Chapter 14
Henry Pov:
All of us run, but I fall, my sister sees this but is thrown to Reynolds by the man. Reynold seeing this catches her and puts her down only to catch a flying me. That man, stopped, threw my sister to safety, went back, grabbed me and threw me to safety. An he did that without worrying about himself, just who is he? "Run!," He says as he counters the demons attack.
"To think such a Beast-kin existed!," The demon says as its voice fades from us running into the tunnel. There we see a girl in similar torn clothes to the man.
"Who are you?," I ask the girl crouching down, but as I do she backs up and two wolves and a slime come to defend her. "Are you Emma?," I ask.
"Yes, how did you know?," She asks clearly scared.
"That man out there told us, he said you could get us to a safe place. He said that there was a magical barrier capable of defending against S-class monsters," I tell her saying exactly what I was told.
"Well, you were told wrong, that disappeared almost two years ago when we first arrived. We were escaping a hostile kingdom and some strangers rescued us and hid us here. But they died protecting us so that's how this happened. Currently the only one who is capable of defeating that demon is in a coma, so we are most likely dead," The girl says sitting down, making us realize that the man lied, but why.
"Can you at least take us to see him?," I ask wanting to know so I can see if I can help.
"If only it were that simple, do you perhaps have Basilisk Antivenom or know where we can get some?," The girl asks to which my friend Theo pats my shoulder.
"Being the Prince of Strike, I should be able to acquire some if we get out of here," Theo says making Emma look up happy.
"Yay the—," She doesn't get to finish as we hear a boom from outside. We look out to have seen the man thrown into a rock, denting it. "Hunter!," Emma yells making me realize, that was the name of the eldest son of an Earl of Jones. He was one of the smartest in that country, but was out done by his brother. But almost two years ago, they disappeared from the world, as if they never existed. The only reason we knew about it was because he was recognized by neighboring country's. An the princess visited him! Why is that, boy, here!
Before me, or any of the knights can do anything, there is a earth shattering yell from behind. Deeper in the cave, something woke up, something dangerous. Everything is screaming for me to run for my life and escape behind the Demon itself! Just what is it?! I question myself as I feel air pressure from down farther into it.
As the air pressure exits the cave even the demon stops fighting and pays attention saying. "Oh, now this is quite interesting," As he says that something comes running by so fast I can barley see it.
"Jake!," Emma yells confirming my suspicion, these are the children of an Earl that disappeared in Jones. Why are they here, and I thought that, that boy, was supposed to be incapacitated!
As he runs he snatches Reynolds sword, much to everyone's dismay. He exits the cave and we follow to watch as we here a Earth shattering collision. We look out to see Hunter scared but relived, not towards the demon, but Jake. Looking more I see Jake holding back the demon, hands interlocked.
How is he doing that? "No, why did that have to happen, now of all times?!," Emma says scared from behind me scaring me a little.
"What do you mean by that?," I ask her wondering what she means. It looks close to a Berserker transformation, but it's different.
"He has this thing, where if any of his family, and or if he is knocked out, he transforms into this. But it is not a Berserker transformation, in this state he can tell friend from foe, unconsciously. He can tell exactly where attacks are coming from without looking. Even our teacher who came down for one week almost lost the first time this happened. It was actually pretty scary knowing that the teacher was an S-class adventurer. But he is never awake or remember anything when it happens," Emma reveals scaring us.
He almost defeated an S-class adventurer, unconsciously?! And he is only 7, almost 8, according to records in the way of the World?! Looking at the fight, both back up and take fighting stances. "My, what an interesting Beast-kin, more interesting than that one there. How come you are able to do this while you are unconscious, and why do I smell my pet basilisks, Blood and poison from you?!," The demon asks.
From the looks of it, that Demon is the one responsible for him getting poisoned. But he also defeated it, single handedly from the looks of things?! That should not be possible.
The demon moves in punching with his left arm, but, Jake dodges by side stepping before he cuts off the mans arm. "I must say, I am impressed by your ability, but you can't use magic!," The demon says not even screaming from losing an arm.
The demon chants and from his other arm, a black sword comes out. Just what is this Demon, and who is Jake to go toe to toe with it, unconscious.