"Haahh!" Even when heavily outnumbered, Neulon showed no sign of backing off. He just cut down anything and everything that came in his way.
"Behind you!" While Curna alerted Neulon about is back while taking down Pishachas with his my arrows.
Both warriors showed great feat of courage, but evil spirits number was enough to push back both.
"We can't fight Pishachas and protect people at the same time,"
"Then how about you protect them while I, rip these trash in half!" Said Neulon, as he dashed at the group of Pishachas, sliced one of them, and swiftly retreated.
He was doing hit and run. But space was limited and had obstacles. It would be much easier for him if it were an open ground, but here his movements were restrained.
"That won't do. I can't use my heavy artillery in small area like this!"
"Then shoot some thousands of arrow! Just don't get... Ahhaahh! in my way,"
While Neulon was giving his all, it took no long of it to take toll on him. His movements become sluggish, until he was finally about to take hit by a Pishacha.
"!"
But Curna covered his back and beheaded evil spirit with his might arrow, before returning to aim for other heads.
"Damn, they just keep spawning... Neulon! We can't keep this up for long!"
"Tch... Curse you all,"
"Haahaha Whatever you do, you can't escape your end!" Cardinal made sure that not to let witnesses escape as more Pishachas raised up.
"Neulon, we must make sure no get hurt,"
"I know damn it, just let me think,"
As much a Neulon wanted to face Cardinal head on, he knew he could not protect and fight at the same time. Protecting innocent was the top priority.
"There! You escape with captives towards main gate, I'll obstacle them."
"Right,"
From hit and run, Neulon shifted his strategy to hit while running.
Curna took down minions that were blocking the escape route with his arrows as Neulon protected acted as a sheild, protecting their back.
"That way, hurry!"
All the captives followed Curna, who took heads of any evil who came in way, while Neulon followed them, slowing the mass from behind.
"What are you doing?! Devour him!" Cardinal started to get restless, but it was not easy for anyone to take stand against Neulon.
"...Is that so? Here, I got somethin' for ya," Clinging tight on hilt of sword, Neulon prepared a mighty attack.
"Lord in the heavens, let me borrow your flames..." At that moment, his sword burns bright red as he stood his ground.
"...Agneyhaa!"
He launched an unstoppable crimson slash at evils, burning anything and everything that it faced.
"Y-You, you can't use it here!" Cardinal trembled in fear.
"๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐aaaaagha!!!" Screams of agony disappeared in buring flames.
With a single attack, Neulon send hundreds of Pishachas to hell.
"*Huff* *Huff*... You like that?" This time, it was Neulon who smirked and it was Cardinal who got bitter teeth.
"Truly magnificent, Neulon..."
Although, his slash eliminate more than half of Pishachas, Curna could tell that Neulon held back.
Neulon made sure that least damage is down to surrounding and aimed for amass to deal maximum damage. And it was also possible for him to put an end to the chaos, but... Everything around him would have evaporated.
Though it all came with a cost. He consumed much of his stamina.
Captives were awed to Neulon, while Cardinal understood that it could have been ๐ต๐ถ๐ end instead.
"Hey! You wantโ,"
"Don't stop! I can still keep up,"
That was enough for Curna to push forward without any worry.
He kept moving forward and forward, beheading Pishachas after Pishachas, while making sure none pass through him.
"Raahhh!" A Pishacha, able to get enough close, used it's claw to rive his chest.
"Huh...?!"
"What, surprised?" Pishacha's attack had no effect whatsoever on Curna.
"Now go to hell," He punched Pishacha in face with concentrated energy in hand, as it's head explode.
"This... can't be happening," Cardinal, who could bare the fact that just two men have slaughtered thousands of his minions, was trembling in anger.
"You're not going anywhere!!" Cardinal snapped, as he casted a spell opening numerous portals. Completely surrounding the opposite force.
"Neulon! Cover me, just for few seconds!"
"Huh-a, Yeah whatever!"
Curna pulled out an arrow, as he stood still, while Neulon guarded him. He then pulled the string of his bow close to his ear, and released it.
"Die! All of you will die hereโ!?!!"
Before Cardinal could finish his words an arrow struck him, as his head fell on the ground followed by rest of his body.
Slightest chance was all Curna needed, to finish his enemy.
"That's... That's it! Now all we need to do is to finish rest of these trash and we carried the day!" Neulon cried in jubilation.
"I-I don't think so..." Curna, on the other hand, realised it was not over yet.
"Look! The portals not closed!"
Noticing this, everyone face turned pale.
Not just Pishachas, Demons too stepped out of gate way of the hell.
""RRRAAGHAAAA!!""
"GRRRAAHHHHAAA!!!"
"HEEHHEHAHAHAA!!!!"
And all the evil entities were as amused as worried Neulon and Curna was.
"H-How? Why...?" Neulon was especially affected by all the chaos, and that may yet to come.
"Why is this happening?!" He screamed in despair.
But then felt a hand on his shoulder.
"Neulon, if you out of anyone act like that... Then, I don't think we'd able to protect capital. You're one of the walls that protect this nation, and let me tell you this," Curna looked in Neulon's eyes.
"You, the might commander of this great kingdom I know for years, with your assist any can suppress greatest catastrophe... So I ask you to lend me your aid to conquer the evil!"
This was first time Neulon heard such praise from Curna.
He looked over and saw the innocents trembling in fear.
๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต... ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ. ๐๐ง ๐ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ช๐ณ.
Neulon smirked as he clenched his fist.
"Okay, whatever. I'mma pull every single one of us out of this disaster. Battle for righteousness is a Kshatriyas' dharma so I got no choice,"
"Right," Curna smiled at his resilience.
Seeing Neulon collecting himself also put captives at ease.
"Now then, bring it on."
"Wait, we can't let an evil leave this place,"
"So you're saying,"
"I'll isolate every entity in this place."
Curna pulled out an arrow and an launch it above his head.
From top, arrow created a magical barrier, isolating entire church.
"Only my will may pass through... Now, you can begin the mhn, slaughter."
Neulon's sword lit up, again, as he begun slaughtering all the Demons and Pishachas as well as moving the lot towards exit gate.
"Hey! What we gonna do once we leave the church?!"
"We'll just put the whole place on holy fire,"
"Seriously... You enjoy torturing too huh,"
"Well, I'd like to avoid as less attention as possible,"
"Yeah, sure! Like setting the entire church on fire is what we do every other day here,"
"I'll leave the rest to you,"
Curna made the way while raining arrows as Neulon obliterated the back stabbers.
"I wonder what the other guy is doing..." Said Curna, while shooting multiple arrows at once.
"Allan, huh... He'd be big help if he were here," Said Neulon as he chopped a Demon in half.
"I hope he is fine,"
"Fret not. That guy is capable to vaporize a whole city in a blink of an eye,"
"Really?! Now that's a news to me..." Curna was surprised by the boldness Neulon made that statement with.
"Then again, the hell that guy doing?! No way he didn't notice the change in environment!"
"Maybe he found something informative or hint,"
"He better do! Cuz if didn't, I'mma kill that bastard!"
"...Hmm, Allan huh,"
Neulon's words only provoked Curna's curiosity.
"Tch, this is taking forever. These guys just keep coming,"
"Yeah, we stretched this long enough... Let's put an end to this."
"Right,"
Neulon took a deep breath, and exhaled.
"This Agney, Will Purify You!" With that, his sword as covered with flames of God. So he begun vaporizing every single evil swiftly.
"AAAHAARAGAHHHH!!!!" Screams in agony were heard around the entire church as evil beings vanished in bright flames.
"I expected nothing less from him," Curna too admired Neulon's power.
"Well then," Curna maintaining fine distance, raised his bow at heaven's as he chanted a mantra.
"O Surya! Condone my ignorance..." As he pulled the string, an arrow with the tip so bright to blind mere mortal was bestowed upon him.
"SURYASTRA!"
Curna released divine arrow in sky as the light emitting grew bigger and bigger, and took a form of a heavenly body.
Eclipsing the moon itself, appeared a bright Sun.
. . . . .