As the cart moved closer and closer to the village, loud screams began to change from noises we couldn't make out, to clear commands. Screams about nocking and loosing arrows along with calls to bring up shields filled our ears. I continued to keep a close eye on our trail as we continued pushing forward. Eventually, a voice roused us from our positions.
" Everyone! Front and center, NOW!"
Jessie called for us to get out of the cart, it didn't take long for us to see why. A battle between 10s of Demons and the Adventurers was happening right in front of us. Jessie quickly drew his sword and began to speak.
" Ben! Take the cart and get it into the village! Everyone else! Pick a Demon and get to fighting! Don't stop fighting till you die or every Demon is dead! Don't feel bad! They probably have the same orders!"
/ SWOOSH!/
As Jessie finished his commands, his sword lit on fire, and he took off towards the middle of the battlefield. Luke quickly followed after him, his sword began to glow red showing that he's already activated his mana blade. Everyone else wasn't too far behind. Lucy's twin daggers were glowing a light black color as her specific Thief skills began to take over for her, Laura's mace began to glow a bright pale white and gold as they ran side by side with me.
" Girls! Let's stick together and treat this like a quest! Ashley! You good to be the frontliner?"
" Of course!"
I channeled my own mana back into my fists and feet as I began to take the lead position of our group. Laura quickly asked me if I would be alright, but as far as I'm concerned, this is just another day at the office. We've faced monster after monster and sparred person after person, sure, these Demons are stronger than Humans and can think unlike the monsters we've cut down as Adventurers, but looking at how the last encounter played out, I think we'll be able to make a great difference here and now. Speaking of which!
/ CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!/
The sounds of metal clashing against metal began to ring out more and more as we joined the fray. Jessie and Luke took off to the left, they're going to join the center of the battle. I could see that the Demons were beginning to make progress in pushing the Humans there back. However, for us, the current objective were the sides of the Human's lines of defense, there were less Demons, but the people defending against them clearly weren't trying to attack, they were using shields and support magic, which sounded like the perfect place to stake our claim on this battle.
/ CLANG!/
" I'm getting sick of your pathetic attempts to-"
* Stab!*
" Attempts to kill you? Yeah, I think we should teach them a thing or 2, don't you?"
A big yellow Demon was attempting to gain ground against a giant metal shield, but Lucy simply used her Thief skills to sneak behind and stab the Demon in the throat, there's no coming back from that for a Race that suffers from a lack of Magic Users.
/ SPLAT!/
Lucy removed her blade as blood gushed uncontrollably out of the Demon's neck, no doubt in rhythm to his heartbeat.
/ THOOM!/
" AH!"
" HUAGH!"
" I need more control over Divine Bolt, don't I?"
Laura quickly followed up Lucy's attack with one of her own, a magic attack that forced 4 Demons to fly away from the force of the explosion.
" Water Lance!"
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The Demon King's Paladin Part 2. All Out War.
FantasyJohn Ericsson has created a life for himself in the new world that he was dragged into by Warrick, the Demon King of Diablos. Now, after marrying the loves of his life and making a place for himself in this new world, the worst thing that could come...
