Chapter 12 The Demon

... So there he stood in front of me, a real demon what struck me about him immediately was his size because he was quite small for a demon. But also I was surprised by myself, although a real demon stood in front of me I was not afraid.

'' Haha to be honest I thought that I would not be able to move from the spot in fear. ''

'' WHAT ARE YOU DOING, IDIOT, RUN! '' shouted Tojo to me

I turned to them and saw Tojo running away, carrying Lana and Lara under his elbows, before I realized something...I can't defeat this demon. So I also turned around and ran away, why do you ask? Well what do you think will happen if I as Shin defeat a demon mhhhh? Then that was it with my plan to live a quiet life and this time I should not rely on the god Soma. However, unfortunately, running away was also not an option because shortly after me and the 3 ran off I saw how the demon chased us.

'' Hey, Rurir, what kind of demon is that?

It's a small class demon, I'm surprised to find one here myself, but I have to say that he's pretty big for his class.

If I had to guess, I'd say he was 10 meters tall with red glowing eyes and a pitch black axe.

'' DAMN, DAMN, DAMN, WHY IS HE SO FAST. '' screamed Tojo

And he was right about that for me, it would be easy to escape the demon, but that would mean...

And what are you going to do now? As you said you can escape with ease or defeat the demon but with that you would also risk the-

'' sigh, then so be it. ''

'' Huh? HEY SHIN WHAT ARE YOU DOING! '' Tojo asked me

As he turned around he noticed that I was standing with my back to him and at that moment I raised my right hand and gave him a thumbs up. Tojo who saw this immediately knew what I was going to do, because when I turned around and looked at him, I saw it in his eyes. He didn't want to run away like a coward and sacrifice an adventurer just to save himself. But he also knew that this would give him and especially his siblings a chance to escape.

....

'' WHAT ARE YOU STILL STANDING THERE LIKE THAT!!!! ''

'' uh-I-I CAN'T JUST SACRIFICE YOU LIKE THAT,'' Tojo shouted.

And at that moment, Lana and Lara freed themselves and drew their swords.

'' Tojo is right Shin we are adventurers, we will not sacrifice a comrade just like that. '' said Lara

Tsh tease...

'' damn tojo in the first line you are not an adventurer but a big brother and your fucking responsibility is to protect your siblings! '' I shouted to Tojo

He then began to hesitate and looked at the ground before-.

'' WA-TOJO! ''

'' WAIT TOJO ''

'' YOU WILL NOT DIE HERE, IF YOU DIE HERE I WILL NEVER FORGIVE YOU THAT. '' Shouted Tojo.

With that he grabbed Lana and Lara under his arms again and ran away again I just turned my head around and grinned before the 3 of them were finally out of sight as well.

RAGHHHHHHHH

'' Phew finally they are gone, sigh and now to you my big one.'' I said and turned my gaze back towards the demon.

The demon was only a few meters away from me and looked very angry, so I pulled out my sword and went into position.

...

'' SHIN!!! ''

'' Dude, this can't be happening. '' I said as I heard a voice that sounded familiar.

I turned around and saw him it was Tojo together with Lana and Lara and some other people, I couldn't see exactly who they were before they came closer. They were adventurers, soldiers and that woman from before who used that ice spell.

'' Damn it, what do they want? ''

The moment I said that, out of nowhere, my body just gave way on its own and all I could hear was a loud bang. I opened my eyes again and saw that I was standing several meters behind the demon.

Sigh, be more careful next time, and before you ask that was your skill Last Protection nothing to thank.

'' Phew, but that comes in handy for me. ''

Thanks to that skill, the demon and the others had lost sight of me, which allowed me to switch to Shindo. While the demon was still looking around questioningly, and I was changing, I saw the group that was now facing the demon.

'' A real demon, what does he want here? '' said one of the guards and began to tremble.

'' We can worry about that later, but now we have to stop him, otherwise he could attack the city. I have already called for reinforcements, but it will take them a while to get here, until then we have to hold out. '' said the woman and drew her spear.

'' Tojo I-I can't see Shin anywhere what-what if he. '' said Lana with tears in her eyes.

'' Don't worry he's fine I can feel it right now we have to take care of this thing first then we can look for Shin. ''

And so the group got ready to attack the demon. Meanwhile, I had finally finished changing, but at that moment I had an idea. I looked for a good position before I saw a tall tree. I teleported to the tree and made myself comfortable, while the demon let out a loud scream and ran towards the group.

RAWGHHHHHHHHHH

... what the hell are you doing here, Shin...?

'' I want to know how strong they are, especially how strong this woman is, don't worry if it gets serious I will of course intervene. ''

AHHHH

AHHHH

And so I watched...I watched and saw guard after guard go down until only the adventurers were left standing, it all happened so fast I wasn't even sure if they had even attacked the demon yet.

'' Tsh ICE AGE. ''

......

'' Huh ? ''

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The attack that looked so strong earlier was now weak, so weak that it didn't even have an effect. As surprised as I was, the woman was just standing around shaking, which surprised me.

'' C'mon...get out of the way. '' I said inwardly

The demon took this opportunity to strike....

BOOM

But at that moment I saw Tojo running to the woman before a loud bang was heard. As the dust cleared, I saw Tojo blocking the demon's attack with his axe.

'' YOU-! '' said the woman who was now lying on the ground.

'' TSH WHY ARE YOU JUST LYING THERE, STAND UP AND FIGHT'' said Tojo and pushed the demon back with all his might.

Not bad They last longer than expected

'' Really? ''

To defeat a demon of this class, it takes either 1 S rank adventurer, 3 A rank or 5 B rank adventurers. So for an F rank adventurer to be able to block an attack from a demon and even push it back should be an impossibility.

Well, he was able to push this demon back, but he used too much power to do so, and it's already whistling from all holes. ''

After Tojo pushed the demon back, he was obviously exhausted while the demon just looked at him before he.... began to laugh.

RAWAWAWAWA

'' Puff, puff you-making fun of us? '' asked Tojo before he also fell to the ground.

'' TOJO ! ''

'' TOJO! ''

Lana and Lara shouted before running to him, but the demon didn't give them a break and immediately attacked again.

'' ICE SHIELD ! ''

BANG

'' Get him and get out of here, I'll hold him off. ''

At the moment the demon lunged to strike, however, the woman blocked the attack with a Large Shield of Ice. Lana and Lara then took the opportunity and ran away together with Tojo and their timing was perfect, because just as they did so, the shield shattered.

'' ICE ARROW RAIN '' screamed the woman.

Before a magic circle appeared above the demon from which several arrows came out but none of them could penetrate the demon's skin.

'' DAMN WHY, ICE LANCE!!! '' screamed the woman desperately

And created another magic circle behind her from which a lance shot out... but this attack also just bounced off the demon, which began to laugh again.

RAWAWAWAW

He slowly walked towards the woman, who was now also on the ground, exhausted and desperate. The Demon looked at her for a few seconds before he swung at her.

...

BOOM

'' For fighting a demon alone, you've lasted quite a long time. '' I said

'' Who are you-. ''

Before the woman could finish her sentence, she opened her eyes and saw me blocking the demon's attack with my sword, which I was holding with one hand.

'' Shindo, it's a pleasure to MEET YOU. '' I said to her

After that I pushed the demon back with all my might which caused it to fall backwards to the ground.

RAWGHHHHHHHH

'' Haha so leave the rest to me-. ''

'' BEHIND YOU. ''

... Wind Slash

RAWG, RAWG, RAWGHHHHHHHHHHHHH

That I could throw him to the ground probably did not please him at all, because only a few seconds later he immediately got up again, angry about being thrown to the ground by a human. He ran towards me and swung his axe at me. Before his axe could reach me, I used Wind Slash and cleanly cut off his right arm with which he was holding the axe. It also took a moment for the demon to realize what had just happened before he let out another loud scream, but this one was different. He...was in pain, it hurt, he kept looking at me and his arm, me his arm, me his arm. I thought at that moment that the demon would just keep attacking me, but he decided to...run away.

'' Huh, a demon running away, are you kidding me, hey I'm talking to you so look me in the eye! '' I said and used Dark Aura on it.

The demon which was running away stopped immediately and slowly turned around before I could see his face.

...

He was afraid, the hatred and anger I saw in his eyes earlier had disappeared now his look reminded me of that of Tojo. In his eyes, I was probably the demon someone he was afraid of, he probably experienced this feeling for the first time. I waited, wanting to see what he would do next. After a few seconds, he stopped shaking and looked me straight in the eye. We looked into each other's eyes for a few seconds before he let out another scream. He ran to his severed arm and took the black axe before turning around and running towards me. He had overcome his fear, his look told me that he was now determined to kill me. He took a swing and I blocked him, he took another swing, but I blocked him again and so it went on and on.

RAGH?

BOOM

RAGH?

BING

RAGHHHH?

BOOM

RAGHHHHHHHHHHHHH?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

BING

'' How does it feel? What does this desperation feel like? To not be able to do anything? To be like this, powerless? '' I said to the demon, staring into his eyes the whole time.

The demon fell on his knees after his next blow and was exhausted as well, just looking at the ground. I went to him and looked down at him, at that moment he lifted his head.

and looked at me. His eyes... filled with despair... those were the eyes of someone who had given up the fight. He released his axe from his hand and just looked at me.

'' .... ''

I raised my sword and looked the demon in the eyes as well before finally decapitating him with my sword.

Slash

However, it felt strange at that moment even though I had already killed so many I felt remorse for the first time..... But then I remembered his look, at least he could die without hate or anger, at least he had a quick death.

'' Sigh, now I should probably take care of the others. ''

So I turned around and saw how the woman had fainted, I went to her, lifted her up, went to a tree and put her back on the ground leaning against the tree. After that I went to the guards and used Heal on all of them, it took a while but after a few minutes everyone was healed.

'' Phew, and now I guess I better get out of here before those reinforcements arrive. ''

And just after I finished my sentence, I heard the sound of horses in the distance, so I quickly took off my clothes and laid down on the ground. I closed my eyes and waited while I could hear the horses coming closer and closer.

'' I'm sorry Nicol, I went as fast as I could-NICOL. '' shouted a male voice

'' He then got off his horse and ran to her along with others.

'' Is-is that-. ''

'' Yes, sister, it is exactly what it looks like....but why is it dead? '' asked a male voice.

''These voices... could it be?

'' Heyyyyy, what's the situation? ''

And this voice also sounds so familiar

'' Mhh wa- is that, a-a-but how, wait, that's SHIN. '' shouted the male voice before the footsteps got louder and louder.

A moment later, I could feel this man grabbing me, so I opened my eyes slowly and saw him. It was the guild master, I looked behind him and also saw Prince Anton and Princess Sara, just as I had suspected.

'' Wh-what happened. '' I said slowly.

'' What happened? I would like to know that from you! ''

Said the guild master, looking at the demon lying on the floor without its head and right arm, covered with black blood. Anton and sara as well as the other knights all looked at the demon in shock before Nicol finally came to his senses.

'' This-this was this man's cough, cough. ''

'' Nicol calm down everything will be fine, what man? ''

After Nicol said that, Sara went to her and asked her the same question.

'' He-he said his name was Shindo. ''

As she said this Sara began to smile, she turned and looked at Anton who was angry...no he was frustrated.

'' Anton, I know what you are feeling right now, but we better be glad that he helped us again who knows what would have happened if the demon had reached the city. '' Sara said to Anton

'' ...I know, all right men, we'll secure the area first, who knows if there are more demons around. We'll also take the body of this demon with us, that damn witch will surely be happy to cut and experiment on him. '' said Anton

'' I'll take care of the injured, though it looks like he has also taken care of that, then we will get them away from here for now. '' said Sara

And so a part of the knights together with Anton made their way deeper into the forest while the other group prepared the demon's corpse for transport. I was also about to get up before the guild master looked at me and probably wanted to say thank you. He had probably figured me out, as his look clearly told me, and yet he probably preferred not to say anything. We both just looked at each other before he helped me up and took me to his horse. I got on and the two of us rode back to town together, but before we left, I looked at Sara. But Sara was just staring at me silently. She knew that something was wrong with me, but she didn't know what.

'' Ready Shin? I'll take you back to the tavern for now, you should rest a bit. '' said the master

On the whole way to the city I thought only about the demon, for me he did not behave like a wild beast... he had emotions, fear, anxiety, despair.

'' Hey Rurir this demon why-. ''

I-I don't know, I've seen a lot of demons, and every time they were just emotionless monsters who only wanted to kill. This was also the first time for me to see that a demon was afraid. If I had to giva an explanation, I would simply say that in all these years, there was no one as strong as you. For the demons, people like you are just insects, he has probably never seen such a strong person. He played the game as a lvl 100 player who never lost a fight and never had to struggle. And now, in his eyes, he was up against a cheater who he couldn't win against. No matter how hard he tried, no matter how much he gave, it just wasn't enough. For him this was a shock and so probably you revealed his true feelings like the fear of being killed.

'' Yes, that must be it...but in his last seconds I could have sworn I saw...tears, he had been crying.''

That's totally impossible... well that's what I would have said but considering what just happened....