[center][color=1a7b30][h2]Aleph Banton[/h2][/color]
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[b][color=1a7b30]"Fwahaha! What is a general before a Hero, huh?!"[/color][/b][/center]
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A few moments ago, Aleph was so unbelievably happy that he had found his purpose in life that he might not have thought things through to their fullest extent. It was because of this that the momentary high he had soon died out and was replaced by a very cold chill that ran down his spine. It was now clear that something very, very wrong was about to happen to him. 

[color=004b80][b]"So you have found me, brave warrior? Yessss....yessss.....clearly you are someone that is worthy of facing me THE ALMIGHTY DEMON KING MUAHAHAHAHAHAHA."[/b][/color] Henry Ford said while the kanji for "menacing" floated around him, also holding his arm in front of his face as only a Demon Lord would dare do, and finishing with a demonic laugh. 

[color=1a7b30][i]T-this is wrong...! What am I supposed to do...?![/i][/color]

Aleph Banton was currently losing the fight against the Demon Lord before it had even begun. How could this be, you wonder? In truth, it is very simple. It is because up until this point, when he had designated somebody as the Demon Lord Henry Ford, they had all painted him as some lunatic or something similar. Never until now had somebody played along!

So essentially, he didn't know what to do because he never got this far. 

[color=1a7b30][i]I will not falter![/i][/color]

As Henry Ford had set to introduce his minions, Aleph begun to steel himself for the upcoming battle. His generals sounded fairly mighty, but he did notice they did not seem to like being introduced this way. Perhaps there had been plans for usurping Henry Ford's position? Fights between demons did happen quite a lot. They were a vicious and unfriendly bunch, after all. It would be perfect if something had set them off between each other right now, but that didn't really happen as Henry Ford continued. 

[color=004b80][b]"So what do I say? You ask what I say? Foolish human...I say come meet your doom!"[/b][/color]

[color=1a7b30][b]"H-ha! Your overconfidence will be your downfall, Demon Lord."[/b][/color] Aleph's execution was a bit sloppy, but he pulled it off. It had been so long since he rehearsed what he would say afterwards that he forgot. At least this would be a nice test of his improvisation skills. 

It was then that the new recruit to the Demon Lord's army attempted to reason with him. Perhaps if he wasn't introduced as an aspiring minion, this might have caused Aleph to pause for a mere moment or so. Or at least thought about doing so. But, because he was obviously evil along with the rest of Henry Ford's group, such attempts were only seen as trickery! Aleph Banton had been on this quest for years, no way some wannabe minions was going to throw him off the trail this time! 

[color=1a7b30][b]"Begone with your wicked attempts at misdirection, lest I whet my blade on you first!"[/b][/color] Aleph threatened, clearly not going to listen to anything out of this man's mouth. This of course was a empty threat because it was not as though Aleph had intended on actually murdering anybody here, that would be crazy, wouldn't it? He simply liked talking big, that was always fun. Not that he would let anybody know this. 

But it did appear that somebody else in the group did not share such sentiments. But just how much trouble could a damn general give him, right?  

[color=a0410d][b]"If it's a fight you want you piece of worthless garbage I'll gladly partake. It'll serve as an example of what happens when one disrespects those of a higher standing in both power and social status."[/b][/color]

With the rumbling of the ground and the subsequent ring this woman had made, it was not difficult to tell what her mastery was, which did mean that this wasn't going to be a particularly easy battle. Aleph also had to assume this wasn't going to be a friendly spar or the sort, but rather a serious fight due to her cutting his escape off. She either intended to kill him or seriously injure him, which was more than enough reason to get serious. 

Aleph drew his blade and took his stance, something people might not have actually expected him to be able to do, what with him seeming so crazy. His stance was quite similar to a knight's. 

[color=1a7b30][b]"Hiding behind the standing you were given merely because you were born? At least take pride in something you earned, huh? Well, since you're like that I guess I could let you go---"[/b][/color] Aleph tried to say but stopped because it did not look like she was going to listen to him. It was a good thing he never claimed he was good at defusing situations, but he never really feared he would end up fighting somebody who might require him to actually use his sword. Before when he had done this, everybody had been normal people with minimal affinity with any form of magic or spirits. So even when things did get out of hand, it was relatively easy to stop, and he had never had to kill someone because of it! In a serious fight, it was hard NOT to kill somebody when your primary weapon was your sword. Well, as long as she didn't do something that looked fatal, he wouldn't either!

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfZj2SGZWGE]Except that very next moment, the floor tried to eat him.[/url] But if anything, that was the signal that the real fight was beginning. With nothing occupying his attention, him actually having pretty good reflexes due to being a close-range fighter and it being pretty obvious what kind of element she would be using, the floor opening up was not very surprising to him. Before he lost his footing, the green-clad man dashed forwards, towards the unarmored woman as quick as he could. If she was confident in her skill with rocks, well, he was more than confident about his swordsmanship having a great teacher and more than enough experience over the years, which necessitated being close to someone. It wasn't like he could keep his distance from her, anyways.

His follow-up attack was that of a diagonal, but lacking swing towards her, perhaps betraying that he was not yet keen on the idea of a really serious battle and was holding back. That being said, it wasn't something she should ignore since she had no form of armor.