barely blocked with her arm.

Her other arm had finally regenerated, allowing her to throw multiple more daggers at him from close range.

He brought his arm up, and the daggers harmlessly stuck into his purple skin. He sent a punch downwards on Hel which she barely evaded.

"This isn't good." Loki commented. "Hel may be a minor Norse god, but she's not a combat god. She only knows a few tricks, which is why this guy with so many tricks can take her on."

Then we need to do a couple tricks of our own. After all, I hold the God Of Trickery.

"You said it. But you can't in this state." Loki stated. "You're barely hanging on. Any other adventurer would be dead. Just stay here for now."

That's not happening.

"Ken, you'll kill yourself at this rate." Loki darkly stated.

I know my limits, and I'm almost at it. I'm not some cliche self-sacrificial main character. I have a plan.

The others were dwindling down the amount of Arachius. Thanks to Hel's help, they were now killing more than the amount arriving.

However, the Arachius also had them stuck on the other side, or I'm sure that Irene would have rushed over in a terrifyingly calm rage.

But if I could get Avalon...

Looking at Emi's arm, it had finally completely healed. I stared at her, weakly waving my arm in the air, hoping that she would see it.

She had kept glancing over here, distraught by the "death" of her boyfriend. And so her eyes connected with mine.

I weakly did a "give it to me" motion. Hopefully she interpreted it right, because I was losing strength fast.

My vision was getting blurry as I saw her stab an Arachius with her sword, before chucking the sheathe that she once held across the floor.

It skipped across the floor, heading straight to me. Grasping it in my hands, I held it to my chest.

I glanced back at Hel and Kurobei, who were still locked in an intense battle. Hel threw multiple knives at him, which he deflected each one with Brandon's spear.

He didn't notice.

"Amplification." I muttered, pushing the sheathe into me.

Loki established a temporary bond with the sheathe, allowing it to sit inside my soul and repair me. And thanks to my Amplifciation, the time it took to heal would be much quicker.

I already felt the effects, strength that was once lost was slowly returning to my body. However, it was still taking longer than I wished.

Come on. Come on!

Kurobei landed a punch into Hel, sending her flying back.

"Damn it." Loki cursed. "She can't take him on head-front. I only taught her tricks. She's not like you who can fight someone head-on."

Suddenly Kurobei turned around, looking to somewhere upwards as a maniacal smile came onto his face.

"Hahaha, yes! Finally you arrived!" His grin sent chills down my spine.

I looked towards where he was facing with dread, only for my blood to go cold. A large monster crawled through a tunnel which was noticeable larger than the others.

It was an Arachius, but this one was different. First off, it was larger. It was five times the size of a usual Arachius, and they were already the size of a car.

It's wings were also scaled up in size, and instead of the singular pair it now how two pairs for a total of four large bat wings.

The Arachius Queen, leader of the nest.

"Oh shit." Goku muttered.

"Incapacitate them, please." He grinned, pointing towards the others.

The Queen roared, before jumping off of it's post and flying towards them. My heart started to spiral out of control.

An Arachius Queen was an A Rank monster, even stronger than the Lesser Dragon. By itself doesn't seem too bad considering we had Goku, Emi, Irene, Bianca, Erica, and Aoi.

But not only had they been slightly fatigued for fighting Arachius straight for at least half an hour, but they still had multiple other Arachius than just the Queen.

They would be overrun.

Get up Ken! Get up!

My feet shook as I tried to stand, but I quickly collapsed back down into the ground. Damn it!

Come on Avalon!

"Hahaha!!!" Kurobei laughed, an ugly grin on his face.

"Hey shit-face." Hel growled, stabbing a knife straight into his back. This one, unlike the others, actually did some damage.

"Gah!" He cried out, throwing Hel off of him. "Damn you! You're really getting on my nerves!"

He held his hands in front of him, summoning a purple glowing chain. He threw it at Hel, who promptly dodged it.

That was, until it twisted and came after her again like a heat-seeking missile. She continued to dodge it, but it kept following her until latching onto her wrist, quickly wrapping over her body.

Get up Ken!

"Back off." He waved to the Arachius Queen. It roared, flying back. The other Arachius followed her lead, backing off.

Get up!

Kurobei walked towards the others, each step making my heart pound more and my blood boil harder.

Get up!

They had multiple scratches and bruises on their body, but they were still standing tall.

Goku shot a chain at Kurobei, who grabbed it midair and yanked Goku towards him. Goku dodged as Kurobei sent a punch.

Goku engaged in a brawl with Kurobei, faring extremely well since he was a master at hand to hand combat.

Irene appeared behind him, swinging her hammer towards him. He dodged the hammer, kicking Irene away.

Get up!

He slammed his head into Goku's head, before kneeing him in the stomach. Goku quickly brought up a guard, but Kurobei instead grabbed Goku in a hold.

He outstretched his hand towards Goku's face while holding Goku in a lock with the other. Goku struggled as not even he with his strength could get Kurobei off of him.

Get up!

Emi qucikly sent a wave of fire towards Kurobei, but he tanked the hit with no signs of damage. Erica came forwards with a slash, but Kurobei kicked her away.

An orange soul started to float out of Goku's mouth, before Kurobei clutched it in his hands. He dropped down Goku, who's eyes had gone blank.

He shoved the soul into himself as Bianca and Aoi rushed towards him with looks filled with anger.

In one hand Kurobei summoned Ymir, Brandon's Arcana. In the other he summoned Vulcan, Goku's Arcana.

No...

No...

NO!

What an insult. My fingers dug into my hands, drawing crimson blood. Get UP!

Hel struggled, hacking away at the magical chains with another dagger. She seemed to be making some progress.

Kurobei blocked Bianca's stab with Ymir, before shooting a huge blast of fire at Aoi. Aoi dodged it, continuing her advance while Bianca adjusted for another angle.

Kurobei shifted his stance, now sending a chain towards Bianca from the shotgun and blocking Aoi's scythe with the spear.

Bianca blocked the chain, but it wrapped around her weapon. Kurobei yanked it forwards, sending Bianca flying into Aoi and then spiraling.

Emi rushed towards Kurobei, engaging him in a clash. However, he was quickly overpowering her in the one verses one.

Kurobei, with all of his tricks had completely decimated us. He was taking on the most powerful people I knew.

And all I could do was watch.

He was hurting them.

Stop it.

Stop it.

Stop hurting my girls.

Stop hurting my family.

GET UP!!!!

I staggered to my feet, rage consuming my whole being as my vision went red. He had to pay.

I streaked across the cave, flying towards Kurobei. I summoned Loki in his sword form, rocketing towards Kurobei.

Red lightning cascaded off of my body, fueled by my anger as I approached him. He turned towards me, eyes widening as he adjusted himself.

But he wasn't quick enough.

I sped past him as blood flew through the air. Kurobei's arm holding Vulcan had dropped onto the ground as blood exploded from the stump.

"What..?" He gasped.

"You're dead." I growled. "Hel."

His eyes widened as suddenly multiple daggers were stabbed into his back. Hel backed up, raising her arm as the blood from Kurobei's stump flew to her hand, taking the form of a crystallized blood sword.

She engaged Kurobei, her blade clashing with the spear. Emi appeared behind him, slashing his unexposed back with her sword.

"Damn it!" He cried out, annoyed.

Irene appeared, sending a hammer straight to his face. Aoi and Bianca crossed him, sending slashes across his skin.

I rushed towards him, morphing Loki into his axe form as red lightning sparked off of me. I jumped into the air, flying down onto Kurobei with my axe over my head.

Looking up, his eyes widened as he saw me descend onto him. He barely brought up his arm, getting it cut off sky that now both were gone.

"Damn you all.." He grunted, before a sickening grin came into his face. "But I've already gotten what I came for. I'll see you all again soon."

"No!" I cried, rushing forwards.

But it was too late. A magic circle appeared under him and he was teleported away, leaving with both Goku and Brandon's souls.

"DAMN IT!!!!!!!"