The Demon King's Paladin Part 1 Vol 2.

Chapter 256. Anna's Quick Thinking

                                                                       Anna Ericsson's Point Of View

/BANG!/

I firmly landed on the ground after regaining my balance in the air. With a flip and using my weight, I was able to land pretty safely. My thoughts, however, were anything but happy. Thoughts of how we were definitely out of our league and being at a loss on how to land a definitive blow were the only things whirling around my mind. But the one that sat on top of everything was something that made my heartache massively. I just... Want to go to John's side and make sure he's okay... But that bastard is stopping me from doing that. I had hoped that handing a dagger that was imbued with the Nature Goddess's mana to Alice would allow us to score an attack, but he just continued to dodge or block the attacks. And now Sarah and I were thrown out of the fight. Well, for now that is, I can see that Sarah is already preparing to run back into the fight. She's losing her mind to her emotions though. If only John were here to help calm her.

/THOOM!/

He just used that ability to teleport in front of the girls while holding Alice by her throat. I need to help her. I begin running back towards them with my dagger at the ready. Sarah whether still capable of thinking or just going on instinct was also rushing towards the girls.

" Ah, you 2 again. I've decided to save you both for last, he has a habit of trying to save you, he cares a great deal about you both, that's why your deaths will be perfect right before his."

/THOOM!/

" Ah!"

/Thump!/

He threw me again. He's going to spare us? Why?"

/THOOM!/

I open one of my eyes to see who he was attacking next, it was Sarah, he said something to her and swung her like me. He's already captured Cindy, Gasha and Tana... No, he's also capturing Alice as well. He's wrapping them in black vines that are coming out of the bottom of the robe that he was wearing. Sarah was our last hope, but before long, she was thrown in the same direction as me. Where are we going? I look back and see that we're heading to the same wall that John hadn't moved from yet.

/BANG!/

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/CRASH!/

Within moments of each other, Sarah and I both land near John in different ways, I was able to catch myself in the air and land after the momentum had died down a little, Sarah, who seemed to still be in a wild state, crashed next to John.

" Hah! Hah!"

Sarah was a little banged up, not from the fight itself mind you, but from the repeated times she fell on the ground after letting the swing of her sword carry her body. She seemed tired, her eyes showed me that she was looking for the enemy, her eyes only fell onto me though.

/Bang!/

Without much of a warning, she jumped at me. I was in no mood for her to not have her mental capacities.

" Sarah! Now is not the time for this!"

" RAGH!"

She's starting to sound like Fracks when John began to fight him. She swung her halberd at me, instead of our regular sparring matches, where her swings were sharp... smart and deadly, befitting someone who's trained with her weapon her whole life, these slashes were clumsy and slow and wide. Easy to dodge and easy to counter. I struggle to find the reason why these so called " Calamity" classes are supposed to be so cursed and feared? Maybe since she's tired I'm not really fighting a true example of a Calamity fighter? Maybe because I fight Sarah nearly every day her labored and mindless attacks don't work too well on me? Maybe my job class of Divine Channeler is a fine match up for it?