Chapter 20: Don't Ask

"Fafahaha, hello Lazarus, nice to meet ya." the demon said.

Lazarus can only see this demon through the mirror, he attempted to turn around and touch it, but he wasn't able to. His eyes contained flames of madness.

"Don't lay another finger on her." Lazarus said.

The demon, of course, didn't listen and tightened his grip on Luna's neck. He was a tall demon, at least twice the size of Luna. His skin was charcoal black. He was laughing as if he just heard the funniest joke of all time.

"Fafahahaha, I don't care about your demands. You see many of the other demons give up too easily, those are the ones who are easily replaceable. Do you know who I was sent by?" the demon said.

"I don't give a single fuck who sent you." Lazarus attempted to stab the demon, but nothing happened.

"Aw, you almost got me! The only way you're killing me is if you are within my System ability. You see, I live in a mirror world. There is no way of killing me unless I pull your ass into here! I was sent by Pluto himself." he laughed.

Lazarus' heart started to race as he heard the name 'Pluto'. He started to clench his fist and teeth just from hearing the name 'Pluto'. It reminded him of Arjuna, Nike, and Zoe.

"I think it's funny, you hide in a mirror world and dare to threaten me? I dare you to pull me into there." Lazarus said.

"Hmm? Why would I pull you into here, when I can just torment your poor Luna." he stroked his rough scaly finger across Luna's face. Luna tried struggling but it was pointless, his grip was too tight.

Lazarus felt as if something was happening within him, he felt numb all throughout his entire body, his mind froze, and he stumbled to the ground.

"Fahahahaha! I know I'm scary, but I didn't know I was this scary!" the demon mocked him.

Luna's eyes widened, she attempted to scream and squirm within his grip. She felt useless, and if Lazarus were to die here, she would take the blame.

Lazarus was still on the ground, lifeless. But within his lifeless body, his mind was in another place. He was seeing flashing memories of the old man. He once again felt as if he was getting closer to the light. He was able to clearly see one of the memories.

Within the memory, the old man was casting lightning upon a horde of demons. It wiped them all within an instant. That was the only thing Lazarus was able to attain in the memory void. As he got closer to the light he woke up.

"What the..." he muttered to himself as he slowly stood up.

"You finally decided to wake up?" the demon said.

Lazarus looked down at his hand, as he felt a static sensation. To his surprise, there was a visible electric current that extended from his upper arm to his hand. This electric current felt oddly familiar though, he felt as if he used this at one point in time.

He heard screaming and remembered what the situation was, Luna's face was torn up. The demon started to slowly cut her face, there was nothing she can do but squirm through his grip. Blood dripped down from her face onto the floor in the mirror world.

The demon drew a spear, dark aura poured out from it.

"That aura... it's similar to mine?" Lazarus said to himself.

"Let me show you true pain!" the demon said as he threw Luna across the room and lunged his spear through the mirror slicing Lazarus' cheek.

Lazarus wiped the blood off as a black aura poured out from his cut.

"W-What the fuck is this?" there was a continuous flow of black aura coming out of his wound.

"Don't ask me! Hahahaha" the demon said.

"Lazarus the electric current-"

"Shut up, girl!" The demon interrupted Luna but Lazarus was able to pick up what she said.

Lazarus looked down at his hands again, the electric current was flowing from his fingertips, when he looked into the mirror he noticed that the same current was flowing all over the demon. Though Lazarus wasn't physically able to hurt the demon, this strange power was able to transport to the Mirror World!

The demon looked at the electric current flowing over his entire body, the sensation was painful it was as if he was getting struck by lightning every second. Out of pain, he let fell to the floor.

"Agggghhh. I see what's happening, the diamond in your forehead! That god damned old man!" he screamed letting out spit and blood.

Even though Lazarus was going through the same pain, he grinned through it. He spit drops of blood on the floor as he held onto his chest.

"Hah! You think I'm done you punk?!" the demon entered a rage state of mind, he suffered through the pain and grabbed onto Luna's neck.

"Go back to hell." Lazarus said.

"Like I would listen to you!" The demon responded.

Lazarus looked through the mirror as he was filled with pain, the sky darkened, it began to rain and lightning struck. Lazarus took one last look at this giant demon who was sent by Pluto himself. Up until this point he hasn't realized the growth that he had. He clenched his fist and shouted.

"This is a message for Pluto, yeah I know you're watching! The next time I see you, I'm beating your ass! You hear me!?"

A loud rumbling began to happen, the building shook, books fell, furniture was tipping and glass shattered. The lightning lit up the sky, and the rain turned to hail. A snake-like figure made up of lightning appeared through the window, it was as tall as the building and flew right into the demon.

As the snake went through his body it sent electric shock throughout. It was so powerful his body began to burn to a crisp, he foamed from the mouth and screamed.

"Agggggghh, Pluto, help-"

"Useless." Lazarus muttered.

The mirror broke into pieces, and both the demon's body and Luna were transported back into the building. The demon was burnt to a crisp, the open wound was as wide as a bowling bowl. Luna luckily, survived with a few cuts to her face and neck.

Lazarus ran to Luna and hugged her, she clung to him for dear life.

"Lazarus!" she cried with tears of joy.

"I'm glad that you're okay!" he shouted.

"Lazarus, what was that?" she questioned.

"I-I don't even know myself." he answered.

"Do you think it was from the Memory Diamond?" she said.

Lazarus touched the Memory Diamond on his forehead, it was hot to the touch.

"I experienced one of those dreams again, I saw the old man casting lightning upon a horde of demons. Thinking about it now, it has to be because of it!" he said.

"The old man casting lightning? Just who is he?" Luna asked.

"I don't know, I need to dive deeper into his memories." He said.

—Beep—Beeeep—Beeeep—

"What is that?" Luna looked around.

"It's coming from his body, it's one of those communication things, remember?" Lazarus walked toward the body and reached into the pocket. The ringing stopped, as he pulled out a green crystal that was the size of his hand. It expanded into a grand mirror, flames poured out from it and it floated in mid-air. It was covered with diamonds, and they glistened from the moonlight.

Within the mirror was Pluto himself, sitting with his arms crossed a throne. It was the same exact throne that the former king, King Alexander sat upon. Dozens of soldiers were lined up kneeling at the sight of him.

"You bastard!" Shouted Lazarus.

"Ah, I see you have taken out one of my henchmen. Congrats Lazarus, I mean it. But I heard a threat from you that I want to discuss." Pluto said.

"I don't want to discuss anything with you!" Lazarus shouted.

"Don't be so confident Lazarus. Though you've gained companions and powers, you are still nothing compared to the sight of me. The reasoning behind your confidence is me, Lazarus! If it weren't for me your ass would still be a wandering soul!" Pluto shouted.

Lazarus stopped walking and looked back at the mirror.

"Don't get it twisted you ugly bastard, my confidence comes from my friends! Not from some helpless soul like you! Have you ever thought about why you even became a demon? It was weakness!" Lazarus shouted.

"And this 'weakness' is why your little friend Leon is locked in my cellars! Hah, I'm behind all of your problems Lazarus! I'm behind everything!" Pluto shouted.

"Unfortunately for you Pluto, I'm not afraid of you anymore, give me everything you've got! I'll keep on pushing through." Lazarus stared into Pluto's eyes.

A demon soldier ran towards Pluto relaying a message.

"King Pluto, this is important! Read this message!" the soldier shouted.

Pluto was upset and closed the mirror. The mirror crumbled as the pieces went back into the green crystal. It plopped back into Lazarus' hands.

"I can't wait til I meet him again." Lazarus muttered.