The Demon Saint is Missing, so I Ran to Another World

A Tale of Three Curses (Vol. 12 Prologue)

***Somewhere in the heavenly realms, eons ago...***

Four people stood against the swirling dark clouds of miasma that tainted the pure whiteness of the heavens.

The first was that of a figure of a human, donned in a battered and bloodied Roman lorica segmentata armor. He wielded a broken gladius on his left hand, and his right hand was on his wounded left shoulder. He could barely open his eyes, and his breathing was labored. One look and one could tell that this human—or former human—Gaius Julius Caesar of Chersea, was having difficulty of standing up. After all, his entire divine powers were sapped fighting against the enemy before him.

"..."

Standing beside Gaius, and helping him prop his exhausted body, was his loyal servant, the Saint of the Flame, Seirna Stephanie. Like her master, she was tired, and could hardly stand alone on her feet without the aid of her rapier in its sturdy scabbard.

"..."

A few distances away from them was another girl. She wore the plate armor commonly found in Chersea, though parts of it were already bent or cracked. The side skirts that supposedly protected her thighs were already gone. However, a Chersean saber remained in one of the girl's hands, while the other limb was rendered useless by a broken, twisted bone.

Nevertheless, compared to the first two, Cassandra David could still put up a fight against their common opponent...

...who stood before them, severely weakened in her three-way battle against the god of Chersea, his servant, and the summoned human hero. While she appeared fine, one with keen eyes could tell that the Seductress—also known as Lady Arame, Gaius' wife—was at the end of her wits. The fight spent her powers, most of which went to heal herself from the cuts, stabs and blunt trauma inflicted on her by her enemies.

She knows that it is only a matter of time before she meets her demise at the hands of these people in front of her.

"..."

But the mutual distrust between Gaius and Seirna on one side, and Cassandra David on the other, prevented her complete annihilation. Now all of them were waiting for the others to make the next move, so they could easily react against it.

"You insolent fools!" Lady Arame thundered, "Already weak and still thinking that you can kill me with those flimsy weapons? Such admirable determination you have, everyone!" In an effort to provoke them to attack her, the Seductress threw a couple of spear-like miasma towards her enemies' directions. While all of them sustained injuries, Seirna and Cassandra easily parried those.

"!!!"

Sensing that the Lord Gaius won't last the waiting game, Seirna made her move. She knew that the Seductress was the greater threat than Cassandra David, so she intended to leave the human hero for her master to finish. But then, Cassandra David also made her attack along with the Saint of the Flame. Though initially caught off-guard, Seirna was quite relieved. At least, for a moment, they could cooperate to take down a common enemy.

Defending herself, tentacles made of dark miasma shot out from the Seductress' back in an attempt to skewer the pair. Relying on her swift and nimble footwork, the Saint of the Flame shredded the dark tentacles, while the human hero guarded her back and followed closely behind.

"Hah! Come on!" Lady Arame was relentless in her attacks. She deliberately had the fight dragged on, as she kept of provoking them, "Your efforts are worthless! Worthless! And I'll make it even more in vain with these curses!"