Chapter 2 - Demonic red eyes

15 minutes later Aries finally catches up with the man in an alley. Aries was relieved because felt fatigue starting to run through him, and saw the man on the ground covered in sweat. when Aries walked up to him, he started acting justified. " Hey man what's your problem, why did you take that nice lady purse." Although he was saying this, he was secretly thanking him for the opportunity he got.

The man didn't say anything but he did turn to look at Aries then they locked for a sec and when they did Aries saw the man's eyes, the moment he saw them shock filled his face. The man's eyes were glowing red.

Aries might not care if normally because it might just be part of someone's ability, but when he saw them he recognized them from one thing and one thing only, demons!

Aries was now watching the man intently, keeping his head on a swivel. He wondered what was going on and if it was a mistake. "What are you?" Aries asked, hoping to get an answer from him.

"That was a little rude how you phased it, but If you must know I am a demon, I ȧssume you already know that though." This confirmed the suspicion Aries had, simultaneously giving him more questions.

The demon sounded dignified, almost like a noble person or a person of high status. He had an intimidating aura.

He seemed like the type who would look down on others if they weren't equal or above him, in terms of power.

"It was only a guess, but what is a demon-like you doing on earth?" At this point Aries wasn't even thinking about the old lady's purse or the money, only worried about this demon in front of him and if he should attack or not.

"What I'm doing here should not be your main concern, you should be concerned about your life because if you break it with two fingers, and if you don't answer my questions that very well will happen to you," The demon said with an intimidating tone.

"Ask away," Aries said in a casual tone, not about the situation he was in. From examining the demon he estimated that their strength should be similar.

He believed that the demon was underestimating him. Aries also wanted to see if he could find out more information about this demon and its purpose on earth before fighting it.

"How does a human-like you recognize that I'm a demon?" the demon said with a confused look, curious about who this man was.

" Your eyes."

"My eyes, what are you talking about?" The demon was wondering what he meant.

"I guessed you were a demon because of your eyes. I read many stories and in all those stories it was said demon eyes always glowed red, but I didn't think they were real. It was only a fictional story, after all, then I saw you."

Of course, Aries was lying he never read such stories, he only knew that because when he was living in heaven demons tried to attack many times and he was always on the front lines so he got to see them up close so when he has seen this demon he recognized it, but wasn't fully sure because it had been so long.

" Where did you get that sword?" The demon said, pointing at the sword.

"Someone gave it to me, Why?" Aries said

"Because I sense power coming from that sword, and that power only reminds me of one thing, the heavens. The question is why do you have it" The demon said with a demanding tone.

"Now why would I do that for you?" Aries said smiling, he figured that the demon wouldn't give him any answers so he thought it would be pointless to continue talking.

"Because like I said, I could end you with ease, if you don't believe me I could help you find out." As the demon said this he unleashed more of his power, to seem more intimidating and his eyes were glowing brighter.

Aries noticed this and thought, This wasn't going to be an easy fight. Still, he didn't back down and said " what makes you think you can crush me so easily." Aries said with confidence.

"Well if you are that eager to die, then by my guess!" As the demon said that he ran towards Aries trying to attack.

Then Aries quickly unsheathed his sword to block the hit, he tried to attack back but I was blocked by the demon.

A hint of shock could be seen on the demon's face, but he tried not to linger on it and attacked again, but once again it was blocked by Aries.

Half an hour later they were still fighting, both sweating profusely, not making much progress on hurting their opponent.

"It seems I've underestimated you, but it doesn't matter if you die either way!" The demon was shocked that Aries was keeping up with him but still believed that he could win.

"This battle is far from over!" Aries also didn't believe he'd lose but this fight was going on for too long and it wasn't looking good for him, he didn't think he could last much longer.