474 Close Call (2/2)
None managed to get a good view of the Devils with how fast they were moving - that and because they were wearing some sort of a headgear that hid their facial features.
As the rest braced for impacted, they felt a brief flash engulfing them. And to their surprise, the world changed.
From the apocalyptic and gloomy atmosphere, it transformed into a field of snow and ice. The temperature dropped significantly, causing their breaths to turn in to white mists as they exhaled. The devil disappeared and the attention of the Junior Disciples hitched.
”Break!”
*Crack!* *Boom!*
They heard someone yelled and before they knew it, the world of snow and ice shattered like a broken glass. It was at this moment that those who got distracted, finally understood what happened. Their cursed themselves for falling into a petty trick, and paid attention back to reality.
Some looked over only to see Nelson resisting a little creature with disproportionate limbs. Some immediately spurred into action.
”Look out!” Pyra yelled in alarm as she saw something incredibly dangerous.
Although many things occurred, in reality it merely took a second or two for all of it to occur, leaving most of them with little to no room to react. This is precisely the case for Michelle, who was still on the process of re-adjusting her senses due to the illusion just now.
Due to that, she didn't notice that the Devil was already mere inches away from carving her face. By the time Pyra's warnings reach her ears, she's probably already dead.
”Gah!!”
*Boom!*
Thankfully, before the Devil was able to ruin her. Floyd who was standing next to her, blurred into action and delivered a solid blow of his fist to the skull of the assailant, causing it to fly a couple of meters away.
By this time, Michelle's instincts already took over her physique. Using her insane speed, she flew towards the devil, brandishing her weapons and turning into a deadly hurricane that reduced the Devil into mincemeat.
Michelle only stopped when she didn't see any traces of the Devil anymore. It was at this time that clarity came crashing down on her, making her realize how she nearly died just now. Her face visibly paled and her hands were shivering.
Meanwhile, Nelson with the help of Jason and Ryan, were able to slay the other devil. The gruesome creature let out a piercing shriek of pain before finally dying,
Unit-17 was in shambles. A lot of things happened in just very brief period of time. Even though all of them were battle-hardened warriors, they were still surprised. Hell, some of them were completely rooted from where they stood. They even nearly lost a member just now. And what's even funnier is that, they graciously received warning from Raven before it all happened, and yet the results are still like this.
The girls hesitantly approached Michelle, wanting to console her, to which she didn't mind. Floyd remembered the events just now, and his expression made it a little difficult to guess what he truly feels. Those who experienced the fright of Devils first and felt surrealism taking over. For such a small creature, the danger it possess' were unnaturally high.
”Uh, Nelson right?” Michelle approached the guy after regrouping with the rest. The guy simply nodded so Michelle continued: ”Thank you. If it wasn't for you shattering the illusion, I might've already…”
”Don't sweat it, and don't let that though linger on your head.” Nelson smiled, ”It was my duty to do so anyway.”
”I understand, thank you once again.” Michelle bowed.
”You're welcome.”
”Hey, Raven hasn't returned yet!” Jason reminded everyone.
”Don't with him, he's probably already dead.” Mira snorted, causing people to shift their attention towards her.
”Well, sorry to disappoint you.” They heard a distant sound and saw Raven approaching them with a relaxed expression on his face while dragging something. And to their surprise, it was the Devil that he faced.
Everyone was gaping at him, but he didn't pay them any mind. Instead, he said: ”You guys want to dissect this?”