274 Who fights who? (1/2)

”Now then...” Detra commented after noticing that Evlin had finally got a look of resolve on her face, ”There are still a couple of things we need to settle...”

”Right!” Daren commented, ”We still need to find the rest of our friends and make sure they are all safe...”

”No, that can wait...” Detra corrected.

”What!??”

”Ugh... You people and your obsession with the word 'what'... I'm not going wander around aimlessly while we have a dragon to deal with... Now that you are all here, I need you to share everything you can about our enemies so I can build up a proper strategy to deal with him and his pack!”

”But- But Lilith and the others...”

”Ugh... Fine... Young miss!”

”Eh...!?” Ellie replied after suddenly being called out.

”Use your ability to get in contact with Marcus and the rest, hop on that Griffin, and get them all here so the lion boy can stop crying...” Detra requested while talking to Ellie as if she was a delivery girl.

”Uuhh... Aunt Evie...?” Ellie whispered as she was unsure of what to do.

”Detra, you want to send a kid alone around the world while Knucker's forces are out there?” Evlin asked.

”This 'kid', is one of the most powerful things on the face of the planet right now... She might be even stronger than you by this point... If anyone can do it, it's probably her!” Detra stated.

”Still... You can't just-”

”I'll go with her!” Auren said while raising his hand and stepping forward.

”Auren...?” Evlin said with a shocked expression.

”East is right, Evlin... We need to make the best use of our time as possible... I'll go with Ellie and gather the rest of our friends... I studied the geography of the kingdoms for years so I'm the best choice to be by her side! Besides...”

”You wanna see Ria and Cia again...” Evlin guessed.

”That's right...” Auren admitted.

”But don't you think it could be dangerous to split up again?” Evlin insisted.

”It will be fine, trust me! All we gotta do is find Ria! Using her portal powers and my knowledge, we will be able to set up safe spots to meet up with everyone and return here as fast as possible!”

Elli grabbed her aunt's hands, ”I can do this! I'm not the same little kid I was six months ago!”

”Oh, my sweet little girl... Sigh... Very well... If you two say you can do it, then I'll believe in you!”

”Thanks, Evlin!”

”Thanks aunt Evie!!”

Auren and Ellie then jumped on top of the griffin after the girl hugged her aunt one more time and started to fly away until their figure disappeared among the clouds.

”My little girl is all grow up...” Evlin whispered.

”Hey!!” Detra shouted while snapping her fingers twice, ”Focus!! We have work to do!!”

”Ugh... I think I liked you more when we were enemies...”

”Yeah, well, sucks to be you I guess... You're stuck with me now, and I'm not going anywhere!”

Evlin processed that last comment and began to stare at Detra, feeling like she had just heard the lady say she had already accepted herself as part of her group, which caused Evlin to grin a bit.

”What...?” Detra asked.

”Nothing... I'm just glad you're here... Thanks, East!”

”... Just call me Detra... I'm not a goddess anymore... But nevermind that now! Tell me everything you know about Knucker and his demons!”

Evlin then did as she was told and shared with the group everything that Knucker had told her, about his power to see the future, about how she was the trigger to make his power work and thus why he had such a big obsession with her, how he planned everything that happened in her life, and how he was coming up with a scheme to slay every single person in the planet that had inherited blood from Evlin's world to stop another situation like her from ever happening again.

That last part had the group gasping with their mouths wide open, but that also helped clarify why Knucker wanted her so bad and why he tried to take over all the kingdoms.

”Does this mean if we lose this battle...” Leona whispered.

”That stupid dragon will kill probably half the population of the world...” Daren finished.

Joseph, Dia, and Claire just continued to observe without knowing what they should say. Joseph took a quick glance at Dia and began to worry about her since she was someone that had other-world blood in her.

”So now we get to the part that matters... Who are going to be our seven saviors?” Detra wondered while drawing a line on the ground with a stick a crossing it six times. She then proceeded to write the names of all the seven sins on one side while leaving the other half empty.

”Seven saviors...?” Joseph repeated.

”Yes! Knucker's game will be a fight with his seven sins and will end with him facing the crossbow mage... So we still need seven warriors on our side to fight for us!”

Leona came closer and stared at the names until her eyes locked into a specific one, the one that destroyed the temple of the east, ”Gluttony...”

Daren also took a look at the list and gazed at one of the names, ”Wrath... Ugh... Just thinking about how hard it was to harm that old man gives me chills... Even after all that Evlin did to him the guy still managed to survive...”

”Come on people, give me something!! I need details, strengths, weaknesses, something that will tell me how to defeat this batch of idiots!” Detra begged while waving her hands.

”Auren commented that the Wrath guy seemed to get stronger by feeding on people's anger...” Evlin commented while remembering her encounter.

”That's right...” Leona added, ”Lady Hana told me that all the demons get their power from the sin they represent... As such, I imagine that Gluttony gets his power from people's desire to eat or something like that...”

”I see...” Detra mumbled, ”So in order to organize the best matchup, we need to pick our players so that they won't increase the demon's powers... In this case, the one to fight Wrath should be the calmest person in our group... While on the other hand, sending little lady Dia to fight Gluttony would put her at a disadvantage...”

Claire looked at all the sins for a moment and started to laugh to herself, ”So basically, if we let Joey get anywhere near the demon of lust, we are all doomed...”

She turned around to look at the annoyed face she assumed the boy would make, but much to her surprise, he seemed to be lost in deep thought.

”That's not all...” Daren added, ”Remember that the demons all have been turned into half-dragons by Knucker... So they all can only be killed by terminal fire... And since Evlin will be Knucker's opponent... That only leaves three more people, Dia, Marcus, and Ellie...”