As soon as Nyx escaped from the shield, she sighted Dai and the others, running towards them.
''Where did you guys go?'' she asked as she looked at them, as though making sure they were fine. When she saw they were all fine, she sighed in relief.
''This forest is haunted. We were following you guys when suddenly, we couldn't see you anymore, and then, looking behind us, we realized we couldn't find the entrance from which we had come from. '' Yuri explained,
''We couldn't see you guys either. How did you find us? ''
Nyx inquired, and Yuri pointed at the burning trees.
''Turns out we were going in a totally opposite direction. Thankfully, we saw the burning trees and retraced our steps. Where is Shane?'' she asked, looking behind Nyx.
''he's fighting off some demonic bats. We have several demons to contend with. I don't know the actual number yet... Shit!''
Nyx exclaimed when she looked behind Yuri and saw over a thousand demons walking toward them. They all had the same face and were all walking at the same pace, as though controlled by something.
Everyone turned to look behind them, their eyes wide in shock;
There were over a thousand demons coming at them from every direction in the forest. They all looked the same, with wide mouths, pointed teeth, sharp long claws, and red eyes.
Everyone positioned themselves for battle, moving slowly backward as though waiting for the demons to attack first.
''I think there is just one demon who can duplicate itself. They all look alike. ''
Dai said, but before they could reply; the demons attacked;
Dai marched his leg on the ground and it produced a bright bolt of lightning that traveled through the ground and electrocuted about a hundred of the demons at the same time. They fell to the ground and the other demons continued to advance as if nothing had happened.
This time, not leaving the descendants' grace to form any attack; they started fighting. The demons were incredibly quick, claws clawing at them at incredible speed.
Sky formed a spear of ice and used it to slice through them. Nyx and Yuri set them ablaze as they came, and before long, they were all on the ground.
''Whew!'' Yuri sighed as they watched the pile of bodies on the ground.
''I guess that was easy… '' she said, but her words caught in her throat when the dead bodies of the demons started to rise from the ground.
''What the…'' their eyes opened as they watched all the demons they had killed rise from the ground. For those who were burned, flesh returned to their bodies as though nothing had happened.
''I guess that was a little too easy. '' Dai spoke as the scene unfolded in front of them. The demons twisted their necks, coming for them again. This time, twice as strong as before.
Nyx and Yuri noticed they didn't easily get burned again. They had to intensify their flames to burn them. Sky had to stab a few times before they fell down dead. And Dai had to form blades of lightning to tear through them.
The four of them stood, panting slightly as they watched the dead bodies which were on the ground now for the second time.
''What the hell!'' Sky exclaimed when they started getting up again.
''The more we kill them, the stronger they get. I think they take from the mana we used to kill them and revive themselves, becoming stronger. '' Yuri commented; shock written on her face. She was a first-rank descendant and in all her battles, she had not met something like this.
''What are we going to do?''
Sky asked, now visibly afraid;
Nyx had to think fast if they kept killing them. They would keep coming back to life and getting stronger, and soon, they would defeat them. There was only one way out.
''Don't kill them, just engage them. Throw attacks enough to weaken but make sure not to kill. I have to find the original demon and kill it. That is the only way to ensure that they die and never return. '' She said,
''Try not to get hurt, '' with that, she turned around and ran towards the place where she had left Shane earlier.
As she approached, her feet came to a halt. Standing in front of a demon twice as huge as the thousand ones that had attacked them was Shane. His hair shone pure white, and a dark aura; one darker than any she had ever seen, flowed around him.
The demon in front of him couldn't move, it was begging for mercy. Nyx could not understand what was going on.
The demon was begging Shane for mercy?
What the hell was happening?
Nyx's eyes widened when she looked at Shane's hands and she saw his claws were elongated, and although it seemed like him, his stamina was greatly different.
The demon fell to its knees as it continued to plead; but in the next second, Shane's claws pushed into the demon's chest and tore out its heart.
The move was so natural, almost as if he had done it before. Like it was part of him.
Nyx watched in shock as Shane squeezed the demon's heart in his hand and tossed the debris away.
In seconds, the demon disintegrated into ashes and evaporated, a final cry leaving its lips.
Nyx was frozen to a spot. She couldn't even move an inch as she stared at the scene. She watched him look at his hand as the last remnant of the demon evaporated.
She wanted to walk to him, but then decided to wait and observe for a moment. The dark aura around him slowly disappeared and his hair stopped glowing.
After some seconds, as though he came to himself and looked around him;
''Shane!'' Nyx called; Shane turned around and looked at her, a frown on his forehead. Nyx stopped at a safe distance and watched him. When she saw he was okay, she approached.
''What happened? Did you kill the demon yet?''
Nyx opened her lips to ask a question but Shane beat her to it. He was staring at her, his eyes looking confused.
Her lips moved, but she was too shocked to say a word. Her eyes fell on his hands and she saw his fingers had returned to normal.
For an entire minute, she stood staring at him, a different kind of fear gripping her.