94 Heroes and monsters (2/2)
[Daren!! Lilith!! Are you two there!!??]
[Gustav?? Yeah, we are here. What's wrong?]
[Evlin just woke up not too long ago!!]
[What!!??] x 2
This was the best news these two had received in a long time. Evlin waking up meant that they finally had a fighting chance and could stop pretending to be friends with the demons.
[Where is she?? Is she going after Ashley?]
[It's actually the opposite... Ashley is going to go towards her... And she will bring the demon leader with her!]
[... What? What are you talking about?]
[Ashley regained control of her body!]
[!!!] x 2
[She somehow managed to get the dryad to give up control for a short time.]
[Wait... So you mean...]
[I mean that Ashley right now is going to face the demon leader alone!! You two need to help her!!]
[!!!]
Lilith had no words. For a moment it felt as if everything was going to be fine, but now, she just received the news that the one she was trying to save is going to be in even more danger than before.
Ashley was safe until now because the dryad was keeping her inside her mind. But now that she's out, and for some reason she was trying to deal with the leader on her own, if she made a mistake he could kill her.
[What the hell is she thinking?? Gustav, I'm going after her right now! Don't worry!!]
[Please hurry!!]
Lilith finished her conversation and turned towards Daren.
”We need to move faster!!”
”On it!!”
The red harpy and the black lion started to gather more power into their legs and began to rush with all their speed towards the location of where they last saw the leader was heading into. They knew they couldn't defeat the leader on their own, but they could at least knock some sense into Ashley and take her away from him. Not only that, they needed to take her to either Gustav or Evlin so either of them could bring Ashley back to normal.
”I can't believe Ashley would do something this stupid!! What is she thinking??”
Daren seemed really angry with Ashley but Lilith had a sudden realization.
”...!! It's my fault!!”
”...?”
”I provoked the demon leader into joining the fight... He probably didn't just defeat Xadi, he must have killed him!! And he is keeping Ashley by his side all the time now, so he must have done it right in front of her!!”
”Oh! That's right... Ashley didn't know about our plan to wake up Evlin! Oh... No...”
The two were so focused on finding a way to survive this war by getting rid of Xadi that Lilith and Daren completely forgot that he was Ashley's brother.
”That girl is trying to get revenge?”
”Probably... Gahh!! I'm so stupid!!! I can't believe I just told the demon leader to kill Ashley's brother right in front of her!!”
”What's done is done... We need to focus on how to fix this situation right now!”
”R- Right!! The mission is the same as always! Keep Ashley saf- Watch out!!!!”
The two werw continuing to run their way back to the location of the demon leader when a silver arrow suddenly flew by them and almost pierced Lilith's head.
The scare was enough to make them fall on the ground and bury themselves in the snow.
”What... Was that...??”
Daren was starring at the arrow and then tried to look at where it came from. He saw a pair of men in trenchcoats, one carrying a spear in one arm and a claymore on the other, while the second man was wearing silver gauntlets and aiming a silver arrow at Lilith with a metal bow.
”Demon-slayers...”
”Ugh!!! We don't have time for this!!”
”This is bad... These weapons... They must have found their friends and are here for revenge.”
”I'll deal with them... Daren, you go help Ashley!!”
”Are you crazy?? You can't face them alone!! You're still hurt from your last battle! Plus, we are still inside the dead zone Marcus created! You won't have your future sight!”
”Then what do you suggest??”
”You go after Ashley!! I'll handle them!”
”Have you lost your mind?? Look at all that silver metal they have!! That stuff touches you and you will go up in flames!!”
”Would you just trust me?? I can't let you fight this alone!!”
”Well, I can't let you fight this alone either!!”
As the two continued to argue over who would face the slayers and who would save Ashley, another arrow came flying by, followed by Clayton swinging his claymore while jumping on top of them.
The two leaped back as Clayton landed and managed to avoid both his attack and the incoming arrow. The slayers looked at the lion on his left and at the harpy on his right, with one weapon in each arm and pointing at them.
”No one is going anywhere...”
Daren looked at his partner.
”Lilith... Let's just deal with these guys together and save Ashley after.”
Lilith felt Daren was right. There is no way either of them could survive a fight with the two slayers alone. Sadly, Ashley would have to wait once again.
Lilith assumed her samurai stance and engaged in battle with Clayton while Daren sharpened his claws and glared at Orion, followed by charging towards him.
The two slayers then started their battle for revenge while the two monsters started their battle to protect their lost friend.