Come to think of it, the first time he used the Heavenly Crafting Hammer after it fell into his hands, he wasn't forging iron. He was hammering a Demon's head. Fate had a strange sense of humor.
"Hiss... Hah..."
A ragged breath escaped the Demon's mouth. One blow from the hammer wasn't enough to kill him.
Worse, his head was already beginning to heal.
His scarlet eyes looked ready to bleed as he glared up at Tetsu no Sosuke from beneath the hammer. "Damn human... I'll..."
So I really can't kill him!
Tetsu no Sosuke had no desire to hear another word. He raised the hammer, swung it in a full arc, and brought it down again.
The blow drove the rest of the Demon's words back down his throat.
"I'm going to eat you bit by bit..."
Bang!
"I'm going to kill you..."
Bang!
"Damn you!"
Bang!
Tetsu no Sosuke became an unfeeling head-hammering machine. Whatever the Demon said, the moment he opened his mouth, Tetsu no Sosuke struck.
"Will you stop hitting me?"
Bang!
"You can't kill me anyway..."
Bang!
"Let's make peace. I won't eat you. I'll leave, all right?"
Bang!
After a while, the Demon fell quiet.
Tetsu no Sosuke snapped out of his unfeeling head-hammering trance and looked down. He had beaten away half the Demon's head.
All that remained was a pool of bloody water and a dark purple mouth, its forked tongue hanging to one side. The demon looked as though he were at death's door.
"Dead?"
The thought flashed through his mind, but he shook his head at once. His body's still here. He isn't dead! At most, he's lost consciousness!
Tetsu no Sosuke didn't know if anyone had ever hammered a Demon unconscious before.
Rain still poured down. Tetsu no Sosuke looked at the Demon on the ground. No. I have to think of something before he wakes up.
There was a way: he could take the blade from the Sword Case and cut off the Demon's head.
But some inexplicable resolve kept him from using that blade. After all, it was meant for her... Using it before then just didn't feel right.
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