Silence fills the room as I stare at her with a blank face
"....."
"......"
someone coughs
"you're not in awe...why aren't you in awe?
The red lines on the black pillars start emitting a brighter and brighter before sparks start burning its surroundings.The self-proclaimed demon lord shouts back at the group of people
"What are you doing ?! Turn that thing off it's ruining my grand introduction! "
she takes out and waves a stack of flashcards
"This is not part of the plan ! "
"M-Ma'am The machine is overheating, I-It won't turn off ! Please evacuate !" The group of people are scrambling. Some directly ran out of the door, some tried to approach a pillar before being electrocuted and sent flying back, and some approached me and the girl.
"eh.." As she looks around the reality sets in " But I haven't Intro-T-The plan..this isn't part. ..Fine already ! "
She grabs my hand, dragging me out of the building with her where two Giant hippos standing on their two legs shut the door and cover us with their body
Boom !
The doors fly off their hinges in pieces while entire sections of walls are turned to rubble, which caused part of the building to collapse, how the building is still standing is a mystery.
While the hippos took their distance and checked for injuries on the demon lord I looked around.We were in a forest. In front of me was a small clearing with tents and guards who are scrambling all over the place. By what looks like the only exit there are...cars? they look like the old 19'00s type.
I don't think I can run away yet..my heart feels like it's going to burst and my back was drenched in sweat.
" Are you okay? If you have any injuries just say so, we have trained medical experts nearby " The demon lord suddenly appears at my side. Before I can do anything she suddenly bows
" And I apologize for what happened, We are the ones who summoned you yet we let something like this happen"
I looked behind her and the two hippos were glaring at me. They had eyes that said 'You better forgive her or else' or rather, that's how I'm choosing to interpret it.
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"I-it's fine"
she thanks me as she raises her head and after looking a little lost in thought she suggests something
"Seeing as how this place is...no longer suitable why don't we head back to the palace and have a meal? I can answer your questions then."
I nod my head and after a short journey we arrive at the palace ....or we should have
We are still in front of the partially collapsed building, I'm leaning on a car while the demon lord is some distance away speaking with someone, I can faintly hear only what she says to him.
" What do you mean the cars aren't working?.............well fix them what do I pay you for?!................then what are we suppose to do?......W-walk?....and the horses?......they ran off....." She grabs a stack of flashcards from who knows where and with a yell throws them on the ground. after a few deep breaths she composes herself and approaches me.
" It's such a beautiful day isn't it?~ It would be a waste to travel to the palace in a car and m-miss-uh...nnnnnnn-nature ! right ! miss all this beautiful scenery! " She is practically pleading at me to accept the lie with her eyes.
It's a sunny day without a cloud in the sky, off in the distance are huge storm clouds but they look like they would take days to get here.
I nod
" Then lets depart !"
The people responsible for the magic circle which happened to be the first group of 'people' I saw when I appeared here. While a small portion of the guards stayed behind to help clear the rubble and the rest accompanied us on the road to the palace which was just a paved road through a forest.
The arrangement was guards, me and her, and guards.the first hour was normal mostly silence. The second hour, the rain clouds reached us and completely blocked out the sun. The demon lord looked worried while she played with her fingers and when she noticed me looking at her she gave off a nervous laugh. I think she became self-conscious because soon after with every step she took her left arm matched the stride her left leg took and her right arm would match her right leg resulting in an awkward penguin shuffle...
On the third hour, it started raining,heavily. Naturally, since no one was expecting rain no one had an umbrella or heavy coat on and with the palace only being in sight we decided to hustle. Then It started raining some dead animals, no really, I guess even the wildlife wasn;t expecting this because huge birds were falling down from the sky.They all seem to target me and the demon lord because they only fall where we are ! in fact, one was going to land on a soldier but a mysterious strong wind blew the corpse over the soldier landing on my face. Why are there so many Birds here anyway ?! once that was over, we were close to the palace when suddenly a huge herd of deer like animals crosses the road engulfing only the guards in front and the back.
In a panic, the demon lord runs over to me to try to reassure me but ends up tripping on a dead bird and face plants on the ground.. from the side of the road a deer bigger than the others with a goatee slowly emerges.
From behind me I hear the demon lord complain
" Thish wasn't supposed to happen..."