After having a meal, they went out and meet with the leader of the tribe. They just show in the right time, the Lycanthrope appeared again. And they are trying to immobilize the lycanthrope.
The leader of the tribe who was old and full of wrinkles. In Sera's view he must be around 90 and he walks with his cane. Beside him was a man in his 30 that has a long beard and long hair. He has a big body and his face was grim and unhappy.
"We have no chance to that little lycanthrope. She is fast and skilled fighter. The smoke bombs are not helping us either." The old man said. "We are grateful that you went here to aid us" he said.
"We will double our sacrifice to you our Lord" the old man said as he kneel in front of them. Bowing and almost kissing the ground.
"Sacrifice? What sacrifice?" Sera asked that only she can hear.
"We should lead them to the place, Father, we can't let another man fell in her hands." The young man said who was beside the old man earlier.
"Yes… yes" the old man said as he stand on back on his feet and lead the way.
The children who are always curious around them peek at the door of their house that is open ajar. Fear are written all over their face. They hide whenever Sera look at them.
'This village is kind of creepy and weird after all.' She thought as she look around. Her eyes stopped at the opened window of the house not far away from them. It was a big house that is set on the biggest tree around the area. There, she saw Ilthea looking over there. Her face is not showing any kind of emotions, it was stiff and she stand there still.
Sera Smiled at her, Ilthea didn't react. She just watched them walk away and leave the village.
They went out of the village, the people with them was the tribe leader and his son. Forest and sera walk behind them.
"Can you tell me when this Lycanthrope appear?" She asked. The old man didn't answer and didn't stop on walking.
"It was been three or two years ago, It was winter when she took my granddaughter. We saw my daughter being eaten by her. Dealing her cost me my left hand" the old man said as he let him show his left shoulder that holds no arm
The old man was halted his step as they saw a running man toward them. It was one of their men.
"She ate them alllll! All of them!" he shouted and silence afterwards as the Lycanthrope kicked him on his head. From its blow his head went flying in the air. His blood sprayed upwards as his body fell on the ground.
The four of them was in state of shock. Sera can't believe her eyes from what she had seen. It has a monstrous strength and power. She didn't even saw her coming.
The lycanthrope enjoyed the warm blood that is covering her body. She had this smile in her face that made Sera skin crawl. It was horrendous scene.
The Lycanthrope eyes glared at them but suddenly her smile faded as soon as she saw the Demon with the human she loathed.
'Why is there a demon siding with those filthy Humans' she said to herself. 'That woman again. What is she doing in here?'
'Who cares, I'll kill them all here. All the humans living in this continent… I'll kill them all' She felt her range in her veins.
"I'll made all of you pay for what you did!" she yell out of madness as she ran towards them. The old man eyes don't even knew what he will do and went curling up like a ball. Forest quickly draw his sword out and blocked the Lycanthrope attack. The lycanthrope skip back and jump in the air attacking him as she kick in the midair.
"Go back to the village. We will handle her here." Sera said to the two and the young man nodded and drag his father out of the Place.
"I will not let you live!" the Lycanthrope said in harsh voice as she leaped high avoiding Forest and facing the two who was about to flee.
Sera attacked her with her fireballs again. The lycanthrope easily evaded the attack like nothing. She rushed toward her target as she prepare her claws to rip the two humans apart. But a barrier stop her.
Forest attack her from her right and she leaped in the air avoiding the strike. The two was not able to contain themselves anymore and the young man run like a mad man.
"Don't leave your father here!" the old man shouted. The young man didn't dare looking back and the lycanthrope smiled as she saw a pebble and kick it toward the fleeing man. Head shot! The stone went past out of his skull.
The old man saw how he was hopeless.
"Stay right there and you'll be alright!" Sera said as she set multiple barrier on the old man.
Forest is nonstop attacking the lycanthrope as he swing his sword. Sera casted wind magic attacks to her. Making wind blades and she was able to glaze the skin of the lycanthrope. But it isn't enough to take it down.
While trying to protect the old man that is already crying to help him. She is having a limit on casting a magic. Half of her mana is on the barrier.
She will not able to attack the lycanthrope with some of her magic but maybe help Forest to be able to take the lycanthrope down.
She focus on converting some of her remaining mana to energy and distributing it to the vines around them. She tried manipulating the vines giving them enough energy to be tough than before. She controlled the vines and grab the feet of the Lycanthrope. She fell down as the vines grab her feet from the ground.
Forest was about to give her a blow, and she rolled up and went back to her feet but the vines keep crawling on her feet.
"Why would a Demon like you take the side of the Humans that did to all the Demi humans near the Border" She scream with a hint of pain in her face.
"Those humans should die. Pay what they have done to us with their life." She scream. As she easily ripped the vines on her feet with a kick in the air. Sera bit her lip as she expected it to be easily rip off. That Lycanthrope is far stronger than the lamia they fought three days ago.
The Lycanthrope bend her knees facing Forest.
"It wouldn't be bad to kill a traitor like you" she said as she release herself like a spring she raised her claws in the air and she strike a Barrier.
Her eyes switched to Sera and quickly change her target. Sera duck as she felt her charging towards her. She felt warm liquid on her body. Did she have sera?
Sera look at her body, she got no injuries… Her eyes widened and she look at the old man beside him. She forgot she take down the barriers to protect Forest. The blood splattered on her was from the old man. The head of the old man rolled on the ground with its eyes opened in shock.
Sera can't even move an inch after seeing the old man's eyes staring at her, like starring right into her soul.
Forest blocked the Lycanthrope claws that about to land on Sera. She kicked Forest after her attacked is blocked. Sera shakes her head as she refreshed her mana up again.
"No time to get shocked. I should be used to this… No time for getting guilty. No time for being scared" she slap herself.
"So killing innocent children is part of your goal?" Sera immediately said. "What did this old man do to you? What did her granddaughter do to you?" She yelled at the Lycanthrope.
"Innocent? Are you saying those are innocent?" she laughed as her take forest down. She laughed and laughed as her step on Forest chest.
"There is no innocent children anymore. All humans are tainted with dirt. All of them…" she laughed as she pressed his feet hard to Forest.
"I thought you are a skillful fighter. I thought you are stronger than the humans I killed before. I am mistaken. What a foolish mistake. I should've killed you before" She raised his feet and kicked Forest as hard as she can.
"Why are you trying to hide your tainted smell? Why are hiding your true smell. Why are you hiding yourself?" She yelled as she ran towards Sera and attacked her. Sera was able to send her back with her shockwave.
"What are you saying?" She replied as she casted another magic. Ice shards floated in the air and flew toward the lycanthrope. She evade her attacks as skip back. She strike again as she bend her knees almost touching the ground and release herself like a spring. Sera grab her dagger on her waist and strike to where she saw the lycanthropes palm is.
The lycanthrope distance herself after getting the sharp pain in her palm.
Forest who was on the ground mindlessly stand up. His head is in pain, like something is piercing from inside. He fell into a deep sleep once again.
The lycanthrope took the dagger out of her palm and she threw it to Sera. Sera uses again shockwave and threw some of her flimsy fireballs. As it fall under the lycanthrope feet it exploded. Sera rushed attacking the Lycanthrope as their surrounding filled with smoke.
The lycanthrope got the blow from her staff and she kicked her directly in her abdomen sending sera flying. She didn't waste any time to make sera get up again and attack her again.
She leaped on to the air and pinning sera on the ground. Sera groan in pain as she cough up some blood. Sera grab her feet and secured her.
"Ack." Sounds escaped on her mouth as she feel the pain throbbing on her back and abdomen.
She shielded her staff from upcoming attack from the claw of the lycanthrope. She maintained in that position as she tried to keep on blocking the attacks from the Lycanthrope. The Lycanthrope leaped from the air and kicked her up on the air.
Sera is now like a play thing to the Lycanthrope enjoying to see how her prey lose its hope to live. The lycanthrope smiled as she saw that Sera is no longer moving.
She wonders what her blood taste. Her flesh taste and everything inside her taste like. She licked her lips as she walks toward her. She crouch down to reach her, she pulled her hair up. She was about to dig in as she felt a hard object struck in her head. She got hit too hard, her anger arouse up again.
She turn her head and she saw Forest that is holding his sword yet on its sheath.
"Why didn't you just killed me off?" She asked and he tone was furious. She glared at him and drop Sera.
Forest tried to speak with her through telepathy however, the Lycanthrope doesn't seem to get him.
"Don't you ever use Telepathy on me!" She scream. She jumped on him trying to grab him and tore him apart.
"Why are you siding with all those humans? They are more evil than their Gods!" She screamed Forest dodge her attacks at him.
"Many of us died. Many of us suffer?" She yelled. From anger, her tone changes. Pain is screaming outside of her.
"Calm down!" He tried linking himself to her once again. The Lycanthrope stopped on her feet.
"I'm not siding with humans. I'm not siding with any of you yet."
"Yet? You are a demon and you are not saving your own kinds? Your own kin!" She shouted, she didn't attack. She stayed right on her feet.
"You are being biased, unfair! You are not widening your perceptions on what is happening right now." He said
"I know you already knew what is happening in the border!" the lycanthrope glared at him. She clenched her fist as she remember what she did.
"Demi humans live near the border are dying! We are dying yet no one save us. Those demons who claim the throne is doing nothing but sleeping?" She exclaimed
"And what are you doing here in the Human continent? Having a adventure with a human? Are you kidding me?"
"You don't have no Idea of what is happening right now what the true happening, and so am I that is why I am here… to find what I am seeking for"
"Do you think I will believe you?" She charges toward her and in the blink of Eye she was thrown off from unknown force. She flew and took down the tall trees with her.
"You should know your Place Low life Demi human." Hoarse deep voice echoed in the forest. The Lycanthrope look up and saw the Famous hobgoblin warrior from North West of the Demon continent.
The Hobgoblin kneel as he face Forest.
"I apologized for not going with you. It seems that the Human girls is too weak to be your guide let me send her off right away and replace her" he said.
"I told you can't" Forest wrote down on the ground without any second thoughts.