The Great Demon System-Novel

94 Friend or Foe?

At first, he was really outraged that she would skip out on such an important duty such as keeping them safe while they slept. But, he gave her the benefit of the doubt thinking:

'She probably went out to take a piss or something, I should maybe go check on her.'

So, he left the cave, spear in hand, and began looking for Jayden in the deep dark forest which he then realized was a bad idea as he was so used to parson's night vision. Then, all of a sudden, he heard a loud scream of pain that sounded really human, followed up by many crashes. It was no doubt the sound of a battlefield.

Although he couldn't see through the night at all, he was still able to pick up the direction of the screaming and crashing, cloaking himself with lightning and running straight in that direction at top speed only to find an unknown armoured girl fighting what seemed like a crippled version of himself.

"What the fuck is going on here!!" He screamed in confusion.

"Ooo!! You must be the real Alex Hart!" Natalia said, turning around, switching her focus onto him.

"Natalia Xane?? Why are you here! And what do you mean by "Real" Alex Hart?? Is that a fake version of me over there or something??" He replied, growing even more confused than before.

"Why of course it's a fake!! That over there is none other than Jayden Griffith!" She said with a hearty laugh.

"Huh!? Is that true!!" He screamed, looking at his heavily injured self.

"Yes Alex… It's true… I have the ability to shapeshift and use other people's powers in addition to my shadow ability… See…" Jayden barely managed to mutter before transforming back into her original body as she had no other choice but to reveal her secret to him.

Alex looked at Jayden with eyes that were completely wide open in surprise, he had never heard about anyone with 2 abilities. And, even with his extensive knowledge of abilities, he never even heard about the shapeshifting ability that Jayden had and was talking about.

"I am still really confused about everything but what you said still doesn't explain what is going on here!!" Alex bellowed with a hint of anger and annoyance.

"Ha ha ha!! Don't feel sad! You can always redeem yourself!"

"You can still restore your lost honour!"

"Join me in torturing this little bitch until her bones get broken and crushed to dust! Until every organ in her body stops working! Until we peel off her skin like an orange with dirty and rusty blades! Until her tears of blood run dry making her cry no more!! So, are you in!"

"W-will it really be okay… Will I truly regain what I have lost if I join you?" Alex muttered in a low yet audible voice.

"No Alex! Don't do it! It's not really what you think!!" Jayden barely managed screamed from the sideline.

"Shut the fuck up you dirty slut! No one asked for the opinion of a dead girl!! And to answer your question, yes of course! I promise that if you just join me it will all be fine! I am sure Moby would understand!" Natalia replied with clear confidence.

"W-will Moby really understand? If I join you will all be forgiven…" Alex mumbled still looking at the ground, cold sweat running down his face.

"Hahaha don't worry! With him as my future husband, I can always talk some sense into him if things go south! So! Join me Alex Hart! Let us punish this bitch for her sins an-!!" Natalia said before being abruptly cut off.

"BUT I REFUSE!!" Alex screamed, dashing towards Natalia at his top speed, leaving her little time to react as she was not at all expecting such an outcome.

He attacked her straight in the chest with the tip of his spear, forming small cracks in Natalia's armour, making her spit out a mouthful of blood.

"B-but why! I thought you hated Jayden Griffith as well!" Natalia shrieked in disbelief.

"Well, let's just say that I have faith in the words of my friend!" Alex said with a smile, thinking about the words that Moby told him when they got back from the amusement park the day before the exam.

"Also! One of the things I, Alex Hart, like the most is to find someone who thinks they're some hot shit, and say 'No' right to their faces!" Alex added with a smile, pointing his spear at the clearly enraged Natalia.

"Also, don't get me wrong! I still don't quite like you Jayden! I just don't mind fighting alongside you just this once because I promised a friend that I would!" He said, looking towards Jayden with a friendly smile that she somehow managed to return but only barely due to her clearly injured state.

Alex cloaked himself in lightning once more and stared at the angry Natalia in the darkness of the night. Although the moon was shining hard on them, he still had a great amount of trouble seeing and tracking her movements.

One second she was far in the distance, and she was already behind him in the next. He only barely managed to react in time to dodge a fatal strike to his heart, causing it to land in a non-fatal spot before she kicked him away with the force of a bullet train, making him break through several trees in the process.

'Fuck! I think I felt something crack!' Alex inwardly cursed.

He was at a major disadvantage as long as he couldn't properly see his opponent. So, he thought of a way that he could regain his lost vision.

With a large visible smirk on his face, he infused his spear with a lot of lightning before running around the edges of the clearing in the forest at top speed, lighting the trees on fire allowing him to see clearly once more.

"Much better!" Alex said, setting his sights on Natalia.

"That was pretty resourceful of you! But that still doesn't change the fact that I am stronger than you and will still beat your weak ass!" She screamed, blinking towards Alex like a mad man, clashing blades with him where she clearly had the upper hand.

Even though Alex was much stronger than Jayden who was transformed into him due to his more proficient use of his ability and body alongside his higher power level, Natalia was still overwhelming him with her blink ability as he barely even managed to dodge and counter attack.

All the while Alex was barely hanging in trying his best not to get killed, Jayden was just spectating from the sidelines beside one of the burning trees, transformed as Ali in order to heal her injuries.

Although Ali's healing Ability was not strong enough alone to regenerate limbs, it became strong enough to do so when it was combined and used alongside Jayden's demon regeneration.

After spectating the fight for a few more seconds, she screamed a mental,

'Fuck it dood,'

Before transforming into Alex and joining the fight as soon as she regained control of her previously missing arm, not waiting until she was completely healed as she had no time and wanted to conserve her mana.

She swooped in from behind Natalia, throwing her shadow and lightning enhanced daggers straight at her. This forced her to blink away making the daggers aimed at Alex who was behind her instead.

But, before it could make contact with him, Jayden returned them to her hands making him breathe a huge sigh of relief.

With their combined efforts, Jayden and Alex managed to regain the upper hand. Alex did think that it was really weird to be fighting alongside what seemed like himself but he would be lying to say that he didn't appreciate the help.

They continued to whale on her until they managed to make her waste her 4 consecutive blinks on dodging their attacks.

Then, Jayden threw both of her daggers hitting Natalia's knees, forcing her to grunt and kneel on both the ground.

"Do it now!" Jayden screamed at Alex who sprinted towards her at full speed.

"Go to hell!" He screamed, thrusting his lightning enhanced spear towards Natalia's chest, not aiming to kill her but to incompasitate her instead.

Then suddenly, Natalia disappeared from where she once laid. Then, all of a sudden, Alex lost the feeling in both of his arms as they were both cleanly sliced off, causing him to scream in pain as blood started gushing out of his hand like a gaiser.

A small black hole formed right in the middle of both of them, sucking them in and ensnaring both of their movements as they struggled to escape its grasp with no avail.

Fuck!! I should have seen this shit coming!!' Jayden inwardly cursed.

She had completely forgotten about Natalia's trump card that Moby had previously told her about. Natalia's 9 blink black hole super move.

Natalia then appeared right in front of Jayden and Alex, slashing off several of their limbs in a barrage of blinks that they could barely keep track of at all, especially in their ensnared state. They lost parts of their arms, legs, pelvis and shoulders.

The barrage was especially bad for Jayden who was now nothing more than an armless and legless nugget due to her jumping in the way of some attacks that were directed at Alex since she knew she could survive by sustaining more damage than him due to her demon regeneration.

As the black hole disappeared, they both dropped?and began falling on the ground like rag dolls.

Alex was still alive, however only barely, all due to Jayden's efforts. However, he was most likely still going to die in the next hour from blood loss.

As Jayden's heavily injured, armless and legless body that was nearly lifeless and unconscious was dropping on the ground, she heard the voice of the one person she wanted to hear from the most. Even as she felt like she was about to die, she felt happy to be able to hear his voice one more time before she moved on to the other side.

"Jayden!! I'll be there in a bit!! Hang tight for me okay!!" Moby's sweet voice rang in her head.

"*Cough* *Cough* Please… Hurry… We don't have much longer…" Jayden managed to mutter as she dropped on the ground, going completely unconscious, a wide smile on her face.

"Hahahahahah!! I am surprised that you forced me to do that!! I never expected to use my trump card even while taking on both of you combined!"

"I might have gone a little too far… it looks like you are about to die from blood loss any second now! And we can't have that now can we! So, I will kill you with my own hands!

"Just like you tried to steal my Moby's heart, I shall now steal yours as well!!" Natalia screamed like a maniac, before laughing a devilish laugh, making her hand into the shape of a spear before thrusting it towards Jayden's heart.

"STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM MY JAYDEN!!!" Moby screamed, swooping in at the last second, punching Natalia in the face so hard that it cracked and dislocated her jaw, sending her flying away through several trees in the distance.