D.E.M.O.N.S: Getting Summoned Weekly isn't so Bad

Chapter 364: Performance Review.

We are now back to Katʼs perspective. She shall lead the charge. And by that I mean sit around waiting for the others to awaken.

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Kat looked awkwardly at Uncle as she was the only person that wasnʼt covered in hair. Well, Rock was somewhat free but extra care was taken to ensure she couldnʼt speak so it hardly counted.

”So… how did we do?” asked Kat, hoping to make some conversation to pass the time. *I canʼt believe I just asked that. Uncle said weʼd find out once everyone was out. I didnʼt mean to be impatient Iʼm just… still a little hyped from the fight I guess.*

Uncle gave a knowing smile. ”I wonʼt say much just yet. I donʼt want to be repeating myself. Though why donʼt you ask yourself. How do you think YOU did?”

Kat chewed her lip as she started to consider Uncleʼs world. *Well… overall we did win, and I guess that really counts for something. However, we are supposed to be Rank 2, and I wonder if we should have won by a much larger margin? I really donʼt know what the difference is supposed to be?

Still… I know I at least donʼt regret my choice. Especially if Kamiko was injured as she said, and her arms werenʼt doing well. I thought that was the case when she stopped using her weapon after that small scream when rolling, so good to know that was right.

Plus, I doubt I could have finished those guys off without her. Seralina really put in work to keep everyone as alive as possible, and honestly, the brothers were no slouches either. They kept me off their backs for such a long time until Kamiko was able to use her weapon again and we were able to attack Sekron at all angles.

If Percy had been a little faster we probably couldnʼt have gotten away with it, or if Krekron had some other type of elemental ability instead of ice we might have been in some real trouble. Seralina getting scared off by that same ice might have helped more than I know…

Huh, is that really how we won? By getting lucky? I mean sure there was some skill involved but… most of it was luck. A good chance at Sekron when the brothers werenʼt at quite the right angle to intercept us. A blizzard attack to scare away Seralina, and a hammer strike I managed to tank AFTER Sekron was taken out.

Hmm, well, another matter is that they sort of just let Meron do his thing. Then again… they were in just as much danger as we were from that attack. I should have left it right alone but I thought it was some sort of defensive technique so… points down for me there.*

Kat went over a few other points in the fight where she was wondering if it was possible to do better as everyone else slowly broke out of their healing cocoons. Kamiko was first of course, but she didnʼt want to distract Kat while she was deep in thought, so she also started going over the battle in her head.

Eventually, once everyone… except Rock, was free, Uncle spoke up again. ”So, I wonʼt ask you all this time, simply talk about some of the mistakes made because sadly I donʼt have a lot of time is that ok with everyone? Iʼll be focusing on the battle from the Rank 1ʼs perspective mostly though, as this is a punishment for our two succubi, so I canʼt really give you two much advice.”

*Yeah that makes sense. Honestly it was a little weird we were getting so much good advice before this anyway, so I can see how things ended up like this. Thatʼs fine though, Iʼm sure I can find some good points in Uncleʼs speech anyway.*

”Firstly, you all tried to turn this into an endurance match. This was a horrible idea. You should all KNOW that Rank 2ʼs have better demonic energy regeneration and more of it than you do. Why did you try to draw it out and whittle Kat down? Especially when you also consider that she has regeneration, that was the biggest mistake you made hands down.

”This is especially bad because, once again, you should all know this. Additionally, this was a spar, so you should have had no issues taking a more active approach and going for Kat and Kamiko with everything you had. Hell, in the real world, if your team is outclassed, only crazy shit is ever going to allow you to win so you need to embrace that to some extent.

”That might seem harsh, and perhaps it does sound that way to ask you to make riskier plays in the face of life and death but… if you donʼt make them here, youʼll never make them when they need to be made… and when they need to be made, you wonʼt have a choice. It will be either death and some damage to your opponent or just death, and I want to train you better than that. Understood?” said Uncle.

”Yes Sir!” shouted the other demons.

Uncle continued, ”Right. Now, onto the other issues. Krekron, you should have known that Seralina was weak to ice. Itʼs a common Lamia weakness and something you should have ASKED about. Seralina, donʼt think you get off either. You should have TOLD THEM anyway when they didnʼt ask.

”It wasnʼt a mistake to use it on Kat and Kamiko, it was simply bad luck they were immune, but you really should have known about the effect it would have had on your teammate. Hell, it isnʼt even that good for your brothers whom you do know. You are all in METAL ARMOUR and the cold would leach into your skin.

”And considering that even you donʼt have the same level of cold resistance of Kamiko and Kat, Iʼd say it was a poor choice overall, if you knew what you were doing. However, I will at least give credit where credit is due for the crazy idea. You had refrained, presumably because of the issues with your armour, and tried it anyone when you had no other choice. Sure Iʼd have liked you to do it earlier, but it was a good moment to try. Understand?”

”Yes Sir” said Krekron

”Meron?” asked Uncle.

”Yes Sir?” said Meron unsure.

”Do you think you made the right calls?” asked Uncle.

”Well… um, yes. I do think so. Perhaps I could have better secured myself to Seralina, but considering the events that unfolded after that I donʼt think anything I did was a mistake. I couldnʼt use my normal defensive options because I already knew it wouldnʼt work, and I donʼt have much proper in the way of attacks.” Said Meron underneath Uncleʼs glare.

Uncleʼs expression then softened. ”Yes good. Iʼm glad you stood by that decision. Honestly, Iʼm not sure Iʼd even say you were best off putting additional beard length to use securing you to Seralina. Sure it was a good defensive position, but if youʼd looped around once more youʼd have had hardly any hair for attacking.

”Still, the main area of congratulations is certainly using your berserk attack. Iʼd have called that a win for your team if you managed to subdue them. You were alone, with only enemies around you, that outclassed you in every way, and because this was an arena fight you had no escape route, not even considering both the succubi are faster than you.

”Itʼs a shame the others couldnʼt capitalise on your attack but that sadly is just the nature of that particular ability. Iʼm a little surprised Kat managed to hold it off if Iʼm honest, but then again, she is at the upper end of Rank 2ʼs power scale.”

Uncle turned to face Seralina and let out a long breath. ”Now, Seralina, I must say Iʼm a little disappointed in you this time. Oh donʼt get me wrong, you had a really strong showing, and perhaps contributed the most to your team depending on how you count it… but you just didnʼt attack.

”I think it was those few strikes by Kamiko to your eye right at the start of the fight that put you out of your game. Since those, you were almost completely on the defensive. None of the power and readiness that was present in your match against Kat. You need to work on that I think. Just because your scales can protect most of you doesnʼt mean youʼll never get hurt you know. You also surrendered when Kat broke a few scales, and sure, Iʼll admit, at that point sheʼd have just needed to repeat it, but you have A LOT of scales. You could have afforded to trade a few for some hits on Kat.

”I wasnʼt harsh on you for it then, but it was much worse in this match.” Finished Uncle with a sad smile and a shake of his head.