*Bang*
*Bang*
The sound of their assault rifle resounded in the area, as the bullets moved through the air at incredible speed. The recoil of the gun meant nothing to them due to their high attributes, but their inexperience led to a few bullets missing, but they did not their targets. The two Diabolic Imps, screamed in surprise, as they fell to the ground, their wings pelted with bullets.
"I'll deal with the ones on the ground, you take care of the ones still in the air. Make sure to try and conserve as much bullets as possible." Xavier said and turned towards the two Diabolic Imps that fell to the ground. He changed his hiding spot, entering a building with a partially collapsed roof and a part of the wall destroyed. Xavier aimed at the monsters, and unleashed a spray of bullets to their chests.
"Arrggghhh." The monsters roared as blue blood sprayed from their chests and dyed the ground. Xavier soon ran out of bullets, and as he was changing mags, the Diabolic Imps let out loud roars. Flames jetted from their palms like flame throwers towards the building Xavier was in and the flames entered through the destroyed section of the wall, and the entire place was soon flooded with flames. He quickly covered his face with his hands and jumped through the opening in the roof.
"I guess these work." Xavier said as he removed his hands from his face, and the only thing that was burn't was his hair. He wished the chest piece came with a hoodie and made a mental note to check for fire resistant beanies or anything like that. He finished loading the weapon, and pointed towards the Diabolic Imps who quickly spotted him. Seeing him, they threw fireballs at him, but not before he pulled the trigger and managed to land a few shots before the fireballs hit. They slammed into his chest, pushing him back as he crashed into the ground.
"Ow." Xavier groaned as he stood up, his chest piece protecting him from being burned, and he quickly circled the burning building. The Diabolic Imps jumped over the burning building, landing where Xavier was only moments ago and roared when they didn't find him. Xavier was hiding behind a building adjacent to the one currently burning, and he quickly aimed his gun at the monsters. He aimed it at their heads and quickly pulled the trigger, painting the ground with the brain matter of one of the monsters. The second one turned around quickly, and Xavier pressed the trigger, putting many bullets in it's chest before stopping.
Xavier allowed himself a satisfied smirk, before returning to the battle. Mickey was stuck in a fire fight with the Diabolic Imps, with him firing bullets and them launching fireballs at him. He was running from building to building as the monsters chased after him, throwing fireballs, setting buildings on fire. Xavier chased after his friend, and aimed his gun at the head of one of the five remaining Diabolic Imps. Pulling the trigger, a hail of bullets hit the monster, none of them headshots, but one managed to sever the muscle and flesh connecting one of it's wings to it's shoulder blade.
The monster screamed as it fell to the ground and the rest of the Diabolic Imps turned around, realizing that the other threat survived their kin. Xavier squeezed the trigger of the rifle, releasing a hail of bullets on the monsters. They quickly maneuvered out of the way, and two of them came flying towards him, and he gritted his teeth as he ran out of bullets. He had a single mag remaining, but he didn't want to use all the bullets just yet, which meant he had to go old school. He pulled out dagger from the makeshift cloth sheath he wrapped around his waist and slung the gun over his shoulder.
He started running in the opposite direction, leading them away from Mickey. They threw fireballs at him, but he expertly weaved through the rubble and buildings, causing all of them to miss. The frustrated monsters conjured a larger fireball, and threw it at him, and he quickly dived into a building. The fireball exploded as soon as it hit the ground, spreading flames everywhere. The Diabolic Imps dived down towards the burning building, assured that Xavier was either dead or severely injured. They hovered slightly above ground, searching the flames for any movement.
*Whooosh*
A dagger came flying through the air, striking one of them in the chest, causing the monster to cough up blood. Another dagger came flying, striking the same Diabolic Imp in the neck, killing it. The remaining Imp stared in surprise as Xavier dived out of the flames, his face red and his hair burnt, with embers of flames still dancing on it. Xavier delivered a punch to the monster's face, tackling it out of the air. Both crashed into the ground, and Xavier quickly got to his feet, as did the imp. It tried to fly back into the sky, but Xavier grabbed it's leg and jumped onto it's back, and pulled on one of it's wings, causing the monster to scream. Both of them fell back to the ground and quickly got to their feet.
Both glared at each other for a while, before charging. The monster swung it's claws, and Xavier backed away, dodging the attack. He delivered a powerful kick to it's shin, causing it to yelp and fall to it's knees. Xavier delivered a nasty knee strike to it's chin, pushing it's head back, and then he grabbed it's horns. He delivered a flurry of powerful punches to it's face, and it tried to retaliate with it's claws, but he blocked it with his leg, before delivering a nasty kick to it's face, smashing the back of it's head into the ground. The monster's face was swollen and bloody, and it was barely able to get up before Xavier stabbed it in the neck.
"Haahaahaahaa, it's a good thing these bastards aren't good at close combat, or I would have been toast." Xavier said while panting heavily, and took out the dagger. As he did, he felt something hit him hard in the back, and he was sent flying a few meters away. Groaning, he looked up and saw the Diabolic Imp he shot down running towards him furiously. He quickly got to his feet and prepared to fight it, but suddenly, the sound of gunshots resounded in the area, and the monster was pelted with gunshots.
"Are you alright?" Mickey said, and Xavier looked at him. His entire body was slick with sweat and he was panting heavily. His clothes left much to be desired as even more of it was burned away than before. Mickey walked over and turned towards the monster that Xavier killed.
"Did you....did you fight that monster barehanded?" Mickey asked incredulously
"Yeah, these guys aren't great at hand to hand combat." Xavier responded and got off the ground. He walked over to the corpses and started carving out their monster stones, and he looked at the three monster stones in satisfaction.
"There are two more corpses nearby, we should-" But he was interrupted by a loud cacophony of screeches and both of them looked into the sky. There was atleast thirty imps flying towards them, screeching loudly. Mickey raised his gun, but Xavier stopped him.
"Let's do this one old school, we need to save as much ammo as possible." He said, holding his daggers and Mickey sighed
"Just for the record, I'm not going to fight these things barehanded." Mickey said, taking out his shield and sword, making Xavier smirk.