64 Unforeseen Incursion (2/2)

”We really are a great team oni-chama!”

”Of course! I couldn't have done it without you, who's surprisingly really are quite notable in using Grendel.”

”Grendel? Who is that oni-chama?”

”That's the name of your weapon, did you forget?”

”Ah right. Tehee! I am the primary school champion in frisbee, oni-chama! While catching Grendel-san and throwing him is heavier, but they do the same, and return to my hand!”

So that explains why she is good at using it. Good thing the reason, is without supernatural aspects. Champion huh? So she is an athletic type. I presume. But, Grendel is palpably different from the normal frisbee... It's packed with crimson blades and is, as the girl has said, 'heavier' and way bigger to boot. I think Shiro is just plain genius in using these types of ranged weapons.

With that being said, we continued forth as the scarcely-seen sun also slowly started to dawn in front of us, but then... suddenly... it all felt weird... As if both of us had stepped into a trap laid especially for the both of us... An 'Unforeseen Incursion'.

And it's not only me who felt the sudden shivers, but Shiro also did too, as she stopped suddenly while turning her head towards the different directions looking as to where it might come from.

”Oni-chama...?”, she whispered, while strongly clinging to Grendel.

”Yes...I know, Shiro. Just pretend you did not feel that. Ok?” I said while the girl shook her head to show approval but the expression in her face, spelled the same nervous and confused girl when I first saw her.

I then patted her, right in the head and placed her closer to me as both of us continued to walk silently assessing the environment in every step, cautious of the underlying peril.

Silence dominated the whole forest which became a little tainted by the dawning morning star whose golden rays could even barely enter the forest... and I don't like it when things get silent.

'Now, what's happening?' With the question in mind, I hastily scanned through the whole area, using the lurking dark things and every shadow that I could get in contact with...

To my surprise, the moment I gained a 360-degree angle and perspective of the whole area once more... the monsters which should only be appearing in the deepest part of the forest are now, surrounding us- two cute bowls of human salad. That explains why there was an urgent increase in ill intent on the already eerie atmosphere.

Yet, why did Shiro also sense it though?

The monsters... they're suddenly appearing on my radar of intensified senses as if they were teleported or something on purpose. The gorilla with the crystal in its back... the wolves with the varied number of tails... even some Chimeras and Red rabbits are fast approaching, not to mention, there's something gargantuan, creeping undergrounds.

And it's not just the monsters that I'm sensing. In a thousand meter radius, I can clearly see nine? No, more than ten presences of whose species I can't prove, all veiled in the same white robes in a humanoid form, but taller and has short horns... and then, a message from one of them, overtly delivered by the shadows around it...

”Finally... the girl, a perfect sacrifice to our living king has arrived. THE KURENAI!!!... Her, heart. Oh, I can sense it from here... Its tender texture would give an explosion of taste to the mouth... Ahhhh!! What a splendid aroma. Purufufufufuffufufufu... Finally! OUR KINGDOM COULD RISE ONCE AGAIN!!”

Kurenai? Whatever that may be, it seems that they are after Shiro? Well, sorry. No matter what reason you may have, you can't have her... and you probably won't leave from here unscathed.