Weakness

As the two were exchanging gazes the white haired demon put Klodian's sister down gently as out of it's right hand a glowing magic circle was formed creating a barrier around her.

"ꀤ ꒒ꀤꀘꍟ ꌩꂦꀎꋪ ꌗᖘꀤꋪꀤ꓄, ꓄ꃅꍟ ꌗᖘꀤꋪꀤ꓄ ꂦꎇ ꍏ ꅏꍏꋪꋪꀤꂦꋪ. ꍏ ꅏꍏꋪꋪꀤꂦꋪ ꓄ꋪꍏꀤꈤꍟꀸ ꓄ꂦ ꀎᖘꃅꂦ꒒ꀸ ᖘꋪꀤꈤꉓꀤᖘ꒒ꍟꌗ ꍏꈤꀸ ꃅꂦꈤꂦꋪ... ꌃꀎ꓄ ꀸꂦꍟꌗ ꓄ꃅꍏ꓄ ꎭꍏ꓄꓄ꍟꋪ ꓄ꂦ ꌩꂦꀎ ꀤꎇ ꀤ ꀸꂦ ꌗꂦꎭꍟ꓄ꃅꀤꈤꁅ ꂦꎇ ꓄ꃅꀤꌗ ꈤꍏ꓄ꀎꋪꍟ?~" [ Translation: I like your spirit, the spirit of a warrior. A warrior trained to uphold principles and honor… But does that matter to you if I do something of this nature?~]

The language that the demon spoke hurt Klodian's ears as he couldn't understand it and it had a sharp tone to it which made them bleed, but then a snap of fingers was heard.

Klodian turned to the demon as he heard his sister's cries of pain as the barrier around her was electrifying her in a crimson coloured lighting.

"KLEA!"

Klodian shouted in enragement, his sister's pain pierced through his heart, mind and soul all together as he lunged towards the demon!

Leaping on the air by 3m as he aimed to land an axe kick that the demon swiftly dodged! 

The demon again began to chuckle to himself as he thinked the attack was quite cute, even though the impact from it broke the floor.

"I'll kill you!"

Klodian's blood lustful scream of rage that were in retaliation of the demon's mocking could strike fear into any soul, but to the demon, it was entertainment!

Klodian's fighting style was that of Wing Chen combined with Taekwondo, being a student of it ever since he was 10 during his stay in China. Even though it was extremely efficient in close combat, the demon dodged elegantly all his attacks!

"ꁅꂦꂦꀸ, ꁅꂦꂦꀸ! ꂦꀎ꓄ꌗ꓄ꍏꈤꀸꀤꈤꁅ! ꌩꂦꀎꋪ ꎇꀤꁅꃅ꓄ꀤꈤꁅ, ᖘꋪꂦꎇꀤꉓꍟꈤꉓꌩ ꍏꈤꀸ ꓄ꍏ꒒ꍟꈤ꓄ ꃅꍏꌗ ꌃꍟꍟꈤ ꁅꀤꎇ꓄ꍟꀸ ꓄ꂦ ꌩꂦꀎ ꌃꌩ ꓄ꃅꍟ ꃅꍟꍏᐯꍟꈤꌗ!" [Good, good! Outstanding! Your fighting proficiency and talent have been gifted to you by the heavens!] 

The demon said commending Klodian's fighting abilities but as he was getting tired of merely dodging the attacks, he finally countered by grabbing Klodian's arm striking his stomach with a powerful palm strike that sent him flying towards a wall!

Klodian fell to the floor coughing, gasping for air as he got up and took his stance again. 

"B-Bastard…!"

 Klodian tried to shout but the previous attack had injured him as he barely let any noise with him gritting his teeth and lips as blood began to drip out of his mouth lunging again towards the demon!

The demon dodged the strike in a thread of a moment as soon as it was about to make contact, as he had seemingly disappeared, appearing behind Klodian punching him back, shattering his ribs from the impact as Klodian got sent flying and crashing into the wall coughing out blood and spit!

Klodian's body ached, the opponent had only strike him twice yet he felt as if he had lost. But he didn't care about his body, his sister is more important as Klodian got up again wobbling and weak, his body wouldn't resist another strike!

The demon turned to Klodian with a surprised and pleased look.

"ꃅꂦ? ꌩꂦꀎ ꍏꋪꍟ ꁅꍟ꓄꓄ꀤꈤꁅ ꀎᖘ ꍏꁅꍏꀤꈤ? ꅏꃅꍏ꓄ ꍏꈤ ꀤꈤ꓄ꍟꋪꍟꌗ꓄ꀤꈤꁅ ꃅꀎꎭꍏꈤ ꌩꂦꀎ ꍏꋪꍟ…ꍏꌗ ꌩꂦꀎ ꅏꀤꌗꃅ... ꀤ'꒒꒒ ꁅꀤᐯꍟ ꌩꂦꀎ ꍏ ꅏꍏꋪꋪꀤꂦꋪ'ꌗ ꀸꍟꍏ꓄ꃅ, ꌃꌩ ꌗꍟꈤꀸꀤꈤꁅ ꌩꂦꀎ ꂦꎇꎇ ꅏꀤ꓄ꃅ ꓄ꃅꍟ ꋪꀤꁅꃅ꓄ ꓄ꍟꉓꃅꈤꀤꆰꀎꍟ!" [Translation: Ho? You are getting up again? What an Interesting human you are… As you wish… I'll give you a warrior's death! By sending you off with this technique!] 

The demon shouted cheerfully with a murderous gaze towards Klodian as he began to walk towards him.

It was tiring, the air was suffocating, the fire was getting worse and his sister was still unconcious, all the odds were againts him, even god had abandoned him... 

What could he do, what power could he have? That question is now meaningless to him, there's no saving it, there's no breaking it, this is his fate, to die here, to watch his sister get taken away into hell, while he might end there himself.

"How... Tiring..." 

Klodian said with an exhausted and trembling voice as his face showed no emotions as the candle of his life had almost flickered out…

The pain surging through his body and his mind were shattering him into pieces, the more he tried to stand up the more his legs wanted to give out and accept their fate... Truly the lowest point of a martial artist, even worse that of a big brother and eldest son...

But oddly Klodian smiled to himself.

"Oi Demon…"

The demon stopped in curiosity as Klodian spoke with a weak but confident tone…

"If I am to die…"

Klodian's left hand suddenly got covered in a dark like aura as he stood ready for his last attack with a wide smile on his face.

"I WILL GO OUT TAKING A PART OF YOU WITH ME!"

Klodian shouted as he lunged towards the demon! His hand lunging forward resembling a dragon's claw!

[ꀸꍏꀘꋪ ꍏꀎꋪꍏ!?] [Translation: Dark Aura!?]

The demon was shocked as that split moment of hesitation allowed Klodian to connect his attack as a large cloud of smoke formed from the impact!

As the smoke began to clear out, Klodian's left arm had been grabbed by the Demon who showed a dissatisfied look on his face.

 "꓄ꃅꍏ꓄ ꅏꍏꌗ ꌗꀎꋪᖘꋪꀤꌗꀤꈤꁅ ꌃꀎ꓄ ꓄ꃅꍟ ꁅꍏꎭꍟ ꍟꈤꀸꌗ ꈤꂦꅏ..." [Translation: That was surprising but the game ends now…]

[Shit…! I cannot retract my arm!]

As Klodian shouted within his head, the demon's hand cut his left arm clean off. The blood sprouted out of his arms as the demon threw Klodian's arm away, swiftly punching him in the stomach followed by another one on his face that sent him back a bit on the air but before he could hit the ground, the demon grabbed Klodian's eye and ripped it off it's socket kicking Klodian away as he crashed into a wall!

The demon didn't allow Klodian any time to recover as he leaped into the air preparing a dangerous axe kick which was engulfed into crimson flames! Klodian's instincts reacted in that moment for the last time!

Klodian lifted his right arm to block the kick but it turned out to be ineffective!

[It's too heavy!...]

Klodian said within his head as the kick ripped through his other arm!

The demon's axe kick connected successfully, the strength of it not only was enough to absolutely destroy and burn the left half of Klodian's body, but the impact from it caused a wave of destruction that affected all the neighborhood, thanks to his physical built, Klodian's body managed to stay intact, but the fight was over.

The demon stood 2 feet away from Klodian as he saw that his life was slowly leaving his body, he simply sat down for a moment and calmly said 

"ꀸꍏꎭꎭꈤꍟꀸ ꌃꋪꍏ꓄, ꌩꂦꀎ ꉓꂦꀎ꒒ꀸ ꃅꍏᐯꍟ ꌃꍟꍟꈤ ꍏ ꋪꍟꍏ꒒ ꂦꌃꌗ꓄ꍏꉓ꒒ꍟ ꀤꎇ ꀤ ꃅꍏꀸ ꒒ꍟ꓄ ꌩꂦꀎ ꁅꂦ... ꎭꍏꌩ ꌩꂦꀎꋪ ꌗꂦꀎ꒒ ꌃꍟ ꀸꀤꎭꀤꈤꀤꌗꃅꍟꀸ ꎇꋪꂦꎭ ꓄ꃅꀤꌗ ᖘ꒒ꍏꈤꍟ ꂦꎇ ꍟꊼꌗꀤꌗ꓄ꍏꈤꉓꍟ!." [Translation: Damned brat, you could have been a real obstacle if I had let you go... May your soul be diminished from this plane of existence!]

The demon's anger and annoyance could be seen in his face as he shouted, grabbing Klea and creating an inferno portal that teleported them away.

At his last moment, all Klodian could feel is sadness and anger, he let his family to die, he let his sister to be taken to hell... Why was he so weak? Why was he so fragile? In his last moments, all he could do was shed a tear from his right eye. He wanted them all back, he wanted his bar back, his family and his sister. In that moment all he felt was hatred towards himself but now he could only accept his fate...

[Ha... Guees I truly was, a pathetic being after all...] 

Klodian said in a broken tone within his mind as the last ray of life was leaving him, he wished that he could hug his sister one... last... time... This is his punishment for being weak, for always living carefree and now the price that was paid was too high…

In the last moments as his candle was about to go out, he felt a warm light engulf him and take him out of the rubble that were supposed to be his grave. He couldn't speak, he couldn't move, but he felt safe on the arms of whoever was carrying him.

All he could do is wonder... [Who are you?...] He asked to himself as he finally gave out and fell unconscious on the arms of what seemed to be, his saviour.