Criminal X : Epitome Of Evil-Chapter 258: Plain Old

The Demon invited millions of people to attack him.

He had a smile on his face and he was looking forward to the upcoming fight.

His left hand gripped his red sword and he stayed just at the entrance of the city.

The army, however, didn’t move.

The five Abyssal Butchers in the front eyed the Demon but they didn’t dashed towards him.

"I said Come!" The Demon shouted.

"Everyone!" Tank shouted as well.

All of them paid attention to him.

"Forget about the enemies residing far away from us. The other kingdoms, the missions, forget about them. The culmination of all your efforts stands in front of you. A Demon stands in front of you. Pass this and you will reach glory. Finish this and you will attain peace. Kill the Demon and you will attain freedom! Kill the bastarddddd!!"

"Raaaaaaaangghhhhhhhhh!!!"

Tank successfully made the people ready for the battle as with a devastating warcry, they marched towards the Demon.

"Yes. Come to your death."

The Demon waved his sword and ran towards the incoming army as well.

"Use your Egoes! No need to hold back! Use them from the start!" Tank ordered and the soldiers raged all the way.

Fire, water, ice, wind all sorts of elements dashed towards the Demon and the Demon faced all of them head on.

"Yes. This is it. This is more like it. Give it your all!"

The Demon waved his sword and all the elements crumbled to the side. Not even one thing touched the being.

"If using Ego is necessary then I might just end this right now." Jamal spoke and no one heard him, which was good.

He snapped his fingers and like that, everything stopped.

The whole army stopped and so did the Demon as well.

Jamal then leisurely walked towards the Demon, holding his two blades.

"No opponent is strong to me. Everything is too easy."

The high duke reached in front of the Demon and raised both his swords high in the air.

The Demon stood still with a smile on his face and Jamal brought down his swords.

TUNG!

Metals clashing sound came which shouldn’t have come. The Demon’s head should have rolled.

Jamal frowned and looked.

And as soon as he looked, he felt the highest level of shock.

His lips trembled by the scene in front of him.

No one was able to move after Jamal snapped his finger but the Demon, the being, had stopped the two swords of Jamal with his hands.

"H-how? How can you move?!" Jamal yelled. He never witnessed anything like that.

Ever since he got his Ego, he was unbeatable. He was untouchable. The Demon shouldn’t be able to move.

Heck, the Demon was completely still a few seconds ago. He was completely still.

So how?

The Demon smiled. "Fooled you."

Jamal widened his eyes and let go of his swords.

He jumped a step back from the Demon.

"This is impossible. You shouldn’t be able to move. How can you move?" Jamal asked the same thing once more.

"Now that is true fear in your eyes. I thrive in that bliss."

The Demon inhaled deeper as if sniffing the fear.

He gave the two swords back to Jamal.

"Try again."

"Hell no. I am resetting it." Jamal joined his fingers and before he could snap, the Demon held his hand.

"So you can control time to some extent. Those people surely hand out Egoes like candies."

Jamal couldn’t move. The Demon was just in front of him and his red eyes peered straight inside the fragile soul of the Human named Jamal.

"Are you afraid, Human?" The Demon asked, his face close enough to eat Jamal’s head.

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"Ye.s" Jamal said the truth. He didn’t dare to lie.

"Good." The Demon moved back. "If you would have lied, I would have shown you my home."

"What ho-me?"

Demon grinned. "Hell."

Jamal shivered under the black sharp fangs.

His right hand was still under the hold of the Demon so this time, he decided to use his left hand.

He brought the hand behind his back and joined his fingers.

However…

"There is no need to hurry. Stay with me for a while. I got all the time I wanted."

The Demon held Jamal’s other hand as well. Now he couldn’t snap.

Jamal didn’t resist as all his strength left his body. He was powerless against the Demon.

Both swords of Jamal were adorned on his back and he was at the mercy of the Demon.

"Why are you holding me? What do you want?" Jamal gathered all his will power to ask that.

"I want to see how long you can stop time. It can’t be forever, right?"

"It’s fifteen minutes. I can stop time for fifteen minutes."

"Oh. But I don’t believe you. I will see it myself. You will stay like this for fifteen minutes."

The Demon would confirm it himself.

"Don’t kill me yet. I didn’t even get the chance to fight you well."

"Of course I won’t kill you yet. Where’s the fun in that? I will toy with all of you first. And don’t worry, you will get your chance to fight me. Sadly, you can’t even scratch me alone. You need people."

Jamal said nothing. He agreed with the Demon. He couldn’t do a damn thing alone especially when his Ego was useless against the being.

"I am sure you people haven’t even seen a Demon in its full power. You don’t even know how to kill me. You all are doomed from the start."

"You will be beheaded. That’s how you will die. That’s how everyone dies. That’s how war is. We will kill you with sheer force." Jamal argued. He might look like a child in front of the Demon but he was a brave child.

Jamal showed some bravery in front of the Demon but the being just shook his head.

"This may be a war for you all, but for me…"

The Demon applied force on both hands of Jamal and the sound of bones crackling rattled in the battlefield.

"It’s just a plain old playground."