"Transgressions? I did nothing, I owe you nothing, you had contract with Igor not with me, whatever beef you have it's not with me". Iode said, he gathers his strength and stands.
"How dare you, insolent and bashful, talking back to the duke, how impudent ". A lieutenant that stands at the left side of Valier said. He wore the same outfit as the other lieutenant at the right.
"I did not sign any contract with you, Igor did not me, we both don't have anything to do with each other,we have no relationship ". Iode said.
"We have no relationship you say, then why do you have my emblem on you. Having my mark means me and you are connected in more ways than one, not to talk about the fact that you used my power a lot back in your home world...
Mortal, you are condemned of breaching the contract by forcefully wanting to terminate the binding without honoring your part or give something corresponding to it. You know not how celestial power works. To pay for your inquisition, I have decided how to punish you...
From here onward, you will carry on five trials, after that, I might decide to set you free..."
"You damned devil, how many times must I spell it to you, I have no business with you, it's between you and Igor, I'm just a victim of situation. If you don't want things to go bad for either of us, send me back home to see my kids, collect your payment from Igor ". Iode said cutting Valier off mid-sentence.
"My lord, this is unscrupulous, how could you let a lesser thing like this worthless mortal to talk to you like this, this is rudeness of the highest order, he must be punished... By death". The right lieutenant said.
"You can try, I've dealt with demons like you before, you don't scare me ". Iode said with a frown.
"You filthy mortal, your impudence has reached it peak, die!". The left lieutenant said.
Both lieutenant jump from their positions and move towards Iode. The demons at the either side of the aisle also moved, all targeting Iode.
"Tsk, I've asked the nice way, seems it's the hard way you want things to go ". He said, PARTIAL TRANSFORMATION : DRAGON MAN.
His body that was bare and fair starts to become scaly. The scales covered his arms and forms a gauntlet-like armor, the nails on his hands became sharp curved claws, the shoulder, his back, chest, neck, the entirety of his legs and his lower jaw were covered in scales.
The scales are blue in color with blends of indigo. At his back, blue membranous wings protrude. His eyeballs that were brown changed to indigo and his white hair was having gradients of white, blue and indigo that continues flowing downwards like water. His teeth got shaper and became shark-like.
He flies above the hordes of demons and breathes plasma flames at them, burning quite a number of them. However, the lieutenant were unaffected, the lunge at him fiercely in the air with dark spears extruding dark energies.
One attempts to jab Iode, he evades it by offsetting his body from the spear's trajectory, he used that chance to give a counterattack by punching the lieutenant in the chest, flinging him away.
The second lieutenant appears in an instant, he was ready to slash Iode, however in his dragon form, his mana would be converted to draconic energy, he was able to sense the danger. He evades the slash and swiftly flies behind the lieutenant. Iode kicks the lieutenant at the neck, flinging him away also.
Iode was not satisfied with this, rather than go after the lieutenant to finish the job, he went towards Valier himself.
'When I make you my punching bag, you'll have no choice but to send me back, you wannabe demons'. He thought, his eyes were dead set locked on Valier who was watching as things unfolds without saying a thing or lift a finger.
As he flies at a supernormal speed towards Valier, he suddenly froze midair, reaching about twenty feet to the seated giant.
"What! I can't move, my whole body is frozen midair, is this Valier's work?" Iode said in shock, his body was in suspended animation in the air, his wings were spread out but unmoving, his face, frozen with shocked expression.
"How foolish of you mortal, you think you can go against a god and win, your pride as calmly led you to your fall. My lieutenants are enough to deal with you, I stopped them from engaging the fight because I want to deal with your bashful behavior myself ". Valier said in a thunderous voice.
He gestures his hand up, down, right and left, of which Iode's suspended body follows suit. He crash to the ceiling of the castle, the ground, and the walls for about a dozen times. Then, Valier brings him back midair.
"These five trials I have sent before you is the punishment for your insolence, and your life depends on it... For your first trial... Defeat the great flaming boar". Valier snaps his fingers and Iode disappears before him.
Iode reappears instantly and falls to the red ground. He deactivates his dragon form and looks at his surroundings. He discovered that he is on an island surrounded by flowing lava, the ground of the island was burning hot and red and at his front, a fifteen meter tall boar with gigantic tusks enshrouded in flames.
It mane was covered in blue flames that constantly burns. The eyes of the boar was filled with rage, it begins to paw the ground with its foreleg before charging swiftly at him.
Iode widens his eyes in anxiousness, he gnash his teeth at the raging boar.
"Aarrrgh! Valier you bastard!". He yells