The whole nest had become a battlefield, and each person had their own enemy.
FWOOOOOOOSH!
BOOOOOOOOOOM!
Gloria was firing arrows at the female demon, who had brown hair, two cuts across her eyes, and long black nails while wearing dark red armor with pointed ears.
She was dodging the arrows with ease and a big smile on her face, while on the other hand, Gloria was serious, trying to predict where she was going.
"I admit you are pretty strong with the bow and arrows, but what if I do this..." the demon asked while disappearing from the cave side walls.
FWOOOOOOOSH!
BOOOM!
The demon attacked Gloria at close range, but Gloria was fast enough to switch from her bow to her sword, and they collided.
"Do you think these guys are stupid enough to leave me to fight you alone, knowing I use a bow and arrow?" Gloria asked with a serious expression, looking at the demon as it grinded its teeth while they tried to push each other back.
"If Prince Zane didn’t teach me close combat and train me to improve my reaction time and speed, I would have been dead by now," Gloria thought while pushing the demon backward.
"That’s surprising for an archer to be able to switch weapons faster than me," the demon thought while taking a few steps back.
"You are really full of surprises," the demon said, stretching its hand that was holding a black sword.
"Quit talking rubbish and come at me!" Gloria said, pointing her sword at the demon.
"Don’t get worked up just because you were able to block my attack. After all, I haven’t even used my true power," the demon said as a dark aura gathered around it, and then...
FWOOOOSH! BOOM!
Its dark aura shot through the cave ceiling, reaching outside. As the dust cleared, the demon had transformed: she now had two short black horns, her nails were longer, her hair turned blue, and lightning started sparking from her hands with a big smile on her face.
"You humans are really lucky. If it was not for the laws that were set on this world, you would be dead, considering I can only use 30% of my power," the demon said, looking at her palm that had lightning sparking around it.
"Laws? What laws have you guys been talking about?" Gloria asked as she started walking toward the demon with her sword in hand.
"What do you know? Humans have really forgotten the laws and seals that were put in place so they could survive. If that burst, you’d find out what state humans have reached with your ignorance," the demon said, smiling as lightning buzzed around her.
FWOOOSH!
The demon shot forward, aiming at Gloria’s head.
"Ah..." Gloria was shocked after the attack since it left a scratch on her cheek, having barely dodged it.
"You are pretty fast for a human," the demon said, licking Gloria’s blood from its sword.
On the other side, Maria was busy making a demon’s life hard, forcing it to unseal some of its powers the moment she first attacked.
"You demons are really crazy. You think humans are weak creatures, while when you are fighting us, you are busy unleashing some transformation. How disappointing," Maria said, coming out of stealth, shaking her head, and sighing.
"Do you think our transformations are stupid? Let me show you what it means to have a transformation as a demon!" the demon with red skin, big muscles, and black hair shouted.
FWOOSH! BOOM!
It attacked with its left fist, but Maria dodged it with ease, causing the demon to hit the cave side wall.
"I don’t want to drag this fight out long. Let’s just finish this," she said, charging at the demon.
SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!
The demon was cut down before it could even turn to see where Maria was.
"That was too easy. Hey, you weakling, why are you still struggling with that dog?" Maria shouted, looking at Joshua being pushed back by the demon with a wolf-like face.
"Who are you calling a dog?!" the demon shouted, jumping backward.
"Who else looks like a dog here?" Maria said as she walked toward where Joshua and the demon were fighting.
"Tch... How dare you insult me!" the demon roared and charged at Maria.
"Toooo slow and weak," Maria commented, stabbing the demon through its heart.
"When did she get this close? I am sure she did not use stealth like the last time when they killed the other demons," the demon thought while falling down.
"I will never forget this humiliation you humans have done to me..." the demon said as it collapsed.
"Sister, why did you take my prey?" Joshua asked, walking toward Maria.
"He attacked me first. What was I supposed to do?" she asked, looking away.
BOOOOOOOOOOM!
"As I said, I can’t be defeated by a weak demon like this in a one-on-one fight," Cain said, walking toward the demon he had sent flying into the cave walls.
"Is that so? Since that’s what you think... second round," the demon said, standing up.
FWOOOOOOOSH!
A terrifying dark aura erupted from the white demon.
FWOOSH!
The demon charged at Cain, and they started exchanging blows at incredible speed.
BOOOM!
Cain was hit and sent flying upward, hitting the cave ceiling, but the demon didn’t give Cain a moment’s rest and shot up after him.
It started raining punches on Cain, but Cain blocked using his arms, covering his face.
CRACK... BOOM!
The ceiling broke, leaving a huge hole as Cain and the demon continued to exchange blows.
"This is more like it! Not like the last time you transformed," Cain said, landing on top of a pile of snow. The whole area outside was covered in snow and cold, caused by the Ice Dragon.
"Hahaha! You think this is my full power? Dream on! If I were to use one hundred percent of my power, you would not even stand a chance," the demon said, laughing as he looked up into the sky while snow fell on his face.
"I wonder about that too. So how about we end this?" Cain said, taking out a scale from his storage space.
"Let’s do this!" the demon shouted, activating its dark sword made out of demon aura.
"DEMON SWORD: HEAVENS DESTROYER!"
The demon shouted, and a shadow-like black sword appeared above him.
Cain was also activating his own skill.
"HOLY MAGIC: SCALE OF JUSTICE!"
DING. DING. DING.
A huge scale of light appeared between Cain and the white demon.
CRACK... SCATTER!
"Ahhh..." the demon was shocked as its dark sword shattered when the scale rose in favor of Cain. "What did you just do?!" the demon asked, a shocked expression on its face.
"It’s simple. This skill takes my enemy into a court, and there, no power will work inside the radius of 400 meters. Your attack didn’t work because you are way weaker than me," Cain said. He disappeared and reappeared next to the white-haired demon, stabbing him through the heart.
"What is going on? I can’t move, but I can feel his sword moving slowly to my heart... What kind of an ability is this?" the demon thought, losing consciousness.
"I have lost the signal of the white demon and the other two. It seems this was a failed mission. Anyway, it’s time to catch the Children of Prophecy," the figure behind the curtain said while taking a sip of red wine.