94 Heroes and monsters (1/2)

Part 1

The state of the southern kingdom was becoming worse by the minute.

The demons continued to rampage left and right and chasing after the invaders who barged into their home carrying piles of blessed metal to slay them.

Chaos was taking over the scenery as buildings were crumbling down anywhere the beasts tried run by. Or at least it used to be until many of the invaders started to be dealt with one after another.

The group of originally six slayers armed with silver armor were divided into three groups of two and were spread out throughout the map of the city. Two of these slayers had been defeated by a lady covered in silver armor and bearing a striking resemblance to a harpy monster.

Two others had also been dealt with by the crossbow magician after she finally managed to wake from her deep sleep prison, and were now in no condition to fight as well.

The only two slayers left, a double gauntlet user named Orion and his boss Clayton, a spear master, were the only ones left to take care of the demons menace. But even though they were short in numbers, the two continued to clean up the kingdom of the monsters that had taken over it.

Even now, the two were battling for their lives while being surrounded by enemies who were trying to bite their heads off.

”How many more left??”

”I don't know... They just keep coming and coming... Keep your senses sharp Orion!”

Clayton was empaling every demon that approached him while Orion was smacking the creatures one against the other without stopping.

Thanks to their equipment, they had a lot of stamina and power to use, much more than they ever did before. They could probably keep fighting for the entire day if they needed it.

”Should we try to reunite with lady Mia?”

”No need to... Our mission is to clean the city and find the crossbow girl. Lady Mia would probably scold us for interrupting her fun.”

”Understood! Let's just finish these guys and get a move on then!”

”That's the spirit!”

The warriors kept fighting the horde of demons. They suddenly got flashbacks from the time they first met with Mia. They were also facing a huge number of monstrous enemies and were about to die until that black-haired little girl showed up with her silver swords and saved them.

Realizing that they were facing the same situation but handling it much better than before, the two became fired up with pride after realizing how much they had grown and started to shrink down the number of enemies even faster.

”They're running away!! After then!!”

”On it!!”

AS the two continued to follow the beasts, they ended up being lead towards the big castle located in the heart of the city. They were surprised to see such an old construction still managing to stand despite having so many fissures in it. But even more impressive was the dark aura surrounding it and preventing the two from further chasing after the demons.

”Tsk!! It's a barrier... We can't get inside...”

”What do we do then...?”

”Let's leave them for now... There must still be a lot of demons around the city...”

”Very well... Let's- Huh...!?”

”What's wrong...?”

”There is someone lying on the snow over there...”

”...?”

”Oh, no... I think that's Kairon!! And look!! That's Sebastian!!”

”You're right!!!”

The slayers recognized their fallen comrades and rushed towards their side to help them.

Clayton was trying to help Sebastian who was missing a hand while Orion was with Kairon who had two huge holes on his leg and arm. Both of the slayers were also covered in several wounds that seemed to have been made by the slashes of a sword. Clayton tried to find out what happened to his teammates.

”Kairon!! Sebastian!! Who did this to you???”

Sebastian didn't have any strength left to speak but Kairon still managed to whisper a few words towards his boss.

”The... Woman...”

”Woman?? What woman?? The crossbow mage?? Did you two found her?? Did she do this to you??”

Clayton tried to assume who the culprit was but he saw Kairon shaking his head left and right in denial.

”Her... Friend... The one that rescued her... That night...”

”Ah!! That sword user!! She did this to you??”

Kairon nodded this time.

”Very well... You can rest now my friend... Leave the rest to us...”

Clayton and Orion helped their friends by placing their bodies against a wall and stood up with determination in their eyes.

”Orion... We have a new target...”

”Understood sir...”

They picked up Kairon's bow and Sebastian's claymore and added to their own arsenal to increase the power of their blessed energy.

”Time for payback!”

Part 2

A red woman with wings under her arms wearing silver armor and a black muscular man covered in black fur with a lion face were dashing through the city in chaos and trying to reunite with their lost comrades.

The two kept passing by a large number of demons and monsters, but since the two right now were looking like creatures themselves, none of the beasts tried to attack them.

The black lion tried to speak with the woman while she continued to run with bloodlust in her eyes.

”Lilith! Can you sense anything?”

”Nothing... The dead zone Marcus creates became even stronger not too long ago... I can't see a thing with my future sight!”

Not too long ago, the two were in the company of the demon leader and observing the progress of the war from the castle's balcony. But the leader himself decided to suddenly join the fight by going after the tempest magician that was keeping their leader, Evlin, imprisoned in her sleep.

So now this was their only chance to take action and actually move forward with their plan.

As soon as Xadi was defeated, Evlin would wake up and the state of the war could finally change in their favor. The two were trying to charge to rejoin with their team so they could regroup and organize their strategy when they suddenly received a message inside their heads.