Shane followed Nyx as she walked deeper into the forest, moving toward any strange sounds she heard.
Suddenly, something moved past them at a great speed, a burst of obnoxious laughter resounding in the air.
''you shouldn't have come here… '' the feminine voice cackled as it yelled, ''this forest is my home, you shouldn't have come here, now you're going to die'' it shrieked.
''This is a higher class demon. The monsters I've killed in the past could not talk. '' Nyx said to Shane, ''if it attacks you, use everything you've got, do not hold back. ''
Suddenly, the demon appeared in front of them without warning, and Nyx reflexively sliced at it with her flame, but it vanished before Nyx could touch it.
The demon laughed; ''what do you take me for? A lower-class demon? I hope you didn't think that what you just did now would hurt even the mere prints I leave behind?''
The demon spoke, and Nyx threw the lantern in her hand and formed a pitchfork with her powers. The pitchfork dripped with larva, which meant that it was very hot; and she was now angry.
The demon laughed when it saw Nyx's stance.
''Hmm, you must be a strong one. I can't wait to see what your blood would taste like!''
''I guess you have to fight me to know if you can get close enough to taste my blood. '' Nyx said, more larva dripping from the pitchfork. Shane distanced from her as he listened to the demon's voice as though trying to locate where it was.
''I see you have a sharp tongue. I'll wear that tongue of yours around my neck as a trophy. ''
Shane noticed something sitting on a tree, and it was swinging its legs, as he turned to alert Nyx, his eyes glanced at another tree and he saw another one, and then another, and then another, and they were all doing the same thing.
What the hell…
Shane gulped as he quickly thought of what to do. Two things were happening here: either the demon could duplicate itself, or there were several demons here. Shane quickly ran back to Nyx and whispered in her ears;
''I think there are several of them. They are sitting on the trees. ''
Shane said and Nyx looked up, then she nodded; in the next second, she walked to a tree and touched it, and it lit up in flames. Walking to another tree, she burned it too. As she kept on touching the trees, they heard loud noises of beings jumping off the trees and making irritable sounds with their mouths.
''What are you doing?! Why are you destroying my home?'' The demon shrieked. Her voice sounded furious like she was mad now, but Nyx did not look fazed one bit.
''I guess if we can't leave here, we should all burn to death, don't you think?''
Nyx asked, and the demon fumed;
''You would regret doing that. '' The next second, it opened its mouth and let forth a screech. The scream traveled up their ears and up to their brains.
Shane's hands immediately flew to his ears. The shriek of the demon was like an unrestrained needle piercing deep into his body, tearing everything in its path.
He held his ears with his two hands. He had to think fast. As he turned to Nyx, he noticed she had dropped her pitchfork and was holding her ears with both hands. The demon didn't seem like it was going to stop its torture soon,
Nyx suddenly got a thought and turned to look at Shane.
''Lightning and sand can form glass, use your powers to form something we can use to protect our ears,'' she said, as she pressed her palms firmly against her ears.
Shane could see her veins shooting out on the surface of her skin. Her hands were already red and trembling as she spoke.
''I don't know how to do it!'' he screamed, but Nyx shook her head.
''This is not the time for you to be confused! If you don't do something, we would die!!''
Shane breathed out and looked at the sand. He had little time to think of different things, the only idea that came to his mind was a spherical glass shield he could use to protect them from the demon's screams.
In a split second, his hands burst into white flames of lightning. The light traveled up his body, making the veins on his hands visible, his eyes turning white.
Nyx had not seen him in that form before. He looked more powerful, and his energy felt intense.
Shane looked at the sand and imagined a spherical glass shield as he shot the lightning bolt at the sand. At the same time, he raised his both hands up, as though forming a shield with them. As he did that, a shield formed from the sand materialized over their heads and completely encircled them.
As soon as they were covered, the sound of the woman's screams decreased significantly, and Nyx removed her hands from her ears.
''Your ears…'' Shane said when he noticed blood on Nyx's ears. Nyx touched her ears and looked at her palm and she saw blood.
''That psycho… '' she cursed under her breath, angry puffs leaving her nose. This was her first time fighting a demon of this kind, so she was taken off guard. Shane touched his own ears and there was blood in them too. This demon must really be strong. He wondered what would have happened to them if they did not have a way out.
Suddenly, she stopped screaming and laughed;
''I guess you found a way to protect yourselves from my lullabies; '' she chuckled; ''let's see if you can protect yourself from this then; ''
With that, there was a loud growl, and the demon's mouth grew larger. From it, a million bats attacked the glass shield.
They were falling on the glass shield, like hails, and before long, it began to crack.
''What are we going to do?'' Shane asked and Nyx's hands lit up in flames, ''We fight. Try to kill these bats with your lightning, while I drag out this beast from where ever the hell she is hiding.''
She said, and broke down a side of the shield, burning a few bats. She escaped from the shield. Shane quickly closed up the broken part and placed his hand on the shield; electrocuting the bats as they attacked the shield.