The heat emitting from the demon man was so strong, it was affecting the air around him. The others couldn't help but be affected by the heat and stood there sweating. Some of the archers from the Little pound Guild could barely stand.

  Although, Ray stood there still unaffected.

  "Does the heat not bother him?" Lilly said.

  Unknown to the others, Ray was activating his ice attribute around his body, keeping his body temperature cool. The two of them stood there staring at each other as if they were waiting for one of them to make the first move.

  "My dragon hammer versus the servant of the Divine being." The demon man said, "I wonder which one is stronger. You may have been blessed with powers by her but it is nothing compared to the powers of a dragon."

  The demon man started to lick his lips as he looked at Ray. While Ray continued to cast his ice attribute. It seemed like the Demon man was simply buying time, perhaps waiting for Ray to worn out by the heat.

  "Carry on standing there, you will be burned ali…"

  Ray then burst with immense power from his legs, kicking up pieces of the ground as he dashed forward. Ray was lighting fast and grabbed the Demon man by the throat lifting him in the air.

  "The power of a Dragon you say. Let's see how strong that hammer really is."

  Ray continued to grip harder around the demon man's neck. The demon man was struggling and it looked like the duel was going to end in an instant. However, the hammer in the demon man's hand once again started to glow, even brighter this time.

  The demon man snarled in rage and the heat around him grew more intense. Ray had no choice but to let go of the demon man and at the same time, a shock wave of heat had pushed Ray back a few feet.

  Although Ray was able to block the shockwave it wasn't the same for the others.

  "Everyone get behind me!" Lenny shouted.

  Lenny started to cast a spell and his hands started to light up and circle orbs had surrounded them. The group had moved behind Lenny as asked. When the Heatwave finally reached Lenny, a large circle magical barrier appeared causing the heat to go around the group.

  Seeing this, the demon man smashed his hammer into the ground causing a piece of rock to lift into the air. He then hit the rock again with the hammer flinging the piece of rock at Lenny.

  The flying projectile had caught Lenny off guard and he was too slow to react, but Jack had stood in between them and whacked the large rock away with his Greatsword.

  "They have broken the duel!" Lilly cried, "Everyone prepare for combat."

  The demon man's actions clearly showed that he never intended to fight only Ray.

  Now the demon man's eyes were focused on Ray. He charged forward, but Ray placed both hands on the ground and cast his ice bind skill. However, the heat coming of the demon man was so strong that it barely held him for even a second.

  As the demon man came close, he swung his hammer at Ray. At the same time, Ray used all his strength to match the hammer, as the two collided it caused shockwaves to ring out but there was a clear winner and that was the hammer.

  Ray's arm was swung back by the force and his whole body spun and fell to the ground. The demon man took this opportunity to attack again, lifting the hammer in the air preparing to smash it down on Ray's head.

  But then, A black blade flew through the air past Ray and stuck into the demon man's shoulder. It was Gary's Black blade. The demon man howled in pain and started to stagger backward. The flames and heat around the man started to die down as well.

  "Is that the special black sword?" Ray thought.

  Ray tried to get up as he saw this as his opportunity but he was more injured then he realised, staggering back down and falling to one knee.

  Lilly then charged forward with her wand in hand and cast a spell.?The demon man gave a simple swing of the hammer and a strong force hit Lilly, knocking her to the side into a tree. She fell to the ground laying there still.

  The demon man then pulled out Gary's sword and threw it off to one side. The archers fired arrows at the demon man. However, now the demon man's flames and heat had come back once more. With a swing of his hammer, a line of flames came out burning the arrows to a crisp.

  Ark and Mike were the next two to take their chances at the demon man but with a simple hit to the ground, rocks came flying out everywhere knocking the two back and away from the others.

  The demon man once again turned his attention towards Ray, as he started walking forward, Lenny stepped in front of the demon man.

  Seeing that Lenny had no weapon, the demon man had no fear. He swung his hammer once again but Lenny had managed to grab the hammer with his bare hands covered in magic.

  "How is this possible." The demon man said.

  But the demon man's other hand was still free. It took both of Lenny's hands just to hold back the hammer. As the demon man threw a punch towards Lenny, he braced himself for impact but the blow never came.

  Now standing by his side holding back the other arm of the demon man was a large white-furred Werewolf.

  "nwrghh atehhd" Jack said.

  Although no one understood what Jack was saying, one person had long learnt what he wanted to say. Gary had picked up the black sword of the ground and charged at the demons man's back, stabbing it through his stomach.

  The flames and the demon man's power started to die down. And now Ray had managed to make a full recovery.

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