"He's here..." Gasped Lily.

Principal quickly pulled out the seal from a bag that she had. She held it in her hands as she reminded it once more of our game plan.

"Ken, Iris, Bianca, and I will power the seal. You will hold the Demon King off until we've powered it. It should take a minute, max." Principal stated.

"Okay." Erica nodded, trying to be brave.

"You got this." I nodded towards them, trying to instill them with confidence. "Yui, heal them and keep the going."

"Okay!" Yui nodded.

Another hand ripped out of the rift, gripping onto the other side. The being pulled himself through the rift, finally giving me a view of the person that I had been training this whole time to fight.

"Hahaha..." He laughed. "HAHAHAHAHA!!!! Guess who's back!"

The rift behind him stopped shaking, collapsing on itself as it disappeared, leaving him in this world. The world around us stopped shaking with the rift's disappearance.

His red eyes pierced through the air, landing on us. He looked like he was in his early twenties, even though I knew he was much older.

His forearms were a dark black as his hands were large, black claws. His feet were similarly dark and clawed.

Two horns protruded from the sides of his head, sticking into the air. The points of them seemed so sharp that they could be used as knives.

Two, dark, spiky wings unfolded from his back as his dark sword-like tail swung around his back.

"So, you're the ones giving me trouble. Figures it would be the descendants of them." Grumbled Lupercio.

"Demon King." Principal replied, narrowing her eyes at him.

She held the seal in front of her. We each extended an arm towards it, pouring our mana into the seal.

"I see you're also trying that same trick." He clicked his tongue. "Anyways...so that's Ken Kage...I see it...it pisses me off."

"I take it you don't like me much?" I sarcastically replied.

My heart pounded as I stared at Lupercio, and not in the good kind of way. Pouring pure mana into my eyes showed me something horrifying.

His aura was a void-like darkness which spread through the air. Actually, his aura was so large that it made the whole world go dark.

And his soul was a pure black. It looked like what you'd imagine a black hole to look like. An empty darkness.

And I couldn't see Goku or Brandon's souls.

I quickly shook my head to get the image out of my head. All we have to do is seal him away once more.

"Hah." Lupercio grunted. "I hate you more than you could ever know."

He looked at the girls who stood inbetween him and the seal. Erica, Lily, Amber, Yui, Aoi, and Irene all stood with their Arcanas ready.

"Aoi...you're really taking their side..?" Growled Lupercio.

"Yes. I am." Aoi easily replied.

"Ha...hahaha..." He chuckled. "Another failure. Another traitor."

His eyes seemed to pierce through my soul.

"Feels like a repeat of history. I can't wait to tear you apart." He grinned.

Irene narrowed her eyes. She dashed towards Lupercio, lightning sparking across her legs as she sped towards him at incredible speeds.

She slammed her hammer towards him in a powerful swing. He caught the war hammer with one hand, looking bored.

Lily appeared behind him, sending a stab towards his neck. He easily caught her arm with his other hand, throwing her away.

Gripping the hammer, he used it to pick Irene up and send her flying with a throw. Erica sent a holy blast towards Lupercio while Irene recovered and shot a thunderbolt.

Lupercio spread his wings, flying into the air and dodging both of the ranged attacks. He looked down at us from above.

"Boring." He muttered. "You aren't even as strong as they were. Well, better for me."

He slammed back down into the ground, creating a shockwave through the floor. We kept our footing, keeping our focus on powering the seal.

It had started to glow. We were getting closer.

Lupercio started to walk towards us, not afraid by the fact that the seal was powering up. Aoi dashed towards him, swinging her scythe to decapitate his neck.

He brought his arm, blocking the shaft of the scythe and keeping the blade from stabbing into his head.

Amber dashed forwards with a powerful punch. He dodged it, kicking her in the back before throwing Aoi towards her.

Irene slammed her hammer into his back. Despite the shockwave from the strength of the strike, he didn't even move.

"Promising." He stated. "Too bad you have to die here."

He sent a punch towards her chest in an attempt to completely crush her heart. Irene was quickly tackled out of the way by Lily, keeping the punch from connecting.

Come on seal, power already!

And then the seal activated. Lupercio dodged as a bright beam of light raced past him, slamming into the air.

It created a tear through the air, creating a new, artificial rift. It tore through the air, opening up and becoming larger as it opened a path to the void.

Lupercio glanced back at the rift we created. Unlike how I thought he would react, he instead started to laugh.

The seal shattered in our hands, falling down to the ground as a bunch of broken stone shards.

"HAHAHAHA!!!" He cackled. "Thanks, you gave me just what I wanted."

He snapped his fingers as something started to climb through the rift. As it came through, our eyes widened in horror.

It was huge, the largest monster that I had ever seen yet. It easily towered everything else, being even larger than the Megalodon.

It's orange, scaly wings spread as it roared towards the sky, fire spewing out of it's mouth and covering the sky.

It's a Dragon.

But unlike last time, it's not a Lesser Dragon. It's a full-grown Dragon. An S Rank Monster.

"Oh shit." Principal's eyes widened.

Lupercio's twisted laughs filled the air. "That 'seal' of yours is a two-way door, y'know! Did you really think that after 50 years I wouldn't have planned for something against that!"

"And your little rift won't close until someone goes inside." Lupercio chuckled. "That's how those four annoying bastards got me last time. Pushed me and themselves in. It didn't save them from me murdering them in the void though."

"Good luck pushing me into there." He laughed.

Damn it. Damn it.

For a whole year I've trained for this moment.

For a whole year I've been getting stronger so that I could defeat this guy and survive.

Red lightning started to sparks around my body as I stared down Lupercio. Lupercio looked over to me, his grin widening.

"So, you want to play that game?" He chuckled.

Red lightning sparked around his arms.

Oh shit.

"Oh shit." Loki muttered.

In an instant he appeared in front of me sending a fist towards me as red lightning sparked around his body. I blocked the attack, sliding backwards.

Principal shot multiple blasts at Lupercio which he knocked away with his hands. Irene, Aoi, and Bianca all came at him from different sides, trying to take him down.

He dodged Irene's hammer, grabbing Aoi's scythe and slamming her into Irene. Erica was easily kicked away.

The Dragon looked down upon us, it's nostril's flaring. It opened its mouth as a jet stream of fire spewed out.

"Move!" Principal screamed.

We dodged as the fire scorched the ground. It would have instantly turned anyone into a crisp.

"Hey, go collect some more souls for me. I can take care of them." Lupercio waved the Dragon off.

The Dragon huffed, spreading it's wings as it soared into the air. It flew above the city, going somewhere else to cause chaos.

"No, no no no no..." Muttered Principal.

"So, how do you all like the end of the world?" Lupercio asked, spreading his arms. "It's pretty great, isn't it?"

"You monster." Principal hissed.

"Well, yeah." Lupercio shrugged. "I've always been the Demon King of Monsters."

I grimaced. We were in a terrible situation. With all of together we still couldn't do anything about him, not to mention we let an S Rank monster into the world.

The seal didn't work. Nothings working. Everything is falling apart, despite everything I've done over this past year.

Lupercio's eyes widened as he dodged a blade that swung over his head from behind. Emi was behind Lupercio, slightly bruised but very much alright.

"I made it." She grinned. She glanced over to Kurobei's dead body, her grin getting larger.

"Oh, another one?" Lupercio wondered.

He quickly dodged as Principal sent a kick towards his head. As Emi and Principal stood from either side of him, their battle blurred as they went at incredible speeds.

Lupercio knocked both Principal and Emi away, his red lightning sparking around him dangerously.

How do I get him into the void?! Think!

None of my tiers will work against him except for my Tier 8 skill Amplification. That could do something.

Could I use it on my own red lightning and overpower his...whatever his own red lightning was? I would need to get close. Really close.

And thus I desummoned Loki.

I dashed towards Lupercio as my red lightning sparked across my body. Sending a punch towards his head, he easily dodged it.

He sent a punch towards my chest which I blocked, sending a kick to his leg. He didn't flinch as it hit, sending his other fist towards my face.

I deflected his fist, punching him in the gut. He didn't seem to affected as he sent a knee towards me which I sidestepped.

"You have impressive hand-to-hand skills." He mused. "You want to join me? It's not too late."

"Never." I growled. "I hate you, and I'm sure we both share that sentiment."

"Oh, you don't know the half of it." Lightly chuckled Lupercio.

We continued to engage in our hand to hand combat as I looked for any sort of opening to do something.

"You're the...grandson, I presume, of that bitch. Not to mention you then did all of that to attempt to foil my plans. A real pain in my head." He stated.

"Then you took away Aoi, somehow bringing her to your side. History really does repeat itself." He laughed.

I connected a punch to his face, which didn't seem to do anything. A light bruise surfaced on his cheek, but he didn't move an inch.

"I will really enjoy killing you." He grinned.

"Don't you fucking dare." Irene growled, making Lupercio's eyes widen.

He had been so focused on the fight he didn't notice her. She slammed her hammer into his knees from behind.

Aoi's scythe slashed against Lupercio's cheek as Erica sent a holy strike that created a gash in his back.

"Damn it!" He growled, throwing off Irene and Aoi. "You damn pests!"

I realized something. Lupercio was way too strong for us to do anything. But with that came overconfidence.

Just one opening to surprise him and...

Principal appeared next to him, swinging a sword that she had from who knows where. Maybe that was her Arcana.

Lupercio thrusted his hand outwards, summoning a blade as pitch black as the night. It almost looked like it had stars within.

He blocked Principal's sword strike, kicking her backwards. Emi came from his other side, making him clash blades again.

Lily stabbed in the side, making him smack her away with his wing. Amber and Bianca were parried by Lupercio. He used his free arm to grab Amber and throw her at Emi.

Bianca came in for another stab, the two engaging in a short flurry of blows before Lupercio knocked her backwards.

I lined it up in my head so that Lupercio was in front of the hole to the void. There was a couple feet between them, but hopefully this would work.

In a sudden burst of speed I dashed towards Lupercio. His eyes locked onto mine as he got his sword ready for a slash.

I brought my fist back to punch him as red lightning sparked around me. As I got closer, Lupercio swung down.

I didn't attempt to dodge, instead continuing to shoot forwards. Pain erupted through my body as his sword sliced through my arm, completely cutting off my arm.

"Amplification." I muttered, sending my other fist into his stomach.

My red lightning chaotically cascaded around us as it overtook his. Lupercio realized too late I sacrificed my arm for this.

He was sent flying backwards as the red lightning exploded. His eyes widened as he was sent flying towards the void.

"No! Not again!" He growled. "I don't need another damn setback by you!"

He discarded his sword, his claws scraping the ground as he skidded to a stop. Before he could get up I ran towards him, kicking him in the face.

He fell into the void, his face of an angry rage that I hadn't seen before. He disappeared into the void.

"Hah...hah..." I panted, stumbling backwards as blood leaked from my arm. I did it.

I turned to the others, a smile on my face.

Until something wrapped around my leg, sending me tumbling to the ground. I summoned Loki as a sword and stabbed him into the ground.

A chain was wrapped around my leg. As it was tugged on, I realized what he was trying to do. Lupercio was going to climb back up before the void could close.

The void tried to suck us in, trying to get someone inside to take Lupercio's place before it closed.

Lupercio was strong however and fought against that pull, dragging himself out of the void. I watched as his hand gripped onto the ground. His head started to emerge.

"Ken!" Erica gasped. She grabbed onto me, trying to keep me from being pulled into the void.

I glanced back at Lupercio. While Erica held me I pulled Loki out, clashing him against the chains. The Arcana couldn't slice through them.

The Arcana couldn't slice through them.

I tried my fire. I tried using Amplification on the fire. Neither worked. Not even my red lighting could break off this chain.

Lupercio's upper body climbed back into our world, struggling out of the rift. He looked up at me with a burning rage.

"I'm going to tear you limb by limb." He growled.

Damn it.

I closed my eyes, taking a deep breath. I was about to go against everything that I had ever stood for. But I guess that's what love does for you, as cringy and cliche as that sounds.

"Ken, wait-?!" Loki gasped.

I desummoned him, slapping Erica's arm so she would release me.

She gasped at me in horror.

"I'm sorry."

I've always been a contradicting idiot.

I flew towards Lupercio, being sucked in by the void. His eyes widened in rage as my foot slammed into his face, sending him into the void.

And with me tumbling after him.

"KEN!!!!"