Volume 2: Chapter 1 - Part 9
Author: Geraint
In the frontline between the territory of humans and demons, an army of human soldiers sticked together, having their large shield forming a wall with their formation. Staying vigilant as the mist shrouded their surroundings, making them unable to see with the dense atmosphere.
In front of them, they saw a silhouette of three person; one of them has wings, the next one has a pointy horns and the last one has short hair.
"Ufufu~"
They heard a giggle then they saw a large silhouette of a reaper with humongous scythe which suddenly swiped them with just a shadow.
"Huh?"
Wall of shield that was supposed to protect them was sliced into half horizontally and they were shock when they unable to feel their legs and their body was separated and fell down from torso. The army of soldiers are all dead.
Three demons emerged out from the mist as they looked down to the pile of human corpses in front of them that filled the surroundings with blood.
"These are imperial soldiers. Are you sure that we are in the right place, Naamah?"
"But this is the place in the border that Seir-sama pointed."
"Hecate, you should left some for us! Let me blow up some steam!"
"You can vent that later in the human Fortress, Hannya."
"Remember guys! We might be allowed to kill but we can't kill the innocent civilians."
"Yeah, yeah. Seir-sama already written it a lot on my palm. You might do it in my forehead next time."
"Ufufu~ Just in case that you forget it, Hannya."
"Hey, I'm not that--"
Suddenly, they sensed something approaching them and they became vigilant.
A flash of light in the distance appeared before they knew it, something struck them in a speed of light.
"Arrrrgh!"
The oni girl was bleeding in the shoulder with purple blood.
"What the hell was that?!"
Naamah immediately performed a healing spell on her wounds when they noticed someone appeared behind her.
A little girl with long blonde hair and gleaming golden eyes as she looks down on them with cold demeanor. Around her white kimono was flickering sparks of lightning that dispersed in her surroundings.
They felt weak and helpless, sensing the overwhelming pressure from her aura that they weren't able to move a muscle from their positions.
"No way! This is..."
The oni girl became pale seeing the little girl possess a divine relic which was a sword that she never saw before with completely different level of power
She felt like she was in the presence of a deity himself.
"Unfair..."
"There's no mistake. This little girl is the strongest hero from the prophecy."
Hecate immediately pulled out her scythe and swung it towards the little girl but it was stopped by an invisible barrier.
"Huh?"
The sky turned dimmer and a flash of thunder struck her down.
"AAAARRGH!"
She screamed in pain as her body gets burn.
Before she falls, she used her scythe to support herself then she glared at the little girl.
Planning to strike back, Naamah immediately stopped her by grabbing her in the wrist.
"Don't!"
"But we have to do something about her--"
"Either way, we're dead."
"Huh?"
"She's Fuyumi... Seir-sama's little sister. If we fight her, she'll kill us. If we hurt her, Seir-sama want us dead."
"What are we going to do?"
"I still have a way out of this situation. Just listen to my instructions."
Naamah whispered something to the two and they were shock.
"Are you serious?"
The oni girl became embarrassed.
"Seir-sama taught it to me."
"Fine! This is only our way out of this."
The three of them kneeled on the ground.
"Meow~"
Naamah made a cat sound.
"Mooo~"
Hannya was acting like a cow.
"Bok Bok Bok Bok~"
Hecate was very embarrassed trying to act like a chicken while flapping her black wings.
The little girl tilted her head and she looks confused. She watched them acting like that until she yawned from sleepiness. Her powerful aura got dispersed then her hair and eyes turned back to a darker color. Her eyes slowly closed and she lied down on the ground then she slept.
"Man... This little girl is terrifying!"
The three broke their act and sighed in relief.
"What are we going to do with her?"
Hecate asked in which Naamah responded:
"We have no choice but to bring her back to Seir-sama. He's been worried about her."
Naamah used her magic to levitate the girl into the air and bring her with them.
"We have to hurry or she'll wake up and kill us."
"Sounds scary."
Naamah went to heal the oni girl's injury in the shoulder.
"Okay, let's open the path for Seir-sama!"
Hannya spins her arm around, getting excited to their next destination.
In front of the fortress, she sent flying the army with her metal spike bat that she spins around.
"Orya! Take this!"
"AAAAHHHH!"
She created a twister and the army caught on it.
"Take that!"
One by one, they fall down to their death as the oni girl arrives at the huge and heavy gate.
"Come out and open that thing! Orya!"
She smashed the huge gate to pieces which shocked the soldiers inside and some of them ran away after seeing her scary smile.
"That's right. Run away, you assholes!"
Seeing her red aura, the soldiers was frozen in their places until the oni girl swung her metal spike bat, sending away with a shockwave.
"Hahaha! I'm not finish yet!"
She jumped high and smashed the floor, destroying the buildings in her surroundings.
"Pressure!"
Looking around for a worthy opponent, she sensed something sneaking behind her back with full of killing intent. She smashed something with her fist on the side and she hit something invisible, crashing through the wall.
"Assassins? How sneaky."
She was surrounded by group of human who's whole body is covered with black bandages with daggers in their hands.
"Disaster Witch of Patience, Hannya. This place will be your graveyard."
"Sure, I'll be waiting. Show me something interesting."
The assassin scattered spikes on her surroundings, making her trap in the middle.
"Huh? Do you think you can trap me with those things?"
"We're not finished yet. Everyone!
They all jumped and threw several large needles as it rains down on her.
She spins around her spike metal bat deflecting all the needles when she noticed that it was imbued with some kind of poison which can melt the ground.
"Oh. Not bad. Come at me at once!"
Naamah arrived at the scene while riding a
on a broom and the little girl was sleeping on her arms. Hecate was beside her flying with her black wings.
"Stop messing around! Hurry up! This child might wake up soon!"
Hearing what Naamah said, Hannya has no choice but take care of the things quickly.
"Sorry, but we're kind of in hurry. Let me just show you the true of power demons. Witness--!"
Hannya dropped her weapon and put her fist together.
"Demonic Manifestation!"
Her body enlarges and became taller together with her horns reaching on its peak size and black marks appeared around her body and limbs even on her face. Her silvery-white hair got more longer, nearly reaching the ground. She maintains her feminine figure with her ripped abs exposed and she became more beautiful with her skin becoming white just like humans.
"Ufufu~ As expected from Oni princess but it's still in incomplete state."
Hecate giggled at her transformation.
"She's supposed to be our leader but she was the one waiting for an order."
Naamah sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose.
"Okay! Let's end this!"
With her new form, Hannya picked up her metal spike up, leaning it on her shoulder. Due to her growth, her rugged dress became too revealing.
(To be continued.)