Chapter 25: Rising of Demons
"So our participants have entered the arena, " Khun said.
"Let's see who gets the flag first," Lena said. The crowd was shouting Frun and Worn again and again. Ronald entered the arena.
It was too dark to see anything. He was afraid. But he was also worried. He closed his eyes. He tried clearing his mind but bats interfered with his process. He shot two bullets into the sky.
"What am I doing?" he said to himself.
"Am I here to be a coward?"
"Am I doing things in the correct way?"
"Am I trying my best?"
"I want someone to show me a path."
"But who can do it?"
"Grandpa….."
"Where are you grandpa?"
"Where have you gone when I need you the most?"
Questions were overflowing in his mind. He put his hands on his ears. He sat down and threw away his gun.
"What should I do?"
He thought to himself. He closed his eyes again. He went back in time. He remembered his childhood memories. He remembered his grandma's funeral. He didn't cry at that time. He remembered seeing his grandpa crying. The funeral ended at noon. Everyone left. At afternoon, Timothy was looking at the sky,Ronald went to him. He sat beside Timothy on the ground.
"As an old man, I want to give you an advice Ronald," Timothy said looking at the sky.
"What is it grandpa?" Ronald said and looked at him.
"Never give up and live on."
Ronald opened his eyes. There were tears in his eyes.
"I forgot something important grandpa told me."
"I have to win this tournament," Ronald said to himself and got up. He took his gun and started running.
"I will do it!!!"
Meanwhile Frun and Worn also proceeded towards the flag. Frun was fast and shot everything which came in front of him. Worn did the same. But at a point they both came to the same place.
"Look who it is."
"....."
"It's the most famous gunman of gunmount, Frun. "
"....."
"You still don't want to talk?"
"..."
"Let's settle it right now,shall we?"
"....."
Worn didn't say anything and rushed towards Frun. Frun reloaded and git in position. Worn threw his gun towards Frun. Frun couldn't understand Worn's motive. He shot an ice elemental bullet towards Worn's gun. It froze. But Worn took out a knife and he tried to sabotage Frun. Frun somehow dodged it. Worn was fast and he slashed Frun's leg. Frun jumped but failed to dodge it. Frun was heart and he fell on the ground.
"You still won't say anything, Frun?"
"A….ag...agh."
"You can only say that?"
"Agh….agh…."
"Let me cut your leg."
Worn went towards Frun. Frun took his gun to shoot Worn. His hands were shaking. He couldn't focus but still shot. He missed. Worn got more excited. He slashed Worn's hand. His hands were bleeding. His gun dropped on the ground.
"Frun….you are dead meat."
"Ag….h."
"Don't worry. I will give you an easy death."
Worn grabbed his gun and approached Frun. Frun couldn't move. He lost a lot of blood. Worn pointed on Frun's head.
Worn was just ready to shoot but Ronald appeared from the bush and shot multiple fire bullets towards Worn. Worn couldn't dodge and got hit. Some of his body parts were burning.
"Ronald….Ronald….you…" Worn said while screaming in pain.
"You deserved it," Ronald said and went to Frun. He tore out his clothes and tied it on the hand and leg of Frun. Worn was still screaming. He couldn't put out the fire as his gun got away from him. He was looking here and there to find something to put out the fire. He saw a yellow button type thing on the ground. He tapped it. Then the ground started shaking. Something was coming out from the ground. They saw the middle of the ground where it was shaking the most. A yellow flag came out from the ground.
"So the….. flag was under the ground," Worn said and slowly started approaching it. Ronald shot an ice elemental towards Worn. His hands froze.
"I won't let you get it," Ronald said and started going towards the flag. He gulped. Frun grabbed Ronald's leg.
"Frun….." Ronald said and looked towards Frun.
"..." Frun shaked his head.
"You can't…."
"..... "
"You can't talk right?"
"....." Frun looked down and let go of Ronald's leg.
"I guess I am right."
"....."
"You are indeed a great gunman but-"
Ronald stopped as he could hear weird voices above him. The crowd also started shouting.
He looked above and saw many demons falling from the sky. Some dropped on the arena. He shot all of them with ice elemental bullets. He understood that he needed to get out of the arena. So he rushed back to the way he came before.
"We have been attacked by demons. I repeat we have been attacked by demons. Evacuate the stadium," Khun said and left the commentary room with Lena. People were coming out from the stadium. The demons didn't wait and attacked the people. Ariel and Anna were there and they fought against the demons. They killed the majority of the demons.
"Anna, you ok?" Ariel said.
"Yeah, I am good," Anna said.
"Where did they come from?"
"I have no idea."
"I wonder if Toya is also facing them," Ariel said.
"I suppose he will be ok," Anna said and focused on cutting the demons. Ronald came out of the stadium. The demons were everywhere in the town. They were killing and eating people. He started shooting the demons. Ariel and Anna arrived at the scene. Alongside a middle rank demon also showed up. It looked like he was in charge of the attack.
"Humans…..it's time for you guys to bow in front of the demons," said the middle rank demon.
"Anna, Ronald, you guys take care of the other demons. I will face this middle rank demon."
"Ok. Do your best," Anna said and chanted Rain of Magma.
Ariel went towards the middle rank demon. It was huge and looked disgusting. Ariel looked at it's eyes. He was not scared.
"You are a strong human," the middle rank demon said.
"I guess I am. What's your name?"
"I am called Defrit," said Defrit.
"Why are you guys attacking us?"
"I shouldn't tell valuable information to my enemy."
"So I am your enemy?"
"Every strong human is our enemy."
"I guess I will have to kill you."
"How dare you!!!"
Defrit and threw a punch towards Ariel. Ariel jumped and chanted Kaze-kyu. He had a Kaze-kyu in his left hand and Alice in his right hand. He threw Kaze-kyu towards the punch. They clashed and created a huge blast. Ariel rushed towards Defrit and cut his neck down with Wind Slash.
"It was an easy fight as I knew the weakness of demons," Ariel said to himself.
The other demons saw their leader getting cut and they ran away from the town. Many people were injured and many died. Anna, Ariel and Ronald didn't stop and got in a car. They went towards Ronald's house to find Toya and Timothy.
Meanwhile Toya took out his sword to fight the demons. There were many of them and they attacked at once. Toya was worried about Timothy. He started cutting them. Timothy was shocked after seeing a lot of demons.
"Run away old man," Toya said to Timothy.
"No...no I can't."
"You have to if you want to live."
The demons increased as more flying demons arrived and normal demons dropped on the ground. Another middle rank demon appeared.
"Hm...humans….they look tasty."
He went towards Timothy. Timothy flinched. He couldn't move seeing the middle rank demon. Toya saw and rushed towards the middle rank demon. But he was late. The demon put his hand into Timothy's stomach and Timothy was losing consciousness . Toya's eyes were wide open. He screamed and said," YOU DEMONS!!!!!" and chanted "Thunder Technique First Strike: Thunder Blitz" and cut the middle rank demon into half at the speed of thunder. He slowly walked towards Timothy. The other demons ran away.
Toya sat on the ground and held Timothy's head gently and he started crying.
"I am sorry….."
"Don-don't be..just be….good… to Ronald," Timothy said and breathed for the last time.
To be continued ~~
Next chapter : 27.01.2022