The next batch of the injured finally came, and Maddie and I had to separate ways as we healed the casualties. Natasha also arrived with a large group of demons in tow.
"I thought you're only give warning to the demon clans?" Seirna asked her. "Why does it seems like you brought an entire city with you?"
"I got no choice, Seirna," Natasha replied. "The access to the border crossing of Chersea and Cherflammen is closed; the demon refugees can't cross to the other side."
"What?" the Saint of the Flame blurted out, and stared at Maddie, who was the one responsible for allowing people to reach her realm.
"I left it open!" the Human Saint defended herself. "I did not consider waging an actual war against the demon king, so I never closed the crossing. You mean to say it closed on its own?"
Seirna and Natasha exchanged puzzled looks, and the Saint of Darkness then brought out her hunch, "If Maddie kept the crossing open, yet we can't cross over, then it means..."
"The Seductress," the Saint of the Flame quipped. "She must be interfering with the crossing to trap us all here."
"Trap?" Ruro asked.
"Yes. Think about it," Natasha explained, "The four of the six saints are here, in one place. The Seductress and the Lord Gaius both wanted our god-powers; the first, to further strengthen herself, after ages of being sealed in the Void. The second, well...he wants to return to being a god. I don't know how they'll do it, given that both have different ambitions, but look, if they killed us, they take out four birds with one strike. Hence, the Seductress closed the crossing. Easy peasy, right?"
An air of dread and tension came to those who heard the Saint of Darkness' words. We were all speechless; everyone had the same sentiments. It was a hopeless case.
But Natasha added, "That's why I'm evacuating the other cities. The more deaths and other negative events, the greater the power of the Seductress will be. And if she murdered everyone in this realm, no one's going to stop her from challenging the heavens itself...as well as the other universes. If we can only save those we can save, that'd be one less power source for that accursed monster of the Void."
"However, even if you bring everyone from all over Cherflammen here," Ruro raised a point, "the fact remains that we can't escape, and the Seductress and Gaius can simply attack us with impunity until all are dead."
The Saint of Darkness grinned, "That's where I come in, Ruro. Give me a pen and paper!"
Someone then handed her a quill and a bottle of ink. Then she gave those to Maddie, along with the paper.
"I can't draw properly," Natasha told us, "That's why Maddie should be the one to handle this. In any case, the Human Saint and I worked on a magic circle before that can cross boundaries, even without the permission of the saint of that realm."
"Oh right!" the Human Saint's eyes brightened. "I can still remember some of its details! Just help with the rest."
"Problem is, we're going to need lots of paper," the Saint of Darkness admitted. "We're fighting against a malevolent creature seeking to trap us, so expect that she'll interfere with my magic. As such, we'll have to draw it every time the paper is burned."
Seeing that we could still turn the tide against the combined forces of the Seductress and Gaius, I took charge, "Alright then! Your Dark Holiness, Lady Natasha, can I entrust you to gather all the people around Cherflammen. The Lady Seirna and Her Fluffy Holiness would bring in more of the wounded, while Lady Madelaine and I would search for all the paper we need, as well as ink bottles. Let's get this done, and scoot out of here!"
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The Demon Saint is Missing, so I Ran to Another World
FantasyThe 3rd Arc of the 'Saint Series' novels. At the end of his long absence from Chersea, Kuro finally opens his 'dream school', the 'Academy', in Chersea. However, peace is not to last. Conspiracies are abound, and his love and faithfulness to Madd...