87 Couples meeting (1/2)
”Looks like the plan worked!”
Gustav was observing the fight as it progressed from a safe distance. He and the rest of the group had long since left the church of the south god as soon as the war started since they felt their location would be an obvious place to search for them.
They were hiding inside of an empty warehouse and were all watching as Mia and her group continued to slash demons left and right as if she was taking walk on the beach.
”My God, Ria... What's wrong with your sister...??”
”Don't ask me... I stopped trying to understand her a long time ago...”
Gustav, alongside Ria, Auren, and a still sleeping Evlin, were all trying to avoid engaging in the fight while their leader remained defenseless. They were carefully waiting for the moment where Xadi would lose control of the spell that was keeping Evlin imprisoned in the white void while both his team continued to engage against the creatures.
Gustav at first was filled with hope since both of their enemies were keeping each other busy, but he then started to worry after realizing a small detail that could ruin their plans.
”This is bad...”
Ria approached him confused.
”What's wrong?? What happened??”
”Xadi is not joining the fight!”
”!!”
Ria came closer to the window Gustav was using to watch the battle and indeed, there was a young man who was just flying around with wind magic like a lost kid looking for his parents.
”That has to be him... Is he afraid or something? Why isn't he fighting??”
”... Probably because of my sister...”
”...?”
”She can be very competitive... She probably doesn't want him to take any of her targets...”
”OK, seriously... What is wrong with your sister??”
”Be my guest and go ask her if you want...”
”Ugh... No thanks... Ah, wait!!!”
Gustav continued to watch the chaos outside and noticed that Xaid finally got attacked. A group of three demons jumped on him and were starting to surround the mage.
”This is it!! Our big chance!!”
”Wait a second...”
Gustav seemed really excited since it looked like they would finally get to achieve one of their goals, but Ria realized something strange about that particular group of demons that were ganging up on him.
”Is that... Is that Sphinx???”
”What...?”
Gustav looked again and realized that one of the demons had a strong resemblance to Evlin when she was in her golden form.
”That can't be possible... How... Sphinx is a griffin... That looks almost like a Evlin in her fused form!”
”I recognize that golden fur anywhere!! That is Sphinx!! Ah!! And that's my pet dragon!! And that's your winged horse!!”
”...!!! You're... You're right!!!”
Gustav didn't know how but for some reason, all of their pet monsters were now looking like much more humanoid figures and were engaging in battle with Xadi.
”How is this possible? Evlin is right here with us. Is there someone else that can use recreation magic??”
”I don't know... But right now... They are our best chance to save Evlin! Ah!! Look!!”
Ria pointed at the scene and noticed her sister was coming to rescue Xadi from the beasts.
”Ria!! Make a barrier!! Now!! We can't let Mia save Xadi!”
”On it!!”
She followed his command and watched as her sister smacked her nose against the barrier and fell on the ground. Considering the amount of trouble Mia gave towards her when the two were kids, Ria enjoyed that very much.
”Wow, that felt good!!”
Gustav noticed her smirk and continued to watch the fight. He saw that Mia was staring at the barrier and acting as if she was talking to someone. He assumed she was speaking with Marcus with her mind considering she was carrying a pair of silver swords.
”What is she doing...?”
”Mmm... This is my sister... So she's probably enjoying the fact she finally found something worth cutting...”
”What...?”
”Yeah, she's probably filled with joy knowing that there is...”
Ria began to stutter as she realized something terrifying.
”An opponent... That is worth... Defeating... ... ... Oh, no...”
”... You mean... She's looking for us??”
”Oh, no!!”
Ria gasped as she saw Mia looking around for a while and then suddenly starting to run towards their direction.
”She found us!!!”
”We need to move, now!!! Auren!!!”
”Huh!?”
Auren, who was taking care of Evlin's body, heard Gustav calling for him out of nowhere and almost jumped out of his chair.
”Mia and Marcus are coming!! We need to take Evlin out of here!!!”
”Ah!! Understood!!”
Auren then grabbed Evlin in a princess-carry position and started to rush towards the exit of the warehouse. Gustav and Ria were following right behind him but as soon as they reached outside, the encountered a large demon as tall as a small house with a humanoid muscular body, red skin, covered in spikes, and carrying a huge mace.
The demon stared at the four of them with his four red eyes and smiled at their sight.
”Foooood...”
He raised his mace and tried to squash the group in one swing! Gustav saw the attack coming and shouted to his allies.
”Auren! Ria!!”
”On it!!” x 2
The two raised their hands and a pair of transparent golden shields appeared in mid-air to parry the attack.
The demon's mace was repelled and almost made him fall on his back. Ria used this opportunity to launch her shield into the demon's legs and made him trip. She then shouted for the group to run.
”Let's go!! Now!!”
They avoided the demon who was trying to grab them with his massive arms while still laying down on the ground and continued to gain some distance from him and Mia. The demon stood up and began to chase them while making the earth shake with each step.
”Foooood!! Stop running away food!!!”
Ria looked at him and shouted back.
”If you don't want us to run, then stop calling us food!!!”