63 To protect my sister (1/2)
Evlin and Gustav were rushing towards the entrance of the southern kingdom. The two were in a desperate state after receiving a message from Ashley warning them that she was almost inside of the area and wished for them to meet her as soon as possible.
The path towards the entrance gates was long and filled with many creatures. Evlin in her current state was more than enough to deal with any possible threat of monsters that could try to attack her while still protecting Gustav.
”PISS OFF!!!”
The fact that she could not stop thinking about her sister alone inside a region filled with monsters was enough to flip her ”competitive switch”. She was using her magic and unnatural strength to eliminate all the monsters with as much speed as possible before any of them could even react.
”Evlin!! Slow down!!”
Piles of dead monster bodies would show up from anywhere she passed by. Gustave was trying his best to keep up with her but Evlin was simply acting like a machine at this point. She would not stop running and attacking anything that appeared in front of her.
”I'm not going to leave Ashley enter that place alone!! Hurry up!!”
If the monsters were small she would simply attack them with her gauntlet and knock them against the wall of the mountain. For any larger threat she would use modeling magic to created massive spikes of stone to pierce their bodies. One flying demon tried to attack her from above but she simply shot him at point-blank with raw magic.
”Would you all just get out of my way!!!???”
She was doing everything she could to avoid stop running for even a second.
”Evlin!! Stop!! Stop!!”
”What!!??”
Gustav finally managed to reach her and calm her down a bit. She was breathing heavily and couldn't stop shaking, and yet she still looked like she could run three marathons in a row.
”You can't use your magic like this!! We are too close to the gates, you will attract attention!!”
”But Ashley needs me!!”
”I know!! But that's no reason to start acting without thinking! Isn't that what she always tells us?”
”R- Right... You're right...”
”Look... We are almost at the gate.”
”...!”
Evlin turned around and gazed upon the gigantic gate blocking their entrance. Two pillars connected by a bridge and under it an enormous door made of metal.
On top of each pillar, there was a serpent monster sleeping around it like a scarf on someone's neck and in front of the door, several horse monsters. Three centaurs, five pegasuses, and eight unicorns.
Among them, there was one monster who seemed to be some kind of mix of all three types of monsters combined. A man with a human body but horse legs on his lower half, a pair of wings coming out of his back like a pegasus and a massive horn on its forehead like that of a unicorn.
The most impressive thing about this creature was its size. He was tall like a house and looked like it could lift one with one hand. He would have to since one of his hands was holding a massive spear that was about as tall as he was.
Evlin couldn't recognize what kind of creature that was.
”What is that thing...?”
”A high-demon...”
”...?”
”He is the source of the small monsters we see around it. His children when they are born end up inheriting one of his features.”
”So... He is the father of all the horse monsters...?”
”Indeed... Such an important creature... He must be the gatekeeper.”
”Cool, wait in here while I go knock him out...”
”What??”
Gustav grabbed hold of Evlin and stopped her before she could proceed with her plan.
”Let me go!!! What are you doing??”
”We can't just attack him like this! We are trying to avoid attention remember??”
”But... My sister!!”
”Just relax... I'll call her out to check if she is safe.”
”Ok... Thanks...”
”I just need to- Watch out!!!”
Gustav grabbed Evlin's head and they both ducked into the snow as a massive spear went flying almost tearing their heads off.
Gustav looked behind him and stared at the spear that was now impaling the wall behind them.
”You two!! Who are you??”
Evlin was irritated by that line.
”Isn't that something you ask BEFORE attacking???”
The high-demon was talking to them. He was looking suspiciously at Gustav for some reason. Probably due to the fact that Gustav was wearing a disguise that made him look like a winged-centaur right now.
”I asked who you two are!! I never saw your faces before!”
[Gustav can I just attack him now...?]
[Wait... Maybe we can reason with him...]
”We came to warn you!!!”
”Warn us...?”
”There is a group of demon-slayers carrying silver metal approaching this area!! They almost killed us and we need to hide inside the kingdom!!”
”...”
[You think they will buy it...?]
[It's the only idea that I could think of...]
”Demon-slayers...? Coming here...?”
”Yes!! Please let us enter!!”
”You fools!!! You brought the demon-slayers to our home!!!”
”... Huh...?”
”You should just have let them kill you instead of revealing our location!!”
”Wait!! We just-”
”Kill them!! These fools brought the enemy to our gates!!”
”Ugh...”
[Well... You tried... Can I kick them now...?]
[Be my guest...]
Gustav finally released Evlin who was now wearing her golden form after combining with Sphinx, her pet griffin. She was covered from had to toe in golden fur and possessing two huge wings and one tail on her back.
Evlin stood up from the snow and prepared her wooden gauntlets fro battle. The group of horse monsters charged their attack towards her. Normally Evlin would feel conflicted about the idea of fighting animals, even monster animals, but her mind was focused on something else right now.
”Usually this is the part where I make fun of how I'm going to enjoy putting every single one of you down...”
She punched the wall of the mountain with her fist and several pillars of stone started to appear pushing the monsters off the cliff.