The explosion startled everyone, including Tanya and Tasya who were near the location of the explosion. After hearing the explosion, A signal was sounded to converge the Guards to the city’s southern side. The Novgorod Guards tasked the recruits to patrol the city, as part of the recruitment’s test. Some of them knew the reason why they were given the task and those who did not just think of it as a routine patrol.
“What’s that?” Tanya asked her group.
They ran to the source of the explosion and saw a building was destroyed and near the building was a hooded figure, with its back facing them.
“It came back! We-we are doomed!” A man from her patrol group exclaimed in fear.
He unsheathed his sword and the other followed him.
Tasya was confused.
Who is the person in from of me? she thought.
Nevertheless, she put her guard up and prepared to attack the hooded figure with magic.
“Who is that?” Tanya asked the man.
“It’s... the Devil!” The man answered with a frightened voice,
“The Devil?”
“20 years ago, he laid waste to the city.”
“So, he—“
Before Tasya was able to finish her speech. The hooded figure flew away to the dark sky. Then, another explosion happened not far from them.
Some civilians began to run away from their houses, but their escape was blocked by a horde of Living Deads.
A chaotic scene unfolded in front of their eyes. The Horde of Living Deads ran towards the civilians and bit them in the neck and body. The civilians who were caught tried to wrestle out of the Living Dead's grip but it was for nothing.
“Aren’t they people? Why are they attacking the civilians?” Tanya asked
“No, they’ve become a monster, they are already dead, but the Devil resurrected and controlled them, we should stop them!” A man from her group answered.
This is ridiculous, Tanya thought. She had never seen or heard of someone who was able to resurrect the dead.
“Damn it! Protect the civilians, attack the monsters!” Tanya ordered her group.
Tanya’s patrol group began attacking the monsters to protect the fleeing civilians.
One slash, two slashes, a stab, another stab, Tanya battered the monsters with her sword, but the Living Deads were still able to walk with wounds all over their body.
“How the fuck did you kill these monsters?!” Tanya asked as she ferociously struck the monster.
“Burn them.”
“How do you suppose to burn them when they move around like this?” Tanya said as she dodged an attack from the monster,
“Cut their limbs to make them stop moving around!”
“Easier said than done, but alright!” Tanya began to strike the limbs of the monsters. It was hard, but Tanya’s group were able to immobilise some of them.
However, the monsters kept coming no matter how much they took down, and one by one her group fell to the monsters’ ferocity. After what was like a long fight, there were only 2 people left in Tanya’s group, Tanya, herself, and Tasya, her sister.
“Are you able to keep going?” Tanya asked her sister.
“Yes, I guess,” Tasya answered with heaving breathing, exhausted after using her magic power to her limit.
“If you can’t we should look for another group and join them, all of our friends have all died.”
“Will they turn into them?”
“I don’t know.”
Tasya paused for a while, catching her breath. “Let’s leave and look for other groups,”
They ran away from the monsters they were facing only to meet another group of monsters blocking them.
“Damn it! They are everywhere, grab your sword Tasya, we will charge past them!” Tanya said.
Before they were able to charge the group of monsters, someone came out of nowhere, slashing most of the monsters in one clean strike, cutting off their head from their body. The bodies, separated from their heads, fell to the ground.
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"They're still alive! Don't let your guard down!" Tasya shouted to the person.
"Alive?" The person answered with a puzzled face.
Contrary to what Tasya said, the bodies did not move at all. The heads were also motionless.
"How?" Tanya was confused at the sight.
"Hmm?" The person tilted her head.
"I-I don't know what you did, that was a good one. Let's keep going!" Tanya said as another horde went their way.
The person nodded and readied her sword for another battle.
The three of them kept fighting the monsters and pushing forward to save any civilians they could find. Their fierce fighting did not go unnoticed by the Devils, they were watching them from afar.
The hooded person easily cut through the monsters’ limbs and necks, killing them. Meanwhile, Tanya and Tasya had to completely immobilize the monsters to prevent them from moving, and later the hodded person would strike its sword down the head of the monster to kill it.
“Hey, how could you easily kill them?” asked Tasya with heaving breathing.
The mob of monsters around them have all been defeated, allowing them to take a short break from the battle.
The hooded person was puzzled as well. “Were they supposed to be hard to kill?”
“Yes! You have to burn their body to kill them!”
“Oh, less work for me then,” said the hooded person nonchalantly.
Tasya sighed after she heard the answer, she did not pursue the question any further, at least for now.
“Then, we should get going, let’s go,” said Tanya.
“Someone... A group is coming toward us,” said the hooded person.
Tasya and Tanya steeled themselves and prepared for another confrontation. Shortly after, their enemies arrived. Tasya and Tanya froze in place, they couldn’t believe what they saw. Five human-like figures were hovering in front of them.
A strong wind blew the hood of the hooded person's cloak, revealing her long light brown hair. She stared at the Devils floating in front of her, her hand grabbed the hilt of her sword. There was no fear in her eyes, but rather curiosity. She looked briefly towards the twins who were frozen in fear.
They are no help, the woman thought.
“You, who are you?” one of the Devils spoke with its finger pointing at her.
The woman scoffed. “Why do you care?”
“Human, you are different from your kind, don’t you? You were able to kill our creations with ease,” other Devils spoke with a monotone voice.
“Kill? Those people were already dead.”
“No, they’re not. I prefer to say, a new life. A salvation for those who sinned.”
Ah, are these guys religious nutjobs, the woman thought.
“I don’t know what you are or what’s your purpose, but you’ve attacked my family’s place, and disturbed my brother’s life. I kindly ask you to leave this place alone and I won’t hurt you,” offered the woman to the Devils.
“You’re no different than your kind. Arrogant and pompous, and yet in the face of death, you will gravel in our feet. Our Lord's words will be the truth.”
Shit, these guys are lost cause, the woman thought. She then had an idea to provoke them.
“In your dreams, asshole,” said the woman with her tongue out.
Irritated by her taunt, one of the Devils charged towards her. Before he could land a strike on her, the woman jumped to dodge it. The twins snapped out of their fear and saw two of the Devils charging towards them. Immediately, they readied their swords and magic to face the Devils.
Tanya and Tasya were flown away when they tried to block the Devil’s attack.
Tanya and Tasya, each were facing one Devil, while the other three Devils fought the woman. The Devils relentlessly fight the trio.
Tasya launched her magic towards the Devil, however, the Devil easily dodged the magic. Tanya and the other Devil clashed swords. Tanya was exhausted from the fighting he had before against the monsters and was not able to match the Devil’s ferocious pace.
Tanya had to dodge the attack multiple times, but she knew there would be a limit on how much she could dodge the attack. She briefly looked at the woman who was fighting the three Devils alone, Tanya worried that she was already dead. To her surprise, the woman easily fought the three of them.
Tanya wondered who she was and how could she fight three Devils with ease.
“Both of you, hold on for a few minutes,” shouted the woman.
“Do you have a plan?” Tanya asked her.
“Yes, just hold them for now.”
“Sure,” Tanya trusted the woman’s plan.
Whatever it was, Tanya was ready to follow the plan.
Two minutes passed, four minutes and 10 minutes passed. The woman did not say anything anymore and still fighting the three Devils alone. Tanya and Tasya were both exhausted and near the point where they could no longer fight for another minute.
“Aghh!” Tasya shouted as the Devil slashed her arm.
“Tasya!” Tanya tried to run to her sister’s side, however, the Devil blocked her path.
As she prepared to charge past the Devil, a flash of lights and thunderous sounds came from the sky, and projectiles were hitting the Devil.
Magic? So she was preparing her magic, Tanya thought. The Devil fighting Tanya tried to shield himself from the magic, but it was to no avail. Tanya looked up to the sky and saw multiple flashes of lights, which she assumed were the origin of the projectiles of the woman’s magic.
Overwhelmed by the magic, the Devils ran away. The woman swiftly charged towards one of them and stopped his retreat. In a single strike to the head, she was able to take him down. The other four Devils were able to get away.
Astonished by the spectacle of the power of the woman they had just met, Tanya and Tasya were lost for words. They walked closer to the woman, standing near the dead Devil.
“Umm..” Tasya tried to say something, but she could not make a word.
“I’m Lu— Lyra,” the woman said as she crouched next to the body.
“Ah, I’m Tasya and this Is my sister, Tanya.”
Lyra rummaged through the Devil’s body, “Both of you have great skills, how about working for me? But, looking at your uniform, you ladies are part of the Novgorod Guard, right?”
“Ah, well kinda. We are still in the recruitment test.”
“Recruitment test? Sending someone to their sure dead is a test? The people in charge must be crazy.”
“Well, it was supposed to be a night patrol routine.”
“I guess they didn’t expect the attack. Well, what do we have here? A metal limb, huh,” Lyra said as she cut the clothes on the Devil’s arm, revealing an arm made of metal.