Marie and Zohn landed on the ground to see a swarm of demons approaching.
The number was extremely large and it seemed that if the demons were in hundreds.
Zohn clenched his fists while Marie unsheathed her sword which sparkled with a golden beam. Zohn nodded at her.
"Are you ready to fight?" Zohn asked. Marie smiled gracefully and sounded relaxed.
"Always ready. Let's stop the disaster real quick. We have to help James against the boss. We can't leave him to face that all alone."
Zohn dashed at once with great speed against one of the demons and smashed his fist against his head. The demon dropped to the ground as its body and neck was bent, manipulated and demented.
Zohn was a martial art combatant and as such he was trained to fight with bare hands. His skills made him dreaded in the list of the Hunters of Tokyo. This art of his made him the third place in the Tokyo Hunter Leaders.
He was once a criminal who brutally murdered people who insulted him. He was from a poor home but he possessed a great ability in strength. He would fight anyone who spoke ill of his family.
As time went on, he joined a gang of criminals. Though he didn't kill except when insulted, he was ruthlessness, and brutal at achieving what he wanted. He history made Bizuki order for his death.
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"Slay him!" Bizuki said with authority and a man with dark trousers and bold head walked out.
"Hey! How about if we kill him ourselves?" one of the two criminals proposed.
Bizuki smiled harshly. "Very well then. Which ever one of you kill him gets a pardon from me!" Bizuki said.
Zohn looked at the other two criminals.
They all had the heavy metal cuffs on their hands and it would be a great hassle to fight with those metals attached to one's hands.
"Just a single smash and you're dead!!!" one of the criminals exclaimed angrily as he raised his hand up with great effort and ran towards Zohn only to drop his hands down towards Zohn but he shifted slightly and the man fell down to the ground in pain.
"Kkk... he can't even wield the metal. Such shameful act. He isn't worthy to live."
Zohn said to himself and swiftly entangled the man's head with his knees. He kept the man firmly in between his legs. Zohn choked the man near death by actually choking him with his legs. The man screamed and cried in fear. Zohn smiled and twisted his legs and the man's head bursted and landed on the ground. His blood spilled across and a great of it poured on him.
Bizuki smiled in excitement as he saw Zohn display his skills in killing. The other criminal lunged at Zohn who was squatting with his hands calmly on his lap. The criminal then smashed his hands with the metal cuff on Zohn's head but the metal broke into pieces.
The criminal smiled and punched Zohn on the face. Then he kicked him on the ear.
Zohn didn't move - the criminal groaned and began to punch Zohn extremely fast and quick but Zohn didn't flinch for a second. The tcriminal stood in shock as he could see that Zohn's body was impenetrable.
"Such shame. Your fist isn't strong enough to lay an impact on my body andyou call yourself a criminal?" Zohn said in mockery.
The criminal moved backwards in fear and anxiety. Zohn slowly stood up. He moved his hand gracefully and then gave the criminal a punch so hard that his hands were actually beyond his head as he went into rubble, his bones cracked, and he sighed.
"Hate to say but I have to kill you. " Zohn said as he turned.
Suddenly, the criminal got up again and then shouted and ran toward Zohn. Zohn turned and stepped on the criminal's stomach to send him smashing against the wall.
"So what now! Am I free?" Zohn asked but Bizuki smiled.
"He isn't dead."
"And so? Not like I want to kill him. I spared his life."
"Really? You bastard! I'll kill you!" The second criminal said, jumping extremely high.
Zohn jumped up with little effort, making a cool and neat pose. Zohn smashed off the head of the criminal and landed on the ground. The body of the criminal sundered on the ground and blood spouted from the open neck. The head of the criminal landed on the desk in front of Bizuki. Bizuki stared at Zohn.
"What? I just want to be free." Zohn said mildy.
Suddenly, the Hunter swiped his sword to strike Zohn but Zohn ducked, sealed the attack and punched the Hunter on the stomach. The Hunter drifted backward with effort. Zohn smiled.
"Seems like the fellows went through my history. Gave me a tough one though," Zohn said slowly and quietly.
"You are as strong as they say. I would like to see that now. You are one tough criminal." the Hunder said calmly and unsheathed his sword carefully.
Zohn smiled.
The Hunter dashed at Zohn with extreme speed as Zohn quickly slid to his left-hand side and stole his sword. Zohn ducked the Hunter's strike and sliced his leg, causing the Hunter to kneel and then tumble over in the air. The Hunter made a move but missed.
Zohn attacked him using the sword to smash against his head. The Hunter fell to the ground again and grunted hard.
"You're not tough after all. I knew you'd lose. Killing you will be make no difference to me." Zohn said as he made a dash toward the Hunter.
"You silly thing!!! Now I know why you and your family are poor. Just a scumbag. " Zohn eyes widened in anger and bent his head for a few seconds.
The Hunter punched Zohn in the face but he was slow to notice Zohn's back leg strike his face hard. Zohn then pulled him close and hit his head on the Hunter's head. He then embraced him, locking his head with his cuff. The Hunter tried to fight out of the grip but Zohn stepped on his stomach and backflipped , clinging tightly to the Hunter's neck.
The force of reaction lept the Hunter headless and dead. Zohn eased his grip on the neck and his body fell down to the ground and surrendered. Zohn stared angrily at the head, his temper boiling beyond control.
"No one insults me or my family!!!" Zohn said and tore the metal cuff apart. Everyone stared at him in shock. He was indeed a monster.
"I don't think we should persist on this," Aaron said to Bizuki.
Bizuki smiled and looked at Zohn. He loved the act Zohn played here. He was indeed a handy type, needed by the association to slay demons.
"Zohn Silvers, you are hereby promoted as a Hunter of Tokyo. You are hereby free. " Bizuki smiled and walked off. Zohn just stared at the crowd of the humans. A smile crossed his lips.
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Zohn dived in, breaking the heads of demons with his bare hands. A demon lunged at Zohn already, but Zohn used his hand to stop the fire in the demon. The next moment, Zohn's hand tore the mouth of the demon. He glanced sideways and looked at Marie.
"Was that not epic?" he said.
"Don't be silly. You slay your demons and stop trying to impress me." Marie said and Zohn flushed red with embarrassment. Marie closed her eyes and her sword glowed with golden rays.
"Is she using her Extinforce?" Zohn said in surprise.
Just then, Marie curved her sword and a golden beam of light went against the demons, slicing a great number of demons and freezing the process of time . Marie's eyes glinted and she curved her sword to form a great quantum of golden beams. With great effort, she used it to form a sky arrows and suddenly a rain of arrows began to fall from the sky , slaying the demons dead in an instant . The aftermaths of the attack kept the city in ruin but the demon army were also dead.
"Whoa! You used your Extinforce?" Zohn said. Marie smiled.
The Extinforce was the highest level a Hunter could attain in their attacks. The Extinforce enables the attacker to use up more energy than normal. This technique was used by the ancient elves to fight off the demons. Once a Hunter used Extinforce, the Hunter became unnaturally weak. Some Hunters even died in the process.
Zohn widened his eyes. Pure energy radiated from her. Zohn walked toward her and held her up and she stared at him. He stared at her too as he carried her and placed her carefully on the ground.
"You shouldn't have done so. You could have used died in the process." Zohn said.
"She's special," he looked at Marie. She smiled again. The fact, she smiled—something Zohn could not hate nor stop loving.
"I mean I could have slayed those things. You shouldnothave done that ."
"I did what was necessary. " Marie said and she smiled at him. He yelled at her to close her mouth.
"Why did you do that ?" Zohn asked. He looked around not wanting to see her eyes. He felt uncomfortable to look at her straight in the eyes.
"You have to help, James. He could die out there. " she said.
"I need you to save his life." Marie said loudly. Zohn suddenly stopped dead in his tracks.
"What is the matter?" Marie asked quietly. Zohn gasped.
BAM!!! In the next second, Zohn was skidding across the road. He rolled around with his face brightened to red cuts. His face was brutalized and blood was pouring out profusely from his body. Then he heard a quiet scream. A scream of pain and agony echoed through the streets. Zohn let out weakly.
"Marie. Marie."