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

Promise (Part 1)

**Kuro**

"Ah...it's been nice to see everyone is here!" the former god greeted us once his feet touched the desert sand. Then, almost immediately, a dark miasma shot out from his spot and dispersed in every direction. "Makes it easy for me to reclaim what I rightfully own!"

At that moment, the injured pair of Seirna and Natasha took the opportunity to attack him, throwing magic spells on Gaius. However, the former god easily dissipated their spells, as he walked slowly towards our direction...savoring every moment of our despair. Ruro, for her part, didn't waste her chance to follow up the magic spells with a physical attack, trying to land a hit on Gaius' body, using her speed and strength as a Beastman.

Nevertheless, Gaius caught one of her legs. He repeatedly slammed Ruro on the ground, like a child recklessly playing with a doll, before throwing her back to our side. Fortunately, the sands cushioned the Beastman Saint's fall, and Maddie was quick to administer her healing magic on our friend.

"Gah!" the Human Saint cried out.

I ran to her side, "Your Holiness, what's the matter?"

"I suddenly felt weak," she told me. "It's as if my mana is being sucked from my body..."

I looked at her hands; indeed, both were shaking, as Maddie tried her best to heal Ruro. Likewise, I also saw Natasha and Seirna struggling to stand, as our feet was already wrapped in that miasma oozing out from Gaius.

But what about me? I don't feel anything!

"Careful," Natasha shouted, "the dark miasma from the Seductress is absorbing our mana! Let's get out of here as soon as we can!"

"Ruro's still injured!" Maddie pointed out, "She needs to be healed!"

So, as I was in a better condition than the Human Saint, I took charge of healing Ruro with the god-power. With her mana out of the question, Maddie opted to help me drag the Beaastman Saint away to a better spot.

"!!!"

The former god's actions caused the human and demon armies who were still with us to resume their lethal fire, though now it was focused on Gaius. I saw how the bullets tore through his body, causing some black blood to spurt out of his wounds and his physical body shredded. However, the former god seemed unaffected by his injuries, and some of those even healed in an instant!

"Insolence!" he bellowed.

The sky dragon then turned to us and blew its fiery breath in rapid succession. The soldiers were forced to scatter, but the large fireballs raining down from heaven and over a huge area made it impossible for all of us to evade on time.

Well, shit! I don't think there's a god-power in me that can stop that flaming magic ball from incinerating us all.

Of course, the saints knew how fucked we were, so Ruro, Seirna, Natasha and Maddie stood their ground and chanted an equally-large barrier spell. The dragon's attacks pounded our defenses, causing bright, colorful blasts that shook the ground, threw us all on the desert floor, and set some of the armies' equipment on fire. It was a terrible, seemingly endless bombardment, but the saints' efforts definitely saved us.

Although, in the process, they spent their mana enough to weaken them.

"..."

I had enough of watching the terrible scene unfold before me. Picking myself up, I activated the god-power of the Beastman Saint, rained hailstones and called upon a freak thunderstorm on the former god. While he was distracted dealing with my own attacks, I rushed to the soldiers who got injured and used my god-powers on them.