There was no way Aoi was letting Akane face such a dangerous creature on her own, no matter what kind of Shadow revelations they'd had. Families didn't just turn their backs on one another.

He'd given up his Illusionist job for December, so here he was, in the tight black Dark Knight armor with a santa hat and red scarf for warmth. The Santa class was pretty useless at the moment, so he focused on his edgy dark powers to start with.

Pointing his sword at the incoming monstrosity, he used his Soul Eater skill to sacrifice some of his life to inflict dark damage.