Chapter 272 Demons (1/2)

Arran looked toward Brightblade, as still unleashi+ng a series of furious blows at the creatures before her The appearance of the Essence Rehtest, and she continued to press on, her starh the Demons' bodies with vicious ease

She was just half a dozen paces ahead of Arran, but even in the brief moment that he had been distracted by the Reap between the he could not alloay frohtblade, the creatures could overwhelm hi four of the Deh this took hiet off an attack, and Arran groaned in pain as the streak of Essence slammed into his shoulder

There was no time to pay the injury any mind, however, as a fifth Demon stepped forward to face hier than the others, the Essence from which it was made somehow denser — almost as if it was more real And in its hands, it held a sword that looked as if it was made from condensed fire

The Demon raised its blade as it faced Arran, its stance that of a seasoned swordse

But Arran had no ti both his full strength and his true insight into severing, and although the Deh the fiery blade as easily as it cleaved through the creature wielding it

Yet even as the Demon's body fell, another attack hit Arran in the back He stuained his balance, he spun around to face the enemies behind him — just in time to see a second Essence Remnant appear at the other end of the pass

Thirty feet tall and shaped like a wolf, it resembled the Remnant Arran had seen two days earlier — the one that had haunted his dreahts And now, a monster like that stood barely a hundred paces away froht, but he quickly tore his eyes away froh the creature ht be, hundreds of Demons stood between hierous than the Re hihtblade at his back, he cut downup behind theh the red-eyed creatures' bodies with vicious ease They did not bleed, exactly Rather, when he struck them a mist of Essence poured from their wounds But blood or not, they died all the same

In a few breaths' tih another two flashes of dense Essence struck his body, he felt a surge of hope when he saw that the creatures red eyes held soht be, it seemed they shared at least this emotion with humans And if they could feel fear, then Arran would turn their fear into terror

He attacked with renewed vigor, ignoring his injuries as he drove the Demons back Each strike of his sword took a life — if it could be called that — and soon, the creatures back to inch backward, terrified of being the next to fall

Yet while Arran cut down Deer, the Essence Reiant steps It reached the Deiant jaws shot forward in a violentshut around one of the Demons

The Demon was torn apart and consuiant monster attacked another Within a moment, half a dozen Dens of stopping If anything, its attacks grew er

The sight filled Arran with shock and delight in equal measure He had briefly feared the Essence Remnants were somehow controlled by the Demons, but now, he realized the truth

The Remnants were there not to aid the Deed situation did not escape the Dean to spread ahter on all sides

Brightblade and Arran had already reater threat had appeared, with Essence Reh their numbers from both sides of the pass

It was too much for the creatures Their ranks broke almost instantly, and ato flee, at least, because with Remnants on both sides of the pass, they had no safe path of escape