Zekram's face quickly turned dark and grim. If he underestimated that shrapnel and stood still no doubt he would find himself in an embarrassing state, though not enough to cause him pain.
"Have some more!" As Faust grabbed more of the shrapnel from the ground, he got a telepathic message from Belle.
[Buy us some time! We'll try to find our Magic Rings!]
[Okay!] He replied and watched from the corner of his eye as Belle and Augustus left through the door on the side.
Not wanting them to be discovered soon, Faust knew he had to distract Zekram so he wouldn't notice.
"Take this!" Faust then threw the shrapnel from his hand towards the flying Zekram.
Just as Zekram was about to fly away to dodge, a golden whip suddenly wrapped itself around his body, locking him in place.
"Got ya!" On the ground, Tam grinned as he held the whip with both of his hands.
"What the?" Zekram was surprised. He quickly brute-forced himself out of the whip, his superior strength easily snapping the whip.
Unfortunately for him, the whip has brought enough time for the shrapnels imbued with Faust's Sacred Gear ability to reach him.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
As the smoke covered where Zekram was, it didn't take long for it to billow out, revealing Zekram with unkept hair and clothes.
Although the explosion didn't exactly hurt him that much, it still made him feel like countless ants bit on his body at the same time in terms of pain.
"You!" Zekram's face twitched. He felt humiliated, being turned into this by just two children.
Thankfully, there is no one here in the hall except for him and the kids.
Both Faust and Tam stood side by side, warily watching Zekram in the air. On the left is a low-class devil while the other is a holder of a Longinus. Each being at their own unique levels.
"Hey, Faust. How about I show you that new magic spell I was telling you about?" Tam grinned and suddenly said.
"The one that was inspired by the elephants that Master showed us?" Faust asked for confirmation, barely recalling the new magic spell that he was talking about.
"Yeah that one. Watch this!" Tam nodded his head and rushed forward.
An orange magic circle similar to the one Chamber created appeared on his chest as Tam's entire body starts to enlarge.
Upon the maximum, his height has already reached the ceiling of the hall.
"Why hello there." Confidence filled Tam's chest as he stared down at Zekram's now small figure.
"Any last words?" This time, his confidence led him into being arrogant.
"Did you really think having a big size matters in battle?" Zekram smirked as he didn't bother straining his neck by staring up at the huge figure of Tam, who lost his smile.
"What do you mean by that?" He raised his eyebrows in confusion.
'Tam. Didn't I already tell you not to underestimate your opponents despite thinking you had the advantage?' Chamber slapped his forehead after seeing god knows where Tam got his confidence from.
"It doesn't matter even if you gain the strength of a devil. Your human brain is still too fickle!" Suddenly, Zekram seems to have had enough, as countless orbs of familiar destruction energy circled around him.
Chamber's face turned slightly serious as he realized that Zekram Bael's destruction trait is ten times stronger than the ones he fought on the battlefield.
He could feel the ominous energy from the orbs, almost on par with what he felt in Sirzechs.
"Die you little pieces of meat!" Zekram yelled in anger before throwing the orbs of destruction towards the towering form of Tam.
"Oh no." Tam's eyes widened in surprise and he quickly tried to dispel his size enlargement spell.
Unfortunately for Tam, his confidence to himself would led him to his demise.
"TAAAAMMMM!" On the ground, Faust yelled for his friend's name, rushing forward with all of his might, trying to save him.
Too bad for them, they're already on their limits.
"I think it's time for me to intervene." Before the orbs could even reach Tam's enormous body, a large orange portal suddenly sizzled in, swallowing the orbs with ease.
Boom!
At the same time, a loud explosion happened in a distance away from them.
"How did you…" Zekram's eyes was wide in surprise, not expecting to see Chamber to arrive at such a critical moment.
That's when he realized that Chamber has been hiding all along, waiting to play things out.
"So you've been hiding since when? How did I not sense you?" Zekram squinted his eyes at Chamber's figure, wearing his iconic full orange robe.
"Villains don't get the right to know what they want to know. You touch my students. Hopefully you already know you should be prepared for the consequences, right?" Slowly saunteering forward, Chamber's footsteps matches that of Zekram's heartbeat.
"So, any last words?" Chamber's dark purple bead eyes stated directly on Zekram's eyes with the same shade but lighter.
"Are you threatening me?" Zekram's face turned slightly grim and he asked.
"Threat? What do you mean by threat? Do you feel threatened?" Chamber's words was very sharp and quickly made Zekram annoyed.
He felt like he was being belittled.
"Do you really want to fight me? Do you know what will be the consequences of what you will do? You're making an enemy of the entire devil race! Think about it!" Although Zekram was confident in his own strength and believe he can hold his ground against Chamber, it doesn't mean he would be able to get out of this situation unscathed.
Not to mention, the troublesome kid who can throw explosives like nothing is here.
Then there's also Tam, though he won't be much of a problem to Zekram.
All in all, he's not on a winning situation here.
So as much as he can, he would try to persuade Chamber to let the matter go, at least until Zekram could make another plan to take down Chamber.
"You must be thinking that if you mnaged to get out of here, you'll just make a new and more flawless plan, aren't you?" Suddenly, Zekram's thoughts were interrupted by Chamber's on the spot words.
'How did he-!?' Zekram immediately panicked, he covered his head with his Demonic Energy, quickly trying to dispel any mind spells that might be reading his mind.
"Don't bother. I don't need to read your mind to know what you're thinking. You're always the cautious one, Zekram. You're like someone who even had his everyday routine planned out. Don't tell me you also need a plan on how to breathe?" Chamber covered his mouth, feigning a short chuckle.
"This is not the place for jokes, Chamber. You're risking your entire future by fighting me. I'm sure you already know how strong devils are, right? I don't want anything to happen to you or your students." Not offended by his attempt to make fun of him, Zekram still tries his best to break off of the situation.
"Funny. One moment you were trying to kill my students and when you realize you're cornered, you try to gather sympathy. I, Chamberlain, call you the most shameless devil in the entire world!" Chamber pointed his finger at Zekram and declared loudly before continuing.
"And besides. I don't need to fear the devils. I've already picked my side. And it's the winning side." At the same time as he finished his words, a loud resounding explosion happened from the distance.
Zekram looked out of the window and noticed a huge beam of golden light descending from the east, where the main city of the underworld, Lucifaad resides.
Realization settled in on his mind as Zekram lashed out on Chamber.
"You brought the heaven here? You! You traitor!" Zekram roared angrily, not expecting such outcome.
"I should actually thank you. If it weren't for your trust in me and the fact that you think all of your plan will always succeed, all this wouldn't have happened." Chamber explained.
"You're also a devil! Do you really think they would let you go just because you helped them? Once they're finished with us, you're next on their list!" Zekram gulped his saliva and yelled at him.
"Me? A devil? Who says I'm a devil?" After he finished his words, what Chamber did next shocked him to the core.
Chamber raised his hand and soon, an orb of Holy Energy appeared on the top of his palm.
"W-WHAT!?" Zekram's jaw quickly dropped, literally.
"Shocked? I'm sure you are." Chamber smirked and taking advantage of Zekram being surprised, he threw the orb towards him.
"Here. Have a taste of your own medicine." He said as the orb sped up for some unknown reason and it immediately reached Zekram's position.
Before the latter could react, the orb suddenly exploded in bright and painful Holy light.
"GARRRGHHH!" Zekram's spine chilling scream resonated across the hall.
No matter how strong he is, a devil's weakness is still a weakness no matter what.
"Do you feel it, Zekram? That's what my student would've felt if your destruction balls hit Tam." Chamber whispered, loud enough for the screaming Zekram to hear.
"Grr! Y-You can't do this to me!" Once the pain has subsided, Zekram gritted his teeth and said, glaring heavily towards Chamber.
"Of course I can. The devils are losing, Zekram. You can't see it now because the holy light from earlier has blinded you." Chamber approached the fallen Zekram, his face red from the heat of the holy energy earlier.
"I'll tell you what. I'll let you witness the fall of your kind. So I'll spare you for now. So feel free to look around my Mirror Dimension. Though I will be putting some distance limit of where you can only go." As Chamber spoke, a crack appeared in space, his hand holding it as if it is some kind of physical object.
Like a vacuum, the space crack slowly swallowed him whole, all while Zekram screams in protest.
"No! I won't let you!" Zekram tried fighting back, launching several spells of his destruction trait but to no avail, all was simply dispersed by a wave of Chamber's hand.
"Trust me, you'll like it there, I promise. So long as you don't go crazy though."
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I know, their fight is kinda boring but i just wanted to showcase to you all on how far our mc have gotten. Previously, he was afraid of Zekram and treats him like some sort of hidden boss but now, he can easily subdue the guy.
That's all. Thank you.
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