The sight was absolutely shocking for many reasons. The main two is because of the majestic appearance of the women and because the woman in question is without a doubt my lovely younger sister. Right now she would be 1 year older than me but there's no doubt that's her.
' Why is she here?! Is she the Fire Empress? '
< Seems like it. What are you going to do? > (Devouring monster)
- I... I want to save her! But can I really do it?! She's our enemy right now. I don't want to do needless killing anymore...-
«Noemi... Can I ask you something?» (Me)
«Of course you can. What is it?» (Noemi)
«I'm going in, I'll get someone from their army and we'll run away. I'll probably have to carry her so I might need you to cover me. Can you do it?» (Me)
«Who is it?» (Noemi)
«The Fire Empress...» (Me)
«Hmmm. All right.» (Noemi)
Is she really going to accept it so easily?
«Are you sure? Don't you doubt me?» (Me)
«Not really. I'm sure you have good reasons. Even if you don't trust yourself, I will.» (Noemi)
We both look at the army coming our way. It's going to be a hard battle to take someone alive in this kind of scenario so I'll try to go all out.
' Right now I can freely use the eater's power right? '
' Alright. I'll be running past every enemy without fighting and I'll be retrieving her. '
Kit looks at me with a confused look.
' Hop on top of Noemi for now. Wait with her until I come to meet the two of you '
The enemy formation goes into a half moon formation and before I even noticed, the battle had started. Looking around, the battlefield had become an arena. I was circled by battle and in front of me, Laura of Din drew her sword.
«To think that the mysterious men from so long ago would be a demon. Not only that, he would become my enemy in the final steps to avenge my brother. I won't let any of you survive.» (Laura)
' What kind of lies have they been feeding you? '
«What moves such anger?» (Me)
«You know it already. I already told you. He was murdered by demons!» (Laura)
«That's not what you had told me. You told me he had fallen from the air dragon and eaten by something. You also added that you didn't believe he was dead.» (Me)
«That's what Dad reported but his body was found dead later with marks from fighting against demons. It was assumed he didn't fall on his own. You did this!» (Laura)
A few tears appear on Laura's face.
«You, a demon, appeared there at too much of a convenient time! It was you wasn't it?!» (Laura)
«No... Let me tell you something. They've been lying to you.» (Me)
«What the hell are you saying?! Why would my father lie to me?!» (Laura)
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«I don't know. There could be many reasons. Perhaps to hide something? Perhaps it would benefit him or the whole human country to have you fighting for revenge. There could be a lot of reasons.» (Me)
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Tittle acquired: Great Guesser
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-Bingo-
«NO! That can't be!» (Me)
She points her sword at me. At the same time, I notice someone among the battles paying full attention to our conversation. It looks like a big bulky demon with red skin. Most likely an ogre. He is using a giant shield and uses it to protect everyone. He looks ready to jump into our battle to save her so I'll need to be careful. She lunges forward with the same moves that father used to make. It's very predictable for me. She madly swings her sword with the precision of a needle. Would I not know her moves and dodge, I would end up in slices very quickly. Seeing as I kept on dodging, she enchants her blade with golden flames, forcing me not make bigger evasions and occasionally to block with either my sword or gauntlet who ended up melting lightly with every hit and instantly recovering to the previous state. The shield ogre kept his focus on our battle and in the end... there are no blind spots. I know very well of the only blind spot and weakness but the blind spot is covered by the shield guy and the weakness is that she won't have enough stamina if she keeps up. But she knows that very well. Her swings are just fast enough to not give me a chance to counter while using up stamina as efficiently as possible. I don't have a lot of time. Noemi might get in danger because of this so I'll need to take a few risks. I look around to see if there is anything that could be of use, anything that could be used as a surprise attack but... there's nothing. The only thing I can do is use a specific tactic so somehow create an opening. I have an idea but... It might give me away if I fail. It's the only thing I can think of so I'll have to do it.
I keep doing the same thing over and over again and wait for a specific move from her. A large, horizontal swing from the right.
Once she's about to do that move I put my sword over my head, holding it with my right hand as I grab the chain with my left hand. Her sword and my chain clash and at that moment I do something I never thought I'd ever do. I'm going to adapt a technique from my father to my current giant sword with chain. I pull the chain, making the side of my giant sword and her sword to clash with great strength, making her movements sluggish for a single second. That second is more than enough. I then deliver a rotating kick to her knee as she tried to hit me again, making her lose her balance and making her miss her swing.
«I'm sorry, Laura!» (Me)
In a swift movement, I hit her stomach with the hilt of the sword, making her unconscious.
The ogre was a little too slow as she was already unconscious but made it in time before I could take her from there.
«Don't you dare hurt my Master... She is my everything... I won't let you hurt her any further!» (Ogre)
The ogre goes into a fully defensive state, making it impossible for me to take Laura away from there. Or so I thought. A giant bladed wheel came flying and hit the giant shield of the ogre, bouncing up and knocking him down. The bladed wheel then flew back down and hit him directly.
-So strong!-
«Quick!» (Noemi)
I grab Laura and look back at the ogre. Frustration fills his eyes as he gets up and the rubble falls from his body.
«I'm going to save her from all of this. If you truly wish to protect her, follow me. I won't be fighting anymore.»
I run and after a few minutes, I finally find Noemi. The ogre followed as I expected. He looks too weak to even walk, furthermore fight. I think he made his decision. I signal him to keep walking with us and we walk for a few hours until we finally arrive at a beach. The night is very close by so we'll be making a camp here.
«We'll stay here for tonight.» (Me)
Everyone sits down and Noemi takes a campfire and a bunch of bed from out of nowhere.
' Is that so... '
' How?! I ate no one right? '
< You didn't. The sword did. >
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Appraisal:
Stats: Strenght Lv 9, Vitality Lv 9, Endurance Lv 11, Agility Lv 7
Skills: Sword Mastery Lv 10, Large sword mastery Lv 10, Martial arts mastery Lv 8, Wind magic Lv 9, Fire Magic(will'o wisp) Lv 8, Nature
magic Lv5, Acrobatic combat Lv 8,Polearm mastery Lv 4 , Chain mastery Lv 6, Axe mastery Lv 1, Hammer Master Lv 2, Earth Magic Lv 1, Water Magic Lv 1, Sand Magic Lv 1, Life Magic Lv 1
Special: God eating monster, Greater magic talent, Greater magic potential,
Titles: The chosen, Betrayed one, Deadman, Non-human human, ????? ????? ????, ?????? ??? ?? ??? ?????? ?? ?? ????????? ?? ? ??? ? ??????????? ???.?????, Dragon Slayer, Dragon castrator, Great Guesser.
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' That's nice. '
I look at the ogre who is also looking at me and Noemi with a face filled with shock.
«W-who are you?»
That question caught me off guard. At this point, I don't know who I am. I'm just sure that I'm myself.
«Noemi Satan, pleased to meet you!» (Noemi)
At that moment I made a decision. I'm not going to just tail behind her. Noemi looks at my face and smiles.
-Do my objectives show that much on my face or is she just able to read me that easily?-
The answer shook the ogre beyond words and made him fall on his knees.
« Nystro of Din. A pleasure. »