18. CLEMEN VS GRIMM

"I-I love them, that's my reason! So whatever you plan on, just forget it! They don't know anything about me. You just need me, the conversation is over!"

Clemen combed his hair to hide the admiration he was feeling. 'Strange demon.'

"Interesting! Maybe it would be nice if we could go to them now. Reveal the truth, and finish them with you. Since, you love them... Die with them together for fun?" Clemen smiled.

"YOU!..."

"What, kid?! That's a good idea, isn't it?"

Clemen suddenly popped a pentagram around the young man. After that it was covered with fire.

"AAAARGH!"

The young man's cry echoed in the air and his long red hair exploded all over his face. His face was covered. Grimm secretly smiled, he was not much affected by the fire... He was used to its heat because in hell, he was born and raised. He seemed to suddenly remember the few moments he had there...

A memory suddenly refreshed him.

"Show power if you want to get out of that chain!" angry language of Belphegor.

It then struck a flame on Grimm's back. Many times and the child's cry echoed all around.

"I-I can't... That's enough, Dad! That's enough... I can't!"

Grimm was already crying and begging... He was just a kid, ten years old. At that age, he should be able to control whatever power he has... But, nothing. No matter what training he does, nothing happens. His father became even angrier with him.

"Don't beg because that thing is not trendy in this place! Do not cry either, for you are a demon! You are an emotionless creature... Only evil should permeate your whole being!"

Grimm sniffed and stared at his father's face. He could not understand everything... Why was it so cruel to him? Is it because he has no power and no skill? He is his son, but why is he so cruel to him?! He was brave... He had to ask. He wanted an answer. He has many things that cannot be understood.

"P-Papa, why?! Why are you like that to me..? I am your child!" he said emphatically.

Belphegor's eyes narrowed. Anger erupted in its red eyes. He violently grabbed Grimm's face and squeezed his chin tightly. Grimm looked at his father's face in fear. The anger he feels here is terrifying.

"You're asking why I'm cruel to you, huh?! That's just the way it is, because I'm a devil! You should be like this too! Do you know that the strength I poured out just to make you is not a joke?! I imitated what... EEeeeer! Why didn't you become perfect?! I lost a lot of my strength just to make you! I raised you from the earth!"

Belphegor's hand pressed harder on Grimm's chin. He felt, that part of his face would be separated. His eyes were almost blank. He could not imagine why he had to be perfect. He did not know why he had to be like this... There was something in his mind that objected. He does not want to be like this. The reason, he is not happy. Every time he looked at the world of people, he was envious. That place is very different here where he is.

Grimm smiled bitterly... That was the beginning of his uprising. He does not regret the escape he made in that ugly place. He remembered the face of his family. He felt relieved and seemed to have ignored all the injuries he had sustained. He forced himself to stand. His red hair still covered his face.

It was amuse for Clemen to look at the young man. It is strong. What he did here is not a joke. And despite everything, it still did not rush him. He had never faced such a demon. He was curious to find out what was the story behind it all. He still needs to make it very angry. He has not done enough. He thought of something...

"I want to ask you, Grimm..."

"What else!" moaned the young man.

"Does my niece Rusty know about you? She's your friend, does she know you're a demon?"

Grimm was stunned. He breathed violently.

"S-She knows nothing about me!"

Clemen nodded at Grimm's answer.

"Uhum... She already knows who you really are."

"Stop it, she knows nothing!"

"Boy, a lot of people confess to me. And I know people whether what they say is true or not."

Grimm was silent. He does not feel well. He was nervous when he mentioned Rusty, he had a bad feeling.

"In that case, I can do nothing. I also have to end Rusty's life. It's sad because she's my niece. I don't understand why she needs to protect you. It’s a mistake!"

Grimm sighed at what he said.

"Are you crazy?! She is your niece!" he said emphatically.

"Yeah I know. And it would be better in my hands to end her life."

Grimm's heartbeat suddenly stopped in those moments. Suddenly intense anger prevailed in his whole being. Clemen was shocked when blue smoke suddenly enveloped Grimm's surroundings. A mist.

Gradually the chains wrapped around the young man's body were covered with ice. Then it just shattered like a mirror. The ice shone all around and the shackles of ice-covered chains fell to the ground. Gradually the whole area cooled down. Blow even harder. Grimm's long hair parted that covered his face. Its eyes light up, it does not blush. But it is as colored as ice.

Clemen suddenly felt a strong bliss of air. He was surprised when Grimm suddenly appeared in front of him. And after that it suddenly punched him hard in the stomach. It was solid and strong, he jumped and his body slid. He rubbed his stomach in extreme pain... He vomited a little blood and gently wiped his mouth. He smiled in spite of everything. He unleashed the true ability of this demon. He stood up and looked carefully at the young man.

"Great!" he liked what had happened.

He is the one who started now. He quickly ran towards it and he immediately made a pentagram in the air.

"You made me mad, kid! Get ready!"

Lightning struck again. But the young man made an ice wall and that was what the lightning struck. It was fragmented. And the fragments of ice, flew through the air and became icicles... Grimm waved his right hand in the direction of his opponent. The ice quickly plunged in his direction.

But, Clemen was able to crack the icicles. He lit it with a pentagram. It all melted away. Grimm stopped and so did he.

"Hmm... You're a weird demon the opposite of the heat of the fire of hell is your ability."

Grimm did not speak. Instead, he looked in front of him sharply. He clenched his fist. Moments later, he suddenly rushed towards Clemen. The latter quickly avoided the attack, then he made a pentagram. But Grimm also attacked immediately. He gave a strong kick to the side. His opponent jumped. But Grimm was stunned because he was not the one struck by the lightning from the pentagram he made...

"WAAAARGH!"

He looked at the source of that loud growl in shock. He was dumbfounded. A pitch-black creature was struck by lightning. Its body organs grow larger. He was holding a large axe pointed at him. He looked at the exorcist priest. It saved him and he did not know the reason why.

"You're a pest exorcist! You're an obstacle!" the demon said angrily.

The lightning flashed around it.

"D-Draurus?!" exclaimed Grimm.

It was one of the demons that tormented him back then. Its red eyes glowed and grinned at him.

"How are you, Grimm?! Belphegor sent me here to shred you and take you home. He received your message that you told Rupert. He is very angry! Are you like that now?!" its arrogant language.

This one always teased him when he was a child. Even when he does nothing, it hurts him. Draurus just hurt him so many times back then. He clenched his fists.

"I'm not that weak child anymore that you used to know. I'm different now!"

"Let's just see!"

He quickly raised the handle of his large axe. It quickly rushed towards him. It pointed the big axe at him and it immediately slapped him. But he quickly avoided. The ground where its attack fell was excavated. The trees around it also fell. Clemen stood up and looked at the newly arrived demon. Obviously it is also strong. He also looked at the young man. He stretched to condition his body. He seems to have broken ribs because of Grimm's kick. He laughed softly.

The attention of the two demons immediately focused on him.

"You're a crazy priest! What do you think you're doing, huh?! What if I killed you?!" Grimm's sermon.

He approached where it was. Clemen laughed even more.

"Boy, stop there in your sermon. That's my job!"

Grimm throw a stone here out of annoyance.

"A-Awww! You have no respect!"

"You are not respectable!" he returned.

Clemen just smiled at what the boy said. He looked at the demon holding an axe.

"Looks like you're close to that one ah?" Clemen asked.

"Super!" Grimm replied.

Draurus quickly ran to where they were. It took the big axe. It waved it and slapped it. They easily avoided its attack. They jumped in both directions. Grimm was immediately followed and its starting style is just the same. Grimm is just avoiding the attacks. He grinned foolishly at Draurus.

"What, Draurus? You can't chase me now ah? I still remember, you used to love to chase me to hit me. What if... I was the one who stabbed you?!"

Draurus attacked shivering but he immediately tilted to avoid.

"You're arrogant!"

Draurus attacked again. This surprised him because Grimm did not avoid it. Instead, he held the knife of the axe. Its eyes widened. Grimm smiled foolishly. He covered the weapon with ice. Draurus suddenly released it. It looked at its hands.

"W-What did you do to me?!" angry this question.

His hands were frozen.

"Nothing." Grimm's short answer.

He grabbed the axe and removed the wrapped ice there. He threw it into the air and caught it. How many times he did do that.

"This weapon of yours is light. It's just a children's toy. The chains I used to carry are heavier here than ten times." Grimm smiled.

"Arrogant!"

Grimm suddenly threw the axe at Draurus. But that stopped and the knife faced him again. The axe floated in the air and quickly plunged toward him. He grabbed the weapon and finally covered it with ice. He punched it and shattered it.

"Curse you!"

Draurus quickly ran towards him and punch his frozen fists. He was only up to his chest but he bravely met his fists with his hands. He squeezed them hard and Draurus shouted again. Its hands are fragmented. He stepped back and looked at its arms. It no longer has hands. Its eyes widened when it was suddenly pierced by so many chains on its body. Those were the chains Clemen used on him earlier. Draurus was enveloped in a large pentagram and then struck by lightning. That was dragon shape. It swallowed Draurus. The lightning dragon disappeared and black ashes flew into the air.