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mount_sunrise t1_j5gbbk3 wrote

"Behold my power, mortals!" yelled Sha'Un. "You have unleashed me unto this world, and now I shall reward you all with the greatest blessing of life: death!" Sha'Un brought forth his arms, directing eldritch lightning at the heroes.

"Stand tall!" Aldrin raised his great shield to the sky, unleashing a holy barrier around the party. "Fiend! You will pay for the evils you have committed against our world--the light shall see to it!"

"Bwahahaha! Foolish Aldrin. Do you think a mere barrier of light can stop me?!" Sha'Un raised his arms as well into the air, and quickly brought it down. What soon followed was a barrage of unholy energy which rained upon Aldrin's holy barrier.

Aldrin gritted his teeth as he continued raising his shield to reinforce the barrier. With every second, the weight he felt upon his body grew heavier, and inch by inch he was pushed back. Soon, sparks of purple magic pierced through the barrier, landing along the trail of dirt Aldrin had made as he recoiled against the attack.

"This should finish it," said Sha'Un. With maniacal laughter, he lifted his arm into the air and threw it back down. An enormous rock imbued with eldritch lightning suddenly appeared, crashing against the barrier of light and into Aldrin's party.

"Gwah!" Aldrin screamed. "How--how were you able to break through my barrier!?"

"Simple: I am powerful," said Sha'Un.

"That may be so, fiend, but we are the champions of light! We shall not falter!" Aldrin unleashed from his sheath a blade made out of pure light. "This is the true power of the people: the Blade of Justice! Demon lords have fallen to this blade, and you are no different, Sha'Un!" Aldrin rushed forward and thrusted the blade into Sha'Un's chest.

"I-impossible! No mortal should be able to penetrate my armor!"

"You underestimated humanity, fiend!"

Sha'Un immediately collapsed to the ground. Aldrin withdrew his sword and his party rejoiced--at last, the demon lord has fallen! As the heroes turned their backs and walked along the trail back to the kingdom, spears of eldritch magic pierce the hearts of Aldrin's companions.

"W-what?!" said Aldrin in surprise and immediately turns around. "Sha'Un? How are you alive!? Your demonic soul should have been burnt to ash by the Blade of Justice!"

"Fool. I am no mere demon lord, Aldrin! I am the first demon lord that was born in the demonic realms. I hold supreme power and dominion over all the fiends!" This time, Sha'Un's appearance became more grotesque, vile, and evil. Four arms sprouted from his torso, and the armor that he once had is now instead raw, demonic scales which colored his entire being into ashen black.

"It's over, Aldrin," said Sha'Un as he teleported behind Aldrin and pierced his chest with his bare arms.

"I-impossible..." said Aldrin. Sha'Un threw Aldrin's body to a nearby tree.

"Bwahaha! If this is humanity's best, then my feast is guaranteed. Say your farewells to your precious kingdom, 'hero.'"

As Sha'Un began to walk towards the kingdom, a burst of light suddenly surrounds Aldrin. His body began to levitate, his chest wound sealed itself, and the Blade of Justice manifests in his hand as a physical sword. Angel wings sprouted from his back, and with one fell swoop, cuts Sha'Un in half.

Aldrin looked at Sha'Un's sliced body in pity, but much to his dismay, Sha'Un's body began to glow a dark purple, and soon the demon lord's body became one once again.

"Come on, how is that fair?" said Aldrin.

"I AM the first demon lord, Aldrin!" said Sha'Un.

The two do battle once again, and Aldrin gets a clean cut on Sha'Un's head, causing it to drop off from the demon lord's shoulders. The body stood there menacingly, and suddenly began to attack Aldrin despite having no head.

"Dude, come on, this isn't even fair anymore," said Aldrin.

"First demon lord!" said the beheaded Sha'Un.

And they do battle again. And again. And again.

"Come on, Shaun! This isn't fun anymore. You just don't want to lose!"

"Nuh-uh, you're the one that doesn't want to lose! I told you, I'm the first demon lord," Shaun protested, his shirt sweaty from all the swordfighting they've been having.

"I've killed you like fifteen times and you've always had an excuse! You just said you had a philoshoper's stone or whatever that prevents you from dying and I have to find it! That's not fair at all!" said a frustrated Aldrin.

"Yeah, Shaun, we've been dead for like thirty minutes now and we kind of want to play a new game now," said Mike.

"You guys are just sore losers!" said Shaun. "You're the sore loser!" retorted Aldrin. "I'm going home," said Aldrin as he dropped his wooden stick.

"Me too," said Mike, and soon everyone else followed.

Shaun stood there as he watched everyone else walk back, only for all of them to go back tomorrow to let Aldrin have his turn of being a Gary Stu.

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