[The Raid Boss has appeared…]

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[You have entered a Raid Boss Fight, showdown phase 2!]

Nezerath Ashfall Sr . , Head of the Ashfall Family .

Level: 103

Type: ancient demon .

Work under: N/A .

Special: Exodus Flash Blast [Inflicts colossal h.e.l.l damage . Chance to cause agony and despair . ]

Weakness: holy, lightning .

Resistances: Your hostile detection isn't high enough .

Secret: Your hostile detection, luck, and will isn't high enough for this .

Clyde knew what that ridiculously high level meant . No mistakes here . He had an idea to confiscate for his lack of time—the strain of his current form was starting take its toll .

"Now, Kitome," he said, voice low .

[Kitome used Tier 3 spell: Plain of Silence!]

[All enemies around here and within a mile radius have been muted for three minutes . Use your time wisely . ]

Clyde let out a breath then rushed forward . Ashfall picked up his son with a single hand and threw him at the young man . Clyde knocked him aside with a finger then proceeded, sword drawn . But when he swung, Ashfall caught it .

"Do not take me lightly, boy . "

Clyde grimaced as the demon lord overpowered him—pulling the sword from his grasps, snapped it in half, then tossed it to the side . Alice's gift to him…

[Alice activated Raid crus.h.i.+ng beam . ]

[Harumi activated Skill fusion: lightning blast + feral fire wave]

[Chika activated Dire slash beam . ]

[Yuki activated Destruction Wave . ]

[Yusuke activated Focus Blast . ]

[Toru activated Raging Blast . ]

[Seth activated Honing fire wave . ]

[Sahara activated Time Flame Strike . ]

Clyde let go of the sword handle to duck under the magic . All of it struck, yet Ashfall looked as if it hadn't affected him at all .

"We're not going to let you do this alone," Chika said . Clyde didn't argue .

[Ashfall HP has dropped to 650%]

Clyde panted as the pain in his bones worsened . He ignored it at first, the aching wasn't too bad, nothing worse than an itch . He couldn't falter here . Not when the root of the a.s.shole household stood in front of him .

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[You activated Silver Tier Skill: Angel Energy Ball . ]

Ashfall dodged the ball, but there was one thing he didn't expect . Clyde made it turn around and smashed into the demon's backside .

[Ashfall's HP has dropped to 543%]

[Alice used Targeted Raid Ender . ]

She had that one aimed for Nezerath .

[Nezerath's HP has dropped to 30% Defense down! Attack down! Evasion down! Still weakened after resp.a.w.n!]

Toru, Yusuke, Seth and even Sahara immediately engaged him, happy to take advantage of his weakness . Neko continued to observe, bound by clan rules and whatever watcher had a leash on her neck .

[Kitome's mute has worn off . ]

Ashfall laughed .

"Finally!"

He dodged Clyde's lightning fast punches, kicks, and well-formed martial arts, then countered .

[Ashfall used Demon Dance Blast . ]

Clyde held up a hand and attempted to put up a Spirit s.h.i.+eld but nothing happened .

[MP: 65%]

His MP was fine but the pain in his bones…well, that explained a lot . The energy blast struck him hard—he felt himself flying backward .

[Your HP has dropped to 90%]

He struggled to his feet, gritting his teeth against the strain . The system warned him—and he would've been happy to oblige right after Nezerath's head rested on a pike . Daddy dearest just had to show up to save him .

Clyde took a deep breath, allowing fresh anger to rush in .

[Your MP has regenerated to 85%]

A regeneration that amazing was definitely something he knew he'd feel in the morning . Ashfall chuckled .

"Come on, boy, is that all you've got? My son isn't the type to be totally crushed so easily . Come at me like you mean it . Give Alice something worthy to look at before I peel her like a banana . "

Clyde didn't take the bait . He knew the cliché on sight . Fall for the taunt, let guard down, get destroyed .

Instead of rus.h.i.+ng him, Clyde aimed a hand . Ashfall thrusted a palm his way . He pushed heavily through the pain, determined to not fail . He would not allow Alice to be stuck with the crazy demons .

[You activated tier 1 skill: Angel's Spirit wave . ]

[Ashfall activated Negative Raid crus.h.i.+ng beam . ]

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Both of the energy beams collided . This made Clyde chuckle inside—it was like the Cell vs . Gohan scene from Dragonball . Except in real life, if he failed, he'd take either heavy damage or die . If he died, his team did too .

[Clash initiated . Will your magic and push back!]

Clyde invested more MP into his attack and willed it forward . So did Ashfall . The ancient laughed .

"Is this it? All of your great power and you go out like a candle when faced with a real threat . What a shame, boy . "

[MP: 65%]

Despite his best efforts, Ashfall's beam easily enveloped his . Clyde knew this was it, but he gave himself a mental pat on the back for going toe to toe with a level one hundred super demon . The closeness of Ashfall's power burned at his hands .

But he had no intention of dying here .

[Your HP has dropped to 56%]

[You've invoked Mystic wrath!]

[Whew, the strain on your body is going to hurt in the morning, desu . ]

Clyde grimaced but took in the feel of his mystic mode and what the system called his real power . His anger still boiled within and wasn't going away . Not until all of the victims had justice . And the root of it all stood in front of him .

Ashfall's eyes widened as Clyde's Spirit wave immediately overtook his beam then exploded on his chest, bas.h.i.+ng the ancient demon backward, into the same wall he saw his son hit .

[Ashfall's HP has dropped to 200%]

[Ashfall has been inflicted with confusion . Great job!]

"Oh no you don't!" Nezerath aimed a hand toward his father .

Ashfall jumped off the ground and ran into a wall . Clyde would've laughed if he wasn't so p.i.s.sed .

[Ashfall hurt himself in his confusion!]

[Ashfall's HP dropped to 180%]

[Nezerath used Refresh . Ashfall's confusion is gone . ]

[Clyde activated Mystic lightning . ]

[Ashfall activated Extreme Evade . ]

He teleported beside the young man, but Clyde blocked his fists with a single finger and without turning toward him .

"Perish," Clyde said . With one hand on the old man's chest, he initiated his ultimate attack . Or at least he tried to, but Nezerath was surprisingly faster .

[Nezerath activated Intense Raid Ender]

Ashfall took Clyde's Spirit s.h.i.+eld activation as an opening—Clyde knew he made a mistake . The ancient demon's grin confirmed so much .

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[Ashfall activated Exodus Flash Blast . ]

Both of their special attacks . Clyde's luck was finally going to run out—he and his friends were going to die here .

f.u.c.k that . Desperate times called for extremes .

[You activated Skill fusion: Omen's Desolation + Scattershot . ]

The combination created red and black miniature suns that immediately absorbed all magic around it . He willed them with all his might to attack the Ashfall pair . To his relief, the deadly scattershot covered them . That didn't stop the back-blast from knocking him off his feet and five feet toward the wall .

[Nezerath's HP has dropped to 1%]

[Nezerath has lost the will to fight . ]

[Ashfall's HP has dropped to 11%]

[Your HP has dropped to 12%]

Neko walked over to him .

"Nya, Clyde are you crazy? Fusing your special with anything, while in two powerful modes, can wipe planets . "

The young man chuckled . As if the cliché couldn't help itself, Tear and her group barged in to surround the older Ashfall .

Clyde needed the EXP . As much as it sounded selfish, this fight was just a reminder that one couldn't fully rely on special boosts . Even if they were your true powers .

[Clyde activated Mystic lightning]

The Ashfall man howled in extreme agony as his blood fried . Boils emerged all around his skin, even the tongue he screamed with . His eyeb.a.l.l.s burst . His clothing burst into flame and he burned . Finally, after what felt like an eternity of screaming, the life faded from him . Judging by the hard expressions, no one spared even a moment of pity .

[Ashfall's HP has dropped to 0%]

[Mystic lightning prevents resp.a.w.ns . Nezerath Ashfall Senior will never live again . ]

Clyde smiled weakly at the prompts, one which included Harumi's healing . He released Mystic wrath and despite the healing warmth, the bone-deep pain circulated throughout his body . He needed to find a way to utilize it . It's his power, right? How did one train to minimize the strain? Well as much of an anime trope this was, a training camp in the Libado Gra.s.slands should fix the issue . Or amount to nothing at all except pointlessly ecchi moments with the women .

[Battle completed . Victory! Reward: 800,000 EXP and $400,000 . You've earned 20 free points . 65 total . ]

[Quest completed . Without the head, the Ashfall family falls . Rewards: 200,000 EXP and $100,000 . Ashfall estate is yours to do whatever you please with it . Ashfall family treasury is now yours . Ashfall family sword has been added to your inventory: Legendary Sword- Ludacris . ]

[Congratulations, you've reached levels 43 through 50 . Stats increased! You've learned the special ability, Jump . ]

[You've learned the learned tier 3 skill: Sound slash]

[Your hostile detection has reached level 5! MAXED . You can now see resistances . Your will and luck is at the right place—you can now see enemy secrets . Have fun with that, desu . ]

[You've learned the tier 2 skill: Blizzard!]

[Your reputation has increased to level 3!]

[Your relations.h.i.+p with Natalia has changed to Endearment . Alice and she are longtime friends . You saved her beloved friend from a fate worse than death . ]

[Your relations.h.i.+p with Alice has changed to Soulmate . You are currently the only life mate candidate . ]

[Your relations.h.i.+p with Tear has changed to Endearment . You've helped her favorite cousin evade true danger . ]

[Your relations.h.i.+p with Neko has changed to Friend Closer level 2 . Ashfall harmed plenty of her family . You avenged the bullied and lost . ]

Clyde forced himself to stand, denying Neko's aid . The catgirl licked his face anyway then purred . The young man pretended he didn't notice .

"So what should we do with that piece of s.h.i.+t?" he said, pointing at the terrified and defeated Ashfall heir . "Anyone not affected by cooldowns wants to finish him?"

"I've got a better idea," Tear said then grinned at Nezerath . "First, I'll curse him so that he'll never use magic again . This cooldown takes a few months, but it's well worth it . "

[Tear used Ancient Mute, Succubus's curse . ]

A black sun-like mark appeared on the blond demon's forehead .

"I know some people who are called futas," Tear said . "They know all about Ashfall and especially this one . He's going to be their prisoner for the rest of his life . If Clyde's lightning wasn't impossibly fast, maybe you would've dove into it to avoid a fate worse than death . "

Tear laughed . Clyde shuddered . The succubus was just as ruthless as them .

"b.u.t.thole! b.u.t.thole!" Natalia said in a singsong voice, pointing at Nezerath . "Prepare your b.u.t.thole . "

"Please, I'll do anything," Nezerath said, talking quickly . "Anything . What is it that you want? Money? I'll give you—"

"Everything you own is already mine," Clyde said then pulled the deed from his inventory . The young man's name was already on it .

"That's impossible—"

"Shut it," Alice snapped at Nezerath . "I hope you get surprised every minute of the day .

[Harumi used Drip heal . ]

[Nezerath's HP has increased to 15%]

"We can't have you dying," Harumi said .

"They are packing," Tear said then laughed again . "The smallest is twenty-four inches . I think there's a four-foot grower there too . She's rough rider . "

Chika laughed . Kitome, Sahara, and Toru all shuddered . Seth grinned evilly .

"I don't condone this, but this is a prison sentence," Seth said . "You know, for literally murdering and raping thousands . What's the old saying, don't drop the soap . Not going to matter for you . You'll never sit down right again . Maybe they'll have you in a wheelchair on the first night . "

Nezerath begged hard and wept . Tear grinned then ordered her agents to take him to the futas through a portal . They chained the demon and dragged him off . Nezerath's last round of offers, having the world, and money brushed over the party, unheard . His kicking and screaming faded .

"Find his cousin Gamen," Clyde said . "Take him to the futas too . "

"He's already taken care of," Tear said . "As soon as Alice told me he was still alive, I had agents deal with him . "

"That's freaking awesome," Kitome said .

Alice walked over to Clyde, love in her eyes .

"Let's go home . "

"Oh yeah," Clyde said, weary .

"I'll ma.s.sage him," Yuki said . "He looks like he'll need it . "

"What—no way, I'll do it," Alice said . "He's my Clyde anyway . "

"I'm better!" Chika said .

"You don't even live with us," Alice said .

"Tear, could you do the honors and warp us back . I'll figure out what to do with the estate later . "

Tear nodded .

"Of course," she said .

"Clyde, you suck," Seth said, jealously aura pouring out of him . "Fall off a bridge . "

Everyone laughed until the stomach-lurch of Tear's warp travel struck hard .

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