Chương 425: Chapter 398. Changes Happen All The Time During Battle

Ashley Garrett's Point Of View / SPLAT! / As Lucy flung her blade away from herself, to get rid of the blood dripping from it after killing the Mage that kept all of these kids in the Magic Circle, the rest of us quickly ran behind her to offer support for the Demon that was still shaking on the floor. The reaction of the Demon was surprising for me, once I had arrived behind her, I couldn't help but ask what she did." Say... Lucy... Why is he like that?" Lucy heard my voice but seemed confused for a second." Hm?

Oh... It's one of my Skills. It's called Critical Hit. The more I level it up, the more the damage it'll inflict is multiplied on someone when I use it. Its current level is like... 19? I think? Either way, I hit the guy in the liver as hard as I could, so he's still down there shaking from the pain. I'm pretty sure his liver is bruised from that punch at the very least. This should be easy to clean up now."" Wow... I wish I had something like that!"" And I wish I could shoot razor wind from my punches.

It's a shame we can't trade Skills." Lucy and I were joking around for a moment, until Laura began to speak." Okay, we'll handle the Demon. Jaime, work on freeing the kids."" Good, I'll start freeing them, hopefully we can get them out of here before the others get back."" Jaime, be careful, I know you identified it as Mind Magic when we saw them for the first time, but that doesn't mean he couldn't have used some kind of Spell with protective measures."" I know, Laura.

Mind Magic is a messy art, and you need a lot of concentration for it. It's going to take me a minute, but looking at this Circle, I think they're all connected, like roots leading to a plant. I think if I free the kid at the Northern point of the Circle, the rest should break free as well."" Good. Lucy, Ashley, you heard her, let's get this over with."" Right!"" Just be careful, he's a scumbag. I think it's best to kill him without touching him."

Laura, hearing Lucy's assessment of the Demon, quickly pulled her beige colored spiked mace from the holder on her belt for it." No problem. Now let's finish this quickly." Lucy, Laura and I quickly walked up to the still shivering Demon as he writhed on the ground from the pain he was experiencing." There's... More... Of you?" The Demon was clutching at his side as he looked at us. Regardless of the realizations he's made about what was happening, Laura and Lucy were ready to strike him down.

I was standing behind them, since the idea of having to touch the Demon skeeved me out. Laura lifted her mace and began to swing it down onto the Demon's head so we could end this already. / Woosh! CLANG! /" Seems you've been having a good time, Greg... Mind if we join in?"" Dale... What are you doing back so soon?"" The explosions kind of told me everything I needed to know. Besides, you know I've never been one to miss a party, Greg. Though, Sarn and Magda are missing... Magda's probably messing around...

The uptight really do like the wil-" All of a sudden, a light-green colored Demon came out of nowhere and clashed a scimitar against Laura's mace. He looks the same age as the one on the floor that he was talking to. But while his head was slightly turned, I thought it was a good moment for me to give him a good whack. Support the creativity of authors by visiting Royal Road for this novel and more. Punch!

"!" / Thump! /" Calm down, girl. I was trying to talk to my co-worker for a moment."" What!?" I was shocked, I took the moment that the Demon was distracted to try and punch him quickly, but he grabbed my punch. Not only that, but he seemed to do it without much effort." You're quite rude to try and strike me down while I was talking. Is that what your Master imparted onto you? You humans are always shocking me with how low you'll go." He's insulting me... No, us!"

Says the one's attacking random people for no reason and now trying to destroy a village."" Well, all's fair in love and war, I guess." lif- Just as I was about to attempt a kick, a quick flash of light told me that Lucy was about to attack the Demon as well. This should teach this guy a lesson! / Thump! SWOOSH! /" AH!"" LUCY!" Just as Lucy was about to strike the Demon, something hit her mid-swing and sent her flying, I called out to her out of concern, but it was futile. She flew even past Jaime.

We need to get away from these Demons! Now!"" Laura!"" On it!" / WOOSH! BOOM! /" Woah!" Laura used her Divine Bolt Spell. It's a simple Offensive Spell... The first one she ever learned apparently, it's good to use to force separation from an enemy. Along with all the times it's worked before, it continued to work this time. / Woosh... / With a swing of a long metal staff, the dust and dirt that made a smokescreen was whisked away without much effort. This is bad though. 4 Demons were standing before us now.

The one on the floor has finally stood up, but his breathing still seemed strained. That might be good for us moving forward." Hm? So, you both finally came back, eh? How was your time away?"" It was fun, Dale... But I wonder if we'll be able to have more fun here? That girl was able to roll with the punch I threw at her. She's interesting. I think I want to play with her. What's wrong with Greg? He looks like when he went through basic training back in the day.""

If I had to guess, Magda, one of the Humans must've landed a shot on him. He's always been too lax."" Shut up! She got lucky! I'll be fine, I just wasn't expecting it."" Better to be lucky than be dead, Greg."" Oh? Really, Sarn? What about you? It doesn't take an hour to check the Southern perimeter!"" It does when you're thorough."" Trust me, Greg. We were thorough... Hahaha!" The Demons started to mess around, almost like we weren't even here." That chick with the metal pipe is mine. I owe her a shot now."

Lucy and Jaime had lined up next to Laura and me in the time it took the Demons to have their little conversation. Lucy quickly stated who her opponent was." That's fine. I'll take the one who blocked my mace. He's strong, he'll be a good test for me. Ashley, take the other one that just arrived with the girl. Jaime, handle the injured one. He's a close-range fighter from what we've seen, react accordingly. As soon as you beat one, join who ever looks like they're having problems with their opponent. Understood?""

Got it." I answered for the rest of us. Lucy had been staring a hole through the Demon woman that hit her. She was interesting to look at. Magda was her name. Dark-blue skin. And then... Almost like a spider, 4 dark-green eyes on each side of her face were keeping watch on all of us. Her long, silk-white hair flowed in the wind that passed by. She was somewhat tall. She might even be taller than John, who was the tallest in our class back in school. It was close though.

She also had 4 arms and hands on each of them. She was wearing form-fitting armor. It was purple in color, and it matched the pipe that she was using. Though this brought up a different question to me. What kind of metal is purple? And what abilities does it have here? The other Demons all looked similar, the one that Lucy had hurt was red-skinned with short hair and 2 horns coming out the side of his head where his temples should be. I think the other Demons called him Greg. He used a normal straight sword.

Well... It would be a great sword if a Human were to wield it. He wore armor that matched his skin tone. As the other male Demons did. The one who stopped Laura's mace was a dark-yellow Demon and apparently, he was named Dale. His hair was also short, but he didn't have horns, instead he had 3 eyes, 2 were where they would normally be and 1 in the middle of his forehead. He kept his scimitar in his hand and never even showed the slightest hint of changing its tip at us. Then, the last one. Sarn...

He's the strangest to look at. Purple-skinned, one eye and no hair or horns. He doesn't seem to be carrying a weapon." But wait, before we go, what about the kids?"" We'll need to push the Demons back to create space between the fight with them. Don't give an inch, these guys are dangerous." Jaime brought up the kids again. They complicate things. Laura quickly said the first thing that came to mind. It'll have to do, since we don't know what's about to happen." Hey there! Are you done talking amongst yourselves?"

The female Demon spoke up. She seemed to be entertained by all of this." Well, since you all started to talk, we thought we'd have a chat ourselves."" Well, I saw you were talking about fighting away from the kids! That works for us too! Little dagger girl! Follow me! As for the rest of you, we're not too picky. Just follow the one you're going to fight! Maybe before that, pray to your false gods since this will be the last chance you lot will have!" The Demons disbursed after that.

We all just looked at each other and nodded. Laura, Lucy and I all seemed to agree on the same thing. We need to defeat our opponents quickly so we can help Jaime as soon as possible.