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"An infernal fiend? What's a thing like that doing here? Get out of my way!" the smoke demon shouted furiously.
The armor of smoke shrouding Hugin warped and shifted before condensing into a massive hand that swatted the stunned infernal fiend aside.
The infernal fiend seemed baffled. How had a demon suddenly appeared? More concerningly, the human before him now radiated an overwhelming demonic aura.
Caught off guard, the infernal fiend was sent flying. It crashed into the wall of the corridor and smashed straight through it.
"Can you still move? You don't look dead yet. Partner?" the smoke demon called out to the silent Hugin.
"Kill it," Hugin answered grimly. He charged forward at the fallen fiend.
Though his body was weakened and his fighting spirit nearly exhausted, the smoke demon's armor acted like an exoskeleton that amplified his strength. Two beings with the physique of grand knights combined, their synergy made them far more than the sum of their parts.
Under ordinary circumstances, Hugin's use of demonic power would demand a heavy expenditure of fighting spirit to suppress the demons' will.
But the smoke demon was different. Its power was willingly offered, and required no fighting spirit on Hugin's part at all. Malevolent Possession served to synchronize them perfectly.
"Good. That's more like the partner I know!" The smoke demon laughed heartily.
As Hugin thrust out his hand, wisps of smoke gathered and wove themselves...
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