George vs. Flaming Ape

"Come at me! [The Third Gate of Insanity]!"

George did something different from his usual way of fighting.

Instead of infusing demonic magus within his [Aura], he activated his silver ring to flood his entire body with dense amounts of the essence.

The silver ring on his index finger glowed a brilliant silver radiance in response.

The surrounding atmosphere intensified to a terrifying degree, turning the surrounding vegetation in the camp area that survived the heat and rock canopy to turn a corrosive liquid black.

The collapsed rocky canopy surrounding the camp area exploded as it was pushed back with enough force to become projectiles. In an instant, the entire rock canopy Emma had struggled against had been obliterated into a mere dust cloud.

The ground beneath him split into spider-web cracks that extended in all directions.

George's face turned pale and sweaty as blood leaked from every orifice and pore on his skin, coating his entire body beneath his clothes in a layer of blood that turned him demonic. At the same time, his internal organs bled which caused him to vomit blood out of his mouth.

Every inch of his body screamed in pain which almost overwhelmed his mind.

His muscles bloated in response to this overwhelming amount of demonic magus, causing his skinny figure to suddenly grow very bulky and bring even more pain.

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Normally speaking, George would not infuse his body with demonic magus since it is very corrosive mentally and physically. (Note: It is still corrosive mentally even outside the body.)

Instead, the demonic magus is forcefully infused into his external [Aura] by his silver ring. It may appear he is full of demonic magus when he releases it, but that is only on the outside as an illusion. As for the location of his demonic magus, it is in a spatial dimension within the ring itself.

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George released his [Aura] at the same time.

This time was different.

The demonic magus was forced to stay infused to his energy fields, but only the internal ones. The silver ring was never really designed to do this but was forced to anyway.

Without the chaotic energies of demonic magus infused into it, his pure [Aura] was released to the outside world.

Instead of a gentle light blue like Emma's, it was a dark cold blue that froze the surrounding area and caused the melted rock to solidify and freeze. The rising steam in the air froze and turned into ice crystals that were blown away by his [Aura].

The intimating atmosphere and heat surrounding the flaming ape was rapidly pushed back.

Any normal person who had this much demonic magus within themself like George would die in seconds, but the temporarily increase in attributes from his [Aura] being released rose his vitality to astronomical levels.

Blood continually leaked from his body while being regenerated at the same time.

George's body began to slowly lose mass as blood was being forced to regenerate at a fast speed to compensate for the loss.

The giant flaming fist came in his direction at an insane speed.

The blood-stained dagger in his hand released a divine radiance and the blood was expelled off its surface. The dagger melted into liquid form and reformed into a large medieval longbow.

The bow shimmered with a metallic black and a beautiful white bow string.

George's demonic magus flowed into the bow like a large river.

The bow released a demonic red radiance as George pulled the string back, forming an arrow made entirely of demonic magus condensed enough to form a solid essence.

The sheer density of the demonic essence caused the surrounding space to warp and the air to crackle and turn to plasma. Lightning snaked around the arrow and around the bow.

Veins popped up across George's arm as he pulled the entire string back and aimed at the approaching fist which was seconds away from hitting him.

"Return to sanity! [Everchanging]!"

The arrow was released and time seemed to slow down.

The arrow was accelerated to over Mach 25 which is atmospheric reentry speeds for spacecraft.

The velocity of the arrow compressed the air in front of it and heated it to the point that it formed a bubble of plasma around the arrow. Like a meteor, the sheer speed released enough energy that the arrow became a bright white light.

The arrow impacted against the fist like a meteor and entered the hand like a bullet.

The arrow traveled destroyed the hand and the arm as it traveled up through the body before exiting the shoulder area.

The arrow ascended to the sky like a reverse meteor before disappearing out of the atmosphere.

All of this had happened to fast for the flaming ape to react fast enough.

The flaming ape screeched in agony as it was flung backwards off it's feet. It's entire right arm had been destroyed and almost ripped off entirely.

The ape collapsed onto its back in-between several mountains.

*BOOM*

The impact shattered the beneath it and the surrounding mountains instantly collapsed into a pile of rubble. Several dormant volcanoes erupted in full glory.

The entire creature was covered beneath a cloud of pulverized stone and ash.

George lowered the longbow and morphed it into a handgun with a similar metallic black exterior.

His right arm fell to the side deformed and limp from tearing all the muscles.

"That's not enough."

His demonic irises flickered a little bit before glowing even brighter with demonic essence flowing back into his body. His vitality remained powerful thanks to his increase in attributes.

In response to this, his limp right arm trembled as the muscles in them repaired at an insane speed.

George's figure had become abnormally thin at this point but he seemed to not care.

With indifference, he rose into the sky and appeared above the collapsed flaming ape.

Dust continued to fill the air as the flaming ape writhed in agony while holding its arm. Each movement sent tons of rock and debris into the air causing more chaos.

At the same time, each scream was loud enough to shatter the eardrums of any mortals too close.

George did not care at all.

He switched the handgun to his healed arm and aimed it at the flaming ape.

Like the longbow, the gun released a demonic radiance as he pulled the trigger.

Instead of a bullet, the gun released a laser beam made of demonic magus.

*Zap * *Zap * *Zap * *Zap *

George gently released and pressed the trigger four times. Each beam sliced the limbs of the flaming beast off while melting the ground beneath wherever they went.

The ape screamed in more agony as it flailed without its limbs.

At this point, it had gone berserk.

The glowing hairs and skin of the ape rapidly dimmed as they lost their energy. The intimidating atmosphere surrounding the powerful ape had been destroyed, reducing it to a pathetic state.

"That should do it."

George suppressed some of his [Aura] and let his demonic magus infuse into it the normal way.

His bloodshot eyes minus his irises returned to normal. His pale sweaty face became flush with normal circulation as the pain within disappeared.

Aside from all the fat, energy, and protein he had lost, his body was completely healed.

Sighing in relief, he focused his attention to where the party should be on a nearby mountain.

Seeing their situation however, he frowned and was about to head over to them before being interrupted again.

The flaming ape that should have been dying was releasing a lot of steam and dissipating.

The limbs disappeared entirely along with the body, revealing a smaller flame ape within.

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Notes:

* I have changed the [Firearm] class to [Gun Wielder] since it makes more sense to me. I could not find a better term to describe someone who uses a gun as a main weapon so I have decided to use this one.

* I made some minor changes to George's abilities to make them more accommodating. Of course, the viewers cannot see them but I thought I'd point it out anyway.

* I redid this chapter a little bit with revisions. I rushed a little bit because I was excited for the next chapter. I made some errors and some sentences did not look as good.