World End: The Successor's Contract

Even with his lightning speed, Zeno couldn't help to feel every moment as if time had come to a complete standstill.

His heart tightened from the pain he felt when Uta's head went falling to the ground after the blood sliced it off.

Yuno was lucky enough to get sliced in the stomach but even that won't save her from the massive blood she was losing.

With a whoosh, Zeno stopped at the scene just right after Uta's head had dropped from her body and Shuna's stomach was wide open from the cut.

Their bodies fell to the ground like falling rocks and the only thing Zeno could do was stand there and observe the whole thing.

All the Demon's blood in the area began to draw in at one point before forming back into his human form.

"Ahhhh, yes, this human shape is quite a feast... What! they can't be dead already, I wasn't done playing." Mammon shouted he looked in front of him and saw Zeno who looked to be in a panic attack.

Mammon grinned with excitement, "Looks like I still have more toys." He uttered.

Whoosh!

Mammon dashed toward Zeno, a huge force of wind followed behind before he clenched his fist, getting ready to strike at Zeno.

"Watch out!"

Shuna stood in front of Zeno, holding her staff in front and letting multiple sharp icicles shoot from the magic circle.

The rapid shooting of the icicles caused Mommon to seize his advance and fall to his knees with his arms shielding the icicles from doing any damage to his body.

Zeno's eyes were focused on the ground, widened from the shock of watching Uta and the rest of his companions die in front of him.

Everything happening around him was blank, the only thing he could make sense of at the moment was the speeding rate of his heartbeat.

°Zeno, Zeno, you have to snap out of it … hey come on!°.

Shuna's words were unable to get to him, Zeno was already so lost in his own world that nothing outside his field of vision could get his attention.

There was a loud ringing screeching that was sounding in his ear, it got louder and louder by the moment, and before long, Zeno found himself lost in his mind.

He was in the middle of a wide space, filled with nothing but endless white, not even a sound could be heard.

Zeno's eyes were dead, but a few things were still picking his attention, like the robed man walking toward him.

This man was covered in a brown cloak up and down with his face hidden, the only thing Zeno could make out was his gender because of his deep voice.

"Successor, how do you do?" The man asked.

Zeno didn't respond, he just stared at the man like a doll waiting to be controlled.

The man sighed and moved closer to Zeno, "This is not the time to feel these things." The man said and placed his finger on Zeno's forehead.

It didn't take long for Zeno's eyes to start returning to their normal state, with a bit of life and less death.

The first thing Zeno said when he saw the man standing in front of him was. "Who are you?".

The man chuckled, "that's the first thing you ask?" He uttered.

Zeno looked at him a little bit confused, "Are you not my other reincarnation?" He asked.

"No, disappointed?" The man asked.

"Not really," Zeno responded.

The man laughed, "Let's get straight to business, my name is Dula, an angel from the goddess, and have come to give you a gift." He said.

"She wants you to have this." Dula uttered, he stretched his hand forward, with a red orb that was hovering above his hand.

Zeno's eyes were fixed on the orb, he was getting a sense of nostalgia, almost like he had seen that orb before.

"The Demon you are fighting is no small threat, even the archangel Michael had trouble defeating him centuries ago, but with this Michael was able to complete his task." Dula explained.

Taking the orb from Dula, Zeno immediately felt a huge amount of energy flow into his body the instant he touched it.

"It's a demon Slayer weapon, use this with your weapon Ankia, no demon can withstand its powers', not even a special class but I beg of you to be careful, if you use too much you may die." Dula mentioned.

"Death… death is a price I'm willing to pay as long as I can defeat that demon." Zeno responded.

Dula hummed at the response, "I wish you the best of luck on your journey, may you succeed,".

After these words, Zeno was immediately snapped back to reality and the first thing his eyes caught a glimpse of was Shuna lying on top of him with a smile.

His eyes widened in shock as soon as he came to his senses, "Shuna!" He cried out.

"Dummy… why the hell were you spacing out?" Shuna uttered with a weak smile before slowly resting her pale-looking face on Zeno's chest.

Zeno could feel her blood, soaking into his shirt, he immediately stood up and placed her on the ground.

He noticed that her leg had been served and there was a huge hole in her gut, as blood spewed profoundly out of it.

Zeno immediately went numb from the sight, his face held little no expression, he had lost too many of his friends too quickly.

The laugh of Memmon suddenly resonated from Zeno's back view, "They weren't even worth my time, well... I hope you at least make me entertained." He said.

The demon began walking slowly toward Zeno with his purple glowing eyes adding to the sadistic smile he had on him.

"Hey," Zeno muttered.

"Hmmm.." Memmon ceased his advance when he heard Zeno speak.

Zeno stood up from the ground and slowly began to walk toward Memmon as blood dripped from his fingers.

"I wanted to save you before, I wanted to give you a chance to redeem yourself for all the death you've caused…but now, after all this!" Zeno's body immediately became enveloped in red energy as his eyes glowed with the streaks that showed up on his body.

"There's no way I'm keeping you alive!"

Zeno whooshed forward, leaving the earth to collapse on itself from the huge Sonic boom that came after he sped off.

Memmon stood his ground and waited for Zeno to get closer. "That's it! Come at me. You can just die like the rest!".