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Chapter 8 - Chapter 8: I met a god

The screeching of birds filled the air, as they scattered in every direction.

'Who is he?' Code stared in awe at the masked man.

He hadn't noticed his presence at all, he just suddenly appeared, and he was standing there.

"Arrgh," the man sighed, turning his gaze to face Code.

"You see, I should have been here sooner, but something came up, and I had to take longer," the man said, his eyes practically pleading.

Growl!!

The demon shrieked, as it moved its foot.

"Oh, my bad, hahaha" the man chuckled nervously, as he pushed, and the demon's leg was flung backwards like it weighed nothing.

The man turned back to face Code, whose mouth was opened wide in surprise.

'How did...?' Code thought. This was the same demon that levelled trees and crushed humans. Yet this strange human was treating it like it was nothing?

"You don't wanna keep that mouth open for long, germs could enter," the masked man said, his tone slightly mocking.

However, instead of closing his mouth, Code's mouth only seemed to widen more in a surprised "uh?".

"Oh, hahaha!" The masked man burst into laughter. "I forgot, your facial bones are probably already crushed."

"But wait, does that mean..." His eyes narrowed, as he brought his hand to his chin.

'What the hell?' Code exclaimed in his head. 'How is he so calm? There's literally a demon behind us, and he's laughing?'

"...then that'd mean another thing entirely," the man continued thinking.

'Is he here to joke?' Code asked to himself. He wanted to stand up and smack the man's head, but his body wouldn't let him.

Then suddenly, Code noticed it.

Behind them, the demon was coming - with full force, as it threw a massive punch towards them.

'Oi!' Code's eyes widened. 'Behind you! Bastard!' Code screamed, but the sounds only materialized in his head.

Swooom!!

The punch flew through the air, headed towards the masked man.

But strangely enough, the man didn't move. Instead he remained crouched, thinking.

"Wait...if what I'm thinking is right..."

And in that instant, the punch connected.

Boom!!

The punch unleashed a massive burst of air that tore the forest apart.

Dust and debris erupted all around them.

Code's ear rang for a moment, and his vision blurred.

'The bastard's dead!' Code nodded grimly.

The dust cleared out, and as Code tilted his head to see -

He froze. His eyes widened in disbelief.

The man was still there, crouched down and thinking.

'How did?' Code muttered.

The punch hadn't landed.

A strange anticlimactic silence passed, then without warning -

Blamm!!!

The demon's arm exploded instantly in a classic spray of blood and gore.

"Screech!!" The demon screamed, as it jerked backwards, eyes widening in pain.

'Uh?' Code exclaimed. 'How did he do that? He didn't move at all. Yet...' Code's gaze moved from the demon to the man.

He was still there. Doing nothing, and just thinking.

'Does he even know he just did that?' Code asked himself.

"Arrgh," the man sighed aloud, moving his fingers through his hair, as he stood up back.

"I can't think of an explanation..." He whispered.

'What's he even thinking about?' Code thought.

The man raised his gaze to Code's.

"This is tougher than it looks, y'know," the man said.

'The fuck you are thinking about in the middle of a battle?' Code wanted to scream.

"I can't seem to wrap my head around it," the man said, as he walked towards Code.

'Why's he coming here? He should go somewhere where the demon's attack wouldn't affect me!' Code screamed in his head. His eyes flared with anger and fear.

The demon had already regenerated its arm.

Code's gaze followed the man, as he walked towards him, and without stopping, he crouched directly in front of him.

'Bastard!!!' Code yelled. He wished he could strangle him right now, as he gritted his teeth in frustration.

Then suddenly -

"You see..." The man's voice boomed.

"Uh?" Code turned to him.

"I don't see things on the level of humans," he started.

'What's he talking about now, when we're about to die? Is he drunk?' Code thought.

THUD!! THUD!! THUD!!

The demon began to dash towards them, it's tongue sprawling outwards. Its eyes were filled with murderous intent, its bones and muscles seemed to have metamorphosized.

The demon had transformed into something worse.

"I see absolutely everything, anything and even nothing," the man continued.

THUD! Boom!

"Ahhhh!!!" The demon screamed, as it dashed towards them, its footsteps shaking the entire terrain.

'This motherfucker! He should've just let me die in peace earlier, tch," Code hissed, his face boiling with anger.

'If I ever come back in a next life, I'll make sure he's the first person I kill!'

"Arrgh," the man sighed, looking up to face the sky.

It was beautiful. The red moon, and the beautiful tree branches - they were all heavenly.

THUD! Thud!

'Do something, bastard!!' Code screamed in his head.

The man slowly lowered his head to face the demon.

It was already two steps away.

The man's eyes were emotionless, distant, and filled with arrogance.

Then, he spoke.

"When I look at this demon..."

The demon covered the distance between them, and as it was about to take the last step to crush them...

The masked man spoke again.

"...all I see is nothing."

At that instant, time slowed.

'Uh?' Code gulped.

And then, before he could swallow his saliva...

SKRABLAAAM!!

The demon's entire being - his arms, legs, body, head, and bones -

Exploded.

Blood and gore rained all over the terrain, casting a mist of crimson over the trees.

'Woah!' Code's eyes widened in awe. 'He didn't even move.'

'What is he?'

"Because..." the man muttered, slowly rising up to his feet, as he looked at the chunk of disintegrated flesh on the ground, with blood smeared all over.

Then he turned to face Code.

"...I'm a god."

Those were the last words Code heard before his eyes went blurry, his body went numb...

And he died.

But not without meeting a god.

"Oh, crap, he's out," the man said, as he shook his head. But as he took the next step forward...

He halted.

"Is that...?" His gaze turned to Code's left arm.

Something strange was happening.

The demon's blood and flesh were being sucked into Code's body via the wound on his left arm.

"I knew it," The man whispered, his eyes releasing.

"This boy is something else..."

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