51 Making new friends! II (1/2)
A massive horde of demons, beasts, and monsters was engaging in battle with a group of six men dressed in trenchcoats carrying each a weapon drenched in a metallic silver color.
The number of creatures far outweighed the number of human combatants, but at no moment it seemed like they were in a disadvantageous situation.
Each warrior possessed incredible speed and power on their attacks. The beasts would stand no chance of survival once they came into contact with the weapons they were carrying. This was, after all, the famous blessed metal, a material created by the gods to give aid in a battle against evil and to help bring forth world peace. It was the greatest weakness of the demons.
The six warriors kept fighting with all their might reducing the number of enemies more and more as time kept passing, but still, the number of demons still was too large to be handled by themselves.
The warriors were powerful and ferocious, but they were still just humans. Fatigue slowly started to take over their bodies and slowly but surely, the demons began to get the upper hand.
One of them received a fatal wound in the chest and was knocked out cold. Another tried to come to his aid but the creatures used this opportunity to strike him as well and leave a deep wound on his leg.
The process kept repeating and the warrior found themselves surrounded by a sea of monsters who were carefully observing their movements while trying not to get hit by their silver weapons.
Of the former six trenchcoat fighters, only two still remained standing despite showing difficulty in breathing and carrying many open wounds on several parts of their bodies.
”So this is the end huh...?”
”Seems that way...”
”Can't believe this is as far as we managed to go... This is so frustrating...”
”It's been an honor fighting by your side brother...”
”Same here... Let's go out with a bang and take out as many as we can!!”
”Right behind you!”
The two remaining combatants, one carrying a pair of silver gauntlets and another with a silver dagger in each hand, began to ready themselves to face their final fight, but just as they were about to charge ahead they heard the sound of someone yelling from above.
”Incomiiiiiiing!!!!”
The two men moved their eyes to see the source of the sound and noticed a small child dropping from the sky carrying a pair of swords in each hand, and landing on top of one of the creatures, stabbing it right on its neck and easily killing it.
The creature tried to move, but the wound was too deep and it ended up dropping dead on the ground with the small child still on top of it. The kid removed the swords from the monster's neck and gave a look around its surroundings.
”Wow!!!! So many!!! You two mind if I join the fun? Please!!??”
The two men were looking at the child with eyes of astonishment without not knowing what to say.
”Huh... Sure...?” x 2
The child screamed with joy and started to hop around with happiness. She was a small girl with black hair tied by two ponytails and dark skin. Her face was revealing a huge smile that would come from ear to ear as she charged into the massive sea of demons and started to tear them apart like a tornado of death.
She seemed to be around twelve years old but moved like the wind and strike like a lion. Her blades moved so fast that it almost seemed to be alive. Anywhere she passed a pool of blood would be formed by her defeated enemies. What was most impressive was that none of the opponents seemed to be able to land a hit on her. Her body was just too small and quick while the monsters were too big and slow. The two men could not stop staring at her.
”Who in the world is that...?”
”Her swords... She has silver metal as well...”
The girl suddenly turned around while drenched in blood and meet eyes with the two men. She started to raise her arm and threw one of her swords in their direction. Before they could react, a massive creature that was about to eat them from behind was stabbed by the sword in the mouth. The child pounced on the creature to grab her weapon and started to slash the monster in half.
She moved so fast that the warriors could barely follow her movements. After finishing the monster she met eyes with them again.
”You guys ok if I just kill them all? Won't you two be bored just waiting around?”
The two finally returned to their senses.
”Sh- She's right!! We can't let a kid take this horde of monsters on her own!! Let's help her!!”
”Ri- Right!! I'm on it!!”
”That's the spirit!! It's not fair if I'm the only one having fun!!”
The girl turned around and continued to tear the creatures apart. The men looked at each other reacting to her words.
”Did she said she was having fun...?”
”No time to think now! Charge!!”
”Y- Yes!!”
The group continued to fight until the remaining monsters started to become scared of them and decided to retreat in fear, leaving the two men really relieved but the little girl very unsatisfied.
”Hey no fair!!! I still want to play more!!!”
”Thank the gods... We survived...”
”Arf... Arf... I really thought we were done for this time... Thank you little miss... You saved us!”
”Eh...? Oh, right! Sure, no big deal! Just doing my job and helping those in need, haha!”
”May we ask what is the name of our savior?”
”I'm Mia... Mia, the demon slayer!!”
”Nice to meet you... No... It's an honor to meet you! We also re demon slayers. My name is Clayton, and this is Orion.”
”Pleasure to meet you miss.”
”Ah!! Fellow demons slayers!! How nice!! Not many people share the joy of watching these pitiful creatures fall in a pool of carnage!! It's good to find someone that shares my feelings!!”
”... ... Right... Anyway... You really were amazing in there... You must have gone through some really hard training to become so skilled.”
”Yes!!! Indeed!! Good job noticing that!! I received training from my beloved one who taught me how to become the best at demolishing monsters with my beautiful sharp blades!”
”Your beloved...? He must be a very skilled swordsman!”
”You could say that, hehe. Sometimes he even looks like he is one with the sword, hehehe.”
Clayton and Orion were confused by her laugh but didn't pay too much thought too it. They started to help their fallen comrades who were still on the ground and began to carry then.
”I wish we could do something to repay you for your aid. Is there anything we can offer you?”
”... ... ... Anything...?”
”Of course! You just saved our lives! We are in your debt!”
”... ... Is that so...?”
Mia started to smile with a pair of scary eyes as if looking at a small prey she was considering to hunt.
”Huh... Y- Yes... Anything we can give you, just need to ask...”
”Mmmm... Let's see, how about you pay me a nice meal? I'm kinda low on money right now...”
”Sure, we will take you to the best restaurant we can afford.”
”Also, once your friends are recovered, I would like to request a small match to test your skills.”
”S- Sure... We will ask our best warrior to engage in-”
”All six.”
”... E- Excuse me?”
”I want to fight all six of you at once...”
”Y- Young miss... Do you realize what you're asking for?”
”You told me you would grant me any request right? I want you to give me food, and I want to have more fun. And I think fighting all six of you at once will be really fun!!”