Chương 277: Chapter 260. Sarah Stokes A Fire

Sarah Ericsson's Point Of View" Another over here!"" 2 incoming here!" Voices yelled out one after the other, it's been an hour since Anna and I first defeated the initial bonded one that we burned by striking our weapons together. Since then, the people of Zana followed my orders and have arrived to us. Somehow, someway, John has increased the Barrier's size to accommodate the influx of survivors.

Thankfully, most of the Demons that have joined us brought makeshift torches, so we now have a massive bonfire in the middle of the Barrier that we're using to burn any of the enemies that the floating bastard has created." 4 over here!" Since the arrival of around a hundred Demons, a system has been worked out, I fan the flames with some of my Wind Magic to keep them hot and burning, Anna uses her abilities as a Druid to keep adding fuel to the fire by summoning plants and small trees.

The Demons who are here, are used as the fighting force of the Barrier. So far, it's only been commoners and a few Knight Families. I would hope that the Count Families are still on our side, but who's to say for sure now?" 6 over here!" Perhaps it wasn't a good thing to command all of the survivors to gather here? Since they've arrived there's been an increase in those plant infested Demons coming towards us. Maybe it's due to the giant fire we have going? Maybe it's the fact that the people are here?

Maybe they heard my message and decided to converge on us? Maybe others who heard the message were then transformed and then the information was leaked, but if any of those last 2 are true... Why hasn't that kidnapping fool come to kill us yet?" RAGHHH!" It'd be easier to think without the enemies wailing as the fire cleanses them. With all of the successful defenses of the Barrier, the bodies have begun to pile up. We've taken them and started laying them in a row along with John as he sleeps.

What is taking him so long anyways!? He better not be flirting with that Angela woman! I don't care if she is an Angel! I swear I'll-" HARRGHHH!"" The 6 over here are through! Thanks, Greg!" / Woosh! WOOSH! / Warmth Screams and thanks filled my ears as I continued to nurse this flame, if today was any warmer, I might have worked up a sweat from the heat radiating from the fire, but since tonight was so cold, I only felt a slight warmth from the fire." Ah, this feels good..."

Some of the children had sat around the fire after assisting with the handing of torches to the adults who were fighting." You're right, Harry. It's nice to have a break like this every now and again. I could take a nap right now, I think." Now some of the adults were taking a break now that the coast was clear. We were far from done, however.

Zana, as a medium-sized town, has a population around 2000, add in the 3 or 400 visitors, either here as Merchants to peddle wares or Noble Families here for the birthday and their Staff... We've only fought around 300 of the plant bonded Demons... Something is strange... Why aren't there more?" Dad, when is this going to be over?" A sleepy boy turned to his father and asked a simple question. Anna and I both looked up to the sky and still saw that monster floating there.

He was still holding onto the 3 girls he took. Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings." I don't know, Harry. All I know is that we're doing the best we can." The father answered with the truth... At least for the people that had this thing thrust upon them. The group that stayed at the mansion that recently blew up knew most of the situation, we were just missing the final piece of the puzzle. What the hell were we fighting exactly?

Obviously, it's a God we're fighting. The ritualistic sacrifices obviously confirm it, but what God is the hundred large platinum coin question. With no answers in sight, Anna and I can only wait for John to wake up so we can launch another attack. Maybe we can also make use of the small militia that we've formed? Time will tell." Guarrhhh!"" 3 over here!" A new aggressive growl, another call along with people running to their assigned spots. There really isn't much more to do honestly.

What is keeping John over there?" 10 over here!"" WHAT!?" Surprise filled everyone's faces. So far, the highest we'd seen were a group of 6, the number jumping so high so quickly, it wasn't something the group was ready for. The children saw the looks on the adults' faces and began to grow more and more afraid of the monsters they see slowly approaching the Barrier." 15 over here!"" You have to be joking!?" More surprise hit the camp, the looks on the adults' faces began to look similar to their children.

With 25 appearing so suddenly. A slight panic began to set in. Panic is bad, panic comes before mistakes." Everyone! Calm yourselves! The fire is burning strong! We've a group of 100 Demons equipped with fire and weapons! Are you telling me, with all of this, we're afraid of a group of 25!? Are the citizens of Diablos so craven!?" My Father once said, "a good way to gain back group morale was to appeal to their pride.", I never thought I would need to do it... And to be honest, I never thought it would work..."

NO!" And yet here I stand, fanning a flame and being wrong. I should apologize to my Father the next time I see him... Or... Judging by how busy we're going to be with Roseland Products and running the Business, maybe a letter would be better? I shouldn't be thinking of this anyways, I have to give some orders to help the group." Good! Then keep our forces as they were and follow what we've been doing! What has been working! Stay in the Barrier and set them ablaze!"" YES!"

With an agreement to what I've said, the crowd of confused and scared Demons morphed to a group of Warriors...." Burn!"" Burn!"" Be set ablaze!" A group of pyromaniacs are what they morphed into apparently... Who cares, the pep talk worked." Not a bad speech, Sarah... But maybe we should try something a little less... Stimulating?" Anna said the same thing I had begun to think. Well, it worked anyways. As long as they all do their job, it should be fine.

The fire seemed to be going strong, so I took a moment to check on John's condition. His face hadn't really changed, but I could tell that he seemed a bit more relaxed than he was before. Whatever he and Angela are speaking about seems to have relaxed him. Sure, there was jealousy, but I'm glad his stress is lowering. Pinch... I still pinched his cheek, however. It's only fair. Since he's not calming down due to Anna and I's hard work protecting him.

With this free time, I couldn't help but think again about what was taking him so long. I mean honestly, this whole situation isn't exactly easy." Is he awake yet?" I turned to see Anna brushing off her hands with a bit of water from the basic Spell she learned after Contracting with the Water Goddess. I let go of John's cheek to answer her." No, but he is relaxed now. I wonder what he's talking to her about?"" Hopefully, it's about that guy." Anna looked up at him.

Again, he was just floating there, without a care in the world. He just sat and watched as Zana had been fighting for its life for the past hour. In order to defeat that monster, it's going to take the combined effort of Anna, John and I to do it. I can feel it in my bones." HUNDREDS!"

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"!" Run! A loud panicked scream caused all of our attention to shift. We looked at where the scream came from. We saw a wall of black tentacles growing out of numerous bodies, but the worse part was that they were slowly approaching the Barrier. Anna and I took off from John over to the incoming wall of black plants and flesh." They'll break the Barrier if we let them get close, Sarah!"" I know! We need to light them up fast!"

Right as Anna and I were about to run out of the Barrier, we were stopped in our footsteps by a loud noise. / SHING! / A sharp wind full of flames came crashing into the bonded ones from the side. It lit them all up in a sea of flames." GUARRGGGG!" They let out anguished screams as the flames consumed them." Hahaha! Looks like we arrived right on time! Aye, Kina?" A familiar voice filled the air.

Our whole group looked to the source of the sound, we saw a group of Demons standing on top of a roof of a house, along with numerous Demons standing on the streets around it. They began to speak as we were all grateful at their intervention." Seems that we arrived at the perfect time, Dear." With Baron Sark and his wife, Lady Kina, speaking to each other, everyone had the same thought run through their minds. The Count Families had arrived.