The next kid came up with swagger, "Let me show you all how it’s done!"
And then whiffed too.
He whiffed so hard that he hit himself in the nutsack with the stick instead of the demon dummy, and for that the demon dummy had to say this-
"Is this your grand plan to make me surrender?? From laughter?!"
Needless to say, the kid did go back with a red face and stuck himself in the line for a retry as everyone laughed at his expense.
[Player played game, emotional value generated +1.]
As much as it pained Lucifer to see such low numbers, he still felt something joyous inside him seeing them go up.
Ten kids tried to hit the dummy in a line after that, each with varying amounts of strategies.
With some even prepping their stance when they didn’t have the blindfolds on before quickly putting on the blindfold and holding the stick so that they could hit the demon dummy better.
They managed to hit the dummy once or twice causing the demon dummy to literally laugh in their faces-
"You hit weaker than the mosquito that I slapped dead."
Or.
"Careful everyone! A legendary hero approaches! ...Never mind, he died because of his weak muscles."
Etc. Etc. Etc. giving all the children a healthy dose of Lucifer’s motivation to keep playing the game.
Of course the kids who missed were angry but all they could do was gather in the retry line once again and stick their lips out to pout while glaring daggers at everyone else that was laughing at them.
Finally it was the turn of a seventeen year old. This seventeen year old had a lean build and looked to have put on some muscle through sword training.
Everyone quietened down when it was his turn, and people seemed to have begun having some expectations that he’d finally be the one to get a reward from the demon dummy.
The boy put on the blindfold, took a stance after that without cheating, and then raised the stick.
"Ready, in three, two and one! Go!" Enrique gave the command and the boy shot forwards at high speed.
It wasn’t untrackable but even for Lucifer the boy was a little quick. Clearly the boy had given his all into the dash towards the Demon Dummy.
BAAAAANNNNGGG!!!!
"Ouch!! Ouch!!! That hurt!!! Are they bringing out the big guns already!?" The demon dummy screamed in pain while it went swinging backwards.
The demon dummy finally praised someone!
The young teenage boy was so shocked that he froze momentarily. And his freezing was his undoing.
The demon dummy swung back and slammed into his nose, and given it was quite heavy and was hit previously with quite a bit of force causing it to swing far back, it ended up giving the young teenager a mild concussion and a bleeding nose.
"What the hell!!???" The young boy screamed in pain, throwing the stick and grabbing his nose.
But the demon dummy was not done yet.
"Look... I’m not saying you’re trash... but you could be in a modern art museum and people would pick you up and drop you in a garbage bin."
That was it.
The boy saw blood and rushed once again to hit the dummy after that. Unfortunately for him, he rushed too far and completely crossed the dummy.
All he was able to hit after that were the dummy’s taunts with his ear drums while hearing everyone’s laughter.
Soon the timer was up and so someone healed his broken nose before he went back to the retry line.
It was finally an adult’s turn.
"Who goes first?" Enrique asked, causing everyone to look around to see if anyone wanted to volunteer.
Since everyone was nervous they didn’t want to go up first and make a fool out of themselves as the game was looking more and more difficult after the kids had completely made a fool out of themselves earlier.
But for some reason, a relatively young lady in her late thirties raised her hand and stepped forward from the semi circle crowd.
"Can I be first, Enrique!?"
"Sure." He nodded. "Just stand in front of the demon dummy when you’re ready."
"Can I use magic? I’m more comfortable with that than a sword..." The lady who came up said softly. She appeared a bit nervous since none of the kids before her had managed to even earn the first reward yet.
"That’s alright, but please stick to the basic spells with very little mana, you just want to hit the dummy, not take its head off."
"Ok, thank you." The lady said politely before looking at the demon with a glare.
"You called me fat earlier... Now I’ll show you who’s fat and who’s dead meat."
’Oh so she’s the first kid’s mom...’ Lucifer noted. ’That’s why she volunteered to come up first... to take revenge...’
The lady quickly put on her blind fold before raising her arm and taking aim at the demon dummy blindfolded.
"Ready, in three, two, one and go!!!" Enrique shouted out loud as the lady instantly reacted.
A fireball quickly materialised in front of the lady’s palm as she shot it towards the dummy at a fast speed.
BAAAAANNNGGGGGGGG!!!!!
The demon being a dummy, couldn’t dodge it, so it had to take the entire ball of flames point blank and fly backwards!
"Fire!! Fire!! Call the ambulance!!" The demon dummy shouted for all to hear, causing the kids to giggle cathartically since they felt that the lady had taken revenge for all of their anger.
But the demon dummy wasn’t done yet, "But not for me!!!" The demon dummy shouted again as it came swinging back at high speeds, now flaming like a meteorite about to crash into the lady.
However, now that the demon dummy had revealed its location by screaming, the lady conjured up another fireball and shot it in its direction blindfolded!
And surprisingly, she had great aim!
BAAAAANNNGGGGGGGG!!!!!
"Ouch!!! Ouch!!! Don’t burn me!!! I’ve got feelings too!!! Feelings I buried in your mum last night!!"
BAAAAANNNGGGGGGGG!!!!!
"No way!!! Please don’t make me surrender!!! I’m lying by the wa-"
BAAAAANNNGGGGGGGG!!!!!
BAAAAANNNGGGGGGGG!!!!!
BAAAAANNNGGGGGGGG!!!!!
Finally after three more rapid fireballs that consecutively slammed into the demon dummy, it screamed in pain-
"Don’t celebrate just yet! You’ve only hit me when I never dodged."
It swung around for a few seconds before quickly coming to rest, then it opened its mouth and before everyone’s astonished eyes, a fountain of chocolates poured out of it!
"CHOCOLATESS!!!!!!!" the kids all shouted, causing the lady to pull open her blindfold and peek from underneath it.
She looked at Enrique and he spoke calmly with a smile, "It is up to you what you do with your rewards."
The lady smiled looking at the kids that had already surrounded her after breaking out of the line and spoke gently, "You can all have them... just promise me to beat up this guy next time you play."
"""YAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!"""
"You’re the coolest mom ever!!!!!!!!"
The kids cheered excitedly before rushing towards the ground and collecting as many chocolates as they could into their pockets.
As the kids picked up the chocolates from the ground, Enrique spoke to the lady, "You may put the blindfold back on and continue the game. It will get more difficult from now on so be prepared."
"Ok!!!" The lady who had won once and became a hero among the kids was now enthusiastic about her future victories, she felt like she could almost see them and they were within her grasp.
"Let’s see who wins!! A filthy demon or me!"